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US09779328B2 Range image generation
Techniques are provided for range image generation. An input image and a reference image are used to compute raw and optimized disparity-space correlation disparity results for each pixel in the reference image. A bilateral filter is applied to both the raw and optimized disparity space correlation disparity results within a neighborhood of a given pixel. For each pixel in the neighborhood, a mean of sub-pixel disparity estimates includes the raw disparity-space correlation disparity result, and another mean of sub-pixel disparity estimates is computed using optimized disparity-space correlation disparity results. The output of the bilateral filter is a weighted sum of the means, with the weights being proportional to the ratio of valid, non-optimized sub-pixel correlation disparity results to optimized sub-pixel correlation disparity results, thereby favoring non-optimized estimates. A sub-pixel range image is generated based at least in part on the sub-pixel disparity estimate for each pixel in the reference image.
US09779326B2 Moving image recognition apparatus and moving image recognition method
According to an embodiment, a moving image recognition apparatus includes a moving object detection unit, a data code reading unit, a label recognition unit, an association unit, and an output unit. The moving object detection unit detects moving objects from a moving image stored in a buffer unit and identifies each of the moving objects. The data code reading unit detects a data code from each frame of the moving image and decodes the detected data code. The label recognition unit detects and recognizes a label from each frame of the moving image. When the recognized label and the decoded data code exist on the same object, the association unit associates them. The output unit outputs together the decoding result of the data code and the recognition result of the label associated with the decoding result.
US09779325B2 Using extracted image text
Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer program products for using extracted image text are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving an input of one or more image search terms and identifying keywords from the received one or more image search terms. The method also includes searching a collection of keywords including keywords extracted from image text, retrieving an image associated with extracted image text corresponding to one or more of the image search terms, and presenting the image.
US09779324B2 Method and device for detecting interest points in image
The present invention provides a method and a device for detecting interest points in an image. The method includes: acquiring an original input image; performing down-sampling processing on the original input image, so as to obtain a plurality of sampling images with different resolutions; dividing each sampling image into a plurality of small image blocks; performing filtering processing on the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image in sequence by using Laplacian-of-Gaussian filters, so as to obtain filtered images of the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image; and acquiring interest points in an image in filtered images of the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image. The present invention is used for solving the problems of more memory consumption and a low detection speed in the prior art.
US09779319B2 Systems and methods for encoding image files containing depth maps stored as metadata
Systems and methods for storing images synthesized from light field image data and metadata describing the images in electronic files in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a processor and memory containing an encoding application and light field image data, where the light field image data comprises a plurality of low resolution images of a scene captured from different viewpoints. In addition, the encoding application configures the processor to synthesize a higher resolution image of the scene from a reference viewpoint using the low resolution images, where synthesizing the higher resolution image involves creating a depth map that specifies depths from the reference viewpoint for pixels in the higher resolution image; encode the higher resolution image; and create a light field image file including the encoded image, the low resolution images, and metadata including the depth map.
US09779315B2 Traffic signal recognition apparatus and traffic signal recognition method
A traffic signal recognition apparatus acquires image data by imaging the surroundings of a vehicle, detects a self-position of the vehicle, and detects, in the image, a traffic signal around the vehicle. The traffic signal recognition apparatus identifies two or more of the traffic signal predicted to be captured in the image, based on information on the self-position and map information containing positional information on the traffic signals, and assigns a priority level to each of the two or more traffic signals thus identified, based on a possibility of the traffic signal being blocked out of sight. When the two or more traffic signals are identified, the traffic signal detected in the image is a traffic signal with a highest priority level among the two or more traffic signals.
