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US09775720B2	Fusion cage A system comprising a fusion cage and at least one engagement member is provided. The fusion cage includes a first member and a second member. The engagement member is configured to retain the first and second members in an expanded state while simultaneously fixing the fusion case to adjacent vertebrae.
US09775717B2	Subtalar joint prostheseis and its method of implantation A subtalar joint prosthesis that is adapted to replace the natural subtalar joint that exists between a patient's talus and calcaneus bones includes talar and calcaneal components. Each of these is configured to have a shape that is herein defined as being a portion of the boundary surface of a frustum. Meanwhile, these components' inner surfaces are configured to: (a) generally follow the anatomic contour of the original joint surface to which each component is to be attached, and (b) minimize each components's average thickness, consistent with providing sufficient strength and rigidity for the components, so as to require minimum bone resection for the implantation of these components.
US09775716B2	Glenoid arthroplasty Arthroplasty components include an articular surface and a bone-facing surface. The bone-facing surface bears at least one anchoring element adapted for an oblique implantation trajectory. The articular surface includes a larger radius of curvature in the superior-inferior direction than in the anterior-posterior direction. An inferior chamfer may be present on the articular surface. Instruments and implantation methods are also disclosed.
US09775712B2	Osteoconductive and osteoinductive implant for augmentation, stabilization, or defect reconstruction Aspects of the present invention provide implants for augmentation, stabilization, or defect reconstruction of bone tissue, comprising a scaffold portion structured to provide shape to the implant, the scaffold portion comprising one or more of the following: one or more polylactic acid isomer; one or more polyglycolic acid isomer; and/or allogenic bone material, or similar compound.
US09775711B2	Rapid manufacturing of porous metal prostheses An orthopedic prosthesis and a method for rapidly manufacturing the same are provided. The orthopedic prosthesis includes a solid bearing layer, a porous bone-ingrowth layer, and an interdigitating layer therebetween. A laser sintering technique is performed to manufacture the orthopedic prosthesis.
US09775709B2	Implant having multiple adjustable mechanisms Apparatus includes an annuloplasty structure, including: (i) a tubular body portion that is configured to be disposed at an annulus of a valve of a heart, and is shaped to define a perimeter; (ii) a flexible member, disposed within the tubular body portion; (iii) a first adjustment mechanism, attached to the tubular body portion and to the flexible member such that reversible actuation of the first adjustment mechanism reversibly adjusts a first dimension of the body portion by adjusting tension of the flexible member; (iv) a second adjustment mechanism, coupled to the tubular body portion, and reversibly actuatable to reversibly adjust a second dimension of the body portion. The apparatus further includes one or more elongate tools, reversibly couplable to the first and second adjustment mechanisms, and configured to independently actuate the first and second adjustment mechanisms by applying force thereto while the heart is beating.
US09775708B2	Heart valve prosthesis A heart valve prosthesis has an annular body (2) and with several flap elements (4) which are movably connected to the annular body (2) via joints (10). The joints (10) engage on the flap elements (4) at their ventricular surface (18).
US09775706B2	Controlled tip release stent graft delivery system and method An apparatus and method of deploying a stent graft having a proximal anchor stent ring includes restraining proximal apexes of the proximal anchor stent ring between a spindle body of a spindle and a control release sleeve of a tapered tip. The control release sleeve is advanced relative to the spindle to release a first proximal apex through an opening in the control release sleeve while the remaining proximal apexes remain restrained by the control release sleeve. The control release sleeve is further advanced relative to the spindle to release the remaining proximal apexes from the control release sleeve. In another example, a stent capture fitting has variable length stent capture fitting arms. As the stent capture fitting is retracted, the proximal apexes of the proximal anchor stent ring are sequentially exposed from and released by the variable length stent capture fitting arms. By using the control release sleeve or the stent capture fitting, controlled sequential release of the proximal apexes is achieved.
US09775697B2	Fluid dispenser Described herein is a dispenser for dispensing fluid that, integrated into one hand piece, comprises a variable volume chamber with a plunger disposed within the chamber and a chamber inlet and outlet. The inlet and outlet communicate directly with a common chamber volume and the plunger translates in a linear direction relative to the chamber along a common longitudinal axis to expel fluid from the chamber (expel stroke) and/or draw fluid into the chamber (drawing stroke). The plunger is linked to a controller, a power source and a motor that drives translation movement of the plunger. The dispenser described herein offers a variety of advantages over the art including accurate dosing without the user having to manually regulate the dose amount—the amount to be dosed is related to the volume of fluid in the chamber which can be pre-set or varied automatically using sensors and controllers.
US09775696B1	Device to administer a solid animal medicine to an animal A device to administer multiple capsules or pills or a combination of capsules or pills into the mouth of an animal. The device is gravity fed and is composed of seven parts. The parts are: (i) a molded tee handle, (ii) a molded trigger pin (tee handle), (iii) a spring pin (trigger release pin) which is part of the molded trigger; (iv) a torsion spring; (v) a tube which can be 6 inches long with an outer diameter such as ½ inch with varying inner diameters resulting from different interior thicknesses of the barrel; (vi) a ⅜ inch ID #4 pan head screw; and (vii) a ⅞ inch diameter disc.
US09775695B2	Fourth toe processing systems and methods Fourth toe processing apparatus and methods for the processing the fourth toes of a bird are disclosed. The fourth toe processing apparatus includes a shield, a non-contact energy source emitting energy towards the shield, a shank restraint structure receiving a shank of a bird located proximate the second side of the shield, and a fourth toe aperture extending through the first side and the second side of the shield. Energy emitted towards the shield by the energy source passes through the fourth toe aperture so that a fourth toe of a bird having its shank positioned in the fourth toe aperture is exposed to the energy.
US09775694B2	Material deposition device and method of use A material deposition device includes a solution supply component, a gas supply component, and a co-axial discharge mechanism. The co-axial discharge mechanism includes a solution discharge mechanism, and a gas discharge mechanism co-axial with the solution discharge mechanism. The material deposition device further includes an alignment component that aligns the solution discharge mechanism in a center of the gas discharge mechanism; and an orifice plate with a number of turbulence inducing structures that induce turbulence in gas exiting the gas discharge mechanism.
US09775693B2	Oral care implement An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush, which includes a handle and a replacement head utilizing a specially designed structure for coupling the replacement head to the handle of the oral care implement. The replacement head comprises a head and a tubular sleeve comprising a cavity for receiving a handle. A protuberance protrudes radially inward from an inner surface of the tubular sleeve for engaging a boss of a stem on the handle to impede rotation of the tubular sleeve about the stem in a first angular direction. A locking tab protrudes radially inward from the inner surface of the tubular sleeve for engaging an undercut surface of the boss to prevent axial disengagement of the tubular sleeve from the stem. The locking tab is circumferentially spaced from the protuberance so that a first axial channel exists therebetween for receiving a section of the boss.
US09775692B2	Oral irrigator with variable pressure An oral irrigator including a fluid reservoir, a pumping assembly, a pressure control assembly, and a nozzle. The pumping assembly comprises a power source, a motor in electrical communication with the power source, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir. The pressure control assembly is in fluid communication with the pump; mechanically varies a pressure of a fluid exiting the nozzle to change the outlet pressure of the oral irrigator a high pressure to a low pressure and vice versa.
US09775686B2	Dental dam clamp A dental dam clamp and method comprising an aperture frame, a first opposing jaw, and a second opposing jaw is disclosed. The first opposing jaw is coupled to a first opposing end of the aperture frame, and the second opposing jaw coupled to a second opposing end of the aperture frame. The first opposing jaw and the second opposing jaw are biased toward a rest state by the aperture frame. The external surface of the aperture frame comprises at least one notch, and the internal surface of the aperture frame defines a treatment aperture. The aperture frame may be substantially parallel with both the first opposing jaw and the second opposing jaw.
US09775684B2	Generating images for at least two displays in image-guided surgery A system, in particular for image-guided surgery, comprising: at least two display devices; a position determinator for determining the relative position of the display devices; and an image generator for generating images, which are to be displayed by the display devices, in accordance with the determined relative position.
US09775681B2	Haptic guidance system and method A surgical apparatus includes a surgical device, configured to be manipulated by a user to perform a procedure on a patient, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to implement control parameters for controlling the surgical device to provide at least one of haptic guidance to the user and a limit on user manipulation of the surgical device, based on a relationship between an anatomy of the patient and at least one of a position, an orientation, a velocity, and an acceleration of a portion of the surgical device, and to adjust the control parameters in response to movement of the anatomy during the procedure.
US09775675B2	Ureteroscope and associated method for the minimally invasive treatment of urinary stones A passively flexible ureteroscope having a diameter of less than about 2.5 millimeters is provided. The ureteroscope may help overcome many of the problems associated with the prior art devices and methods for removing kidney stones. The ureteroscope includes an elongate member having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and an inner conduit that extends longitudinally between the proximal and distal portions. The elongate member is made from a passively flexible material that is capable of being inserted and directed through a patient's body cavity, such as the ureter, by manual direction and pressure so that minimal, if any, additional mechanical or steering mechanisms are present. An imaging device and light source are provided at the distal portion of the elongate member to allow for positioning the device with respect to the stone. A laser fiber can be directed through the conduit to destroy a targeted stone.
US09775664B2	Systems and methods for treating tissue with radiofrequency energy A device for applying radiofrequency energy for sphincter treatment comprising a flexible outer tube, an expandable basket having a plurality of arms movable from a collapsed position to an expanded position, and a plurality of electrodes movable with respect to the arms from a retracted position to an extended position. An advancer is slidably disposed within the outer tube to move the plurality of electrodes to the extended position. An actuator moves the advancer from a first position to a second position to advance the plurality of electrodes. An aspiration tube extends within the outer tube. An assembly includes an aspiration disabler having a first position to enable aspiration from a distal portion of the aspiration tube to a proximal portion and a second position to disable aspiration.
US09775663B2	Ablation system, methods, and controllers Multi-electrode ablation systems, methods, and controllers are described. In one example, a method of beginning an ablation procedure using a multi-electrode ablation system is described. The method includes selectively coupling the output of a power supply to a first electrode of a plurality of electrodes to increase a temperature at the first electrode to a first temperature set-point and limit a rate of increase of the temperature at the first electrode to a predetermined first rate.
US09775662B2	Electrical stimulation for orthopedic devices An orthopedic device includes a brace support having at least one strap for providing corrective orientation of a joint and unloading of the joint, and an electrical stimulation system for providing an electrical signal to a user's musculature at or proximate to the joint. The electrical stimulation system provides at least one electrical pulse to the musculature in supplement to the corrective orientation of the joint to induce contraction of the musculature. The electrical stimulation system may include at least one electrode for generating the electrical pulse, and a sensor module for determining movement and orientation of a user's limb for selectively activating the at least one electrode according to predefined criteria and feedback from the sensor module.
US09775660B2	Bottom-loading bone anchor assemblies and methods Bone anchor assemblies and methods are provided having a multi-component bone anchor that is configured to allow the shank of the bone anchor to be bottom loaded into a receiver member. In one embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided having a shank with a distal threaded portion and a proximal head portion, a ball having a spherical exterior surface and a central lumen sized to receive the head portion of the shank, and a clip configured to be engaged between the head portion and the ball such that the clip is effective to lock the ball in engagement with the shank.
US09775656B2	Method and appparatus for an intramedullary implant and method of implantation therefor An intramedullary orthopedic implant includes a body section having a first end that provides a point of insertion for the body section and a second end. The body section further includes wings extending away from the point of insertion for the body section. The intramedullary orthopedic implant further includes first and second legs extending from the second end of the body section. The first and second legs begin in a first implanted shape, are movable to a second insertion shape, and remain in the second insertion shape as long as the first and second legs are mechanically constrained.
US09775653B2	Method for surgically attaching a vertebral laminar reconstructive plate A method for attaching a laminar plate to a vertebra during spinal surgery, especially minimally invasive spinal surgery, to reconstruct the lamina of the vertebra after it has been removed during the surgery and prevent bone re-growth material from entering the spinal canal. The laminar plate can be coupled to, or proximate to, and between a facet and the spinous process by screwing the plate to the bone.
US09775651B2	Vertebral fixation device and system for holding a vertebra on a rod, and method for immobilizing a loop using such a device A vertebral fixation device and corresponding method of fixation hold a spinal vertebra on a rod. The device has a fixation element including a component of substantially U-shaped cross section with a first branch, a bottom and a second branch. A loop is formed by a flexible band for connecting the vertebra to the component, and which passes through recesses provided in the branches. Adjustable means for immobilizing the flexible band are provided. Those means include a connector screw having a head for longitudinal immobilization of the screw with respect to the first branch a thread for screwing in the second branch. A removable sleeve for passage of the screw, insertable in the first branch, in longitudinal abutment with the head of the screw is provided and presents a chamfered part designed to cooperate with the rod to compress the band between the rod and the bottom of the component.
US09775650B2	Screw clamp orthopedic device and methods of implementation A screw-clamp apparatus is disclosed that includes a first clamp component comprising at least one hook, a second clamp component comprising at least one hook, a bone-screw hole located on the first clamp component, a bone screw configured to be inserted through the bone-screw hole and to be inserted into bone and a spacer-receiver located on the first clamp component. The second clamp component can be pivotably attached relative to the first clamp component. A portion of the bone screw can be configured to engage the second clamp component upon insertion to cause the second clamp component to pivot toward the first clamp component. The spacer-receiver can be configured to secure a spacer.
US09775644B2	Tissue removal and manipulator device for LAVH and related surgeries The invention is incorporated into a tissue removal and manipulation device for vaginal hysterectomies and related surgeries. The present invention solves the suturing problem of the prior art devices by providing a device that not only can manipulate the uterus during surgery but remove the uterus without the need for suturing.
US09775640B2	Surgical device A surgical device that has an external sheath having a proximal end and a distal end for insertion through an opening of a body and a plurality of tool components extending from the distal end of the external sheath. The tool components are independently deflectable with respect to each other and with respect to the external sheath and removable from the device without requiring withdrawal of the sheath through the opening of the body. The external sheath is flexible and deflectable intermediate the distal and proximal ends. This permits the device to be steered in a curvilinear manner towards a surgical target.
US09775637B2	Probe unit, treatment instrument, and treatment system A probe unit includes, a probe configured to treat a bone by ultrasonic vibration, a hollow sheath which surrounds the probe and which has a first portion at a small distance from a central axis, and a second portion at a greater distance from the central axis than the first portion, and a knob configured to rotate the sheath relative to the probe between a first position for insertion between the bone and a living tissue facing the bone so that the first portion is located between the bone and the living tissue and a second position for insertion between the bone and the living tissue so that the second portion is located between the bone and the living tissue.
US09775631B2	Gel sweeper for residual stone fragment removal Systems and methods for performing medical procedures in body lumens are described. Embodiments of the methods include forming a plug to partially or fully occlude the lumen and moving the plug through a surgical field. Embodiments of the systems include an elongate body graspable by a surgical instrument or by a surgeon that are adapted to anchor to the plug.
US09775626B2	Method of cutting for use in surgery A surgical instrument system includes a tool (2) including an elongate shaft which defines the tool axis. The shaft bears a plurality of marker rings (10, 11, 12) arranged in a predetermined pattern on the surface of the shaft so that they extend around the shaft axis. The system includes at least two receiving devices (14) which are spaced apart for receiving stereoscopic signals from the rings on the tool, and a data processor (16) for analyzing the signal from the rings and generating information relating to the position and orientation of the tool relative to the receiving device.
US09775624B2	Surgical clip applier A surgical clip applier is provided including a clip pusher bar having a flexible tab and a camming plate configured to effectuate closure of the pair of jaws. The camming plate includes a lost motion portion and the flexible tab is configured to engage the lost motion portion during an initial movement of the clip pusher bar to cause the camming plate to move with the clip pusher bar. The flexible tab is configured to disengage from the lost motion portion during a subsequent movement of the clip pusher bar to allow the clip pusher bar to move relative to the camming plate.
US09775623B2	Surgical clip applier including clip relief feature A surgical clip applier includes a jaw assembly having first and second jaws. Each jaw defines an opposed surface configured to receive a portion of a surgical clip. The jaws are moveable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for forming the surgical clip about tissue. Each jaw includes a relief element disposed on a surface adjacent to and substantially transverse relative to the opposed surface thereof. The relief elements are cooperable to define a relief recess upon movement of the jaws to the approximated position. The relief recess is configured to receive at least a portion of a previously formed surgical clip during formation of a subsequent surgical clip about tissue adjacent to the previously formed surgical clip.
US09775617B2	Circular stapler including buttress A surgical stapling device for joining tissue portions includes a handle assembly, and a tubular body portion having a staple cartridge assembly containing a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The surgical stapling device includes an anvil assembly having a shaft for removably connecting the anvil assembly to the tubular body portion. The anvil assembly and the tubular body portion are juxtaposed with respect to one another along the shaft and are arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another. The surgical stapling device includes a buttress material supported by the tubular body portion and disposed between the anvil assembly and the staple cartridge assembly. The surgical stapling device includes a suture material that is adapted for engagement with the tubular body portion and the buttress material to secure the buttress material to the tubular body portion.
US09775616B2	Methods and apparatus for anastomosis including expandable anchor The present disclosure is directed to devices for approximating body vessels and method for performing the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, the device includes an inner member having a first expandable anchor operatively coupled near a distal end thereof, an outer member having a second expandable anchor, and a sleeve disposed about at least a portion of the inner member and the outer member.
US09775615B2	Methods and apparatus for anastomosis including expandable anchor The present disclosure is directed to devices for approximating body vessels and method for performing the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, the device includes an inner member having a first expandable anchor operatively coupled near a distal end thereof, an outer member having a second expandable anchor, and a sleeve disposed about at least a portion of the inner member and the outer member.
US09775614B2	Surgical stapling instruments with rotatable staple deployment arrangements A surgical stapling instrument. Various embodiments include an actuation system for selectively generating a plurality of control motions. A surgical end effector is operably coupled to the actuation system. The actuation system interfaces with an actuation member configured to operably engage rotatable camming members to fire staples within the end effector into forming contact with an anvil portion of the end effector.
US09775607B2	Indicators for surgical staplers A surgical stapler including one or more visual indicators is provided. The surgical stapler includes a body and a stapling assembly positioned at a distal portion of the body. The stapling assembly includes a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. An alignment pin is mounted on the stapling assembly and configured to engage the anvil assembly. A visual indicator of engagement of the alignment pin with the anvil assembly, clamping and/or stapling can be provided.
US09775602B2	Devices and methods for continuous surgical suturing A machine constructed and configured for automatic continuous suturing for reduced or minimized scarring and reduced suturing time, including methods of using the same. A device for continuous suturing. A device, method and suture for subcuticular suturing.
US09775597B2	Dual expansion anchor A dual expansion anchor configured for use in anchoring an implanting portion to an anchor point. A dual expansion anchor can be of particular use in anchoring soft tissue to a bone. A dual expansion anchor can have an expander and an anchor body. The expander can be sized and shaped so that it causes radial expansion of a first end and a second end of the anchor body when the expander is moved to a deployment or expansion position within the anchor body. The anchor body can include features to positively retain the position of the expander when the anchor body is deployed.
US09775595B2	Knee spacer system with adjustable separator The invention relates to a knee spacer for temporary replacement of an artificial knee joint, whereby the knee spacer comprises a tibial component (11) and a separator (12), whereby the tibial component (11) comprises a running surface (14) by means of which the tibial component (11), in the patient-inserted state, can be placed against a femoral component (28) in mobile manner, and whereby the separator (12) comprises a contact surface (15) for placing on the tibia (22) and the contact surface (15) is adjustable at a variable distance from the running surface (14) of the tibial component (11).The invention also relates to a method for adapting a knee spacer to a treatment scenario, comprising a tibial component (11) and a separator (12), whereby the tibial component (11) comprises a running surface (14) for placing against a femoral component (28) in mobile manner, and the separator (12) comprises a contact surface (15) for placing on the tibia (22), whereby the method involves adjusting the distance between the contact surface (15) and the running surface (14).The invention also relates to the use of a knee spacer of this type as temporary place-holder in a knee of a patient.
US09775593B2	Laparoscopic port site closure tool A device is provided to assist in closing an incision through body tissue that comprises a tubular body sized for introduction through the incision and carrying a plurality of stabilizer elements at the distal end thereof. The stabilizer elements are configured to be deployed within the body cavity to engage the lowermost tissue layer. In one method, the device is pulled with the stabilizer elements deployed to retract the body tissue away from adjacent body structure. In another method, a plurality of needle tips carrying sutures are guided through the body tissue to a retention device at the ends of the stabilizer elements. With the needle tips captured in the retention devices, the device is withdrawn from the incision so that the sutures form ligatures that can be tied off to close the incision.
US09775592B2	System and method for vessel access closure Embodiments are described for closing vascular access ports, such as arteriotomies, which involve placement and deployment of an expandable device configured to prevent blood flow across a subject arteriotomy while also keeping disturbance of intravascular flow to a minimum. Suitable prostheses may comprise one or more frames constructed from lengths of flexible materials, such as shape memory alloys or polymers. Such frames may be coupled to sheetlike or tube-like structures configured to spread loads, minimize thrombosis which may be related to intravascular flow, and maintain hemostasis.
US09775590B2	Braided hemostasis shaft for improved torsional response A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
US09775586B2	Urine hat flush water capture device The present invention relates to a urine specimen capture device comprising a capture bowl to capture a urine specimen, a mounting frame connected to the capture bowl to support the capture bowl within a toilet bowl and one or more flush water capture flange for capturing flush water emitted from a toilet bowl rim during a toilet flush cycle and diverting the flush water to the capture bowl to rinse the capture bowl of the urine specimen.
US09775579B2	Multi-source CT system and imaging method A CT scanner has multiple X-ray sources on a first rotatable gantry disposed to illuminate an X-ray detector array. An image processor receives data from the detector array, machine readable instructions in the memory include instructions for energizing K>=2 X-ray sources simultaneously while rotating the gantry through multiple positions and recording measurements at each gantry position. Some measurements correspond to sums of line integrals of radiation from two or more of the X-ray sources as attenuated by passage through an imaging zone to detector array cells, including a first measurement Nmp1 at a first gantry position and a second measurement Nmp2 at a second gantry position represent a sum of line integrals comprising a line integral of attenuation of radiation along a same line L. Instructions determine individual line integrals along the line L from the measurements Nmp1 and Nmp2 that include sums of line integrals along the line L.
US09775569B2	Electronic fetal monitoring applications and display Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for displaying on a user display device alarm-triggering events detected by the medical device based on the location of the user display device. The method comprises receiving alarm-triggering patient data from a medical device and determining the physical location of first and second user display devices. The method further comprises determining that the physical location of the first user display device is designated to have an alarm displayed, and that the physical location of the second user display device is not designated to have an alarm displayed. In response to these determinations, the content of the alarm is displayed on the first user display device.
US09775568B2	Medical device alarm management It is determined, during monitoring of a patient, that a plurality of alarm conditions has been initiated. The alarm conditions characterize a measurement by and/or operation of at least one medical device and have an associated grade among a plurality of prioritized grades. Thereafter, alarms can be generated that corresponding to some or all of the plurality of alarm conditions such that among concurrent active alarms: (i) an alarm corresponding to an alarm condition having a highest priority grade is conveyed at a first level upon initiation and, if such alarm condition remains active for a pre-defined time period, at the first level upon expiration of the pre-defined time period, and (ii) alarms corresponding to alarm conditions having equal or lower priority grades than the priority grade of the current highest priority grade alarm condition are conveyed at a second level, the second level being different from the first level.
US09775565B1	Device and system for monitoring operator biometric condition and blood alcohol presence to prevent driving of a vehicle by an alcohol or otherwise impaired operator A new system monitors ethanol alcohol levels of a vehicle operator by collecting sweat from the operator's hands, and detecting the presence, if any, of ethanol in the sweat. The system can then be used, if ethanol is present, to take action, such as immobile vehicle disablement, in the event of intoxication caused by an impermissibly high levels of ethanol of the operator. The system includes devices, referred to as pods in the description, which are sweat-collecting devices that are attached to the steering wheel of the vehicle. If the measurable ethanol in collected moisture from the operator's hands exceeds a preset threshold, the system could be configured to warn the operator to park the vehicle thereafter to disable operation of the vehicle, but if the operator does not so discontinue operation of the vehicle hazard warning lights and audible warnings within and without the vehicle will be activated alerting near vehicles of a dangerous vehicle being operated in close proximity. Likewise the new system monitors for pulse rate and oxygen levels of the operator can be used to recommend operator action when the pulse rate and/or oxygen levels are outside of the normal range for an operator. When the pulse rate and or oxygen levels of the system are outside of the normal parameters for an operator, the system will warn the operator to park the vehicle and thereafter to disable operation of the immobile vehicle, but if the operator does not so discontinue operation of the vehicle the hazard warning lights, on board video, and audible warnings within and without the vehicle will be activated alerting near vehicles of a dangerous vehicle being operated in close proximity, and alarms will be sent to real time recording and monitoring devices.
US09775563B2	Integrated introducer and transmitter assembly and methods of use Method and apparatus for inserting at least a portion of a sensor into a patient is provided.
US09775558B2	Systems and methods for treating sleep apnea Sleep apnea can be treated using positive airway pressure. Methods and systems for determining a level of airway obstruction allow beneficial adjustments to the level of expiratory positive airway pressure used to treat a subject.
US09775554B2	Population cohort-linked avatar Avatars, computer program products, devices and systems are described that relate to at least one cohort-linked avatar comprising at least one avatar attribute that is at least partly based on an association of at least one physiologic activity of at least one member of a population cohort with at least one mental state.
US09775547B2	System and method for storing and providing patient-related data According to various embodiments, a regional oximetry sensor may include a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a memory device configured to store a baseline. The baseline stored by the memory device enables a regional oximetry monitor to display the baseline on a display of the regional oximetry monitor.
US09775544B2	Analyte sensors having a membrane with low temperature sensitivity Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have a membrane with low temperature sensitivity. The sensing layer is disposed on a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring.
US09775543B2	Transcutaneous analyte sensor The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US09775540B2	Endoscope insertion shape observation probe An endoscope insertion shape observation probe that is elongatedly formed along a longitudinal axis direction and is insertable into a channel provided in an endoscope insertion section or is incorporated in the endoscope insertion section includes an electronic component, a housing section having a recessed shape that houses the electronic component, a pair of electric connection sections provided in the housing section, a pair of electric connection terminal sections provided in the electronic component and engaged with and electrically connected to the electric connection sections, the electric connection terminal sections mechanically holding the electronic component in the housing section, a groove section formed in the housing section, and two attaching-direction defining terminal sections provided in the electronic component, the attaching-direction defining terminal sections engaging into the groove section and defining a direction around a longitudinal axis in which the electronic component is attached to the housing section.
US09775537B2	Bio signal measuring apparatus and user monitoring system including the same A bio signal measuring apparatus is provided which includes a sampling unit, and a processing unit. The sampling unit samples a portion of a pulse included in a pulse signal penetrating a person to be measured, and portions sampled from a plurality of pulses included in the pulse signal are different from each other. The processing unit processes a sampled signal and measures a bio signal of the person to be measured based on at least one of a center frequency, a bandwidth, or amplitude of a reconstruction pulse obtained through the sampling.
US09775527B2	Method and apparatus for simulation of pressure transducer for measurement of blood pressure Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for utilizing a pressure transducer simulator that is configured for use with a pressure sensor device and a patient monitoring device. The pressure transducer simulator may be configured to generate a simulation of the output of an analog pressure sensing device to be compatible with the patient monitoring device. The simulation may be based upon a pressure signal received from the pressure sensor device. In one embodiment, the pressure transducer simulator includes a digital potentiometer that is configured to generate an analog signal based upon the pressure signal received from the pressure sensor device and wherein the digital potentiometer is configured to transmit the analog signal to the patient monitoring device.
US09775526B2	Blood pressure meter and pump driving system In the present invention, a pump driving circuit includes a step-up unit that steps up a first DC voltage from a power supply and outputs it as a second DC voltage, and an H bridge unit that has first and second series circuits that each include two switching elements connected in series between a high potential corresponding to the second DC voltage and a reference potential. According to a control signal from the control unit, the two switching elements of the first series circuit and the two switching elements of the second series circuit are switched on and off. A voltage generated between a first contact point between the two switching elements of the first series circuit, and a second contact point between the two switching elements of the second series circuit is used as a driving voltage for driving a pump.
US09775524B2	Apparatus and method of assessing a narrowing in a fluid filled tube An apparatus and method of assessing a narrowing in a fluid filled tube having a fluid flow pressure wave having a backward-originating pressure component and a forward-originating pressure component without taking a flow velocity measurement, comprising: taking pressure measurements in the tube; separating the pressure components into the backward-originating pressure component and the forward-originating pressure component; identifying a time window when the differential of flow velocity (dU) is minimal or absent; and deriving the backward and forward pressure components for pressure measurements taken in at least the time window.
US09775520B2	Wearable personal monitoring system A system includes one or more sensors to detect activities of a mobile object; and a processor coupled to the sensor and the wireless transceiver to classify sequences of motions into groups of similar postures each represented by a model and to apply the models to identify an activity of the object.
US09775519B2	Network connectivity unit for hospital bed A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed's current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.
US09775516B2	Outpatient monitoring systems and methods Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for outpatient monitoring. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring and consultations of patients' state associated with automated interpretation of vital signs signals. In other examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with analysis of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals with reduced bit data or channel data. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with ongoing automated analysis and transmission of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals and automatically generated signals' interpretation results and manually marked patient symptoms.
US09775514B2	Apparatus for measurement of a fundus comprising a focusing system and a wavefront correction device An apparatus for measuring a fundus of a subject. The apparatus includes a focusing unit which adjusts a defocus of the apparatus. The focusing unit includes a first focusing mirror and a second focusing mirror. The first focusing mirror and second focusing mirror are arranged so that an incident beam from the light source entering the focusing unit and an emitted beam exiting the focusing unit are substantially parallel to each other. Adjustment of the defocus is accomplished by moving both first focusing mirror and second focusing mirror such that incident beam and emitted beam remain substantially parallel to each other. The apparatus includes a wavefront sensor for detecting a shape of a wavefront. The apparatus includes a wavefront correction device. The wavefront correction device adjusts a wavefront of the light from the light source based on the shape of the wavefront detected by the wavefront sensor.
US09775513B1	Input detection system Systems for determining an individual's current focal plane by measuring parameters associated with binocular vision focusing using one or two contact lenses are provided. In an aspect, a system includes a first contact lens and a second contact lens respectively configured to be worn over first and second eyes of an individual. The first contact lens and the second contact lens respectively include first and second substrates, and first and second circuits respectively disposed on or within the first and second substrates and configured to respectively generate first data related to a focal trajectory of the first eye and second data related to a focal trajectory of the second eye, wherein the first circuit employs the second contact lens to generate the first data and the second circuit employs the first contact lens to generate the second data.
US09775512B1	Binocular eye tracking from video frame sequences A system for tracking the 3D position and gaze angles of the eyes over their full range of movement in space relative to a camera or relative to the head without the need for calibration or specialized image aquisition equipment. The eyes are tracked on the basis of surface features in relation to a geometrical 3D model of the eyes by means of a standard consumer device for recording the sequence of face images in conjunction with computing capability. The resultant eye positions and pupil diameters are used to control the information on a viewing screen or in another device. The system further allows for deriving the angular trajectories of the eye movements and for fitting model functions of these trajectories to characterize the degree of normality and deviation from normality of the binocular eye movement parameters.
