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US09452035B2	Device to provide enhanced flossing benefits A dental floss dispenser having a wicking delivery system with a reservoir for storing a solution of oral care ingredients generally in fluid form. The reservoir includes an absorbent wicking porous pad that extends through at least a portion of the floss dispensing device to deliver the solution to the dental floss. When the floss is pulled through the porous pad holding the oral care ingredient(s), the porous pad activates (e.g., coats, impregnates, saturates) the floss, providing the consumer with new benefits such as enhanced deep cleaning, new flavors, better plaque dissolving capabilities, ease of floss use and maneuverability, whitening, and deposition of therapeutic actives into the gum pockets.
US09452033B2	Device for dispensing a dental material The present invention relates to a device (10) for dispensing a dental material. The device (10) comprises a body (12) having at least one compartment (14) for receiving the dental material, at least one piston for extruding the dental material from the compartment (14) and a drive for moving the piston and the compartment (14) relative to one another. The device (10) further comprises a stand (36) which is mounted to the body (12) such that the body (12) and the stand (36) are pivotally moveable relative to one other.
US09452030B2	Dental attachment assembly cap and method of use A dental attachment assembly and method anchors a dental appliance with an implant and has an abutment member attached to the implant, a retention member in releasable snap engagement with the abutment member, and a cap secured in a recess of the dental appliance and in releasable swivel engagement with the retention member to position and secure the dental appliance onto the implant. The cap includes a cavity with a rounded, concave inner surface which engages with the retention member, an interior top surface of the cavity with a concave recess extending radially along an outer periphery of the interior top surface of the cavity to allow for rotation of the retention member within the cap. A central portion of the interior top surface of the cavity surrounded by the concave recess therefore protrudes vertically into the cavity to minimize vertical displacement of the retention member as it rotates.
US09452029B2	Fixed hybrid dental attachment device and methods of using same A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.
US09452020B2	User initiated break-away clutching of a surgical mounting platform Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. One or more kinematic linkage sub-systems may include joints that are actively driven, passive, or a mix of both. A set-up mode employs an intuitive user interface in which one or more joints are initially held static by a brake or joint drive system. The user may articulate the joint(s) by manually pushing against the linkage with a force, torque, or the like that exceeds a manual articulation threshold. Articulation of the moving joints is facilitated by modifying the signals transmitted to the brake or drive system. The system may sense completion of the reconfiguration from a velocity of the joint(s) falling below a threshold, optionally for a desired dwell time. The system may provide a detent-like manual articulation that is not limited to mechanically pre-defined detent joint configurations. Embodiments of the invention provide, and can be particularly well-suited for manual movement of a platform supporting a plurality of surgical manipulators in a robotic surgical system or the like without having to add additional input devices.
US09452018B2	Rotational support for an elongate member Various exemplary drive apparatuses and associated methods are disclosed for driving an elongated member, e.g., a guidewire or catheter. An exemplary drive apparatus for driving an elongated member may include a rotational component configured to apply a torque to the elongated member, where the rotational component is positioned a first distance away from an insertion site along the elongated member. The drive apparatus may further include a rotational support configured to apply an assistance torque to the elongated member. The rotational support may be positioned a second distance from the rotational component along the elongated member that is larger than the first distance.
US09452016B2	Catheter system A manipulable portion of a catheter system advances out of a lumen of a catheter sheath at a distal end of a shaft, which is also within the lumen of the catheter sheath. The catheter system causes different advancement and retraction trajectories of a manipulable portion out of and into the lumen based at least upon different relative movements between the catheter sheath and the shaft. A projection and a corresponding receiver may be used to control relative positioning of the catheter sheath and the shaft, as well as to control positioning of the manipulable portion. The catheter system may control metering rates of a control element coupled to the manipulable portion during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion. A control element of the catheter system has varying amounts of length outside a distal end of the catheter sheath during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion.
US09452010B2	Methods and devices to treat airways Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.
US09452007B1	Cannulated screw system A cannulated driver includes a handle, a barrel coupled to the handle, and a drive tip coupled to the barrel and having an outer surface and an engagement end that engages within a head of a cannulated screw. The driver is configured to removably retain a corresponding cannulated screw onto the driver. The drive tip includes a passageway disposed generally in a radial direction with respect to the driver's longitudinal axis. An engagement pin is movably mounted for travel in the passageway between an extended position wherein an exposable end of the pin protrudes radially beyond the outer surface of the drive tip and a retracted position wherein the pin does not thus protrude. In the extended position, the exposable end of the pin protrudes into a corresponding recess in the head of a special cannulated screw to removably retain the screw onto the driver.
US09452003B2	Device and method to prevent hip fractures A device for preventing a hip fracture includes: a shaft having a first end and a second end and an expanding means for engaging the femoral head at the first end. The shaft is positioned in a hole of a predetermined depth in a femur. The hole extends from the greater trochanter to the femoral head of the femur, such that the first end is positioned in the femoral head and the second end is positioned in the greater trochanter. The device is oriented substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the femoral shaft.
US09452000B2	Rod reducer A rod reducer apparatus is disclosed and includes a housing, an anvil coupled to a shaft, a plurality of arm members, and a button. The housing has an opening extending therethrough for receiving the shaft. The anvil is coupled to one end of the shaft. The button is slidably disposed in the housing and transitionable between first and second positions. The button is engageable with the shaft such that rotation of the shaft is translated into linear movement of the anvil.
US09451990B2	Facet joint replacement instruments and methods A facet joint replacement system includes an inferior implant with an inferior articular surface, a superior implant with a superior articular surface, and an optional crossbar. The inferior implant and the superior implant are each polyaxially adjustably connected to fixation elements which anchor the implants to adjacent vertebrae. The optional crossbar may be polyaxially adjustably connected to bilateral implants. The system components may be provided in kits which provide components of various sizes and shapes. A set of surgical instruments may facilitate implantation of the facet joint replacement system by providing tools for bone preparation, trialing, implant insertion, implant alignment, and lock-out of modular interconnections.
US09451988B2	Rod-shaped implant in particular for stabilizing the spinal column and stabilization device including such a rod-shaped implant A rod-shaped implant for stabilizing bone structures, in particular the spinal column includes a rod-shaped implant having a rod-shaped member with a first end and a second and a longitudinal axis. The rod-shaped member is at least partly made from a plastic material exhibiting flexibility and includes a longitudinal bore. A reinforcing rod is accommodated in the bore and is made from a material which is more rigid than the material of the rod-shaped member itself. The reinforcing rod is slidable in the bore.
US09451986B2	Percutaneous sacroiliac joint implant and method for surgically inserting and securing the implant into the sacroiliac joint An implantable device including a tapered body having a sidewall, an internal cavity, a first end, and a second end, the sidewall including a frusto-conical inner surface extending from the first end to the second end, the first end including a first end opening and the second end including a second end opening, a first side opening extending through the sidewall, a second side opening extending through the sidewall, the second side opening arranged diametrically opposite the first side opening, an external thread arranged helically about a central longitudinal axis of the tapered body, the external thread having a continuously decreasing outer diameter along the tapered body, a first ancillary member operatively arranged to be inserted through the first end opening and then the first or second side opening, and a second ancillary member operatively arranged to be inserted through the first end opening and then the first or second side opening.
US09451981B2	Surgical tissue protection sheath A surgical sheath for use in endoscopic trans-nasal or intra-ocular surgery has first and second attachment fittings on opposite side of a conical section used for attaching individual sheaths to form a sheath pair. The sheaths of the pair can mutually support each other during surgery, to better resist inadvertent displacement of the sheaths. After the sheaths are positioned, the conical sections of the sheaths may be attached together using clips, pins, belts or other techniques. The sheaths reduce collateral trauma to the tissues in the surgical pathway.
US09451978B2	Methods and devices for removing material from a vascular site An expandable cage is expanded within a narrowed region of a blood vessel. The expandable cage has openings therein so that plaque protrudes through the openings when the cage is expanded. A material removing element passes within the cage to remove the plaque extending into the openings. The openings are preferably formed by integrally formed elements which provide a smooth internal surface. The material removing element passes along the smooth internal surface when removing the plaque. A collection bag is coupled to the material removing element to capture the material which has been removed.
US09451977B2	MEMS micro debrider devices and methods of tissue removal Medical devices for shearing tissue into small pieces are provided. One exemplary device includes oppositely rotating first and second rotatable members, each located at least partially within a distal housing. The device also includes first and second circular axle portions, and first and second blades that are directly adjacent to one another and positioned to partially overlap such that tissue may be sheared between the first and second blades, between the first blade and the second axle portion and between the second blade and the first axle portion. The rotatable members are configured to engage tissue from a target tissue site with teeth of the first and second blades, rotate towards one another and inwardly to direct tissue from the target tissue site through a tissue engaging opening and into an interior portion of the distal housing. Methods of fabricating and using the above device are also disclosed.
US09451974B2	Modular surgical tool The present disclosure relates to a minimally invasive surgical procedure device including a set for forming a modular surgical tool, the set including a carrier shaft and a plurality of functional modules, in which the each functional module has means for rigid connection to the carrier shaft and/or to another functional module and has dimensions suitable for insertion into the body of a patient through a trocar, wherein the device is characterized in that: —each functional module has at least one degree of rotational or translational freedom and/or a functional end-piece such as a forceps, hook or a scalpel, —the carrier shaft and/or the functional modules include means for actuating the functional modules according to the respective degree of freedom thereof and/or the respective function thereof, and in that the device includes an electromechanical interface capable of controlling the actuating of the assembled functional modules forming the tool.
US09451967B2	Tissue closure A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.
US09451966B2	Applicator for surgical clips A hand-operable surgical clip applicator (10) including a barrel (12) having a first end (14) and a second end (16), the second end formed to accommodate a surgical clip, a crimping lever (20) pivotally connected at the second end of the barrel, and a trigger (28) co-located with the barrel, the trigger being operable to pivot the crimping lever, the pivoting movement of the crimping lever causing the surgical clip to be urged from an open position to a closed position, wherein the trigger has an operating portion on either side of the barrel.
US09451965B2	Reducing flow through a tubular structure A method for reducing or stopping flow through a tubular structure of a patient can include positioning an elongate member within a lumen of the tubular structure. The elongate member can be arranged to form a frame having a distal opening and a proximal opening. The elongate member can substantially reduce or totally obstruct, with a flow reducing member coupled to the frame, flow of at least one of emboli and fluid flowing through the lumen. The flow reducing member can comprise a one-way valve that moves in response to fluid flow to substantially prevent distal flow through the distal opening and to allow proximal flow through the distal opening.
US09451964B2	Vaso-occlusive device delivery system A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly includes a pusher assembly and a vaso-occlusive device detachably coupled to the pusher assembly by an attachment member is frictionally secured within a lumen of the pusher assembly. A heat generating member is disposed in the pusher assembly lumen, along with a pressure generating material, such that, when heat is generated by the heat generative device, the pressure generating material increases a pressure in the pusher assembly lumen, thereby dislodging the attachment member from the pusher assembly and detaching the vaso-occlusive device from the pusher assembly.
US09451958B2	Surgical instrument with firing actuator lockout A surgical instrument system is disclosed. The surgical instrument system comprises an end effector movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration when a closing motion is applied to the end effector, a firing member configured to perform a staple firing stroke when a firing motion is applied to the firing member, and a handle comprising a closure actuator operable to generate the closing motion and a firing actuator. The surgical instrument system further comprises a motor configured to generate the firing motion, wherein the firing actuator is operable to operate the motor, a lockout configured to prevent the firing member from performing the staple firing stroke prior to the operation of the closure actuator, and a battery positioned in the handle.
US09451955B2	Methods and apparatus for a staple A staple constructed from shape memory material provides the ability to move from a first shape to any point up to and including a second shape. The staple includes a bridge having a first member and a second member, and allows the second member of the bridge to change elevation with respect to the first member, thereby creating compressive forces, offset forces, or distraction forces. Upon the application of energy, the second member moves upward or downward to deliver forces, dependent upon a desired effect. The staple further includes first and second legs for attaching to first and second bones. The offsetting forces may be utilized to offset the second bone relative to the first bone, or to align offset bones. The bridge may include a transition member or plurality of transition members in communication with the first and second members, whereby the transition member moves about the first member.
US09451954B2	Ratcheting inserter device and suture anchor arrangement A ratcheting inserter device for tensioning a knotless suture anchor includes an outer inserter shaft and an inner inserter shaft having a common longitudinal axis. A ratcheting mechanism provided between the inner inserter shaft and the outer inserter shaft permits rotation of the inner inserter shaft in one direction relative to the outer inserter shaft. The outer inserter shaft has a protrusion at a distal end that is received by an anchor outer sleeve of a suture anchor to prevent relative rotation thereof, and the inner inserter shaft has a projection at the distal end that is received by an inner core of the anchor for rotational movement therewith. The ratcheting inserter device rotates the inner core of the suture anchor to spool and tension suture thread. Thereafter, the ratcheting mechanism is disengaged and the inner inserter shaft is forced axially into the anchor outer sleeve.
US09451952B2	Suturing device In some embodiments, the present invention discloses a suturing device including an elongate member having a head portion, a tail portion and a needle receiving portion provided on the head portion. The needle receiving portion has a recess that is configured to receive a suture and hold it within the recess. The needle receiving portion is fixed with respect to an opening defined at the head portion. The suturing device further includes a needle having a retracted state and a deployed state. The needle includes a needle notch at a distal portion of the needle. The needle is configured to enter the recess of the needle receiving portion and receive the suture within the needle notch.
US09451950B2	Apparatus and method for fascial closure device for laparoscopic trocar port site and surgery A suture placement device is inserted into an endoscopic trocar port site. A pivot bar with a pair of receptor ports is moved from a folded to an extended position below the fascia. The trocar port is removed over the device as the pivot bar is pulled upward against the fascia. A pair of stylet guides are deployed from two sides of the device housing, and intercept the receptor ports, thereby creating a suture path through the first guide, through a channel in the pivot bar between the receptor ports, and through the second guide. A stylet is directed through the suture path to pull a suture through the path. The guides are refracted, the pivot bar is folded, the device is removed, and the suture is tied. A stylet guide may have a partially deployed position to accurately inject an anesthetic at a desired intra-muscular layer.
US09451945B2	Anti-backup suture anchor Devices and methods are provided herein that generally involve suture anchors having one or more anti-backup features configured to resist or prevent backward movement of a suture that is pulled through the suture anchor. In some embodiments, the suture anchor can be configured to permit a suture to slide freely in one direction but resist or prevent suture movement in the opposite direction. For example, cleats can be rotatably mounted within the suture anchor, can project radially outward from an exterior sidewall of the suture anchor, or can project circumferentially from sidewalls of one or more channels formed in the suture anchor's exterior surface.
US09451942B2	Insertion tool for knotless suture anchor for soft tissue repair and method of use An insertion tool is used to implant a knotless suture anchor to secure soft tissue to a rigid structure such as bone. The anchor has an inner member that receives suture thread and rotates within an outer tubular member. An inner shaft on the insertion tool engages the inner tubular member and is used to rotate the inner tubular member so that the suture thread is wrapped onto the inner tubular member thereby increasing contact with the outer tubular member of the anchor which applies pressure to the wrapped suture thread to retain it in position on the inner tubular member while simultaneously and adjustably tensioning the suture thread. The insertion tool has an outer shaft that engages the outer tubular member of the anchor and prevents the outer tubular member from rotating as the inner shaft on the insertion tool rotates the inner tubular member on the anchor.
US09451941B2	System for intra-abdominally moving an organ A surgical tissue connector system for moving a first internal body tissue to a position away from a second internal body tissue and then holding the first internal body tissue in the position. Tissue connectors are secured to cords such that the length of cord between the tissue connectors can be easily adjusted in a laparoscopic work space.
US09451939B2	Sealing device and delivery system The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
US09451938B2	Insertion instrument for anchor assembly An insertion instrument is configured to eject a pair of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retain respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations.
US09451927B2	Computed tomography data-based cycle estimation and four-dimensional reconstruction Methods for computed tomography data-based cycle estimation and four-dimensional reconstruction are provided. A gated reconstruction is derived from CT data acquired without gating using an added artificial trigger. The resulting images for different slices are used to determine local or slice variations over time. The local variations over time for the various slices are combined to create a respiratory cycle signal. This respiratory cycle signal is used to bin the images for different phases, allowing four-dimensional CT reconstruction.
US09451926B2	Respiratory motion correction with internal-external motion correlation, and associated systems and methods The present technology relates generally to respiratory motion correction and associated systems and methods. In particular, several embodiments are directed to respiratory motion correction using internal-external motion correlation. For example, one embodiment of a method of correcting motion blurring in PET/CT imaging includes obtaining PET/CT imaging data of a target tissue in a patient and determining a centroid of the target tissue. The method can further include obtaining an external motion signal of the patient and determining a mean displacement of the external motion signal. The centroid of the target tissue can be correlated with the mean displacement and, based on the correlation, a PET/CT image corrected for motion of the target tissue can be reconstructed.
US09451925B2	Nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus With a mammography PET apparatus, a supporting face includes a detector ring region, and a detector-outside region as an outside area of the detector ring region. The detector ring region is higher than the detector-outside region. An elastic lower-layer mat is disposed on the detector-outside region. An upper-layer mat, softer than the lower-layer mat, is disposed on the detector ring region and the lower-layer mat across a boundary between the detector ring region and the lower-layer mat. Accordingly, an edge of the lower-layer mat harder than the upper-layer mat is covered with the upper-layer mat, leading to alleviation of pain to a subject M caused by the edge of the lower-layer mat.
US09451924B2	Single screen multi-modality imaging displays Methods and systems provide an integrated display, on a single screen, of images obtained from multiple modalities used in screening a subject. The methods and systems are usable with 2D, 3D, and 4D imaging, by which a single screen displays a screen image from a first modality. A window delineating an area of interest is placed on a first modality image from the first modality, and this area of interest is then displayed on a second modality image from a second modality, thereby providing a combined image representing the area of interest through both modalities. Preferably, the first modality image corresponds and/or is correlated with the second modality image.
US09451923B2	Adapting a scan motion in an x-ray imaging apparatus According to one embodiment, the x-ray apparatus comprises an x-ray source adapted to emit an x-ray beam, a detector adapted to receive the x-ray beam of the x-ray source, wherein the x-ray source is adapted to be moved in relation to a first portion of the x-ray apparatus, wherein the detector is adapted to be moved in relation to a first portion of the x-ray apparatus, the x-ray apparatus further comprising a control unit for controlling the movement of the x-ray source and detector, wherein the x-ray source and the detector are adapted to rotate in relation to a first portion of the x-ray apparatus, wherein further the x-ray beam is directed essentially towards the detector during the movement of the x-ray source and the detector.
US09451921B2	System and method for indicating coronary artery disease risk based on low and high frequency bands A system and method for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) comprises an acoustic sensor to be placed on the chest of a patient to generate acoustic signals SA: a control unit adapted to receive said acoustic signals SA, the control unit comprising: an identification unit to identify diastolic or systolic periods in a predetermined time period and to generate a period signal SP; a filtering unit adapted to apply a filter to said identified periods to generate a low frequency band signal SLFB and a high frequency band signal SHFB of said identified periods; and a calculation unit, to calculate a low frequency power measure SLFP and a high frequency feature measure SHFF. A risk-determining unit provides a risk-of-CAD signal based on the low frequency power measure and the high frequency feature measure. The invention also relates to a stethoscope and a method for detection of low frequency power.
US09451916B2	System and method for assessing postural sway and human motion There is provided herein a system and method for performing a balance evaluation that utilizes a hand held accelerometer that measures upper body compensatory and correctional movement. Instead of testing movement in the waist or lower extremity as is commonly done, the instant invention measures thoracic trunk sway to estimate an individual's balance via positional change algorithms. By holding the measuring device to the chest and performing one or a variety of balance tests, the instant invention can determine the amount of sway in the trunk without attached or fixed monitors, which presents a novel approach to assessing postural sway above the center of mass.
US09451909B2	System and method for detecting amyloid proteins In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a device and method for detecting an amyloid protein in an eye of a mammal. A method comprises illuminating the eye with a light source having at least one of a wavelength property, a polarization property or a combination thereof, each appropriate to produce fluorescence in at least an amyloid-binding compound when the amyloid-binding compound is bound to the amyloid protein, the amyloid-binding compound having been introduced to the eye and specifically binding to the amyloid protein indicative of the amyloidogenic disorder; and determining a time decay rate of fluorescence for at least the fluorescence produced by the amyloid-binding compound bound to the amyloid protein, the determining permitting distinguishing of the presence of the amyloid-binding compound bound to the amyloid protein in the eye based on at least the time decay rate.
US09451907B2	Measuring apparatus In a measurement situation information storage unit, a plurality of sets of measurement situation information for identifying a measurement situation in which predetermined measurement is performed on a measurement target are stored in association with time periods. A measurement processing unit executes measurement on the measurement target. A display unit selects, from among the plurality of sets of measurement situation information, a set of measurement situation information corresponding to the measurement operation timing based on the time of the measurement operation timing or based on processing results obtained as a result of execution of measurement by the measurement processing unit, and causes a display to show the selected set of measurement situation information in a manner distinguishable from other measurement situation information.
US09451906B2	Retrieving mental images of faces from the human brain Methods, systems and computer readable storage medium for retrieving mental images of faces from the human brain. An exemplary embodiment includes a method for retrieving mental images of faces from a human brain, the method including generating an image on a screen, measuring brain activity data from a brain scanner, varying characteristics of the image on the screen, detecting changes in the brain activity data measured from the brain scanner, and generating a final image on the screen, the final image being related to a subjectively described mental image.
US09451905B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring the baroreceptor reflex of a user There is provided an apparatus for use in monitoring the baroreceptor reflex in a user, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to process a signal output by a first sensor that is attached to or located proximate to a bed to determine when the user moves from a lying position on the bed to a sitting position, and to provide an indication of the baroreceptor reflex of the user by processing the signal to determine the change in the heart rate of the user that occurs as a result of moving from the lying position to the sitting position.
US09451901B2	Method and device for evaluation of myocardial damages based on the current density variations Invention is related to cardiology and intended for diagnosis of ischemic myocardial injuries. Magnetocardiographic examination is executed, current density vectors maps are reconstructed during ST-T interval and 4 sub-intervals of QRS complex, quantitative diagnostic indicators are calculated. Characterized in that, for said time intervals total length of all vectors (total current), autocorrelation coefficient of the instant map and its correlation with map onto the T wave peak are derived, several quantitative indicators for these curves are calculated (area under the curve, time intervals, their ratio, etc.) and ranges of their values are divided onto 3 intervals. As a result, absence/presence of ventricles injuries is diagnosed according to the rule—injury is absent (presence minor, significant), if certain quantitative indicator is ranged in one of 3 said intervals or if score of points for separate quantitative indicators is less than or equal to 7 (8-16, 17 and more).
US09451900B2	Arrangement and method for heating of a magnetic material The present invention relates to an arrangement (10) for heating of a magnetic material (100) located in the center region of an inscribed sphere within a region of action, which arrangement comprises: —selection means (210) for generating a magnetic selection field (211) having a pattern in space of its magnetic field strength such that a first sub-zone (301) having a low magnetic field strength and a second sub-zone (302) having a higher magnetic field strength are formed in the region of action (300), —drive means (220) for changing the position in space of the two sub-zones (301, 302) in the region of action (300) by means of a magnetic drive field (221) so that the magnetization of the magnetic material (100) changes locally, and —control means (76) for controlling the drive means (220) to change the position in space of the first sub-zone (301) along a sequence of locations around said inscribed sphere for so long and with such a frequency that the center region of said inscribed sphere is heated.
US09451897B2	Body adherent patch with electronics for physiologic monitoring In one configuration, an adherent device to adhere to a skin of a subject includes a stretchable base layer having an upper side and a lower side and an adhesive coating on the lower side to adhere the base layer to the skin of the subject. The base layer has at least two openings extending therethrough, each of the at least two openings having a size. The adherent device also includes a stretchable covering layer positioned above and adhered to the base layer with an adhesive to define at least two pockets. The adherent device also includes at least two gels, each gel having a size larger than the size of openings to retain the gel substantially within the pocket, and a circuit carrier supported with the stretchable base layer to measure at least one physiologic signal of the subject. Other configurations and methods are also claimed.
US09451895B2	Mobile communication device and other devices with cardiovascular monitoring capability A general-purpose mobile communication device, general-purpose computer user-interface device, and other non-health-related electronic devices with cardiovascular monitoring capability. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise a general-purpose mobile communication device (e.g., a cellular telephone, portable email device, personal digital assistant, etc.) comprising a communication interface module adapted to communicate with a general-purpose communication network, and at least one module operational to acquire cardiac information from a user of the general-purpose mobile communication device. The general-purpose communication device may, for example, comprise a cardiac sensor (e.g., electrodes) disposed on the mobile communication device, which may be utilized to acquire cardiac information during use of the mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may also comprise a non-health related electronic device (e.g., a general-purpose mobile communication device, general-purpose user-interface device for a general-purpose computer, gaming controller, etc.) that, during normal non-health-related utilization, acquire, analyze and/or communicate user health-related information.
US09451893B2	Calculation of self-correlation in an implantable cardiac device Self-correlation enhancements and implementations are described. In particular, certain examples demonstrate the analytical tools to reduce the computational burden of generating a self-correlation function within an implantable medical device. Peak selector and tracking analysis are also included as secondary elements for identifying and generating confidence in rate estimates based on the self-correlation function. The approach may enable an alternative calculation of cardiac rate in an implantable medical device as a stand-alone rate detector or as a double-check of other rate calculations.
US09451892B2	Cardiac rate tracking in an implantable medical device Self-correlation enhancements and implementations are described. In particular, certain examples demonstrate the use of a tracking mechanism to identify and/or confirm cardiac rate using data from iterative self-correlation performed at intervals over time. This may enable the interpolation of cardiac rate in an implantable medical device when data is insufficient, and may provide confidence in cardiac rate analyzes.
US09451890B2	Integrated vectorcardiogram system and method of use An integrated vectorcardiogram (VCG) device having 3 pairs of electrodes placed in three orthogonal directions with the capability to continuously measure the electrical activity of the heart. All of the electrode pairs may be contained within a single miniaturized housing thereby eliminating the need for cumbersome wires required with current 12-lead ECG systems, while providing the same amount and quality of information as the 12-lead ECG system. The integrated VCG device also includes a communications function to allow the data collected by the electrodes to be transmitted wirelessly to a remote device, such as a pacemaker, to control its function or to a remote monitoring station for continuous real-time patient monitoring.
US09451886B2	Probabilistic parameter estimation using fused data apparatus and method of use thereof A probabilistic digital signal processor using data from multiple instruments is described. In one example, an analyzer is configured to: receive discrete first and second input data, related to a first and second sub-system of the system, from a first and second instrument, respectively. A system processor is used to fuse the first and second input data into fused data. The system processor optionally includes: (1) a probabilistic processor configured to convert the fused data into at least two probability distribution functions and (2) a dynamic state-space model, the dynamic state-space model including at least one probabilistic model configured to operate on the at least two probability distribution functions. The system processor iteratively circulates the at least two probability distribution functions in the dynamic state-space model in synchronization with receipt of updated input data, processes the probability distribution functions, and generates an output related to the state of the system.
US09451884B2	Device and method for in vivo detection of clots within circulatory vessels A device and method of using the device to detect the presence and composition of clots and other target objects in a circulatory vessel of a living subject is described. In particular, devices and methods of detecting the presence and composition of clots and other target objects in a circulatory vessel of a living subject using in vivo photoacoustic flow cytometry techniques is described.
US09451880B2	Patient interface for ophthalmologic diagnostic and interventional procedures A method for ophthalmic intervention on an eye of a patient includes: imaging a first and a second registration fiducial in reference to temporary geometric markers on the eye of the patient, the registration fiducials being formed on an inner annulus of a patient interface housing within a field of view of an imaging device; imaging a third registration fiducial formed on the inner annulus of the patient interface housing, the third registration fiducial being angularly spaced from the first and second registration fiducials; and processing image data generated via the image device so as to determine an angular orientation of the eye relative to the patient interface housing and an up or down orientation of the patient interface housing relative to the eye based on the location of the third registration fiducial.
US09451878B2	Medical image processing apparatus for examining an eye to determine the stage of glaucoma This invention is directed towards a medical image processing apparatus capable of providing effective information on glaucoma by integrating the tomographic image of the retina obtained by an optical coherence tomograph (OCT: Optical Coherence Tomography) and visual function information obtained by a perimeter. The medical image processing apparatus associates visual field measurement results with a fundus camera image (S420). The medical image processing apparatus registers, on the fundus camera image associated with the visual field measurement results, a layer thickness distribution which is obtained from an OCT tomographic image and indicates the thickness of the nerve fiber layer in the retina layer of an eye to be examined (S440). After that, the medical image processing apparatus presents information indicating glaucoma of the eye to be examined, based on the layer thickness distribution registered on the fundus camera image, and the visual field measurement results (S470).
US09451874B2	Adapter to couple a mobile phone to an endoscope A scope adapter for coupling a phone to an endoscope includes a base having a phone receiving portion for receiving and releasably supporting a phone. A first base end and a second base end define extents of a base cavity. A shaft is connected at opposite ends to each of the first and second base ends and spans across the base cavity. A threaded shaft is rotationally supported at opposite ends to the first and second base ends and spans across the base cavity. An endoscope positioned within the cavity is movably disposed along the shaft in each of a first direction and an opposite second direction by axial rotation of the threaded shaft. The endoscope includes a lens aperture that is positioned with respect to the phone receiving portion by displacement of the endoscope in either the first or second directions.
US09451872B2	Endoscope and image acquisition method An endoscope configured to measure a specimen using a pattern projection image of the specimen on which a light and shade pattern of light is projected, the endoscope may include: an insertion unit; an image capturing unit installed at a tip section of the insertion unit and configured to acquire an image of the specimen; an illumination unit having a first light source configured to emit illumination light to illuminate an observation field of vision of the image capturing unit; a pattern projection unit having a second light source configured to emit projection light to project the light and shade pattern on the specimen; and a control unit configured to control an operation of acquiring the image by the image capturing unit, an operation of emitting the illumination light from the illumination unit, and an operation of emitting the projection light from the pattern projection unit.
US09451871B1	Disinfecting floor mat The disinfecting floor mat is a mat that heath care workers and health care visitors step onto when entering or leaving a health care facility. When stepped on the disinfecting floor mat coats the bottom of the footwear of the heath care workers and health care visitors with a disinfecting solution. This disinfecting solution helps to prevent the spread of bacteria within the health care facility. The disinfecting floor mat comprises a top layer, an absorbent layer, a bottom layer, and a disinfecting gel.
US09451870B2	Dishwasher with sorption dryer device A dishwasher having a washing container, a sorption dryer device connected to the washing container in an air-conducting fashion, and at least one flow-conditioning device to homogenize a flow cross-section profile of an airflow as the airflow flows through the sorption dryer device. The flow-conditioning device is provided for the sorption unit between at least one heating element and the sorption unit of the sorption dryer device when viewed in the direction of the airflow such that essentially every point of an intake cross-section area of the sorption unit of the sorption dryer device is permeated by a volumetric airflow with essentially the same intake temperature.
US09451869B2	Washing machine with a direct drive system A washing machine with a direct drive system including a tub, a drum rotatably mounted inside the tub, a shaft connected to the drum at a first end for transmission of a driving force of a direct drive motor, a coaxial support connected to a rear portion of the tub and having a first seat for a first bearing supporting a second end of the shaft opposite the drum, a stator secured to the coaxial support and having a plurality of magnetic cores, a rotor including permanent magnets and connected to the shaft, and a second bearing for supporting the shaft between the second end and the first end. The tub is made of polymeric material in which a second seat for said second bearing is co-molded.
US09451866B2	Water-using domestic appliance with a catalytically active interior surface and method for operating the same The invention relates to a water-using domestic appliance comprising a tub for accommodating articles to be cleaned and at least one interior surface containing a catalytically active substance, said catalytically active substance being a polyoxometalate and the interior surface being likely to come into contact with water during operation of the domestic appliance. The invention further relates to a method for operating said domestic appliance.
US09451863B1	Wine glass polisher A wine-glass polisher includes a housing having at least one cleaning chamber defined by a bottom wall and at least one sidewall. Extending from the sidewall is a wine-glass holder including a horizontal arm having a C-shaped gripping member at a distal end for holding the stem of an inverted wine glass. Immediately above the gripping member is a motorized disc for engaging the base of a wine glass to rotate it during a cleaning and drying cycle. Mounted on the sidewall, below the wine-glass holder, is an upper dispensing nozzle for projecting either drying air or steam onto the exterior surface of a wine glass. Upwardly extending from the bottom wall of the cleaning chamber is a lower dispensing nozzle for projecting drying air or hot water onto the interior surface of a wine glass. Hot water and air are sequentially delivered to the nozzles to clean and subsequently dry a wine glass.