US09779313B2 Vehicle vision system with trailer angle detection
A vehicular vision system includes a camera and an image processor operable to process captured image data. When the vehicle is towing a trailer, and based at least in part on image processing of image data captured by the camera during maneuvering of the vehicle and the trailer, the vision system estimates a length of the trailer. Image data captured during maneuvering of the vehicle and the trailer includes image data captured when the vehicle is maneuvered with the trailer at an angle relative to the vehicle. The vision system, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data, determines a trailer angle of the trailer that is towed by the vehicle, and is operable to determine a path of the trailer responsive to a steering angle of the vehicle and the determined trailer angle of the trailer and the estimated length of the trailer.
US09779311B2 Integrated control system and method using surveillance camera for vehicle
An integrated control system and method using a vehicle surveillance camera, the method including: receiving vehicle license plate number information obtained by analyzing an image captured using the vehicle surveillance camera, from the vehicle surveillance camera via a server; receiving time information and position information about when and where the captured image was generated, from the vehicle surveillance camera via the server; and constructing a database by referring to the vehicle license plate number information, the time information, and the position information received via the server.
US09779305B2 Video analyzing device, video analyzing method, program, and integrated circuit
A video analyzing device according to the present invention specifies an object-related section from video. The object-related section being related to a specific object appearing in the video. The video analyzing device includes an object-related section specifier that specifies a non-detected section as the object-related section when a predetermined condition is satisfied and does not specify the non-detected section as the object-related section when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The object-detected section is a section in which the specific object is detected. The non-detected section is a section in which the specific object is not detected and which is in a consecutive relation with the object-detected section.
US09779302B1 System for optimizing storage location arrangement
This disclosure is directed to a system for optimizing storage area arrangement. A system control device may manage location control devices in various locations. Each location may comprise storage areas accessible to trackable targets. At least a portion of the storage areas may be arranged in parallel to form aisles that may be monitored by aisle monitoring equipment. The monitoring equipment may comprise at least two sensing devices capable of capturing data such as, for example, a count of trackable objects accessing an aisle or a storage area, time spent within the aisle or proximate to a storage area, characteristics of the trackable object (e.g., gender, age, etc.), etc. The captured data may then be analyzed by the system control device to determine whether a change in arrangement is necessary. A change in arrangement may help to alleviate bottlenecks, improve the efficiency of paths taken through the aisles/storage areas, etc.
US09779298B2 Forensic verification utilizing forensic markings inside halftones
A forensic verification system extracts a print signature via a print signature extractor from an interior of a halftone contained in an image. The system utilizes a comparator to compare the print signature to a reference signature stored in a registry to determine differences between the print signature and the reference signature. The system utilizes a forensic analyzer to perform a forensic analysis on the signatures based on the comparison to authenticate the image.
US09779292B2 System and method for interactive sketch recognition based on geometric contraints
The present invention discloses a system and method to recognize the geometric primitives and estimate the intended geometric relationship between the primitives. The system also provides its user an interactive feedback mechanism to better provide the graphic results intended by the user. The areas enclosed by the lines drew by the user is also considered by the system in the graphic result calculation process to improve the graphic results. One main feature of the present system is to provide geometric constraints estimations based on calculation of the constraints' effect on all related primitives and previously existing geometric constraints.
US09779289B2 Collection of machine learning training data for expression recognition
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for implementing crowdsourcing pipelines that generate training examples for machine learning expression classifiers. Crowdsourcing providers actively generate images with expressions, according to cues or goals. The cues or goals may be to mimic an expression or appear in a certain way, or to “break” an existing expression recognizer. The images are collected and rated by same or different crowdsourcing providers, and the images that meet a first quality criterion are then vetted by expert(s). The vetted images are then used as positive or negative examples in training machine learning expression classifiers.
US09779288B2 Connecting to an onscreen entity
A method for identifying unknown third parties appearing within video call data based on generated image characteristics data. A user's computing device and a participant computing device may exchange and render video call data in which the user's computing device may display the unknown third-party. The user's computing device may generate image characteristics data based on selected imagery. The user's computing device may compare the image characteristics data to stored contact information on the user's computing device to find a match, and may transmit the image characteristics data to the participant computing device for comparison with local stored information stored. The participant computing device may transmit a report message to the user's computing device indicating whether a match is found. In an embodiment, a server may transmit the facial data to other devices for comparison. In another embodiment, the user's computing device may request contact information from participant computing devices.