US09775509B2	Automatic optometry analysis system for children The automatic optometry analysis system for children includes a main control board for obtaining optometry data of a patient, and an upper computer connected with the main control board. The upper computer may carry out processing according to the optometry data obtained from the main control board, generate corresponding preliminary eyeglass prescription data, correct the preliminary eyeglass prescription data based on collected preset patient information, and generate a final eyeglass prescription suitable for the patient; wherein correction of the preliminary eyeglass prescription data based on the collected preset patient information includes the use of age-related correction coefficient to correct the preliminary eyeglass prescription data.
US09775504B1	Controlling an intraoral mirror with an integrated camera, and applications thereof Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.
US09775495B2	Operation device for into-bore introduction device, and into-bore introduction device An operation device for an into-bore introduction device, includes: a projecting portion formed to project from a grasping section in a radial direction to a longitudinal axis of the grasping section, in a surface between a surface on which a bending operation knob is disposed and a surface on which operator's palm abuts to grasp the grasping section, in the grasping section; a pressing switch disposed on the projecting portion; and an inclined surface formed distantly by as much as a predetermined distance from the pressing switch, and in which an amount of the inclined surface to project outside in the radial direction is decreased on an insertion section side of the projecting portion.
US09775494B2	Oblique-viewing objective optical system and endoscope for oblique viewing using the same An oblique-viewing objective optical system includes in order from an object side, a front-side lens group which includes a negative lens, an optical path converting element, an aperture stop, and a rear-side lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the rear-side lens group includes a positive lens and a cemented lens having a positive refractive power, and the cemented lens includes in order from the object side a positive lens and a negative lens.
US09775493B2	Endoscope, and endoscope system provided with the endoscope An object of the invention is to provide an endoscope capable of continuously grasping a direction which a distal end portion of an endoscope faces even when a bending operation is performed. The endoscope of the invention is provided with: a first image pickup optical system provided at a distal end of an insertion portion; a bending portion provided in a vicinity of a distal end portion of the insertion portion and configured to be bendingly operated by a proximal side operation; and a second image pickup optical system disposed on the bending portion and configured so that the distal end of the insertion portion is included within a field-of-view angle.
US09775486B2	Cleaning pad with support body A resilient cleaning pad with a support body a portion of which is mechanically secured in a slit-like cavity of the cleaning pad.
US09775485B2	Autonomous floor cleaner An autonomous floor cleaner includes a base that is movable over a surface to be cleaned, a collection chamber associated with the base, and a rotating top mounted coupled with the base for rotation relative to the base, where the top carries at least one sweeping element for sweeping dirt on the surface to be cleaned toward the collection chamber.
US09775479B2	All in the head surface cleaning apparatus An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head having an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. The surface cleaning head may include a cyclone including a cyclone chamber and a longitudinal cyclone axis. The surface cleaning head may include a pre-motor filter chamber housing a pre-motor filter. The pre-motor filter may have an upstream face, a downstream face and a pre-motor filter axis that is generally parallel to the upstream and/or downstream face. The surface cleaning apparatus may have a suction motor having a first end, a second end, a suction motor inlet and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends. The cyclone axis may be oriented generally transverse to a forward direction of travel and the pre-motor filter axis may be generally parallel to the forward direction of travel.
US09775474B2	Body drying and inspection apparatus A body drying and personal inspection apparatus is provided for air drying and for providing the user with several inspection and data input devices. The apparatus comprises a base platform and an upright member with one or more handles to support the user. A blower assembly forces air through the base platform and through an elongated blower tube handled by the user. Further provided is an inspection camera coupled to the blower tube and a foot camera within the base platform, both used to capture images of the user's body while on the platform. A display and processing system is also provided that allows images to be processed and displayed, for input to be received via a user input device, and optionally for data to be transmitted to a third party over a network. The base platform also provides weight measuring capabilities for measuring the weight of the user thereon.
US09775472B1	One piece shower pan and method of making same A one piece shower drain pan, encapsulated in a water proof membrane, and the method of fabricating the one piece open drain shower pan, the method which includes providing extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam of the type which absorbs very little water; shaping the section of extruded polystyrene foam with a CNC router to obtain the desired slope in the floor; cutting a hole in the foam to produce the drain hole; cutting a curb from the XPS foam and gluing the foam to a pan base on the open sides. Splash walls are then cut from concrete wall board and glued to the sides having no curb, so that the glue serves as a bonding agent and provides a waterproof seal between the parts; after the glue has cured, spraying the entire pan assembly with a polyurethane or polyurea coating to completely encapsulate the entire pan with a waterproof membrane, which provides strength and rigidity and defines a one piece drain pan ready for installation.
US09775466B2	Automatic stir-fryer Disclosed is an automatic stir-fryer comprising: a machine stand (1); a base (2) pivotably provided on the machine stand (1); a rotary shaft (211) providing rotary power and connected to a stir-frying rotary tank (22) containing foodstuffs; a stove unit (3) disposed on the base (2) and situated right below the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a tilting unit (4) pivotably disposed on the base (2); a receiving tank (5) provided in the machine stand (1) for receiving the cooked foodstuffs; a cleaning unit (6) assembled on the machine stand (1) and corresponding to the stir-frying rotary tank (22) after tilting by the tilting unit (4) for water cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a control unit (8) vertically disposed on the machine stand (1) and provided with an control panel (81) for controlling the operating time of the automatic stir-fryer and the temperature of the stove unit (3).
US09775464B2	Grill rotisserie A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions.
US09775457B2	Floor covering with universal backing and methods of making and recycling A dimensionally stable universal floor covering includes a tufted textile substrate and a reinforcement layer to provide dimensional stability for the entire floor covering. Vacuum, mixing, and injection of compressed air assists in preparing an adhesive and fiber composition to be in the preferred condition and position before the application of pressure to form the reinforcement layer. The universal floor covering is selectively cut and transported in a roll for installation, and it can be conveniently recycled if necessary.
US09775456B2	Fashion accessory and method of operating a zipper A fashion accessory and a method of operating a zipper are provided. The fashion accessory includes a flexible elongated element, a hook, and an attachment point disposed on the flexible elongated element. The fashion accessory is convertable between a configuration for wearing and a configuration for operating the zipper. The method involves wearing the fashion accessory in a configuration and converting the fashion accessory to allow the fashion accessory to engage a zipper.
US09775455B2	Mobile no spill coaster The instant disclosure may provide a coaster that can be used with articles including fluid containers to mitigate and/or preclude undesired transmission of liquids by collecting condensation and dripped fluids and directing them to a contained reservoir within the coaster. An upper flange of the coaster may act as a unidirectional valve, directing fluid into the reservoir and preventing the escape of stored fluid even while the cup on which the coaster is mounted is tilted, as when tilted for drinking purposes. The coaster may be installed and removed with one hand, may move with the cup, and may provide improved cup-on-surface stability.
US09775443B2	Discontinuous air delivery system for inflatable static medical device An air delivery system that includes an inflatable cushion device adapted to support at least a portion of a body of a user. The air delivery device includes a supply conduit in fluid communication with both an interior region of the inflatable cushion device and a controller. Using a pressure sensor, the controller is adapted to relatively continuously measure a static air pressure level of the interior region and compare the measured static air pressure level to a target air pressure level. Further, the controller is adapted to intermittently operate an air pump. Moreover, the controller may operate the air pump when measured static air pressure is below the target static air pressure level, and deactivate operation of the air pump, which may include maintaining the air pump in an un-operated condition when the measured static air pressure is within the target static air pressure level.
US09775441B2	Sheet tightening system A system and method for tightening and removing slack in a fitted or flat sheet and to secure the sheet to prevent the slack from returning.
US09775437B2	Anchor system for extruded columns An anchoring system for extruded columns which is useful in supporting structures in a way that does not require drilling or screwing into the column structure. The anchoring system is comprised of brackets which are mounted against extruded columns by inserting a bracket blade into place between a gasket and a structural medium. The anchoring brackets are preferably composed of two pieces which link together for increased support. The anchoring system can support a variety of mountings which can be either physically attached to the anchoring brackets or rest atop the anchoring brackets.
US09775431B2	Accessory cart In the specification and drawings an accessory cart is described and shown with a base, a housing element that is connected to the base and extends upward from the base, and a platform, which is connected to the housing element with the height of the platform being automatically adjustable.
US09775429B2	Ice scraper/brush with cover An ice scraper blade and/or brush mounted to a handle which has an anatomically designed grip. Attached to the handle is a cover to protect the user's hand from snow, ice, water, and cold. The cover has a sleeve with a first side made of waterproof fabric and a second side which is insulated with a suitable thermo-insulating fabric. In a first position of the cover, the first side of the sleeve is exposed to the outside for protecting the user's hand against the elements. In a second position of the cover, the sleeve is reversed so that the first side of the sleeve is on the inside, for enclosing ice, water and snow that may be adhered to the ice scraper blade and/or brush. The cover is also provided with a fastening arrangement that is placed at the second end of the sleeve, which prevents entering of snow and ice into the cover in the first position, and which contains the ice, water and snow inside the cover in the second position.
US09775428B2	Portable container holder A portable container holder is operable to receive a handheld container and broadly includes a support structure and a flexible sleeve. The support structure is operable to support the portable drink holder while being transported. The sleeve includes opposite side walls that present an elongated opening to slidably receive the drink container. The sleeve defines a sleeve axis along which the drink container slides into and out of the sleeve.
US09775424B2	Applicator having a lid usable as a handle A platform (42) and lid (44) are connected and operated by a user according to a method of applying a substance (48) to a target region. The platform (42) has an outer side (56) and has an inner side (54) defining a substance support surface (55) on which the substance (48) is supported. The user holds the open lid (44) with one hand while extending a finger of that hand alongside the platform outer side (56) and exerts a force with the finger on the platform outer side (56) in a direction to urge the substance (48) against the target region.
US09775419B2	Hair treatment method The present invention relates to a cosmetic hair treatment method comprising at least the steps consisting of: a) applying a mechanical tension to said hair, b) exposing said hair under mechanical tension to microwaves, in the presence of a solvent in vapor form in contact with said hair, without complete drying of the hair during microwave exposure, the solvent in vapor form being entirely generated by the evaporation of a compound which is present, before emission of the microwaves, in contact with the treated hair.
US09775411B2	System for mounting of components A mounting system includes a first and second mounting part having a first and second base part with a first and second plurality of first and second locking means respectively, for mounting two components to each other. Each of the locking means is attached to the respective base part and is provided with an attachment part extending from the base part, and a distal part provided as a head portion with at least one engaging section protruding sidewards over the attachment part. The locking means are laterally displaceable in relation to the base part to allow sidewards displacement of the engaging sections for engagement and disengagement of the locking means and thus the first and the second base. In the engaged state, latching means are provided blocking the sidewards displacement of the engaging sections to an extent that a disengagement of the locking means is prevented.
US09775408B2	Footwear with auxetic ground engaging members An article of footwear may include an outer member comprising a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from the outer surface of an outer member. Ground engaging members may be auxetic structures that can increase their dimensions in a direction that is orthogonal to the direction of applied force or tension. The outer member may have a substantially uniform thickness. Ground engaging member shapes may include various polygonal features. The first ground engaging member may have a substantially three-pointed star-shaped pyramidal structure. The first ground engaging member may have three arm portions, a central region, a central tip, and an apex. The outer member may have an inner surface with apertures that correspond with the ground engaging members of the outer surface.
US09775395B2	Headgear shroud assembly In one aspect, a shroud assembly for headgear includes a frame formed of a polymer material having a shape that matches a contour of the headgear. An insert is formed of metal or metal alloy and is attached to a front side of the frame. The insert is configured for removable attachment to a mounting assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced flexible walls disposed on the front side of the frame on opposite sides of the insert. The first and second flexible walls are spaced a sufficient distance apart to provide an interference fit between the mounting assembly and the first and second flexible walls. In another embodiment, the shroud assembly further includes a friction pad disposed on a rear surface of the frame for increasing friction between the shroud assembly and the headgear. In another aspect, a method for attaching a mounting assembly to headgear is provided.
US09775394B2	Three-ply padded helmet The invention provides various embodiments of a soft shell padded helmet comprising a plurality of pads, wherein each pad is configured in a multi-layer configuration. The different embodiments comprise elements to provide a padded helmet that is light-weight and adapted to reduce the risk of head trauma due to the multi-layered padded configuration. The padded helmet comprises a top portion and a side portion, wherein the top portion is coupled to the side portion and each of the top and side portions comprise a plurality of pads.
US09775385B2	Urination relief hatch for waterproof waders and foul weather gear An improved fishing or hunting wader, exposure suit or foul weather pants/bib incorporates a novel waterproof connectable hatch to provide access for urination. The low profile and lightweight waterproof hatch is centered over the groin area and allows the wearer of a fishing wader, or similar foul weather gear pants, to be able to quickly open the hatch and urinate without removing the cumbersome garment. A hinged or connectable lid may swing upwards and downwards and features a hook-and-loop fastener, a magnetic, or mechanical fastener so that the lid is held up in place and out of the way. After urination, the lid may conveniently snap back into place against a seal or O-ring thereby forming a water tight seal.
US09775380B2	Electrically heated smoking system An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
US09775376B2	Smokeless tobacco pastille and moulding process for forming smokeless tobacco products A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mold, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.
US09775370B2	Sprouted cereal, method for manufacturing same, food product containing same, and BDNF production accelerator The invention relates to a novel technique for germinating a sproutable food such as rice, other types of cereals, or seeds. Provided is a novel germination technique capable of increasing a content of glutamate, accelerating an enrichment of gamma-aminobutyric acid, and exerting excellent functionality for the body, and a novel functional food material or pharmaceutical agent. A sprouted cereal is produced by soaking the cereal in a soaking solution prepared by addition of at least one carbonate selected from alkali metal carbonate, and alkaline earth metal carbonate to water to make the cereal absorb the soaking solution, followed by allowing the cereal to germinate under predetermined conditions.
US09775368B2	Container with outlet This invention relates to containers of the kind having an outlet through which product is to be dispensed, e.g. food product. There is provided a container for product to be dispensed. The container has an upper part intended to move or deform in order to reduce the volume within the container. The container has an outlet intended to open during movement or deformation of said upper part. The outlet comprises a plurality of movable parts. The outlet further comprises a plurality of fixed parts located between said movable parts. The movable and fixed parts are arranged for shaping product as it is dispensed from the container through the outlet. A method of dispensing and a vending machine for dispensing portions of ice cream or other frozen product from the container are also provided.
US09775365B2	Thawing of raw milk This invention relates to a flexible bag for storing raw milk where the flexible bag is for use in system comprising a cassette adapted to contain the flexible bag, where the flexible bag further comprises a spout, preferably with a screw top, and two or more perforations for fixing the flexible bag inside the cassette when the former is mounted in the cassette. Additionally, the invention relates to a cassette for use in a system comprising said cassette and the flexible bag, where the cassette comprises at least two sets of small pins, and at least two sets of cavities, where said cavities are adapted to receive said pins, and wherein said pins are constructed and placed such that they penetrate said perforations of said flexible bag, when said bag is placed inside said cassette. The invention also relates to a system comprising a cassette, a flexible bag and a heating tub adapted for holding a heating liquid, such as water, where the heating tub comprises a rack module for holding the cassette such that it is at least partly covered with said heating liquid.
US09775356B2	Aqueous alcoholic microbicidal compositions comprising zinc ions Treatment compositions which impart a microbicidal benefit to treated surfaces which compositions comprise (or in certain preferred embodiments may consist essentially of, or may consist of) as constituents: a zinc source material which releases zinc ions into the treatment composition, preferably a source of Zn++ ions; at least one lower alkyl monohydric alcohol (preferably at least about 25% wt. of a lower alkyl monohydric alcohol); at least one quaternary ammonium compound which provides a microbicidal benefit; optionally one or more further optional constituents which impart one or more advantageous technical or aesthetic benefits to the compositions, including one or more detersive surfactants; wherein the composition has a pH of at least 5, wherein the surface treatment compositions are characterized in exhibiting a microbicidal benefit, especially preferably against poliovirus type 1 Sabin (“PV1”), when tested according to one or more of the following standardized test protocols: ASTM E1052 Standard Test Method for Efficacy of Antimicrobial Agents against Viruses in Suspension, or ASTM E1053 Standard Test Method to Assess Virucidal Activity of Chemicals Intended for Disinfection of Inanimate, Nonporous Environmental Surfaces, or European Standard Surface Test, EN13697, or AOAC Germicidal Spray Products as Disinfectant Test Method, AOAC Index, 17th Ed. (2000) against one or more challenge microorganisms.
US09775354B2	Herbicidal composition having improved plant safety To provide a herbicidal composition which has a high herbicidal effect against undesired plants while stably maintaining the safety for useful plants, independently of various conditions such as weather conditions, soil conditions, varieties of the crop plants, and the timing for the application of the herbicide.A herbicidal composition comprising (1) 1-(1-ethyl-4-(3-(2-methoxyethoxy)-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yloxy)ethyl methyl carbonate or its salt and (2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fenchlorazole-ethyl, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, cloquintocet-mexyl and cyprosulfamide.
US09775352B2	Method of controlling pest Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton, using a SDHI compound and a PPO-inhibiting compound. A method of controlling a pest (a weed and/or a plant pathogen) in a field of soybean, corn or a cotton, including treating a field before, at or after seeding with a seed of soybean, corn or cotton treated with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of SDHI compounds, with one or more PPO-inhibiting compounds selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen and a compound of the formula:
US09775350B2	Micronized wood preservative formulations in organic carriers Provided is a composition for the preservation of wood and other cellulosic materials. The composition comprises a dispersion of micronized inorganic compounds and/or organic biocides in an organic carrier. Also provided is a method for making the composition.
US09775345B2	Antimicrobial sanitizer compositions and methods of making the same This disclosure relates to anti-microbial sanitizer compositions and methods of making the same. The sanitizer compositions described herein are comprised of benzalkonium chloride, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, water, dihydroxypropyl PEG-5, linoleammonium chloride, and glycereth-2 cocoate. To forming the sanitizer compositions discussed herein, water is mixed with benzalkonium chloride to form a first mixture. This first mixture is then mixed with coconut oil and palm kernel oil to form a second mixture, which is subsequently heated to at least 100° F. After heating, the second mixture is mixed with dihydroxypropyl PEG-5 to form a third mixture, which is then settled while the temperature is maintained at or above 100° F., Thereafter, the third mixture is cooled to room temperature, and mixed with linoleammonium chloride and glycereth-2 cocoate to form the sanitizer composition.
US09775342B2	Powdery pesticidal composition Disclosed is a powdery pesticidal composition which comprises a mixture of a coated pesticide comprising a powdery pesticide coated with a thermosetting resin and having a volume median diameter of 10 to 150 μm and a calcium carbonate micropowder having a bulk density of 0.6 g/ml or less, wherein the weight-based ratio of the coated pesticide to the calcium carbonate micropowder is 100:1 to 100:30. The powdery pesticidal composition has good fluidability.
US09775340B2	Biologically active formulation The present invention provides a formulation characterized by the simultaneous presence in cyclodextrin based supramolecular complexes, of two components, one of which possesses insecticidal, acaricidal, fungicidal, snailcidal or vermicidal activity and the other possesses an activity synergistic with the first, enhancing its effectiveness. The biologically active substance is chosen from the following classes of chemical products: carbamates, organophosphates, thioureas, pentatomic or hexatomic heterocycles in which 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms are present. The synergistic substance can be chosen from components containing at least one aromatic or non aromatic carbocyclic ring, such as piperonyl butoxide, sesamol, verbutin or MGK 264. For the same dose, the activity of the present formulations is greater than that of the mixture of the two active components alone or separately complexed with cyclodextrin. The process for preparing said formulation and its use for the activities herein indicated are further aspects of the present invention.
US09775338B2	Turkey call device A turkey call device and assembly for simulating multiple calls of a wild turkey hen. The turkey call device and assembly comprises a housing with a plurality of striker plates and at least one striker member. In one embodiment, the housing comprises two striker plates on the top thereof and a third striker plate on the bottom thereof. The bottom striker plate is capable of producing a locator call. The locator call has a hearing range of up to one half of a mile so as to eliminate the need for a user to travel long distances for the device to be heard from afar. Each striker plate and striker member can be formed from different materials. In this way, the turkey call device and assembly enables a user to reproduce multiple sounds, such as yelps, cuts, cackles, kee kees, runs, purrs, clucks, and other turkey hen sounds.
US09775337B2	Methods and systems for directing birds away from equipment A system for directing a bird away from equipment includes an emitter configured to transmit a beam of audio-modulated ultrasonic sound. The beam of audio-modulated ultrasonic sound is configured to frequency down-convert in the atmosphere to produce a specified audible sound for a bird at a selected distance away from the emitter.
US09775336B2	Acoustic projector with source level monitoring and control In an embodiment, an acoustic projector includes an acoustic transmit transducer capable of producing a sound pressure radiation in response to a driver signal received from a transmit source, an acoustic receive transducer capable of producing a source level signal in response to receiving at least a portion of the sound pressure radiation, and a controller configured to monitor the source level signal and report the source level signal monitored.
US09775333B2	Fishing reel This invention is characterized by a reel body, a pinion gear that is supported by the rotation function of the reel body, a one-way clutch that is fitted to the pinion gear and that limits the rotation of the pinion gear to one direction, a rotor that is fitted to the pinion gear and rotates with it while also containing a boss section, a part of which is connected to the pinion gear and extends to the one-way clutch, a magnetic body that is formed and makes a circuit around the periphery of the rotation direction of the boss section, a magnet that is configured facing the rotational radius direction with a gap in the magnetic body, with the magnet that faces the rotational radius direction with a gap in the magnetic body being sandwiched between the magnetic plates in a direction facing the spool shaft, and the magnetic sealing mechanism wherein is found magnetic fluid that is placed in the gap between the magnetic plates and the magnetic body, and whereby the space between the cover member and the magnetic body is sealed.
US09775330B1	Aquaponic system An aquaponic system includes a frame, an aquarium located at a lower portion of the frame and provided with a motor, a plurality of cultivating tanks arranged on the frame and having two opposite sides provided with a plurality of inlet tanks and a plurality of outlet tanks, and a strainer unit mounted on the frame. Each of the outlet tanks is connected with a lower one of the inlet tanks. The strainer unit includes a water outlet port connected with the water inlet pipe, a water inlet port connected with a water feeding pipe, two hollow clamping plates located between the water outlet port and the water inlet port, a filtering sponge clamped between the two clamping plates, a fertilizer ferment chamber located under the water inlet port, and a drain pipe connected with the fertilizer ferment chamber.
US09775329B1	Automatic chicken coup door An automatic drive unit for a door assembly of the type having a frame with an opening, a door positionable within the opening between an open position and a closed position, and a door actuator for moving the door between the open and closed positions, includes a controller circuit having a power source, a timing circuit for reporting the date and time to a processor, a non-volatile memory, a programmed set of instructions, and a display. The programmed set of instructions are adapted for receiving input of a location and open and close offset times, and storing such information in the memory. The controller circuit executing the instructions determines based on its location and the date a sunrise time and a sunset time, opens the door at the sunrise time plus the open offset time, and closes the door at the sunset time plus the close offset time.
US09775313B1	Soybean cultivar BY1213086 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY1213086 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY1213086 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using BY1213086 in a breeding program.
US09775312B2	Edible bean line <12324-1> (Radiant) An edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 678952 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant.
US09775311B2	Soybean cultivar 43393886 A soybean cultivar designated 43393886 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 43393886, to the plants of soybean cultivar 43393886, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 43393886, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 43393886. 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 43393886. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43393886, 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 43393886 with another soybean cultivar.
US09775307B2	Methods and systems for improved irrigation sensor and control communication Disclosed embodiments of the invention include methods and systems for upgrading an existing irrigation system to increase its sensing and control capability without requiring extensive rewiring. A controller module is installed between an irrigation controller and a zone valve and physically proximate to the irrigation controller without disturbing most of the existing wiring between the irrigation controller and the zone valve. A field module is installed between the controller module and the zone valve without disturbing most of the existing wiring between the irrigation controller and the zone valve. The controller module and field module are the communicatively coupled primarily using the existing wiring. The controller module may encode commands transmitted to the field module and/or decode encoded data transmitted from the field module. The field module may encode data transmitted to the controller module and/or decode encoded commands transmitted from the controller module.
US09775304B2	Modular cell and matrix for supporting a load bearing feature A modular cell that may be used with other cells to form a matrix under a load bearing feature, the cell being a single piece molding that supports a compressive load placed thereon, the molding including a void space defined within: a skirt shaped support member defining a substantially planar surface with an opening therein; and at least one leg integral to and extending from the support member. The cell further includes at least one separate linking member that releasably links together multiple cells to form a matrix of cells. The cells may be linked together vertically and/or horizontally. The cell and matrix include greater load bearing capacity and rigidity through aligned legs to carry the weight as well as interlinking members that act to share the load among the various cells. The design also requires less material hence is cheaper to produce. The void space is also easily accessed hence allowing for easy access, filling and laying of utility lines where needed.
US09775297B2	Bubble up auger for agricultural combines A bubble up auger includes a tubular housing, a screw auger and a baffle. The tubular housing includes an inlet opening having a first width end adjacent a first end of the tubular housing and a second width end opposite the first width end. The baffle extends from the inlet opening, outwardly from the central longitudinal axis of the tubular housing and towards the first end of the tubular housing.
US09775285B2	Storage tank sump arrangement for an agricultural implement A storage tank sump arrangement for an agricultural implement. One agricultural implement includes row units configured to deliver flowable agricultural product to a field. The agricultural implement also includes a storage tank configured to hold the flowable agricultural product. The storage tank includes a first sump and a second sump. Further, the first sump is positioned adjacent to a front portion of the storage tank relative to a direction of travel and the second sump is positioned adjacent to a rear portion of the storage tank relative to the direction of travel. The agricultural implement includes a pump in fluid communication with the first sump and the second sump. The pump is configured to pump the flowable agricultural product from the storage tank to the row units.
US09775283B2	Metering apparatus A metering apparatus may be configured to control flow of material from a reservoir to control the amount of material applied, dispensed, and/or spread to a field while a vehicle traverses the field. The metering apparatus may include an auger portion located in an elevator channel to control the flow of material out of a reservoir opening of the reservoir.
US09775279B2	Seed valve and planting method for multiple seed types Various planting machines and planting methods are described. A planting method may include filling a seed pool with first-type seed, metering the first-type seed from the seed pool with a metering member, and then evacuating the first-type seed from the seed pool. The method may further include filling the seed pool with second-type seed, metering the second-type seed with the metering member, evacuating the second-type seed from the seed pool, and then refilling the seed pool with the first-type seed. First-type and second-type seed may be evacuated to separate temporary storage chambers, and the seed pool may be filled from the temporary storage chambers, as well as from bulk storage containers. A seed valve of a planting machine may include temporary seed storage chambers for different seed types. The seed valve may fill and evacuate a seed pool through rotation of various valve members and selective application of a vacuum.
US09775273B2	Multi-use gardening tool A multi-use tool includes a chevron-shaped body and a coupling mechanism configured to couple a handle to the chevron-shaped body. The chevron-shaped body comprises a first external edge, a second external edge, a first internal edge and a second internal edge. A void is formed by the first internal edge, the second internal edge and the coupling mechanism. An apex of the chevron-shaped body points away from the handle.
US09775272B1	Auxiliary handle attachment for a material-moving tool An auxiliary handle accessory attaches to a shovel's handle-shaft via a folding “clamshell” type clamp, with an intermediate stem member attached to the clamp, and a grip handle screwed into this intermediate stem member, completing the assembly. The intermediate stem member has a ball-knob at the bottom that becomes entirely enclosed by half-sphere “cups” in each of the clamshell clamp halves. When these clamshell-halves close together, they form a simple yet robust socket around the ball, and comprise a ball-and-socket joint. Advantageously, the clamshell-clamp halves are bolted together, insuring a strong and robust connection. This design accommodates the “to-and-fro” motion in the vertical axis during shoveling.
US09775271B2	Configurable hand tool system with interchangeable work heads A multi-use hand tool system featuring modular interchangeable components including a digging and cutting head, a rake head; a claw hammer head, a snow shovel head; a garden fork head comprising, one or more hafts, an offset-L component providing a 90 degree orientation between components and/or and handle. The hand tool system features components and grips having a Reuleaux triangle configuration.
US09781866B2	Vehicle power module assemblies and manifolds A vehicle power module assembly is provided. The vehicle power module assembly may include a multi-level housing defining first and second chambers, an inlet opening into the first chamber, and an outlet opening from the second chamber. The housing may be configured such that the chambers form a stepped manifold to influence momentum of a coolant flow between the inlet and outlet. A frame may support the housing and is located proximate to at least one power inverter. A screen may be disposed in at least one of the chambers to promote coolant flow uniformity to the outlet. The frame assembly may include a plurality of frames stacked in an array, and each frame may define a channel in at least partial registration with the outlet.
US09781862B2	Subsea unit with conduction and convection cooling A subsea unit includes a housing containing a dielectric liquid, a first heat generating component and a second heat generating component. The first heat generating component is arranged in thermal connection with the housing and the second heat generating component is arranged at a distance from the housing. A method of cooling heat generating components contained in a housing of a subsea unit is also presented.
US09781861B2	Information handling system thermal control with adaptive non-rotational cooling devices A tablet information handling system manages thermal conditions with selective installation of either a wireless wide area network interface card or an air moving device in an internal communication link card slot, such as an M.2 card slot. If an air moving device is installed, then greater thermal demands may be managed at the tablet information handling system, such as greater CPU clock speeds for a given CPU, internal housing or skin temperature. For example, a piezoelectric bellows-based fan having substantially the same footprint as a WWAN NIC and powered from the communications slot interface aids distribution of thermal energy whether or not the tablet housing has air vents.
US09781858B2	Apparatus to facilitate orthogonal coupling of a server sled with a server backplane An orthogonal coupling mechanism includes a threaded rod, a pair of travelers engaging the threaded rod, and an actuator. The actuator is disposed on the threaded rod, such that the actuator translates a first axial force along the axis of the threaded rod into a rotational movement of the threaded rod about its axis. The rotational movement created by the actuator causes the pair of travelers to travel along the axis of the threaded rod, moving a sliding board into engagement with a first connector in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the first axial force.
US09781857B2	Hot swappable component quick release A server assembly including a housing having a slidable tray transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A plurality of tray bodies disposed in the slidable tray, each of the plurality of tray bodies configured to removably receive at least one component module. The plurality of tray bodies arranged in rows, one behind the other, thereby having an first tray body and a second tray body. The second tray body is transitionable between a loading configuration and stored configuration. The storing configuration, the second tray body is arranged adjacent to the first tray body such that the receiving assembly is inaccessible. The loading configuration, the second tray body is translated relative to the tray and the first tray body such that the receiving assembly is accessible.
US09781853B1	Display stack enclosure Describe herein are electronic devices that includes an enclosure having a flexible portion extending partially over the coverglass. In some instances, the flexible portion is configured to deform during assembly to allow the coverglass to be placed within the enclosure and to return to an original position once the assembly is complete. In other instances, the flexible portion may be configured to act as a bezel and to conceal any gap between an edge of the coverglass and a side wall of the enclosure from view.
US09781851B2	Electronic device with an elastic member An electronic device includes a framework defining a number of receiving grooves and a number of modules detachably retained in the receiving grooves. Each receiving groove has a respective notch at a bottom thereof. Each of the modules includes an insulative housing defining a receiving room, a cover having an opening, and an elastic member received in the receiving room. The elastic member has a tuber extending through the opening to engage the notch and a pair of ear portions welded on an inner surface of the cover.