US09451860B2	Cyclone separator A cyclone separator is provided. The cyclone separator includes: a cyclone, an end cover of the cyclone separator, a filter and a wind guiding cylinder. The cyclone has an open end and a bottom wall defining an inlet of the cyclone separator therein. The end cover of the cyclone separator is disposed over the cyclone and defines an outlet of the cyclone separator therein. The filter has an upper end communicating with the outlet of the cyclone separator and a lower end extended into the cyclone. The wind guiding cylinder has a lower end communicating with the inlet of the cyclone separator, a closed upper end and a side wall defining a vent communicating with the cyclone.
US09451859B2	Cyclonic separator A cyclonic separator comprising a first cyclone stage, a second cyclone stage, an inlet duct, and an outlet duct. The first cyclone stage comprises a first dirt collection chamber. The second cyclone stage is located downstream of the first cyclone stage and comprises a second dirt collection chamber. The inlet duct carries fluid to the first cyclone stage, and the outlet duct carries fluid from the second cyclone stage. The first dirt collection chamber then surrounds at least partly the inlet duct and the outlet duct.
US09451851B1	Tissue dispenser with tissue supply advancing feature A tissue dispenser with a tissue advancement features includes a multi-sided dispenser with a hollow interior. Tissues are supported upon an advancement plate within the interior. A dispensing opening is disposed in a top of the dispenser and the advancement plate lies on the bottom of the interior. The bottom of the dispenser includes two advancement flaps, or legs that are frangible formed with the dispenser bottom by way of perforated lines. The perforated lines are broken by a user and the advancement flaps rotated into the interior and into contact with the bottom of the advancement plate. Further pushing of the flaps engages them with tabs on the advancement plate to hold it in place within the dispenser at a level nearer the dispenser opening.
US09451848B2	Beverage dispenser and coffee maker The present disclosure provides a beverage dispenser comprising a larger container for accommodating the beverage to be dispensed, a smaller container for accommodating the beverage dispensed and a connecting channel connecting the larger container and the smaller container. The beverage dispenser further comprises a rationing vessel, which has an upper opening and a lower opening; the upper opening of the rationing vessel opens to atmosphere; the lower opening of the rationing vessel is disposed in or communicates with an inner cavity of the smaller container; and the larger container has a vent opening to atmosphere. The beverage in the larger container flows into the smaller container through the connecting channel. The beverage in the smaller container is dispensed based on theories of static physics rather than relying on electronic control. The coffee maker of the present disclosure comprises a housing, the beverage dispenser and a brewing unit, both installed inside the housing, wherein, the beverage dispenser communicates with the brewing unit. It is easy to operate the coffee maker of the present disclosure to dispense a pre-determined amount of beverage without electronic control.
US09451844B2	Device for directly obtaining juice from fruit The invention includes a tubular elongated body with suction openings determining a filter, intended to be inserted into the fruit, the tubular elongated body being provided with a device for grinding the pulp of the fruit, an insertion stop and a top opening, the top opening ending in a coupling arrangement of a juice-dispensing member, such as a spraying head, a brush or a drop-by-drop juice-dispensing member.
US09451842B2	Insulated double walled drinking vessel and method of making the same An insulated drinking vessel, e.g., a wine glass, and a method of making the same is disclosed. The vessel basically comprises a pre-molded outer vessel formed of a plastic material having a sidewall, a pre-molded ring formed of a plastic material, and an inner vessel having a sidewall. The ring includes a bottom end at which the vestige of a molding gate may be located. The inner vessel is formed of a plastic material molded in-situ on the bottom end of the ring to cause portions of the ring's plastic to melt and intermingle with the plastic material of the inner vessel to form a subassembly including a non-superficial homogenous joint between the ring and the inner vessel. The sidewall of the inner vessel of the subassembly is disposed within the sidewall of the outer vessel and the ring is welded to a top portion of the outer vessel to form the rim or lip of the insulated drinking vessel.
US09451835B2	Breathable playmat An integrated padded mesh material may be used in pillows or pillowcases for improved air flow around a user of the pillow or pillowcase during rest. When used in a pillow, the material may substantially cover the side of the pillow that a user's head rests upon. Other materials, such as mesh and satin materials, may be used to complete construction of the pillow. The pillow may take on familiar shapes, such as a dog. When the integrated padded mesh material is used in a pillowcase the pillowcase may be wrapped around a conventional pillow to increase air flow during rest. The pillowcase may include several layers such as the integrated padded mesh material and an allergy-blocking fabric.
US09451834B2	Portable baby supporting device The invention provides a portable baby supporting device designed to be used anywhere for taking care of a baby and can be easily moved and stored to anywhere. The portable baby supporting device includes a base and a platform rotatably coupled to the base. The platform can either be stowed to be in parallel with the base or opened to be perpendicular to the base. When opened to a use status, the platform provides a first supporting surface for diaper changing, food feeding, or entertaining, etc. Necessary supplies can be stored in the compartments of the base in hand. The portable baby supporting device may also be collapsed to a minimized size for storage purpose, or oriented upside down, so that a higher changing table provided by the platform is accessible.
US09451832B2	Modular furniture Modular Furniture is an invention directed to, but not limited to, seating, fitting top tables, tumbling, and visual interest. Modular Furniture comprises a plurality of modular seating areas, support surfaces, and top tables. A modular seating area comprises a plurality of modular seating units optionally installed on a support surface. A seating unit comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and three or more side surfaces between said top surface and said bottom surface. Said top surface has a polygon shape and slants to said bottom surface at an angle to said bottom surface. Said angle is not less than zero degree and not more than forty-five degrees. Pockets are formed by, but not limited to, placing a plurality of seating units in disclosed configurations. The support surface can have legs to lift it off the ground. Top tables have legs fitting among the seating units. Modular Furniture is stackable.
US09451829B2	Foldable chair frame A foldable chair frame includes two spaced leg units, two spaced backrest units, a connecting unit, and a linkage unit. Each of the leg units includes a front leg and a rear leg. The connecting unit is pivotally connected between the leg units. The linkage unit includes at least one link module pivotally connected between the backrest units. The link module includes two links each having a first pivot portion pivotally connected with one of the backrest units and a second pivot portion located opposite to the first pivot portion. Thus, the foldable chair frame is folded in its longitudinal direction and is also folded in its transverse direction to reduce its whole volume to the minimum.
US09451827B1	Vandal resistant safety swing seat A vandal resistant swing seat generally comprises a tension member and a rubber cover. The tension member comprises a body connected to end connectors that attach to suspension chains. The body includes a tension component comprising an elongate fabric band having a front edge having a fold, and a rear edge having a fold, and a protection component comprising a metal cable disposed in each fold. The flexible metal wires prevent the tension fabric from being cut. In an alternate embodiment, the fabric band is comprised of a central mesh band of a first fabric and front and rear edge bands of a second fabric of higher tensile strength.
US09451823B2	Adjustable shelving system An adjustable shelving system includes a base member having rear, first, and second sides in a triangular configuration suitable for a room corner. A first shelf assembly is pivotally coupled to the first side of the base member and movable between a first rearward configuration perpendicular to the base member and a first forward configuration offset relative to the rearward configuration. A second shelf assembly is pivotally coupled to the second side of the base member and movable between a second rearward configuration perpendicular to the base member and a second forward configuration offset relative to the rearward configuration. Each shelf assembly includes rollers configured to support the weight of the shelf assembly and enhance movement, especially on an uneven surface. Each shelf assembly may include a vertically floatable hinge configured to allow the shelf assembly to move up or down according to changes in elevation of a floor surface.
US09451822B2	Collapsible shell cover for computing device A collapsible shell cover for a computing device having a holder portion, an input device portion, and kickstand portion is described that is configured to support a computing device at a viewing angle in an open configuration and to form a shell cover for the computing device in a collapsed configuration. The holder may receive the computing device between edge members having support lips for support. The input device and kickstand are rotatably secured to the holder at opposing ends of the edge members. In the open configuration, the holder is positioned at the viewing angle, the kickstand is rotated for support at a rear of the holder, and the input device is rotated to extend outward from a front of the holder. In the collapsed configuration, the holder, input device, and kickstand portion are aligned in a common plane to form the shell cover for the computing device.
US09451821B1	Lockable belt clip A resilient clip mountable to a Load Bearing Equipment (LBE) waist belt for suspending pouches or other articles therefrom, including MOLLE-compatible pouches and accessories. A first embodiment of the clip has a single, first lock to secure an article to the clip and the clip to a belt, and includes a front panel and a rear panel joined by a first bight. When closed, a second bight at a lower end of the rear panel surrounds and captures a third bight at a lower end of the front panel. A second embodiment of the clip adds to the first embodiment a second lock that, when in locked condition, prevents unlocking the first lock. Accessories for attaching to the clip a six-inch mini flashlight, a 3½″ mini flashlight, a leather pouch, and a nylon pouch are also disclosed.
US09451818B2	Portable computing device case convertible to upright stand A housing accessory convertible to a stand for a mobile computing device. The housing accessory includes a foldable cover member that has an upper portion, a flap portion, and a single folding hinge between the two portions and extending diagonally across the foldable cover. The flap portion can be rotated about the single holding hinge from a position coplanar with the upper portion to a folded position. Thereby the foldable cover is converted into a display stand operable to retain the mobile computing device in an inclined angle on a supporting surface.
US09451816B2	One piece co-formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner for mobile electronic devices A one-piece co-formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner formed on the interior of the exterior hard shell for mobile electronic devices. This hard protective exterior shell allows the device maximum protection from impacts with sharp objects while the interior elastomeric portion that provides shock protection for the device from impacts. The exterior hard shell part is formed to fit the device closely with a small offset from the devices surface. The exterior hard shell raps around the edges of the device. To allow the shell to be able to be mounted on the device the corners of the hard shell are cut open. This allows each sidewall to flex away when a device is inserted and snap back once it is in place. The elastomeric material fills in the gaps created at the corners of the exterior hard shell to allow flex for mounting.
US09451813B1	Method of making self-stopping beads A method of making a self-stopping bead for jewelry. The method comprises the steps of: inserting a resilient tube with an axial passage lengthwise into a relatively rigid tube having a longitudinal axis; deforming the rigid tube inward toward said axis at at least first and second spaced-apart locations along said axis until the rigid tube is necked down at said locations enough to pinch the resilient tube at a depression; and severing the rigid tube and the resilient tube at said depressions thereby forming a self-stopping bead with opposing holes wherein during the step of deforming, the rigid tube and the resilient tube are pinched off so that each hole in the bead receives therein an end of the resilient tube so that the resilient inner tube has a length substantially the same as an axial length of the self-stopping bead between the opposed bead holes.
US09451812B2	Bracelet clasp A bracelet clasp includes three strips, and a cover hinged to one of the strips. The clasp is provided with first and second push-pieces and with a safety device preventing lateral movement of the cover causing the clasp to unlock when pressure is simultaneously exerted both on a push-piece and on a flap of the cover opposite said push-piece. The safety device includes a spacer being received between the cover flaps, the ends of the spacer abutting against the cover flaps so as to prevent lateral movement of the cover causing the clasp to unlock when pressure is simultaneously exerted both on a push-piece and on a flap of the cover opposite the push-piece.
US09451811B2	Adjustable flotation device An adjustable flotation device is a device that is utilized to support the user's body in a variety of supported positions when the user is floating in a body of water. The device features an upper support member and a lower support member that are connected by a first adjustable strap and a second adjustable strap. The lengths of the first adjustable strap and the second adjustable strap may be adjusted to allow the user to utilize the present invention in a variety of supported positions. An at least one upper flotation aid and a lower flotation aid are utilized in conjunction with the upper support member and the lower support member in order to provide buoyancy to the device when in water. The upper support member and the lower support member may be separated from the first adjustable strap and the second adjustable strap for portability and storage.
US09451807B2	Pedicure protector for use before, during and/or after a pedicure and method of using same Certain embodiments provide pedicure protectors and methods for preventing polished toenails from smudging, smearing and/or otherwise being damaged. The pedicure protector may include a main body for receiving toes and ball of a foot. The main body may include a plurality of toe loop separators for wrapping around individual toes to align, separate and inhibit upward movement of toes. The pedicure protector may also include an upper surface that is repeatedly detachable and attachable to the main body. The upper surface may include at least one ventilation hole.
US09451805B2	Article of footwear with support assembly having primary and secondary members An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole, a support assembly beneath the midsole, and an outsole. The support assembly includes a primary member and a secondary member engaged with the primary member. A portion of the secondary member extends through an aperture in the primary member. An opening in the primary member exposes the aperture to an exterior of the primary member.
US09451798B2	Method for configuring passive-assist work gloves The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring a passive-assist glove comprising measuring, in a first measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a stress zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the stress zone; measuring, in a second measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a dexterity zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the dexterity zone; providing a plurality of palm sections for the glove; and arranging the plurality of palm sections being in the glove based on results of the measuring operation and to allow manipulation of the palm and the at least one of the multiple fingers to receive the object during use of the glove.
US09451792B1	Systems and methods for vaporizing assembly An electric vaporizing chamber is provided as improved and versatile vaporization chamber for use with a vaporizing system. The electric vaporizing chamber provides an enclosure that contains the electric vaporizing chamber. The enclosure utilizes interfacing features for engaging a mouth piece or similar accessory as well as a battery unit or an alternative power source to the electric vaporizing chamber. Within the electric vaporizing chamber is a vaporizing chamber assembly that receives vaporizable material in an internally positioned compartment. The compartment is hard anodized improving heat transmission and facilitating clean up after use. The enclosure contains a plurality of ventilation ports that improve the drawing of vaporized material from the compartment and through a mouth piece or similar accessory. The electric vaporizing chamber is adequately insulated to prevent heat transmission to the enclosure.
US09451791B2	Aerosol delivery device with an illuminated outer surface and related method The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices that may include components configured to convert electrical energy to heat and atomize an aerosol precursor composition. An outer body may at least partially enclose the components. An illumination source may be configured to output electromagnetic radiation. For example, a light emitting diode may output light. A waveguide may be configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the illumination source and provide illumination at an outer surface of the outer body. The waveguide may include an energy conversion material configured to alter a wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation outputted by the illumination source to change a color of, or otherwise affect, the illumination. The illumination may also be dynamically adjusted. The waveguide may define the outer body, or the waveguide may be received with a separate outer body. Related methods are also provided.
US09451790B2	Electronic cigarette atomizer and electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette atomizer is provided, comprising a suction nozzle cover, a fiberglass pipe sleeved on the suction nozzle cover, an oil cotton covered by the fiberglass pipe and a shell covered by the oil cotton, wherein, it also comprises multiple heat insulating layers and a connector far away from one end of the suction nozzle cover, the multiple heat insulating layers are sleeved on the outside of the oil cotton successively and located between the oil cotton and the shell, one end of the multiple insulating layers is butting connected with the connector inserted into the shell, the other end of the multiple insulating layers is butting connected with the suction nozzle cover inserted into the shell. It can effectively solve the problem that the electronic cigarette may run hot after been used continuously for a long time and improve the taste of smoking through using multiple insulating layers.
US09451789B2	Breading sifting table A food coating apparatus includes a drum assembly with an input end for receiving coating material and food product, a hollow body for mixing the coating material and the food product to form coated food product and used coating material, and an output end for allowing coated food product and used coating material to exit the drum assembly. A basket is arranged adjacent to the output end of the drum assembly to retain the coated food product and pass the used coating material that exit the drum assembly. A funnel pan collects and funnels the used coating material passed by the basket into a sifter which separates the used coating material into refuse and reusable coating material. A reclamation receptacle receives the reusable coating material from the sifter and is removable from the food coating apparatus to enable pouring the reusable coating material from the receptacle into the drum assembly.
US09451787B2	Ozone-based disinfecting device comprising a flow sensor An ozone-based disinfecting device is provided comprising a mixer having a generally hollow body with a water inlet for water under pressure, a spray nozzle for generating a generally conical spray of water introduced by way of the water inlet, a contact chamber communicating with a gas inlet for ozone rich gases, and an outlet aperture from the contact chamber that is coaxial with the spray nozzle and spaced apart therefrom. An electronic flow sensing device senses the extent of the flow of water through the spray nozzle according to vibration caused by water flowing through the mixer. The electronic flow sensing device is preferably located in a pocket formed in the mixer and preferably comprises a piezoelectric sensor embedded at least around its periphery in a settable material. A preferred construction of the mixer is also described.
US09451785B2	Compositions for dietary health management This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of any one of the disease states in the group consisting of cardiovascular disease, inflammation and diarrhoea. Human evolution has been a very slow process in contrast to the relatively recent, rapid changes in our diet since the Neolithic revolution which marked the switch from hunter-gatherer to agricultural life-style around 10,000 years ago. Moreover our genome has not had time to evolve at the same pace and therefore it is postulated that our bodies will work more efficiently with an ancestral diet. In a first aspect of the invention, a plurality of compositions for the dietary health management system of a human being is provided, wherein the plurality of compositions comprise a daily diet of: (g) 1750 to 2750 kilocalories (7350 to 11550 kiloJoules); (h) have more than 1250, preferably more than 1450, more preferably more than 1650 mg gallic acid equivalents of polyphenols; (i) have more than 40, preferably more than 50, more preferably more than 60 g fiber; (j) have more than 130, preferably more than 150, more preferably more than 170 g protein (k) have 0 to 2, preferably 0 to 1.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g starch; and (l) have 0 to 5, preferably 0 to 2.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g lactose.
US09451784B2	Off-note blocking sensory organic compounds Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by artificial sweeteners including aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate; and including stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A.
US09451780B2	Stick supplying unit, stick discharging unit, and sausage suspending apparatus A sausage suspending apparatus includes: a plurality of suspending members for suspending a sausage therefrom; a conveyor having the suspending members; and stick supporting members for supporting a stick. A stick discharging unit has a pair of stick latching arm bodies adapted to move upwardly in a forward direction, and, after the stick latching arm body has taken up the stick from the stick supporting member, the stick latching arm body discharges the stick from the stick latching arm body. The pair of stick latching arm bodies are located in correspondence with both end portions of the stick in a longitudinal direction of the stick, and a moving body and a driving body are provided outside a range between the both end portions of the stick.
US09451775B2	Heterocyclic compounds as pesticides The present application relates to the use of heterocyclic compounds, some of which are known, for controlling animal pests, including arthropods and in particular insects, furthermore to novel heterocyclic compounds and to processes for their preparation.
US09451774B2	Paddy rice seed treated by herbicidal composition and method for controlling weed Disclosed are a paddy rice seed treated by a herbicidal composition and a method for controlling weed which comprises sowing the above-mentioned paddy rice seed on a surface of a soil of a paddy field.
US09451772B2	Crystalline modification of fipronil The present invention relates to a novel crystalline modification of fipronil, to a process for the preparation of the same, to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification and to their use for combating pests and parasites.
US09451771B2	Compositions and methods to attract the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys A composition (useful for attracting Halyomorpha halys) containing (3R,6R,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3R,6R,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6S,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, and optionally a carrier material or carrier. The composition may also contain (3R,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3R,6S,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6R,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6R,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol where the composition contains a 3:1 ratio of cis-epoxybisabolenols:trans-epoxybisabolenols produced from (R)-citronellal. These compositions were based on the newly discovered aggregation pheromone components: (3S,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol and (3R,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol. The composition may also contain methyl(2E,4E,6Z)-decatrieonate. Also a method for attracting Halyomorpha halys to an object or area, involving treating said object or area with a Halyomorpha halys attracting composition containing a Halyomorpha halys attracting effective amount of the composition.
US09451767B2	Aqueous composition comprising dicamba and a drift control agent The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising dicamba and a drift control agent; to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting water and said composition, and optionally further pesticides; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or unde-sired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and finally to a use of the alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below for reducing the wind drift of an aqueous composition comprising a pesticide.
US09451764B2	Composition comprising insecticide-wax particles The present invention relates to compositions for pest control, more particularly insecticides, to a process for preparing them, and to the use of such formulations for sustained control of animal pests (arthropods) on various surfaces. The present invention further relates to active ingredient-wax particles in which at least one active insecticidal ingredient is dispersed in wax.
US09451761B2	Pest management system The present invention provides compositions and methods for the control and management of wildlife populations (including domesticated animals) and pests. Specifically provided are pest control systems incorporating the use of repellent or attractant formulations.
US09451759B2	Liquid bubble separator of circulating water system A liquid bubble separator of a circulating water system contains: a cylindrical tank, a pump, a bubble collection tank, and at least one micro bubble generating unit. The cylindrical tank included a water chamber defined by an inner wall, an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, at least one air orifice, and a bubble discharging hole. The pump is coupled with the inlet pipe to pump treated water into the inlet pipe via the nitrification tank. The bubble collection tank is mounted on one side of the cylindrical tank and includes a collecting tube. Each micro bubble generating unit is disposed in the water chamber and includes a body, a first mixing room, an inlet, at least one air tube coupling with the at least one air orifice and corresponding to the inlet, and a plurality of backflow apertures formed around the body and communicating with the first mixing room.
US09451756B2	Soybean variety 01045700 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01045700. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01045700. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01045700 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01045700 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09451755B2	Soybean cultivar S120063 A soybean cultivar designated S120063 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120063, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120063, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120063, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120063. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120063. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120063, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120063 with another soybean cultivar.
US09451751B2	Catharanthus variety PAS1053042 The invention provides seed and plants of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1053042’ and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1053042’ and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a Catharanthus plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another Catharanthus 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.
US09451749B2	Catharanthus variety PAS1053041 The invention provides seed and plants of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1053041’ and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1053041’ and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a Catharanthus plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another Catharanthus 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.
US09451747B2	Catharanthus variety PAS1052940 The invention provides seed and plants of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1052940’ and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of Catharanthus hybrid ‘PAS1052940’ and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a Catharanthus plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another Catharanthus 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.
US09451742B2	Reducing maintenance costs by replacing current lawns with blends containing mostly fine fescue mixtures A method of improved turf management comprises the steps of: removing the existing inefficient-to-maintain lawn/field; prepping the land for preferred planting conditions; then seeding with a mostly fine fescue mixture that includes: (a) about 20-50% by weight Hard Fescue; (b) about 20-50% by weight Creeping Red Fescue; and (c) about 20-50% by weight Chewings Fescue.
US09451741B2	Vacuum planter exhaust filtration system A vacuum planter exhaust filtration system for preventing seed treatment particles used in seed planting from entering the atmosphere. The vacuum planter exhaust filtration system generally includes an air filter fluidly positioned between the fan and the planting units of the vacuum planter. The air filter removes the particulate material prior to being exhausted into the surrounding environment by the fan. The air filter utilizes cyclonic separation to separate the particulate material from the contaminated air from the planting units. A particle container collects the removed particulate material and allows for environmentally friendly disposal of the particulate material.
US09451737B2	Soil cultivation device A soil cultivation device, which is movable relative to the soil in a direction of movement, for the deep loosening of soils, comprises perforating tools guided on supporting arms that move up and down, and a damping device having an elastomeric body, for damping a returning movement of the perforating tools pivoting relative to the supporting arm during withdrawal from the soil. For smoother and faster operation, a first side of the elastomeric body is firmly connected to a retaining member, resting flat on a retaining surface of the retaining member, and a second side of the elastomeric body opposite the first side is firmly connected to an input member in a firmly attached manner, resting flat on a retaining surface of the input member, and the body of elastomeric material is elastically biased by a separate biasing device acting against the body.
US09456534B2	Portable terminal and method of manufacturing a module thereof A portable terminal including a module, in which one or more storage members are disposed, and a method for manufacturing the portable terminal are provided. The portable terminal includes a first assembly that includes a shield can and a flexible circuit board attached to a surface of the shield can. The portable terminal also includes at least one socket unit mounted to an upper side of the first assembly. The socket unit is mounted to an upper side of the flexible circuit board while the first assembly is positioned on a jig.
US09456530B2	DC-DC converter A DC-DC converter is provided with a transformer provided with a primary coil and a secondary coil; switching elements connected to the primary coil for switching the flow of electrical current to the primary coil; rectifying elements connected to the secondary coil; a case having a first accommodating portion in which the transformer is accommodated and a second accommodating portion in which the switching elements and the rectifying elements are accommodated; and a metal heat sink mounted on the case, the metal heat sink being thermally connected to the switching elements and the rectifying elements and having a radiator portion exposed on the outer surface of the case.
US09456522B2	Self-determination of equipment rack consumption by rack-mounted appliances Embodiments include systems and methods for self-determination of equipment rack consumption by rack-mounted appliances. Some embodiments operate in context of pre-integrated systems having a number of rack-mounted appliances installed in an equipment rack. The equipment rack can include a number of passive location designators, each positioned on the equipment rack in a physical location corresponding to a mounting location for a rack-mounted appliance, and each including a code that indicates its associated mounting location. Each rack-mounted appliance can include a sensor which, when the rack-mounted appliance is installed in a mounting location of the equipment rack, can read the code on the passive location designator associated with that mounting location. This reading can be used by the rack-mounted appliance to self-determine its rack consumption.
US09456518B2	Modular fieldbus system, carrier module and fieldbus module The present invention relates to a carrier module (100) for fieldbus modules that can be snapped onto a carrier profile and is movable on the carrier profile, with a first plug connector (101L) for electrically and mechanically connecting a left-side fieldbus module to the carrier module (100) and with a second plug connector (101R) for electrically and mechanically connecting a right-side fieldbus module to the carrier module (100).
US09456514B2	Phase shifting device A phase shifting device, including: a housing; and at least one multipath phase shifter assembly in the housing, wherein the multipath phase shifter assembly includes at least two phase shifters disposed in parallel in a planar arrangement.
US09456512B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a case capable of being assembled or disassembled, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged in the case and having a tamper detection pattern, the tamper detection pattern having a plurality of conductive areas and at least one non-conductive area, a conductive area connection unit arranged between the case and the PCB and electrically connecting a part of the conductive areas during assembly of the case and electrically disconnecting the part of the conductive areas during disassembly of the case, and a conductive area connection detection circuit electrically connected to the conductive areas and detecting an electric connection state between the conductive areas. The conductive areas includes a first conductive area, a plurality of second conductive areas arranged to be separated from one another and connected to the first conductive area via the conductive area connection unit, and a third conductive area, at least a part of which is arranged between the second conductive areas.
US09456510B2	Electrical junction box An electrical junction box (10) has a main body-side connector (40) provided in a box body (12). An attachment body-side connector (76) is provided in an attachment body (14) that is separate from the box body (12) and is connected to the main body-side connector (40) by rotating the attachment body (14) on a rotating portion (72) provided at an end of the attachment body (14). The rotating portion (72) is supported by a support (30) on a side of the box body (12) opposite to the main body-side connector (40), and a positioning portion directly positions the main body-side connector (40) with respect to the upper case (20).
US09456507B2	Ecological method for constructing circuit boards A method for fabrication of a circuit board using the disclosed embodiments relies on a CAD model of a multilayer circuit board with conductive elements defined by layer. A first granular conductive material layer is introduced into a mold. A fusion process element traverses across the mold to fuse selected portions of the first granular conductive material layer forming first layer conductive elements. An additional granular conductive material layer is introduced into the mold over the fused selected portions of the first layer and unfused portions of the first layer. The fusion process element is then traversed across the mold to fuse selected portions of the additional granular conductive material layer forming an additional layer of conductive elements. Unfused granular conductive material is then purged from the fused first conductive elements and additional conductive layer elements. A dielectric material is then infused into a structure formed by the fused first conductive elements and additional conductive layer elements.
US09456506B2	Packaging for eight-socket one-hop SMP topology A mechanism is provided for packaging a multiple socket, one-hop symmetric multiprocessor topology. The mechanism connects each of a first plurality of processor modules to a first multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a first plurality of land grid array (LGA) connectors. The mechanism connects the first multiple-socket planar to a first side of a redistribution card via a second plurality of LGA connectors. The mechanism connects each of a second plurality of processor modules to a second multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a third plurality of LGA connectors. The mechanism connects the second multiple-socket planar to a second side of the redistribution card via a fourth plurality of LGA connectors.
US09456502B2	Method for ejecting molten metals The present invention relates to a method for ejecting droplets of a molten metal. In the present invention, the metal is a composition comprising a first metal and a second element, wherein the second element is Si. In jetting operation, the second elements may prevent contaminants present in the composition from precipitating and clogging the orifice. The present invention further relates to the use of such composition.
US09456501B2	Nanowire grid structure having grid patterns and a sacrificial layer Provided is a method of manufacturing a nanowire, including: forming a plurality of grid patterns on a grid base layer; forming a sacrificial layer on the grid base layer on which the grid patterns are formed; producing a nanowire grid structure by forming a nanowire base layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a nanowire by wet etching the nanowire base layer; and separating the grid patterns from the nanowire by etching the sacrificial layer.
US09456499B2	Structural body and interconnect substrate A structural body includes a first conductor having a first opening; a second conductor, having a second opening, which is opposite to at least a portion of the first conductor; a conductor via, passing through the first opening and the second opening, which is insulated from the first conductor and the second conductor; a first interconnect, provided in the inside of the first opening, of which one end thereof is connected to the conductor via and the other end thereof is formed as an open end and which is opposite to the second conductor; and a second interconnect, provided in the inside of the second opening, of which one end thereof is connected to the conductor via and the other end thereof is formed as an open end, and which is opposite to the first conductor.
US09456498B2	Electronic module power supply Power may be supplied to an electronic module according to various techniques. In one general implementation, for example, a system for supplying power to an electronic module may include a printed circuit board, the electronic module, and a conductive foil. The board may include a number of contact locations on a first side, with at least one of the contact locations electrically coupled to a via to a second side of the board. The electronic module may be electrically coupled to the contact locations on the first side of the board and receive electrical power through the at least one contact location electrically coupled to a via. The foil may be adapted to convey electrical power for the electronic module and electrically coupled on the second side of circuit board to at least the via electrically coupled to a contact location that receives electrical power for the electronic module.
US09456495B2	Norbornane-2-spiro-α-cycloalkanone-α′-spiro-2″-norbornane-5,5″,6,6″-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, norbornane-2-spiro-α-cycloalkanone-α′-spiro-2″-norbornane-5,5″,6,6″-tetracarboxylic acid and ester thereof, method for producing norbornane-2-spiro-α-cycloalkanone-α′-spiro-2″-norbornane-5,5″,6,6″-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, polyimide obtained by using the same, and method for producing polyimide A norbornane-2-spiro-α-cycloalkanone-α′-spiro-2″-norbornane-5,5″,6,6″-tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following general formula (1): wherein the formula (1), n represents an integer of 0 to 12, and R1s, R2, R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or the like.
US09456494B2	Multilayer wiring substrate, probe card, and method for manufacturing multilayer wiring substrate A multilayer wiring substrate includes a substrate main body and a plurality of wiring lines. The substrate main body includes first and second main surfaces. The plurality of wiring lines extend from the first main surface toward the second main surface side in the substrate main body. The substrate main body includes a plurality of insulator layers laminated on each other. The wiring lines each include via conductors separately provided in the plurality of insulator layers. In at least one of the plurality of wiring lines, a diameter of the via conductor provided in a first insulator layer defining the first main surface of the substrate main body is smaller than a diameter of the via conductor provided in at least one of the plurality of insulator layers other than the first insulator layer.
US09456491B2	High current-carrying printed circuit board and method for producing said printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes a busbar applied to a surface of the printed circuit board. The busbar is configured as a sequence of sheet metal conductor pieces which are connected to each other in an electrically conducting manner. The respective ends of the conductor pieces may have a rounded portion and a corresponding cutout, or a point and a corresponding indentation. An electrical controller, a motor vehicle and a printed circuit board configuration having at least one printed circuit board are also provided.
US09456489B2	Printed circuit board and printed wiring board A memory system is provided with a motherboard, and a memory controller and a plurality memory devices mounted on the motherboard. The motherboard comprises a unicursal-shape main wiring, and branch wirings branched from the main wiring to the respective memory devices. Further, the motherboard comprises an open stub wiring branched from a connecting point between a start end and a branch point of the main wiring. Thus, a ringing of a waveform of a signal received by a receiving circuit can be suppressed irrespective of a wiring length of the branch wiring.