US09779286B2 Feature point location estimation device, feature point location estimation method, and feature point location estimation program
Provided is a feature point location estimation device, whereby fitting of a model is less prone to local solutions, and it is possible to detect a facial feature point with more practical precision. The feature point location estimation device comprises: an image input unit which receives input of a facial image from an external source; a nearest neighbor template computation unit which obtains a nearest neighbor template from among positive examples and a nearest neighbor template from among negative examples, the nearest neighbor templates being the templates nearest to an image that is computed from the inputted facial image using a facial feature point location search parameter from among a plurality of facial image templates constituted by the positive examples and the negative examples; a parameter gradient direction computation unit which computes, from the facial feature point location search parameter and the nearest neighbor templates, a gradient direction of the facial feature point location search parameter; and a search parameter update unit which updates the facial feature point location search parameter by adding the computed gradient direction.
US09779284B2 Privacy-preserving evidence in ALPR applications
A system and method for preserving privacy of evidence are provided. In the method, an encrypted first image is generated by encrypting a first image acquired at a first location with a symmetric cryptographic key that is based on first information such as a license plate number extracted from the first image and first metadata associated with the first image, such as a time at which the first image was acquired. When a link is established between a second image and the first image, for example, through visual signature matching, the symmetric cryptographic key can be reconstructed, without having access to the first image, but based instead on the first metadata and information extracted from the second image. The reconstructed symmetric cryptographic key can then be used for decryption of the encrypted image to establish evidence that the license plate number was indeed extracted from the first image.
US09779283B2 Automated prostate tissue referencing for cancer detection and diagnosis
This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods.
US09779282B1 Capacitive fingerprint sensing device and method for capturing a fingerprint using the sensing device
The present invention relates to a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern. The sensing device comprises a protective dielectric top layer having an outer surface forming a sensing surface to be touched by the finger; a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive sensing structures arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure; and an electroacoustic transducer arranged underneath the top layer and configured to generate an acoustic wave, and to transmit the acoustic wave through the protective dielectric top layer towards the sensing surface to induce an ultrasonic vibration potential in a ridge of finger placed in contact with the sensing surface.
US09779277B2 Biometric authentication device and method of driving and controlling the same
A biometric authentication device has a structure member which is wearable to a user, and a biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information of the user, and a biometric authentication unit that performs authentication of the user. The biological information acquisition unit is provided in a position where a finger of the user in contact when the structure member is worn/removed to/from the user, acquires first biological information with the finger of the user in contact with the biological information acquisition unit and second biological information which is at least one of a finger direction and action data, the finger direction is a direction of the finger in contact with the biological information acquisition unit and the action data is a data corresponding to spatial movement of the biometric authentication device when the structure member is worn/removed to/from the user. The biometric authentication unit performs the authentication based on the first and second biological information.
US09779274B2 RFID tags with CDMA communication capabilities
An apparatus for use in an RFID data collection system includes an antenna portion for wirelessly exchanging signals and a memory portion for storing RFID data. A signal processing portion is coupled among the antenna portion and the memory portion. The signal processing portion is configured to receive RFID data and to at least encode or decode the received RFID data via at least one spreading code, such as a mutually orthogonal code. Other configurations are also disclosed.
US09779272B2 Extended use of logarithm and exponent instructions
Embodiments of the present disclosure are based on a recognition that some processors are configured with instructions to compute logarithms and exponents (i.e. some processors include log and exp circuits). Embodiments of the present disclosure are further based on an insight that the use of the existing log and exp circuits could be extended to compute certain other functions by using the existing log and exp circuits to transform from a Cartesian to a logarithmic domain and vice versa and performing the actual computations of the functions in the logarithmic domain, which may be computationally easier than performing the computations in the Cartesian domain.