US09781848B2	Drive apparatus Plug having common specifications are arranged on the side surfaces of each of the devices of different types included in the drive apparatus that controls an electric motor, and the plugs are positioned such that the side surfaces of the devices are in close contact with each other by connecting the plugs and the devices of different types are integrated.
US09781847B2	Positioning frame for mounting a display module, display device The present disclosure provides a positioning frame for mounting a display module and a display panel. The positioning frame includes: a plurality of side plates enclosing an accommodation zone for receiving the display module; a support bed provided on at least a pair of side plates arranged opposite to each other, and connected perpendicularly with the side plates, for supporting the display panel of the display module; baffles corresponding to the support beds one by one, the baffles are provided at the display side of the display panel, perpendicularly connected with the side plate and arranged to be parallel with the support bed, for limiting the display panel in the normal direction; limiting holes provided in the baffle and support bed at least at one side; limiting element being plugged in the limiting hole for limiting the display in peripheral directions. The positioning frame enables effective assembling the display module.
US09781841B2	Soldering apparatus with automatic aligning function A soldering apparatus includes a reflow oven, a transmission mechanism, and a controlling unit. The reflow oven includes an inlet and an output mechanism. The output mechanism includes two guide rails and two link belts. An end of a first guide rail has a first alignment structure. The two link belts are movably disposed on the guide rails for outputting a printed wiring board. A distance between the guide rails is previously adjusted to be equal to a width of the printed wiring board. The transmission mechanism includes two tracks and two conveyor belts. An end of a first track has a second alignment structure. The two conveyor belts are movably disposed on the two tracks for transporting the printed wiring board. The controlling unit controls a movement of the first track, so that the first alignment structure and the second alignment structure are automatically aligned with each other.
US09781840B2	Substrate for mounting electronic component and method for manufacturing the same A substrate for mounting an electronic component includes a base material including insulating resin, a first conductor layer formed on first surface of the material, a second conductor layer formed on second surface of the material, and a metal block inserted into a hole penetrating through the first conductor, material and second conductor such that the metal block is fitted in the hole. The material has a bent portion in contact with the metal block in the hole such that the bent portion is bending toward the second conductor, the metal block has surface on first conductor side such that the surface has an outer peripheral portion having a curved-surface shape, and the hole has a first fitting inlet on the first conductor layer side and a second fitting inlet on second conductor side and that the metal block is positioned in contact with the second fitting inlet.
US09781834B1	Magnetically-coupled inductors on integrated passive devices and assemblies including same An integrated passive device and assemblies containing the same are disclosed. The integrated passive device can include a thin-film magnetic inductor. Various configurations of electrically connecting an integrated passive device to a processor and/or an interposer such as a chip-scale package are also disclosed. An inductor on an integrated passive device can configured and arranged such that it is magnetically coupled to an inductor on a structure such as a processor chip or a system on a chip.
US09781830B2	Simultaneous and selective wide gap partitioning of via structures using plating resist A multilayer printed circuit board is provided having a first dielectric layer and a first plating resist selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer. A second plating resist may be selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer or a second dielectric layer, the second plating resist separate from the first plating resist. A through hole extends through the first dielectric layer, the first plating resist, and the second plating resist. An interior surface of the through hole is plated with a conductive material except along a length between the first plating resist and the second plating resist. This forms a partitioned plated through hole having a first via segment electrically isolated from a second via segment.
US09781829B2	Surface pretreatment and drop spreading control on multi component surfaces Methods, systems and produced printed substrates are provided, which include substrates composed of one or more materials which are treated by an intermediate layer for normalizing surface energies and a digitally printed formulation adapted to the normalized surface energies. Surface energy normalization may be carried out by physical processes or by selective chemical processes. In an example, a self-assembled monolayer is applied to the surface of a printed circuit board to control ink jet dots by reducing copper surface energy and to improve ink adhesion. The self-assembled monolayer binds via an α group selectively and covalently to the copper on the board and binds via a hydrophobic ω group to solder mask ink that is applied to the board. The ω group participates in the solidification process of the ink.
US09781828B2	Module substrate and method for manufacturing module substrate A module substrate includes a plurality of electronic components mounted on at least one surface of a base substrate and a columnar terminal connection substrate connected to the one surface of the base substrate on which a plurality of the electronic components are mounted. The terminal connection substrate includes a plurality of conductor portions, at least one corner of the columnar terminal connection substrate is chamfered with a flat surface and/or curved surface, and the terminal connection substrate is connected at a side surface thereof contacting the chamfered surface, to the one surface of the base substrate.
US09781825B2	Flex circuit, an information handling system, and a method of manufacturing a flexible circuit A flex circuit including a plurality of layers folded on a first fold line and folded on a second fold line is disclosed. The plurality of layers may include a first conductive layer, an insulating layer adjacent the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer adjacent the insulating layer. The flex circuit may include a plurality of slits extending through each layer of the plurality of layers, the plurality of slits disposed on the first fold line and the second fold line.
US09781821B2	Thermoelectric cooling module A thermoelectric cooling module includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, first conducting members, second conducting members and TED chips. The first circuit board includes first circuit regions, each having a first conducting layer and first penetrating holes; the second circuit board includes second circuit regions, each having a second conducting layer and second penetrating holes; each first conducting member is passed and fixed into each respective first penetrating hole; each second conducting member is passed and fixed into each respective second penetrating hole; each TED chip is clamped between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and each first conducting member has an end attached to the TED chip and the other end attached to the first conducting layer, and each second conducting member has an end attached to the TED chip and the other end attached to the second conducting layer.
US09781820B2	Device and a cooling structure A device includes: a substrate; a heat-generating component which is mounted on a first surface of the substrate; a heat sink which is thermally coupled with the heat-generating component; and a frame which is attached on the first surface of the substrate. The heat sink includes a first fin extending in a direction away from the first surface, and the frame includes a second fin which is arranged on the frame, and the second fin extends in a direction away from the first surface. The first fin extends higher than bottom side of the second fin toward top side of second fin.
US09781813B2	Communication module An electronic 2-way communication module suitable (1, 2, 3) for 2-way communication with a luminaire (6) is disclosed. This is adapted to be installed in series into the power supply (7, 8) to the luminaire, and it has (i) a housing assembly; (ii) live and neutral power input terminals; (iii) live and neutral power output terminals; (iv) a power supply unit; (v) a dimmer unit controller; (vi) a wireless communication interface adapted to receive data/operating instructions and to relay data to a remote repository; and (vii) a wired connection between said electronic 2-way communication module and said luminaire adapted for the 2-way transmission of data between the module (1,2, 3) and the luminaire (6) and vice versa. This electronic 2-way communication module provides for the first time the ability not only to control a luminaire remotely but also to transmit data wirelessly from a luminaire to a remote repository, using a module that is simply wired in series with a cable supplying power to said luminaire.
US09781809B2	Dynamic pathlight brightness based on size and distance of motion/object approaching the device A system and method for automatic path light control based on a detected size and classification of motion around the device using passive infrared (PIR) sensor technologies and distributed classification algorithms, and on detected light levels in and around the path area using ambient light sensor (ALS) technologies. By using such sensor data, the path light does not need to be maintained at a fixed value, which may be inadequate or inefficient at times, nor require constant user adjustments. Implementations of the disclosed subject matter enable automatic path light control that can be dynamic and automatically adjusted to fit the environment, the current user characteristics and the current user movements through the environment.
US09781807B2	Overvoltage protection circuit, LED backlight driving circuit and LCD An OVP circuit includes a voltage boost circuit, for boosting an input voltage into an output voltage in need and providing the output voltage to a load, a voltage control module for controlling the voltage boost circuit to boost an input voltage into an output voltage in need and for providing the output voltage to the load, an overvoltage protection module for monitoring a voltage of a positive terminal of the load to enable or disable the voltage control module, and an overvoltage adjusting module for monitoring an operation voltage of the load to adjust the overvoltage. It effectively prevents from the abnormal operation attributed by over practical operation voltage or prevents components from damage attributed by tardy protection. The present invention also proposes an LED backlight driving circuit using the OVP circuit and an LCD having the LED backlight driving circuit.
US09781805B2	LED tube lamp An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube, having a first pin and a second pin for receiving an external driving signal; a first rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal; a filtering circuit for producing a filtered signal; an LED lighting module configured for emitting light; and a ballast-compatible circuit, coupled to the first rectifying circuit, and containing a metallic electrode, a bimetallic strip, and a heating filament in an inert gas. A spacing is configured between the bimetallic strip and the metallic electrode, and the bimetallic strip includes two metallic strips with different temperature coefficients. When the external driving signal is initially input at the first pin and second pin, the ballast-compatible circuit will be in an open-circuit state, until entering a conduction state, which allows a current to flow through the LED lighting module thus allowing the LED tube lamp to emit light.
US09781803B2	LED thermal management system and method A thermal management system for reducing or eliminating heat-mediated degradation of LED performance and/or operating life. The system may include a thermal controller arranged to respond to an LED operating condition, and to responsively limit temperature in the LED. The thermal controller in one implementation includes a bypass circuit containing a bypass control element, such as a varistor, Zener diode, or antifuse device, and arranged to divert current from flowing to the LED so that the LED remains in a cool state, e.g., below 75° C. The system may be arranged to (I) at least partially attenuate the power supplied to an LED so as to reduce heat generation in such LED and maintain the LED below a threshold temperature and/or (II) remove heat from the LED to maintain temperature of the LED below a threshold temperature.
US09781802B1	Illumination correcting method and apparatus for at least one light source board An illumination correcting apparatus capable of adjusting at least one light source board includes a main unit, a calibrating board and an image capturing device. The main unit is electrically connected to the at least one light source board to adjust an illumination value of the at least one light source board, and includes a calculating module. The calculating module chooses one of the at least one light source board to be a target light source board and calculates a correcting illumination value. The calibrating board is disposed in a light emitting path of the light source board. The image capturing device is electrically connected to the main unit to capture an image and transmit the image to the main unit. The main unit calculates the correcting illumination value in accordance with the illumination of the image, distances between the at least one light source board and the calibrating board, and the target illumination value.
US09781799B2	LED-based illumination device reflector having sense and communication capability A reflector housing is detachably coupled to an LED based illumination device and includes a flange having a surface facing the environment illuminated by the LED based illumination device. The reflector housing further includes a reflector having an input port that receives light emitted from the LED based illumination device and an output port through which light passes toward the environment. At least one sensor, such as a sensor for occupancy, an ambient light, a temperature, ultrasound, vibration, pressure, or a camera, microphone, visual indicator, or photodetector, is coupled to the flange such that at least a portion of the sensor faces the environment illuminated by the LED based illumination device. A reflector interface module configured to receive at least one signal from the sensor is coupled to the reflector housing. Additionally, a communications interface subsystem is configured to transmit and receive communications signals to and from the reflector housing.
US09781798B2	LED-based illumination systems having sense and communication capability An LED based illumination device includes a plurality of LEDs that emit light through an output port of a housing. The LED based illumination device includes a heat sink that is in thermal contact with the plurality of LEDs. A peripheral electrical circuit board is configured to be contained within the housing, e.g., surrounding at least a portion of the heat sink. The peripheral electrical circuit board may include a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to communicate data between the LED based illumination device and another electronic device. A primary electrical circuit board may be electrically coupled to the peripheral electrical circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of LEDs.
US09781796B1	Brightness control system for decorative light strings Apparatus and associated methods relate to providing a constant-brightness lighting power to one or more interconnected light strings. A light string power controller draws operating power from a power source that has a variable voltage. The light string power controller supplies constant-brightness lighting power to the one or more interconnected light strings connected to a light-string connector. The constant brightness operating power is both independent of the variable voltage of the power source and independent of a number, up to a predetermined maximum number, of the one or more interconnected light strings connected to the light-string connector. Additional light strings can be connected to the one or more interconnected light strings without affecting a brightness of the one or more interconnected light strings. The brightness of the one or more interconnected light strings is similarly unaffected by voltage variations of the power source.
US09781793B2	Controlling brightness and color temperature of light sources A circuit for driving a light source includes a power converter coupled between a power source and the light source, and a controller coupled to the power converter. The power converter receives power from the power source and provides a regulated power to the light source. The controller receives a conduction status signal indicating a conduction state of a dimmer coupled between the power source and the power converter, and adjusts the brightness of the light source based on the conduction status signal. The controller also receives an operation indicating signal indicative of operation of an ON/OFF switch coupled to the dimmer, and adjusts color temperature of the light source based on the operation indicating signal.
US09781788B1	Reducing power dissipation in driver circuits In one example, a method includes generating, by a current source of a device, a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements. In this example, a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source.
US09781787B2	Voltage transformer meant for power supply for LED lamps Voltage transformer (A) and rectifier (B1), (B2) meant for power supply for LED lamps wherein the mentioned transformer (A) comprises a three-phase primary winding and at least two three-phase secondary windings wherein the outputs (1u, 1 v, 1 w) and (2u, 2v, 2w) of the mentioned secondary windings are connected to the rectifiers (B1) and (B2). The secondary windings are divided for several primary windings with various phases and are connected with various connections between outputs of the secondary windings in order to create the desired phase differences or the secondary windings have each their own primary winding wherein the connections between the outputs of the secondary windings have a characteristic, desired phase difference.
US09781785B2	Ballast type detecting circuit and light emitting diode lighting apparatus having the same A ballast type detecting circuit includes a ballast signal clamping circuit coupled to a ballast, wherein the ballast signal clamping unit is configured to clamp an output of the ballast, and a ballast type detection circuit configured to compare first and second reference clocks and the clamped output of the ballast to determine a type of the ballast, each of the first and second reference clocks having a frequency lower than an output frequency of a first type ballast and higher than an output frequency of a second type ballast. Thus, the ballast type detecting circuit detects a type of electronic ballast and magnetic ballast based on a digital output signal and decreases a number of outside circuit elements through a ballast type detection based on a digital output signal.
US09781781B2	Vertical power supply for lamp The invention discloses a vertical power supply for a lamp. The vertical power supply for the lamp comprises a shell formed in an integrated mode and a tail cover, wherein one end of the shell is closed and the other end is provided with an opening; the tail cover is fixedly connected with the opening end of the shell; and a hole is formed in the tail cover. The vertical power supply for the lamp further comprises a circuit board with a control circuit, a switch for generating a pulse signal and a sealing piece, wherein at least one part of the circuit board is mounted in a cavity of the shell; one end of the switch is welded and fixed on the circuit board, and the other end of the switch is a free end; the sealing piece is mounted in the hole of the tail cover to seal the hole; and after the tail cover and the shell are fixed, the sealing piece abuts against the free end of the switch and one end of the sealing piece is exposed in the air. The vertical power supply for the lamp has the advantages of simple structure and good waterproof performance.
US09781777B2	Tray for microwave oven A tray for a microwave oven and a microwave oven having the same is disclosed. Heat generators are formed on the surface of a tray unit of the tray for a microwave oven through transfer coating carried out at a high temperature, and thus the tray for a microwave oven may be heated to a high temperature, thereby being capable of effectively forming a grill mark on food to be cooked.
US09781774B1	Heating element and fusion furnace comprising same A heating element includes a filament that conducts electricity. In some embodiments, the filament is encapsulated in a silicon nitride cover. The heating element provides a heating zone located relatively closer to the tip of the heating element and relatively further from a connection where electrical leads connect to the filament.
US09781773B2	Method of heating/cooling a substrate A method of heating/cooling one or more substrates includes placing the one or more substrates on a rotatable hot-cold plate, wherein each substrate of the one or more substrates is placed on a corresponding sub-plate of a plurality of sub-plates of the rotatable hot-cold plate. The method further includes rotating the one or more substrates, wherein rotating the one or more substrates comprises rotating each substrate of the one or more substrates independently. The method further includes heating or cooling the one or more substrates using a heating-cooling element, wherein rotating the one or more substrates comprises rotating the one or more substrates relative to the heating-cooling element.
US09781772B2	Analog thermostatic control circuit for a heating pad A heat mat with thermostatic control having a reference voltage generating source that provide high voltage DC for a power controller and low voltage for a temperature sensor and hysteresis circuit. The sensor and hysteresis circuit establish a temperature threshold signal that is delivered to the resistance heating element. The resistance heating element is sandwiched between two layers of material with adhesive. Two layers of PVC protects the sandwich. In manufacturing the heat mat, the resistance heating element is placed with adhesive between two layers of material then cured and degassed under vacuum. The thermostatic control is sealed within an overmold housing or flat pack.
US09781771B2	Wireless circuit A wireless circuit that can make plural types of wireless communications using an unlicensed spectrum is achieved with fewer components. High-frequency circuit devices (13 through 23) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE-U wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (61) process Wi-Fi wireless signals.
US09781768B2	Methods and arrangements for managing a communication interface between the base stations A first base station and a second base station, comprised in a wireless communication network, for managing a communication interface that is already set-up for communication between said base stations. The first base station determines to release said communication interface and sends, in response to the determination, a release message to the second base station. The release message commands the second base station to release the communication interface and comprises an indicator that indicates that it shall be avoided to attempt to again set up the communication interface and/or to set-up any further communication interface between the first base station and the second base station.
US09781767B2	Method for achieving fast dormancy of user equipment (UE) in Cell—PCH or URA—PCH state in UMTS A method and a system which enables a User Equipment (UE) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UTMS) to achieve fast dormancy in least possible time are provided. The method reduces the signalling burden on UE and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) by eliminating the need of SCRI procedure by introducing cause value as ‘end of user data’ in Cell update cause Information element which can be used in cell update message in a Paging Channel (Cell_PCH) state and a UTRAN registration area (URA_PCH) states indicated to the network. The method reduces the time and signalling to transition the UE to an idle mode time and the method is energy efficient.
US09781761B2	Method and apparatus for multi-RAT access mode operation A method and apparatus for multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) access mode operation for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. A WTRU and a network may enable a multi-RAT access mode of operation based on at least one of WTRU subscription, a service agreement of the WTRU, a roaming status of the WTRU, a selected access point name (APN), an Internet protocol (IP) flow class, a subscriber profile identity for the WTRU, requested quality of service, or a proximity indication indicating proximity to a cell supporting multi-RAT access mode. The WTRU may send a capability indication of support of multi-RAT access to a network, wherein the multi-RAT access mode is enabled based on the capability indication. A partial handover of bearers may be performed. In performing the handover, the target cell is determined based on a priority rule.
US09781760B2	User terminal and processor for performing D2D transmission A user terminal according to one embodiment supports D2D communication. The user terminal includes a controller configured to perform repetition of same control information using first and second control resources allocated continuously or discontinuously in a time direction, in a control region having a predetermined time length and a predetermined frequency bandwidth. The controller is configured to determine positions of the first and second control resources in the time direction such that the second control resource does not overlap with a control resource of another user terminal in the time direction, even if the first control resource overlaps with the control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction.
US09781751B2	Systems, methods, and devices for associating a contact identifier with a broadcast source A media device including a broadcast receiver that receives broadcast media from a plurality of broadcast sources where the broadcast receiver is tunable to a first broadcast source. The media device also includes a data store that stores a list of contact identifiers where each contact identifier is associated with a broadcast source. The media device includes a user interface that: i) provides a prompt to a user to enable the user to initiate contact with the first broadcast source, and ii) receives a user indication to initiate contact with the first broadcast source. The media device further includes a transceiver that initiates the contact with the first broadcast source by sending a communications session request via a communications network to the first broadcast source that includes a contact identifier associated with the first broadcast source.
US09781750B2	Automatic wireless mode switching Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to automatic wireless mode switching in wireless communication devices and systems, and methods of automatic wireless mode switching. In one example embodiment, a wireless communication device generally includes a wireless communication interface configured to transmit data to a remote device via wireless communication, and a controller configured to control a mode of operation of the wireless communication device and to automatically switch the mode of operation of the wireless communication device between at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation is one of a client mode of operation, an access point mode of operation, an ad hoc mode of operation, a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation. The second mode of operation is one of a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation.
US09781748B2	Method and system for transmitting messages using a mobile communication device Message transmission system, including first and second networks (2, 3) of devices, and at least one mobile device (6, 7) provided with a non-volatile memory, each mobile device (6, 7) including a first communication means (16) configured to establish an automatic connection with at least one device (E1 to E5) of the first network (2), a second communication means (17) configured to establish an automatic connection with at least one device (4, 5) of the second network (3), and message processing means (15) configured to transmit messages stored in the non-volatile memory of the mobile device to each connected device, and to save the messages transmitted by the mobile device in the non-volatile memory of the mobile device.
US09781744B1	System and method for uplink data scheduling for grant free transmission A method and system provide determining whether to pursue grant free transmission in accordance with a size of at least one packet in a first buffer of at least one buffer and determining a size of a grant free transport block (GFTB) in accordance with a configuration of radio resources available for grant free transmission in instances where grant free transmission is to be utilized. The method also includes populating the GFTB with first data from at least one of the buffers to produce a populated GFTB and transferring the GFTB from a media access control (MAC) layer to a physical layer (PHY).
US09781743B2	Telecommunications network and method for time-based network access The invention relates to a telecommunications network configured for providing access to a plurality of terminals is proposed and a method therefore. Each terminal comprises a unique identifier for accessing the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network comprises a register, an access request receiver and an access module. The register is configured for storing the unique identifier of at least one terminal in combination with at least one grant access time interval, or an equivalent thereof, during which access for the terminal is permitted. The access request receiver is configured for receiving the access request and the unique identifier for accessing the telecommunications network from the terminal. The access module is configured for denying access for the terminal if the access request is received outside the time interval, or the equivalent thereof.
US09781739B2	Method, base station, terminal and system for system information transmission A method for transmitting System Information (SI) includes that: a base station sequentially sends first to Xth SI according to scheduling periods and repeat times of the first to Xth SI in preset N pieces of SI (101), wherein N is a positive integer larger than 1, X is a positive integer larger than 1 and smaller than or equal to N, and the scheduling period and repeat times of the first SI are preset; and the base station notifies the scheduling periods and repeat times of the second to Xth SI through fields in the first SI (102). A base station, terminal and system for implementing the abovementioned method are also provided.
US09781737B2	Apparatus and methods for network assisted hybrid network operation Methods and apparatus for minimizing scheduling collisions between networks. In one embodiment, the networks are substantially unsynchronized, and during hybrid network operation (e.g., LTE and CDMA 1X operation), a mobile device can place CDMA 1X voice calls while registered with the LTE network. However, since the LTE and CDMA 1X networks are not coordinated, the mobile device will experience scheduling collisions. In one variant, the LTE network accounts for predictable behaviors (such as CDMA 1X paging), and schedules low priority tasks during likely time interval conflicts. Consequently, even though the mobile device must tune away from the LTE network to check CDMA 1X pages, overall LTE network performance is minimally affected.
US09781733B2	Method, system and central unit for organizing random access resources A method for organizing random access (RA) resources, comprising: forming a device group including a plurality of group members and at least one group representative; providing the at least one group representative with priority access to RA resources; sending, by the at least one group representative, a primary event message to a central unit in said RA resources; and sending, by the central unit, a response message, responsive to the primary event message, to the group members for managing access of the group members to the RA resources.
US09781728B2	Method and apparatus for coordinating schedulers in a coordinated multi-point communication system A method and an apparatus of a coordinator forming a coordinated communication system for enhancing cell edge terminal throughput are provided. The method includes receiving information on Sound Reference Signal (SRS) reception power at a terminal for respective cells of a scheduler belonging to the coordinator from the scheduler, generating terminal distinction information for indicating whether a terminal is a cell edge terminal based on the SRS reception power information or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) estimated from the SRS reception power information, generating interference relationship information between terminals and cells based on the SRS reception power information or estimated SINR, and transmitting the terminal distinction information and interference relationship information to the scheduler.
US09781725B2	Communication control device, communication control method, and communication control system to prevent excessive interference while operating a secondary system Provided is a communication control device including an information acquisition unit acquiring first information concerning a position a guard area for a first wireless communication system and second information concerning a position of a master node of a second wireless communication system which is secondarily operated using a frequency channel used by the first wireless communication system, a determination unit determining, using the first information and the second information acquired by the information acquisition unit, whether or not an interval between a reference point of the first wireless communication system and the master node meets a condition which depends on a width of the guard area and a communication distance assumed for the second wireless communication system, and a control unit causing the second wireless communication system to be operated with a given transmission power if the determination unit determines the interval meets the condition.
US09781723B2	Method for operating a base station in a wireless radio network, base station and user equipment A base station (11) for a wireless radio network (10) comprises a plurality of antennas (12) for transmitting radio frequency signals between the base station (11) and a user equipment (16). The base station (11) receives at each antenna (12) of a subset of the plurality of antennas (12) a training signal sent by the user equipment (16) in a first frame (20) and determines an antenna configuration parameter for each antenna (12) of the subset of the plurality of antennas (12) based on the training signal received in the first frame (20) for a subsequent transmission of payload information (33, 34) between the base station (11) and the user equipment (16) in a second frame (30) which is different from the first frame (20).
US09781722B2	Method and apparatus for accessing channel in WLAN system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. The method for accessing a channel from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from an access point (AP) a first frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) and a restricted access window (RAW) parameter set component; determining a RAW in which channel access of the STA is permitted, on the basis of the RAW parameter set (RPS) component; and transmitting a second frame to the AP from within the RAW that is determined, wherein the RAW includes at least one slot, the RPS component includes at least one RAW allocation field, each of the at least one RAW allocation field includes a RAW duration field and a slot duration field, and wherein an index of a slot which is allocated to the STA can be determined on the basis of an association identifier (AID) of the STA and the number of the slots in the RAW.
US09781721B1	Transmission method and transmission system for sharing an unlicensed channel in a wireless communications system A transmission device includes an antenna and a first transceiver. The antenna receives a current channel information. The current channel information includes an unlicensed channel information of an unlicensed channel. The first transceiver measures an energy information of a current channel according to the unlicensed information. When the first transceiver determines that the energy information is higher than a triggering threshold, the first transceiver accumulates an energy intensity of the current channel and detects an energy feature. The first transceiver determines a spectrum range occupied by a user of the unlicensed channel, avoids transmitting a to-be transmitted data through the spectrum range, and measures an another unlicensed channel, according to an accumulated result of the energy intensity and the energy feature.
US09781712B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling user equipment uplink transmissions on an unlicensed carrier A method and apparatus schedule user equipment uplink transmissions on an unlicensed carrier. A grant for transmitting physical uplink shared channel on a serving cell operating on an unlicensed carrier can be received in a subframe. A set of subframes can be determined for possible transmission of the physical uplink shared channel. Listen before talk can be performed on the unlicensed carrier to determine an earliest unoccupied subframe in the set of subframes. A physical uplink shared channel can be transmitted in multiple subframes within the set of subframes on the unlicensed carrier, starting with the earliest unoccupied subframe, in response to receiving the grant.
US09781711B2	Effective method for transmitting control information during the combination of multiple carriers for wideband support The present invention relates to wideband wireless access system, and more particularly to an effective method for transmitting control information during the combination of multiple carriers. As one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method by which a base station allocates a carrier to a terminal in a wideband wireless access system supporting multiple carriers, the method comprising: transmitting, to the terminal, a terminal specific or terminal group specific carrier allocation information that includes information about at least one of control information and data; and transmitting, to the terminal, a carrier combination control information that includes information about a change in the at least one candidate carrier available.
US09781703B2	Determining uplink resources for a mobile station that communicates with a base station on a primary cell and a secondary cell A mobile communication system and a communication method are provided in which, a base station apparatus can efficiently allocate, to a mobile station apparatus, an uplink resource for transmitting information indicating an ACK/NACK for downlink data. The mobile station apparatus that communicates with the base station apparatus, comprising: a scheduling unit configured to determine two physical uplink control channel resources for a transmission using a physical downlink shared channel in a case that a downlink transmission mode that supports the transmission of up to two downlink transport blocks using the physical downlink shared channel is configured for the secondary cell, and a physical downlink control channel that indicates the transmission using the physical downlink shared channel on the secondary cell is detected on the secondary cell.
US09781702B2	Data transmission method, user equipment, base station, and system to resolve a waste of resources during an M2M process The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a data transmission method, user equipment, a base station, and a system. The method includes: selecting, by user equipment (UE), a preamble sequence, and acquiring an uplink time-frequency resource and a downlink time-frequency resource that are corresponding to the preamble sequence; sending the preamble sequence to a base station, so that the base station decodes the preamble sequence, and determines, according to the decoded preamble sequence, the uplink time-frequency resource and the downlink time-frequency resource that are corresponding to the decoded preamble sequence.
US09781701B2	Radio communication device and method for operating a radio communication device According to an aspect of this disclosure, a radio communication device is provided including a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology; a first processor configured to control the first transceiver to receive and transmit data packets in accordance with a first data transmission frame; a second processor configured to control the second transceiver to receive and transmit data packets in accordance with a second data transmission frame; wherein the first processor is further configured to control the first transceiver such that the first transceiver does not transmit a data packet during at least a time period provided for a first transmission of a respective data packet transmitted by the second transceiver in accordance with the second data transmission frame.
US09781698B2	Distribution and utilization of antenna information for location determination operations Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, apparatus, servers, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method, performed at a processor-based device, that includes obtaining antenna information for one or more wireless nodes, and generating based, at least in part, on the antenna information for the one or more wireless nodes, a heatmap representative of values measurable at a plurality of locations from signals transmitted by the one or more wireless nodes.
US09781695B2	Systems, methods and media for small cell idle mode mobility Systems and methods for small cell idle mode mobility include receiving, at a first small cell of a preconfigured cluster of small cells, a mobility area update request from a user equipment (UE). The method can also include registering location information of the UE with a small cell gateway, and retrieving a core network periodic timer for the UE from a mobility server. If certain conditions are met, the first small cell forwards the mobility area update request to a core network via the small cell gateway. Otherwise, the method can include the first small cell updating the location information of the UE with the mobility server, generating a locally-generated mobility area update accept message, and sending a locally generated mobility area update accept message to the UE along with a local periodic timer instructing the UE to send another mobility area update request when the local periodic timer expires.
US09781694B2	Extension of location status event A processor in a mobile wireless device communicates detailed state information about attachments to a user identity module card embedded in the mobile wireless device. The processor detects a change in an attach state of the mobile wireless device for at least one of a plurality of attachment types. The processor determines the attach state of the mobile wireless device for each of the plurality of attachment types and sends a status message to the user identity module card indicating the determined attach states. The plurality of attachment types can include at least a circuit switched attachment and a packet switched attachment. The processor can wait until completion of circuit switched and packet switched attachments of the mobile wireless device to the wireless network prior to sending the status message.
US09781685B2	Self-adaptive coverage of wireless networks Both uplink spectral efficiency and downlink spectral efficiency are improved through adjustments made to various parameters that would otherwise be treated as static type parameters. Variations in respective performance of two or more cells can be considered during the adjustment. Further, variations of respective cell performance based on time of day/week are considered and compensated for through various adjustments. Such timely adaptations are applied in order to improve the performance of each cell, during each time of day/week.
US09781684B2	Method and network entity for reducing inter-network interference Wireless networks share UE location information in order to identify possible inter-network aggressors. If a first network determines, based on the location data it receives from a second network, that one of the first network's UEs may cause excessive interference to one or more of the second network's UEs, the first network grants A-MPR to its UE (e.g., by signaling the UE). The first network's UE can then lower its transmit power in order avoid interfering with the second network's UE.