US09456482B1	Daylighting for different groups of lighting fixtures Assume that the two groups of lighting fixtures are located in the same general area, employ daylighting, and provide light that can be sensed by each other. A first group will determine an actual lighting contribution provided by the second group and remove the actual lighting contribution provided by the second group when making daylighting decisions. As such, when the dimming level of the second group is changed, the first group will effectively ignore changes in the dimming level of the second group when making daylighting decisions, and vice versa. A group of lighting fixtures may include one or more lighting fixtures.
US09456480B2	Dimmer circuit and LED lighting device having said dimmer circuit A dimmer circuit may include: a rectification module, a control module and an output module, wherein the control module receives an input signal rectified through the rectification module and controls the output module to supply a load with an output signal in accordance with the input signal, and a compensation module which collects sampled signals characterizing dimming state of the dimmer circuit between the control module and the output module, and supplies the control module with a compensation signal in accordance with the sampled signals, the control module changing the value of the output signal according to the input signal and the compensation signal.
US09456479B1	Online knob dimming switch An online knob dimming switch includes a printed circuit board, and a switch and a dimming circuit installed in the online knob dimming switch and operated with a dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and a dimmable LED bulb, so that the online knob dimming switch may adjust the light emitting brightness of the dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and dimmable LED bulb installed onto a lampholder. With the wire holders installed at both ends, a power cable is installed conveniently to achieve the effects of shortening the assembling procedure, and improving the assembling efficiency and the market competitiveness.
US09456478B2	System and method for controlling LED segments to provide lighting effects A single board light engine includes an AC to AC step driver that selectively powers multiple LED segments by controlling tap points between the LED segments as the input voltage goes from zero crossover to maximum voltage and returns to zero crossover. The step driver may power a first LED segment, a second LED segment, both the first and second LED segments, or none of the LED segments depending upon the input voltage level. The LEDs within an LED segment may share a characteristic that differs from a characteristic shared by LEDs in another segment, which allows the LED fixture to provide a variety of lighting effects.
US09456469B2	Heading-dependent routing method and network subsystem Apparatuses, methods and systems are described that are configured to act on a heading-dependent suitability indicator of a channel through a mobile communication system that can have a defined heading, such as a passenger vehicle or other motor-propelled vehicle. The indicator may also use other determinants such as a latitude and longitude of the system.
US09456467B2	Rate-less wireless communication using protocol coding A communication system having two communication units configured for wireless communication and a method for wireless communication. Each of the communication units includes a communication controller using at least two communication protocols: a first protocol for communicating having a first error rate threshold and a fixed data rate, and a second protocol for communicating having a second error rate threshold being higher than the first error rate threshold and a non-fixed data rate. The communication controller switches between the first protocol and the second protocol.
US09456466B2	Method, device and system for controlling auxiliary information about user equipment A method, device and system for controlling assistant information of user equipment are disclosed. The field of wireless communication technology is related, and the problem is solved that the system efficiency is reduced, for UE reports the assistant information inappropriately. The method includes: the user equipment acquiring a control parameter of assistant information configured by a network side; and the user equipment reporting the assistant information of the user equipment to the network side according to the control parameter of assistant information. The technical scheme provided in the example of the present document is applied to a LTE system or a UMTS system, which implements that the network side controls the UE reporting the assistant information.
US09456462B2	Method, apparatus and system of frame tunneling operation of multiple frequency bands device Disclosed is a tunneling mechanism that enables frames generated by a MAC layer management entity (MLME) to be transmitted by another. By doing that, a pair of stations (STAs) can perform functions such as (re)association, authentication, and the like, without having to transmit frames over-the-air but, instead, use a different MLME for this purpose. This enables the station management entities (SMEs) of a pair of multi-band capable STAs to provide a seamless fast session transfer (FST), including the provisioning of multi-band (de)authentication and (re)association.
US09456460B2	Mechanism for managing PDN connections in LTE/EPC networks A method is provided for managing at least one connection established between a mobile terminal and an anchor gateway located between a mobile network and a packet-switching network, and being capable of conducting at least one communication session with the packet-switching network. The method includes receiving a management message from a device suitable for managing the at least one connection, the message including at least one piece of information relating to a change in the state of a connection of the mobile terminal, and an identifier relating to the connection; determining the need for a new connection by analyzing the at least one current connection at least according to the received information; once it has been determined that the need for a new connection exists, triggering the transmission of a request to establish a new connection between the mobile terminal and a new anchor gateway according to the analysis.
US09456459B2	Method for providing a random access channel in wireless network for communication and a corresponding system A method for providing a random access channel in a, preferably OFDMA-based, wireless network for communication includes: a) defining at least one radio frame according to a frame structure of the wireless network for data transmission; b) providing at least one random access channel in the radio frame by at least one base station of the wireless network for random data transmission of at least one user equipment; c) accessing the at least one random access channel by the at least one user equipment for random data transmission; d) determining network information of the, preferably OFDMA-based, wireless network including network user equipment related information of the at least one user equipment; and e) assigning the at least one random access channel according to the determined network information for random data transmission. A corresponding system is also described.
US09456455B2	Method of transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system A method of transmitting feedback information at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprising a network and a plurality of UEs is disclosed, the method comprising receiving information associated with a time-frequency region for transmitting feedback information related with downlink data, the time-frequency region being dynamically allocated by the network, receiving the downlink data from the network, and transmitting the feedback information for the downlink data to the network on the time-frequency region.
US09456454B2	Flexible disabling/enabling of cross-carrier scheduling in carrier-aggregated wireless data transmission The invention allows flexible disabling/enabling of cross-carrier scheduling in carrier-aggregated wireless data transmission. In response to detecting a predetermined disabling indication of cross-carrier scheduling of received carrier aggregated wireless data transmission, the disabling indication targeting subframes allocated to uplink in a first component carrier transmitted from a cross-carrier scheduling cell and to downlink in a second component carrier transmitted from a cross-carrier scheduled cell: a downlink control region in the targeted subframes in the second component carrier is monitored for uplink/downlink grants; and in response to detecting an uplink/downlink grant, the detected uplink/downlink grant is utilized in uplink/downlink scheduling of the targeted subframe in the second component carrier.
US09456450B2	Methods of incorporating an ad hoc cellular network into a fixed cellular network In this invention, we disclose methods directed toward integrating an ad hoc cellular network into a fixed cellular network. The methods disclosed herein automate the creation and integration of these networks. In additional embodiments, we disclose methods for establishing a stand-alone, ad hoc cellular network. In either of these implementations, we integrate or establish an ad hoc cellular network using mobile ad hoc cellular base stations configured to transmit and receive over a variety of frequencies, protocols, and duplexing schemes. The methods flexibly and dynamically choose an access or backhaul configuration and radio characteristics to optimize network performance. Additional embodiments provide for enhancing an existing network's coverage as needed, establishing a local network in the event of a loss of backhaul coverage to the core network, and providing local wireless access service within the ad hoc cellular network.
US09456446B1	Method and apparatus for facilitating simultaneous transmission from multiple stations A first communication device determines that each second communication device in a plurality of second communication devices has respective data to be transmitted to the first communication device. The first communication device transmits a request to the plurality of second communication devices to transmit data to the first communication device simultaneously during a transmit opportunity period of the first communication device. The first communication device receives data transmitted simultaneously by the plurality of second communication devices during the transmit opportunity period of the first communication device.
US09456444B2	OAM and time slot control in a deterministic ARC chain topology network In one embodiment, a network of nodes is configured to communicate according to a configuration of Available Routing Construct (ARC) chains as well as monitoring communication in the network, and/or selectively controls whether or not provisioned particular links will be used. One embodiment colors nodes of the network (e.g., a wireless deterministic network) along different paths through the network and marks packets with the color of each traversed node to track a path taken by a packet. One embodiment sends a particular packet through the network and marks over which links the packet traverses and aggregates these traversed links of other copies of the particular packet. One embodiment controls whether or not the provisioned time slots are used based on flooding a control packet through the network with enable or disable information for each of these links.
US09456439B2	Method for transmitting channel state information in wireless access system Channel State Information (CSI) is reported by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation. A first type CSI for a first component carrier (CC) of two or more downlink (DL) CCs is measured. A second type CSI for a second CC of the two or more downlink (DL) CCs is measured. The first type CSI only is reported, when a collision of a report of the first type CSI with a report of the second CSI type is occurred in a same subframe. In addition, the first type CSI includes (1) a Rank indicator (RI) and a first Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), (2) only the RI, or (3) only the first PMI, and the second type CSI includes (1) a Wideband Channel Quality Indicator (WB-CQI) and a second PMI, (2) the WB-CQI and the first PMI, or (3) only the WB-CQI.
US09456438B2	Inter-device communication in a machine to machine communication network A communication system comprising a base station and two or more terminals configured for communicating with the base station by means of a communications protocol, wherein: the communications protocol operates in a frequency band to which unlicensed access is permitted; and the terminals are configured for unattended operation with the base station.
US09456436B2	Method and apparatus for state/mode transitioning A method and network element for sending a transition indication to transition a user equipment to a different state or mode, the method receiving a configuration message from a network; and transmitting a transition indication from the user equipment, the transition indication only includes a cause if the configuration message contains an inhibit transition indication. Also, a method and user equipment for processing a transitioning indication from a user equipment indicating the user equipment desires a transition to a different state or mode, the method comprising: receiving the transition indication from the user equipment; if the transition indication contains a cause: releasing a signaling connection of the user equipment or transitioning the user equipment to a different state or mode; and if the transition indication does not contain the cause: releasing the signaling connection.
US09456435B2	Communication units and methods for control channel change notification in broadcast communication system supporting carrier aggregation A method supporting control channel change notification for at least one wireless communication unit capable of operating on a first serving communication cell and configured with access to at least one second serving communication cell in a wireless broadcast communication system. The method includes, at a broadcast server: supporting communication with at least one wireless communication unit via the at least one second serving communication cell; generating a message including an indication that a control channel change notification will be sent in the at least one first serving communication cell; transmitting the message to the at least one wireless communication unit operational in the at least one second serving communication cell; and transmitting the control channel change notification in the first serving communication cell.
US09456434B1	Dynamic TDMA system for TV white space MIMO wireless A method may include identifying a repeating frame structure for communication between a MIMO base station and one or more wireless devices, the frame structure including a plurality of slots, with each slot including an uplink portion and a downlink portion, and each uplink portion and downlink portion comprising a plurality of sub-slots, receiving, at the wireless base station, an identification of a first wireless device of the one or more wireless devices, assigning to the first wireless device, a sub-slot in an uplink portion of a static slot in the frame structure, communicating, to the first wireless device, information from which the first wireless device can identify the sub-slot, and communicating with the one or more wireless devices by associating data in the first sub-slot with the first wireless device.
US09456433B2	Method and system for client device localization A system includes one or more hardware processors causing performance of operations. The operations include transmitting, by a first access point, a set of one or more wireless signals that include a request for feedback information. The set of wireless signals incorrectly identifies a second access point as the sender of the set of wireless signals instead of correctly identifying the first access point as the sender of the set of wireless signals. The operations further include receiving, from a client device associated with the second access point, a feedback information corresponding to the receipt of the set of wireless signals by the client device, and, based on the feedback information: determining a distance between the first access point and the client device that is associated with the second access point.
US09456431B2	Precise temperature and timebase ppm error estimation using multiple timebases Methods and systems for precise temperature and timebase PPM error estimation using multiple timebases may comprise in an electronic device comprising a plurality of timebases and measuring a temperature corresponding to the timebases. Frequencies of the timebases at the measured temperature may be compared to determine differential error functions for the timebases. A fine reading of the temperature corresponding to the timebases may be generated based, at least in part, on the measured temperature and the determined differential error functions for the timebases. The timebases may be calibrated utilizing the generated fine reading of the temperature. The timebases may comprise different order temperature dependencies. Models of temperature dependencies of each of the timebases based may be updated, at least in part, on the fine reading of the temperature. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) clock signal may be periodically utilized to improve the accuracy of the calibration of the timebases.
US09456430B2	Base station device, mobile station device, communication system, and communication method A communication system which performs communication between a base station device configuring at least one cell and a mobile station device, wherein: the base station device includes: a synchronization signal generation unit which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to a cell identity for identifying a cell; and a transmission unit which generates a first transmission signal including the synchronization signal using a first parameter obtained from the cell identity, generates a second transmission signal excluding the synchronization signal using a second parameter obtained from a virtual cell identity different from the cell identity, transmits the first transmission signal using a first frequency band, and transmits the second transmission signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The mobile station device includes: a reception unit which receives a first reception signal including the synchronization signal using the first parameter obtained from the cell identity via the first frequency band and receives a second reception signal using the second parameter obtained from the virtual cell identity via the second frequency band.
US09456428B2	Method and apparatus for allowing soft handoff of a CDMA reverse link utilizing an orthogonal channel structure Method and apparatus for base stations and subscriber units allows soft handoff of a CDMA reverse link utilizing an orthogonal channel structure. Subscriber units transmit an orthogonally coded signal over a reverse link to the base stations. A given base station provides timing control of the timing offset of the reverse link signal. Based on at least one criterion, an alignment controller determines that the given base station should hand off timing control to another base station, and a soft handoff process ensues. In response to a command or message for soft handoff of the subscriber unit from the given base station to another base station, the subscriber unit makes a coarse timing adjustment to the timing of the coded signal. The subscriber unit may make fine timing adjustments based on feedback from the base station controlling timing. Multiple base stations may provide power control feedback to the subscriber unit.
US09456427B1	Dynamic power optimization to increase coverage The invention is directed to the optimization of power to increase a coverage area between a mobile device and the wireless communications network. Once it is determined that coverage is to be increased, a scheduling request is communicated to an access component (e.g., base station, eNodeB). The access component then sends a scheduling grant to the mobile device indicating that coverage will be increased. The determination to increase coverage is based on a total time delay of a packet sent from one device to another device, and a quality of the current voice or data session.
US09456426B2	Determining a gain factor for transmit power control in enhanced uplink A gain factor is used for calculating one transmit power relative to another transmit power. For example, in UMTS high speed uplink packet access, a gain factor called βed is employed for transmission associated a given enhanced transport format combination indicator (E-TFCI). Conventionally, a gain factor to be used for a given E-TFCI can be determined via interpolation between two of the reference E-TFCIs to reduce signaling overhead. However, certain network configurations may result in one or more of the reference E-TFCIs that could be otherwise be used according to conventional techniques being outside of a valid range. In the event such a sub-optimal configuration occurs, interpolation and/or extrapolation schemes based on at least one reference E-TFCIs that is within and/or or is not within the valid range are used to calculate a gain factor for a given E-TFCI.
US09456418B2	Multi-channel low power communication method and apparatus A multi-channel low power communication method and apparatus are provided. The multi-channel low power communication method may include transmitting request to send (RTS) to a receiver through a plurality of communication channels, receiving clear to send (CTS) from the receiver in response to the RTS, and transmitting a data packet through part or entire of at least one communication channel having received the CTS among the plurality of communication channels, wherein at least one of the RTS and the CTS comprises a multi-channel power save information field related to multi-channel power save.
US09456414B2	Communication method of a terminal and an access point for multi-user transmission opportunity (TXOP) power saving Provided is a terminal and an access point in an active mode for multi-user transmission opportunity (TXOP) power saving that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state if there is no stream of data to be transmitted during a TXOP duration.
US09456413B2	Power management in a mobile device Apparatuses, systems and methods for reducing power consumption during standby operation of a mobile device are disclosed. A page decoding algorithm can be stored in nonvolatile memory during standby. The page decoding algorithm can be executed from the nonvolatile memory, when the mobile device is awakened from a sleep state to determine if there is any activity such as an incoming call. No power is required for the nonvolatile memory to maintain storage of the algorithm so that the power requirement during standby of the mobile device is reduced.
US09456412B2	Electronic device and method for selecting access point name Method of selecting an Access Point Name (APN) includes selecting one APN from an APN list when a network connection state of an electronic device is idle and the APN list has at least one APN. The electronic device includes a storage device that stores a APN list. A connection is established between the electronic device and a wide area network using the selected APN. When the connection is established using the selected APN, the method determines that the selected APN is a preferred APN.
US09456410B2	Method for supporting PDN GW selection A method for supporting PDN GW selection, comprising the following steps of: receiving by an MME a local route optimization service request information; searching by the MME the IP address of a PDN GW which supports local route optimization according to the IP address of a PDN GWh; sending by the MME a bearer request establishment message to the PDN GWh. The method of the present invention can ensure core network equipment to find PDN GW correctly while HeNB system supports local route optimization.
US09456408B2	System and method for basic service set association In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a station (STA) from an access point (AP), a frame including a device type indicator and comparing the device type indicator with a device type accepted by a basic service set (BSS) of the AP to produce a comparison. The method also includes determining whether to associate the STA with the AP in accordance with the comparison, associating the STA with the AP upon determining to associate the STA with the AP, and not associating the STA with the AP upon determining not to associate the STA with the AP.
US09456406B2	Cell discovery and wake up through device-to-device discovery protocols Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards devices and methods for discovering and waking up dormant access nodes in cellular networks. In one embodiment, the dormant access nodes passively participate in a device-to-device discovery process to identify potential user equipment nearby. Upon identifying a potential user equipment, the dormant access node may wake itself up and inform a serving access node that that is able to service the user equipment. In another embodiment, dormant access nodes may transmit a discovery message periodically. Upon receiving the discovery message a user equipment may report the availability of the dormant access node to its serving access node.
US09456405B2	User equipment and methods for operation in coverage enhancement mode with physical random access channel preamble Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) to operate in accordance with a physical random access channel (PRACH) are disclosed herein. The UE may comprise hardware processing circuitry to determine a coverage enhancement category for the UE based on downlink channel statistics related to reception of downlink signals at the UE from an Evolved Node-B (eNB) and an uplink-downlink imbalance parameter related to uplink reception at the eNB. The hardware processing circuitry may be further to select, for use in a coverage enhancement mode, a PRACH preamble from a set of candidate PRACH preambles based on the determined coverage enhancement category for the UE. In some embodiments, at least some of the candidate PRACH preambles may span a different number of sub-frames.
US09456404B2	Wireless communication system and resource allocation method thereof A wireless communication system and a resource allocation method thereof are provided. The wireless communication system includes a base station and a plurality of user equipments. The base station or one of the user equipments is configured to transmit resource allocation information to the user equipments. The user equipments are configured to perform a device-to-device communication and/or perform a device-to-device discovery according to the resource allocation information. The resource allocation method is applied to the wireless communication system to perform the aforesaid operations.
US09456401B2	Method for enhancing data transfer across a wireless network arrangement A method of route prediction and device configuration for enhancing data transfer across a wireless network arrangement by using routing information to predict data transfer routes and configuring devices to switch between states to reduce data transference time and power consumption of a wireless network arrangement.
US09456400B2	Best effort call routing preference setting The invention refers to providing call control within a mobile network with respect to a subscriber associated to one or a plurality of user equipments (10), the mobile network comprising an application server—SCC-AS—(18) responsible for an access domain selection, the application server performing the receiving an indication to provide a best effort—BE—access domain with respect to the user equipment (10), and selecting an access domain in dependency of the received indication for routing a call with respect to the one or the plurality of user equipments. The invention further refers to an application server (18), a computer program loadable into the application server and a user equipment (10).
US09456395B2	Resume handling after tune-away Methods and apparatus for resuming operations with an LTE network are described. One example method generally includes suspending operations with a base station of a first radio access technology (RAT) network (e.g., LTE network), tuning to a second RAT network (e.g., 1x network) to monitor for paging messages targeting the UE, and determining whether or not to resume operations with the base station of the first RAT network without performing system acquisition based, at least in part, on how much time has elapsed since suspending operations.
US09456390B2	Method and apparatuses for maintaining service continuity to a centralization and continuity application server A method and apparatus for maintaining service continuity for User Equipment accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem communication network. A routing identifier is established that identifies a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server allocated to the User Equipment. The routing identifier is sent to the User Equipment. In the event of disruption to the service between the User Equipment and the Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server, a handover message is sent from the User Equipment via a Circuit Switched access network. The handover message includes the routing identifier, and is then forwarded to the identified Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server. This allows the same Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server to be used after the handover as was used before the handover, thereby providing service continuity.
US09456387B2	Method and apparatus for improving adaptive streaming video quality by optimizing resource allocation A method of allocating resources for transmitting content from a network element in a communications network to one or more mobile devices each in communication with the network element may include receiving, at the network element, characteristic information corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices; and generating one or more adaptive guaranteed bit rate (AGBR) values at the network element corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices, respectively. The AGBR values may be GBR values generated for each of the one or more mobile devices based on the corresponding characteristic information. A first scheduling algorithm may be executed at the network element based on the one or more AGBR values; and resources may be allocated to the one or more mobile devices based on an output of the scheduling algorithm.
US09456386B2	Systems, methods and computer products for pooling of wireless collection bandwidth Systems, methods and computer products for pooling of wireless collection bandwidth are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a bandwidth management method, in a wireless device, the method, including querying for additional wireless devices within a communication range of the wireless device, the wireless device and additional wireless devices being in communication with a network having downloadable content, initiating communication between the wireless device and the additional wireless devices, establishing an ad-hoc network among the combination of the wireless device and the additional devices, establishing communication between the combined wireless device and additional devices as the ad-hoc network, and the network having the downloadable content and requesting the downloadable content from the network to the wireless device, wherein the downloadable content is transferred over a bandwidth collectively pooled among individual bandwidths of the wireless device and the additional wireless devices.
US09456384B2	Message processing method, device, and system The present invention provides a message processing method, device, and system. The method includes: receiving a TCP data acknowledgement message sent by a UE; obtaining, according to the TCP data acknowledgement message, an identifier of a TCP data packet successfully received by the UE; obtaining, according to correspondence between the identifier of the TCP data packet and an identifier of at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU, the identifier of the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU corresponding to the identifier of the TCP data packet; and determining that the UE has successfully received the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU corresponding to the identifier of the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU.
US09456383B2	Device and method for adaptive rate multimedia communications on a wireless network Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media may adjust an encoding rate based on network conditions between a transmitter and a receiver. Either the transmitter, receiver, or both the transmitter and receiver may determine the encoding rate. In one aspect, a ratio of received network data to transmitted network data is determined. An encoding parameter is then determined based on the determined ratio. In one aspect, the encoding parameter may be used to adjust an encoder. In another aspect, the determined encoding parameter may be transmitted to an encoding or transmitting node. In another aspect, an amount of data buffered in a network is determined. A sustainable throughput of the network is also determined. A transmission rate is then determined based on the sustainable throughput and the amount of data buffered. An encoding parameter is then adjusted based on the transmission rate.
US09456379B2	Vehicle-mounted device and congestion control method A vehicle-mounted device includes a measurement unit that detects the radio signal to measure a congestion level, a reception unit that receives, from each of the predetermined vehicle-mounted devices, the value of a predetermined parameter, in which a degree of contribution to congestion increases as the value of the parameter increases, from among parameters relating to the communication of the predetermined vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit that sets, when the congestion level measured by the measurement unit is outside a set predetermined range, the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device so that the congestion level is within the predetermined range in consideration of the magnitude relationship between the congestion level and a value within the predetermined range and a magnitude relationship between the value of the predetermined parameter received by the reception unit and the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device.
US09456378B2	End-to-end (E2E) tunneling for multi-radio access technology (multi-rat) Technology for measuring quality of service (QoS) in a tunneling layer using multiple radio access technologies (RAT) is disclosed. In an example, a mobile node (e.g., user equipment UE), a mobile station (MS), or a mobile cheat), or a multi-RAT control server and/or gateway can include computer circuitry configured to: receive packets of a data flow from separate tunnel connections; and generate a QoS metric for the data flow from a QoS parameter within an enhanced tunneling header of a received packet. At least one RAT (e.g., third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 or Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), or IEEE 802.11 or Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)) can communicate via the tunnel connections.
US09456376B2	Subscriber-controlled registration technique in a CDMA system A method and apparatus for dynamic uplink communication in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. The method includes transmitting, by a base station, a pilot signal on a first channel to a mobile station (MS), the pilot signal indicating a signal strength, receiving, by the MS, a one-bit indicator from a plurality of base stations on a second channel, the one-bit indicator indicating a congestion status for each of the plurality of base stations, determining, by the MS, the congestion status for each of the plurality of base stations, and selecting, by the MS, a base station based on the one-bit indicator received on the second channel, wherein the one-bit indicator further indicates a neighboring base station that is lightly congested.
US09456375B2	Method for transmitting data from terminal in wireless communication system, and device for same A method and an apparatus for transmitting a signal at a cooperative user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting client cooperative communication is provided. The method includes: receiving one or more packets configured in predetermined units from a source user equipment; configuring a data burst respective to the source user equipment based on the predetermined units by including the one or more packets in the data burst based on a priority level; and transmitting the data burst to a base station. Here, the one or more packets are configured in one of service data units (SDUs) and protocol data units (PDUs), and the priority level is same as a priority level used by the source user equipment.
US09456367B2	Multi-path search apparatus and method in a wireless communication system A multi-path search apparatus and a method in a wireless communication system are provided. The multi-path search apparatus includes a correlator configured to get a 1st correlation value between a received signal and a 1st code, and to get a 2nd correlation value between the received signal and a 2nd code, a coupler configured to couple the 1st correlation value and the 2nd correlation value, and a multi-path information generator configured to get the correlation energy of the output of the coupler and to generate multi-path information.
US09456358B2	Method and apparatus for indicating active channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations Techniques for indicating active channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations for a user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The UE may be configured with multiple CSI-RS configurations and may receive signaling indicating which of its CSI-RS configurations are active. Improved performance may be obtained by dynamically signaling the active CSI-RS configurations. In one example, the UE may receive first signaling (e.g., upper-layer signaling) indicating a plurality of CSI-RS configurations configured for the UE. The UE may receive second signaling (e.g., lower-layer signaling) indicating at least one active CSI-RS configuration for the UE. The active CSI-RS configuration(s) may include all or a subset of the plurality of CSI-RS configurations. The UE may perform at least one communication task based on the at least one active CSI-RS configuration for the UE. The communication task(s) may include de-rate matching, CSI reporting, cell set management, etc.
US09456355B2	Signaling tracing method, apparatus and system The present invention discloses a signaling tracing method, apparatus and system. In embodiments of the present invention, the signaling tracing configuration information sent by an OAM device carries a user equipment identifier, and therefore, even in a scenario that an access network and a core network are managed by different OAM devices, the OAM device of the access network can also initiate signaling-based signaling tracing configuration, so that a base station can initiate signaling tracing for the user equipment.
US09456354B2	Non-line of sight wireless communication system and method A non-line of sight backhaul system and method are described that provides self-alignment of the antennas beams of the wireless radios of the system, that provides robust operation in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands, that facilitates the use of a reduced number of frequency channels from M to 1 and that enables operation in a non-line of sight (NLOS) propagation environment.
US09456350B2	Method and system for enhanced messaging Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones.
US09456345B2	Device authentication techniques Techniques are provided for authenticating a phone or other device for a user. A phone or other device is provided to the user. A personal identification number is provided to the user. The personal identification number is used to authenticate the phone or other device in the network for the user.
US09456341B2	Methods and devices for deriving a permanent UE identifier Network node and base station and methods therein for deriving a permanent identifier, such as an IMSI, for a UE in a cellular communication system of LTE type. The solution involves the use of a request for an inter-RAT handover, where the request comprises a temporary identifier of a process associated with the UE of which a permanent identifier is to be derived. The access to a permanent UE identifier is enabled in a radio access network where such an identifier is not readily available. The solution does not require any changes to procedures or nodes in the core network.
US09456340B2	Unsolicited broadcast packet transmission through close-by communication protocol A method is provided for generating a broadcast packet at a first device including an address; transmitting the generated broadcast packet to a second device through a first protocol. The first device may communicate with the second device via the transmitted address through a second protocol different from the first protocol. Alternatively, an apparatus is provided to receive an unsolicited broadcast packet including an address through a wireless, close-by communication protocol; extract from the broadcast packet identification information about the remote device; and store the extracted identification information in association with the remote device. Alternatively, a computer-readable medium is provided storing instructions to receive a an unsolicited broadcast packet including an address through a first protocol; extract from the broadcast packet identification information, including the address and a service available at the remote device; and communicate with the remote device via a second protocol.
US09456338B2	Control apparatus and wireless communication system A smart phone carried by a user being aboard a vehicle transmits an automatic Virtual Network Computing (VNC) request that is a request of a remote manipulation based on a trigger event that arises when a short range wireless communication is established with an in-vehicle apparatus in the vehicle. Further, the smart phone transmits a manual VNC request at the time when a manipulation for a VNC request is performed by a user. In contrast, the in-vehicle apparatus uses, as a start condition of starting a VNC connection, a reception of the automatic VNC request from a smart phone that is registered as a target of remote manipulation. In particular, when a plurality of smart phones are registered, the in-vehicle apparatus adds a reception of the manual VNC request from a smart phone into the start condition.
US09456336B2	Femtocell message delivery and network planning Techniques for femtocell message delivery and network planning are described herein. A mobile device sends a registration request to an access point, such as a femtocell access point. If denied registration, the mobile device may return to service by a macro cell access point. A network entity, such as a femtocell gateway serving the access point, may determine an identification of the mobile device. The network entity may send the identification of mobile device and an identifier of the access point to an application server. The application server may create and send a targeted message to the mobile device based on the identification of mobile device and the identifier of the access point. The application server may determine a user count for the access point and facilitate network planning based on the user count.
US09456333B2	Centralized routing in hybrid networks A mobile device utilizes a two-stage dialing solution when roaming on a visited mobile operator (MO) network to implement centralized routing so that a home network portion of a hybrid network is inserted into the path of outbound calls. A remote centralized routing (CR) service interoperates with a CR client on the mobile device. When a call is initiated to a remote party, the CR client calls into an arbitrary roaming routing number that is terminated in the home network. Once the call is connected between the mobile device and home network, the CR client sends a dialing string that includes a destination number of the remote party. The CR service calls the destination number and then bridges the calls to the mobile device and remote party to establish an end-to-end call path between the local and far ends of the call that traverses the home network.
US09456331B2	Methods of discovering devices for network formation Disclosed are methods and systems for broadcasting and scanning for a service simultaneously. The present disclosure provides a solution for devices utilizing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
US09456328B2	Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting a configurable parameter of a discovery protocol during discovery of devices in a wireless network A method and apparatus for performing a discovery of one or more wireless devices. The method includes initiating, at a first wireless device, a discovery protocol having a configurable parameter, the discovery protocol being associated with discovery of one or more second wireless devices; determining a number of second wireless devices within a predetermined range of the first wireless device; and adjusting the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol based on the number of second wireless devices determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device. The method further includes at the first wireless device, completing the discovery of one or more second wireless devices in accordance with the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol as adjusted based on the number of second wireless devices determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device.
US09456326B2	Method and system of supporting continuous access to content transmitted over two or more networks A system and method of supporting access to content over first and second networks that allows a user to access content over different networks, either on the same device or with different devices. The access may be supported in a continuous or seamless matter without substantially interrupting access to the content, such as by instigating the transition during a period of time when minimal, if any content, or content of value, is likely to be missed.
US09456319B2	Text-to-bill transaction processing system A text-to-bill processing transaction system is described. A consumer transmits a text message having a merchant keyword component and a transaction details component. The merchant keyword component is used to find a select merchant server from a merchant server data store. The transaction details component is then routed to the select merchant server. The select merchant server then returns a charge amount corresponding to the transaction details component and a fulfillment message. A billing gateway then causes entry of the charge amount against a phone number in an accounts database of a carrier server. A success message transmission module transmits a text message back to the consumer that includes the fulfillment message. The fulfillment message may for example be a code that has to be entered by a consumer.
US09456318B2	Service processing method and related device A service processing method and related devices are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), an access request message sent by a user equipment; obtaining, by the MME, indication information; and if the MME has been registered as a short message serving node and it is determined, according to the indication information, that the MME is no longer used as the short message serving node, sending, by the MME, a notification to a home subscriber server (HSS) so that the HSS cancels registration of the MME as the short message serving node.
US09456317B2	Intelligent presence detection messaging A social messaging hub provides communication services including intelligent presence detection messaging for a data enabled device having Internet network access capabilities. In one embodiment, a user is given a registered phone number and has multiple devices with unique IP addressable identifications which serve as a source and destination identifiers of the associated data enabled devices. The hub receives device and default location information, sets geofence boundaries, receives a notification of device positions and then delivers messages based on the proximity of devices to each other and user preferences.