US09779270B2 Secured keypad devices
A data entry device including a housing including a top housing portion including key apertures, a plurality of data entry keys mounted in the housing to have data entry key depression travel paths in the housing, the plurality of data entry keys being associated with a substrate, which is disposed below the top housing portion and anti-tampering electrical conductors arranged between the top housing portion and the substrate thereby to prevent unauthorized access to the substrate.
US09779269B1 Storage system comprising per-tenant encryption keys supporting deduplication across multiple tenants
An apparatus comprises a storage system and a cryptographic module incorporated in or otherwise associated with the storage system. The cryptographic module is configured to obtain a plurality of data encryption keys used to encrypt respective ones of the data items for storage in the storage system and a plurality of tenant keys for respective ones of the tenants. A given one of the data items is encrypted using a particular one of the data encryption keys. The given data item as stored for a given one of the tenants has associated metadata that includes the particular data encryption key encrypted using the tenant key of the given tenant. Such an arrangement allows for efficient deduplication. For example, a single copy of the given data item can be stored for multiple ones of the tenants by appropriate configuration of the metadata associated with the given data item.
US09779258B2 Confidential extraction of system internal data
Secure extraction of state information of a computer system is provided. A method includes obtaining, by a security engine of a system, a public encryption key associated with a private decryption key; generating an extraction key that is inaccessible outside of the security engine; encrypting the extraction key with the public encryption key, to thereby obtain an encrypted extraction key; collecting state information of the system; encrypting the collected state information with the extraction key and storing the encrypted collected state information; and based on a request for access to the stored encrypted collected state information by a request for the extraction key, providing the extraction key to facilitate decryption of the stored encrypted state information.
US09779257B2 Orchestrated interaction in access control evaluation
An orchestrated access system is described herein that provides an access control decision function that is augmented by interfacing with a real-time collaborative communication system that maintains a state of various users' availability to communicate. The orchestrated access system provides real-time approvals for access control scenarios where the policy would not otherwise grant access. The system provides an experience for the requesting user to select an appropriate approver among multiple potential approvers based on the relationship of the potential approver to the requesting user, the relationship of the potential approver to the resource, and the availability of the potential approver for real-time communication. The system can provide a record of approver and request parameters in a database to optimize further interactions. Thus, the orchestrated access system provides an improved experience for granting access to resources within an organization for both the requesting user and the approver(s).
US09779254B2 Detection and prevention of sensitive information leaks
Examples of techniques for detecting and preventing sensitive information leaks are described herein. In one example, a method for detection of sensitive information leaks comprises computing, via a processor, a set of rules that identify sensitive information, and sending, via the processor, the set of rules to a dispatcher application using a protocol. The method can also include detecting, via the processor, that at least one data block of the transmitted data matches the set of rules, and executing, via the processor, a corrective action in response to detecting that at least one of the transmitted data blocks matches the set of rules.
US09779246B2 System and method for updating an operating system for a smart card or other secure element
A secure element includes a boot program comprises instructions for the execution a startup step to determine if a non-volatile memory stores an active operating system, and, in the affirmative, to launch execution of the operating system, an authentication step of a updater device, as a function of first authentication data determined by a secure element and second authentication data received from the updater device, and, in response to the authentication step, a storage step of a new operating system received from the update, device in the non-volatile memory and an activation step of the new operating system, when said instructions are executed by a microprocessor.
US09779244B1 Establishing secure initial state in a processing platform containing both high assurance security and safety-critical functions
A method including initializing the processing platform, wherein initializing the processing platform includes performing a power on self-test (POST) configured to determine an operational state of one or more hardware sub-components of the processing platform, the POST further configured to determine an error detection state of one or more monitoring functions of the processing platform, initializing a safety monitoring function of the processing platform, analyzing one or more results of the POST utilizing the safety monitoring function of the processing platform in order to determine compliance of the processing platform with operational requirements, configuring the safety monitoring function of the processing platform utilizing one or more sets of safety monitoring configuration data, initializing and configuring a security monitoring function of the processing platform, and initializing and configuring one or more security functions.