US09781681B2	Fleet power management through information storage sharing Systems for power management of a fleet of devices through information storage sharing are described. According to one embodiment, each one of a group of networked devices offloads information to a substantially powered hub device before entering a low power consumption mode and receives the respective information back from the hub device upon wake. Another embodiment describes a system of networked devices in which each one of the networked devices offloads information to a selected networked device before entering a sleep mode and receives the respective information back from that selected networked device after entering a wake mode. Another embodiment describes a system whereby the original selected networked device then backups to a new selected networked device if the original selected networked device needs to enter a low power consumption mode, and the other networked devices receive the respective information back from the new selected networked device.
US09781674B2	Communication device and communications method An communications method for intercommunication by multiple electronic devices includes determining an on or off status of a first communication device, the first communication device being given master status if turned on and being used, and other devices being given slave status. If one other device is then used in preference to the first communication device, the other device is appointed as master and all other devices which are turned on are appointed as slaves. According to current state of the first communication device, the first communication device is turned off if not being used.
US09781671B2	Power save with end of data indication A particular method includes receiving a first frame from a station at an access point indicating that the station is to enter a power save mode. The method also includes transmitting one or more data frames from the access point to the station. The one or more data frames were buffered for transmission prior to receipt of the first frame. The method further includes transmitting an end of data frame to the station. Another particular method includes transmitting a first frame from the station to the access point indicating that the station is to enter the power save mode. The method also includes refraining from entering the power save mode until an end of data frame is received from the access point.
US09781664B2	Cost-effective mobile connectivity protocols Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).
US09781660B2	System and method to identify, detect and obtain service on a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell Various configurations and arrangements of various systems and methods for identifying, detecting and obtaining service on closed subscriber group systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the disclosure includes receiving first information from a first AP that supports a first wireless technology. The first information is indicative of the first AP. The method further includes determining if the first information matches second information stored in a memory in association with third information stored in the memory. The third information is indicative of a second AP that supports a second wireless technology. The method further includes, upon determining, that the first information matches the second information, attempting to establish a connection with the second AP based on the third information.
US09781658B1	Wireless communication device detection with a pseudo-pilot signal A wireless detection device receives a user input indicating at least one wireless communication network service. The detection device processes the user input to select a pseudo-pilot signal configuration. The detection device wirelessly transmits a pseudo-pilot signal having the selected pseudo-pilot signal configuration. The detection device wirelessly receives a device identifier from a wireless communication device responsive to the pseudo-pilot signal. The detection device stores data indicating the device identifier and a time when the device identifier was received from the wireless communication device. The detection device may transfer the data to a control system or display the data to the user.
US09781657B2	Methods, wireless communication station, and system for WLAN channel selection through beacon requests Embodiments of a user station (STA) and methods for WLAN channel selection through beacon requests are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a STA requests that an access point (AP) transmit a beacon signal on a first sub-band. The first sub-band may include a channel of interest to the STA. The STA may determine that the AP supports the first sub-band if the AP transmits the requested beacon signal.
US09781647B2	Communication system for transferring data between DECT terminal and wide area wireless base station Data is transferred between a DECT terminal and an LTE base station.A base unit includes a DECT communication unit and an LTE communication unit, the DECT communication unit performing DECT communication with a DECT terminal, and the LTE communication unit transmitting and receiving data with the DECT communication unit and performing LTE communication with an LTE carrier gateway through an LTE base station. The DECT communication unit transmits a connection verification request to the LTE communication unit in order to verify a connection state of an LTE link with the LTE carrier gateway. The LTE communication unit transmits a connection verification response to the DECT communication unit in response to the connection verification request in a case where an LTE link is connected. The DECT communication unit, in a case where the DECT communication unit receives a DECT connection request for requesting connection of an DECT link from the DECT terminal and receives the connection verification response from the LTE communication unit, transmits a DECT connection response to the DECT terminal in response to the DECT connection request.
US09781644B2	Method for performing handover, user equipment, and radio communication system A mobile station in a wireless communication network. The mobile station includes a radio communication that transmits an access request message to a base station via a first communication resource, and receives a timing adjustment in response to the access request message from the base station. The mobile station also includes an adjustment value storage unit that stores the timing adjustment, and a control unit that adjusts access timing corresponding to a second communication resource based on the timing adjustment value stored in the adjustment value storage unit. The radio communication unit then communicates with the base station via the first communication resource and the second communication resource.
US09781637B2	Link failure recovery method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a link failure recovery method and apparatus. The method includes: first receiving, by a primary base station, failure report information sent by a user equipment, acquiring, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a data radio bearer (DRB) that needs to be reconfigured, and reconfiguring a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured; and then sending, by the primary base station, a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment reconfigures a failed DRB according to the first reconfiguration message. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications systems.
US09781634B2	Techniques for 40 megahertz(MHz) channel switching Embodiments of the invention include methods, articles, and apparatuses to provide information related to channels transmitted and received according to a wireless communications protocol. One embodiment of the invention provides a method comprising generating channel offset information corresponding to an extension channel within a channel of a wireless communications protocol, and transmitting the channel offset information as part of channel information to be transmitted to one or more remote devices communicating according to the wireless communications protocol. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09781631B2	Optimizing capacity expansion in a mobile network Systems and methods of optimizing capacity of network equipment in mobile networks. A computing device receives a user identification and a user attribute, the user identification corresponding to a characteristic of the mobile network user, the user attribute corresponding to at least one characteristic of mobile network usage by the mobile network user. The computing device generates a usage prediction based on the user identification and the user attribute, the usage prediction including information corresponding to anticipated future data usage of the mobile network user, the anticipated future mobile network usage corresponding to at least one mobile resource. The computing device transmits the usage prediction to a serving gateway (SGW) such that the SGW routes the mobile network user to one of a legacy packet data network gateway (PGW) and a network function virtualization (NFV) PGW based on the usage prediction.
US09781617B2	Method and terminal for determining frequency to be measured The present application provides a method and a terminal for determining a frequency to be measured. The terminal receives frequency information about an inter-frequency measurement object and frequency priority information about the inter-frequency measurement object, and determines the number of at least one frequency for the received inter-frequency measurement object according to the frequency information, and when the number of the at least one frequency for the received inter-frequency measurement object is greater than the number of at least one frequency for an inter-frequency measurement object supported by the terminal, the terminal is capable of selecting, according to the frequency priority information, at least one frequency to be measured from the at least one frequency for the received inter-frequency measurement object, wherein the number of the at least one frequency to be measured is equal to the number of frequencies for the inter-frequency measurement object supported by the terminal.
US09781613B2	System and method for proactive communication network management based upon area occupancy In the present invention, a communication network management system and method is provided that includes a central processing unit (CPU) including an individual and device recognition analysis engine located within the system on computer-readable-medium having the analysis instructions stored thereon in a non-transitory manner, a recognition device operably connected to the CPU and analysis engine and a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals between the CPU and various patient care devices located within a coverage area defined by the transceiver. The analysis engine receives information from the recognition device regarding the occupancy of the coverage area and identifies the individuals and devices occupying the coverage area to determine the adequacy of the network to accommodate the potential usage and interference levels resulting from the coverage area occupancy. The system can then alter the network configuration to provide adequate bandwidth and signal strength for the coverage area, as necessary.
US09781611B2	Boosted, dedicated reference signal A device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a demodulator. The receiver is configured to receive from a base station a reference signal having a power level such that a sum of the power level and a processing gain of a channel estimator of the device corresponds to a predetermined demodulation penalty for the device. The determiner is configured to determine the power level. The demodulator is configured to demodulate a data signal received from the base station based on the power level and a channel estimate generated based on the reference signal.
US09781609B1	Self-directed mobile wireless access points and wireless endpoints for wireless testing Embodiments for testing a wireless network location by a processor. A collection of candidate wireless network test locations is selected for testing wireless network communication according to defined constraints, conditions, testing parameters, or a combination thereof. A self-directed, mobile wireless access point (WAP) is dispatched to at least one stationary location from the collection. A self-directed, testing receiver may be commanded to progressively move to each candidate test location along a testing route of the collection. The testing attributes relating to wireless network communication performance are measured for each of the candidate test locations along the testing route of the collection. Qualified WAP locations are identified from the candidate test locations based on the measured testing attributes.
US09781603B1	Combined network and physical security appliance The present disclosure describes a combined network and physical security appliance. The appliance may be wired to or communicate with automation systems, IoT devices, physical sensors, computing devices and servers on an internal or local network, and other computing devices on an external network. By combining network security and physical security into a single device, a combination security appliance may correlate physical sensor signals with packet inspection results, providing enhanced protection against network threats to physical security systems, and physical protection against network threats.
US09781599B2	System and method for access control via mobile device A system is described for controlling an actuating unit that restricts physical access such as a motorized garage door actuator unit. The system comprises a mobile wireless communication device, an electro-mechanical access control security device, and a receiving unit controlling the electro-mechanical access control security device, the receiving unit paired with the mobile wireless communication device for receiving user input for activating the electro-mechanical access control security device via a peer-to-peer communication directly with the mobile wireless communication device, and a pre-authorization of communication of the receiving unit with the mobile wireless communication device, the mobile wireless communication device receiving the pre-authorization from a central security server.
US09781598B2	Personal digital identity device with fingerprint sensor responsive to user interaction A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.
US09781594B2	Context based mobile device A context for a mobile device is determined based on received electronic signals, wherein the context is either a personal context or a work context. Depending upon whether the determined context is the personal context of the work context, a type of information from either a work data storage or a personal data storage is accessed and displayed on the mobile device. In one implementation, a keyword identified in an event on the mobile device is identified and used to retrieve and display supplemental information for the event.
US09781593B2	Method and apparatus for data management of third party services Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising caching, by a server comprising a processor, a subscriber profile in a network repository to create a cached subscriber profile. The cached subscriber profile comprises a replica of stored subscriber data. The method also comprises updating the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a first application from a first application provider to produce a first updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The method further comprises updating the first updated version of the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a second application from a second application provider to produce a second updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The first and second updated versions of the cached subscriber profile are accessible by the first application provider and by the second application provider. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09781589B1	Systems and methods for using roaming transmissions for providing alternate SMS and MMS service across multiple networks Methods and systems for providing alternate SMS/MMS traffic to a user using alternate wireless and network service. Aspects of the disclosed systems and methods allow existing wireless customers to continue using their normal wireless phone and phone number for SMS/MMS traffic while still easily avoiding large roaming and texting charges, all while nearly transparently maintaining the full range of normal wireless voice, text, and SMS/MMS services.
US09781587B2	Base station, user terminal, and processor A base station, which accommodates a user terminal that transmits a discovery-use signal used for discovering a communication partner terminal in D2D communication that is direct device-to-device radio communication in a mobile communication system that supports the D2D communication, comprises a control unit that controls transmission of power control information for designating transmission power of the discovery-use signal to the user terminal.
US09781586B2	Method of transmitting/receiving signal in proximity network and electronic device thereof Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for efficiently providing a proximity network service and a post operation in an electronic device. An operation method of an electronic device includes configuring a cluster with another electronic device, transmitting information for a post operation within a synchronized communication duration of the cluster, receiving a response signal of the information for the post operation, and communicating with at least one other electronic device for the post operation during a post operation duration based on the response information.
US09781583B2	Device and service discovery method, and device middleware A device and service discovery method and a piece of device middleware are provided. The method includes that a user terminal device broadcasts its own device information and service capability information, and searches for information about a surrounding service network, information about a device not joining the service network and service capability information about the device; if it is discovered that a service network, which has a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish a service, exists in the surrounding area, the user terminal device is configured to join the service network, and interact with a central node of the service network to accomplish the service; and if the service network is not discovered, the user terminal device selects a central node from devices which do not join a service network and have a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish the service, is configured to generate a service network according to the selected central node, and interact with the selected central node to accomplish the service. A ubiquitous service can be provided through discovery, acquisition and networking of surrounding available service resources.
US09781581B1	System and method for sending messages A system for exchanging messages between a business user and another messaging-capable device, and associated methods are presented. The system may include a business server, an application programming interface (“API”) and/or an SMS database. The business server may be configured to exchange messages with the business user and to obtain a public identifier for the business user to enable duplex message exchange between the business user and the messaging-capable device by either retrieving the public identifier or associating the business user with the messaging-capable device and a public identifier. The system may accommodate temporary events, such as emergencies, by associated a public identifier with a business user initiating the temporary event and one or more messaging-capable devices involved in the event.
US09781580B2	Method of sending messages to devices not configured to receive them A system having a server for receiving a message from a sending device executing a messaging application and for sending a message notification alert to a recipient, the server having a processor and memory, the memory having computer executable code, comprising receiving the message from the sending device executing the messaging application, the message containing recipient address information provided by the sending device, determining, based on recipient address information, that the recipient is not associated with a recipient device having the messaging application, and transmitting the message notification alert to the recipient via an alternate communications method, the message notification alert comprising a link to view the message.
US09781571B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for registration of and anonymous communications related to tagged objects Systems and methods of registration of an anonymous tag having an owner with a location service include authenticating a tag sensor associated with the owner of the tag with the location service. The tag is placed within a defined transmission distance of the tag from the tag sensor associated with the owner. The tag is activated while it is within the defined distance from the tag sensor to initiate transmission of the self identification. The transmitted self identification is received at the tag sensor to detect the tag. It is determined that the detected tag is not yet registered with the location service and an identification of the tag and the owner is transmitted to the location service from the tag sensor to register the tag as belonging to the owner at the location service to limit registration of the tag at the location service.
US09781570B2	Method and apparatus for estimating location of electronic device An electronic device apparatus and method are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor may execute the method, which includes detecting a first location and a movement velocity of the electronic device, estimating a second location of the electronic device based on the detected movement velocity of the electronic device, comparing the first location of the electronic device and the estimated second location of the electronic device to determine a location measurement error, and correcting the detected first location of the electronic device based on the determined location measurement error.
US09781569B2	Systems and methods for resolving positional ambiguities using access point information A positioning method includes acquiring global positioning system (GPS) position data associated with a mobile platform from a plurality of GPS satellites observable by the mobile platform. A set of wireless range measurements associated with the mobile platform and a plurality of wireless access points in communication with the mobile platform are acquired. The method further includes receiving, from a server communicatively coupled to the mobile platform over a network, wireless position data associated with the plurality of wireless access points. A corrected position of the mobile platform is determined based on the wireless position data, the wireless range measurements, and the GPS position data.
US09781562B1	Venue experience management Systems and methods are disclosed for venue experience management. In one implementation, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a first device are received at a communication interface of a location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device are received at the communication interface of the location determination device, a processing device of the location determination device processes the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device, and one or more actions are initiated based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.
US09781560B2	Ranging over multiple antennas Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. An example method includes receiving, by a first wireless communication device having a plurality of antennas disposed at a localized position, a plurality of fine timing management (FTM) messages from a second wireless communication device. The example method includes transmitting, by the first wireless communication device, a plurality of FTM responses to the second wireless communication device. Each of the plurality of FTM responses may be transmitted using a different antenna of the first wireless communication device. The example method also includes estimating a range between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based at least in part on the plurality of FTM messages.
US09781556B2	Network-assisted to direct device discovery switch Embodiments for providing network-assisted to direct device discovery switch are generally described herein. In some embodiments, location information is received at an evolved packet core (EPC) from at least a first and a second user equipment (UE). A network-assisted device-to-device (D2D) request is received from the first UE for establishing a D2D wireless connection with the second UE. Proximity of the first UE and the second UE are monitored. Before detecting the second UE being in proximity to the first UE, direct discovery is determined to be more resource efficient than continuing to provide network-assisted D2D discovery. An indication is provided to the first UE and the second UE to perform direct discovery based on information provided in the indication.
US09781543B2	Techniques for update procedure signaling in a wireless network Techniques are described that can be used for efficient mobility management signaling. In some cases, a network can specify an extended timer used for a machine to machine (M2M) type device to communicate with a network. The extended timer can be transmitted in connection with an attachment acceptance message, Location Updating Accept message, Tracking Area Update Accept, or Routing Area Update Accept message. In some cases, a timer can be adjusted using a multiplier in order to increase a period at which communications with the network occur. The network can transmit an indication to change a timer by multiplying the timer with the multiplier.
US09781538B2	Multiuser, geofixed acoustic simulations A system for multiuser, geofixed acoustic simulations using a shared soundscape built and stored on a central server, via interfaces that also allow for live and competitive modification. A central server disseminates sound events from the soundscape to individual devices carried by users, which integrate geolocation information, head orientation information, and head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to generate user-specific audio feeds. The audio feeds may be played through headsets so that users perceive the shared, geofixed sound events.
US09781535B2	Multi-channel audio upmixer An audio processor may receive audio input channels including stereo channels and one or more surround channels. The audio processor may downmix the audio input channels into stereo output channels; developing the stereo output channels into upmixed audio channels including at least one additional surround channel not present in the audio input channels; delay the audio input channels into delayed audio channels that are time-aligned with the upmixed audio channels; and mix the delayed audio channels and the upmixed audio channels into audio output channels.
US09781534B2	Condenser microphone unit and method of manufacturing the same A condenser microphone unit includes a diaphragm vibrated by acoustic waves, a fixed electrode disposed to face the diaphragm, and an insulation base making contact with a rim portion of the fixed electrode to support the fixed electrode, wherein a ring-shaped protrusion is provided on a rim portion of the insulation base, the ring-shaped protrusion protruding toward the fixed electrode with a radially inward taper and having a ring-shaped distal face to oppose the rim portion of the fixed electrode, the distal face of the ring-shaped protrusion supports the rim portion of the fixed electrode, and an adhesive is provided on a tapered surface of the ring-shaped protrusion positioned between the insulation base and the fixed electrode, the adhesive having property to shrink by curing. When the adhesive is cured, contact portions of the insulation base and the fixed electrode are tightly bonded together.
US09781533B2	Calibration error conditions Examples described herein involve identifying one or more error conditions during calibration of one or more playback devices in a playback environment. A microphone of a network device may detect and sample an audio signal while the one or more playback devices in the playback environment plays a calibration tone. A processor of the network device may then receive, from the microphone, a stream of audio data. The audio data may include an audio signal component and a background noise component. As a subset of the audio data is received, the processor may identify based on at least the subset of audio data, the one or more error conditions. The processor may then cause a graphical display to display a graphical representation associated with the identified error condition.
US09781531B2	Microphone system and related calibration control method and calibration control module An embodiment of the invention provides a calibration control method performed by a microphone system. The microphone system includes a plurality of microphones configured to generate a plurality of microphone signals. First, the microphone system equalize the microphone signals to generate a plurality of equalized microphone signals. Next, the microphone system calculates a set of similarity indicators based on the equalized microphone signals. Then, the microphone system compares the set of similarity indicators with a set of predetermined thresholds to determine whether to calibrate the microphone signals.
US09781530B2	Acoustic sealing analysis system A device or a method using the device includes a sealing section configured to seal a user's orifice, where the sealing section is configured to produce an acoustic seal between a first side of the sealing section and a second side of the sealing section and audio processing circuitry to produce an audio signal for driving a speaker in the device and to measure sound level using output from the microphone in the device while the speaker is being driven by the audio signal. The device or method further includes control circuitry to evaluate a seal quality of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09781528B2	System for objective qualification of listener envelopment of a loudspeaker-room environment A system quantifies listener envelopment in a loudspeakers-room environment. The system includes a binaural detector that receives frequency modulated audible noise signals from multiple loudspeakers. The binaural detector generates detected signals that are analyzed to determine an objective listener envelopment. The envelopment is based on binaural activity of one or more sub-bands of the detected signal.
US09781527B2	Smart plug and play automatic OBD-II system tester An audio system testing arrangement includes a controller coupled to a communication. bus of a motor vehicle. The controller runs test scripts via the communication bus. The test scripts are for testing features of an audio system within the vehicle. A fault of the audio system is determined dependent upon results of the test scripts, a display and/or speaker annunciates the determined fault of the audio system.
US09781520B1	Passive mode carbon nanotube underwater acoustic transducer A passive carbon nanotube transducer is provided. The passive carbon nanotube transducer includes shells as protective walls for the top and bottom housing of the transducer with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding acoustic medium. A gasket encloses the shells and carbon nanotube sheets of the transducer. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets are capable of sensing sound induced environment temperature deviations and converting electric voltage or current for passive acoustic detection.
US09781517B2	Acoustic generator, acoustic generation device, and electronic apparatus An acoustic generator includes a vibration body; a first exciter and a second exciter which are disposed on the vibration body; a first damping material disposed on the vibration body and having a first portion which overlaps the first exciter; and a second damping material disposed on the vibration body and having a second portion which overlaps the second exciter. The first damping material is disposed so as to straddle at least a portion of a first segment which is a portion of a contour of the first exciter which portion does not face the second exciter, and the second damping material is disposed so as to straddle at least a portion of a second segment which is a portion of a contour of the second exciter which portion does not face the first exciter.
US09781515B2	Loudspeaker diaphragm, and loudspeaker, electronic device and mobile device including the diaphragm A loudspeaker diaphragm includes a base layer and a coating layer. The base layer contains natural fibers. The coating layer is composed of bamboo cellulose nanofibers and is formed at least on the first side of the base layer. The coating layer has a thickness in the range of 3% to 15%, both inclusive of the sum of the thicknesses of the base layer and the coating layer.
US09781514B2	Stereo audio headphone apparatus A stereo audio headphone apparatus comprising a master headphone unit comprising a master housing, master circuitry comprising a stereo audio source and a wireless transmitter, a master audio output device for playing a first stereo audio channel, a master audio input device, and a first independently settable frequency equalizer for the first stereo audio channel carried by the master housing, and a slave headphone unit comprising a slave housing, slave circuitry comprising a wireless receiver, a slave audio output device for playing a second stereo audio channel, a slave audio input device, and a second independently settable frequency equalizer for the second stereo audio channel carried by the slave housing. The master and slave circuitries are operable in a pass-through mode with audio sensed by the master and slave audio input devices being delivered to the master and slave audio output devices via the first and second frequency equalizers.
US09781511B2	Operation device operating a reproduction control system The DJ controller 10 has a load operation member 82 that loads audio signals to each channel, a synchronization button 84 that realizes a beat synchronization function, and a channel fader 85 that reproduces the loaded audio signals by the fader start function corresponding to each channel.
US09781503B2	Method of operating a computer and computer for a softphone with headset A computer controller for a plurality of audio devices and audio applications and a method of control is disclosed. An audio subsystem is disclosed allowing multiple applications executed by the computer to exchange audio signals with multiple sound interface devices. A first sound interface device to emit a first loudspeaker sound signal in dependence on the first loudspeaker audio signal. The sound signal is received by an intermediate application and from the audio subsystem a first microphone audio signal depending on a first microphone sound signal received by the first sound interface device. An intermediate application causes a second sound interface device to emit a second loudspeaker sound signal in dependence on the second loudspeaker audio signal. This allows a user to conduct a softphone call using one headset connected to the computer, while the user's supervisor may listen in on the softphone call using a second headset connected to the same computer, however, without requiring any changes of the computer's hardware, its operating system or the softphone application.
US09781501B2	Earpiece and headset There is provided an earpiece or a headset comprising an audio input for receiving an audio signal to be reproduced, at least one electroacoustic reproduction transducer, an audio unit for effecting audio processing of the received audio signal, at least one converter unit for extracting power from the audio signal received at the audio input, a power storage means for at least partial intermediate storage of the power extracted from the audio signal, and a power control unit for controlling the extraction of the power from the audio signal and for controlling a power supply of the audio unit, in particular by way of the power stored in the power storage means and extracted from the audio signal.
US09781499B2	Electronic device with wind resistant audio Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a plurality of audio acquisition areas. Each of the plurality of audio acquisition areas can include a microphone element to detect audio data, an audio opening that allows the audio data to travel to the microphone element, and a windscreen that covers at least the audio opening. An audio module can be configured to receive the audio data from each of the plurality of audio acquisition areas and enhance the audio data.
US09781498B2	Microphone stand and microphone stand set [Problem] To provide, at a lower cost, a microphone stand the height of which can be adjusted by an easy operation.[Solution] A support strut (5) of an acoustic characteristic measurement microphone comprises two rectangular-tube-shaped attachment parts (1, 2) that are attached to each other in the axis direction by inserting one of the attachment parts into the other such that the one can slide within the other in the axis direction. A plurality of height adjustment slits (19) that are aligned in the height direction of the microphone stand are formed in a corner portion of the one attachment part (1). In the other attachment part (2), an attachment slit (22) is formed at a position where the plurality of height adjustment slits (19) pass due to the sliding of the two attachment parts (1, 2) in the height direction of the microphone stand. A cord (71) of the acoustic characteristic measurement microphone (7) placed on the top of the microphone stand is pushed into and fixed to the interior of two slits (19, 22) that have been positioned by the sliding of the two attachment parts.
US09781488B2	Controlled adaptive rate switching system and method for media streaming over IP networks A system for adaptively streaming video content over an IP network and an encoding device, the system comprising devices and non-transitory computer-readable storage media having executable computer modules, comprising: a sender device interacting with the network, the device configured to send a video stream to the network and to receive a recovery packet stream from the network; a receiving device configured to receive the video stream and to transmit a recovery packet stream back to the sender through the network; and a bandwidth probe configured to be periodically sent with the video stream to the receiving device to determine an instantaneous network bandwidth; wherein the sender device is configured to command the encoding device to adapt the video stream, based upon the instantaneous network bandwidth and the recovery packet stream.
US09781487B2	Streaming multicast content to a television via a mobile device A device may receive information that identifies available content associated with multicast streams available for transmission via a network. The device may determine content selected from the available content. The selected content may be associated with a multicast stream available for transmission via the network. The device may receive the multicast stream associated with the selected content via an air interface. The device may process the multicast stream into a format compatible with a connection interface. The device may output the processed multicast stream to a display device, that is different from the device, via the connection interface.
US09781482B2	Techniques for upgrading software in a video content network It is determined that a substantial portion of set-top terminals connected to a video content network require a software upgrade. In-band video bandwidth (e.g., video-on-demand or switched digital video) is allocated for the software upgrade. The software upgrade is broadcast to the set-top terminals from a carousel in a first remote node of the video content network, via the allocated in-band video bandwidth, until a predetermined number of the set-top terminals have received the software upgrade. Subsequent to the predetermined number of set-top terminals receiving the software upgrade, the in-band video bandwidth is de-allocated and the software upgrade is made available out-of-band to the remaining portion of the set-top terminals, via individual sessions with an application server in a second remote node of the video content network. An exemplary system, which can implement the method, includes a controller, a dynamic bandwidth allocation device, the carousel, and the application server.
US09781481B2	Apparatus and method for generating/recovering motion information based on predictive motion vector index encoding, and apparatus and method for image encoding/decoding using same A video encoding method for encoding a current motion vector of a current block, includes: deriving a plurality of candidate predictive motion vectors by using motion vectors of adjacent blocks of the current block; selecting a predictive motion vector of the current block from among the candidate predictive motion vectors; generating a differential motion vector by subtracting the predictive motion vector from the current motion vector; and encoding, into a bitstream, the differential motion vector and a predictive motion vector index for indicating which candidate predictive motion vector is selected as the predictive motion vector among the candidate predictive motion vectors, where the deriving of the candidate predictive motion vectors includes: deriving a first candidate predictive motion vector based on adjacent blocks located at left side of the current block; and deriving a second candidate predictive motion vector based on adjacent blocks located at upper side of the current block.
US09781471B1	Method and apparatus for communicating and updating logo identifiers A method and system for processing logos includes a listing system assigning a logo address for a logo data file, storing the logo data file in a file server so that the logo data file is accessible by the logo address and storing the logo address in a database. The system includes a program guide module and a user device communicating a logo request signal to the program guide module. The program guide module communicates a logo return data signal including the logo address to the user device. The user device retrieves the logo graphics file from the file server using the logo address and displays a logo corresponding to the logo data file on a display associated therewith.
US09781470B2	Broadcasting signal transmission device, broadcasting signal reception device, and method for transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal using same Disclosed is a broadcasting signal transmission device, a broadcasting signal reception device, and a method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal using same. The method for receiving the broadcasting signal comprises the following steps: receiving the broadcasting signal, which includes a transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of PLPs, which transmit components that constitute a broadcasting service, first signaling information and second signaling information, which include the signaling information of the plurality of PLPs, a first preamble signal, which has been signaled with a preamble format, and a second preamble signal, which has been signaled with pilot pattern information, wherein one of the plurality of PLPs is a base PLP, which includes a program number that corresponds to the broadcasting service and program map table information, which has been signaled with identifying information for each of the PLPs; demodulating the broadcasting signal based on the first and the second preamble signals; FEC decoding the demodulated broadcasting signal; and identifying a PLP group that includes the plurality of PLP from the FEC decoded broadcasting signal based on the first and the second signaling information, decoding at least one PLP of the identified PLP group, and providing the broadcasting service.
US09781468B2	Dynamic scaling of touchpad/UI grid size relationship within a user interface Methods and systems, such as television receivers, are disclosed for receiving data from remote controls for manipulation of graphical user interfaces. Aspects include providing a seamless transition between absolute and relative navigational schemes to allow for users to more efficiently make use of touch and position sensitive remote controls. Further, aspects include dynamically scaling the touch and position sensitive remote controls outputs to match various grid sizes that may be included in the graphical user interface.
US09781467B2	Remote controller, control method thereof and image processing apparatus having the same A remote controller of an image processing apparatus includes: a touch screen which displays an input menu; a menu processor which processes the touch screen to display respective input menus corresponding to at least two modes among a control mode of the image processing apparatus, a character input mode and a handwriting mode; and a controller which controls the menu processor to display the input menu of the mode corresponding to a selection signal when the selection signal for the mode is received.
US09781463B1	Systems and methods for assigning attributes to recorded video In one aspect, a method involves (i) selecting a log-entry, wherein the log entry corresponds to a streaming-video source; (ii) causing streaming video to start being channeled from the streaming-video source to an air-chain system; (iii) making a determination that the log-entry includes a special identifier; (iv) responsive to making the determination, causing a recording device to start recording the streaming video; (v) causing a set of commercial VCs to be sent to the air-chain system; (vi) causing the recording device to stop recording the streaming video; (vii) determining a beginning and an ending position of at least two show-segment VCs included in the recorded video, wherein the at least two show-segments are separated by a commercial break; and (viii) for each of the show-segment VCs included in the recorded video, assigning a corresponding segment identifier and the corresponding determined beginning and ending positions to the recorded video.
US09781458B2	Dynamic generation of on-demand video In the dynamic generation of video, a video service provider receives a video request from a video player over a data network. The video service provider matches the video request with a given video descriptor record of a plurality of video descriptor records. a video media file including a plurality of cue slots is generated according to the given video descriptor record using the video request. A plurality of video clip files in a video clip library is selected for the plurality of cue slots, and the plurality of video clip files are copied to the plurality of cue slots in the video media file. The video service provider then sends the video media file to the video player.
US09781456B2	Logging individuals for TV measurement compliance A TV audience survey system for determining the TV viewing activities of a plurality of individuals in a household includes a master device and multiple tags, each tag assigned to an individual. After an individual logs into the system and starts watching the TV, the master device communicates with the corresponding tag repeatedly to accumulate data representing the individual's TV viewing activities. Such data can be used to determine when the individual stops watching the TV for an extended period of time without logging out of the system and when the household member remains watching the TV after logging or being logged out of the system. The master device then reports the accumulated data to a remote server, which uses the data to determine whether the individual complies with the logging protocol defined by the TV audience survey system and update the TV viewership data associated with this household.
US09781454B2	Playback of media data at reduced speed A method for reproducing, i.e., playing back, media data includes: receiving media data in a receive buffer; determining whether the receive buffer is sufficiently filled; reducing the playback speed over a period until the receive buffer is sufficiently filled, and playing back the media data at the reduced playback speed. The reduced playback speed has a speed profile having at least one non-linear section.