US09456315B2	Multicast group reuse in cellular network multicase transport For transmission of multicast data in a cellular network, a gateway (200) allocates a set of multicast sessions (111, 112) to a single Internet Protocol Multicast group (110). For each of the multicast sessions (111, 112), the gateway indicates an Internet Protocol Multicast address of the Internet Protocol Multicast group to one or more radio access network nodes (100) of the cellular network. For each of the multicast sessions (111, 112), the gateway (200) indicates a different identifier to the radio access network nodes (100), e.g., in the form of a Tunnel Endpoint Identifier. The gateway (200) sends multicast data of the multicast sessions (111, 112) in one or more Internet Protocol Multicast data packets addressed to the Internet Protocol Multicast address of the Internet Protocol Multicast group. The multicast data of each of the multicast sessions (111, 112) include the respective identifier to allow identification of the multicast session (111, 112) at the radio access network node (100).
US09456314B2	Multicast transmissions in a network environment with user anchor controllers According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that determine whether a same data stream is being received by a first access point from each of two or more network devices of a plurality of network devices, responsive at least to the determining operation, select a particular network device, of the plurality of network devices, for transmitting the data stream to the first access point, and configure the plurality of network devices such that the particular network device transmits the data stream to the first access point without any other network devices in the plurality of network devices transmitting the same data stream to the first access point.
US09456311B2	Determining indoor location of devices using reference points and sensors Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for determining the indoor location of devices such as smartphones and tablet computers using reference points and sensors. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an environment analytics system can retrieve a layout of an environment and determines an absolute reference point for the layout. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a point associated with an area of the layout. The coordinate pair can be determined relative to the absolute reference point. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a beacon deployed within the area. The coordinate pair can be associated with a unique address of the beacon. The environment analytics system can update beacon data in an environment database to include the coordinate pair for the beacon and the unique address of the beacon.
US09456308B2	Method and system for creating and refining rules for personalized content delivery based on users physical activities A method (and structure) includes receiving an input from a sensor on a mobile device. Based on the sensor input, a processor determines whether a user of the mobile device is engaged in a specific physical activity. A control setting on the mobile device is set for delivering content during a period the specific physical activity is detected.
US09456307B2	Electronic device with mapping circuitry An electronic device may be provided with electronic components such as mapping circuitry for measuring distances, areas, volumes or other properties of objects in the surrounding environment of the device. The mapping circuitry may include a laser sensor and device position detection circuitry. The device may include processing circuitry configured to gather laser sample data and device position data using the laser sensor and the device position detection circuitry. The laser sample data and the device position data may be gathered while pointing a laser beam generated with a laser in the laser sensor at one or more sample points on a surface such as a surface of a wall. By tracking the device position and orientation using the device position detection circuitry, the objects may be mapped while gathering laser sample data from any position with respect to the object.
US09456305B2	Apparatus, system and method of selecting location providers Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of selecting location providers. For example, a location provider (LP) selector to operate in a mobile device may include a memory to store an Accuracy-Power Decision Matrix (APDM), the APDM to provide an allocation of a plurality of LPs according to a plurality of power consumption levels and a plurality of accuracy ranges; and a controller to receive from a location client of the mobile device a location request for a location fix of the mobile device, and to assign to the location request one or more LPs of the plurality of LPs, based on the APDM, an accuracy requirement of the location request, and a power consumption requirement of the location request.
US09456304B2	Enhancing A-GPS location accuracy and yield with location measurement units and network timing measurements A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. One or more location measurement units (LMUs) or components may be requested to provide timing relationship information from a respective cell site. These LMUs may then be tasked to measure uplink times of arrival of signals received by the LMUs from a target mobile device. A response message from the target mobile device may be received, the response message having reference epoch frame information whereby a Global Positioning System (GPS) time estimate at the reference epoch that the target mobile device used to make GPS satellite measurements is determined as a function of the requested timing relationship information. Satellite information may then be determined using the determined GPS time estimate, and a location of the mobile device performed using this satellite information.
US09456300B2	Method of communication of the geographic position of a mobile terminal and mobile terminal thereof A method of communication between a calling terminal (M1) and a called terminal (M2), which can be connected to each other through at least one mobile communication network (R1,R2), the called terminal (M2) being equipped with a system for detecting its geographic position, the method including the steps of: sending a connection message from the calling terminal (M1) to the called terminal (M2) through the at least one communication network (R1,R2); sending an answer message from the called terminal (M2) to the calling terminal (M1) through the at least one communication network (R1,R2), wherein the called terminal (M2) enters geographic position information (GPS2) into the answer message and sends the answer message to the calling terminal (M1).
US09456295B2	Method and apparatus for receiving content based on status of terminal A terminal status-based content receiving method and an apparatus that receives a differential content based on a change in a status of a terminal are provided. The content receiving apparatus includes a low-power short range communication unit, and a controller configured to determine a status of the terminal, to include status information of the terminal in an advertising packet so as to periodically broadcast the advertising packet through the low-power short range communication unit, and to receive content corresponding to the status of the terminal from an external device that scans the advertising packet.
US09456294B2	Communication device A communication device may determine whether a first type of wireless network is an enterprise wireless network, in a case where the communication device currently belongs to both the first type of wireless network for executing a first type of wireless communication and a second type of wireless network for executing a second type of wireless communication. The communication device may execute a sending process comprising sending first wireless setting information to a portable terminal when it is determined that the first type of wireless network is the enterprise wireless network. The first wireless setting information may be information for the portable terminal to participate in the second type of wireless network. The communication device may execute a first particular process different from the sending process when it is determined that the first type of wireless network is not the enterprise wireless network.
US09456293B2	Sensor nodes with multicast transmissions in lighting sensory network An embodiment method for communicating data within a lighting sensory network may include configuring a first plurality of lighting nodes to operate as sensor nodes, configuring a second plurality of lighting nodes to operate as listening nodes, generating, by a sensor node using an encryption key, a sensor message associated with sensor data and including at least a timestamp, calculating an interval for transmitting the sensor message, wherein the interval is randomized and exponentially increasing, determining whether to transmit the sensor message based on the calculated interval, transmitting the sensor message in response to determining to transmit the sensor message based on the calculated interval, receiving, by a listening node, the sensor message at a listening node, determining whether the received sensor message is useful based on the timestamp and a predefined age threshold, and performing a lighting action in response to determining the received sensor message is useful.
US09456292B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus to execute a direct wireless communication includes an identification unit, a determining unit, a display unit, and a connection unit. The identification unit identifies, by performing search processing, one device as a communication partner of the direct wireless communication. The determining unit determines whether a user's instruction is needed to establish the direct wireless communication between the one identified device and the communication apparatus. The display unit displays, where a user's instruction is needed, an instruction screen allowing a user to instruct establishing the direct wireless communication. The connection unit performs, where the user has issued the instruction, connection processing to establish the direct wireless communication via the instruction screen. Where the determination unit has determined that the user's instruction is not needed, the connection unit performs the connection processing without the displaying unit displaying the instruction screen.
US09456291B2	Session processing method and apparatus of machine type communication Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a session processing method and apparatus of machine type communication. The method includes: receiving, by a first network device, a session request message; acquiring, by the first network device, subscription information according to a device parameter; and generating, by the first network device, a policy and charging control rule PCC rule of a subscriber of a UE according to the subscription information, carrying the PCC rule in a session response message, and sending the session response message. In the session processing method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, explicit binding of an MTC UE Category to a Low cost MTC service is implemented, so that it is ensured that the cost reduction technology does not affect the performance of a UE that belongs to an existing UE Category, thereby improving network performance of a communication system.
US09456289B2	Converting multi-microphone captured signals to shifted signals useful for binaural signal processing and use thereof A method includes, for each of a number of subbands of a frequency range and for at least first and second frequency-domain signals that are frequency-domain representations of corresponding first and second audio signals: determining a time delay of the first frequency-domain signal that removes a time difference between the first and second frequency-domain signals in the subband. The method includes forming a first resultant signal including, for each of the number of subbands, a sum of one of the first or second frequency-domain signals shifted by the time delay and of the other of the first or second frequency-domain signals; and forming a second resultant signal including, for each of the number of subbands, a difference between the shifted one of the first or second frequency-domain signals and the other of the first or second frequency-domain signals. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
US09456285B2	CIC hearing device CIC Hearing device (50, 1000, 1100) comprising electronics configured to receive an electrical signal as an input signal and generate an output signal provided to a receiver, the electronics including a variable gain amplifier with input buffering circuitry including a compound transistor, the electronics being configured to bias the compound transistor such that a quiescent current associated with the output signal is limited or controlled.
US09456283B2	Electrostatic electroacoustic transducer and fabricating methods for the same An electrostatic electroacoustic transducer includes a first structure, a second structure and a third electrode. The third electrode is located between the first structure and the second structure. The first structure includes a first driving element, a first spacer and a first diaphragm, and the second structure includes a second driving element, a second spacer and a second diaphragm. By providing an alternating voltage source, a transformer and a bias voltage, the electrostatic electroacoustic transducer with a dual-diaphragm structure has a high efficiency and an enlarged range of audio frequency.
US09456282B2	Bone-conduction speaker A bone-conduction speaker unit including a resilient metallic voice screen having a plurality of substantially equally spaced locking elements around a periphery thereof, coupling with a yoke supporting a centered magnet within a magnetic ring, the voice screen and yoke being above a metal cover of a housing to which a bone-conduction speaker so formed is affixed.
US09456281B2	Miniature speaker A miniature speaker includes a frame having a sidewall including a first upper thinner portion and a first lower thicker portion, a magnetic circuit unit, a voice coil having a lead wire, and a diaphragm driven by the voice coil. The magnetic circuit unit has a yoke, a magnet mounted on the yoke, a pole plate attached to the magnet, and a magnetic gap. The yoke further includes a lower plate and a side extending from the lower plate, the side including a second thinner portion and a second lower thicker portion. A recess is accordingly formed by the thinner portions and the thicker portions for accommodating the lead wire of the voice coil. The recess defines a bottom formed by the thicker portions and an opening formed by the thinner portions thereby providing an enlarged space to the lead wire.
US09456278B2	Speaker device A speaker device includes a signal processing section and a speaker array that includes a first speaker units group and a second speaker units group. The signal processing section performs a first signal process in which sound based on an audio signal of a first channel is set to output from the first speaker units group and a first virtual focus of the sound is set to an opposite side of the speaker array opposite to a sound output direction of the first speaker units group, and sound based on an audio signal of a second channel is set to output from the second speaker units group and a second virtual focus of the sound based on the audio signal of the second channel is set to an opposite side of the speaker array opposite to a sound output direction of the second speaker units group.
US09456273B2	Audio mixing method, apparatus and system An audio mixing method, apparatus and system, which can ensure sound quality after audio mixing and reduce consumption of computing resources. The method includes: receiving an audio stream of each site, and analyzing the audio stream of each site to obtain a sound characteristic value of a sound source object; selecting, according to a descending sequence of sound characteristic values of sound source objects, a predetermined number of sound source objects from the sound source objects to serve as main sound source objects; determining, according to a relationship between a target site and the sites where the main sound source objects are located, audio streams that require audio mixing for the target site; and performing audio mixing on the audio streams that require audio mixing for the target site and sending the audio streams after the audio mixing to the target site.
US09456271B2	Method and apparatus for outputting audio signal An audio signal outputting apparatus and method for adjusting an output gain of an audio signal are provided. The audio signal outputting apparatus includes: a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit which generates a carrier signal, compares a signal level of the carrier signal with a signal level of an audio signal, and generates a PWM signal based on a result of the comparison; a controller which, based to a level of the audio signal, controls the PWM unit to change a signal shape of the carrier signal to adjust a duration of a logic high level of the PWM signal; and a switching power unit which amplifies the PWM signal generated by the PWM unit and outputs the amplified PWM signal.
US09456269B2	Plug earphone or a concha earphone The invention relates to a plug earphone with a front portion and a rear portion, wherein a flexible plug can be placed on the front portion which includes an outer portion and an inner portion. An electroacoustic transducer is arranged in the rear portion, wherein the front portion is positioned on the electroacoustic transducer and on an opening of the rear portion produced in this area. To achieve a reliable acoustic friction piece which is easy to manufacture, the front portion, and optionally an inner portion and an outer portion, together with a front wall of the rear portion, forms at least one radial channel leading from the interior of the front portion to the outside, and an acoustic friction piece is optionally arranged in the radial channel.
US09456267B2	Noise reduction apparatus and method, and program A noise reduction apparatus includes a microphone that picks up a noise from surroundings of a casing, a cancellation signal generating section that generates a cancellation signal for reducing the noise from surroundings, by applying filtering to a signal picked up by the microphone, a predicted signal computing section that computes a predicted signal by predicting a noise from surroundings leaking into the casing, on a basis of the signal picked up by the microphone, an additional-signal control section that generates an additional signal for improving a listening feel of an actual residual noise, on a basis of a predicted residual noise obtained by adding the cancellation signal and the predicted signal, and an addition/output section that adds and outputs the additional signal and the cancellation signal.
US09456265B2	Electronic device and control method thereof Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for controlling the same. The electronic device includes: a signal detection module configured to acquire an electric signal from an earphone plug; and a controller is configured to acquire the electric signal through the signal detection module, to detect magnitude of the acquired electric signal, to determine whether an earphone is worn by comparing a variation amount in the magnitude of the electric signal with a reference value, and to control an output operation of a sound according to whether the earphone is worn.
US09456262B2	Display device with a detachable speaker module A display device includes a monitor, a stand, and a speaker module. The monitor includes a first side and a second side. An accommodating groove is formed on the first side, and a slot is formed on the second side. The stand is selectively installed inside the accommodating groove for being stored in the first side of the monitor or inserted into the slot for supporting the monitor on a supporting surface. The speaker module is installed inside the stand for outputting an audio signal transmitted from the monitor.
US09456260B2	Method for crosstalk and power optimization in silicon photonic based switch matrices Recursive optimization algorithms can be used to determine which idle photonic switching elements to configure in N×N switching fabrics to achieve crosstalk suppression. Different algorithms are used to achieve different levels of optimization. Embodiment full optimization techniques may configure all inactive cells to reduce crosstalk, and consequently may provide the best noise performance and highest power usage. Partial optimizations may configure fewer than all inactive cells to reduce crosstalk, and may provide sub-optimal noise performance at lower power usages. Differential partial optimization algorithms configure inactive cells in different stages of a photonic switching fabric. Fewer than all cells in a given stage may be configured by some algorithms.
US09456257B2	Device for transferring power from a first circuit to a second circuit A power transfer system for transferring power from a first circuit to a second circuit by a differential signal generated in the first circuit includes a first isolation element for transmitting a first component of the differential signal between the first and second circuits. The system also includes a second isolation element for transmitting a second component of the differential signal between the first and second circuits. A digital rectifier is coupled to the first and second isolation elements for generating a rectified voltage in response to the first and second components of the differential signal. The system includes circuitry for monitoring the rectified voltage and generating a signal representative of the rectified voltage. The system also includes a controller for changing the rectified voltage in response to the signal representative of the rectified voltage.
US09456255B2	Method for processing an audiovisual content and corresponding device The invention relates to a method for processing an audiovisual content aiming to censure scenes called sensitive scenes, for example scenes comprising sex and/or violence, in the audiovisual content and a device implementing the method. According to the invention, the display of a sensitive scene of the audiovisual content is replaced, during the temporal interval intended for the display of said sensitive segment, by the reproduction of audio-description data of the audio-description signal that is usually intended for blind or visually impaired persons.
US09456250B2	Automatic rating optimization Automatic rating optimization is described. In an embodiment, ratings of a program can be received from one or more rating sources. Based on these ratings, a representation of a content selection mechanism can be sent to potential consumers of the content. Access events for the content can be counted over a duration of time so a determination can be made regarding how the ratings provided by each of the rating sources affect popularity of the content. A weight accorded to ratings received from each of the rating sources can be adjusted based on the determination. Profiles can be established for consumers and/or rating sources.
US09456249B2	Multidimensional navigator A multidimensional navigator configured to facilitate navigation to electronic content is contemplated. The navigator may include a plurality of dimensions and/or levels whereby each level displays electronic content available for navigation. The electronic content identified within each level may be arranged in a fisheye configuration comprising a plurality of rings where each ring identifies electronic content associated with a different resource.
US09456244B2	Facilitation of concurrent consumption of media content by multiple users using superimposed animation Embodiments of apparatus, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for facilitation of concurrent consumption of media content by a first user of a first computing device and a second user of a second computing device. In various embodiments, facilitation may include superimposition of an animation of the second user over the media content presented on the first computing device, based on captured visual data of the second user received from the second computing device. In various embodiments, the animation may be visually emphasized on determination of the first user's interest in the second user. In various embodiments, facilitation may include conditional alteration of captured visual data of the first user based at least in part on whether the second user has been assigned a trusted status, and transmittal of the altered or unaltered visual data of the first user to the second computing device.
US09456237B2	Methods, systems, and media for presenting supplemental information corresponding to on-demand media content Methods, systems, and media for presenting supplemental information corresponding to on-demand media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving an indication from a web browser extension executing within a web browsing application that a media content item is being presented on a content provider website; identifying the media content item being presented on the content provider website; determining whether supplemental content associated with the broadcasted media content item is available; in response to determining that the supplemental content is available, causing the web browser extension to present an indicator that the supplemental content is available; obtaining the supplemental content corresponding to the broadcasted media content item, wherein each piece of the supplemental content is associated with timing information of the broadcasted media content item; and causing a portion of the obtained supplemental content to be presented concurrently with the media content item in response to detecting that the indicator has been selected.
US09456230B1	Real time overlays on live streams A system and method for generating and distributing overlay streams in real time over an overlay stream distribution channel that overlays events of a video stream distributed in a separate video channel. Overlay streams are distributed to subscriber recipient components via a unicast channel in order to enhance user viewing. A publisher subscriber component and caching techniques a low latency, high availability unicasting based real time overlay distribution system for a large numbers of concurrent overlay recipients.
US09456229B2	Parsing single source content for multi-channel publishing An approach is provided in which a content manager receives a publication request to publish content data on a particular distribution channel. The content manager identifies one or more channel format parameters corresponding to the selected distribution channel and dynamically formats the content data according to the identified channel format parameters, which results in formatted content data. In turn, the content manager publishes the dynamically formatted content data on the selected distribution channel.
US09456218B2	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted.
US09456215B2	Image transmission apparatus in digital TV broadcasting Provided is an image transmission apparatus in digital TV broadcasting, including: a first converter which converts added data, which are to be inserted into an image, into a pixel block; a border extender which adds an extended border area to an image area to extend the image in video data and inserts the converted added data into the extended border area; a video encoder which encodes the video data into which the border extender inserts the added data; a video decoder which decodes the video data encoded by the video encoder; and a second converter which converts the added data which are inserted as a pixel block in the video data decoded by the video decoder into original data. Accordingly, in digital TV broadcasting such as HD TV an UDTV, the added data are inserted into a hidden area, so that it is possible to transmit various types of information including contents and copyright without a deterioration in image quality.
US09456214B2	Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus A moving picture coding method for calculating a motion vector predictor to be used when coding a motion vector of a current block, and coding the current block includes: (S102) obtaining motion vector predictor candidates a fixed number of which is two or more; (S103) selecting the motion vector predictor to be used for coding the motion vector of the current block, from among the motion vector predictor candidates the fixed number of which is two or more; and (S104) coding an index for identifying the selected motion vector predictor according to the fixed number of two or more, wherein the motion vector predictor candidates the fixed number of which is two or more include one or more candidates each having a predetermined second fixed value.
US09456212B2	Video coding sub-block sizing based on infrastructure capabilities and current conditions Video coding sub-block sizing based on infrastructure capabilities and current conditions. Sub-block size, such as employed in accordance with the video processing, maybe adaptively modified based on any of a number of considerations. For example, such adaptation of sub-block size may be made with respect to one or more characteristics associated with streaming media source flow(s) and/or streaming media delivery flow(s) being received by and/or output from a given device including a video processor. For example, such a video processor may be a video decoder implemented within a middling or destination device. Such a video processor may be a video encoder implemented within the middling or source device. Adaptation of sub-block size employed in accordance with video coding may also be effectuated in accordance with feedback or control signaling provided between respective devices. (e.g., from destination or source device to middling device, or from destination device to source device, etc.).
US09456210B2	Sign coding for blocks with transform skipped Methods of encoding and decoding sign information for non-zero coefficients in a block of video with transform skipped. The methods include context-based coding of a flag that signals if all signs are the same in the block; using a finite state machine to determine contexts for coding of sign information, some of which may be context-based coded and some of which may be non-context-based coded; context-based coding of sign information wherein the context is based upon the signs of neighbouring coefficients; context-based coding of sign information, where the sign information is a prediction of the sign; and using a dedicated context to code signs with a sign flag indicating whether signs in a transform skipping block have been inverted to preserve a dominant sign bias.
US09456203B2	Information processing apparatus, stereoscopic display method, and program An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position.
US09456200B2	Method and apparatus for calibration of stereo-optical three-dimensional surface-mapping system A system for, and method of, extracting a surface profile from a stereo pair of images obtained at an arbitrary setting S of an optical system, includes determining surface profile reconstruction parameters for images obtained with the optical system at a reference setting So of the optical system; determining warping parameters for a digital image processor for warping images obtained with the optical system at the arbitrary setting S into images corresponding to the reference setting So; obtaining the stereo pair of images from at least one camera of the optical system; warping the stereo pair of images into images corresponding to the reference setting So, and using the surface profile reconstruction parameters to determine the surface profile. In a particular embodiment, the surface profile is passed to a computer model of tissue deformation and used to determine an intra-surgery location of a tumor or other anatomic feature of tissue.
US09456198B2	Depth estimating image capture device and image sensor A depth estimating image capture device includes: an image sensor; an optical lens; a light-transmitting member arranged on the plane; and a signal processing section. The member includes a first mirror inside to reflect the light at least partially and a second mirror with the same reflection property as the first mirror on its upper surface. The first mirror has a reflective surface tilted with respect to the upper surface of the member. The second mirror has a reflective surface that is parallel to the upper surface. The first and second mirrors and are arranged so that a light beam coming from a point on a subject through the lens is reflected from the first mirror and from the second mirror and irradiates some area on an image capturing plane to make the irradiated area change according to the depth of the point on the subject.
US09456197B2	3D image reproduction apparatus, and parallax adjustment method of the same, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and image capture device When there is no parallax data for a video image overall nor is there parallax data for a main imaging subject but there is image capture condition data (100 to 110), an image capture device detects a main imaging subject (114) and computes parallax from the detected position of the main imaging subject (116). The image capture device computes a relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and the main imaging subject distance (118), adjusts parallax using this relationship so as to be in a permissible range even when image capture is performed at the image capture shortest distance (120), and reproduces with the adjusted parallax (124). Reproduction can accordingly be made maintaining optimum parallax when image capture has been performed whatever the parallax during image capture.
US09456196B2	Method and apparatus for providing a multi-view still image service, and method and apparatus for receiving a multi-view still image service Provided are an apparatus and a method of providing a multiview still image service. The method includes: configuring a multiview still image file format including a plurality of image areas into which a plurality of pieces of image information forming a multiview still image are inserted; inserting the plurality of pieces of image information into the plurality of image areas, respectively; inserting three-dimensional (3D) basic attribute information to three-dimensionally reproduce the multiview still image into a first image area of the plurality of image areas into which main-view image information from among the plurality of pieces of image information is inserted; and outputting multiview still image data comprising the plurality of pieces of image information based on the multiview still image file format.
US09456195B1	Application programming interface for multi-aperture imaging systems An application programming interface (API) provides access to a multi-aperture imaging system. By using the API, higher level applications can access and/or specify the image capture by the multi-aperture imaging device. For example, the API can support the specification of various image capture parameters: resolution, frame rate, exposure, flash, filtering, and additional processing to be applied. These could be specified for all frames and all channels (Red, Green, Blue and Infrared), or could be specified for specific subframes within a frame and/or for specific channels. The API can also specify output data from the multi-aperture imaging device. This can include raw pixel data, image data (color and Infrared), depth maps, and other processed image data. It can also include metadata and data about the status of the multi-aperture imaging device.
US09456194B2	Reception/reproduction device, transmission device, reception/reproduction method and transmission method To provide a reception and playback device capable of playing back a program in viewer's desired display mode. The reception and playback device receives, with respect to a program that is currently played back in a first display mode, a switching instruction to switch from the first display mode to a second display mode, receives switching permission information indicating whether switching of a playback target stream of the program is permissible from a first stream to a second stream respectively corresponding to the first display mode and the second display mode, when receiving the switching instruction, judges whether switching of the display mode is permissible from the first display mode to the second display mode based on the switching permission information, when judging affirmatively, switches from the first stream to the second stream to perform playback using the second stream, and when judging negatively, performs playback using the first stream.
US09456191B2	Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method A reproduction apparatus, which is provided to reproduce a moving image recorded in a recording apparatus, includes: a storage unit configured to store change information indicating a change of a position of a scene included in the moving image recorded in the recording apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive start information designating a reproduction start position of the moving image based on a reference position of the moving image before the change of the position of the scene; and an identifying unit configured to identify the distance from the reference position to the reproduction start position changed by the change of the position of the scene, on the basis of the change information and the start information received by the receiving unit.
US09456189B2	Projector, and method for controlling a projector according to the invention A projector having at least one laser diode which is designed to emit light, having a laser control device which is designed to control the at least one laser diode, having a first controllable resonant mirror which is designed to reflect the light that is emitted by the laser diode, and having a control device which is designed to control the orientation of the first controllable resonant mirror. The control device is further designed to reduce the power supply to the laser diode and to the laser control device in a first configuration of a power-saving mode of the projector, and to further control the orientation of the first controllable resonant mirror at a resonant frequency of the first controllable resonant mirror. Moreover, a corresponding method is described.
US09456188B2	Light source apparatus and projector having light source apparatus A light source apparatus and a Projector including the light source apparatus are provided. The light source apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources each including a laser diode and a collimating lens, said collimating lens making a light emitted from said laser diode into an approximately collimated beam, a plurality of housings in which said plurality of light sources are placed so that a light is emitted from each of said light source advances approximately in parallel in the same direction, a condenser lens which condenses lights which is emitted from said plurality of housings to a phosphor, a phosphor wheel having said phosphor, said phosphor wheel transmitting the lights which is emitted from said condenser lens, wherein incident angles of the lights emitted from said housings to an optical axis of said condenser lens are made different by varying mount angles of said housings to a supporting member.
US09456187B1	Edge-based pose detection Techniques are described for determining the pose of a surface based on a point set representing the surface. Corner models are matched to a contour of the point set using a difference minimization technique to identify corner poses of the surface. Based on the corner poses, a virtual model of the surface is created and matched to the point set to determine the pose of the surface.
US09456183B2	Image processing occupancy sensor A system and method of detecting occupants in a building automation system environment using image based occupancy detection and position determinations. In one example, the system includes an image processing occupancy sensor that detects the number and position of occupants within a space that has controllable building elements such as lighting and ventilation diffusers. Based on the position and location of the occupants, the system can finely control the elements to optimize conditions for the occupants, optimize energy usage, among other advantages.
US09456182B2	Pipeline cleaning systems and methods A system can include a first vehicle operating a mobile pipeline cleaning device for cleaning a pipeline, a second vehicle operating a mobile camera device configured to enter said pipeline and capture video data corresponding to an interior of said pipeline, and a mobile video unit device. The second vehicle can have a transmitter configured to transmit the video data over a communication path, and the mobile video unit device can have a receiver configured to receive the video data from the transmitter over the communication path. The mobile video unit device can visually present to a user a video feed corresponding to the video data.
US09456177B2	Video conference data generation In one example embodiment, a method performed under control of a server includes: receiving a user video from a transmitting device; generating conference video data that includes at least one portion of the user video; assigning, in accordance with a security level of a receiving device, a first portion of the conference video data a first security attribute; generating first security data corresponding to the first security attribute; and streaming, to the receiving device, the conference video data that includes the at least one portion of the user video and the first security data.
US09456175B2	Caption searching method, electronic device, and storage medium The present disclosure provides a caption searching method including: obtaining characteristic information of a video file to be played, and searching for a caption, for the video file to be played, in a caption database according to the characteristic information, so as to generate a search result; performing, according to the search result, a voice textualization process on the video file to be played; and updating the caption database according to a textualized caption generated by the voice textualization process, and using an updated caption in the caption database as a caption of the video file to be played. The present disclosure further provides an electronic device and storage medium for the caption searching. In this manner, a search for a caption is based on audio information recognition from the video file, to increase a hit rate and reduce an error rate of caption matching.
US09456174B2	Neural network for video editing An automated video editing system uses user inputs and metadata combined with machine learning technology to gradually improve editing techniques as more footage is edited. The system is designed to work primarily with a network of automated video recording systems that use cooperative tracking methods. The system is also designed to improve tracking algorithms used in cooperative tracking and to enable systems to begin using image recognition based tracking when the results of machine learning are utilized.
US09456173B2	Recording apparatus and recording method There is a first writing mode in which data is written to a recording medium in a first recording unit, and a second writing mode in which data is written in a second recording unit whose size is greater than the first recording unit. In an interval recording mode in which a predetermined recording time worth of moving image data is repeatedly recorded each time a predetermined interval period elapses, moving image data is recorded to the recording medium in the first writing mode having the smaller recording unit. This makes it possible to effectively use the recording area of the recording medium in the case where moving image data obtained by interval shooting is recorded to the recording medium.
US09456172B2	System and method for correcting optical distortions when projecting 2D images onto 2D surfaces A system for projecting 2D images, providing a computerized representation of a first, dense, grid of spatial 3D coordinates which respectively correspond to a set of time-points evenly distributed along a time-dimension with constant time-discretization; deriving a dense 2D representation of an image, whose coordinate pairs respectively correspond to said set of time-points; d. Defining a sparse 2D grid of second coordinate pairs, spaced such that distances between any two adjacent coordinate pairs along a row of said sparse 2D grid are constant; and finding, coordinate pairs closest to the second sparser grid to yield a third grid, and a laser controller to control the laser to project a digitally represented image, from said distance, timed to project pixels whose locations respectively correspond to the subset of uniformly distanced positions forming said third grid, thereby to prevent image distortion despite non-uniformity of micro-mirror's angular velocity.
US09456167B2	Method of transmitting and receiving broadcast signal and apparatus for receiving broadcast signal Disclosed are a method of transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal and an apparatus for receiving the broadcast signal. In the present invention, first program table information describing a broadcasting stream, and second program table information including additional service identifier information of the multiplexed stream and third program table information describing the additional service data for the multiplexed stream are obtained. The additional service can be provided with the additional service data by using the third program table information.
US09456162B2	Solid-state imaging device and camera system A solid-state imaging device and a camera system are provided. The solid-state imaging device capable of performing an intermittent operation includes a pixel unit and a pixel signal readout unit for reading out a pixel signal from the pixel unit in units of a plurality of pixels for each column. The pixel signal readout circuit includes a plurality of comparators and a plurality of counters whose operations are controlled by outputs of the comparators. Each of the comparators includes an initializing switch for determining an operating point for each column at a start of row operation, and is configured so that an initialization signal to be applied to the initializing switch is controlled independently in parallel only a basic unit of the initialization signal used for a horizontal intermittent operation, and the initializing switch is held in an off-state at a start of non-operating row.
US09456159B1	Pixels with an active reset circuit in CMOS image sensors The invention disclosure describes pixels arranged into CMOS image sensor arrays that may be back side illuminated and may operate in a global shutter mode. The image sensor pixels may also be front side illuminated. The pixel charge storage sites for the global shutter operation are formed by floating diffusions that are small and do not collect a significant number of stray charge, which contributes to the sensor's high shutter efficiency. The floating diffusions are reset by an active reset circuit that significantly reduces generation of kTC reset noise. The active reset circuit consists of an in-pixel inverting amplifier formed by a p-channel gain transistor with an n-channel transistor load, and a feedback reset transistor connected from the amplifier output to the amplifier input, which is the FD node. The active reset circuit does not utilize a significant portion of the pixel area and has low power consumption.
US09456149B2	Methods, systems, and media for managing output of an HDMI source Mechanisms for managing output of an HDMI source are provided. In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, a method for controlling output of an HDMI source is provided, the method comprising: establishing a connection between the HDMI source and an HDMI sink at a first address of a consumer electronic control bus of the HDMI sink; sending a request for an identity of the active source connected to the HDMI sink; monitoring signals on the consumer electronic control bus; receiving a message over the consumer electronic control bus identifying a second address on the consumer electronic control bus different from the first address as an address of an active source; setting a status of the HDMI source as inactive in response to receiving the message; and inhibiting output of video from the HDMI source to the HDMI sink in response to the status being set as inactive.