US09779243B2 Fuse-enabled secure BIOS mechanism in a trusted computing system
An apparatus for protecting BIOS, including a BIOS ROM, a detector, a generator, JTAG control, a fuse, and a controller. The BIOS ROM stores plaintext and an encrypted digest that is an encrypted version of a first digest corresponding to BIOS contents. The detector generates an interrupt at a combination of prescribed intervals and event occurrences, accesses the BIOS contents and the encrypted digest upon the interrupt, and directs a microprocessor to generate a second digest of the BIOS contents and a decrypted digest corresponding to the encrypted digest, compares the second digest with the decrypted digest, and precludes operation of the microprocessor when the second digest and decrypted digest are unequal. A random number is generated completion of a current BIOS check, and sets a following prescribed interval. JTAG control programs the combination of prescribed intervals and event occurrences.
US09779242B2 Programmable secure bios mechanism in a trusted computing system
An apparatus is provided for protecting a basic input/output system (BIOS) in a computing system. The apparatus includes a BIOS read only memory (ROM), a tamper detector, a random number generator, and a JTAG control chain. The BIOS ROM includes BIOS contents stored as plaintext, and an encrypted message digest, where the encrypted message digest has an encrypted version of a first message digest that corresponds to the BIOS contents. The tamper detector is operatively coupled to the BIOS ROM, and is configured to generate a BIOS check interrupt at a combination of prescribed intervals and event occurrences, and is configured to access the BIOS contents and the encrypted message digest upon assertion of the BIOS check interrupt, and is configured to direct a microprocessor to generate a second message digest corresponding to the BIOS contents and a decrypted message digest corresponding to the encrypted message digest, and is configured to compare the second message digest with the decrypted message digest, and is configured to preclude the operation of the microprocessor if the second message digest and the decrypted message digest are not equal. The random number generator disposed within the microprocessor, and generates a random number at completion of a current BIOS check, which is employed to set a following prescribed interval, whereby the prescribed intervals are randomly varied. The JTAG control chain is configured to program the combination of prescribed intervals and event occurrences within tamper detection microcode storage.
US09779241B2 Synchronization of UEFI secure boot variables on a managed server
Techniques are provided for actively managing secure boot variables. Such techniques include receiving a request from an entity to modify a portion of a basic input/output system (BIOS), the request including a data segment, and verifying that the requesting entity is authorized to modify a portion of the BIOS. In response to verifying that the requesting entity is authorized, the portion of the BIOS is modified based on the received request and the data segment, and a copy of the data segment is stored in a file on a physical memory that is communicatively coupled to the BIOS. If the BIOS is updated, thereby erasing part or all of the secure boot variables that are stored in the BIOS, the record of changes of the secure boot variables along with default authenticated variables may be used to restore the secure boot variables to a state prior to the BIOS update.
US09779237B2 Detection of non-volatile changes to a resource
Policies are communicated to a kernel service of an Operating System (OS) that define resource identifiers and events. When an event is received (from the kernel service) for a resource, the event is noted. Subsequent events received (from the kernel service) are: tracked, evaluated, and a determination is made whether a near real-time or real-time notification is to be sent.
US09779236B2 Risk assessment modeling
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for risk assessment. Historical authentication data and/or compromised user account data may be evaluated to identify a set of authentication context properties associated with user authentication sessions and/or a set of malicious account context properties associated with compromised user accounts (e.g., properties indicative of whether a user recently visited a malicious site, created a fake social network profile, logged in from unknown locations, etc.). The set of authentication context properties and/or the set of malicious account context properties may be annotated to create an annotated context property training set that may be used to train a risk assessment machine learning model to generate a risk assessment model. The risk assessment model may be used to evaluate user context properties of a user account event to generate a risk analysis metric indicative of a likelihood the user account event is malicious or safe.