US09781453B2	Method of transforming HFC CATV analog fiber transmission to digital fiber transmission A method of converting legacy HFC CATV cable systems, which transmit data over the optical fiber portion of the system using the optical counterpart of analog RF waveforms, such as RF QAM waveforms transduced to corresponding optical QAM waveforms, to improved HFC CATV systems that transmit data over the optical fiber using optical fiber optimized protocols, such as Ethernet frames and other optical fiber optimized digital transport protocols. According to the method, most aspects of the legacy HFC CATV system may be retained, however at the CATV head end, the optical fiber transmitter system is replaced by an improved system that extracts the underlying symbols from legacy waveforms, packages these symbols into optical fiber optimized packets, and transmits downstream. The legacy optical fiber nodes are replaced with improved nodes capable of receiving the packets and remodulating the symbols into RF waveforms suitable for injection into the system's CATV cable.
US09781452B2	Systems and methods for evaluating online videos Systems and methods for evaluating online videos. One method includes receiving a URL; determining a URL type; detecting whether the URL includes one or more videos; determining at least one of a size of the video, a position of the video on a web page of the web page URL, whether the video is set to autoplay, and whether the video is set to mute; computing a score based on one or more of the size of the video, the position of the video on the web page of the web page URL, whether the video is set to autoplay, and whether the video is set to mute; obtaining at least two frames of at least part of the video, wherein each frame is obtained at one or more predetermined intervals during playback of the video; and classifying each detected video based on the at least two frames.
US09781451B2	Apparatus and method for decoding compressed video A method and apparatus for decoding a compressed video is disclosed. The method comprises scrambling the compressed video, to produce a scrambled compressed video; delivering the scrambled compressed video to a decoder, for decoding the scrambled compressed video to produce a scrambled decompressed video; receiving from the decoder the scrambled decompressed video; and descrambling the scrambled decompressed video, to produce a descrambled decompressed video.
US09781448B2	Method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using adaptive filter Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction comprises the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter.
US09781446B2	Method for coding and method for decoding a block of an image and corresponding coding and decoding devices A method for decoding a stream of coded data to reconstruct a current block of a sequence of images is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: reconstructing for the current block a first item of motion data from a stream of coded data, identifying a first prediction block with the first item of motion data, determining a second item of motion data by template matching, identifying a second prediction block with the second item of motion data, reconstructing the current block from the first and second prediction blocks. The step of determination of the second item of motion data is a function of the first distortion calculated between the first prediction block and the second prediction block.
US09781445B2	Method and apparatus for encoding a motion vector, and method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using same An apparatus for reconstructing a current motion vector of a current block in a current frame by determining a predicted motion vector of the current motion vector, includes: a differential motion vector decoder to reconstruct a differential motion vector by decoding an encoded differential motion vector included in a bitstream; and a motion vector reconstructor to derive one or more motion vector prediction candidates to predict the current motion vector, set the predicted motion vector to a motion vector prediction candidate determined among the one or more motion vector prediction candidates, and reconstruct the current motion vector of the current block by adding the predicted motion vector to the differential motion vector.
US09781441B2	Method for encoding and decoding coding unit Initial value is selected when motion estimation is performed using predicted motion vector in video codec in which multiple references are allowed, and coding amount of motion vectors is reduced using predicted motion vector. Motion vector encoding apparatus includes predicted motion vector generator that generates adjacent motion vectors of current block with respect to each of reference pictures and generates each predicted motion vector of the current block from the generated adjacent motion vectors, motion estimator that determines final motion vector of the current block and final reference picture corresponding to the final motion vector with regard to search regions of the reference pictures, differential unit that obtains difference between the final motion vector of the current block and final predicted motion vector corresponding to the determined final reference picture among the predicted motion vectors, and unit for encoding information about the final reference picture and the difference.
US09781440B2	Decoding device and encoding device According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire first format information, encoded data, and first filter information, the first format information indicating a resolution of a color-difference component of the encoded data; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded data to obtain a decoded image; and a converting unit configured to convert a color-difference format of the decoded image represented by a first color-difference format by using a filter identified by the filter information.
US09781432B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781431B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781430B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781428B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781424B2	Efficient context handling in arithmetic coding Systems, methods, and apparatuses for coding using efficient context handling in arithmetic coding. Efficient context handling in arithmetic coding may include identifying a scan order for a current block and entropy decoding a current entropy coded transform coefficient from the current block, which may include determining, based on the scan order, a first scan order distance between a scan order location corresponding to the current entropy coded transform coefficient and a scan order location corresponding to a first context coefficient, identifying a first context coefficient value from a first location in a context coefficient register, the first location corresponding to the first scan order distance, wherein the context coefficient register is a reduced size context coefficient register, and entropy decoding the current entropy coded transform coefficient based on the first context coefficient value.
US09781421B2	Use of chroma quantization parameter offsets in deblocking Innovations in use of chroma quantization parameter (“QP”) offsets when determining a control parameter for deblock filtering. For example, as part of encoding, an encoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and slice-level chroma QP offset for encoding of a slice of a picture. The encoder also performs deblock filtering of at least part of the slice, where derivation of a control parameter considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset. The encoder outputs at least part of a bitstream including the encoded content. As part of decoding, a corresponding decoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and a slice-level chroma QP offset for decoding of a slice of a picture, but derivation of a control parameter for deblock filtering considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset.
US09781419B2	Compressing image data Provided in an example is a method of compressing a digital image includes dividing the image into cells of constant physical size regardless of resolution of the image to produce cell data for each cell which defines content of the cell and compressing the cell data.
US09781417B2	High dynamic range, backwards-compatible, digital cinema HDR images are coded and distributed. An initial HDR image is received. Processing the received HDR image creates a JPEG-2000 DCI-compliant coded baseline image and an HDR-enhancement image. The coded baseline image has one or more color components, each of which provide enhancement information that allows reconstruction of an instance of the initial HDR image using the baseline image and the HDR-enhancement images. A data packet is computed, which has a first and a second data set. The first data set relates to the baseline image color components, each of which has an application marker that relates to the HDR-enhancement images. The second data set relates to the HDR-enhancement image. The data packets are sent in a DCI-compliant bit stream.
US09781415B2	Image encoding method, image encoding device, image decoding method, and image decoding device For the purpose of providing an image encoding technique for reducing the amount of codes, in inter prediction in which motion search is performed by using a block obtained by dividing an input image and a reference image, the motion vector of the block is predicted by selecting from the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks. Further, in the method of calculating a differential vector and then performing encoding, the number or positions of candidate blocks from which a prediction vector is selected are changed block by block or frame by frame and thereby adaptive and efficient video image compression is performed.
US09781409B2	Portable terminal device and program A 2D/3D conversion processing section converts 2D contents (television broadcast program) received by a television broadcast receiving section to contents for the right eye and contents for the left eye for 3D, and the contents for 3D obtained by conversion are subjected to 3D display on a display section. When switching is made from 2D display to 3D display, a central control section suppresses display of data-broadcast data regarding television video data. Consequently, even if video display of the television broadcast is switched from 2D to 3D, video of television broadcast can be displayed in 3D as effectively as possible.
US09781403B2	Method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic file A method and an apparatus are provided for generating a stereoscopic file. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store a stereoscopic file, the stereoscopic file including an svmi box for stereoscopic video media information, the svmi box including a first value indicating a stereoscopic composition type, and an scdi box for stereoscopic camera and display information, the svmi box including a second value associated with two cameras of a stereoscopic camera; a reproduction device configured to parse the svmi box and the scdi box to reproduce the stereoscopic file; and a display device configured to display the reproduced stereoscopic file.
US09781400B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method and apparatus, where the method includes determining m boundary points of a target image, acquiring a color component of a non-boundary point in a jth area, where the jth area is a neighborhood of the jth boundary point in the m boundary points, 1≦j≦m, and m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and performing synthesis processing according to the color component of the non-boundary point in the jth area, to obtain a color component of the jth boundary point, and by means of processing on a boundary point of a target image, precision of image matting and synthesis processing may be improved, and may be applied to a real-time image matting and synthesis process.
US09781399B2	Lighting and material editing using flash photography Embodiments of the present invention facilitate lighting and material editing. More particularly, some embodiments are directed to leveraging flash photography to capture two images in quick succession, one with the flash activated and one without. In embodiments, a scene may be decomposed into components corresponding to diffidently colored lights and into diffuse and specular components. This enables the color and intensity of each light in the scene, as well as the amount of specularity, to be edited by a user to change the appearance of the scene.
US09781397B2	Projector and projector system A projector according to the present disclosure includes: a projection unit, a lens unit, an imaging unit, and a computing unit. The projection unit displays a first image. The lens unit projects the first image that is displayed by the projection unit. The imaging unit images a second image, which is projected by another projector, through the lens unit. The computing unit computes a distance between a surface on which the second image is projected and the another projector. Such the distance is computed from imaging data of the second image imaged by the imaging unit, and from spacing information on a spacing between the projector concerned and the another projector.
US09781396B2	Projector and adjustment method using a plurality of patterns having different lightness values A projector includes a projection section that projects a plurality of patterns having lightness values different from each other, an imaging section that captures an image of the plurality of patterns projected by the projection section, and a projection state adjustment section that adjusts, based on any of the plurality of patterns captured by the imaging section, a projection state in which the projection section performs projection.
US09781390B2	System and method for independent media auditing and media serving for marketing campaigns presented via media devices in public places An independent auditing and ad service system that may be utilized with a system for presenting marketing campaigns to audiences via a network of players in public locations. Independent agents in the players monitor media content that is presented to audiences during marketing campaigns and generate independent agent playlogs that are provided to a content registry service which compares the independent agent playlogs with playlogs that are provided by a network operator to validate the network-operator-generated playlogs. The independent agent playlogs may also be provided to an analytics service where they are used to analyze the performance of marketing campaigns. From the analyzed performance, the service may determine that the media content presented to audiences via the media players should be changed. The independent agents may be instructed to implement recommended changes by modifying the media content being presented on the players.
US09781388B2	Method and system for enhancing user experience during an ongoing content viewing activity A method and system for providing immersive user experience in a social experience (SE) environment by allowing users to create content Bookmarks. The SE environment amalgamates content received from various sources available in the network. The method streams the amalgamated content to the users through an SE server. The SE server provides enhanced experience service to the users by allowing the users to store, retrieve, and share the created Bookmarks with other users.
US09781387B2	Split frame multistream encode Techniques for video conferencing include receiving a stream of video slices from a participant, designating the video slices as a primary sub-picture of a frame of video, encoding, with a first encoder, a first secondary sub-picture of the frame of video to obtain an encoded first secondary sub-picture of a frame of video, encoding, with a second encoder, a second secondary sub-picture of the frame of video to obtain an encoded first secondary sub-picture of a frame of video, combining the primary sub-picture with the encoded first secondary sub-picture to obtain a first video stream, combining the primary sub-picture with the encoded second secondary sub-picture to obtain a second video stream, and transmitting the first and second video streams to respective recipients.
US09781386B2	Virtual multipoint control unit for unified communications This disclosure describes a virtual multipoint control unit in communication with one or more unified communication (UC) applications on one or more host devices over a network that allows ad hoc UC conferences between UC applications from different vendors. The virtual multipoint control unit includes a host device coupled to a network. In addition, the unit includes one or more unified communication (UC) applications being executed in software instructions. The virtual multipoint control unit virtualizes the physical audio devices to be shared simultaneously between multiple UC applications and allows ad hoc UC conferences between said UC applications from the same and or different UC vendors.
US09781385B2	User interfaces for presentation of audio/video streams Embodiments are described for a user interface presenting audio and/or video streams. In some embodiments, a request to increase a size of a first user interface element from a plurality of user interface elements displayed within a user interface on a display is received from a video conference participant's device, at least one numerical representation for dimensions of the user interface display area for each of a plurality of potential layouts for at least a portion of the plurality of user interface elements is calculated to satisfy the request, a video conference system determines a new layout from the one or more potential layouts to accommodate the request by performing at least one comparison between a numerical representation for a potential layout and each remaining numerical representation for a potential layout from the plurality, the new layout comprising at least one of a video quality adjustment of one or more user interface elements, a rearrangement of one or more user interface elements into different sizes and positions, and an elimination of a user interface element from the user interface, and a media server for the video conference apportions bandwidth for one or more video data streams from the composite in accordance with the new layout to be received by the video conference participant's device.
US09781384B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium Disclosed is an information processing system including a first information processing terminal and an information processing apparatus coupled to the first information processing terminal. The information processing system includes a storage configured to store codec data, the codec data including at least one first codec capable of being used for performing first communications between the first information processing terminal and a second information processing terminal differing from the first information processing terminal, a determiner configured to determine a second codec for performing second communications between the first information processing terminal, the second information processing terminal, and a third information processing terminal differing from the second information processing terminal, based on the codec data, and a switcher configured to switch a third codec currently used for performing the first communications, the third codec being selected from the first codec.
US09781382B2	Method for determining small-object region, and method and apparatus for interpolating frame between video frames A method and an apparatus for determining a small-object region in a video frame. The method includes dividing a current video frame into at least two regions, and determining a global motion vector corresponding to each region; determining an interframe motion vector of each group of adjacent frames in multiple video frames that include the current video frame and a reference frame of the current video frame; determining a candidate small-object region in the current video frame according to the interframe motion vector of the each group of adjacent frames and the determined global motion vector corresponding to each region; and performing filtering on the candidate small-object region in the current video frame, and determining a region obtained after the filtering as a small-object region in the current video frame.
US09781380B2	Method, apparatus and terminal for playing multimedia content The present disclosure discloses method, apparatus, and a terminal for playing multimedia content, and relates to the field of computer technologies. The method includes: identifying a video encoding format, an audio encoding format, and a file format of a multimedia file; detecting whether the video encoding format can be processed by a graphics processing unit; when the video encoding format cannot be processed by the GPU, playing the multimedia file by using an application program that can process the video encoding format through a central processing unit; when at least one of the audio encoding format and the file format cannot be processed by the GPU, transcoding the multimedia file from the at least one format into a corresponding format that can be processed by the GPU; and sending the transcoded multimedia file to the GPU, so that the GPU plays the multimedia file.
US09781379B2	Media recording for audio visual entertainment A media recorder is operable to receive broadcast media data from a media data source. The media recorder comprises a storage element for storing at least a portion of the media data, and a receiver for receiving a sequence of video images from a video camera. The media recorder further comprises a user detector for detecting whether a user is attending to a presentation of the media data, and a media presentation status detector operable to detect whether the presentation of the media item has ended. If the user detector detects that the user is not attending to the presentation, the user detector is operable to cause the storage element to store the media data. If the media presentation status detector detects that presentation of the media item has ended, the media presentation status detector is operable to cause the media recorder to enter a stand-by mode.
US09781375B2	Television receiving apparatus and television receiving method A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives expected waves, and a control unit that sets the receiving unit to an operational state that has a lower electricity consumption within a range in which reception performance is allowed, depending on interference waves with respect to the expected waves that the receiving unit receives.
US09781372B2	Driver and image sensing device including the same A driver includes a first level shifting unit generating a second signal swinging in a second threshold range in response to a first signal swinging in a first threshold range, a second level shifting unit generating a third signal swinging in a third threshold range in response to the second signal, a first pull-up driving unit driving an output terminal with a first high-voltage in response to the second signal, a first pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a first low voltage in response to the third signal, a second pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a second low voltage higher than the first low voltage in response to the fourth signal, and a first path coupling unit coupling the second pull-down driving unit with the output terminal in response to the second signal.
US09781370B2	Pixel of a CMOS imager of an optical detector The invention relates to a pixel of a CMOS imager, the pixel comprising: an infrared photodiode suitable for generating an electric current when it is exposed to an optical radiation having a wavelength greater than 950 nanometers, a conversion circuit able to receive electrons and deliver a voltage with a value varying as a function of the number of received electrons, a first switch connected between the infrared photodiode and the conversion circuit.
US09781365B2	Method, apparatus and system providing adjustment of pixel defect map A method, apparatus and system that allows for the identification of defective pixels, for example, defective pixel clusters, in an imager device. The method, apparatus and system determine, during use of the imager device, that a pixel defect, e.g., cluster defect, exists and accurately maps the location of the defective pixel. By analyzing more than one frame of an image, the method increases the accuracy of the defect mapping, which is used to improve the quality of the resulting image data.
US09781361B2	Integrated camera, ambient light detection, and rain sensor assembly An integrated camera, ambient light detection, and rain sensor assembly suitable for installation behind a windshield of a driver operated vehicle or an automated vehicle includes an imager-device. The imager-device is formed of an array of pixels configured to define a central-portion and a periphery-portion of the imager-device. Each pixel of the array of pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each pixel in the central-portion is equipped with a red/visible/visible/visible filter (RVVV filter) arranged such that each pixel in the central-portion includes a red sub-pixel and three visible-light sub-pixels. Each pixel in the periphery-portion is equipped with a red/green/blue/near-infrared filter (RGBN filter) arranged such that each pixel in the periphery-portion includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a near-infrared sub-pixel.
US09781356B1	Panoramic video viewer Various examples are directed to displaying a panoramic video at an interface comprising a focus region and a thumbnail region. The focus region may display an active field-of-view of the panoramic video, where the active field-of-view is a portion selected from the full field-of-view of the panoramic video. The thumbnail region may display a thumbnail version of the panoramic video comprising a thumbnail field-of-view that is equivalent to the full field-of-view. A distribution of color saturation levels of the thumbnail version may indicates a distribution of fields-of-view selectable from the full field-of-view.
US09781355B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof for displaying image cluster differently in an image gallery mode A mobile terminal including a display unit; at least one camera; and a controller configured to perform first and second continuous shooting operations using the at least one camera for capturing a plurality of first images in the first continuous shooting operation and capturing a plurality of second images in the second continuous shooting operations, generate a combined image by combining a first image cluster generated from the plurality of first images and a second image cluster generated from the plurality of second images, and distinctively display the first and the second image clusters on the display unit.
US09781353B2	Image processing apparatus, electronic apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a transformation circuit that performs a predetermined transformation process based on a reference area referred from an input image stored in a first memory corresponding to each divided area that divides an output image to be generated into multiple areas and a second memory that stores a transmission area including a logical OR area of the multiple reference areas. The transformation circuit transfers the transmission area from the first memory to the second memory and performs the predetermined transformation process based on the reference area included in the transmission area transferred to the second memory.
US09781352B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and imaging operation control program An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of imaging sections that images an imaging region, a parallax information generator that generates parallax information based on images by the imaging sections, and an exposure amount controller that determines an exposure amount for use in the imaging sections in a subsequent imaging operation to increase a number of parallax values contained in a parallax value group of an image portion showing a target in the imaging region, wherein the exposure amount controller executes parallax information obtaining control that obtains the parallax information corresponding to a plurality of exposure amounts generated based on the images with the exposure amounts, and executes exposure amount identifying control that identifies the exposure amount corresponding to the parallax information having a maximum number of parallax values in the obtained parallax information to determine the exposure amount for use in the imaging sections based on the identified exposure amount.
US09781350B2	Systems and methods for performing automatic zoom An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a plurality of images. The processor is also configured to obtain global motion information indicating global motion between at least two of the plurality of images. The processor is further configured to obtain object tracking information indicating motion of a tracked object between the at least two of the plurality of images. The processor is additionally configured to perform automatic zoom based on the global motion information and the object tracking information. Performing automatic zoom produces a zoom region including the tracked object. The processor is configured to determine a motion response speed for the zoom region based on a location of the tracked object within the zoom region.
US09781346B2	Image capturing control apparatus, image capturing apparatus and storage medium storing image capturing control program for driving a movable element when motion vectors have mutually different magnitudes The image capturing control apparatus to control an image capturing apparatus that performs still image capturing of a moving object with drive of a movable element movable in a direction other than an optical axis direction of an image capturing optical system. The control apparatus includes a vector acquisition unit to acquire multiple motion vectors respectively detected in multiple object areas of a captured moving image produced by the image capturing apparatus, and a control unit to control the still image capturing with a drive control of the movable element. The control unit causes the image capturing apparatus, when the multiple motion vectors have mutually different magnitudes, to perform the still image capturing multiple times with the drive controls of the movable element while changing a drive amount of the movable element on the basis of the respective multiple motion vectors.
US09781344B2	Processing device, image pickup device and processing method for obtaining distance information from a difference in blur degree A processing device which obtains distance information of a subject, including: a calculation unit configured to calculate the distance information of the subject from a difference in blur degree of a plurality of images photographed by an imaging optical system; a correcting unit configured to correct the distance information using correction data in accordance with an image height in the imaging optical system; and an extraction unit configured to extract at least one frequency component from each of the plurality of images, wherein the calculation unit calculates the distance information from a difference in blur degree in the plurality of images in the at least one frequency component; and the correcting unit corrects the distance information using correction data in accordance with an image height in the at least one frequency component.
US09781342B1	System and method for identifying comment clusters for panoramic content segments Systems and methods for identifying comment clusters for panoramic content segments. A panoramic content segment of digital content may be hosted to client computing platforms. User comment information may be received. The user comment information may convey user comments, include time indications for a duration of a content segment, and/or include location indications for a panorama of the panoramic content segment. A comment distribution may be determined from the user comment information. A comment cluster may be identified based on the comment distribution. View information may be received from a client computing platform. Whether a view range associated with the comment cluster identified is located within or outside one or more visible ranges of viewing angles selected by the user may be determined. Alert information may be generated and/or transmitted for effectuating presentation of a notification on the client computing platform associated with the user.
US09781341B2	Image processing system, information processing device, information storage device, and image processing method An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction that is a moving direction of an imaging section during capture, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the consecutively acquired still images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction that differs from the first camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of a still image among the consecutively acquired still images based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image.
US09781339B2	Method and apparatus for counting number of person using plurality of cameras A person counting device generates a single panorama image by using a plurality of images respectively captured by a plurality of cameras, inserts an imaginary line to the single panorama image; and counts the number of persons that pass the imaginary line. To this end, identification numbers are allocated to respective persons in the plurality of images, the single panorama image including the imaginary line is restored to a plurality of images including same imaginary line information, the number of persons that pass a new imaginary line in each of the plurality of restored images is determined, and the number of duplicate-counted persons is ruled out.
US09781338B2	Method and apparatus for counting and aggregating a pre-determined number of articles A method for counting and aggregating a pre-determined number of articles includes: driving, by a conveyor, an article stream to move to an end of the conveyor in a single layer state; conveying the article stream in a periodic motion; after the articles in the article stream leave the conveyor, accurately counting the number of the articles; and when a total number of articles in a combination of temporary storage bin is the same as a target number, transporting all articles in the combination of temporary storage bin to a storage device. Article batches are separately delivered to different temporary storage bins, and the total number of articles in temporary storage bins in different combinations is calculated, so as to obtain with a combination in which the number of articles is the same as the target number. The operation efficiency is improved and the manufacturing cost of device is reduced.
US09781337B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium for trimming an image based on motion information An image processing apparatus may include a trimming-decision processing to determine a trimming of an image based on motion information of an object appearing in the image and motion information of the image processing apparatus.
US09781336B2	Optimum camera setting device and optimum camera setting method Provided are a camera that images a subject; a person tracking portion that detects a person from an image which is captured by the camera and tracks the detected person; a person interpretation portion that extracts items including a number of face detections, a movement direction, a facing direction, a focus, a dynamic range and a view angle as store visitor information with respect to the person who is tracked by the person tracking portion; a camera installation condition estimation unit that estimates whether installation conditions including an installation position, a height, the view angle and the focus of the camera are appropriate based on the store visitor information which is extracted by the person interpretation portion; and a user presentation unit that presents a result estimated by the camera installation condition estimation unit.
US09781334B2	Control method, camera device and electronic equipment A control method, a camera device and an electronic equipment are provided in the disclosure. After acquiring a first control instruction, the lens of the camera device is controlled to perform a preset operation according to the first control instruction, until a preview image captured by the camera device meets a first preset requirement. The preset operation at least includes controlling the lens to form a first inclination angle with respect to an initial position of the lens. Thus the angle between a lens plane and an image plane is adjusted, i.e., the clarity at various parts of the image acquired by the camera device is adjusted, thus a target image desired by a user can be acquired by the camera device, thereby improving user experiences.
US09781333B2	Imaging device and focus control method A phase difference AF processing unit of a digital camera including an imaging element that captures an image of an object through a lens device including an APD filter and includes a pair of phase difference detection pixels calculates a parameter related to a ratio of a phase difference between detection signals detected by each of the phase difference detection pixels to an amount of defocus based on the incident angle range of light on the pair of phase difference detection pixels through the lens device, the transmittance of a region of the APD filter through which light in the incident angle range passes, and a light reception sensitivity distribution indicating the light reception sensitivity of each of the phase difference detection pixels for each incident angle of light and calculates the amount of defocus using the parameter and the phase difference.
US09781330B2	Focus detection apparatus and control method for focus detection apparatus A focus detection apparatus includes a focus detection unit configured to detect a focus state in each of a plurality of focus detection regions, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an adjustment value used for adjustment of a detection result, for each of the focus detection regions, and a control unit configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode based on focus states detected in the focus detection regions. In the first mode, the acquisition unit acquires the adjustment values for the focus detection regions, based on a focus state in a specific first focus detection region. In the second mode, the acquisition unit acquires the adjustment value for each of the focus detection regions, based on a focus state detected in each of the focus detection regions.
US09781327B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system There is provided an information processing apparatus including a correspondence relationship information change unit for changing a correspondence relationship information indicating each correspondence relationship between a plurality of image pickup devices and a plurality of controllers, the image pickup devices and the controllers being associated with each other, the controller being used to operate at least one of the plurality of image pickup devices, and the controller being capable of operating the image pickup device associated with the controller.
US09781326B2	Exposure control apparatus and method, storage medium, and image pickup apparatus An exposure control apparatus which is capable of making a backlight judgment with accuracy using image data on a main subject and image data on a photographer and controlling exposure according to the judgment result. First image data is generated according to a main subject image formed by light from the main subject via a first shooting optical system, and second image data is generated according to a photographer image formed by light from a photographer via a second shooting optical system. First luminance information is obtained based on the first image data, and second luminance information is obtained based on the second image data. According to the first luminance information and the second luminance information, whether or not the main subject is in backlight scene is judged, and based on a result of the judgment, exposure for the main subject is controlled.
US09781322B2	Camera module The exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a camera module including a bobbin, a housing positioned at an outside of the bobbin, an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a foreign object exhaust passage concavely formed at an upper surface of the housing, and an opening formed at the housing to open at least a part of the foreign object exhaust passage to an inside of the housing, wherein the foreign object exhaust passage is overlapped on at least a part of the housing-coupled elastic member to a vertical direction, whereby it is easy to wash foreign objects positioned between an elastic member and a housing to reduce an auto focus tilt defects generated after assembly.
US09781319B2	Integrated multi-functional case for mobile photography A mobile device case for coupling around a miniature camera-enabled mobile device a case shutter button mechanism for actuating the miniature camera module of the mobile camera system. A half-press or single tap triggers a precapture settings menu and a full-press or double tap triggers capture of an image.
US09781318B2	Camera for measuring depth image and method of measuring depth image using the same Provided are a depth camera and methods of measuring a depth image by using the depth camera. The depth camera is a time-of-flight (TOF) depth camera including: an illumination device that illuminates a patterned light to an object; a filter unit that reduces noise light included in light reflected by the object; and an image sensor that provides a depth image of the object by receiving light that enters through the filter unit. The illumination device includes: a light source; and a patterned light generator that changes the light emitted from the light source into the patterned light. The filter unit includes a band pass filter and an optical modulator. The patterned light generator may be a diffractive optical element or a refractive optical element.
US09781316B2	Multi-focal length range image capturing device A multi-focal length range image capturing device including a device body, an image capturing circuit, and a processing circuit is provided. The image capturing circuit performs image capturing based on a focal length setting value and generates an image signal. The processing circuit controls the image capturing circuit to be operated in one of plural image capturing modes. When the image capturing circuit is operated in a first image capturing mode, the image capturing circuit sets a focal length range thereof to a first preset focal length range, so as to select the focal length setting value within the first preset focal length range. When the image capturing circuit is operated in a second image capturing mode, the image capturing circuit sets the focal length range to a second preset focal length range, so as to select the focal length setting value within the second preset focal length range.
US09781314B2	Digital camera [Problem] To provide a digital camera that enables, using a simple configuration, a digital display to be easily and freely rotated in the horizontal and vertical directions. [Solution] A digital camera (1) is provided with the following: a camera main body (2) having an image pickup lens; a liquid crystal display (3) that displays the images picked up by the image pickup lens; and a hinge unit (4) that connects the camera main body (2) and the electronic display (3). The camera main body (2) includes a first slit (22) that is formed by cutting out at least a portion of an inner circumferential wall (21a) of an accommodating depression (21) which accommodates the hinge unit (4), and that causes an outer circumferential surface (4a) of the hinge unit (4) to be exposed to the outside. The hinge unit (4) includes a second slit (43) that is formed by calling out at least a portion or an outer circumferential wall (42) which surrounds the outer circumference of the liquid crystal display (3), and that causes an outer circumferential surface (3b) of the liquid crystal display (3) to be exposed to the outside.
US09781312B2	Interchangeable mounting platform A platform for interchangeably mounting a payload to a base support is provided. In one aspect, the platform comprises: a support assembly configured to be releasably coupled to a payload via a first coupling and configured to control a spatial disposition of the payload; and a mounting assembly configured to be releasably coupled via a second coupling to a plurality of types of base supports selected from at least two of the following: an aerial vehicle, a handheld support, or a base adapter mounted onto a movable object.
US09781310B2	Motion picture camera arrangement and method of operating a motion picture camera arrangement A motion picture camera arrangement comprises a motion picture camera and a display device, wherein the motion picture camera has an image sensor for taking images at a variable frame rate and wherein the display device displays the taken images at a settable display rate. A method of operating the motion picture camera arrangement comprises the steps of: selecting a frame rate; determining a setting value for the display rate of the display device, wherein the setting value corresponds, in dependence on the selected frame rate, either to the selected frame rate or to a product or quotient of the selected frame rate and a whole-number multiplier or divisor; operating the image sensor at the selected frame rate; and operating the display device using the determined setting value for the display rate.
US09781309B2	Editing media using composite bumps A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The image includes a set of pixels. Each pixel includes a set of color values. The computer program displays a composite bump on a tonal adjustment graph that is defined along a particular color component of the color space. The composite bump is generated by blending several bumps on the tonal adjustment graph. In response to receiving an input on a location on the tonal adjustment graph, the computer program creates a new bump based on the input and blending the new bump with the composite bump to create a modified composite bump. The computer program adjusts the color values of the image based on the modified composite bump.
US09781308B2	Non-transitory computer-readable medium A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by a processor of an image processing apparatus, perform processes. The processes include registering, in a storage, a candidate color for each of a plurality of divided areas included in image data indicating an image on a sheet. The processes further include identifying, from among a plurality of pixels included in the image data, a target pixel based on a color value of the target pixel. The processes further include replacing the color value of the identified target pixel with a target color when a condition based on the color value of the identified target pixel and a color value of the target color is satisfied.