US09456146B2	Exposure control device, imaging device, image display device, and exposure control method It includes a face detection unit that acquires an image from a camera and detects a person's face from the image, a region division unit that acquires an image from the camera and divides an imaging region of the image, a luminance calculation unit that calculates luminance of the person's face detected by the face detection unit and luminance of each divided region obtained by dividing by the region division unit, and a diaphragm adjustment information calculation unit that obtains the divided region having a difference between the luminance of the person's face and the luminance of the divided region which is larger than a predetermined value, calculates a region excluding the obtained divided region as a diaphragm adjustment region of an imaging unit, and outputs the obtained diaphragm adjustment region as diaphragm adjustment information to a diaphragm adjustment unit of the camera.
US09456145B2	Apparatus for photographing that carries out a pre-flash photography An apparatus for photographing by using an electronic flash has a photography controller that carries out a pre-flash photography by emitting strobe light in a pre-flash exposure period and subsequently carries out a main flash photography by emitting strobe light; and an exposure adjuster that sets at least one exposure value associated with the pre-flash photography and/or the main flash photography. The exposure adjuster sets an aperture value of a diaphragm that suppresses an occurrence of saturation in image-pixel signals that are generated in an image sensor in the pre-flash exposure period. The photography controller drives the diaphragm in accordance to the set aperture value for the pre-flash photography.
US09456141B2	Light-field based autofocus In various embodiments, the present invention relates to methods, systems, architectures, algorithms, designs, and user interfaces for light-field based autofocus. In response to receiving a focusing request at a camera, a light-field autofocus system captures a light-field image. An image crop that contains a region of interest and a specified border is determined. A series of refocused images are generated for the image crop at different scene depths. A focus metric is calculated for each refocused image. The scene depth of the refocused image with the best focus metric is identified as the appropriate focus. The focus motor position for the appropriate focus is selected and the focus motor is automatically driven to the selected focus motor position.
US09456140B2	Optimized image stabilization A system for optimized image stabilization, wherein a focus lock of a camera unit having an image stabilizer is detected and in response to this detection, the image stabilization is suspended. A target position for the image stabilizer is determined and the image stabilizer is driven to the target position. In response to a detected shutter release, the image stabilization is continued.
US09456136B2	Apparatus and method for generating image data in portable terminal An apparatus and a method for generating image data in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus method includes when a request for photographing an image is made, detecting a motion of the portable terminal and generating motion information, generating coordinates corresponding to a plurality of image data based on the motion information, combining the plurality of image data based on the coordinates to generate combined image data, and displaying the combined image data.
US09456133B2	Image shooting unit and apparatus, integrated display and image shooting apparatus, and image shooting method The image shooting unit is configured to collect image information, and a formed image is a pixel block including one or several pixels, and the image shooting unit includes a tubular directional hood, a lens group, and a light sensitive module that are arranged sequentially along a light incidence direction and a same optical axis, where the tubular directional hood eliminates non-parallel light signals entering the tubular directional hood and enables parallel light signals parallel to an axis of the tubular directional hood to pass; the lens group converges, onto the light sensitive module, the parallel light signals passing through the tubular directional hood; and the light sensitive module converts the parallel light signals into electrical signals.
US09456127B2	Blur detection method of images, monitoring device, and monitoring system A monitoring device, system, and blur detection method of images separate a monitored area into an in-focus area and an out-of-focus area after focusing is done and then analyze the following captured images for how the blocks that makes up the in-focus area change in the blurriness and the proportion of the blocks with changed blurriness to overall blocks in the in-focus area. When the proportion of a captured image meets a specific condition, the captured image is then determined as a blur image. A consecutive number of determined blur images will trigger an auto focus procedure.
US09456125B2	Focus detection apparatus and method A focus detection apparatus comprises: a sensor unit, having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for receiving light that passed through an imaging optical system and accumulating charge, configured to generate an image signal to be used for correlation calculation for focus detection based on the accumulated charge; a control unit configured to control the photoelectric conversion elements to stop charge accumulation in a case where a first signal that represents contrast of the image signal reaches a predetermined voltage level; and a voltage level setting unit. The voltage level setting unit sets a larger voltage level in a first case, in which luminance change in a direction of the correlation calculation in the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements is gentler than a second case, than in the second case.
US09456124B2	Detection device, and image pickup apparatus with the same A detection device includes a first holding member holding a light receiving element, a second holding member holding an optical system, and first and second fixing members fixing the first and second holding members with the first and second holding members separated from each other, in a direction parallel to a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which an optical axis of the optical system extends, at least one of a first surface of the first holding member opposite to the second holding member and a second surface of the second holding member opposite to the first holding member has a plane inclined with respect to the first direction, and the first and second fixing members are provided on the inclined plane and disposed between the first and second surfaces.
US09456122B2	System and method for focusing imaging devices A system and method for automatically focusing imaging devices on an imaging set employs at least one tracker and two or more tracking markers, each tracking marker having an identification means and a tracking pattern. The tracking markers are configured for attaching to the imaging devices and to corresponding subjects to be imaged. A tracker gathers image information of the imaging set and provides it to a controller, which compares the image information to predetermined stored information about the tracking patterns of the various tracking markers. The tracking markers are identified and their three-dimensional positions determined. The distances between the imaging devices and the subjects are determined and the distances between the imaging devices and the subjects are calculated. This provides the focus setting information for communication to the imaging devices. The tracking patterns may have no rotational symmetry, allowing the orientation of subjects to be determined.
US09456119B2	Focusing apparatus capable of changing a driving amount of a focus lens based on focus detection results acquired at different focus positions A focusing apparatus with a photoelectric converter which photoelectrically converts at least a pair of optical images formed by light fluxes that have passed a focus lens to output at least a pair of image signals, a phase difference detector which detects a phase difference between the pair of output image signals, and a driving amount calculator which calculates a driving amount of the focus lens based upon the detected phase difference. The driving amount calculator changes the calculated driving amount, in accordance with a first driving amount corresponding to a detected phase difference when the focus lens is located at a first position, a second driving amount corresponding to the detected phase difference when the focus lens is located at a second position, and a relationship between the first and second positions.
US09456112B2	Endoscope system An endoscope system including: an optical endoscope including a fiber bundle that transmits an optical image; a camera head including an image pickup device; and a video processor including a moiré elimination section, a control section and an enhancement processing section, in which the moiré elimination section uses a processing circuit of the enhancement processing section as a processing circuit of itself by replacing a filter coefficient, the camera head includes a first identifier, the video processor includes a detection section that detects the first identifier, and the control section causes the moiré elimination section to perform moiré elimination processing corresponding to a detection result of the first identifier.
US09456110B2	Method for improving video output definition and terminal device The invention discloses a method and terminal device for improving video signal definition. The method includes: acquiring information of a connected display device; selecting a corresponding definition improving algorithm according to the acquired information of the display device to process video output signals, and finally outputting the processed video signals to the display device for display. By adopting the above technical scheme, the problem in the prior art of fuzzy or unclear display images caused by mismatching between output images of the mobile device and the connected display device as a uniform fixed algorithm is adopted to magnify images when a mobile device is connected to a display device for video play is solved.
US09456109B2	Information communication method of obtaining information from a subject by demodulating data specified by a pattern of a bright line included in an obtained image An information communication method includes: obtaining a first image by capturing a subject; detecting a range of the subject from the first image; determining, from among a plurality of exposure lines, predetermined exposure lines for capturing the range of the subject; setting an exposure time so that, in a second image obtained using the predetermined exposure lines, a bright line appears according to a change in luminance of the subject; obtaining the second image including the bright line, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance using the predetermined exposure lines with the set exposure time; and demodulating data specified by a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained second image.
US09456101B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and program The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus operable in any of a plurality of power states including a first power state and a second power state in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first power state. The information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a shift instruction to shift to the second power state, and a control unit configured to shift the information processing apparatus to the second power state in a case where the reception unit receives the shift instruction while an application that does not support the second power state is not running, and not to shift the information processing apparatus to the second power state in a case where the reception unit receives the instruction while an application that does not support the second power state is running.
US09456097B2	Image forming apparatus A printing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are provided. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit to form an image on a printing medium, a scanning unit pivotally coupled to the printing unit, and a cover unit pivotally coupled to the scanning unit and having a pressing portion. The printing apparatus includes a first member rotatably mounted to the scanning unit to latch the scanning unit to the printing unit when the cover unit is in an open state with respect to the scanning unit, and a second member mounted to the scanning unit to rotate the first member to unlatch the scanning unit from the printing unit when pressed by the pressing portion of the cover unit moving from the open state to a closed state with respect to the scanning unit.
US09456094B2	Electronic device and information providing method that provide assistance to user's operation on how to use electronic equipment Provided is an electronic equipment facilitating a search for setting items associated with items to be set. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display a first setting item connected with various settings and an advanced setting menu associated with the first setting item. The operation receiving circuit receives an operation of the first setting item or the advanced setting menu. The uncertain operation detecting circuit detects an uncertain operation of the first setting item by confirming that no setting is conducted in the advanced setting menu, and a process is returned to the first setting item. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display the first setting item and a second setting item associated with the first setting item based on a detected result of the uncertain operation of the first setting item.
US09456090B2	Devices, systems, and methods for sponsored tethered connectivity Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which relate to establishing a sponsored tethered connectivity (STC) connection by tethering a special purpose connected device (SPCD) through a tethering mobile device having network access. The SPCD accesses an application server on the network and is authenticated before service to the SPCD begins. Once authenticated, the service provider is billed for the STC connection instead of a user of the tethering mobile device.
US09456086B1	Method and system for matching entities in an auction A method for matching a first entity with at least one second entity selected from a plurality of second entities, comprising defining a plurality of multivalued scalar data representing inferential targeting parameters for the first entity and a plurality of multivalued scalar data of each of the plurality of second entities, representing respective characteristic parameters for each respective second entity; and performing an automated optimization with respect to an economic surplus of a respective match of the first entity with the at least one of the plurality of second entities, and an opportunity cost of the unavailability of the at least one of the plurality of second entities for matching with an alternate first entity.
US09456085B1	Managing contact attempts to an account in a contact center A party associated with multiple contact addresses, such as a home, cell, and/or work telephone numbers, is contacted by a dialer using a contact attempt sequence that defines how the various contact addresses are used. A graphical user interface allows a user to create a visual representation of the contact attempt sequence flow for contacting the party, e.g., a template, where logic is defined indicating how and when the various contact addresses are to be used. Thus, in one instance, the dialer may use the template to make multiple attempts to reach the party using first their home number and then their cell phone number, and if such attempts are unsuccessful, then make a further attempt to the reach the party using their work number, wherein attempts to reach the party using the home, cell, and/or work phone numbers may be limited over one or more defined time periods.
US09456076B1	Handling audio path failure and poor quality of service for voice calls in a contact center Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for handling an audio path failure and/or non-conformant QoS for a call between a contact center agent and remote party. Specifically, an audio path is established to a first telephony device being used by the agent and a call is bridged onto the audio path so that audio can be streamed back-and-forth between the first telephony device and a second telephony device being used by the party. Accordingly, various embodiments of the invention involve monitoring the audio path to detect an audio path failure and/or non-conformant QoS for the audio and bridging the call onto a second audio path when a failure or non-conformant QoS is detected so that the call is not disconnected from the second telephony device and a third device (e.g., IVR) can stream audio over the second audio path to the second telephony device.
US09456075B2	Codec sequence detection In order to detect a specific codec sequence being used, a signal that is based on a codec sequence is analyzed. The signal is analyzed to determine if there is a pattern in the signal. A pattern of a codec sequence can be a unique pattern of frames, frequencies and/or frequency ranges that are generated based on a specific codec sequence. The pattern is compared to one or more previously stored patterns of codec sequences to see if there is a match. If there is a match, an event is generated. For example, if a known codec sequence that has a poor signal quality is determined to be in use for a voice call, the parties may be notified that the call is likely to be a low quality voice call.
US09456074B2	System and method of providing voice-message call service Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.
US09456072B2	Apparatus and method for managing application in wireless terminal Provided is an apparatus and method for managing an application in a wireless terminal, in which data of an application is managed and displayed according to an input type of a password for unlocking the wireless terminal, wherein the apparatus includes a memory for storing a plurality of passwords and a controller for classifying and managing data of each of a plurality of applications according to a password type.
US09456061B2	Custom error page enabled via networked computing service An approach is provided for queuing clients when a web page is temporarily unavailable. The approach includes providing a computer infrastructure operable to: maintain a queue of clients requesting the web page; receive an indication of an availability number from a host of the web page; and release one or more of the clients from the queue equal to the availability number indicated by the host, based on the receiving the indication of the availability number.
US09456057B2	Random next iteration for data update management Host machines and other devices performing synchronized operations can be dispersed across multiple racks in a data center to provide additional buffer capacity and to reduce the likelihood of congestion. The level of dispersion can depend on factors such as the level of oversubscription, as it can be undesirable in a highly connected network to push excessive host traffic into the aggregation fabric. As oversubscription levels increase, the amount of dispersion can be reduced and two or more host machines can be clustered on a given rack, or otherwise connected through the same edge switch. By clustering a portion of the machines, some of the host traffic can be redirected by the respective edge switch without entering the aggregation fabric. When provisioning hosts for a customer, application, or synchronized operation, for example, the levels of clustering and dispersion can be balanced to minimize the likelihood for congestion throughout the network.
US09456054B2	Controlling the spread of interests and content in a content centric network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for controlling the spread of interests and content in a content centric network (CCN). During operation, the system maintains a routing policy for content data. The system also receives a packet associated with a piece of content or an interest for the content. Next, the system determines that the structured name included in the packet is within the namespace specified in the routing policy. The system further determines that the packet satisfies the condition in the routing policy. Subsequently, the system routes the packet based on in part the action corresponding to the condition as specified in the routing policy.
US09456049B2	Optimizing distributed data analytics for shared storage Methods, systems, and computer executable instructions for performing distributed data analytics are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of performing a distributed data analytics job includes collecting application-specific information in a processing node assigned to perform a task to identify data necessary to perform the task. The method also includes requesting a chunk of the necessary data from a storage server based on location information indicating one or more locations of the data chunk and prioritizing the request relative to other data requests associated with the job. The method also includes receiving the data chunk from the storage server in response to the request and storing the data chunk in a memory cache of the processing node which uses a same file system as the storage server.
US09456048B2	System, method, and computer program product for server side processing in a mobile device environment Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode.
US09456046B2	Dynamic generation of proxy connections A system and method which dynamically generate proxy connections in a communication system. A client computer system has a processor that is coupled by a communications path including at least one proxy connection to a first target server. An algorithm for dynamically generating proxy connections is stored in machine readable storage. The algorithm is implemented by the processor causing the client computer system to execute generating an additional one of the proxy connections in response to receiving a request and to generate a program identifier which identifies the additional proxy connection. The processor determines if the program identifier is a unique program identifier. If the program identifier is not unique, the processor changes the identifier to render it a modified program identifier so that it is unique and stores the program identifier or the modified program identifier to a configuration file at the client computer system.
US09456044B2	Business networking information feed alerts Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer products for providing information external to an organization in an information feed. A message may be received from an information service provider in accordance with a previously defined request. The defined request may include one or more parameters specifying requested data. The message may include data provided in accordance with the one or more parameters. The data in the message may be processed to create a data object. The data object may include at least a portion of the data provided in accordance with the one or more parameters. The data object may be stored in a database. The data object may then be provided for display on a display device in an information feed associated with the record.
US09456032B2	Peer-to-peer networking through universal port connections Embodiments relate to two general purpose computers connected in a peer-to-peer mode by connecting a cable (or wireless connection) between universal ports (e.g., PCIe ports) on each computer. A timing protocol utility runs on each computer to time schedule operations performed by its respective computer. Because the system clocks on each peer computer operate independently (asynchronously), they may vary somewhat from each other. To support time synchronized peer-to-peer operations, paired clock value (one for each peer computer) are generated continually and independently by each peer system. Each peer system periodically supplies the paired clock values to its associated timing protocol utility, which uses the paired clock values to time synchronize peer-to-peer computer operations. The timing protocol utilities may also exchange the paired clock values with each other for integrity checking and other operations.
US09456031B2	Network device workload balancing A method and computer readable medium for network device workload balancing, including: selecting a particular network device for storing client information associated with a client device; subsequent to the client device disassociating with a first network device, receiving, by the particular network device from the first network device, the client information; and responsive to the client device associating with a second network device: transmitting, by the particular network device, the client information to the second network device, where the client device does not associate with the particular network device between associating with the first network device and the second network device.
US09456030B2	Methods of operating load balancing switches and controllers using modified flow entries A method of operating a load balancing switch may include providing a flow entry in a flow table, the flow entry may include a match pattern that is satisfied by a data flow identification, and the flow entry may identify a first server. A first data packet including a first data flow identification may be received, and the first data packet may be transmitted to the first server responsive to the first data flow identification satisfying the match pattern. After transmitting the first data packet to the first server, the flow entry may be modified so that the flow entry identifies the first server and a second server. After modifying the flow entry, a second data packet including a second data flow identification may be received, and the second data packet may be transmitted to the first and second servers responsive to the second data flow identification satisfying the match pattern.
US09456028B2	Terminal and controlling method thereof A method of controlling a first device and a second device, and which includes transmitting first data from the first device to the second device, receiving the first data by the second device, reproducing first screen information based on the first data on a screen of the second device, receiving, in the second device, an input signal for selecting content information in the first screen information reproduced on the screen of the second device, transmitting location information corresponding to the selected content information from the second device to the first device, receiving the location information and executing a function based on the location information in the first device, transmitting second data from the first device to the second device, in which the second data is based on the executed function; and reproducing second screen information based on the second data on the screen of the second device. Further, the location information includes coordinate information of the selected content information in the first screen information reproduced on the screen of the second device.
US09456027B2	Methods, secure element, server, computer programs and computer program products for improved application management It presented a method, performed in a secure element, the secure element being arranged to enable user applications of the secure element to verify authenticity of incoming user application commands. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a command from a secure element reader for a user application on the secure element, the command comprising an application identifier of the user application; determining whether there is a matching user application in the secure element; invoking the matching user application; and establishing, when there is an absence of any matching user applications, a communication channel with a remote application manager server and sending an absent user application message to the application manager server indicating that the user application has been requested on the secure element. A corresponding secure element, method for an application manager server and application manager server are also presented.
US09456024B1	Content sharing in mobile ad hoc networks A method for sharing a plurality of content in a mobile ad hoc network is provided. The method may include registering the plurality of content for sharing on a first mobile device, whereby the registered plurality of content is associated with a plurality of descriptive keywords. The method may also include responding, by the first mobile device, to a request by a second mobile device for the plurality of content for sharing by the at least one keyword, wherein the responding comprises determining the request for the plurality of content for sharing by at the least one keyword matches at least one keyword within the registered plurality of descriptive keywords.
US09456021B2	Loading pegged page objects based on predefined preferences Methods and systems may provide for receiving a set of attributes that identify a pegged area of a page delivered to a user interface during a first browsing session and storing the set of attributes. Additionally, the set of attributes may be used to conduct a subsequent delivery of the pegged area to a user interface during a second browsing session, wherein the subsequent delivery of the pegged area excludes portions of the page that are outside the pegged area. In one example, the subsequent delivery is conducted further based on the type of client device participating in the second browsing session.
US09456016B2	Method and apparatus for providing streaming data encoding A method for encoding streaming data according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of dividing a forward error correction (FEC) source block into one or more FEC sub-blocks; a first encoding step of FEC encoding said one or more FEC sub-blocks; a second encoding step of encoding said FEC source block; and a step of generating third encoded data including first encoded data encoded in the first encoding step and second encoded data encoded in the second encoding step. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a streaming service is provided to multiple users in various environments or in a communication environment that varies according to movement or changes in a communication state. Further, a plurality of pieces of parity information is transmitted to provide a streaming service which is capable of high reliability data recovery.
US09456015B2	Representation groups for network streaming of coded multimedia data In one example, a device for receiving information for multimedia data, the device comprising one or more processors configured to analyze at least a portion of a manifest file for multimedia content, wherein the portion of the manifest file includes information indicative of sets of representations of the multimedia content and information indicative of common characteristics for each of the sets of representations, select one of the sets of representations based on the common characteristics for the one of the sets of representations, select one of the representations of the selected one of the sets of representations based on one or more coding characteristics of the one of the representations of the one of the sets, and generate a request for data of the one of the representations based on the selection.
US09456013B2	Mobile device streaming media application A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.
US09456012B2	Inline user addressing in chat and document editing sessions A computer-implemented method is executed on a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The method includes receiving document editing commands, for editing a respective document, from one or more users in a document editing session, and editing the respective document in accordance with the commands received from the users. The received commands including document text for the document. The method further includes detecting, within the respective document text, an embedded request to invite a specified user to access the respective document, and responding by sending an invitation to the specified user, and, if needed, adding the specified user to an access control list of the respective document to enable the specified user to access the document in response to detecting the embedded request.
US09456011B1	Dynamic service and registry for management infrastructure Information processing techniques for managing data center configurations. In one example, a method comprises the following steps. A registry is maintained corresponding to at least one of products and services offered by a provider entity for use in providing a data center for a customer entity. A central interface is provided for presenting information maintained in the registry and for presenting one or more features operative to allow the customer entity to create and/or change a configuration of the data center. The central interface comprises one or more features for obtaining at least one of the data center products and services, one or more features for configuring the obtained one of the data center products and services, and one or more features for managing the configured one of the data center products and services. Accordingly, the customer obtains a customized data center configuration through the central interface and the registry.
US09456007B2	Session aware notifications User device information, identifying a first plurality of devices associated with a first user, is stored. A first device of the first plurality of devices is identified as being active. Data pertaining to an interaction session, within which the first user is participating, is provided to the first device based on the determination that the first device is active.
US09456006B2	Method, device and system for session binding Disclosed are a method, device and system for session binding. The method includes: a PCRF or BPCF receives a first session from a fixed network, wherein the first session carries an IP address and a port number set; the PCRF or BPCF receives a second session from an AF or a Traffic Detection Function (TDF), wherein the second session carries an IP address and port number information; and the PCRF or BPCF binds the first session to the second session according to the IP addresses and the port number information. The disclosure solves the problem of inaccurate session binding in the scenario where a mobile terminal directly accesses mobile network services via a fixed network.
US09456005B2	Ensuring health and compliance of devices A compliance method and associated system is provided. The method includes generating backup devices for devices of a list of devices associated with a data storage environment. A device from the list of devices is selected and available credentials for connecting and authenticating the device are determined. Configuration and operational state data for the device are retrieved. A backup device associated with the device is selected and associated policies are loaded. Each policy is evaluated with respect to the backup devices, associated dependencies, and the configuration and operational state data. Compliant and non-compliant policies with respect to the backup devices are determined.
US09456000B1	Systems, methods, user interfaces, and computer-readable media for investigating potential malicious communications A data analysis system receives potentially undesirable electronic communications and automatically groups them in computationally-efficient data clusters, automatically analyze those data clusters, automatically tags and groups those data clusters, and provides results of the automated analysis and grouping in an optimized way to an analyst. The automated analysis of the data clusters may include an automated application of various criteria or rules so as to generate an ordered display of the groups of related data clusters such that the analyst may quickly and efficiently evaluate the groups of data clusters. In particular, the groups of data clusters may be dynamically re-grouped and/or filtered in an interactive user interface so as to enable an analyst to quickly navigate among information associated with various groups of data clusters and efficiently evaluate those data clusters.
US09455998B2	Systems, methods and apparatuses for prevention of relay attacks The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide an apparatus configured for preventing relay attacks on a communication link between the apparatus and a communication partner. The apparatus may comprise a communication port, a timer and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate a request, transmit the request through the communication link using the communication port and start counting time using the timer, receive a response via the communication port and stop the timer, receive authentication data via the communication port, authenticate the authentication data, compare the counted time with a predefined threshold, compare a first field within the request with a second field within the response and determine whether there is a relay attack.
US09455991B2	Method and apparatus for providing reactive authorization An approach is provided for providing reactive authorization for accessing a semantic network resource. An access application of a resource owner entity detects an authorization proxy entity acting between at least a semantic network resource and a requesting entity that requests access to the semantic network resource. The access application determines to cause, at least in part, actions that result in transmission of a query for whether to accept the requesting entity to an owner entity of the semantic network resource.
US09455990B2	System and method for role based access control in a content management system Embodiments of the present invention provide an efficient and scalable scheme for role-based access control to resources. The resources are assigned a protection class. Resources in the same protection class share the same access control policy. Permissions granted to various roles are then defined based on privilege sets and protection classes. Accordingly, the permissions of a role can be dynamically determined at runtime. Furthermore, as new resources are added, they can be assigned to a pre-existing protection class. The new resource may thus automatically inherit the various permissions and roles attached to the protection class.
US09455988B2	System and method for verifying status of an authentication device A system and method that includes receiving a first device profile and associating the first device profile with a first application instance that is assigned as an authentication device of a first account; receiving a second device profile for a second application instance, wherein the second application instance is making a request on behalf of the first account; comparing the second device profile to the first device profile; and completing the request of the second application instance according to results of comparing the second device profile and the first device profile.
US09455984B2	Secret data matching device, secret data matching method, and recording medium A secret data matching device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including: storing a first secret vector obtained by concealing first data and key data based on a first random number and a first linear combination of row vectors of a determination matrix which is different for each system including the secret data matching device and which is generated by attaching a random number vector as a last column to a matrix including diagonal components including a threshold value to determine whether the first data and second data are approximate to each other and a threshold value related to the key data; acquiring a second secret vector obtained by concealing the second data based on a second linear combination of row vectors of the determination matrix and a second random number.
US09455981B2	Method and system for protection against information stealing software A system and method for identifying infection of unwanted software on an electronic device is disclosed. A software agent configured to generate a bait and is installed on the electronic device. The bait can simulate a situation in which the user performs a login session and submits personal information or it may just contain artificial sensitive information. The output of the electronic device is monitored and analyzed for attempts of transmitting the bait. The output is analyzed by correlating the output with the bait and can be done by comparing information about the bait with the traffic over a computer network in order to decide about the existence and the location of unwanted software.
US09455977B1	Remote management interface using credentials associated with respective access control intervals A processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory and is configured to obtain a credential associated with a particular access control interval, to insert information derived from the credential into one or more messages of a remote management interface protocol, to transmit the one or more messages to a managed device, and to remotely control the managed device responsive to a successful authentication based at least in part on the inserted information. The one or more messages of the remote management interface protocol are illustratively compliant with a designated Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. The credential associated with the particular access control interval may be generated based at least in part on a corresponding intermediate value of a hash chain. For example, the credential may be generated based at least in part on a message authentication code and the corresponding intermediate value of a hash chain.
US09455973B1	Secure storage and retrieval of data in a database with multiple data classes and multiple data identifiers Secure storage and retrieval of data is provided with multiple data classes and data identifiers. Data values of a client are stored by receiving one or more authentication sets, at least one data value, an associated data class of the data value and a pseudo-random client value; calculating a data seed value based on the pseudo-random client value, a pseudo-random server value and the associated data class of the data value; generating a random data index value; generating a database index value based on the data seed value and the random data index value; storing the database index value; and providing the random data index value to the client. The client can be authenticated at the time of storage based on the one or more authentication sets. The authentication of the client and the storage of the data can be atomic such that only authenticated clients store the one or more data values. Techniques are also provided for the retrieval of stored data.
US09455968B1	Protection of a secret on a mobile device using a secret-splitting technique with a fixed user share A method includes (1) receiving, by a mobile computing device (MCD), user-specific data from a user, (2) processing (a) a user share of a cryptographic key, the user share being fixed based on the received user-specified data, and (b) a local share of the cryptographic key to recreate the cryptographic key, wherein the local share was created by applying a secret splitting algorithm to the cryptographic key and the user share to yield a set of non-fixed shares including the local share, the user share and the set of non-fixed shares making up a set of shares of the cryptographic key, the cryptographic key being recreatable from a strict subset of the set of shares, and (3) decrypting encrypted data stored on the MCD using the recreated cryptographic key, thereby providing access, using the decrypted encrypted data, to the resource.
US09455965B2	Secure and rapid networking configuration of information handling systems and peripherals A near field communication device, such as an RFID wand, transmits network configuration information to non-volatile memory of a networking device while the networking device is powered down, and even packaged at a retail store. The networking device powers up, reads the network configuration information, and applies the network configuration to automatically interface the networking device with a wireless network.
US09455955B2	Customizable storage controller with integrated F+ storage firewall protection A Customizable Storage Controller (CSC) is a software defined storage device controller, a replacement for the ASIC storage controller approach that has been used up to now. The differences from the current storage controllers are that the CSC software will need to be protected from unauthorized modification and provides an excellent place to add additional storage management functionality. The CSC type of storage controller is a good place to integrate the F+ Storage Firewall storage protection technology, fitting the needs of the CSC as well as protecting stored data from unauthorized access. This portion of the larger patent disclosure provides the design of a CSC both with a software version of a F+ Storage Firewall, as well as an improved (more secure) CSC designed with a security co-processor and locked firmware. These designs can be implemented with standard parts such as microprocessors and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), RAM (Random Access Memory), and some version of nonvolatile memory as a program store.
US09455954B2	Remote diagnosis system and method and printing machine having the system A system and a method initiate a data transmission from a first computer to at least a second computer or approve access to the data on a first computer by a second computer. The computers are interconnected through a network connection. The first computer is protected against access through the network connection by a firewall. Another communication connection, which the first computer does not use for transmitting data, is provided for initiating the access authorization to the first computer or the data transmission from the first computer to at least the second computer. A printing machine is provided with the system.
US09455952B2	Method for setting functional module name of mobile terminal, and mobile terminal The embodiment of the present document discloses a method for setting functional module names of a mobile terminal, which includes: setting the name of a mobile terminal; according to the set name of the mobile terminal, generating functional module names corresponding to functional modules in the mobile terminal. The embodiment of the present document further discloses a mobile terminal. The solution disclosed in the embodiment of the present document can be used to automatically modify the names of various functional modules in a mobile terminal by setting the name of the mobile terminal, thus reducing the user's operation steps and also improving the user experience.
US09455948B2	Reducing proliferation of network-to-link-layer address resolution messages In one embodiment, the processing by a packet switching device of a received network-to-link-layer address resolution request message (e.g., Address Resolution Protocol [ARP] Request message, Neighbor Discovery Protocol [NDP] Neighbor Solicitation message) is dependent upon whether or not its target IP address corresponds to a network gateway packet switching device. When the target IP address of a received ARP Request/NDP Neighbor Solicitation message corresponds to a network gateway, then the packet switching device responds effectively on behalf of the network gateway, rather than forwarding the message to the network gateway. When the target IP address of a received ARP Request/NDP Neighbor Solicitation message does not correspond to a network gateway and the Media Access Control (MAC) address corresponding to the target IP address is known, then the packet switching device transforms then sends the broadcast or multicast frame into a unicast frame.
US09455946B1	Server for providing unified communications A unified communication server or Client Application Server (CAS) comprises a client communication module, a status determination module, an operation determination module, an object manager, and a permissions module. The CAS enables communication between a client device and a plurality of communication services. The CAS receives requests for services from the client devices. The CAS interacts with a plurality of service providers offering different functionality and responds to requests or provides listings of available services in a unified manner despite the service offerings and service providers being disparate. The present invention also includes a number of methods including a method for operating a unified communication server, a method for generating a list of possible operations, a method for determining the status of a user and a method for determining permissions of a user.
US09455945B2	Aggregating likes to a main page In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph of a social-networking system, and determining, from the social graph, that a user “likes” a first page associated with a particular version of a media content. The social graph includes a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The method further includes determining that one or more other versions of the media content exist, determining that a main page is associated with the particular version and the one or more other versions of the media content, and aggregating the user's “like” of the first page to the main page. Each of the one or more other versions of the media content has one or more associated pages.
US09455942B2	Conversation timeline for heterogeneous messaging system A conversation timeline for a heterogeneous messaging system. In one embodiment, a method performed by one or more computing devices comprises: maintaining a conversation among users, the conversation comprising a plurality of messages between the users, each of the plurality of messages being a member of one of a plurality of predefined message classes, one of the plurality of messages being a member a different predefined message class of the plurality of predefined message classes than at least one other of the plurality of messages; causing display of a graphical representation of the conversation to one of the users; selecting a reply message class of the plurality of predefined message classes based on one or more reply control selection factors; and causing display, in association with display of the graphical representation of the conversation, reply message controls for adding a new message to the conversation in the reply message class.
US09455939B2	Most recently used list for attaching files to messages A user may select an attachment for an electronic message from a most recently used (MRU) list of files. For example, when a user is composing an electronic message, they may select a file to attach to the message from the MRU list. The recently used files that are included within the MRU list may be related to or more applications/locations and/or one or more computing devices. For example, the MRU list may include files accessed by one or more different authoring applications and/or files that have recently been accessed/created that are associated with the user.