US09779232B1 Trusted code generation and verification to prevent fraud from maleficent external devices that capture data
A user equipment. The user equipment comprises a processor, a memory, a trusted security zone, wherein the trusted security zone provides hardware assisted trust, a ticket generator stored in the trusted security zone to generate a plurality of access codes, and a code generator stored in the trusted security zone. The code generator generates a different one-time-password for each of the plurality of access codes, wherein the one-time-password is not displayed on the user equipment, stores the one-time-password in the trusted security zone, and transmits the one-time-password to a trusted server through a trusted channel. Responsive to an associated access code from the plurality of access codes being displayed and upon request of a user of the user equipment, the code generator displays the one-time-password and invalidates the one-time-password promptly after the display ends.
US09779231B2 Distribution of ephemeral extension to communication sessions
To allow more non-enterprise communication endpoints to communicate without having to allocate an extension for every non-enterprise communication endpoint, a request is received to communicate with an enterprise communication system from a non-enterprise communication endpoint. A temporary password is associated with a dynamic communication address (e.g., from a group of dynamic extensions). The temporary password and the dynamic communication address are sent to the non-enterprise communication endpoint. The non-enterprise communication endpoint registers with the communication system using the temporary password and the dynamic communication address. A communication session is established between the non-enterprise communication endpoint and an enterprise communication endpoint using the dynamic communication address. The temporary password is then disassociated from the dynamic communication address, thus freeing up the dynamic communication address for use with another non-enterprise communication endpoint.
US09779229B2 Secure industrial control system
A secure industrial control system is disclosed herein. The industrial control system includes a plurality of industrial elements (e.g., modules, cables) which are provisioned during manufacture with their own unique security credentials. A key management entity of the secure industrial control system monitors and manages the security credentials of the industrial elements starting from the time they are manufactured up to and during their implementation within the industrial control system for promoting security of the industrial control system. An authentication process, based upon the security credentials, for authenticating the industrial elements being implemented in the industrial control system is performed for promoting security of the industrial control system. In one or more implementations, all industrial elements of the secure industrial control system are provisioned with the security credentials for providing security at multiple (e.g., all) levels of the system.
US09779228B2 Touchscreen unlocking method and apparatus
A touchscreen unlocking method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes receiving an unlocking instruction triggered by a user by sliding a control on a touchscreen; reading a corresponding user-defined screen locking configuration file according to the unlocking instruction; and performing an unlocking operation on the touchscreen according to the corresponding user-defined screen locking configuration file. In the present disclosure, when a user triggers unlocking, an unlocking operation is performed on a touchscreen according to a user-defined screen locking configuration file; and an unlocking control on the touchscreen can be self-defined and randomly set by the user, and different effects such as animation, sound, and vibration may be displayed in different states, thereby greatly improving unlocking convenience and fun, and meeting the requirement that the user hopes to self-define an unlocking manner according to the preference of the user.
US09779224B2 Methods and systems for client-enhanced challenge-response authentication
Methods, systems and apparatus for performing client-server authentication using a device authentication and optional user authentication approach. In a device authentication stage, the client is unlocked to provide access to a cryptographic key used for authentication. In a user authentication stage, the user provides a personal data credential used to generate an additional cryptographic key.
US09779222B2 Secure management of host connections
An access gateway monitors a communication session to a first host for commands entered by a user. For example, commands entered in a command line terminal by the user. When a command is received, the access gateway receives information about an effect caused by the command on the first host. The access gateway determines if the effect results in an attempt to establish a communication session between the first host and a second host. For example, to copy files from the second host. In response to determining that the effect results in an attempt to establish a communication session between the first host and the second host, an action is generated. For example, the action may be to block the attempt to establish the communication between the first host and the second host.