US09781303B2	Image processing apparatus for enabling user authorization based on stored authentication information transmitted from a terminal device, and image processing system A terminal device writes authorization information into a storing unit of an image processing apparatus irrespective of whether power is supplied to the image processing apparatus. A control unit of the image processing apparatus starts the image processing apparatus, performs user authorization using the authorization information, and enters a standby state upon start of supply of power by a power supply unit in the case where the authorization information is written. The control unit starts the image processing apparatus and enters the standby state without performing the user authorization upon the start of supply of power by the power supply unit in the case where the authorization information is not written. When the terminal device writes the authorization information into the storing unit with the image processing apparatus being supplied with power, the control unit performs the user authorization.
US09781301B2	Scan area indication An apparatus may include a transparent platen, a command interface, a scanner unit, a controller and an indicator. The command interface is to receive externally originating instructions including a selected scaling value, other than 100%, for a scanning operation of a document resting against the transparent platen, wherein contents of the document to be scanned are proportionally magnified or shrunk based on the selected scaling value The controller controls a scanner unit to capture a portion of the transparent platen, the portion having borders automatically determined and proportionally changed by the controller based upon the selected scaling value. The indicator provides a visible indication of the portion.
US09781300B1	Method and system for removing objects from a print document A method and system for removing objects from a print document are provided. An image forming apparatus receives a print document sent from a computing device remote from the image forming apparatus. The print document includes print data. The image forming apparatus further receives a directive to remove, from the print document, at least one type of object selected for removal, wherein the print data includes data representing one or more objects of the type of object selected for removal. In response to the directive, the image forming apparatus removes the one or more objects of the type of object selected for removal prior to printing the print document.
US09781291B2	Image processing apparatus, controlling method thereof, and program To improve operability for a user who uses an image processing apparatus which images an original document and displays an image indicating the imaged original document, a camera scanner causes a displaying device to display a remaining image corresponding to the image indicating the original document at a position where the original document was put, and, when detecting that an original document enters a detecting region, causes the displaying device to display a thumbnail image of the remaining image such that the thumbnail image does not overlap the original document which enters the detecting region.
US09781288B2	Photoelectric conversion element, image reading device, and image forming apparatus A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a plurality of photodetectors that perform photoelectric conversion per pixel to output an analog image signal, and that are arranged on a straight line; and wirings that are formed on a wiring layer, and that are enabled to be used as at least one of a signal line used in a peripheral circuit of the photodetector, a power source, and a ground, wherein the photodetector is formed to have a first shaded region and a second shaded region in which light is shaded by the wirings that are positioned on the straight line sandwiching an opening, respectively, when light that has passed through the opening that opens being sandwiched by the wirings positioned on the straight line is incident perpendicularly on a light receiving surface of the photodetector.
US09781287B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and program An information processing apparatus capable of adding a function by an extension program includes a registration unit, a setting unit, an execution unit, and a determination unit. The registration unit registers information on the extension program having an interface defined for each type of function. The setting unit sets a use condition of the extension program. The execution unit executes a process sequence by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file defining the process sequence including a plurality of steps. The determination unit dynamically determines, when the process sequence is executed by the execution unit, extension programs that execute the respective steps of the process sequence according to information on the extension programs registered in the registration unit and the use conditions of the extension program set in the setting unit.
US09781278B2	Solid-state image sensor and image reading apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel circuit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and configured to output a signal level and a reset level, an analog correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit connected to the pixel circuit and configured to perform correlated double sampling in an analog region based on the signal level and the reset level and output a result of the correlated double sampling, an analog-digital (AD) conversion circuit connected to the analog CDS circuit and configured to convert two different analog signals output from the analog CDS circuit into two digital signals, a signal processing circuit connected to the AD conversion circuit and configured to obtain a difference between the two different digital signals output from the AD conversion circuit; and a reference voltage generating circuit to output a first reference voltage that defines a clamp level of the analog CDS circuit.
US09781275B2	Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same Provided is a mobile terminal including: a display unit to which an execution screen of an application for controlling at least one electronic apparatus is output; a memory unit in which at least one piece of operation command information relating to the electronic apparatus is stored; and a controller that generates an operation command for which at least one condition for a control command relating to driving of the electronic apparatus is set, based on a user input that is applied to the execution screen, in which the controller determines whether or not the stored operation command and the generated operation command form a loop, and in which, in a case where a result of the determination is that multiple operation commands including the generated operation command form the loop, the controller determines whether or not the generated operation command is stored in the memory unit.
US09781272B2	System and methods for enhanced multimedia in VoIP networks Calls placed to a call recipient bypass the terminating messaging system, creating an enhanced message in the call originator's messaging system and delivering the enhanced message using alternate routing information. A caller creates enhanced messages for a call recipient even when the call recipient's messaging system does not support such functionality. The caller also embeds stored content and/or use links in the enhanced messages to allow the message to be modified and/or deleted before it is accessed by the call recipient.
US09781271B2	Automatic message management utilizing speech analytics Embodiments are provided for utilizing speech analytics for automatically managing messages in a communications network. A message from a calling party to an unavailable called party is recorded in a messaging management module. The messaging management module automatically identifies a category for assigning to the content of the message based on information associated with the unavailable called party or a calling party and associates a language model with the message content based on the category. An analysis module utilizes the language model to identify grammar making up the message content. The messaging management module automatically performs a messaging management function on the message content based on a set of rules. The messaging management function may include automatically determining a priority for the message (enabling the message to be retrieved out of order) or automatically triggering an action in response to the message which is directed to the unavailable called party.
US09781267B2	Systems and methods for handling and routing incoming communication requests The present disclosure provides systems and methods for routing incoming communications, such as calls, to a customer service representative or live agent. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a communication routing platform that can forward calls from multiple phones numbers to one or more call centers or live agents as well while simultaneously forwarding instructions for handling the calls.
US09781266B1	Functions and associated communication capabilities for a speech analytics component to support agent compliance in a contact center A command set and associated capabilities are defined for a speech analytics component (“SAC”) in a call center. The speech analytics component is used to monitor speech of an agent and a remote party on a call for the purpose of determining whether the agent is complying with various call center policies or applicable regulations. The command set allows the call handler to instruct the SAC to load a keyword set into memory for future use, apply the keyword set to an indicated call and for an indicated party, to remove use of the keyword set, and to release the keyword set from memory. This allows the SAC to monitor speech as required for a particular context, which is known to the call handler, but not necessarily by the SAC. In this way, efficient use of the SAC processing resource is obtained for various call contexts.
US09781262B2	Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
US09781260B2	Detection and notification of end user presence via a telecommunications device Methods and apparatus for detection and notification of called party presence via a telecommunication device associated with a called party are provided herein. In some exemplary embodiments, a method for detection and notification of called party presence may include receiving a request to establish a telecommunication session, obtaining presence information derived from presence detection equipment associated with the telecommunication device responsive to the received request, determining presence of the called party based on the obtained presence information, and sending a notification message including an indication of the determined presence of the called party.
US09781259B1	Method and apparatus for asset location tracking in a communication network Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from an application server and by a service capability exposure function (SCEF) including a processing device, a current location request associated with an narrow band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device, transmitting, by the SCEF, a location estimation trigger request including a device identity to a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), receiving, from the GMLC and by the SCEF, a terminated location estimation response including a position estimate, wherein the position estimate is determined at an enhanced serving mobile location center (ESMLC) according to the location estimation trigger request, determining, by the SCEF, whether the terminated location estimation response meets a quality metric for positioning of the NB IoT device, and transmitting, by the SCEF, the position estimate for the NB-IoT device to the application server responsive to determining that the position estimate meets the quality metric, wherein transmissions between the SCEF and the GMLC are via control plane signaling. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09781256B2	Computer-implemented system and method for determining a status of a call connection A computer-implemented system and method for determining a status of a call connection is provided. Metadata associated with a party to a call is obtained upon commencement of the call. An identification of the party and whether a security certificate is present is determined from the metadata. A status of unsecure is assigned to a connection of the call when the security certificate is not present. The call connection status is provided to another party to the call via a mobile device and a selection is received from the other party via the mobile device, in response to the call connection status provided.
US09781255B1	Authentication of phone call origination A method of authenticating a call origination directed to an enterprise call center. The method comprises receiving a first call origination message from a communication network by a computer system, wherein the first call origination message comprises an automatic number identification (ANI) storing a first phone number, determining by the computer system that the first phone number is not associated with an originator of the first call origination message, and responsive to determining that the first phone number is not associated with the originator of the first call origination message, dropping the first call origination message by the computer system and not answering the associated call, whereby the enterprise call center reduces its vulnerability to call origination spoofing.
US09781252B2	Information processing method, system and mobile terminal The invention provides an information processing method, system and a mobile terminal, which can detect a motion trajectory of the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal receives a call request, and execute a first process when the motion trajectory meets a preset condition. It can be seen that, in the invention, whether a user will answer the call request is determined by the judgment to the motion trajectory of the mobile terminal after the call request is received. After it is determined that the user will answer the call request, the processes, such as automatically answering the call request, closing a screen touching function of a touch screen, or adjusting screen brightness, can be executed, so that the user does not need to perform any manual operation, which on one hand, improves execution efficiency, and on the other hand, avoids a misoperation caused by a manual operation.
US09781251B1	Methods for using extracted features and annotations associated with an electronic media work to perform an action A method including the steps of: receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work uploaded from a first electronic device; extracting one or more features from the first electronic media work; linking the first electronic media work with a reference electronic media work identifier associated with a reference electronic media work to generate correlation information using an approximate nearest neighbor search; storing the correlation information; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; correlating the query with action information related to an action to be performed and associated with the reference electronic media work identifier based at least in part on the correlation information; generating machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and providing to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be used in performing the action.
US09781243B1	Optimizing wearable device settings using machine learning Techniques for optimizing wearable device settings using machine learning are described. A mobile device may receive, from a wearable device (such as a wristwatch), sensor data corresponding to a reaction of a user wearing the wearable device to an output modality produced by the wearable device. The mobile device may solicit user feedback for the output modality produced by the wearable device. The mobile device may receive, via a sensor set, user feedback data corresponding to a user feedback for the output modality. The mobile device may upload the sensor data and the user feedback data to a cloud-based application. The mobile device may receive a knowledge package, including a classification algorithm trained using the sensor data and the user feedback data, from the cloud-based application. Finally, the mobile device may send the knowledge package to the wearable device.
US09781239B2	Corded-cordless headset solution Disclosed is a method and a hands free communication system comprising a first system part and a second system part, wherein the first system part comprises a first connector part and a first transceiver, and the second system part comprises a second connector part and a second transceiver, whereby the first system part and the second system part are configured to be connected in a corded mode by means of the first and second connector parts, whereby the first system part and the second system part are configured to be connected in a wireless mode by means of the first and second transceivers, wherein the hands free communication system comprises detecting means for detecting whether the first system part and the second system part are in a certain vicinity of each other, when the hands free communication system is in the wireless mode, and wherein, the hands free communication system comprises alert means to alert a user of the hands free communication system, when the detecting means detects that the first and second system parts are within the certain vicinity of each other while the hands free communication system is in the wireless mode.
US09781238B2	Housing and loudspeaker module A housing (1) is provided which in particular is suitable for a mobile phone and, in addition to the customary loudspeaker housing (2) for accommodating a loudspeaker (4), comprises an additional housing (3) enclosing an additional volume of air (16) and being arranged in a preferential direction (V) for sound emission of the loudspeaker housing (2). Further, a loudspeaker module comprising the housing (1) as well as a loudspeaker (4), a microphone (8) and a control unit for active noise suppression is provided.
US09781234B2	Electronic device, network relay device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An electronic device that relays an IPv4 packet includes circuitry configured to process the IPv4 packet in each of a first mode operating as a router and a second mode operating as a bridge, set one of the first mode and the second mode as a mode of the electronic device, terminate an IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and perform a communication test through the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel with respect to another electronic device, and the another electronic device is connected with the electronic device via the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel and terminates the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and set the first mode as the mode, when a result of the communication test shows that communication is available.
US09781230B2	Broadcast-based update management A method for providing software updates to a client computing device, includes, responsive to sending a broadcast message requesting available updates addressed from a client computing device network address of the client computing device, receiving at the client computing device network address a response message comprising the update service network address. The method may also include responsive to sending an update request message addressed to an update service associated with an update service network address, receiving at the client computing device network address information for updating software on the client computing device.
US09781225B1	Systems and methods for cache streams Various embodiments of systems and methods to efficiently use a compute element to process a plurality of values distributed over a plurality of servers using a plurality of keys. In various embodiments, a system is configured to identify (or “derive”) the various server locations of various data values, to send requests to the various servers for the needed data values, to receive the data values from the various servers, and to process the various data values received. In various embodiments, requests are sent and data values are received via a switching network. In various embodiments, the servers are organized in a key value store, which may optionally be a shared memory pool. Various embodiments are systems and methods with a small number of compute elements and servers, but in alternative embodiments the elements may be expanded to hundreds or thousands of compute elements and servers.
US09781224B2	Content transmitting system, method for optimizing network traffic in the system, central control device and local caching device A content transmission system includes: a central control device to receive a content packet to be provided to a client device from a content server, store chunks divided from the received content packet together with corresponding chunk identifiers, check duplication of the divided chunks, and transmit the chunk identifier and flow information of a duplicate chunk to a local caching device instead of transmitting the content packet corresponding to the duplicate chunk; and the local caching device to: receive the chunk identifier and the flow information of the duplicate chunk from the central control device, and transmit the content packet corresponding to the received chunk identifier and previously stored to the client device.
US09781214B2	Load-balanced, persistent connection techniques Techniques for creating a persistent connection between client devices and one or more remote computing resources, which may form a portion of a network-accessible computing platform. This connection may be considered “permanent” or “nearly permanent” to allow the client device to both send data to and receive data from the remote resources at nearly any time. In addition, both the client device and the remote resources may establish virtual channels over this single connection. If no data is exchanged between the client device and the remote computing resources for a threshold amount of time, then the connection may be severed and the client device may attempt to establish a new connection with the remote computing resources.
US09781213B2	Machine to machine architecture A machine-to-machine communication platform provides a flexible system for device control and solution hosting. In particular, the communication platform hosts and manages third party vertical solutions that interact with external devices. A third party gateway provides the third parties with access to the communication platform so that the third parties may define, configure, and monitor custom vertical solutions that are locally hosted in the communication platform. The communication platform provides a communication manager that implements a device independent communication facility for communicating with the external devices. As a result, the communication platform connects to, communicates with, and controls virtually any external device.
US09781207B2	Dispersed storage based on estimated life and methods for use therewith A dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit receives a data access request. An estimated end of life is determined for a plurality of DST execution units. A subset of the plurality of DST execution units is selected, based on a threshold number associated with the data access request and further based on the estimated end of life for the subset of the plurality of DST execution units. The data access request is executed via the subset of the plurality of DST execution units.
US09781201B2	Multicast transport One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for multicast transport configuration, for multicast transport, and/or for fault policy implementation. In an example, a multicast component may receive a data copy request from an application to copy data to multiple destinations. A scheduler component may create a transport schedule specifying an order with which to facilitate data copy operations across transports, such as heterogeneous transports, to the destinations. A dispatcher component may apply application specified transport modifiers to the data copy operations (e.g., a modification to a quality of service for a transport). The dispatcher component may facilitate the data copy operations and provide operation result information to a policy agent. The policy agent may provide notifications of data copy operation statuses from the operation result information and/or may implement a fault policy (e.g., a retry on a different transport) for a data copy operation that experienced a fault.
US09781196B2	Systems and methods for GSLB based on SSL VPN users The present invention provides a system and a method for global server load balancing of a plurality of sites based on a number of Secure Socket Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) users. The SSL VPN users may access servers at each of the plurality of sites. A global server load balancing virtual server (GSLB) may receive a request to access a server. The GSLB virtual server may load balance a plurality of sites wherein each of the plurality of sites may further comprising a load balancing virtual server load balancing users accessing the server accessing servers via an SSL VPN session. GSLB may receive from a first load balancing virtual server at a first site, a first number of current SSL VPN users accessing servers from the first site via SSL VPN sessions. The GSLB may also receive from a second load balancing virtual server at a second site, a second number of current SSL VPN users of the users accessing servers from the second site via SSL VPN sessions. GSLB may determine to forward the request to one of the first load balancing virtual server of the first site or the second load balancing virtual server of the second site by load balancing SSL VPN users across the plurality of sites based on the first number of current SSL VPN users and the second number of current SSL VPN users.
US09781194B2	Application-specific assessment of hosting suitability of multiple clouds In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of performing application-specific assessment of hosting suitability of multiple clouds is disclosed. The method may include defining, in a synthetic application definition, a plurality of resource consumptions, wherein the plurality of resource consumptions are equivalent to consumptions by a candidate application. The method may further include consuming a first plurality of quantities of resources of a plurality of nodes of a first computing system and consuming a second plurality of quantities of resources of a plurality of nodes of a second computing system. The method may also include recording a performance of the first and second synthetic application, and comparing the first computing system and the second computing system based upon the first performance and the second performance. The present disclosure additionally includes associated systems and apparatuses.
US09781192B2	Device management service Systems and methods are described that comprise receiving at a platform an enrollment request from a client device. The enrollment request comprises a request key and device data of the client device. Device identification is generated and issued to the client device in the absence of a previous enrollment event. A response to the client device is generated, and the response is a response to the enrollment request that includes the device identification. Subsequent sessions between the client device and the platform are controlled with the device identification.
US09781191B2	Processing of application peak load Methods may provide peak load processing on a computer system. A method may include receiving at a remote computer system a request from a local computer system, coupled to the remote computer system by a network, to replicate at the remote computer system a local instance of an application executing on the local computer system that is subject to user requests received at the local computer system. The method may further include replicating on the remote computer system a remote instance of the application and redirecting user requests from the local computer system to the remote computer system. The method may further include executing on the remote computer system the remote instance of the application, including processing with the remote instance of the application user requests redirected from the local computer system to the remote instance of the application.
US09781185B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting encoded media data A method for transmitting encoded media data on the basis of a layer model includes dividing the media data onto a basic layer and at least one additional enhanced layer, transmitting the basic layer and the at least one enhanced layer via at least two network accesses, selecting a first network access to transmit the basic layer that has a network quality and/or stability that is sufficient for transmitting the basic layer; and selecting at least one second network access from among the network accesses depending upon the bandwidth of the first network access and the quality and stability of the network accesses for transmitting the at least one enhanced layer. An apparatus can be configured to execute the method. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a communication system, a server computer device and/or a mobile terminal.
US09781183B2	Accelerated playback of streaming media One embodiment provides a technique for dynamically adjusting streaming media bit rates in response to user requests for accelerated playback. A user request to increase a playback speed at which the units of digital content are played back on a content player is received. Upon receiving the user request to increase the playback speed, while previously downloaded units of the digital content having a first bit rate are being output for display, and prior to downloading a next unit of digital content from a content server, embodiments determine that the increased playback speed cannot be maintained without buffer underrun if subsequent units of digital content are downloaded from the content server at the first bit rate. A second bit rate, lower than the first bit rate, is determined and the next unit of digital content is downloaded from the content server for playback at the second bit rate.
US09781181B2	Multiple file delivery over unidirectional transport protocol sessions for a service Embodiment systems, methods, and devices enable data streams of a broadcast service to be carried in multiple communication sessions in any transport protocol providing file transport information and the transmission of objects, an example of which is File Delivery Over Unidirectional Transport (“FLUTE”). A session description may include a category attribute indicating the type of data carried in such a protocol session. A schedule fragment may include references to a session description for each such protocol session associated with a service. A common listing of configuration parameters may be generated for all such protocol sessions associated with a service. A different listing of configuration parameters may be generated for each such protocol session associated with a service. A flag setting in a diary file may indicate one or more such protocol session associated with a service over which in-band update fragments may be broadcast.
US09781180B2	Redistributing broadcasted content A server device may receive content that was transmitted using a broadcast technique; track a quantity of user devices that have entered a particular area after the content has been received by the server device; determine, based on the tracking, that the quantity of user devices meets or exceeds a threshold quantity; and redistributing, by the server device and based on the determining, the content to one or more of the user devices that have entered the particular area after the content has been received by the server device.
US09781178B2	Crowdsourced content publication platform A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for creating a crowdsourced content publication. Layout information defining a layout of elements of a crowdsourced content publication is received. Contribution privilege information identifying a group of users of a social networking service as contributors to the crowdsourced content publication is received. The group of users may belong to a common organization as defined by a social graph maintained by the social networking service. Content criteria information specifying one or more criteria for selection of content included in the crowdsourced content publication is then received. The layout information, contribution privilege information, and content criteria information are then processed to generate a template for the crowdsourced content publication.
US09781176B2	Managing permissions in collaborative workspaces using visual representations of clients Certain aspects involve managing permissions in collaborative workspaces using visual representations of clients. For example, a graphical interface can be displayed that represents a collaborative workspace and that includes visual representations of different clients accessing the workspace. A workspace application executed by a processor can determine that visual representations for at least two clients are positioned in a common region of the graphical interface. The workspace application can authorize the clients to collaboratively modify electronic content that is accessible via the graphical interface based on the visual representations being positioned in the common region. Subsequently, the workspace application can determine that the visual representations are positioned outside the common region and restrict access to the collaboratively modified content accordingly. The workspace application can restrict each client to modifying a respective portion of the electronic content that was modified by the client when both visual representations were in the common region.
US09781168B2	Systems and methods of distributed silo signaling The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.
US09781166B2	Gateway device, system, and communication method A gateway device includes a communication unit communicating a frame signal conforming to an IuUP (Iu User Plane) protocol with a wireless base station controller connected to a circuit switching network; a determination unit determining whether the frame signal received by the communication unit satisfies a predetermined condition or not; a conversion unit converting information included in the frame signal to information to be set in a flow control signal of an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) when the frame signal satisfies the predetermined condition; and a flow control signal transmission unit transmitting the flow control signal to a communication device in the IMS.
US09781165B1	Methods for assuring security governance in managed computer systems An agile governance system provides recommendations for infrastructure change requests concerning a cloud-based computer environment in accordance with security policies regarding data to be used in connection with applications impacted by the requests. The nature and character of the data is determined using an interactive dialog with a requesting entity. Possible responses provided by the requesting entity are mapped to security policy requirements, which, in turn, are used to determine infrastructure stack requirements. Where pre-approved solutions that satisfy the security needs for the requested infrastructure change exist, they are recommended; otherwise, the requesting entity is presented with the recommendation for the requested infrastructure change along with a list of required approvals and approvers.
US09781162B2	Predictive generation of a security network protocol configuration A method, system and computer program product for predictively configuring a security services protocol implementation can be provided. The method can include providing a set of network topology descriptions and determining a selection of one of the network topology descriptions. The method further can include identifying configuration settings corresponding to the selection and applying the configuration settings to the security services protocol implementation. For instance, applying the configuration settings to the security services protocol implementation can include selecting encapsulation mode and routing settings for the security services protocol implementation.
US09781159B1	Method, apparatus and system for protecting identity information A method, apparatus and system for using login information includes an account where login information is used to access the account, a login information usage data for storing the login information used on the account and a manager application coupled to the accounts through a network. The manager application is configured to access the login information and determine at least one potentially or actually compromised account, determine login information related to the at least one potentially or actually compromised account, determine at least one other account having similar login information and notify a user regarding a potential threat to the at least one other account.
US09781157B1	Mitigating denial of service attacks Several methods are disclosed for detecting and mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks that are intended to exhaust network resources. The methods use DDoS mitigation devices to detect DDoS attacks using operationally based thresholds. The methods also keep track of ongoing attacks, have an understanding of “protected IP space,” and activate appropriate mitigation tactics based on the severity of the attack and the capabilities of the DDoS mitigation devices.
US09781155B1	Detecting unwanted intrusions into an information network The present invention relates to a device for detecting unwanted intrusions into an information network comprising a module for receiving raw data from the network, a plurality of search engines configured to detect an attack indicator and any derived data which may be corrupted, a distribution module suitable for allocating at least one search engine to each piece of raw data, an administrator module linked to the search engines and to the distribution module and configured to transmit each piece of derived data to said module as new raw data if it has not already been processed by said same search engine(s), so as to provide recursive analysis of each piece of raw data received by said receiving module. The invention further relates to a process implemented by a device of this type.
US09781150B1	Man in the middle attack detection using active learning Data is received that includes a plurality of samples that each characterize interception of data traffic to a computing device over a network. Thereafter, the plurality of samples characterizing the interception of data traffic are grouped into a plurality of clusters. At least a portion of the samples are labeled to characterize a likelihood of each such sample as relating to an unauthorized interception of data traffic. Each cluster is assigned with a label corresponding to a majority of samples within such cluster. At least one machine learning model is trained using the assigned labeled clusters such that, once trained, the at least one machine learning model determines a likelihood of future samples as relating to an unauthorized interception of data traffic to a corresponding computing device.
US09781149B1	Method and system for reducing reporting of non-malicious electronic messages in a cybersecurity system An electronic message analysis system of a cybersecurity network assesses whether a received message is a mock malicious message in response to, receiving a user activation action that indicates that the user has reported the received message as a potentially malicious message. The system does this by determining whether any header field of a header section of the message starts with a predetermined key. For any header field that starts with the predetermined key, the system determines whether a value that follows the predetermined key satisfies a trusted sender rule. If the value that follows the predetermined key satisfies the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message originated from a trusted sender. If the value that immediately follows the predetermined key does not satisfy the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message did not originate from a trusted sender.
US09781148B2	Methods and systems for sharing risk responses between collections of mobile communications devices Methods are provided for determining an enterprise risk level, for sharing security risk information between enterprises by identifying a security response by a first enterprise and then sharing the security response to a second enterprise when a relationship database profile for the first collection indicates the security response may be shared. Methods are also provided for determining whether to allow a request from an originating device where the request may have been initiated by a remote device.
US09781147B2	Systems and methods for managing data incidents Systems and methods for managing a data incident are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include providing an external entity interface that receives external entity information including a contract between a first party and at least one additional party, notification obligations that specify when the first party or the at least one additional party notifies entities that a data incident has occurred, and properties that trigger an assessment of the notification obligations. When an incident occurs, an assessment is completed and the results thereof are displayed on a risk assessment guidance interface.
US09781146B2	Method and device for evaluating security assessment of an application Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a device for evaluating security assessment of an application. The method comprises receiving application entry data associated with a plurality of entry points of the application. Also, the method comprises identifying at least one security threat entry point based on the application entry data. Further, the method comprises computing a coverage index value based on the application entry data and the at least one security threat entry point and generating a recommendation report indicating security coverage of the application based on the coverage index value.
US09781145B2	Persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability detection A system and program product are described herein for various techniques for detecting a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability are described herein. In one example, the techniques include detecting, via the processor, a read operation executed on a resource using an instrumentation mechanism and returning, via the processor, a malicious script in response to the read operation. The techniques also include detecting, via the processor, a write operation executed on the resource using the instrumentation mechanism and detecting, via the processor, a script operation executed by the malicious script that results in resource data being sent to an external computing device from a client device. Furthermore, the techniques include receiving, via the processor, metadata indicating the execution of the read operation, the write operation, and the script operation.
US09781142B2	Scanning files for inappropriate content during synchronization The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for scanning files for inappropriate content during file synchronization. Embodiments of the invention are mindful of the order of operations when scanning files for inappropriate content and in subsequent file processing. In some embodiments, during synchronization, an intermediary server scans a file for inappropriate content. The file is not permitted to be fully downloaded to a client device until the scan determines that the file does not contain inappropriate content. In other embodiments, during synchronization, a client device scans a newer version of a file for inappropriate content. An older version of the file is not deleted until the scan determines that the newer version of the file does not contain inappropriate content. In further embodiments, server side scanning and client side scanning are both used to enhance capabilities for detecting inappropriate content.
US09781139B2	Identifying malware communications with DGA generated domains by discriminative learning Techniques are presented to identify malware communication with domain generation algorithm (DGA) generated domains. Sample domain names are obtained and labeled as DGA domains, non-DGA domains or suspicious domains. A classifier is trained in a first stage based on the sample domain names. Sample proxy logs including proxy logs of DGA domains and proxy logs of non-DGA domains are obtained to train the classifier in a second stage based on the plurality of sample domain names and the plurality of sample proxy logs. Live traffic proxy logs are obtained and the classifier is tested by classifying the live traffic proxy logs as DGA proxy logs, and the classifier is forwarded to a second computing device to identify network communication of a third computing device as malware network communication with DGA domains via a network interface unit of the third computing device based on the trained and tested classifier.
US09781138B2	Method and device for providing a security breach indicative audio alert A device for providing a security breach indicative audio alert. The device includes: a security monitor adapted to detect a security breach in device and a loudspeaker, the device wherein including a secure audio alert generating hardware, adapted to participate, in response to the detection of the security breach, in a generation of a security breach indicative audio alert. The secure audio alert generating hardware is connected to an audio mixer that is adapted to mix the security breach indicative audio alert signal with audio signals generated by a software controlled audio source to provide a mixed signal. The audio mixer is further adapted to provide the mixed signal to the loudspeaker that reproduces the mixed signal as sound.
US09781137B2	Fake base station detection with core network support The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and computer program product relating to fake base station detection with core network support. The present invention includes receiving, at a core network, context information from a user equipment, receiving, at the core network, context information from at least one network element, and determining, at the core network, whether the context information received from the user equipment coincides with the context information received from the network element.
US09781136B2	Mitigating the impact from internet attacks in a RAN using internet transport The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for mitigating the impact from Internet attacks in a Radio Access Network, RAN (10), using Internet transport. This object is obtained by a method performed in a User Equipment, UE (13) associated with the RAN (10) using Internet transport. The method comprises receiving from at least a network node (11, 12, 21, 22, 23) in the RAN (10), information associated with an Internet attack. Obtaining, based on the information, a mitigation action, the mitigation action mitigating the impact of the attack on the RAN service. The method further comprises to perform the obtained mitigation action to mitigate the impact on the RAN service level.
US09781129B1	Authenticating an entity There is disclosed a method and system for use in authenticating an entity. An authentication request is received from the entity. An input signal is received from a communications device associated with the entity. The input signal comprises the current location of the communications device. The current location of the communications device is derived from the input signal. Based on the current location of the communications device, an event is detected at substantially the same location as the current location of the communications device. An analysis is performed between the current location of the communications device and the event. An authentication result is generated based on the analysis between the current location of the communications device and the event. The authentication result can be used for authenticating the entity.
US09781128B2	Client-side integration framework of services Systems and methods for providing client-side integration of apps and services is provided. An integration framework execution upon a computing device provides integration of various apps, applications, services, sensors and the like. Upon receiving a request for a service, the integration framework accesses a registry of a plurality of services of a respective plurality of providers registered with the integration framework. Each of the services is registered with the integration framework is associated with a trust level of a hierarchy of trust levels. The integration framework iteratively searches the registry for a provider of the requested service according to the hierarchy of trust levels, beginning with the most trusted level of the trust levels to the less trusted trust level until a provider of the requested service is found or until all levels of the hierarchy are searched without finding a provider of the requested service.
US09781127B2	Method and apparatus to regulate a digital security system that controls access to a resource A method and system to regulate a digital security system that controls access to a resource is disclosed. The system controls access to the resource according to a multi-level security protocol including a high-security-level access protocol and a low-security-level access protocol. The regulation method and system are configured to collect data from a set of user-data sources with which the user interacts during his daily life and, based on the collected data, to compute security parameters characterizing user activity. The computed security parameters are compared to a digital profile that models the characteristic behavior of this user. When the comparison indicates that the observed user activity is inconsistent with the digital behavior profile, the digital security system is regulated to set (or maintain) it in an operating state such that, when the user requests access to the resource in the future, the system will automatically implement the high-security-level access protocol.