US09455938B2	Streaming methods and systems for network devices A system and method are disclosed for processing commands to network target devices through a SCSI router in a Fiber Channel network having a plurality of Fiber Channel hosts. The system may be configured to receive a command, and determine that the command requires a transfer of data larger than a threshold size. The system may also be configured to receive a plurality of data blocks associated with the command, store the plurality of data blocks in at least one buffer, and determine if there is an initial amount of data in the at least one buffer. The system may be further configured to forward at least one of the plurality data blocks, and request an additional data block associated with the command.
US09455937B2	Distributed packet switch having a wireless control plane A packet network device such as a network switch includes a number of functional cards or chassis modules at least some of which are connected to both an electrical backplane and a wireless backplane. The electrical backplane provides data plane signal paths and the wireless backplane provides control plane signal paths.
US09455936B2	Network relay device A network relay device capable of shortening retrieval time for an address table or reducing a capacity of the address table is provided. When a transmission-source address of a frame received at first and second port groups is learned, a frame processing unit performs a hash calculation by using the transmission-source address and a first internal identifier 0.1. Then, an internal identifier etc., corresponding to the receiving port is registered in an entry inside an address table obtained by the hash calculation. On the other hand, when a transmission-destination address of a frame received at the first and second pot groups is retrieved, the frame processing unit performs a hash calculation by using the transmission-destination address and 0.1, reads out an entry inside the address table obtained by the hash calculation, and compares the internal identifier inside the address table with an internal identifier corresponding to the receiving port.
US09455934B2	Forwarding inter-switch connection (ISC) frames in a network-to-network interconnect topology Systems, mechanisms, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for forwarding Inter-Switch Connection (ISC) frames in a Network-to-Network Interconnect (NNI) topology, for example, via a network switch which includes a first physical switch port to receive a physical switch link from a second network switch; logic to implement a first logical ISC and a second logical ISC′ connection to the second network switch via the physical switch link; a second physical switch port to receive an interface connection from a third network switch; and switch forwarding logic to forward frames received at the first network switch to the second network switch via the logical ISC or logical ISC′ based on whether or not the physical switch link is part of an active topology upon which the network switch operates or is not part of the active topology upon which the network switch operates. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09455933B2	Flexible deterministic binary scheduler A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.
US09455930B2	System and method for routing work requests in an enterprise A resource allocation system of an enterprise is disclosed for allocating resources for a work request in an enterprise. The resource allocation system includes a monitor module configured to monitor the work request and availability of the resources in the enterprise, wherein the work request is characterized by one or more attributes. The resource allocation system further includes a resource matching module configured to match the attributes of the work request with the resources to determine one or more first type and second type of resources. The resource allocation system further includes an assignment module configured to assign the first type of resources to the work request while the second type of resources are unavailable, and re-assign the second type of resources to the work request when the second type of resources become available.
US09455924B2	Device and system for selective forwarding A system and method of operating equipment and services to allow enhanced global transport of IP packets is presented. A global virtual network with guaranteed capacity is used to transport said IP packets. A number of application-specific forwarding devices are deployed to detect and forward selected traffic types to the virtual network. The application-specific selective forwarding devices can be implemented based on the IP packets analysis, or by deploying enhanced control protocols like SIP/H.323.
US09455923B2	Network policy and network device control A policy enforcer device may determine a value of multiple controls included on a control device. The multiple controls may be associated with zones of a facility. The policy enforcer device may determine, based on the values of the plurality of controls, relative amounts of bandwidth to allocate, of a total amount of available bandwidth, to the zones of the facility; and control one or more network devices to provide the determined amounts of bandwidth to the zones of the facility.
US09455921B2	End to end network management based on quality of service adjustments A device may manage end-to-end traffic across a network based on adjusting Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. The device may receive performance requirements for packets corresponding to different applications and QoS levels within segments across the network, and measure performance values along the segments across the network. The device may also identify the application data flows and their associated network locations failing to meet performance values across network segments, and detect an application data flow failing to meet end-to-end (E2E) performance requirements. The device may determine network location(s) to adjust the QoS parameters of the detected application data flow, and adjust its QoS parameters at the determined network location(s) to bring the detected application data flow into compliance with its E2E performance requirements, while maintaining E2E performances compliance of other application data flows.
US09455917B2	Simplified approach to verify LFAS in deployment A method and system are provided to install a loop free alternative (LFA) next hop as a backup for a primary path next hop for an interior gateway protocol (IGP). The method enables testing of the LFA next hop to ensure proper handling of data forwarding on the LFA. The method includes receiving a trigger message from an administrative module indicating a switch to the LFA next hop the message including a prefix and an interface. A check is made whether a set of primary path next hops of the prefix have been exhausted. A next primary path next hop is selected from the set of primary path next hops of the prefix. A check is made whether the next primary path next hop matches the interface. The next primary path next hop is replaced by installing the LFA next hop into a global routing information base.
US09455916B2	Method and system for changing path and controller thereof A method for changing a transmission path of packets transmitted from a first node to a second node in a software-defined network is provided. The method includes removing a flow entry corresponding to a first transmission path on a flow table of the first node after a plurality of first data packets intended to be transmitted to the second node are transmitted from the first node via relay nodes of the first transmission path. The method also includes transmitting a flush packet to the first node and setting the flush packet to be transmitted to the second node according to the first transmission path; and when the second node receives the flush packet and transmits a packet inquiry message corresponding to the flush packet to the controller, setting a flow entry corresponding to a second transmission path on a flow table of the second node.
US09455913B2	Management of traffic buffering in internal and external memories in a passive optical network Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing memory of a passive optical network (PON) are provided herein. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of data packets from a stream of packets. A plurality of packet descriptors associated with each data packet is stored in a configurable first queue. The first queue includes a plurality of cache slots and is managed in an internal memory. A state of the first queue is identified. In response to the state of the first queue meeting a predetermined threshold, packet descriptors from a tail cache slot of the first queue are transferred to a second queue. The second queue is managed in an external memory.
US09455910B2	Exchanging internet protocol version capability information between client devices over a communications network In an embodiment, a dual stack (DS) client device (IPv4+IPv6) configures a header of a message for transmission to include a Via header with an IPv4 address of the DS client device, and transmits the configured message to a server via an IPv6 socket for transmission to a target client device. The target client device receives a message from a server in response to the configured message that identifies the DS capability of the dual stack client device based on a Via header that includes both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. In another embodiment, a DS client device receives a message with a Via header configuration indicating IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses through which another client device can communicate, identifies the other client device as DS, IPv4-only or IPv6-only based on the Via header configuration and selects a target format for communication with the other client device based on the identification.
US09455909B2	Application services based on dynamic split tunneling One embodiment provides selectively routing Domain Name System (DNS) request for sub-domains associated with a first network through a tunnel associated with the first network via the interface. DNS requests for sub-domains associated with a second network are selectively routed through a tunnel associated with the second network via the interface. Embodiments include replacing the destination address for DNS requests for sub-domains associated with the second network to match an address of a DNS server associated with the second network. Data representative of DNS requests for sub-domains associated with the second network is stored. Embodiments forward the DNS requests for sub-domains associated with the second network with the address of the DNS server associated with the second network.
US09455908B2	Bi-directional flow stickiness in a network environment An example method for bi-directional flow stickiness in a network environment is provided and includes receiving a packet of a flow from a source address in a network, and destined to a destination address outside the network, looking up a flow table for an entry corresponding to the flow, and caching a forward flow entry and a reverse flow entry in the flow table if the look up results in a miss, the forward flow entry indicating a routing lookup, and the reverse flow entry indicating a previous hop from which the packet was received to maintain a bi-directional flow stickiness. Some embodiments also include receiving another packet from the destination address outside the network destined to the source address in the network, and forwarding it to the previous hop listed in the reverse flow entry.
US09455906B2	Converged fabric for FCoE Network devices, systems, and methods, including program instructions are disclosed which provide a converged fabric for Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). A network device includes a Fiber Channel Controller (FCC), located outside of a lossless Ethernet network. The FCC has a processing resource coupled to a memory. The memory includes program instructions executed by the processing resource to terminate Fiber Channel (FC) Initialization Protocol (FIP) frames, generated to and by initiator and target devices, on the FCC.
US09455905B2	Encapsulation for link layer preemption Devices implement encapsulation to support link layer preemption. The device may include a encapsulation logic that encapsulates data, such as an Ethernet frame, to produce an encapsulated frame. The encapsulated frame may include an encapsulation element that indicates whether the encapsulated data includes non-preemptible data, such as Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic (DMLT), or preemptible data. The encapsulated frame may also indicate whether the encapsulated data comprises the last fragment of a preemptible frame.
US09455900B2	Method and apparatus for shortest path bridging of multicast traffic Methods, system and apparatus for determining shortest path bridging (SPB) within a communications network.
US09455894B1	Selective fast re-route using forwarding plane liveliness detection protocols Techniques are described for selectively triggering fast reroute of traffic by enhancing a protocol used for monitoring operational status of a forwarding plane of a router. The forwarding plane of the router outputs periodic messages that, when received by a peer router, provide an indication that the forwarding plane is operational and able to forward packets. In addition, when constructing the periodic messages, the forwarding plane embeds an indication of a status of internal communication between the forwarding plane and a control plane of the router. In this way, the forwarding plane of the transmitting router provides an indication to the peer router that, although operational, the forwarding plane may be operating according to stale forwarding information.
US09455892B2	Data loss monitoring of partial data streams A method for detecting loss of sensitive information in partial data streams may include identifying partial data streams containing segments lost while capturing network traffic at a network computing device, determining characteristics of content of the partial data streams, padding content portions of the lost segments in the partial data streams, and scanning the partial data streams for sensitive information according to at least one data loss prevention (DLP) policy.
US09455890B2	Deep path analysis of application delivery over a network Techniques for deep path analysis of application delivery over a network are disclosed. In some embodiments, deep path analysis of application delivery over a network includes monitoring a network path between an agent and a destination; determining the network path between the agent and the destination; and generating a graphical visualization of the network path.
US09455888B2	Application topology based on network traffic Methods and apparatuses for generating an application topology are provided. A processor determines a first application profile based, at least in part, on a first network packet. A processor determines a second application profile based, at least in part, on a second network packet. A processor determines a link between a first application and a second application based, at least in part, on address information of the first network packet. A processor generates a topology comprising the first and second application profiles based, at least in part, on the link, the first application profile and the second application profile. A processor updates the first and second application profiles based, at least in part, on matching the first application profile and second application profile with an application deployment template.
US09455884B1	Agent-assisted and directed web-channel customer care apparatus, method, and computer program An agent-assisted and directed web-channel customer care apparatus, method, and computer program is provided to receive, from a first device, an inbound message via an inbound messaging channel and create a web session utilizing a web session server. Session identification is received from the web session server and a unique identifier is transmitted to the first device in order for a second device to connect to an agent device via a web session. Communications is simultaneously maintained with the first and second device via the inbound messaging channel and the web session.
US09455883B1	Method and apparatus for provisioning shared NFS storage Methods and apparatus for provisioning shared NFS storage in a cloud storage environment having a storage layer, a compute layer, a network layer connecting the storage layer and the computer layer, and a management layer coupled to the compute layer.
US09455880B2	Method and system for intelligent routing of requests over EPP Method and system for routing EPP requests over a network are provided. The EPP request can include XML namespace information and optionally XML sub-product information. A gateway can receive the request and analyze the namespace and in some instances, sub-product information to determine the service to which the request is directed. Thereupon, the gateway can route the request to the appropriate service by consulting a routing table that can have status and connectivity information for all the available services.
US09455879B1	Validating changes to attributes for computing resources Requests to change attributes of servers or other computing resources can be validated by a veto service. For example, the veto service can receive requests to register for notification of changes to an attribute for a server, send a notification of a pending change to the attribute to each of a plurality of services, determine a response to the notification for each service, and based on the responses decide whether to allow or deny the pending change to the attribute. The responses from the notified services can be received responses or default responses.
US09455871B1	Best practice analysis, migration advisor Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, providing resource allocation advice, configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice regarding data storage, access, placement, and/or related web services. In some examples, a web service may utilize or otherwise control a client instance to control, access, or otherwise manage resources of a distributed system. Based at least in part on one or more resource usage checks and/or configuration checks, resource usage information and/or configuration information of an account utilizing a web service, and/or user preferences and/or settings, resource allocation advice, system configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice may be provided to a user of an account. Additionally, in some examples, one or more remediation operations may be performed automatically.
US09455870B1	Achieving balanced interconnectivity in a computer network Systems and methods of configuring a computer network are provided. N network nodes can each form M communication links with other network nodes. A number of communication links equal to the largest integer not greater than the quotient of M divided by (N−1) can be assigned between each pair of network nodes. The remaining communication links can be assigned such that a graph represented by the network nodes and communication links is substantially geometrically symmetric.
US09455867B2	Automatic configuration of a repeater Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an in-band process to inform an external repeater of a desired new configuration or mode of operation. After negotiation of rate and other information during an auto-negotiation routine, a network node sends configuration information to a network element, such as an external network repeater.
US09455861B2	Systems and methods for advanced iterative decoding and channel estimation of concatenated coding systems Systems and methods for decoding block and concatenated codes are provided. These include advanced iterative decoding techniques based on belief propagation algorithms, with particular advantages when applied to codes having higher density parity check matrices. Improvements are also provided for performing channel state information estimation including the use of optimum filter lengths based on channel selectivity and adaptive decision-directed channel estimation. These improvements enhance the performance of various communication systems and consumer electronics. Particular improvements are also provided for decoding HD Radio signals, including enhanced decoding of reference subcarriers based on soft-diversity combining, joint enhanced channel state information estimation, as well as iterative soft-input soft-output and list decoding of convolutional codes and Reed-Solomon codes. These and other improvements enhance the decoding of different logical channels in HD Radio systems.
US09455858B2	Method for the transmission of a multi-carrier signal, and corresponding transmission device and computer program A method is provided for transmission of an OFDM signal, wherein pre-transmission processing includes: mapping data representative of a source signal to complex symbols Xn, 0<=n
US09455857B2	Method for transmitting data unit in wireless LAN system and device for supporting same Provided is a method for transmitting a data unit performed by a transmitter in a wireless LAN system. The method comprises: generating a data unit, wherein the data unit includes a data field which contains data to be transmitted by a transmitter; generating at least one data symbol for the data field; and transmitting the at least one data symbol, wherein two pilot tones are inserted into each data symbol, and pilot values and scrambling values are applied to the pilot tones.
US09455855B1	Phase shifter chip radio frequency self-test The method includes selecting, by control hardware, a first output from a phased locked loop, sending, by the control hardware, the first output from the phased locked loop to a first device under test and a second device under test, and adjusting, by the control hardware, a first phase rotator connected to the first device under test to a first rotator phase value of zero; determining a collection of phase detector values of a phase detector connected to the second device under test by adjusting a second phase rotator connected to the second device under test to sweep through a phase range and measuring the phase detector values of the phase detector; determining a phase detector gain of the phase detector by averaging the collection of phase detector values and storing, by the control hardware, the phase detector gain in memory hardware.
US09455851B1	Efficient encoding/decoding algorithm for MTS constrained MFSK communications A method of encoding a data signal is disclosed. The method includes selecting a set of M ultrasonic frequencies, wherein each of the M ultrasonic frequencies differs from an adjacent frequency by at least a first frequency spacing, and wherein M is a positive integer. The method further includes forming a trellis matrix and encoding the data signal with the trellis matrix to form a set of Q of the M ultrasonic frequencies, wherein Q is a positive integer less than M, and wherein a minimum frequency separation between any pair of the Q frequencies of the set is greater than the first frequency spacing.
US09455846B2	Decision feedback equalization A signal sampling system that includes N samplers is disclosed. Each sampler includes a data input having a decision logic level threshold, a plurality of offset control inputs, a plurality of offset magnitude inputs, an un-buffered output, and a buffered output. Each sampler further includes circuitry coupled between the inputs and outputs that is configured to cause a time delay from an input signal transition to an output signal transition such that, after an offset control input transitions from a first voltage to a second voltage, the decision logic level threshold changes in a time substantially less than one gate delay, and after the sample clock transitions from a first logic state to a second logic state, the un-buffered output transitions within a time substantially equal to one gate delay and the buffered output transitions within a time substantially equal to two gate delays.
US09455845B2	Wireless communications apparatus MIMO UWB Communications apparatus is configured to send out a channel estimation sequence comprising a plurality of sequentially transmitted symbols in accordance with a first band hopping sequence, sent from one antenna of the apparatus, while another antenna is transmitting another sequence of channel estimation symbols in accordance with another, complementary band hopping sequence. A legacy device will be capable of synchronizing with the channel estimation symbols sent in accordance with the first band hopping sequence, while a MIMO receiver will be able to determine channel estimates for all MIMO channels on the basis of the combined channel estimation transmissions.
US09455844B2	Distributed processing system and method A solution for managing communicative interactions between network elements is described herein. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a processor module that monitors communications between a program resident on a user machine and a server program resident on a computing device remote from the user. The processor module may be utilized to effectively reduce the processing overhead of a server program and the number of communications actually transmitted between the client program and the server program. For example, the processor module may intercept certain client or server initiated communications intended for the server or client program and process those communications internally. The results of the processing which may require an updating to all object groups which may be associated with client programs. The updating of said client programs is then executed without server program involvement.
US09455838B2	Creating a digital certificate for a service using a local certificate authority having temporary signing authority A computing machine creates a temporary certificate authority (CA) hosted locally by the computing machine, creates a service certificate for a local service being hosted by the computing machine, and signs the service certificate using a private key of the temporary CA. The private key is stored locally on the computing machine. The computing machine removes signing authority of the temporary CA, and provides the service certificate to the local service.
US09455837B2	Method and system for exchange multifunction job security using IPV6 neighbor discovery options A method, system and computer program product are disclosed that facilitates exchange multifunction job security using IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, which can include generating a print job on a first node, the first node having a first software module and a first IP filter configured to capture neighbor solicitation messages and sending a neighbor solicitation request with the at least one security option to a second nod. Capturing the neighbor solicitation request via a second IP filter on the second node; validating a digital certificate and decrypting a first encrypted job identifier associated with the neighbor solicitation request using a second software module on the second node. Sending a neighbor advertisement to the first node, the neighbor advertisement including a second encrypted job identifier for the print job and capturing the neighbor advertisement from the second node with the first IP filter, and processing the job on the first node.
US09455836B1	Verification of authenticity and responsiveness of biometric evidence and/or other evidence Authenticity and responsiveness of evidence (e.g., biometric evidence) may be validated without regard for whether there is direct control over a sensor that acquired the evidence. In some implementations, only a data block containing evidence that is (1) appended with a server-generated challenge (e.g., a nonce) and (2) signed or encrypted by the sensor may validate that the evidence is responsive to a current request and belongs to a current session. In some implementations, trust may be established and/or enhanced due to one or more security features (e.g., anti-spoofing, anti-tampering, and/or other security features) being collocated with the sensor at the actual sampling site.
US09455830B2	Method for securing credentials in a remote repository A method of securing user credentials in a remote repository is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising generating a first private key and a first public key pair from a registered password; generating a second private key and a second public key pair; generating a storage key from the second private key and the first public key; encrypting a set of credentials using the storage key; creating a encrypted credential signature from the encrypted set of credentials and the first private key; and storing the encrypted set of credentials, the encrypted credential signature, and the second public key in the remote repository.
US09455827B2	Communication apparatus, computer program product, and communication system According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a cryptographic key storage, a transmitter, a receiver, and a sharing controller. The cryptographic key storage stores therein one or more cryptographic keys shared with an external device. The transmitter transmits specifying information that specifies at least one of the cryptographic keys to the external device. The receiver receives determination information that indicates a result of determination, which is made by the external device based on the specifying information, on whether the shared cryptographic key is consistent between the apparatus and the external device. When receiving the determination information indicating that the shared cryptographic key is inconsistent between the apparatus and the external device, the sharing controller deletes the cryptographic key specified by the specifying information from the cryptographic key storage.
US09455826B2	Circuit arrangement and method for transmitting signals On the basis of single-ended signals based on logic levels, and of differential, in particular common-mode-based, signals, a circuit arrangement and a corresponding method are proposed, in which a serialized signal transmission is always performed in an error-free and stable manner.
US09455825B2	Receiver with clock recovery circuit and adaptive sample and equalizer timing A receiver is equipped with an adaptive phase-offset controller and associated timing-calibration circuitry that together shift the timing for a data sampler and a digital equalizer. The sample and equalizer timing is shifted to a position with less residual inter-symbol interference (ISI) energy relative to the current symbol. The shifted position may be calculated using a measure of signal quality, such as a receiver bit-error rate or a comparison of filter-tap values, to optimize the timing of data recovery.
US09455820B2	Method and system for optimizing user equipment performance in long term evolution co-existent networks The present invention provides a method and system for optimizing user equipment performance by having faster resumption of services during co-existence of LTE Frequency division duplexing (FDD) and Time division duplexing (TDD) networks. The method includes determining whether the UE is able to acquire essential system information (SI) associated with a cell or frequency which is barred by the UE. Further, the method includes removing the barring restriction conditionally for that cell or frequency which is barred by the UE if the UE is able to acquire the essential system information associated with the cell frequency. Furthermore, the method includes, allowing the UE to camp on the cell or frequency whose essential SI has been acquired by the UE and resuming the service with the cell and frequency. Furthermore, it also includes the method to have seamless handover between TDD and FDD and vice versa.
US09455819B2	Method, system and apparatus for sending and receiving feedback information The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, particularly relates to a method, system and apparatus for sending and receiving feedback information, to be used for transmitting the feedback information after the aggregation of carriers with different time division duplex (TDD) uplink and downlink configurations. The method of an embodiment of the present invention comprises: determining a dedicated feedback timing relationship by using a user equipment (UE) aggregating carriers with different TDD uplink/downlink configurations; the UE transmitting the feedback information corresponding to the downlink data on the primary carrier according to the determined dedicated feedback timing relationship. Because the feedback information can be transmitted after the aggregation of carriers with different TDD uplink and downlink configurations, thus the transmission efficiency and system performance after the aggregation of carriers with different TDD uplink and downlink configurations are improved.
US09455818B2	Method and apparatus for signaling to a mobile device which set of training sequence codes to use for a communication link The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for signaling training sequence set information to a remote station, comprising receiving signaling from a remote station indicating if a new set of training sequences is supported, and using a channel description to signal the training sequence set to be used by the remote station for a communication channel being established.
US09455814B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data A user equipment receives physical downlink shared channel data on a PDSCH in a second subframe from a second serving cell to the user equipment. The second serving cell is activated by the first serving cell, and the second serving cell does not map the PDSCH data to a second RE corresponding to a first resource element of the first subframe mapped with the CRS. The CRS is generated from a pseudo random sequence that is initiated by a cell identifier of the first serving cell and the PDSCH is indicated by an enhanced physical downlink shared channel of the second subframe, and the second RE of the second subframe and the first RE of the first subframe overlap in a time domain and in a frequency domain.
US09455811B2	Channel state information-reference signal patterns for time division duplex systems in long term evolution wireless networks A user equipment (UE) for time division duplex (TDD) communication through a wireless communication channel has a receiver to receive a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) subframe configuration value, a CSI-RS configuration value, and a CSI-RS; and circuitry to determine a subframe index corresponding to a temporal position of a special subframe including the CSI-RS; determine a CSI-RS pattern of one or more orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) resource elements carrying the CSI-RS, the pattern being from among a group of CSI-RS patterns that include OFDM resource elements in OFDM symbols corresponding to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region of a legacy LTE wireless communication channel; control the receiver to receive the special subframe carrying the CSI-RS during the temporal position and at the one or more OFDM resource elements of the CSI-RS pattern; and measure the wireless communication channel based on the CSI-RS.
US09455809B2	Method for transceiving downlink control information in a wireless access system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method for transceiving downlink control information in a wireless access system that supports an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH), and to an apparatus for the method. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: precoding downlink control information using a precoding matrix set in a terminal; and transmitting the precoded downlink control information to the terminal via the e-PDCCH using multiple antennas, wherein the e-PDCCH is multiplexed with a PDSCH in a first slot of a subframe in which the downlink control information is transmitted.
US09455805B2	Method and apparatus for wireless communications The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for wireless communications, which relate to the field of communications and are used to solve the problem of a relatively low communication quality in the advanced full duplex communication technology. The method provided in the present invention includes: dividing available radio resources in a communication system into first radio resources and second radio resources, where the first radio resources and the second radio resources occupy different radio resources; simultaneously performing bidirectional transmission of communication information with a user equipment through the first radio resources; and performing unidirectional transmission of communication information with the user equipment through the second radio resources. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications and used for wireless communications.
US09455799B2	Dynamic control of quality of service (QOS) using derived QOS measures In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method enabling and maintaining authentication of a sender-receiver pair for a communication system by applying changes to the parameters of OCTS is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a processor, a digital bit stream and transforming, by the processor, the digital bit stream to an encoded digital bit stream. The encoded digital bit stream comprises at least one of a gateway channel, a composite channel, or a data channel, and any combination thereof. The computer-implemented method further comprises providing, by the processor, the encoded digital bit stream to a transmission system for transmission and establishing, by the processor, authentication of the sender-receiver pair where pre-coordinated, pre-distributed information may be changed and communicated to limit the transmission to an intended sender-receiver pair. The intended sender-receiver pair comprises both the pre-coordinated, pre-distributed information and the changed coordinated, distributed information.
US09455798B2	Forward error correction (FEC) to support successive interference cancellation (SIC) Forward Error Correction (FEC) techniques that generate independently decodable resource blocks are beneficial for Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) demodulation. One FEC technique for generating independently decodable resource blocks includes mapping locally decodable FEC codeblocks into unique resource blocks such that substantially all of the bits of the FEC codeblock are carried within a single resource block. The locally decodable FEC codeblocks can be generated from different FEC encoding modules or from a common FEC encoding module. Another technique for generating independently decodable resource blocks includes encoding a stream of information bits into low-density parity-check (LDPC) codeblocks having high ratios of inward peering parity bits. These high ratios of inward peering parity bits allow substantial portions of each LDPC codeblock to be decoded independently from information carried by other LDPC codeblocks.
US09455792B1	System and method for measuring passive intermodulation (PIM) in a device under test (DUT) In an embodiment, a method for calculating PIM associated with a DUT comprises obtaining a first measurement of PIM with the DUT connected to the measuring instrument, introducing a shift in a phase offset of PIM produced at the DUT in response to test signals generated by the measuring instrument, obtaining, upon introducing the shift, a second measurement of PIM with the DUT connected to the measuring instrument and calculating the PIM associated with the DUT based on the first measurement and the second measurement.
US09455789B2	Optical reception apparatus, and control apparatus and control method of optical reception apparatus An optical reception apparatus may include a variable optical attenuator, a detector, and a controller. The variable optical attenuator may adjust a loss of an output optical power of a received light. The detector may detect that the output optical power is equal to or lower than a first level. The first level may be used to determine whether the output optical power is in a light interruption state. The controller may increase, in response to the detection made by the detector, the loss of the variable optical attenuator to a loss according to a second level. The second level may be used to determine whether the light interruption state is recovered.
US09455787B2	Light emitting diode (LED)-based multi-bitrate data links In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by an apparatus, first data at a first bitrate and second data at a second bitrate faster than the first bitrate; de-interleaving, by the apparatus, the first data into first de-interleaved data and the second data into second de-interleaved data; and controlling transmission of the first and second data in a single modulated light beam transmitted by a light emitting diode, the controlling including outputting portions of the first and second de-interleaved data to the light emitting diode, and controlling transmission of the light emitting diode.
US09455786B2	Optical transceiver An optical transceiver includes a positioning element, a fiber connecting segment, a base and a housing. The positioning element has a first positioning part. The fiber connecting segment tightly fits to the positioning element. The housing supports at least one optical transceiving element and is connected to the positioning element. The base has a second positioning part and is configured for supporting the positioning element and the fiber connecting segment. The first positioning part and the second positioning part define the position of the fiber connecting segment.
US09455785B2	Unified network management of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network Embodiments enable a network operator to use any (and a single) network management system (NMS) that it desires to manage a network having mixed fiber to the home optical network units (ONUs) and coaxial connected cable modems. For example, embodiments enable a cable company operator to use a DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) NMS (which the cable company already uses to manage its DOCSIS network) to manage such mixed network, by a simple addition of a DOCSIS Mediation Layer (DML) module between the NMS and the optical line terminal (OLT). On the other hand, embodiments enable a telephone company operator to use a standard EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) OLT NMS with minor OLT and OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) protocol modifications to manage the same mixed network.
US09455781B2	Method and device for determining whether a configuration of an optical transmission interface has to be adjusted A method for determining whether a configuration of an optical transmission interface of a first device has to be adjusted for transmitting an optical signal to a second device via an optical band-pass filter, the second device including an optical reception interface configured to enable receiving optical signals output by said optical band-pass filter and transmitted by the first device on a carrier wavelength when the carrier wavelength is in the passband of the optical band-pass filter. A monitoring device performs: obtaining an information representative of a time drift between successive symbols of an optical signal received by the second device, from the first device, via the optical band-pass filter; and determining whether the configuration of the optical transmission interface of the first device has to be adjusted, on the basis of the information representative of the time drift.
US09455778B1	Method and system for protecting against communication loss in an optical network system A method and system for protecting against communication loss or disruption in an optical network system includes a signal state detector, which can measure received optical signals and determine if their strength is sufficient to support reliable communications. If the signal state detector informs the control circuit that the received optical signal is too low to support communications with the data service hub (or if there is no signal at all, such as in a severance of an optical waveguide), then the control circuit can instruct the data switch to re-route communications from the primary communication path to a secondary or back up communication path. This switching or re-routing of communications from a primary communication path which is non-functional or inoperative to an operational and fully functional communication path (a back up or secondary communication path) can be completed in a very short time, such as within fifty milliseconds or less.
US09455774B2	Low complexity soft output MIMO decoder A method and processing block for receiving data transmitted in a MIMO system is provided. Data is transmitted as a transmit vector of values from multiple transmitting antennas and received as a receive vector of values at multiple receiving antennas. Candidate vectors are determined based on each of a plurality of constellation points of the constellation configuration used in the transmission scheme. A channel matrix is decomposed into a unitary matrix and a triangular matrix, such that a relationship links: (i) a function of the unitary matrix and the receive vector, and (ii) a multiplication of the triangular matrix and the transmit vector. A best candidate vector from the set of candidate vectors is utilized for the computation of soft bits representing the values of the transmit vector.
US09455769B2	RFID communication system An RFID communication system comprises an interrogator including a signal generator for generating an interrogation signal at a predetermined frequency f0 and a first interrogator antenna for transmitting said interrogation signal and receiving a first reply signal at a frequency f0, and processing means, and a passive transponder including a first transponder antenna for transmitting said first rely signal and receiving said interrogation signal and a chip comprising nonlinear components for generating said first reply signal in response to the interrogation signal. The interrogator is arranged to receive a second reply signal whose frequency is a multiple of the predetermined frequency f0, said multiple being either odd or even, said second reply frequency being generated by the nonlinear components of the transponder chip, said first and second reply signals being processed by the processing means of the interrogator in order to complete or improve the functionality of the system.
US09455767B2	Method of monitoring a power transmission line and measuring device A method and a measuring device for monitoring a power transmission line are disclosed. Measured data are acquired by means of the measuring device at a measuring point of the power transmission line and are coupled in to said power transmission line to transmit the measured data via the power transmission line to a measured data acquisition device.
US09455766B2	Radio frequency leakage detection in a cable plant Embodiments described provide detection of RF leaks in a coaxial cable of a cable plant. One embodiment comprises a mobile device that includes an antenna, a quadrature demodulator, and a controller. The antenna receives an RF signal from an RF leak in the coaxial cable. The quadrature demodulator demodulates the RF signal to generate IQ data. The controller determines changes in a phase angle of the RF signal based on the IQ data generated as the mobile device is in motion, and identifies that the mobile device is travelling toward the RF leak responsive to determining that the phase angle is advancing. The controller identifies that the mobile device is travelling away from the RF leak responsive to determining that the phase angle is retarding.
US09455764B2	Wireless communication system A method for communication includes transmitting a first uplink message from a first remote node (200, 300, 400) to a central node (100) in a wireless communication system according to a first frequency hopping scheme, and transmitting a second uplink message from a second remote node to the central node in the wireless communication system according to a second frequency hopping scheme, different from the first scheme. Both the first and the second uplink messages are received and processed at the central node.