US09779215B2 Automatic prescription drug dispenser
An automatic prescription drug dispenser including a remote dispenser, a prescription entry system, and a communications network. The remote dispenser transmits and receives information from the communications network and dispenses prescription drugs to the patient. The prescription entry system transmits and receives information from the communications network and provides an input system for the prescriber to electronically enter individual prescriptions for each patient. The communications network coordinates communications between the doctor, insurance carrier, and the remote dispenser. The remote dispenser stores, retrieves, and labels prescription drug and over-the-counter products directly to patients through a remote automated dispenser, a prescription entry system, and a communications network.
US09779214B2 Systems and methods for personalized de-risking based on patient genome data
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for using patient-specific genomic information to optimize or de-risk therapy for the patient. A user may identify a medication for consideration for prescription to a patient, and a genetic variant of the patient affecting a first protein. An analyzer may identify a second medication targeting the first protein, and may retrieve adverse event data from an adverse event database for patients co-medicated with both the first medication and second medication. The analyzer may determine, based on rates of adverse events, the likelihood of an adverse event occurring through co-medication of the first medication and second medication. Based on the likelihood, and based on a correspondence or non-correspondence between a protein activation characteristic of the first medication and the effect of the genetic variant of the patient, the analyzer may indicate or contra-indicate the first medication for the patient.
US09779213B2 System for evaluating a pathological stage of prostate cancer
Clinical information, molecular information and/or computer-generated morphometric information is used in a predictive model for predicting the occurrence of a medical condition. In an embodiment, a model predicts whether a patient is likely to have a favorable pathological stage of prostate cancer, where the model is based on features including one or more (e.g., all) of preoperative PSA, Gleason Score, a measurement of expression of androgen receptor (AR) in epithelial and stromal nuclei and/or a measurement of expression of Ki67-positive epithelial nuclei, a morphometric measurement of a ratio of area of epithelial nuclei outside gland units to area of epithelial nuclei within gland units, and a morphometric measurement of area of epithelial nuclei distributed away from gland units. In some embodiments, quantitative measurements of protein expression in cell lines are utilized to objectively assess assay (e.g., multiplex immunofluorescence (IF)) performance and/or to normalize features for use within a predictive model.
US09779210B2 Enterprise management system
A health care enterprise management system and method of management are disclosed. The system and method include a routing layer, a plurality of applications in an application layer, wherein the application layer communicates external to the enterprise manager via communicative contact through the routing layer, a business rules layer of a plurality of health care provision business rules, and a core layer.
US09779206B2 Estimation of delta-Cq values with confidence from qPCR data
The invention describes how to estimate delta-Cq values from measured (raw-)Cq values gained from PCR measurements and how to calculate confidence intervals for them. This is realized by the following processing steps: A noise model, which might be constructed on some training PCR data, calculates the distribution of the true target material concentration of a single well for an observed measurement results. Said distribution is calculated for all types of measurement results including “Numeric” raw-Cq values as well as Cq being “Undetected”, which denotes that no fluorescence signal was detected during all cycles and thus corresponds to no or very few target molecules.
US09779203B2 Method and system for computer-aided design of radiation-hardened integrated circuits
A method, system, and computer program product include electronic design automation (EDA) tools used with standard CMOS processes to design and produce radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs) having a predictable level of radiation hardness while maintaining a desired level of performance and tracking circuit area. The tools include rad-hard design rule checking (DRC) decks, rad-hard SPICE models, and rad-hard cell libraries. A rad-hard parasitic components extraction process makes use of rad-hard DRC rules to locate occurrences of parasitic devices, calculate their effects on circuit performance, and return this information to layout and circuit simulation tools. Changes to the layout are suggested and implemented with varying degrees of automation. Some of these tools can be provided as components of a rad-hard process design kit (PDK). They can be used in conjunction with commercial EDA tools to facilitate the incorporation of rad-hard features into new or existing IC designs.