US09781126B1	Export control and clearance authorization for a multi-user CAx environment A system for authorization level verification includes a host computer having a processor and a memory. The processor and memory are configured to operate a multi-user CAx environment. The host computer further includes an authorization level module and an authorization level adjustment module. The host computer is configured to communicate with a plurality of local computers. Each of the local computers are configured to operate a local CAx environment of the multi-user CAx environment. A data storage element is in communication with the host computer and is configured to store a part file compatible with the multi-user CAx environment. The authorization level module is configured to facilitate a user login from one or more of the plurality of local computers.
US09781123B2	Methods of providing social network service and server performing the same Methods and apparatuses for sharing content through a chatting space of a social networking service (SNS) are provided. The method includes detecting an access of a plurality of users to the chatting space, and decrypting encrypted content that was previously shared by the plurality of users in the chatting space, in response to the plurality of users accessing the chatting space.
US09781121B2	Managing security restrictions on a resource in a defined environment Approaches described herein manage security restrictions on a resource in a defined environment to provide authorization and access. Specifically, a security system maintains a security restriction on the resource (e.g., an information technology (IT) account of a user, or an apparatus) in a defined environment. The presence of a plurality of users is continuously monitored throughout the defined environment and, based on a detection of a pre-specified set of users from the plurality of users in the defined environment, the security restriction is managed (e.g., removed or maintained). In one embodiment, the system removes the security restriction from the resource to allow at least one of: access to the IT account of the user, and operation of the apparatus. The security restriction on the resource may be reinstated in the case that the pre-specified set of users from the plurality of users is no longer present in the defined environment.
US09781119B2	Contextual device locking/unlocking Particular embodiments of a computing device associated with a user may detect an event using a sensor of the computing device. The event may be a lock-triggering event or an unlock-triggering event. The computing device may assess a state of the device. The computing device may also access further information associated with the user. The computing device may also monitor activity on the computing device to detect further events if such further monitoring is warranted. Based on the gathered information, the computing device may update a lock status of the device to lock or unlock access interfaces of the computing device, functionality of the computing device, or content accessible from the computing device. If the event comprised the computing device detecting an attempt by a third party to use the device, the device may attempt to identify the third party to determine if they are authorized to use the device.
US09781114B2	Computer security system A method of packet management for restricting access to a resource of a computer system. The method includes identifying client parameters and network parameters, as a packet management information, used to determine access to the resource, negotiating a session key between client and server devices, generating a session ID based on at least the negotiated session key, inserting the packet management information and the session ID into each information packet sent from the client device to the server device, monitoring packet management information in each information packet from the client device, and filtering out respective information packets sent to the server device from the client device when the monitored packet management information indicates that access to the resource is restricted.
US09781113B2	Technologies for supporting multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device Technologies for supporting and implementing multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a client device having an architectural enclave which may function to identify one of a plurality of digital rights management protocols for protecting digital information to be received from a content provider or a sensor. The architectural enclave select a preexisting secure information processing environment (SIPE) to process said digital information, if a preexisting SIPE supporting the DRM protocol is present on the client. If a preexisting SIPE supporting the DRM protocol is not present on the client, the architectural enclave may general a new SIPE that supports the DRM protocol on the client. Transmission of the digital information may then be directed to the selected preexisting SIPE or the new SIPE, as appropriate.
US09781107B2	Methods and systems for authenticating users A method of authenticating users to reduce transaction risks includes indicating a desire to conduct a transaction and determining whether the transaction requires access to protected resources. Moreover, the method determines whether inputted information is known, determines a state of a communications device when the inputted information is known, and transmits a biometric authentication request from a server to an authentication system when the state of the communications device is enrolled. Additionally, the method includes validating the communications device, capturing biometric authentication data in accordance with a biometric authentication data capture request with the communications device, biometrically authenticating the user, generating a one-time pass-phrase and storing the one-time pass-phrase on the authentication system when the user is authenticated, comparing the transmitted one-time pass-phrase against the stored one-time pass-phrase, and granting access to the protected resources when the transmitted and stored one-time pass-phrases match.
US09781106B1	Method for modeling user possession of mobile device for user authentication framework Method and systems for modeling user possession of a mobile device for a user authentication framework are provided. The method includes analyzing sensor data representing information captured from sensor(s) associated with at least one of a plurality of devices, the plurality including the user's mobile device. The method allows for determining, based on the analyzed sensor data, a probability that the user maintains possession of the user's mobile device; and configuring the probability for use in determining whether to require authentication. The determination may include configuring a probabilistic model that includes a first state indicating that the user possesses the mobile device and a second state indicating that the user does not; classifying motions of the mobile device by types, the motions being determined based on the sensor data; and updating probabilities of the two states in response to determining that at least one of the motions has occurred.
US09781102B1	Managing support access in software-as-a-service systems An improved technique involves setting an administrator password in a server to a temporary password upon receipt of a request for administrator access to the server. Along these lines, when a support engineer receives a support ticket from a customer, the support engineer sends a request to obtain administrator access to the customer's server to an access control computer. The access control computer, upon receipt of the request, generates a temporary password that grants the support engineer a one-time administrator access to the server. The access control computer then changes the administrator password on the server to the temporary password and reveals the temporary password to the support engineer. At some time either after the engineer obtains administrator access to the server or after some specified time has passed, the access control computer invalidates the temporary password by changing the administrator password to a different password.
US09781101B2	Method and apparatus for controlling connection between devices A method and apparatus for controlling connection between devices includes detecting a first device, determining whether the first device is included in a device list, obtaining information related to the first device from a second device, and establishing a connection with the first device based on the information from the second device.
US09781097B2	Device fingerprint updating for single sign on authentication A device fingerprinting system provides an additional factor of authentication. A user device may be redirected, along with user ID parameters, to authentication system. The user device may be sent instructions to execute that collect and send back device characteristic information to the authentication system. The authentication can create a unique fingerprint of the device, and determine if the fingerprint has been seen before. If seen before, the authentication system may send back an authentication token indicating the additional factor of authentication was a success. If the fingerprint has not been seen previously, the authentication system may conduct a one-time password authentication as the additional factor. If successful, the fingerprint may be stored in association with the user device for future authentication as an additional factor.
US09781095B2	Suppression of authorization risk feedback to mitigate risk factor manipulation in an authorization system Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated.
US09781093B2	Authentication of a secure electronic device from a non-secure electronic device The application relates in particular to a method for authentication of a secure electronic device (BNK_SRV) from a non-secured electronic device (PC, SP) comprising an input peripheral (KBD, MS, TS, CAM), an output peripheral (SCR, SPK, PRN) and a secure electronic circuit (TPM).The application also relates to a secure electronic circuit (TPM), a computer program and a storage medium arranged to implement such a method.
US09781089B2	Authenticating a user account with a content management system Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for authenticating a user account with a content management system are disclosed. A synchronized content management system may receive an identifier via a first access platform. The identifier may be associated with a device. The content management system can generate a link based on the identifier and the device. The link may be then send to the device by using the identifier. When accessed by the device, the link may authenticate a user account associated with the device at a second access platform.
US09781088B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium By a Web browser, an authentication screen is displayed based on HTML data received from a Web server, and authentication information inputted via the authentication screen is managed. Upon a display of the authentication screen, in a case where it is set to display an address of the HTML data as the identification information of the authentication screen, the address of the HTML data is displayed in a case where the title of the authentication screen does not exist, and in a case where it is set to not display the address of the HTML data as the identification information of the authentication screen, a predetermined character string is displayed in a case where the title of the authentication screen does not exist.
US09781084B2	Reducing start-up delay in streaming media sessions A method is provided for delivering a streaming media asset to a client device. For the method, a request is received over a communication network from a client device for playing a media asset in accordance with a streaming media technique. Prior to fully authorizing the client device to play the media asset, the client device is provided with access to a first cryptographic key that decrypts a subset of the media asset so that the client device is able to render the subset of the media asset before completion of the authorization. The subset of the media asset is less than all of the media asset. Subsequent to successfully fully authorizing the client device to play the media asset, the client is provided with access to at least one additional cryptographic key that decrypts a remainder of the media asset.
US09781080B2	Method and apparatus for diverse security handling in an enhanced local area network A method for diverse security handling may comprise: maintaining a first connection between a user equipment and a first network node, and a second connection between the user equipment and a second network node which has a third connection with the first network node; setting an indicator in a packet to indicate whether a destination of user data in the packet is the first network node or the second network node; and transmitting the packet from the user equipment to the first network node via the first connection.
US09781076B2	Secure communication system A communications system (40) comprises a first entity (42), a first encryption device (48) and a network (46). The first encryption device (48) is adapted to decrypt, using a first decryption algorithm, data sent from a first destination to said first entity via said network (46). The first encryption device (48) is adapted to pass network metric data concerning at least one route between said first entity and said first destination to said first entity without subjecting said network metric data to said first decryption algorithm.
US09781074B2	Method and device for sending cloud server address A method for sending a cloud server address to a desktop cloud terminal, where a terminal management server receives a request message from a desktop cloud terminal, obtains, by means of parsing, an address of the desktop cloud terminal carried in the request message, queries a mapping table according to the address of the desktop cloud terminal, acquires an address of a cloud server accessible to the desktop cloud terminal, generates a request response message, and sends the request response message to the desktop cloud terminal, where the request response message carries the address of the cloud server accessible to the desktop cloud terminal. Therefore a system administrator does not need to manually configure the cloud server address on the terminal management server for the desktop cloud terminal, and a desktop cloud terminal user does not need to manually configure the desktop cloud terminal.
US09781073B1	Redirecting invalid URL to comparable object with sufficient permissions Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, by a web server, a client request specifying to access a first object identified by a first uniform resource locator (URL), determining that the first object is not accessible at the first URL, assessing a similarity between each of the plurality of objects with respect to the first object, selecting a second object, of the plurality of objects, based on the assessed similarity to the first object as compared to the assessed similarity of each of the other objects of the plurality of objects relative to the first object, generating a redirect response specifying a second URL corresponding to the second object, and transmitting the redirect response to the client.
US09781071B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing automatic delivery of information to a terminal An apparatus for providing automatic delivery of information to a terminal includes a communication element, a registry element and a proxy element. The communication element is configured to receive information corresponding to new content associated with a particular service. The registry element is configured to retrieve an identifier of an publisher associated with the particular service in response to receipt of the information. The proxy element is configured to push an indication of the new content to a receiving terminal having the identifier in a contact list of the receiving terminal in response to receipt of the information.
US09781066B2	Terminal device, server, and method of providing messaging service A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes an input unit configured to receive an input of a user command inviting a non-subscriber of a messaging service to join a messaging group, and a communication unit configured to transmit a request for invitation information to a server, when the invitation information is received from the server, to transmit an invitation message including the invitation information and an application installation Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to a non-subscriber terminal, and when a join result of the non-subscriber joining the messaging service is received, to transmit a request for an invitation of the non-subscriber to the messaging group.
US09781065B2	Lightweight application integration for mobile cloud computing Disclosed herein are technologies to provide lightweight software applications deployable on mobile devices that allow users and intermediary solution providers to receive specific data or information from application or solutions. In accordance with one aspect, a configuration file is uploaded and an input message is received from a user. The input message is mapped to one or more commands related to the configuration file, and the one or more mapped commands is run in order to extract data requested by the input message.
US09781063B2	System and method for alerting a list of multiple recipients of a user's request for assistance A request for assistance from a user employing a first user device is received. The request is converted into a plurality of formatted requests. Each formatted request is formatted for receipt by a respective recipient in the list of recipients. Each of the plurality of formatted requests is broadcasted to each respective recipient in the list of recipients. A location of the first user device is provided to each recipient in the list of recipients. An assistance response to the request is received. The assistance response is sent by a particular recipient in the list of recipients. A message is broadcasted to each recipient in the list of recipients, other than the particular recipient, indicating that the particular recipient provided the assistance response. Upon receiving an update message from the particular recipient, the update message is broadcasted to each recipient in the list of recipients other than the particular recipient.
US09781061B2	Method and system for providing an information centric network with a software defined network A method and system provide an information centric network with a software defined network based on an information centric networking protocol on top of a physical network based on the internet protocol. There are forwarding elements in the physical network and a controller in the software defined network for controlling the forwarding elements. A publicly routable network address per domain for outside data object requests of named data objects is announced via the information centric network, and upon a first packet of an object request being received by an ingress element of the information centric network, the first packet is forwarded to the controller. The controller determines an object source for the requested named data object, encodes a message id into a header of the packet and establishes a forwarding path to forward the packet and further packets to the determined object source.
US09781058B1	Dynamically adjusting liveliness detection intervals for periodic network communications In general, techniques are described to dynamically adjust a session detection time defined by a timer in accordance with a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) protocol. The techniques utilize existing hardware and BFD software infrastructure. An example network device includes a memory, programmable processor(s), and a control unit configured to execute a timer, receive one or more packets provided by the BFD protocol, detect, based on the received one or more packets, a congestion condition associated with a link via which the network device is coupled to a network, adjust, based on the detected congestion condition, a session detection time defined by the timer, and in response to a failure to receive a packet provided by the BFD protocol within the session detection time defined by the timer, detect a failure associated with the link.
US09781054B1	Quota-based resource scheduling The present disclosure relates to dynamically scheduling resource requests in a distributed system based on usage quotas. One example method includes identifying usage information for a distributed system including atoms, each atom representing a distinct item used by users of the distributed system; determining that a usage quota associated with the distributed system has been exceeded based on the usage information, the usage quota representing an upper limit for a particular type of usage of the distributed system; receiving a first request for a particular atom requiring invocation of the particular type of usage represented by the usage quota; determining that a second request for a different type of usage of the particular atom is waiting to be processed; and processing the second request for the particular atom before processing the first request.
US09781052B2	Virtual machine and application movement over local area networks and a wide area network Long distance cloud migration (LDCM) to overcome the limitations faced by the cloud migration techniques over long distance, high speed WAN infrastructures. LDCM overcomes the negative effects of existing TCP/IP mechanisms on the efficient use of available bandwidth. LDCM also acts as an acceleration engine to optimize various hypervisor, storage and security applications.
US09781050B2	Globalization management system and method therefor A globalization management system for managing resources of multiple interrelated data sources corresponding to a plurality of sites through a communications network is provided. The system includes a plurality of target application interfaces respectively coupled to the interrelated data sources through the network. Each interface includes systems for converting a protocol of the respective data source to a predetermined protocol, and the predetermined protocol to the protocol of the respective data source. The system further includes a global management engine coupled to the plurality of target application interfaces. The engine includes a site-to-site relationship manager, a system for reading current content data from the interrelated data sources, a system for comparing the current content data with prior content data, and a project manager for transferring the data identified as a content change to at least one subscriber site.
US09781048B2	Dynamic packet traffic performance adjustment systems and methods A method, a network, and a network element use dynamic packet traffic performance adjustment techniques. In an exemplary embodiment, the dynamic resizing techniques utilize different packet connections providing connectivity to same sites between which bandwidth resizing is needed. Each of the packet connections has a separate and independent bandwidth profile that governs an amount of traffic that is dispatched over each packet connection. A network element sourcing traffic into the packet connections uses bridge functionality that dispatches client traffic onto all of the packet connections or an individual packet connection. This effectively means that the transport network bandwidth utilization is only consumed by a single packet connection, i.e., the packet connection-A (even through there are multiple configured). The network element sinking the traffic selects from a single active packet connection.
US09781043B2	Identification of internal dependencies within system components for evaluating potential protocol level deadlocks Systems and methods for automatically building a deadlock free inter-communication network in a multi-core system are described. The example implementations described herein involve automatically generating internal dependency specification of a system component based on dependencies between incoming/input and outgoing/output interface channels of the component. Dependencies between incoming and outgoing interface channels of the component can be determined by blocking one or more outgoing interface channels and evaluating impact of the blocked outgoing channels on the incoming interface channels. Another implementation described herein involves determining inter-component communication dependencies by measuring impact of a deadlock on the blocked incoming interface channels of one or more components to identify whether a dependency cycle is formed by blocked incoming interface channels.
US09781041B2	Systems and methods for native network interface controller (NIC) teaming load balancing Systems and methods are provided that may be employed in a network environment to implement load balancing for multi-network interface controller (NIC) teaming applications using pause frame flow control communications received at an information handling system in situations where a given data path through a given NIC of the information handling system and a corresponding network switch is heavily loaded or otherwise congested relative to one or more other more lightly loaded data paths through other NICs of the information handling system and their corresponding network switches.
US09781036B2	Emulating end-host mode forwarding behavior Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems for emulating end-host forwarding behavior is disclosed. A data module receives a data packet at an ingress port of a network switch. The data packet includes a source address and a destination address. The network switch includes ports designated as uplink ports and different ports designated as server ports. An update module creates an entry in the forwarding database based on the data packet. The entry for the data packet includes the source address and either an undefined server port and an undefined uplink port in response to the ingress port being an uplink port where an undefined port includes an identifier for a port that does not exist, or the ingress port and one of the one or more uplink ports in response to the ingress port being a server port. A transmission module forwards the packet to a destination address.
US09781034B2	Electronic device, network relay device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An electronic device that relays an Internet Protocol (IP) packet compliant with one of a plurality of IP versions includes circuitry configured to process the IP packet in each of a first mode operating as a router and a second mode operating as a bridge; and set, as a mode of the electronic device, one of the first mode or the second mode, based on which of the plurality of IP versions the IP packet to be processed is compliant with.
US09781032B1	MPLS label usage in ethernet virtual private networks In general, techniques are described for configuring a provider edge (PE) network device of an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) to use a common traffic engineering label (e.g., MPLS label) for different EVPN route types associated with the same EVPN. In some examples, the techniques include sending a first layer three (L3) control plane message that indicates a label-switched network protocol label that corresponds to a first EVPN route type, wherein the first L3 control plane message indicates that a first PE network device is reachable in the L2 segment. The techniques may include performing L2 address learning to determine at least one L2 address associated with the layer two segment of the EVPN. The techniques may include sending a second L3 control plane message that indicates the same label included in the first L3 control plane message corresponds to a second EVPN route type.
US09781031B2	Wireless home network routing protocol An example method for a device to implement one of the nodes in a wireless network for processing packets includes submitting a request to a network-management system in the network to become a node in the network, after having registered with the network-management system, determining neighboring nodes, flooding the wireless network with a link-state advertisement, the link-state advertisement providing neighboring relationships of the node, constructing switching rules for the node based on a tree switching network portion of the network, processing the packets received by the node with the switching rules, the switching rules defining at least one of (1) an ingress link to a parent node with a power capability greater than the node and (2) egress links to child nodes with a mobility greater than the node, and in response to having determined a failed link to a neighboring node, informing a node at the end of an ingress wireless link and the network-management system of the failed link.
US09781030B1	Fast re-route protection using GRE over MPLS Techniques are described for providing fast re-route (FRR) node and/or link protection along a primary label switched path (LSP) using generic routing encapsulation (GRE) over multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). An ingress edge router of a primary LSP is configured to encapsulate incoming packets into GRE with a destination address of an egress edge router of the primary LSP, and push a primary label onto the encapsulated packet for forwarding along the primary LSP. Upon a failover to a bypass LSP, a point of local repair (PLR) router swaps the primary label on the encapsulated packet with a bypass label. A merge point (MP) router then receives the encapsulated packet via the bypass LSP, and performs a lookup using the destination address of the egress edge router included on the encapsulated packet in order to determine a primary label for forwarding the encapsulated packet along the primary LSP.
US09781027B1	Systems and methods to communicate with external destinations via a memory network Various systems and methods to facilitate general communication, via a memory network, between compute elements and external destinations, while at the same time facilitating low latency communication between compute elements and memory modules storing data sets, without impacting negatively the latency of the communication between the compute elements and the memory modules. General communication messages between compute nodes and a gateway compute node are facilitated with a first communication protocol adapted for low latency transmissions. Such general communication messages are then transmitted to external destinations with a second communication protocol that is adapted for the general communication network and which may or may not be low latency, but such that the low latency between the compute elements and the memory modules is not negatively impacted. The memory modules may be based on RAM or DRAM or another structure allowing low latency access by the compute elements.
US09781026B2	System and method to prevent polling overload for detection of presence information A feature server determines a hierarchical network topology for identifying presence information of communication endpoints. The hierarchical network topology comprises at least a first level and an endpoint level. The feature server queries a communication device at the first level to determine if the communication device at the first level is reachable via one or more routes. In response to determining that the communication device at the first level is not reachable via any of the one or more routes, the feature server forbears from querying one or more communication endpoints associated with the communication device at the first level for the presence information. In response to determining that the communication device at the first level is now reachable via the one or more routes, the feature server queries the one or more communication endpoints associated with the communication device at the first level for the presence information.
US09781022B2	Fault detection in communication system Presented is a system for monitoring the integrity of a communication bus.
US09781021B2	Method for determining connection status of wired network A method applied to a wired network including a first network device and a second network device is disclosed. The first and second network devices each include a first set of connection ends and a second set of connection ends. Firstly, the first network device transmits a specific signal pattern through its first set and second set of connection ends. Then, the first network device detects whether a signal is received at its first set and second set of connection ends. If it is determined that a signal is not received at the first set connection ends while a signal is received at the second set connection ends, the first network device determines that its second set of connection ends is not correctly coupled to the second set of connection ends of the second network device.
US09781017B2	Method for managing services on a network The invention relates to a method for managing services on a network, comprising: at least two interconnected computer sites, each of which is capable of implementing at least one service that can be accessed from the network; at least one service implemented on a network site; a capability for transferring a service from an initial site to a separate destination site. Each is associated with security attributes and the method includes transferring at least one service from an initial site to a destination site of the network following a predetermined transfer sequence which depends on the security attributes.
US09781014B2	Call establishment and maintenance in a wireless network Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) and utilize radio resources for a call in a WLAN are described. In an aspect, a station ensures that an access point in the WLAN is suitable for receiving service prior to performing registration to receive services via the WLAN. In another aspect, the station first requests for radio resources for traffic flows, then requests for radio resources for signaling flows, and sends signaling as best effort traffic if radio resources are not granted for the signaling flows. In yet another aspect, the station aggregates QoS for multiple applications and requests for radio resources based on the aggregated QoS. In yet another aspect, the station releases extra radio resources corresponding to the difference between the QoS granted by the WLAN and the QoS proposed by a remote terminal for the call. In yet another aspect, the station requests for the same QoS or lower from a new access point during handoff.
US09781013B2	Homogenizing tooling for a heterogeneous cloud environment A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for controlling access to a node deployed in a cloud environment. A new node, based upon a common image, is created in a cloud computing environment. A unique set of randomized system parameters are then generated for the new node, which is then mapped to a set of generic system parameters. A request to access the new node is intercepted, which contains the generic system parameters. The intercepted access request is then parsed to extract the set of generic system parameters, which are then replaced with the unique set of randomized system parameters associated with the target node to generate a modified access request. The modified access request is then forwarded to the target node.
US09781010B2	Managing remote devices A method and apparatus for managing remote devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a remote device, comprising: obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being for indicating a template that provides the state information; obtaining a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information; sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for managing a remote device.
US09781009B2	Methods and apparatus for standard protocol validation mechanisms deployed over a switch fabric system An apparatus includes a destination edge device configured to receive a first validation packet according to a switch fabric validation protocol. The destination edge device is configured to validate multiple data paths through a distributed switch fabric from a source edge device to the destination edge device based on the first validation packet. The destination edge device is configured to send, in response to receiving the first validation packet, a second validation packet to a peripheral processing device. The destination edge device is also configured to send the second validation packet according to a validation protocol different from the first validation protocol.
US09780998B2	Method and apparatus for managing physical network interface card, and physical host A method and an apparatus for managing one or more physical network interface cards and a physical host are provided. One or more virtual network interface cards are created, where each of the virtual network interface cards has a standard network interface card feature and an operation interface; the one or more virtual network interface cards are separately associated with one or more function modules of the physical network interface cards; and the physical network interface cards are managed by managing the one or more virtual network interface cards. In this way, differences in underlying hardware are shielded for an upper layer, and convenient and efficient centralized management are provided, thereby further improving network resource utilization.
US09780997B2	Method and system for controlling an operation of an application by classifying an application type using data bearer characteristics An application type of a bearer is classified by computing statistics vectors of bearer metrics and locating points on a label map corresponding to the statistics vectors to obtain application type information. The application type information is exported to a network node to control an operation of application. The bearer metrics include bearer identifier information and bearer condition information, where the bearer condition information includes channel condition information and cell congestion level information. The bearers are paired, such that uplink and downlink bearers for a same application are identified, so that paired bearers are classified together. The label map is produced using previously classified bearer information to calculate cluster centroids and cluster regions that define portions of the map for particular application types. The bearer is classified by determining which cluster region is closest to points on the label map that are associated with the statistics vectors for a particular bearer.
US09780994B2	Notification normalization Embodiments relate to notification normalization in a mobile communication environment. A system for notification normalization is provided. The system includes a computer processor and a mobile application platform server executable by the computer processor. The mobile application platform server includes a notification service configured to receive a plurality of notification triggers to deliver a plurality of notifications from an application server to a plurality of endpoints. The notification service is further configured to determine whether to apply notification throttling based on a stress level of the application server, and spread delivery of the notifications to the endpoints over a period of time based on the determination to apply the notification throttling such that traffic associated with responses from the endpoints to the application server is substantially normalized.
US09780989B2	Spectrum shaping for OFDM/DMT There is provided spectrum shaping of a signal. A frequency-domain representation of the signal to be spectrum-shaped is provided. The signal is associated with a set of constellation points having a minimum distance. A spectrum-shaped signal is determined by altering a proper subset of the constellation points while maintaining the minimum distance between all of the constellation points. The spectrum-shaped signal is transformed into a time-domain signal.
US09780988B2	Systems and methods for wireless clock synchronization Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide improved clock synchronization between wireless data communication transmitters and receivers, including Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a clock synchronization system is disclosed that includes an adaptive threshold function operative in conjunction with a synchronizer that adjusts the frequency and phase of a receive clock oscillator. Such a synchronization system may offer improved capabilities such as resistance to radio frequency (RF) channel impairments and noise, rejection of mis-decoded clock synchronization signals, and handling of multiple transmitters.
US09780987B2	Adaptive time diversity and spatial diversity for OFDM An adaptable orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system (OFDM) that uses a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) to having OFDM signals transmitted either in accordance with time diversity to reducing signal fading or in accordance with spatial diversity to increase the data rate. Sub-carriers are classified for spatial diversity transmission or for time diversity transmission based on the result of a comparison between threshold values and at least one of three criteria. The criteria includes a calculation of a smallest eigen value of a frequency channel response matrix and a smallest element of a diagonal of the matrix and a ratio of the largest and smallest eigen values of the matrix.
US09780986B2	System and method for low peak to average power ratio multiple access communications A method for generating a virtual codebook of low peak to average power ratio (PAPR) sequences includes generating a plurality of low PAPR combination block sequences, with each low PAPR combination block sequence including at least one of a plurality of sparse codebook, and applying time domain hopping to the plurality of low PAPR combination block sequences, thereby producing a virtual codebook. The method also includes storing the virtual codebook.
US09780983B2	Methods of uplink channelization in LTE Slot-level remapping physical uplink control channels into two resource blocks, respectively located at two slots of a subframe, are generally adapted to a 3GPP LTE physical uplink. ACK/NAK resource blocks may be applied by the extended cyclic prefix, adapted to a complex 3GPP LTE physical uplink where mixed resource blocks (where the ACK/NAK and CQI channels coexist) may be applied by the normal cyclic prefix, and adapted to a complex 3GPP LTE physical uplink where mixed resource blocks (where the ACK/NAK and CQI channels coexist) may be applied by the extended cyclic prefix.
US09780981B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals Disclosed herein is a method for sending a broadcast signal. The method includes formatting input streams into multiple data pipes (DPs). Formatting the input streams into the multiple DPs includes splitting the input streams into multiple data streams, deleting a null packet included in a data stream, and forming a baseband frame (BBF) by adding a header to the data stream. The baseband frame includes a deleted null packet (DNP) field indicative of the number of deleted null packets, and the DNP field comprises at least one of a first DNP or a second DNP.
US09780972B2	Methods and arrangements for channel estimation Some embodiments provide a method for channel estimation in a wireless device. According to the method, the wireless device obtains (1010) an indication that a set of antenna ports, or antenna port types, share at least one channel property. The wireless device then estimates (1020) one or more of the shared channel properties based at least on a first reference signal received from a first antenna port included in the set, or having a type corresponding to one of the types in the set. Furthermore, the wireless device performs (1030) channel estimation based on a second reference signal received from a second antenna port included in the set, or having a type corresponding to one of the types in the set, wherein the channel estimation is performed using at least the estimated channel properties.
US09780967B2	System for performing vehicle diagnostic and prognostic analysis A black-box gateway device implemented in a vehicle and configured to interface with an engine computer and a plurality of wireless sensors installed in the vehicle, the gateway device can include a transceiver including input ports in communication with conductors that interface with the engine computer installed in an engine of the vehicle, radio frequency communications components comprising dual wireless functionality, including a first functionality for communicating wirelessly within the vehicle and a second functionality for communicating wirelessly over a cellular network disposed outside the vehicle, and one or more antennae that receive wireless signals from the radio frequency components. The transceiver can be configured to wirelessly receive sensor data from the wireless sensors disposed within the vehicle, the sensor data providing information associated with functionality of components of the vehicle.
US09780964B1	System and method for ring protection switching over adaptive modulation microwave links A method is provided in one example and includes determining a bandwidth level associated with a link, which is provided between a first microwave transceiver and a second microwave transceiver. The link is part of a communication ring containing multiple Ethernet ring protection elements. The method also includes comparing the bandwidth level associated with the link to a threshold level. A fail-over can be triggered for a selected one of the plurality of Ethernet ring protection elements if the bandwidth is below the threshold level. In certain example embodiments, the first microwave transceiver and the second microwave transceiver can implement an adaptive modulation protocol on the link.
US09780953B2	Systems and methods for secure detokenization A method for requesting a credential associated with token in a multiple token layer environment is disclosed. A tokenization certificate serves to validate the identity of a credential requestor and provide information about the requestor's authorization for de-tokenizing a token. Also, a public key in the tokenization certificate is used to encrypt the credential for secure transmission to the requestor.
US09780952B1	Binding digitally signed requests to sessions A client establishes an cryptographically protected communications session and determines information usable to distinguish the session from other sessions. The client digitally signs the information using a cryptographic key that is independent of the session to enable a server to check whether the information matches the session that it established and whether the digital signature is correct. The server may perform mitigating operations if either or both of the information or the digital signature is/are invalid.
US09780945B1	Methods and devices for spur cancellation in digital phase locked loops Embodiments related to systems, methods, and computer-readable media to enable a digital phase locked loop are described. In one embodiment, a digital synthesizer comprises a digital phase locked loop with detection circuitry to calculate an estimate of a magnitude and a phase of a spurious response from an error signal within the digital phase locked loop. The digital phase locked loop further comprises generation circuitry to generate an inverse spur based on the estimate of the magnitude and the phase, and further comprises injection circuitry to inject the inverse spur into the digital phase locked loop. In some embodiments, least mean squares (LMS), recursive least squares (RLS), or other such adaptation is used to estimate the magnitude and phase of the spurious response.
US09780937B2	Method for channel sounding in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same A method, performed by a transceiver, is provided for channel sounding in a wireless local area network. A null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame is received from a transmitter to initiate the channel sounding. A null data packet (NDP) is received from the transmitter, the NDP following the NDPA frame. First feedback data split into a plurality of segments in a single aggregated medium access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) is transmitted. A retransmission request is received from the transmitter, the retransmission request including a segment retransmission bitmap field indicating at least one segment of the plurality of segments for retransmission. In response to the retransmission request, second feedback data including the at least one segment indicated in the segment retransmission bitmap field is transmitted.