US09455761B2	Systems and methods for multi-rate digital self-interference cancellation A system for multi-rate digital self-interference cancellation including a signal component generation system coupled to a digital transmit signal of a communication system that generates a set of signal components from the digital transmit signal; a multi-rate adaptive filter that transforms the set of signal components into a digital self-interference cancellation signal, according to a transform configuration, to form an interference-reduced receive signal; and a transform adaptor that dynamically sets the transform configuration in response to changes in the interference-reduced receive signal.
US09455760B1	Waveform adaptable digital predistortion Apparatus, method therefor, generally related to signal preconditioning. In such an apparatus, a signal classifier block and a delay block are commonly coupled for receiving an input signal. The delay block is for providing a delayed version of the input signal. The signal classifier block is for classifying the input signal and generating a configuration signal having configuration information for digital predistortion (“DPD”) engine parameterization in response to the input signal classification. A DPD engine is for receiving the delayed version of the input signal and the configuration signal and for providing a predistorted output signal.
US09455759B2	Protection device capable of rotatably supporting a portable electronic device A protection device for rotatably supporting a portable electronic device includes a cover, a holder and a transmission cable. The holder has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. A sunken slot is formed on the first surface which supports the portable electronic device. A hole structure of the holder is connected to the sunken slot and formed between the first surface and the second surface, and an arc structure is disposed on the second surface to rotatably assemble with a rotary portion of the cover. A section of the transmission cable is connected to a first connector to be disposed inside the sunken slot, another section of cable is connected to a second connector to be embedded into the cover, and a middle section of the cable pierces through the hole structure to electrically connect the first connector with the second connector.
US09455747B1	Parallel chien search with folding and a symbolized minimal polynomial combinational network (S-MPCN) A hinge path is used to determine if a first possible root is a root of an error location polynomial. A positive limb path is used to determine if a second possible root is a root of the error location polynomial, including by using a sequence of coefficients associated with the error location polynomial. The sequence of coefficients is reversed and a negative limb path is used to determine if a third possible root is a root of the error location polynomial, including by using the reversed sequence of coefficients, wherein the negative limb path is a copy of the positive limb path.
US09455746B2	Variable speed Chien search architecture Examples are disclosed for using or designing Chien search circuitry to locate errors for error correction code (ECC) encoded data. In some examples, an error locator polynomial (ELP) may be received that indicates a number of possible error locations for ECC encoded data. Chien search circuitry may be designed such that error locations are found based on the received ELP within one or more passes through the search circuitry. The design of the Chien search circuitry to accommodate both an average expected number of error locations for received ELPs and a worst case number of error locations for received ELPs. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09455744B2	Context initialization in entropy coding A decoder includes an entropy decoder configured to derive a number of bins of the binarizations from the data stream using binary entropy decoding by selecting a context among different contexts and updating probability states associated with the different contexts, dependent on previously decoded portions of the data stream; a desymbolizer configured to debinarize the binarizations of the syntax elements to obtain integer values of the syntax elements; a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the video based on the integer values of the syntax elements using a quantization parameter, wherein the entropy decoder is configured to distinguish between 126 probability states and to initialize the probability states associated with the different contexts according to a linear equation of the quantization parameter, wherein the entropy decoder is configured to, for each of the different contexts, derive a slope and an offset of the linear equation from first and second four bit parts of a respective 8 bit initialization value.
US09455739B2	Code amount estimating method and apparatus, and program and storage medium therefor In a code amount estimating method, when encoding quantized values of coefficients of a larger-sized orthogonal transformation than an orthogonal transformation size assigned to a variable length encoding table, the quantized values are rearranged in a one-dimensional form, so as to obtain run-level sets. The number of groups is computed based on a proportion between an orthogonal transformation area corresponding to the orthogonal transformation size assigned to the variable length encoding table and an orthogonal transformation area for an encoding target. The Run-Level sets are classified into groups having the number of groups. Each Run is divided by the number of groups, and the obtained quotient is set as Run. A code length of each Run-Level set in each group is determined by referring to the variable length encoding table. The amount of generated code is estimated to be the total sum of the code lengths of all groups.
US09455737B1	Delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with time-interleaved (TI) or two-step successive approximation register (SAR) quantizer Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a delta-sigma modulator (DSM) using time-interleaved (TI) successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). For example, two SAR ADCs may be configured to alternately sample and process an input signal and provide a feedback signal for the DSM using excess loop delay (ELD). In other aspects, the DSM may be implemented using a two-step SAR quantizer. For example, a first SAR ADC may sample an input signal to generate a most-significant bit (MSB) portion of an output of the DSM, while the second SAR ADC may subsequently sample a residue from the first SAR ADC conversion and generate a least-significant bit (LSB) portion of the output of the DSM. With these techniques, higher bandwidths may be obtained in high accuracy delta-sigma ADCs without using increased sampling rates.
US09455736B2	ΔΣ modulator and program of ΔΣ modulator There is provided a ΔΣ modulator including a loop filter for inputting an m-value digital signal into a subtractor, an n-value quantizer for inputting a first output signal to be output from the loop filter and outputting a second output signal as an n-value digital signal, and a selecting device for inputting the first output signal and the second output signal therein, feeding back the first output signal to a subtractor of the loop filter when an absolute value of the first output signal is a predetermined value or more, and feeding back the second output signal to the subtractor of the loop filter when the absolute value is less than a predetermined value. The predetermined value in the selecting device is set to be larger than a maximum value of an absolute value of a quantization value to be obtained by the n-value digital signal.
US09455731B1	Digital-to-analog converter with digital charge sharing components A method and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit involve forming an analog signal using charge sharing operations. The DAC circuit includes a plurality of digital components with associated parasitic capacitances. The digital components are activated based on a digital input code, such that charge is shared among the parasitic capacitances to form a first analog signal proportional to the digital input code. The digital components can also be activated based on a complementary code to form a second analog signal. The first analog signal and the second analog signal can be used to form, as a final output of the DAC circuit, an analog signal that is linearly proportional to the digital input code.
US09455728B2	Digital phase locked loop for low jitter applications A phase locked loop circuit is disclosed. The phase locked loop circuit includes a ring oscillator. The phase locked loop circuit also includes a digital path including a digital phase detector. The phase locked loop circuit further includes an analog path including a linear phase detector. Additionally, the phase locked loop circuit includes a feedback path connecting an output of the ring oscillator to an input of the digital path and an input of the analog path. The digital path and the analog path are parallel paths. The digital path provides a digital tuning signal the ring oscillator that digitally controls a frequency of the ring oscillator. The analog path provides an analog tuning signal the ring oscillator that continuously controls the frequency of the ring oscillator.
US09455725B2	Phase detector and associated phase detecting method A phase detector includes a plurality of sampling circuits, a logic circuit, a plurality of demultiplexers and a decision circuit, wherein the plurality of sampling circuits use a plurality of clock signals with different phases to sample a data signal respectively to generate a plurality of sampling results; the logic circuit generate N phase-leading signals and N phase-lagging signals according the plurality of sampling results; the plurality of demultiplexers perform demultiplex operations to the N phase-leading signals and the N phase-lagging signals respectively to generate M phase-leading output signals and M phase-lagging output signals respectively; and the decision circuit generates a final phase-leading signal and a final phase-lagging signal according the M phase-leading output signals and the M phase-lagging output signals.
US09455723B2	Leakage compensation circuit for phase-locked loop (PLL) large thin oxide capacitors Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for compensating, or at least adjusting, for capacitor leakage. One example method generally includes determining a leakage voltage corresponding to a leakage current of a capacitor in a filter for a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the determining comprises closing a set of switches for discontinuous sampling of the leakage voltage; based on the sampled leakage voltage, generating a sourced current approximately equal to the leakage current; and injecting the sourced current into the capacitor.
US09455719B2	Frequency compensation A first oscillator generates a first frequency. A second oscillator generates a second frequency. A controller determines a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency and determines a non-ideal component of the first frequency in dependence on a temperature response of the first and second oscillators.
US09455713B1	Split resistor source-series terminated driver A Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) is described with improved transmitter driver architecture. The transmitter driver architecture consumes significantly less power than other transmitter driver architectures as most of the circuits are driven by a low power supply. Furthermore, there is no need for level shifting even though the transmitter driver architecture is capable of supporting over as 1V of differential peak-to-peak voltage across the communication channel.
US09455712B2	Fast voltage domain converters with symmetric and supply insensitive propagation delay In one embodiment, a circuit comprises a phase interpolator that converts a single-ended input to a pair of symmetric differential signals within a first voltage domain. The circuit further comprises a comparator that converts the symmetric differential signals into single-ended output in a second different voltage domain. In one embodiment, the single ended output of the comparator is configured to be coupled to drive a switching driver in a switching regulator. In one embodiment, the interpolator comprises a first inverter, a second inverter, and a third inverter connected in series. The interpolator further comprises a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series. The second inverter provides a first output signal. Outputs of the first inverter and the third inverter are connected by the series connected resistors. A node between the resistors provides a second output signal. The first and second output signals are inverted and symmetric.
US09455710B2	Clock enabling circuit A clock enabling circuit for providing a gated clock signal in response to receiving clock request information is presented. The clock enabling circuit comprises a clock request input, a clock input, and a flip-flop stage. It also includes a first sub-circuitry comprising a first input being coupled with the clock request input and an output being coupled with the flip-flop stage for providing a set information to the flip-flop stage in response to the receipt of the clock request information, the flip-flop stage being configured to provide a clock enabling information in response to receiving the set information and a second sub-circuitry comprising a first and a second input, the first input being coupled with the clock input and the second input being coupled with the flip-flop stage, the second sub-circuitry comprising an output for providing the gated clock signal in response to receiving the clock enabling information.
US09455709B2	Semiconductor device A dynamic logic circuit in which the number of elements is reduced, the layout area is reduced, the power loss is reduced, and the power consumption is reduced is provided. A semiconductor device including a dynamic logic circuit includes a first transistor in which a channel is formed in silicon and a second transistor in which a channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor. Here, a structure in which the second transistor is provided over the first transistor can be employed. A structure in which an insulating film is provided over the first transistor, and the second transistor is provided over the insulating film can be employed. A structure in which a top surface of the insulating film is planarized can be employed. A structure in which the second transistor has a region overlapping with the first transistor can be employed.
US09455702B2	Resonant-recovery power reduction techniques for pulse generation The disclosed embodiments provide a circuit for driving a capacitive load. The circuit includes a first inductor with an input terminal and a load terminal, wherein the load terminal is coupled to the capacitive load. The circuit also includes four or more switching devices. The switching devices may hold a voltage on the load terminal at zero volts. Next, the switching devices may charge the capacitive load through the first inductor until the voltage on the load terminal reaches a first input voltage supplied by a voltage source. The switching devices may then hold the voltage on the load terminal at the first input voltage. Finally, the switching devices may discharge the capacitive load through the first inductor until the voltage on the load terminal reaches zero volts.
US09455694B2	Data transmission circuit A data transmission circuit includes a first data selection unit suitable for alternately outputting data of first and second input lines as first driving data in synchronization with a clock; a data delay unit suitable for generating first and second delay data by delaying the data of the first and second input lines in synchronization with the clock; a second data selection unit suitable for: alternately outputting the data of the first and second input lines as second driving data in synchronization with the clock during a first mode, and alternately outputting inverted first and second delay data, which are inverted from the first and second delay data, as the second driving data in synchronization with the clock during a second mode; a first driving unit suitable for driving an output line in response to the first driving data; and a second driving unit suitable for driving the output line in response to the second driving data.
US09455693B2	Switching circuit for a transmission channel for ultrasound applications, transmission channel and process for driving a switching circuit A switching circuit for transmission channel for ultrasound applications is electrically coupled between a connection terminal and a low voltage output terminal. The switching circuit includes a receiving switch, a high voltage clamp circuit electrically coupled between the connection terminal and a central node, and a low voltage clamping switch electrically coupled between said central node and a reference voltage. The receiving switch is a low voltage switch and is electrically coupled between the central node and the low voltage output terminal. The clamping switch and the receiving switch are controlled in a complementary way with respect to each other. A transmission channel for ultrasound applications includes the switching circuit.
US09455692B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor system including the same A semiconductor device may include a control signal generation block configured to shift a level of a trimming signal and generate a selection control signal, and shift a level of a first enable signal and generate a driving control signal, when an internal voltage is raised to a level greater than a sensing reference voltage after an initialization period is ended. The semiconductor device may include an internal voltage generation block configured to select one of a plurality of trimming division voltages as a selected reference voltage in response to the selection control signal, and drive the internal voltage by comparing levels of the selected reference voltage and the internal voltage in response to the driving control signal.
US09455691B2	Flip-flop cell with configurable delay Flip-flop cells that enable time borrowing during the design of the IC to improve setup times while avoiding introducing meta-stability, and alternatively to avoid hold time violations. The flip-flop cells are connected with logic cells in functional data paths. The flip-flop cell has a clock signal controlling both its input and output. A selective delay cell selectively delays either a data signal input to the flip-flop cell or the clock signal controlling the flip-flop cell. The selectively delayed signal adjusts the timing (setup, hold and clock-to-output) of the data path.
US09455686B1	Wireless communication device and tunable filter thereof A wireless communication device and a tunable filter are provided. The tunable filter includes a first energy storage element, a first series resonant circuit, a second series resonant circuit, a first tunable parallel resonant circuit and a second tunable parallel resonant circuit. The first series resonant circuit and the second series resonant circuit respectively include a first capacitor and a first inductor electrically connected in series. The first tunable parallel resonant circuit and the second tunable parallel resonant circuit respectively include a variable capacitor and a second inductor electrically connected between a ground and a bias voltage. The first series resonant circuit is electrically connected between a first end of the first energy storage element and the first tunable parallel resonant circuit. The second series resonant circuit is electrically connected between a second end of the first energy storage element and the second tunable parallel resonant circuit.
US09455682B2	Elastic wave filter device and duplexer In an elastic wave filter device, an elastic wave filter element chip is mounted on a board. In the elastic wave filter element chip, a ladder filter including a plurality of series arm resonators and a plurality of parallel arm resonators are provided. In/on the board, a first inductor connected in parallel to the series arm resonator and a second inductor connected between the parallel arm resonators P1-P3 and a ground potential are provided. In/on the board, a shield electrode is located between the first inductor and the second inductor.
US09455677B2	Wireless audio control apparatus A wireless audio control apparatus comprises a U-shaped outer shell having an outer surface, an inner surface and a plurality of side surfaces. A spring clip is attached to the inner surface of the outer shell. A speaker, a microphone and at least one control interface are located on the outer surface of the outer shell. A jack sealed behind a jack cover is located on at least one of the plurality of side surfaces of the outer shell. A wireless transceiver, an amplifier and a rechargeable battery are located inside the outer shell. The wireless audio control apparatus is configured to control the audio output from a wirelessly attached personal audio device while being removably affixed to a generally planar object worn by a user.
US09455671B2	System and method for capacitive signal source amplifier In accordance with an embodiment, a system for amplifying a signal provided by a capacitive signal source includes a first voltage follower device, a second voltage follower device, and a first capacitor. The first voltage follower device includes an input terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of the capacitive signal source, and the second voltage follower device includes an input terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the first voltage follower device, and an output terminal coupled to a second output terminal of the first voltage follower device. Furthermore, first capacitor has a first end coupled to a first output terminal of the first voltage follower device, and a second end configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the capacitive signal source.
US09455669B2	Apparatus and methods for phase compensation in power amplifiers Apparatus and methods for phase compensation in power amplifiers are disclosed herein. In certain implementations, a power amplifier includes an input stage, an output stage, an envelope tracker, and a compensation circuit. The input and output stages are cascaded and amplify an input RF signal to generate an amplified output RF signal. The envelope tracker generates a power amplifier supply voltage for at least the output stage based on an envelope of the input RF signal. The compensation circuit compensates for changes in input impedance of the output stage associated with changes in the voltage level of the power amplifier supply voltage. By including the compensation circuit, a variation in the power amplifier's phase delay versus input power can be reduced, thereby leading to an improvement in the power amplifier's phase distortion (AM/PM).
US09455666B2	Multiple frequency LC voltage controlled oscillator scheme A circuit includes at least two LC voltage controlled oscillators (LCVCOs). Each LCVCO includes a switch to selectively turn on or off the LCVCO. One selected LCVCO of the at least two LCVCOs is configured to provide a differential LCVCO output. A converter coupled to the at least two LCVCOs is configured to receive the differential LCVCO output and provide an output signal with a full voltage swing.
US09455659B2	Systems and methods for controlling high speed motor A method for controlling an electric motor includes inputting a quadrature-axis current (Iq) and a direct-axis current (Id) into an electric motor, receiving speed feedback indicative of the speed of the electric motor, determining whether the speed of the electric motor increases given the input Iq, and controlling the Id to increase the speed of the electric motor by selectively weakening the electromagnetic field if the speed of the electric motor does not increase given the input Iq.
US09455658B2	On-load tap changer The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for switching among different winding taps of a step transformer without interruption. According to the invention, the selector contact unit (7) and the switching means (16, 17) for switching the load without interruption are jointly actuated without using an intermediate energy accumulator, by means of a threaded spindle (5) which is rotated by a drive motor (2) during a switching operation.
US09455657B2	Alternator control apparatus An alternator control apparatus is provided which includes a first controller and a second controller that periodically transmits an instruction signal related to electric power generation to the first controller, wherein the instruction signal selectively includes a power generation instruction signal and a non-power generation instruction signal, the first controller, if a detection value of power supply voltage is less than a threshold and receives the power generation instruction signal from the second controller, controls a power generation amount of the alternator to be greater than a predetermined reference, and, if the detection value is less than the threshold and receives the non-power generation instruction signal from the second controller, forms or maintains the non-power generated or the power generation suppressed state, the second controller periodically transmits the non-power generation instruction signal to the first controller until a predetermined condition is met after completion of engine start.
US09455654B2	On the dynamic response of actuation devices in nonlinear dynamics systems A method for actuating a motor including: separating feed-forward signals corresponding to motion independent components of a required actuating force/torque from motion dependent components; filtering the motion dependent components of the feed-forward signals to at least reduce high frequency signals generated due to feedback signals; and either not filtering or filtering with a low pass filter having a higher cut off frequency the motion independent components of the feed-forward signals to at least reduce higher frequency noise and components; wherein higher frequency components of electronic power amplifier signals corresponding to the motion independent components of the actuating forces/torques are not eliminated by the low pass filter, thereby ensuring that the reaction forces/torques are provided to actuate the motor.
US09455652B2	Motor drive If a bus current a bus current detector 11 detects exceeds a current cutoff value, an overcurrent detector 12 supplies a gate driver 14 with an open signal for turning off switching elements 5-10 to break the current to a motor 1. Besides, when the overcurrent detector 12 detects an overcurrent, a feedback controller 15 provides the gate driver 14 with a short-circuit braking instruction to apply short-circuit braking after breaking the power supply, and to restart PWM control from a state in which the short-circuit braking is being applied and the duty ratio command value is reset at 0.
US09455646B2	Filter device, power converter and common mode noise suppression method A filter device comprises: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both set of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a filter inductance portion a first set of connection terminals connected to the AC voltage unit, a second set of connection terminals connected to the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, a third set of connection terminals connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a fourth set of connection terminals; and a compensation portion having one end connected to the fourth set of connection terminals and the other end connected to the ground.
US09455641B2	DC/DC converter In a DC/DC converter for bidirectional power transmission, a first switching circuit is connected between a first winding of a high-frequency transformer and a DC power supply, and a second switching circuit is connected between a second winding and a battery. In the first and second switching circuits, capacitors are connected in parallel to semiconductor switching devices, and first and second reactors are connected on AC input/output lines. Upon power transmission, the switching circuit on the primary side of the high-frequency transformer performs zero voltage switching, and the switching circuit on the secondary side performs a step-up operation by using the reactor.
US09455640B2	Switching power-supply device A switching power-supply device includes: a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a rectifying-and-smoothing circuit; a series circuit including a first switching element and a second switching element; a series resonant circuit including a capacitor connected to the second switching element and the primary coil; a controller performing switching control to alternately turn on and off the first switching element and the second switching element with a dead time; and a resonant-current detection unit that detects a resonant current, wherein in a case where the first switching element is in an ON state at a timing when the absolute value level of the resonant current becomes equal to or less than a threshold value, the controller switches the first switching element to an OFF state and makes a subsequent ON period of the first switching element shorter than a last ON period.
US09455639B2	Switched-mode power supply device A switched-mode power supply device is disclosed including an AC power supply, a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, a switching element electrically connected to the primary winding, a secondary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit that generates an output voltage by rectifying and smoothing the pulse voltage, a load ratio detection circuit that detects if a load ratio is not greater than a load ratio threshold value during steady load, and outputs a drive switch signal based on the detection, and a drive circuit that, on the basis of the drive switch signal, causes the switching element to perform switching operation in one of a normal drive in which a speed of charging a gate voltage is faster and a soft drive in which the speed of charging the gate voltage is slower.
US09455637B2	Method for extending power supply hold-up time by controlling a transformer turn ratio In one embodiment a method of extending power supply hold-up time by controlling a transformer turn ratio may include an input capacitor receiving an input voltage of a transformer unit. A first control transistor may switch a first transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being above a voltage threshold level. The first control transistor may switch the first transformer winding to an off state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level. A second control transistor may switch a second transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level, wherein the first transformer winding and the second transformer winding may include separate windings located on a same side of a magnetic core of the transformer unit. In an embodiment the transformer unit may include a power supply unit.
US09455636B2	Control method and device employing primary side regulation in a quasi-resonant AC/DC flyback converter The present disclosure is directed to a primary-controlled high power factor quasi resonant converter. The converter converts an AC power line input to a DC output to power a load, generally a string of LEDs, and may be compatible with phase-cut dimmers. The power input is fed into a transformer being controlled by a power switch. The power switch is driven by a controller having a shaping circuit. The shaping circuit uses a current generator, switched resistor and capacitor to produce a reference voltage signal. The controller drives the power switch based on the voltage reference signal, resulting in a sinusoidal input current in a primary winding of the transformer, resulting in high power factor and low total harmonic distortion for the converter.
US09455635B2	Snubber circuit and buffering method for snubber circuit A snubber circuit includes a capacitor and a buffer device. The buffer device has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is electrically connected to the capacitor. When the buffer device operates in a first conduction mode, a charge current flows from the second terminal to the first terminal through the buffer device. When the buffer device switches from the first conduction mode to a second conduction mode, the buffer device generates a discharge current which flows from the first terminal to the second terminal through the buffer device over a specific period of time, such that after the buffer device enters the second conduction mode, a relative maximum voltage level appearing first at the second terminal is lower than a voltage level at the first terminal.
US09455632B1	Voltage converter A voltage converter including a constant turned-on time signal generator, a first transistor, a second transistor, an inductor, a ripple signal compensator, and a ripple injection circuit is provided. The ripple signal compensator is coupled to an output terminal of the voltage converter and a second terminal of the first transistor, and generates an adjusted ripple signal according to a switching voltage on a second terminal of the first transistor and an output signal of the voltage converter. The ripple rejection circuit generates a ripple injection signal according to the adjusted ripple signal. Wherein, the constant turned-on time signal generator generates a first and second driving signals for respectively driving the first and second transistors according to the ripple injection signal.
US09455626B2	Hysteretic buck DC-DC converter A buck switching regulator includes a feedback control circuit using a four-input comparator to regulate the output voltage to a substantially constant level with reduced voltage offset and with fast transient response. In some embodiments, the buck switching regulator uses the four-input comparator to compare a first feedback signal without ripple and a second feedback signal with injected ripple components to a reference level. The four-input comparator generates an output signal to control the switching of the power switches. The buck switching regulator generates an output voltage with increased accuracy and fast transient response. Furthermore, the buck switching regulator can be used with output capacitor having any value of ESR.
US09455623B2	Power factor correction circuit and method A power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes a first inductor, which is operably supplied with an input voltage and an input current. The input voltage is a rectified AC line voltage. A semiconductor switch has a load current path coupled in series with the first inductor. An output terminal is coupled to the inductor and operably providing an output voltage and an output current. A controller circuit controls the cyclic switching operation of the semiconductor switch. The controller circuit is configured to monitor a feedback signal representing the voltage drop across the load current path of the semiconductor switch, to detect at least one local minimum in the feedback signal while the semiconductor switch is off, and to switch on the semiconductor switch in response to detecting the N-th local minimum in the feedback signal.
US09455617B2	Multifunctional voice coil motor having a rotor including a bobbin and a plurality of magnets A multifunctional voice coil motor is disclosed, the motor including a rotor including a bobbin and a plurality of magnets arranged at a periphery of the bobbin, a stator including a housing wrapping each magnet and a plurality of coil blocks each arranged at a position corresponding to that of each magnet, a base coupled to the housing, and an elastic member elastically supporting the rotor.
US09455616B2	Brushless motor control method and brushless motor control device and electric power steering device A control device 50 that drives and controls a brushless motor 3 of a four-pole 24-slot configuration includes: a base current calculation section 52 that calculates fundamental-wave current indicating a winding current value associated with maximum torque control; a correction component calculation section 59 that calculates 12th-order first higher harmonic wave component B sin 12(θ+β) to cancel a torque ripple of magnet torque, and 12th-order second higher harmonic wave component A sin 12(θ+α) to cancel a torque ripple of reluctance torque, based on a phase current value detected by a current sensor 64; a correction map 58 in which relation between phase current and parameters A, B, α, and β of the both higher harmonic wave components is stored; and a current correction section 60 that corrects supply current by superimposing each 12th-order higher harmonic wave component on the fundamental-wave current in order to create current command values Id′ and Iq′.
US09455613B2	Rotor winding having a braze joint spaced apart from stress concentration A winding for a rotor for use in an electrical generator utilized in the power generation industry. The winding includes a plurality of axial sections and a plurality of transversely oriented end arc sections. An integrated leg section extends from each end arc section to form an associated corner section at an intersection of each leg section and associated end arc section. Each leg section is affixed to an associated axial section at a joint that is spaced apart from an associated corner section such that the joint is not subjected to stress concentration which occurs at the associated corner section.
US09455610B2	Motor drive apparatus A motor drive apparatus includes a rear end frame between a motor case and a control unit case. A shaft of a motor unit is supported rotatably by a bearing fixed to the rear end frame. A first socket-spigot fitting surface formed on the rear end frame is fitted with a second socket-spigot fitting surface formed on a heat sink. A rotation angle sensor mounted on a control unit substrate attached to the heat sink is provided on the rotation axis of the shaft. The rotation angle sensor can thus accurately detect the magnetic field of a magnet provided at the end of the shaft.
US09455609B2	Electric motor with a power output stage and with efficient heat transport and method The invention relates to an electric motor, in particular an electronically commutated electric motor. The electric motor has a stator, a rotor and a housing, which accommodates at least the stator and the rotor in a cavity. The electric motor also has a power output stage, which is connected to the stator and is designed to energize the stator in order to induce a rotating magnetic field. The power output stage has at least one power semiconductor with a thermal contact area, wherein the thermal contact area is thermally conductively connected to the housing, with the result that heat generated in the power semiconductor can be dissipated to the housing. According to the invention, the housing has a housing cup, which at least partially surrounds the cavity and is preferably thermally conductive and which has a cup wall, wherein the cup wall has a mating contact area corresponding to the thermal contact area.
US09455597B2	Electronic device protective case The present disclosure provides an electronic device protective case which is able to, by means of photovoltaic power generation, alleviate the insufficient capacity of a cell for an electronic device when it is used in the open air, and while an accumulator may be used as a power tank. A charging/discharging controller is used to control a photovoltaic cell panel in the protective case to store electric energy after the photovoltaic conversion in an accumulator, with the electric energy in the accumulator used to charge the electronic device. In addition, electrical connection states between an external data line port and the electronic device protective case as well as a port of an electronic device is controlled by means of a switch assembly, and when the switch assembly is in an ON state, the charging/discharging controller is used to control the accumulator or an external data line port to charge the electronic device.
US09455593B2	Electronic unit and feed system An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
US09455591B2	Power supply Embodiments of the invention provide a power supply including a transformer comprising a single output terminal on a secondary side, a first output unit comprising a first capacitor and connected to the single output terminal to output a first output voltage, a second output unit comprising a second capacitor having a larger capacity than the first capacitor and connected to the single output terminal to output a second output voltage, and a controller configured to control the first output voltage to be output until power is applied and charging of the second capacitor is started.
US09455589B2	Power supply apparatus and power supply degradation diagnosis method A power supply apparatus includes a first electric accumulator, a second electric accumulator, and a control section which controls charge and discharge of the first electric accumulator and the second electric accumulator. When the control section does not carry out a degradation diagnosis of the first electric accumulator, the control section charges the first electric accumulator and makes the second electric accumulator discharge. When the control section carries out the degradation diagnosis of the first electric accumulator, the control section charges the second electric accumulator and then makes the first electric accumulator begin to discharge for the degradation diagnosis.
US09455586B2	Method for controlling an EUV source A method for triggering a resonant charging circuit for a device for generating short-wavelength radiation based on discharge plasma is described. Switching times of the resonant charging circuit are determined in a non-time-critical method segment by simulation and are stored to be repeatedly retrievable. Measurement values of the resonant charging circuit are determined in real time in a time-critical method segment. At least one second switching time (t2) at which a discharging switch of the resonant charging circuit is triggered in order to supply at a firing time (t3) a discharge voltage (Uwanted), and the firing time (t3) are calculated. The device has a first input unit, a first simulation unit, a first regression unit, a first measurement value unit, a first evaluation unit and a control unit for triggering a discharging switch of the resonant charging circuit.
US09455584B2	Terminal device and charging control method A terminal device including a solar battery panel; a panel temperature-detection unit configured to detect a temperature measured near the solar battery panel; a power generation-state determination unit configured to detect an illuminance measured near the solar battery panel; a battery temperature-detection unit configured to detect a temperature measured near a secondary battery charged through power generated through the solar battery panel; a control unit configured to estimate a change in the temperature detected through the battery temperature-detection unit based on the temperature detected through the panel temperature-detection unit and the illuminance obtained through the power generation-state determination unit, and determine a remaining time when the estimated temperature measured near the secondary battery reaches a temperature at which the charging of the secondary battery is stopped; and a notification unit configured to provide notification about the remaining time determined through the control unit.
US09455583B2	Battery pack, electronic apparatus including the same, and method of controlling charge A battery pack, which supplies power to an electronic apparatus, includes a battery cell, a charger configured to receive power from an external source, and charge the battery cell by using the supplied power, and a charge controller configured to, when a voltage of the battery cell is lower than a predetermined first voltage even though the battery cell has a problem, control the charger to charge the battery cell.
US09455582B2	Electronic device and charging device for electronic device An electronic device. The electronic device may include a battery, and a charging system in electronic communication with the battery. The charging system may be configured to charge at least a partially-depleted battery to a threshold charge value, discontinue the charging in response to the battery being charged to the threshold charge value, and monitor the function of the electronic device to detect at least one of an anticipated event, and an unanticipated event of the electronic device. Additionally the charging system may be configured to recharge the battery in response to detecting one of: the anticipated event occurring a predetermined time subsequent to the recharging of the battery, or the unanticipated event occurring immediately before the recharging of the battery.
US09455579B2	USB charger for an electronic cigarette A USB charger for an electronic cigarette includes a first interface, a control module and a second interface and a built-in battery. The control module is connected to the first interface, the second interface and the built-in battery respectively. The first interface is configured to connect an external power source so as to provide a power supply. The second interface is configured to connect a battery rod of an external electronic cigarette. The control module is configured to charge the battery rod of the electronic cigarette and the built-in battery simultaneously by using the external power source, or control the built-in battery to charge the battery rod of the electronic cigarette, based on the access state of the external power source at the first interface. The electronic cigarette can be charged by the USB charger even if there is no external power source.
US09455577B2	Managing devices within micro-grids An approach to provide power from power supply devices to power consuming devices based on characteristics of the power consuming devices and/or the power supply devices. The approach includes a method that includes receiving information of a power consuming device from an energy management system that determines criticality of the power consuming device. The method further includes receiving power supply information of one or more power supply devices associated with an electric grid. The method further includes receiving a power request from the power consuming device. The method further includes determining that the power consuming device receives power from the power supply device, based on the information and the power supply information.
US09455572B2	Voltage prioritization of solar loads Solar electric energy is optimally used by varying one or more connected loads to achieve a maximum output power voltage. Entire appliances may be switched on or off, or modulated, as in the case for example of a heat pump compressor circuit or electric water heater. Variations of this theme are used to prioritize appliance usage for overall improved convenience and efficiency. Solar electric appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air dryers and water pumps are described. This and other electric sources may be used to power electric garden tools. Electric distribution tools and methods are described as well as electric garden tillers with features such as semi-control and smooth operation.