US09780936B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink reference signal in wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas A base station for transmitting channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for eight or less antenna ports in a wireless communication system, the base station includes a reception module; a transmission module; and a processor for controlling the transmission module to transmit the CSI-RSs in a downlink subframe to the user equipment, and for controlling the reception module to receive channel state information measured based on the CSI-RSs from the user equipment, wherein the CSI-RSs are mapped to one resource element (RE) group among a plurality of RE groups, each RE group includes a plurality of REs, and one RE is defined by one subcarrier in one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, wherein, in a resource region defined by 14 OFDM symbols and 12 subcarriers in the downlink subframe.
US09780932B2	Radio communication system, mobile terminal apparatus, radio base station apparatus and radio communication method The present invention is designed to realize signaling of DM-RS sequence parameters for improving the flexibility of allocation of DM-RS resources in a system having complex cell structures. According to the radio communication method of the present invention, in a radio communication system supporting a system band formed with a plurality of component carriers by carrier aggregation, a radio base station apparatus allocates uplink DM-RS sequences per mobile terminal apparatus and per component carrier, and reports DM-RS sequence allocation information, and a mobile terminal apparatus generates DM-RS sequences using the allocation information reported from the radio base station apparatus.
US09780929B2	Method and apparatus for performing resource allocation in wireless communication system A method for and apparatus for performing resource allocation in a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus includes receiving a configuration of an entire system bandwidth including a predefined system bandwidth and a carrier segment in which is allocated in not available region for the predefined system bandwidth; checking an indication to indicate whether the entire system bandwidth is available or not for the UE, and information for the entire system bandwidth in the configuration; and receiving a reference signal and a control signal at subframes determined based on the indication and the information.
US09780928B2	Method and system for providing diversity in a network that utilizes distributed transceivers and array processing A communication device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured based on one or more diversity modes of operations. The diversity modes of operations may comprise a spatial diversity mode, a frequency diversity mode, and/or a polarization diversity mode. Diversity mode configuration may comprise forming, based on selected diversity mode, a plurality of communication modules from the plurality of distributed transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of communication modules may comprise one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements, and one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers associated with said one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements. The plurality of communication modules may be utilized to concurrently communicate multiple data streams. The multiple data streams may comprise the same data.
US09780926B2	Burst OFDMA supporting MU-MIMO Methods and apparatus are provided for burst OFDMA support MU-MIMO in the WLAN network. In one novel aspect, pluralities of user channels are configured for a downlink wideband channel, wherein each user channel is associated with a user group selecting from a SU-SISO, or a SU-MIMO or a MU-MIMO. In one embodiment, the SIG1 and SIG2 signaling fields are independent for each user channel. In another embodiment, the SIG1 fields are duplicates for all user channels carrying common information. The SIG2 fields for each user group are different from each other carrying user group specific information. In another novel aspect, an uplink OFDMA frames contains ACK packets from multiple STAs concurrently using an uplink wideband channel. In one embodiment, one ACK packet is sent for a MU-MIMO user group. In another embodiment, the uplink ACK packet assignment is based on indications in the downlink PHY SIG field.
US09780921B2	Packet detection and bandwidth classification for variable-bandwidth packets A receiver receives packets without prior knowledge of their bandwidths. The receiver calculates a first auto-correlation function for a first channel, a second auto-correlation function for a second channel, and a dot product of the first auto-correlation function and the second auto-correlation function. A packet is detected and its bandwidth classified based at least in part on the dot product.
US09780920B2	Distributed turbo encoder and method The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method supportive of distributed turbo coding based on relay network utilizing a noisy network coding scheme. For this, included is a relay node operating as a component encoder to relay a signal from a source node to a next node in a distributed turbo coding scheme. The relay node quantizes the signal transmitted from the source node and then interleaves the quantized signal using a predetermined pattern to distinguish the signal transmitted from the source node from a signal to be output from an opposing node, so that the signal transmitted from the source node is relayed to the next node based on a noisy network coding scheme.
US09780917B2	Transmitting apparatus and mapping method thereof A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US09780913B2	Decoding margin estimation The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for determining transmission properties for communication between a wireless device and a radio network node. The disclosure also relates to computer programs performing the methods. The disclosure proposes a method, performed in the wireless device, comprising receiving a transport block from a radio network node, creating one or more punctured versions of the transport block, wherein an encoding redundancy of the punctured versions of the transport block is reduced compared to that of the original transport block, decoding at least one of the one or more punctured versions of the transport block and determining a decoding margin associated with the original transport block, based on the decoding of the one or more punctured versions of the transport block. The disclosure also proposes a method in the radio network node.
US09780912B2	Method and apparatus for reducing overhead based on the ACK channel A method and apparatus for a wireless communication system, initially increases resources allocated to an ACKCH as resources allocated to a shared data channel (SDCH), such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), increases. The resources allocated to ACK are subsequently limited to a predetermined amount.
US09780911B2	Signaling different MCS sets for different bandwidths Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to using fields of a frame to indicate different modulation and coding scheme (MCS) sets for communications on a first bandwidth and on a second bandwidth.
US09780909B2	Network topology optimization with feasible optical paths In general, techniques are described for dynamically determining a logical network topology for more efficiently transporting network traffic over a physical topology based on end-to-end network traffic demands and optical transport network (OTN) characteristics of the network. The techniques may be applicable to meeting network traffic demands placed upon a multi-layer network having a base transport layer and a logical or overlay Internet Protocol (IP) layer routed on the transport layer.
US09780905B2	Transmission system and transmission method A transmission system includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire a free band between a target channel including a plurality of wavelength signals contiguous to one another and a channel adjacent to the target channel; and an adjustment section configured to adjust signal power of at least one of the plurality of wavelength signals in the target channel, based on a power adjustment amount for the wavelength signal, the power adjustment amount being provided for the free band acquired by the acquisition section.
US09780904B2	Optical wavelength selective switch, an optical network node, an optical network and methods therein A method in an optical Wavelength Selective Switch, WSS, for multidirectional switching of optical signals. The optical WSS comprises a reflective element, a first tributary port and a second tributary port. The optical WSS switches (304) an optical signal between the first tributary port and the second tributary port with the reflective element.
US09780897B2	Optical transmission apparatus and optical reception apparatus An optical transmission apparatus that accommodates client signals in a line signal, includes: an OPUn mapper unit that receives and maps the client signals; and a mapping control unit that determines the number of pieces of client data to be mapped to a payload portion and determines the timing to insert client data and information on the number of pieces of client data into the payload portion to control mapping performed in the OPUn mapper unit.
US09780895B2	Smart FM/AM auto-scanner A radio tuning method for a vehicle includes sensing that the vehicle is traveling out of a first broadcast range of a first radio station that a radio of the vehicle is currently tuned to. The first radio station broadcasts first content. A second radio station is identified having a second broadcast range that the vehicle will be in when the vehicle is no longer in the first broadcast range. The identifying includes determining that the second radio station broadcasts second content that is substantially similar to the first content broadcasted by the first radio station. A user of the vehicle is provided with an option to switch tuning of the radio from the first radio station to the second radio station.
US09780893B2	Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver packet error rate Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT) in which test data packets with varying power levels are transmitted to the DUT for testing the DUT while still ensuring that the DUT remains in receive (RX) mode and is prevented from searching for another data packet signal. Alternatively, in the event that the DUT becomes unresponsive due to searching for another data packet signal, multiple test data packets with sufficient signal power levels to ensure reception by the DUT are transmitted to the DUT to cause the DUT to cease searching for another data packet signal and return to RX mode.
US09780892B2	System and method for aligning a radio using an automated audio guide A method and system are provided. The method includes receiving a signal strength corresponding to a long range wireless link established between a first directional wireless radio and a second wireless radio, the signal strength varying over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with a second wireless radio by an installer, and producing a sound indicator indicative of the signal strength. The sound indicator varies over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with the second wireless radio.
US09780891B2	Method and device for calibrating IQ imbalance and DC offset of RF tranceiver A method and device for calibrating a DC offset and an I-Q imbalance component of an RF transceiver, the method including inputting a test signal into a transmitter, and converting the test signal into an analogue test signal; converting the analogue test signal using a transmitting mixer; sub-sampling a signal output from the transmitting mixer; and computing a DC offset calibrating constant number and an I-Q imbalance calibrating constant number from a sub-sampled signal.
US09780886B2	Circuit arrangement and method for receiving optical signals In order to further develop a circuit arrangement (CR; CR′) for receiving optical signals (SI) from at least one optical guide (GU), said circuit arrangement (CR; CR′) comprising: at least one light-receiving component (PD) for converting the optical signals (SI) into electrical current signals (IPD), at least one transimpedance amplifier (TA), being provided with the electrical current signals (IPD) from the light-receiving component (PD), at least one automatic gain controller (AG) for controlling the gain or transimpedance (R) of the transimpedance amplifier (TA), at least one integrator (IN) in a feedback path (FP), said integrator (IN) generating a control signal (Vint), at least one voltage-controlled current source (CS), being provided with the control signal (Vint) from the integrator (IN), at least one limiter (LI) acting as a comparator and generating in its output a logic level for positive or negative voltages in its input, and a corresponding method in such a way that a multilevel optical link can be provided, at least one second transimpedance amplifier (TA2) arranged in parallel to the transimpedance amplifier (TA), and at least one automatic offset controller (AO) for setting the voltage (Voffset) for the second transimpedance amplifier (TA2) are proposed.
US09780884B2	Optical receiver and optical axis alignment method thereof An optical receiver comprises a package provided with an input window; a polarization-maintaining optical fiber fixable to the input window; a polarization beam splitter, disposed on the package, for inputting light outputted from the polarization-maintaining optical fiber and outputting first output light and second output light having respective polarization directions different from each other; a beam splitter, disposed on the package, for splitting the first output light; a first light-receiving element, optically coupled to the beam splitter, having two light-receiving parts corresponding to two kinds of the output light split by the beam splitter; and a second light-receiving element, disposed on the package, for receiving the second output light.
US09780883B2	System and method for multi-dimensional modulation using multiple constellations A system and method including multi-dimensional coded modulation wherein symbols within successive blocks of symbols are mapped using at least two different constellations to differentiate the symbols from each other. At least one data bit is encoded by an order of the symbols within each block of symbols. The receiver decodes the data by decoding at least one bit from the order of the symbols mapped with the first and second constellations.
US09780881B1	Enhanced digital diagnostics for optical PAM apparatus A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) optical device utilizing multiple wavelengths, features a communications interface having enhanced diagnostics capability. New registers are created to house additional diagnostic information, such as error rates. The diagnostic information may be stored in raw form, or as processed on-chip utilizing local resources.
US09780880B2	Relay device and optical network system A relay device includes: a first port, a plurality of second ports, a splitter configured to branch first optical signals input from the first port into the plurality of second ports; and a plurality of optical modulators configured to modulate shared carrier light by multiplexing the carrier light with a plurality of second optical signals with different frequencies input from the plurality of second ports and by inputting the multiplexed carrier light into a plurality of nonlinear optical mediums, and to transmit the carrier light to the first port.
US09780878B2	Bandwidth optimization and hitless transport in dynamic free space optical communications networks A system for optical communications may include a multiplicity of optical communications relay platforms that each move above a surface of the earth. Each relay platform may include a relay link for communications between adjacent relay platforms. The system may also include a plurality of ground stations. Each ground station may be configured to communicate with another of the ground stations through at least one of the relay platforms. Each ground station may include an optical communications link for optical communications with successive relay platforms. The optical link of each ground station may be configured for handover connections between the successive relay platforms as the relay platforms move relative to the earth. The system may additionally include a network operations center having a link controller. The link controller may be configured to control switching of the communications links for hitless transmission between the ground stations.
US09780877B2	Multi-stage amplitude modulation-based methods, apparatuses and systems for coding and decoding visible light signal The present application relates to multi-stage amplitude modulation-based methods, apparatuses, and systems for coding and decoding a visible light signal. The coding method includes the following steps: dividing to-be-transmitted information into multiple information units, where each information unit includes multiple bits; converting the multiple information units into multiple electrical signal units indicated by at least three levels, where an interval indicated by a first level in the at least three levels exists between adjacent electrical signal units, and each electrical signal unit uses a combination of other levels in the at least three levels to represent the multiple bits of a corresponding information unit; combining the electrical signal units to obtain a coded electrical signal; and transmitting the coded electrical signal in a visible light signal form.
US09780870B1	Integrated unaligned resonant modulator tuning Methods and systems for tuning a resonant modulator are disclosed. One method includes receiving a carrier signal modulated by the resonant modulator with a stream of data having an approximately equal number of high and low bits, determining an average power of the modulated carrier signal, comparing the average power to a predetermined threshold, and operating a tuning device coupled to the resonant modulator based on the comparison of the average power and the predetermined threshold. One system includes an input structure, a plurality of processing elements, and a digital control element. The input structure is configured to receive, from the resonant modulator, a modulated carrier signal. The plurality of processing elements are configured to determine an average power of the modulated carrier signal. The digital control element is configured to operate a tuning device coupled to the resonant modulator based on the average power of the modulated carrier signal.
US09780866B2	Configurable RF transmit/receive multiplexer A configurable RF transmit/receive (TX/RX) multiplexer, which includes a group of RF TX bandpass filters, a group of RF TX switching elements, and a group of RF RX bandpass filters; is disclosed. Each of the group of RF RX bandpass filters is coupled to a first common connection node. Each of the group of RF TX switching elements is coupled between a corresponding one of the group of RF TX bandpass filters and the first common connection node, which is coupled to a first RF antenna.
US09780865B2	Aircraft-noded data communication network Defined herein is a system for communicating data includes a first data source that transmits data through the air, and a second data source that is remote from the first data source. The second data source at least one of receives and transmits data through the air. The system further includes at least one aircraft that receives data through the air from the first and second data sources, and transmits data through the air to at least one of the first and second data sources.
US09780863B2	System and method for selecting an operator to boost in a repeater A system and method for selecting an operator to boost in a repeater are disclosed. Wireless signals are received at a wireless signal booster from two or more mobile phone operators. One selected operator is selected from the two or more mobile phone operators. The wireless signals from the selected operator are then selectively boosted, the selectively boosting repeating the wireless signals from the selected operator in a boosted state for a mobile phone recipient.
US09780858B2	Method and apparatus for determining three-dimensional beam pre-coding information The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining three-dimensional beam pre-coding information so as to perform three-dimensional beam forming. In the embodiments of the present invention, a network device first determines a first optimal beam forming vector, and then determines a second optimal beam forming vector from a second beam forming vector set corresponding to the first optimal beam forming vector and performs channel measurement via a formed pilot to determine optimal pre-coding information about a second dimension. Since an optimal beam forming vector therein is determined based on a beam forming vector set with a coarse particle granularity, and then an optimal beam forming vector therein is determined based on a corresponding beam forming vector set with a fine particle granularity, the purpose of determining the optimal beam forming vector with fine particle granularity and the optimal pre-coding information is achieved, which, compared with the prior art, reduces system resource expense, and further reduces the complexity of a user equipment.
US09780857B1	Hybrid beamforming architecure Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a hybrid beamforming architecture are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a beamforming architecture including a baseband unit and a processor. The beamforming architecture is configured to determine a steering matrix based on at least the baseband unit and the processor; and wherein the beamforming architecture is configured to simultaneously support a plurality of beamformee client devices, each beamformee client device beamformed by a beamformer with at least one of a beamformer hardware mode and a beamformer software mode and with at least one of a beamformer explicit mode and a beamformer implicit mode.
US09780856B2	System and method for spatial on sub-band massive MIMO/BFN to provide a large number of orthogonal channels Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices relate to a process for beamforming in a system. An available spectrum is divided into M sub-bands, with each of the M sub-bands having N beams. The system, through using M×N available beams, can maintain frequency domain and spatial domain orthogonality. A method includes receiving a direction indicating a location of a device relative to a transmitter and selecting a beam from the M×N beams. The beam can be a data beam for transmitting data to the device or a null to suppress interference. The bandwidth, spectrum and/or direction associated with the beam can be chosen and/or varied based on one of any number of parameters such as avoiding channel distortions, reducing mismatch in amplitude and/or delay, and adapting to a data type or data amount. Frequency assignments can be staggered through a cell-based region to reduce cell interference in assigning beams.
US09780854B2	Multi-layer wireless streaming with adaptive constellation mapping (ACM) Systems and method for adaptive constellation mapping determine transmission formats for simultaneous transmission from multiple transmitter chains. The adaptive constellation mapping can select a winning combination of mappings using distance metrics. The distance metrics can be calculated from estimated received signal constellations at a multi-layer receiver. The multi-layer receiver can separate the data received from each of the transmitter chains. Additional systems and method can determine a whether to use adaptive constellation mapping or an alternate transmission format. Further systems and methods can determine a transmit arrangement that include selection of which of multiple transmitters will be a part of an adaptive constellation mapping transmission, the number of layers that will be transmitted by each transmitter, the transmitter chains that will be used, and which of multiple antennas that will be used.
US09780847B2	Channel feedback design for frequency selective channels Channel feedback reporting for non-orthogonal wireless communication systems employing frequency selective channels. A plurality of channel feedback matrices corresponding to a plurality of sub-carriers of a sub-band for a non-orthogonal channel may be determined by a UE, and one or more effective channel feedback matrices for the sub-band may be determined based on the plurality of channel feedback matrices. Each of the one or more effective channel feedback matrices may be associated with corresponding sets of transmission strategies, where each of the corresponding sets of transmission strategies include one or more transmission strategies of a plurality of transmission strategies for the non-orthogonal channel. Channel feedback information representing the one or more effective channel feedback matrices may be reported to a base station, which may estimate channel quality for the plurality of transmission strategies based at least in part on the channel feedback information, for downlink transmissions to UEs over the non-orthogonal channel.
US09780843B2	Interference suppression and alignment for cellular networks An interference suppression (IS) time/frequency zone for improved interference suppression at the user equipment (UE) is provided. The IS time/frequency zone can be scheduled and set up using existing signaling of the Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) framework. This includes using the existing signaling of the ABS framework to schedule the IS time/frequency zone, coordinate transmission parameters among base stations for the IS time/frequency zone, and signal the IS time/frequency zone to the UE. In another aspect, interfering base stations align respective reference signals during the IS time/frequency zone, which allows the UE to measure the channels from its serving base station and/or the interfering base stations(s). With channel state information knowledge at the UE, interference alignment can be achieved at the UE during the IS time/frequency zone.
US09780842B2	Mobile device assisted coordinated multipoint transmission and reception Idle mobile devices are used as cooperating devices to support coordinated multipoint transmission and reception for uplink and downlink communications between a primary mobile device and its serving base station. For uplink communications, the cooperating mobile devices receive the uplink transmission from the primary mobile device and retransmit the received data signal to the serving base station for the primary mobile device. For downlink communications, the cooperating mobile devices receive the downlink transmission from the serving base station and retransmit the received data signal to the primary mobile device.
US09780836B2	Server information handling system NFC management sideband feedback Server information handling system deployment and maintenance is enhanced with automated trouble ticket generation at a mobile telephone through an NFC transaction with a management controller. NFC transactions coordinate authorization for replacement component installation and server information handling system replacement. In one embodiment, a bezel includes an NFC device that interfaces with a management controller and stores configuration information to aid installation of replacement server information handling systems in the event of a system failure. A back-up battery provides power to an NFC support circuit that stores fault codes detected by the management controller so that fault codes are available during management controller failures. In one embodiment, contact information provided from a mobile telephone through an NFC transaction is used by the management controller to notify the mobile telephone of the state of management functions initiated by the mobile telephone with the NFC transaction.
US09780832B2	Use of an apparatus for configuring communication-related parameters The invention relates to a use of an apparatus for configuring two or more communication-related parameters in a cable modem system. The apparatus comprises a processor, a cable television signal input interface for receiving one or more cable television signals, and a cable modem termination system unit for providing access to a communication network.
US09780831B2	Low distortion signal amplifiers having extended upstream bandwidths and related methods Radio frequency (“RF”) signal amplifiers include an RF input, at least one RF output and communications paths therebetween. The communications paths include a downstream path that is configured to pass signals in a downstream frequency band, a first upstream path that is configured to pass signals in a first upstream frequency band that encompasses frequencies that are lower than the frequencies included within the downstream frequency band and a second upstream path that is configured to pass signals in a second upstream frequency band that encompasses frequencies that are between the frequencies included within the downstream frequency band and the frequencies included within the first upstream frequency band. These RF signal amplifiers further include a downstream power amplifier on the downstream path, a first upstream power amplifier on the first upstream path and a second upstream power amplifier on the second upstream path.
US09780829B1	Method, apparatus, computer program, chip set, or data structure for correlating a digital signal and a correlation code A method, apparatus, computer program, data structure, signal relating to: causing correlation of a digital signal provided by a receiver with a motion-compensated correlation code, wherein the motion-compensated correlation code is a correlation code that has been compensated before correlation using one or more phasors dependent upon an assumed or measured movement of the receiver.
US09780825B2	Computing device sleeves Examples described herein include examples of a computing device sleeve comprising a main body element comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface comprising a recessed region to store a tablet computing device in a position to protect a display device of the tablet computing device, and the top surface comprising a user input device and docking slot to receive the tablet computing device, and a top cover element coupled to a first side of the main body element and movable to selectively cover the top surface or the bottom surface.
US09780824B2	Case for mobile electronic device with friction containment A case for a portable electronic device includes a back wall with front face, a rear face and an outer edge. A containment wall extends forward from the front face around at least a portion of the outer edge of the back wall and is configured to hold the portable electronic device within the case by friction. The containment wall includes an unobscuring free end such that an entire front surface of the portable electronic device is unobscured from view when held within the case.
US09780817B2	RX shunt switching element-based RF front-end circuit RF front-end circuitry, which includes a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) and a first reconfigurable RF filter, is disclosed. The RF front-end circuitry operates in one of a group of operating modes. The first reconfigurable RF filter, which has a first reconfigurable RF filter path, includes a first receive (RX) shunt switching element coupled between the first reconfigurable RF filter path and ground. The first reconfigurable RF filter path is coupled to an input of the first RF LNA. The group of operating modes includes a first operating mode and a second operating mode. During the first operating mode, the first RX shunt switching element is ON. During the second operating mode, the first RX shunt switching element is OFF and the first RF LNA receives and amplifies a first filtered RF receive signal from the first reconfigurable RF filter to provide a first receive signal.
US09780816B1	Removing impulsive noise in a radio In one example, an apparatus includes: a delay unit to delay a demodulated signal obtained from an input radio frequency (RF) frequency modulation (FM) signal; a filter to filter the demodulated signal and output a filtered demodulated signal; an impulse detection circuit to receive the filtered demodulated signal and detect presence of an impulse in the demodulated signal; and an impulse removal circuit to remove the detected impulse from the demodulated signal.
US09780814B2	Gain control apparatus A gain control apparatus for an amplifier is disclosed. The gain control apparatus configured to provide an amplifier gain control signal for setting the gain applied by the amplifier to an amplifier signal comprising an amplifier input signal amplified by the amplifier to generate an amplifier output signal. The apparatus includes a plurality of gain determination elements comprising and a gain controller configured to generate the amplifier gain control signal based on at least the first and second gain control signals.
US09780813B2	Closed-loop automatic channel selection A system and method for improving radio performance through automatic channel selection utilizing a closed-channel model is disclosed. A measurement engine records maximum user throughput on a per station basis during normal traffic operation. The measurement engine further records throughput metrics based on test traffic sent to all associated stations during idle operation. A policy logic engine utilizes the measurements to determine an optimal transmission channel for transmission and receipt of data.
US09780812B2	Information transmission apparatus, information detection apparatus and transmitter An information transmission apparatus, an information detection apparatus and a transmitter is provided where serial numbers of information transport blocks are determined according to information indicating branch selection, so as to transmit information on the branch selection by using the serial numbers of information transport blocks. Hence, no additional transmission path needs to be provided, and the information on the branch selection may be simply and conveniently transmitted and a probability of wrongly determining the information indicating branch selection may be reduced, thereby efficiently improving performance of the system.
US09780811B2	Method for synchronizing sensors The invention relates to a method for synchronizing sensors in a sensor array, including at least one electronic control unit and at least one sensor, which are connected to each other by a first and a second line, wherein the sensor is supplied with electric power by the first and second lines, and additionally at least one data signal (a) is transmitted by the first and second lines from the sensor to the electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit transmits a defined supply voltage signal having varying polarity as a synchronization signal (b, c) to the sensor, whereupon the sensor transmits at least one data signal (a) to the electronic control unit, after the polarity of the synchronization signal has been reversed.
US09780809B2	Tracking and use of tracked bit values for encoding and decoding data in unreliable memory A non-volatile memory system may include a tracking module that tracks logic values of bits to be stored in memory elements identified as unreliable. A record of the logic values may be generated. During decoding of the data, a log likelihood ratio module may use the record to assign log likelihood ratio values for the decoding.
US09780807B2	Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium A data processing apparatus includes a circuit selecting unit and a decoding processor. The circuit selecting unit selects a decoder circuit for each data part of encoded target data. The decoder circuit is suitable for an arrangement of run lengths in the data part. The decoding processor performs reconfiguration to form the decoder circuit selected for the data part, and decodes the target data.
US09780806B2	Predicate application through partial compression dictionary match Apparatus and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for predicate application using partial compression dictionary match. A search strategy is developed for each predicate to be applied to compressed data. The compressed data is searched using the search strategy to locate the compression symbols identified in the search strategy. In response to locating a compression symbol from the search strategy in the compressed data, a respective row and applying the predicate is decompressed and a respective row that matches the predicate is returned to a database engine or an application.
US09780805B2	Predicate application through partial compression dictionary match Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for predicate application using partial compression dictionary match. A search strategy is developed for each predicate to be applied to compressed data. The compressed data is searched using the search strategy to locate the compression symbols identified in the search strategy. In response to locating a compression symbol from the search strategy in the compressed data, a respective row and applying the predicate is decompressed and a respective row that matches the predicate is returned to a database engine or an application.
US09780804B1	Successive approximation register analog to digital converter with multiple split digital to analog convertors A digital to analog convertor comprises an output line; first, second and third pluralities of capacitors; and first and second bridge capacitors. The first plurality of capacitors is coupled in parallel with one another, coupled with the output line, and comprises a first least significant bit capacitor of a first capacitance value. The second plurality of capacitors is coupled in parallel with one another, coupled with the output line, and comprises a second capacitor of the first capacitance value. The third plurality of capacitors is coupled in parallel with one another, coupled with the output line, and comprises a third capacitor of the first capacitance value. The first bridge capacitor bridges the output line between the first plurality of capacitors and the second plurality of capacitors. The second bridge capacitor bridges the output line between the second plurality of capacitors and the third plurality of capacitors.
US09780803B1	Apparatus for built-in self-test (BIST) of a Nyquist rate analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit is provided for testing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). A multi-order sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulator has an input that receives an input signal, a first output generating analog test signal derived from the input signal and applied to an input of the ADC and a second output generating a binary data stream. A digital recombination and filtering circuit has a first input that receives the binary data stream and a second input that receives a digital test signal output from the ADC in response to the analog test signal. The digital recombination and filtering circuit combines and filters the binary data stream and digital test signal to generate a digital result signal including a signal component derived from an error introduced by operation of the ADC. A correlation circuit is used to isolate that error signal component.
US09780802B1	Time-interleaved analog-digital converter and calibration method for the same Provided is a time-interleaved analog-digital converter including: a plurality of analog-digital converters which is located in each of a plurality of channels and converts an input analog signal into a plurality of partial digital signals; a plurality of sampling bandwidth adjusting units which is located in each of the plurality of channels and adjusts a plurality of sampling bandwidths of the plurality of channels in accordance with a plurality of bandwidth adjusting signals; and a sampling bandwidth control unit which estimates the plurality of sampling bandwidths and generates the plurality of bandwidth adjusting signals by which the plurality of sampling bandwidths matches each other.
US09780800B1	Matching paths in a multiple path analog-to-digital converter A method may include processing an analog input signal with a first processing path configured to generate a first digital signal based on the analog input signal; processing the analog input signal with a second processing path configured to generate a second digital signal based on the analog input signal, and adapting a response of an adaptive filter configured to generate a filtered digital signal from the second digital signal to reduce a difference between the filtered digital signal and the first digital signal. The method may additionally or alternatively include determining nonlinearities present in the second processing path based on comparison of the first digital signal and the second digital signal, and applying a linear correction to the second digital signal to generate a corrected second digital signal with decreased nonlinearity from that of the second digital signal.
US09780797B2	CMOS interpolator for a serializer/deserializer communication application The present invention relates generally to integrated circuits. More particularly, the present invention provides a circuit and method for regulating a voltage for a high speed serializer/deserializer (SerDes) device. But it will be recognized that the technique can be used for regulating memory devices (e.g., DDR 4 SDRAM devices, DDR4 register devices, DDR4 controller devices), and other high speed data applications. In various embodiments, phase-interpolator is implemented in conjunction with a delay-lock loop (DLL) and an SR latch, where one or more outputs of the DLL is used by the SR latch. Additionally, such techniques can be used for a variety of applications such as network and/or computer storage systems, computer servers, hand held computing devices, portable computing devices, computer systems, network appliances and/or switches, routers, and gateways, and the like.
US09780792B2	FPGA RAM blocks optimized for use as register files A random access memory circuit adapted for use in a field programmable gate array integrated circuit device is disclosed. The FPGA has a programmable array with logic modules and routing interconnects programmably coupleable to the logic modules and the RAM circuit. The RAM circuit has three ports: a first readable port, a second readable port, and a writeable port. The read ports may be programmably synchronous or asynchronous and have a programmably bypassable output pipeline register. The RAM circuit is especially well adapted for implementing register files. A novel interconnect method is also described.
US09780790B2	High speed level shifter circuit A r a level shifter circuit includes a first p-channel kick transistor connected directly across a first cross-coupled p-channel transistor, a second p-channel kick transistor connected directly across a second cross-coupled p-channel transistor, a first gate drive circuit coupled to the gate of the first p-channel kick transistor and configured to turn on first p-channel kick transistor to pull up the first output node in response to a rising edge of a signal at the input node, and a second gate drive circuit coupled to the gate of the second p-channel kick transistor and configured to turn on second p-channel kick transistor to pull up the second output node in response to a falling edge of a signal at the input node.
US09780782B2	On-die termination control without a dedicated pin in a multi-rank system A memory subsystem includes a multi-device package including multiple memory devices organized as multiple ranks of memory. A control unit for the memory subsystem sends a memory access command concurrently to some or all of the ranks of memory, and triggers some of all of the memory ranks that receive the memory access command to change on-die termination (ODT) settings. One of the ranks is selected to execute the memory access command, and executes the command while all ranks triggered to change the ODT setting have the changed ODT setting.
US09780779B2	Semiconductor device, electronic component, and electronic device To provide a small driver IC, a driver IC with a narrow width, a driver IC capable of high-speed operation, a small semiconductor device, a semiconductor device with a narrow width, or a semiconductor device capable of high-speed operation. The semiconductor device includes first to third circuits. The first and second circuits each include transistors with a first channel width. The third circuit includes transistors with a second channel width. The second channel width is larger than the first channel width. The first circuit is configured to select one of first to 2N-th potentials (N is an integer of 1 or more). The second circuit is configured to select one of (2N+1)-th to 4N-th potentials. The third circuit is configured to select the potential selected by the first circuit or the potential selected by the second circuit. The first to third circuits are arranged in line.

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