US09455567B2	Surge protector A surge protection circuit having an open circuit voltage surge protector, such as a gas discharge tube (GDT), a closed circuit current surge protector, such as a thermistor, and a thyristor. The GDT has a breakdown voltage that is at least a first defined amount higher than an anticipated highest peak voltage. The thermistor has a series resistance associated with a series resistance of electrical equipment being protected and a breakdown voltage that is at least a second defined amount higher than an impulse voltage (voltage required to excite the GDT based on the breakdown voltage) for the GDT. The thyristor has a rated peak current at least a third defined amount greater than a peak current for the thermistor.
US09455563B2	Dip switch change detection in a self powered relay An interface is disclosed for a self powered protection relay that uses mechanical switches for its configuration. The protection relay can include a base relay for measurement of line current and for generation of a trip signal, and a Human Machine Interface (HMI) unit for specifying, by a user, a base setting of an operating parameter of the protection relay. The base relay can be self-powered from the line and the HMI unit can include an auxiliary power supply. The protection relay is configured with mechanical switches provided in the protection relay. The HMI unit in the protection relay is designed to detect and alert the user of the relay of any change in the base setting carried out with one or more mechanical switches provided in the relay in powered and unpowered conditions of the base relay.
US09455558B2	Electrical power transmission line comprising a corrosion-protected raceway and method of protecting a raceway from corrosion An electrical power transmission line includes: at least one electrical cable; a raceway made of ferromagnetic material including a base and a cover defining an inner housing space for housing the electrical cable; a wet basic filling material having a pH between 11 and 13 housed in the inner housing space and embedding the at least one electrical cable. In order to achieve corrosion protection of the raceway, the inner surface of the cover is in contact with a basic passivating material having a pH between 11 and 13.
US09455555B2	Wire stringing angle clamp A stringing angle clamp device and methods associated therewith are provided. The stringing angle clamp device has a pulley wheel rotatable about an axle. A connecting structure has at least a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably affixed to the axle and the second end sized to connect to a utility pole. A first guide arm is rotatably affixed to the axle, wherein the first guide arm further comprises a first arm half and a second arm half, wherein the first arm half is mechanically fastened to the second arm half with at least one removable mechanical fastener positioned through each of the first and second arm halves. A first wire clamping structure is affixed to the first guide arm.
US09455552B1	Laser diode apparatus utilizing out of plane combination A diode laser apparatus includes a plurality of spaced apart diode lasers, each of the diode lasers situated and configured to emit a diode laser beam substantially parallel to each other diode laser beam in an emission plane in a first direction, and a plurality of reflectors situated with respect to the diode lasers and configured to receive respective diode laser beams and to reflect the respective diode laser beams substantially parallel and out of the emission plane at a small angle therewith in a second direction such that the reflected diode laser beams are in a stacked configuration.
US09455550B2	Distributed feedback laser diode A distributed feedback laser diode includes a substrate, an active layer located above and supported by the substrate, and a diffraction grating diffracting light generated in the active layer. The diffraction grating includes features and each feature includes dots. Each of the dots has a length less than 2.5 μm.
US09455548B2	Methods and apparatus for generating terahertz radiation Methods and apparatus for generating terahertz radiation are disclosed herein. In addition, methods for forming orientation-patterned nonlinear semiconductor crystals are disclosed herein. For example, according to an example implementation, a method for generating terahertz radiation may include: providing an optical pulse having a wavelength less than approximately 1.0 μm; and illuminating an orientation-patterned nonlinear semiconductor crystal with the optical pulse.
US09455544B2	Wire loops, methods of forming wire loops, and related processes A method of forming a wire loop is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) forming a conductive bump on a bonding location using a wire bonding tool; (2) bonding a portion of wire to another bonding location using the wire bonding tool; (3) extending a length of wire from the bonded portion of wire toward the bonding location; (4) lowering the bonding tool toward the bonding location while detecting a height of a tip of the wire bonding tool; and (5) interrupting the lowering of the wire bonding tool during step (4) if the wire bonding tool reaches a predetermined height.
US09455540B2	High-speed signal transmission device This invention relates to a high-speed signal transmission device, which includes a first transmission device and a second transmission device. Said first transmission device has a first signal cable with a first plug connector and second plug connector on it both ends, said second transmission device has a second signal cable with a third plug connector and fourth plug connector on it both ends. Using a first socket connector and a third socket connector to connect said first plug connector and third plug connector, and using a second socket connector and a fourth socket connector to connect said second plug connector and fourth plug connector to connect first transmission device and a second transmission device electrically to get the signal transmission speed of USB 3.0 and to enhance the rate of signal transmission.
US09455536B2	Electrical connector capable of suppressing crosstalk An electrical connector includes insulating portions arranged side by side, terminal sets, shield sets, and a casing. Each terminal set includes signal terminals and ground terminals. Each signal/ground terminal includes a fixing section disposed in the insulating portion, an assembling section downwardly stretching from the fixing section to protrude from the insulating portion, and a contacting section forwardly stretching from the fixing section to protrude from the insulating portion. Each shield set including shields is disposed on a lateral surface of the insulating portion. Each shield is spacedly arranged and connected to the ground terminal. Each shield includes a body section having at least one bending section, and a protrusion section protruding from the body section. The body section and the protrusion section shield the assembling section and the contacting section of the signal terminal respectively. It can effectively suppress crosstalk between the signal terminals by the shield sets.
US09455529B2	Proximity capacitive coupling for board-to-board wide bandwidth transmissions Techniques for forming high-bandwidth proximity connection between capacitively coupled plug and receptacle are described herein. A system for achieving capacitive coupling between contactless pads is described. The techniques include aligning and retaining the plug and receptacle in close proximity to one another. The techniques include cancelling crosstalk in the system based on the symmetry and orientation of differential pairs comprising signal pads. The techniques include enabling a high-bandwidth proximity transmission by filtering the transmission using a silicon buffer component.
US09455526B2	Conductor connectors for power cables A connector for a conductor of a power cable includes a hollow outer member configured to at least partially surround an exposed section of the conductor and configured to exert a force in an axial direction onto at least one electrically conductive inner member, and at least one electrically conductive inner member configured to be interposed between the outer member and the conductor, and configured to exert a force in a radial direction onto the conductor in response to the force in an axial direction.
US09455524B2	Self-supported jacket seal for high voltage cable accessories A self-supported jacket seal designed for a cable connector so that after a cable is inserted into the cable connector, the integrated jacket seal protects any exposed portion of the cable without requiring any additional installation steps. The self-supported feature is provided by a plurality of rigid ridges positioned on the outer surface of the jacket seal. The ridges strengthen the construction of the component so that the jacket seal substantially maintains its shape when a cable is slidably inserted therewithin. Because the seal does not buckle when installed, it does not require any additional installation steps as found in other similar inventions known in the art.
US09455516B2	Contact socket for an electrical plug connector An electrical connector having a female part with a socket portion configured for receiving a male part in the socket portion. The male part comprises openings in the area of the base and the socket portion comprises projections protruding into the openings. The projections in the openings are form-fittingly connected to the male part.
US09455515B2	Contact, connector, and connecting device A distance between first contact portions is set smaller than a thickness of a first connection object in the state where neither of the first connection object and a second connection object is inserted into a contact. A distance between second contact portions is set greater than a thickness of the second connection object in the state where neither of the first connection object and the second connection object is inserted into the contact. When the first connection object is inserted between the first contact portions, a pair of conductive portions are relatively moved to shorten the distance between the second contact portions so that the second connection object is held between the second contact portions.
US09455507B2	Coaxial cable connector having a continuity element A coaxial cable connector having, in one embodiment, a connector body or body member, a coupling element and a continuity element. The connector body is configured to be attached to a post. The continuity element is configured to maintain an electrical connection between the coupling element and the connector body.
US09455499B2	Communication device and antenna element therein A communication device including a ground element and an antenna element is provided. The antenna element includes a metal element. The metal element is disposed at or adjacent to an edge of the ground element. The metal element is substantially perpendicular to the ground element. The metal element has a projection on the ground element, and the whole projection is in the internal of the ground element. The antenna element has a first feeding point and a second feeding point. The first and second feeding points are away from each other. The first and second feeding points are substantially positioned at two ends of the metal element, respectively. The first feeding point is coupled through a first switch and a first matching circuit to a communication module. The second feeding point is coupled through a second switch and a second matching circuit to the communication module.
US09455497B2	Multi-band antenna A multi-band antenna includes a radiating antenna member, a first parasitic antenna member, and a second parasitic antenna member. The radiating antenna member includes a feeding unit, a high frequency (HF) radiating unit and a low frequency (LF) radiating unit, the HF radiating unit and the LF radiating unit extend from the feeding unit. The first parasitic antenna member includes an HF grounding part, and an HF parasitic unit extending from the HF grounding part and adjacent to the HF radiating unit. The second parasitic antenna member includes an LF grounding part, and an LF parasitic unit extending from the LF grounding part and electromagnetically coupled to the LF radiating unit. The feeding unit is arranged between the HF grounding part and the LF grounding part; the feeding unit and the HF radiating unit define a receiving slot, and the HF parasitic unit is arranged in the receiving slot.
US09455492B2	Multiband antenna arrangement A multiband antenna arrangement is disclosed. The multiband antenna arrangement includes a metallic shell forming an rectangular outer appearance and including a metallic top shell acting as a radiating element of antenna, a printed circuit board, a WIFI antenna, a diversity antenna having a grounded point and a feeding point electrically connecting the radiating element of the metallic top shell, a GPS antenna far away from the diversity antenna and having a grounded point and a feeding point electrically connecting the radiating element of the metallic top shell, the grounded point of the diversity antenna and the grounded point of the GPS antenna both positioned between the feeding point of the diversity antenna and the feeding point of the GPS antenna.
US09455491B2	Wireless device A wireless device includes: a casing having a first face; a display configured to be visible from the first face; a touch sensor formed by a transparent material and mounted in the casing with respect to the display as a part of the first face; a substrate mounted to a side opposite to the first face with respect to the display; and an antenna element including: a first portion built in the casing, connected to a feeding point included in the substrate, and located within a first range occupied by the touch sensor when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first face; and a second portion located within a second range other than the first range.
US09455489B2	Cavity antennas Cavity antennas may be provided for electronic devices. A cavity antenna may have a conductive antenna cavity with an opening. An antenna resonating element may be soldered within the cavity opening. An electronic device may have a display that is covered by a display cover layer. A cavity antenna may be mounted so that the cavity opening is located under a portion of the display cover layer outside of the active display region. An antenna cavity for a cavity antenna may have one or more bends. A curved antenna cavity or a cavity antenna with one or more angled branches may have a portion that extends between a conductive housing wall and internal device components such as a display. A speaker may be formed using the interior volume within a cavity antenna.
US09455488B2	Antenna having an embedded radio device An antenna for radio frequency (RF) applications comprising: a dielectric element including a dielectric material; an active element attached to a first external surface of the dielectric element; a cavity in the dielectric element; a radio device deposited in the cavity and adapted for coupling to the active element; and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield positioned in the cavity and between the radio device and the dielectric element, the EMI shield configured for inhibiting EMI between the radio device and the active element.
US09455480B2	Assembled battery An assembled battery includes a plurality of secondary cells, a first arithmetic operator, a second arithmetic operator, and a discharger. The first arithmetic operator calculates a voltage change rate of each of the secondary cells during charging/discharging thereof. The second arithmetic operator determines a discharge condition for each of the secondary cells from the voltage change rate calculated in the first arithmetic operator and a state of charge of each of the secondary cells. The discharger performs discharging of each of the secondary cells on the basis of the discharge condition when the assembled battery is neither being charged nor being discharged. The second arithmetic operator determines the discharge condition of each of the secondary cells such that each of the secondary cells after the discharging has the same state of charge.
US09455477B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte battery having polymer layers including graphite A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is disclosed. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery include a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes an anode mixture layer having a volume density of 1.70 to 1.90 g/cm3 prior to being subjected to charge and discharge processes. The anode mixture layer includes mixed particles composed of spherical graphite having an average particle size of 25 to 35 μm and non-spherical graphite having an average particle size of 8 to 22 μm.
US09455476B2	Electrolyte and secondary battery A secondary battery capable of achieving superior cycle characteristics, superior storage characteristics, and superior swollenness characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte containing a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains halogenated cyclic ester carbonate. The halogenated cyclic ester carbonate is a cyclic compound that has one or more fluorine groups, one or more fluorinated alkyl groups, and a carbonyl group.
US09455472B2	Lithium-ion electrochemical cells including fluorocarbon electrolyte additives Lithium-ion electrochemical cells are provided that include a positive electrode that includes a lithium metal oxide or a lithium metal phosphate, a negative electrode capable of intercalating or alloying with lithium, and an electrolyte that includes an additive. The additive includes a multifunctional anion that has the formula, X—SO2—Rf—SO2—Y, wherein X and Y are, independently, either O— or RfSO2N—, Rf is a straight or branched fluoroalkyl moiety having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and can, optionally, contain one or more in-chain heteroatoms, wherein Rf is a straight or branched chain or cyclic fluoroalkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and can, optionally, contain one or more in-chain heteroatoms, and wherein both Rf and Rf have a maximum of 20% non-fluorine substituents. The provided additives can improve the performance, hydrolytic stability, and thermal stability of the provided electrochemical cells.
US09455471B2	Electrode for all solid-state secondary battery and method for producing same An electrode for all-solid-state secondary batteries, which is capable of improving the high-temperature cycle characteristics of an all-solid-state secondary battery, includes a collector, a conductive adhesive layer and an electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer contains a binder, an inorganic solid electrolyte that contains sulfur atoms, and an electrode active material. The conductive adhesive layer contains conductive particles and a binder for adhesive layers, the binder being composed of a diene polymer. The diene polymer contains 10-75% by mass of a diene monomer unit, and has an iodine number of 5-350 mg/100 mg. The sulfur atoms contained in the inorganic solid electrolyte and carbon-carbon double bonds of the diene polymer are crosslinked with each other.
US09455468B2	Electrochemical device and nonaqueous electrolyte solution for electrochemical device The present invention aims to provide an electrochemical device excellent in high temperature storage characteristics and cycling characteristics at high voltages, and a nonaqueous electrolyte for the electrochemical device. The present invention relates to an electrochemical device including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt, wherein the nonaqueous solvent contains a fluorinated linear carbonate represented by the formula (1): RfOCOOR (1) (wherein Rf represents a C1-4 fluorinated alkyl group and R represents a C1-4 alkyl group), and further contains following compounds of (I) to (III) in a total amount of not more than 5000 ppm relative to the fluorinated linear carbonate: (I) a compound represented by the formula (2) RfOH (2) (wherein Rf is defined as above); (II) a compound represented by the formula (3) ROH (3) (wherein R is defined as above); and (III) a compound represented by the formula (4) ROCOCl (4) (wherein R is defined as above).
US09455467B2	Device for folding electrode assembly Disclosed herein is a folding device to manufacture a stacked/folded type electrode assembly having unit cells sequentially stacked in a state in which a separation film is disposed between the respective unit cells, the folding device including a web supply unit to supply a web having plate-shaped unit cells arranged at a top of a separation film at predetermined intervals, a winding jig to rotate the unit cells while holding a first one of the unit cells of the web so that the unit cells are sequentially stacked in a state in which the separation film is disposed between the respective unit cells, and a rotary shaft compensation unit to compensate for the position of a rotary shaft of the winding jig in an advancing direction of the web (X-axis direction).
US09455466B2	Method and arrangement for improved controllability of fuel cell stacks Exemplary systems and methods for adjusting current values in a fuel cell system for producing electricity with fuel cells, include drawing major part of the current from at least one serial connection. An adjusting circuit adjusts current values by drawing or supplying current of at least one stack of individual fuel cell stacks or current of at least one group of the groups of stacks within the serial connection. The adjusting circuit is integrated with the at least one stack of individual fuel cell stacks or with the at least one group of the groups of stacks. Compensation current of the at least one stack or group is a small percentage of a major part of the current in the serial connection of stacks.
US09455463B2	Integrated electrical power and chemical production using fuel cells In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for operating a molten carbonate fuel cell, such as a fuel cell assembly, with increased production of syngas while also reducing or minimizing the amount of CO2 exiting the fuel cell in the cathode exhaust stream. This can allow for improved efficiency of syngas production while also generating electrical power.
US09455459B2	Fuel supply systems having operational resistance Fuel supplies including multiple valve components and fuel cell systems having increased operational resistance to the insertion and/or removal of fuel supplies are disclosed. The increased operational resistance is provided by increased insertion or removal forces, multiple relative motions for insertion and/or removal, latches, actuators, ON/OFF switches, cognitive ability of the user, visual alignment, audio feedback, size of the user's hand, inter alia.
US09455456B2	Solid oxide fuel cell power plant with an anode recycle loop turbocharger An anode exhaust recycle turbocharger (100) has a turbocharger turbine (102) secured in fluid communication with a compressed oxidant stream within an oxidant inlet line (218) downstream from a compressed oxidant supply (104), and the anode exhaust recycle turbocharger (100) also includes a turbocharger compressor (106) mechanically linked to the turbocharger turbine (102) and secured in fluid communication with a flow of anode exhaust passing through an anode exhaust recycle loop (238) of the solid oxide fuel cell power plant (200). All or a portion of compressed oxidant within an oxidant inlet line (218) drives the turbocharger turbine (102) to thereby compress the anode exhaust stream in the recycle loop (238). A high-temperature, automotive-type turbocharger (100) replaces a recycle loop blower-compressor (52).
US09455455B2	Evaporatively cooled fuel cells with water passageways enhanced by wicks Fuel cells (38) have passageways (83, 84) that provide water through one or both reactant gas flow field plates (75, 81) of each fuel cell, whereby the fuel cell is cooled evaporatively. The water passageways may be vented by a porous plug (not shown), or by a microvacuum pump (89). A condenser (59) may have a reservoir (64); the condenser (59) may be a vehicle radiator. A highly water permeable wicking layer (90) is disposed adjacent to one or both water passageways (83, 84) which exist between individual fuel cells (38). The passageways may be flow-through passageways (83) (FIG. 5) or they may be interdigitated passageways (83a, 83b) (FIG. 6) in order to increase the flow of water-purging air through the wicking layer (90) utilized to clear the stack of water during shutdown in cold environments. The inlet interdigitated channels (83c, 83d) may be only partially blocked at their outlet ends such as by a protrusion (104) or a hole (106) in order to ensure that any gas entering the inlet coolant passageways (83c, 83d) will not accumulate at the outlet end (101) of the inlet coolant passageways.
US09455452B2	Fuel cell and method of manufacture thereof Provided are a fuel cell making it possible to make contact pressures high between its electrode layers and its metallic layers and others, thereby improving the power of the cell, and a method for manufacturing the cell. A fuel cell of the invention comprises a solid polymer electrolyte layer (1), first and second electrode layers (2, 3) located on each of both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte layer (1), and first and second electroconductive layers (4, 5) arranged outside the first and second electrode layers (2, 3), respectively, the individual layers (1 to 5) being integrated with each other through a resin molded body (6) which is an insert-molded body.
US09455451B2	Membrane-electrode structures for molecular catalysts for use in fuel cells and other electrochemical devices Water soluble catalysts, (M)meso-tetra(N-Methyl-4-Pyridyl)Porphinepentachloride (M=Fe, Co, Mn & Cu), have been incorporated into the polymer binder of oxygen reduction cathodes in membrane electrode assemblies used in PEM fuel cells and found to support encouragingly high current densities. The voltages achieved are low compared to commercial platinum catalysts but entirely consistent with the behavior observed in electroanalytical measurements of the homogeneous catalysts. A model of the dynamics of the electrode action has been developed and validated and this allows the MEA electrodes to be optimized for any chemistry that has been demonstrated in solution. It has been shown that improvements to the performance will come from modifications to the structure of the catalyst combined with optimization of the electrode structure and a well-founded pathway to practical non-platinum group metal catalysts exists.
US09455449B2	Electrode for fuel cell, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system including same An electrode for a fuel cell is disclosed. The electrode may include an electrode substrate with a conductive substrate, carbon particles, and a catalyst layer disposed on the electrode substrate. The electrode substrate may include a pore having an average diameter of about 20 μm to about 40 μm and porosity of about 30 volume % to about 80 volume % based on the total volume of the electrode substrate. A membrane-electrode assembly including the electrode and a fuel cell system including the membrane electrode assembly are also disclosed.
US09455448B1	Multi-thickness current collector A current collector in the form of a conductive substrate subjected to a special chemical etch to provide the current collector having a multi-thickness structure, is described. The multiple-thickness current collector structure provides an electrochemical cell with increased charge capacity per volume while enabling a robust weld connection thereto. The current collector has a frame and comprises within an inner perimeter of the frame, first strand structures that intersect second strand structures to provide a plurality of openings or interstices bordered by the strands. At least one tab portion having a thicker distal portion spaced from a thinner proximal tab portion that extends from an outer perimeter of the frame.
US09455444B2	Lithium composite compound particles and process for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The present invention relates to lithium composite compound particles having a composition represented by the formula: Li1+xNi1−y−zCoyMzO2 (M=B or Al), wherein the lithium composite compound particles have an ionic strength ratio A (LiO−/NiO2−) of not more than 0.3 and an ionic strength ratio B (Li3CO3+/Ni+) of not more than 20 as measured on a surface of the respective lithium composite compound particles using a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer. The lithium composite compound particles of the present invention can be used as a positive electrode active substance of a secondary battery which has good cycle characteristics and an excellent high-temperature storage property.
US09455437B2	Solid-state batteries utilizing template layers for electrode formation and methods for forming the same Embodiments provided herein describe solid-state lithium batteries and methods for forming such batteries. A first current collector is provided. A first layer is formed above the first current collector. The first layer includes lithium and cobalt. The first layer is annealed. A second layer is formed above the annealed first layer. The second layer includes lithium and cobalt, and the annealed first layer and the second layer jointly form a first electrode. An electrolyte is formed above the first electrode. A second electrode is formed above the electrolyte. A second current collector is formed above the second electrode.
US09455436B2	Battery pack of improved safety Disclosed herein is a battery pack configured such that battery modules, each of which includes a plurality of battery cells or unit modules connected to each other in series, are connected to each other in series in a state in which the battery modules are in tight contact with each other or stacked adjacent to each other, the battery pack including a fuse connected in series in an electrical connection circuit between the battery modules and a circuit breaker mounted at an outside of at least one of the battery modules to perform electric conduction when the battery cells swell, the circuit breaker being electrically connected to the electrical connection circuit to break the fuse when electric conduction is performed due to swelling of the battery cells.
US09455434B2	Device for detecting electrical voltage A battery system having at least one contact element configured to provide a high level of mechanical stability. The battery system has a plurality of cells with cell poles, the electrical voltage of the cells configured to be tapped by the at least one contact element at the cell poles or at cell connectors that are connected to the cell poles in an electrically conductive manner. The contact element has a first contact element section and a second contact element section.
US09455433B2	Electrode assembly The present disclosure provides an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell having a full-cell or a bi-cell structure comprising a cathode, an anode, and a first separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, and the plurality of unit cells being stacked by surrounding each unit cell with a second separator, wherein the second separator has an average pore diameter (d2) larger than the average pore diameter (d1) of the first separator in the unit cells.
US09455430B2	Integral bi-layer separator-electrode construction for lithium-ion batteries A porous bi-layer separator is composed of a first separator layer with a contacting array of non-conducting particles overlaid with a second separator layer of a microporous polymer layer, fabricated on the electrode surface of the anode of a lithium-ion battery to form an integral electrode-separator construction. Exemplary bi-layer separators may be fabricated by deposition of solvent-containing slurries of separator particles followed by solvent evaporation to produce the particle layer with subsequent application of polymer solutions followed by controlled evaporation of solvent to produce the microporous polymer layer. The elevated temperature performance of lithium-ion battery cells incorporating such integral electrode-bi-layer separators was demonstrated to exceed the performance of similar cells using commercial and experimental single layer polymer separators.
US09455422B2	Rectangular battery Disclosed is a rectangular battery in which an electrode group formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode with a separator interposed therebetween is housed in a battery case having an opening sealed by a sealing plate. The first electrode is electrically connected to the sealing plate, and the second electrode is electrically connected to a current collector plate provided between the sealing plate and the electrode group and extending along a longer side direction of the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a lower-strength portion configured to be deformed prior to the other portions of the sealing plate to provide a contact between the sealing plate and the current collector plate when the sealing plate receives an external pressure along the longer side direction of the sealing plate.
US09455417B2	Split electrode for organic devices A device includes a first electrode, an organic layer disposed over the first electrode and a second electrode disposed over the organic layer. The second electrode includes a first conductive layer, a first separation layer disposed over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed over the first separation layer, wherein the first separation layer is not a continuous layer and the first and second conductive layers are bridged where the first separation layer is not continuous. The first separation layer has an extinction coefficient that is at least 10% different from the extinction coefficient of the first conductive layer at wavelength 500 nm, or an index of refraction that is at least 10% different from the index of refraction of the first conductive layer at wavelength 500 nm.
US09455411B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices The present invention provides organoselenium compounds comprising dibenzoselenophene, benzo[b]selenophene or benzo[c]selenophene and their uses in organic light emitting devices.
US09455410B2	Micromolecular electron transport material based on pyridine and triazole, preparation method and organic light-emitting diode thereof The present invention provides a micromolecular electron transport material based on pyridine and triazole, which is represented by the formula I, and an organic light-emitting diode using the micromolecular electron transport material. The micromolecular electron transport material of the present invention can improve the capacity of electron injection, transmitting and hole-blocking, thus can gain high ET and reduce the driving voltage of device.
US09455402B2	Resistive memory device with ring-shaped metal oxide on top surfaces of ring-shaped metal layer and barrier layer A resistive memory device is provided, comprising a bottom electrode, a patterned dielectric layer with a via formed on the bottom electrode, a barrier layer formed at sidewalls and a bottom surface of the via as a liner, a ring-shaped metal layer formed at sidewalls and a bottom surface of the barrier layer, and a ring-shaped metal oxide formed on a top surface of the ring-shaped metal layer.
US09455398B2	Piezoelectric actuator and mass flow controller provided with same A piezoelectric actuator of the invention includes: a piezoelectric element; a base body having an upper surface which is in contact with a lower end portion of the piezoelectric element; and a case having an inner surface which is in contact with an upper end portion of the piezoelectric element, the case storing the piezoelectric element therein, the upper surface of the base body and the case being joined to each other. The case includes a cylindrical portion including a cylindrical main body and a plurality of grooves formed all around a perimeter thereof, and a collar portion disposed at a lower end side of the cylindrical portion. At least one of the plurality of grooves has a sectional profile taken along a plane perpendicular to a vertical direction whose oblateness differs from that of a sectional profile of the cylindrical main body.
US09455396B2	Piezoelectric/electrostrictive element and wiring substrate A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, a first conductive layer, an anchor portion and a second conductive layer. The substrate contains a ceramic as a main component. The substrate has a main surface. The adhesive layer is formed on the main surface of the substrate. The adhesive layer contains a metal oxide as a main component. The first conductive layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The anchor portion is formed on the adhesive layer. The anchor portion is embedded in the conductive layer. The anchor portion contains glass as a main component. The second conductive layer is disposed opposite to the first conductive layer with the substrate located in-between.
US09455395B2	Piezoelectric actuator control for high rate of operation Described herein are methods for controlling a piezoelectric element, for example, for use in a fuel injector, safely and efficiently at higher frequencies without causing damage to the fuel injector due to excessive heating. Methods incorporating features of the present invention can utilize waveform generation, waveform scaling and power amplification to drive a piezoelectric element. In some embodiments, various operating conditions are utilized to determine a scaling value which is compared to a target value to determine the level of scaling to be utilized with a generated waveform.
US09455392B2	Method of fabricating a coplanar waveguide device including removal of spurious microwave modes via flip-chip crossover A coplanar waveguide device includes a coplanar waveguide structure disposed on a substrate, at least one qubit coupled to the coplanar waveguide structure and an add-on chip having a metallized trench, and disposed over the substrate.
US09455390B2	Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and electronic thermoelectric power generation device The invention relates to a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and an electronic thermoelectric power generation device, a semiconductor device having a thermoelectric conversion element that is embedded in a semiconductor chip so as to be integrated with a semiconductor circuit can be implemented. A semiconductor substrate is provided with a through opening for a region in which a thermoelectric conversion element is to be formed, and a thermoelectric conversion element is embedded in the through opening, where the thermoelectric conversion element includes: a number of penetrating rods made of a thermoelectric conversion material; and an insulating reinforcement layer in which the penetrating rods are embedded and of which the thermal conductivity is lower than that of the thermoelectric conversion material.
US09455387B1	LED package structure and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of an LED package structure includes the steps of providing a base; disposing an LED chip on the base; electrically connecting the base and the LED chip by at least one metal wire, wherein the metal wire has an apex, and a height between the apex and a top surface of the LED chip is defined as a loop height; adhering a first phosphor sheet to the LED chip by a B-stage resin of the first phosphor sheet, wherein the first phosphor sheet covers the top surface, the side surface, and the electrode of the LED chip, the thickness of the first phosphor sheet is smaller than the loop height, and the apex of the metal wire is exposed from the first phosphor sheet; and disposing an encapsulation resin in the base to encapsulate the LED chip, the metal wire, and the first phosphor sheet.
US09455372B2	Method and apparatus for optical modulation The present invention is a method and an apparatus for optical modulation, for example for use in optical communications links. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical modulation includes a first silicon layer having one or more trenches formed therein, a dielectric layer lining the first silicon layer, and a second silicon layer disposed on the dielectric layer and filling the trenches.
US09455367B2	Disassembling photovoltaic module Provided is a method of disassembling a photovoltaic module. The method includes: applying heat to the photovoltaic module in an oxidizing atmosphere; removing an insulating protective layer wrapping a photovoltaic cell of the photovoltaic module; and obtaining the photovoltaic cell of the photovoltaic module.
US09455360B2	Method of fabricating a metal wrap through solar cell Methods of fabricating metal wrap through solar cells and modules for thin silicon solar cells, including epitaxial silicon solar cells, are described. These metal wrap through solar cells have a planar back contact geometry for the base and emitter contacts. Fabrication of a metal wrap through solar cell may comprise: providing a photovoltaic device attached at the emitter side of the device to a solar glass by an encapsulant, the device including busbars on the device emitter; forming vias through the device base and emitter, the vias terminating in the busbars; depositing a conformal dielectric film over the surface of the vias and the back surface of the base; removing portions of the conformal dielectric film from the ends of the vias for exposing the busbars and from field areas of the base; and forming separate electrical contacts to the busbars and the field areas on the back surface of the solar cell. The solar cells may comprise epitaxially deposited silicon and may include an epitaxially deposited back surface field.
US09455352B2	HTO offset for long leffective, better device performance Memory devices having an increased effective channel length and/or improved TPD characteristics, and methods of making the memory devices are provided. The memory devices contain two or more memory cells on a semiconductor substrate and bit line dielectrics between the memory cells. The memory cell contains a charge trapping dielectric stack, a poly gate, a pair of pocket implant regions, and a pair of bit lines. The bit line can be formed by an implant process at a higher energy level and/or a higher concentration of dopants without suffering device short channel roll off issues because spacers at bit line sidewalls constrain the implant in narrower implant regions.
US09455349B2	Oxide semiconductor thin film transistor with reduced impurity diffusion A transistor having high field-effect mobility is provided. A transistor having stable electrical characteristics is provided. A transistor having small current in an off state (in a non-conductive state) is provided. A semiconductor device including such a transistor is provided. A first electrode is formed over a substrate, a first insulating layer is formed adjacent to a side surface of the first electrode, and a second insulating layer is formed to cover the first insulating layer and be in contact with at least part of a surface of the first electrode. The surface of the first electrode is formed of a conductive material that does not easily transmit an impurity element. The second insulating layer is formed of an insulating material that does not easily transmit an impurity element. An oxide semiconductor layer is formed over the first electrode with a third insulating layer provided therebetween.
US09455346B2	Channel strain inducing architecture and doping technique at replacement poly gate (RPG) stage The demand for increased performance and shrinking geometry from ICs has brought the introduction of multi-gate devices including finFET devices. Inducing a higher tensile strain/stress in a region provides for enhanced electron mobility, which may improve performance. High temperature processes during device fabrication tend to relax the stress on these strain inducing layers. The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a strain inducing layer or cap layer at the RPG (replacement poly silicon gate) stage of a finFET device formation process. In some embodiments, the strain inducing layer is doped to reduce the external resistance.

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