US09779200B2 Methods for multi-wire routing and apparatus implementing same
A rectangular interlevel connector array (RICA) is defined in a semiconductor chip. To define the RICA, a virtual grid for interlevel connector placement is defined to include a first set of parallel virtual lines that extend across the layout in a first direction, and a second set of parallel virtual lines that extend across the layout in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first plurality of interlevel connector structures are placed at respective gridpoints in the virtual grid to form a first RICA. The first plurality of interlevel connector structures of the first RICA are placed to collaboratively connect a first conductor channel in a first chip level with a second conductor channel in a second chip level. A second RICA can be interleaved with the first RICA to collaboratively connect third and fourth conductor channels that are respectively interleaved with the first and second conductor channels.
US09779199B2 Circuit boards with thermal control and methods for their design
Circuit boards and computer-implemented methods for designing circuit boards are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of designing a circuit board having an insulator substrate includes determining, by a computer, a plurality of thermal conductor traces that is arranged to direct heat flux generated by a heat generating component away from a temperature sensitive component, and determining a plurality of electrical connection traces based on an input schematic. At least a portion of the plurality of electrical connection traces incorporate at least a portion of the plurality of thermal conductor traces to define a conductive trace pattern that electrically connects pins of two or more components located on the substrate. The conductive trace pattern includes the plurality of thermal conductor traces and the plurality of electrical connection traces. Disruption of the plurality of thermal conductor traces is avoided while determining the plurality of electrical connection traces.
US09779195B2 Model-based retiming with functional equivalence constraints
A system and method tests for functional equivalence prior to automatically retiming a high-level specification. An Intermediate Representation (IR) includes one or more graphs or trees based on the high-level specification. A functional equivalence (FE) analyzer determines whether one or more components in the graph meet certain value and state conditions and thus is a candidate for retiming. A scheduler can use components that fail FE as a retiming boundary.
US09779192B2 Multi-rate parallel circuit simulation
Methods and systems are disclosed related to multi-rate parallel circuit simulation. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method of partitioning the circuit into a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition is represented by a set of linear differential equations, determining a simulation time step for each partition of the plurality of partitions, grouping the plurality of partitions into multiple groups, wherein each group includes one or more partitions having simulation time steps within a predefined range of each other, and solving the multiple groups with their corresponding simulation time steps in parallel.
US09779186B2 Methods for performing model-based lithography guided layout design
Methods are disclosed to create efficient model-based Sub-Resolution Assist Features (MB-SRAF). An SRAF guidance map is created, where each design target edge location votes for a given field point on whether a single-pixel SRAF placed on this field point would improve or degrade the aerial image over the process window. In one embodiment, the SRAF guidance map is used to determine SRAF placement rules and/or to fine-tune already-placed SRAFs. The SRAF guidance map can be used directly to place SRAFs in a mask layout. Mask layout data including SRAFs may be generated, wherein the SRAFs are placed according to the SRAF guidance map. The SRAF guidance map can comprise an image in which each pixel value indicates whether the pixel would contribute positively to edge behavior of features in the mask layout if the pixel is included as part of a sub-resolution assist feature.
US09779175B2 Creating optimized shortcuts
An approach for using shortcut input to access or group documents is provided. The input may be mapped to opening or grouping the documents based on user preferences, and the documents may be displayed once the computer system detects the input of the shortcut input.
US09779169B2 System for ranking memes
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for selecting items (e.g., Internet memes) to be presented to a user. In one embodiment, a user connected to a network is identified. For each of a plurality of items (e.g., memes), for each of one or more followers of the user, a probability that the corresponding one of the followers of the user will repost the one of the plurality of items is determined. A number of the plurality of items may be selected based, at least in part, on the probability that has been determined, for each of the plurality of items, for each of the one or more followers of the user, that the corresponding one of the followers of the user will repost the one of the plurality of items. The selected number of the plurality of items may then be presented to the user.
US09779167B2 Management system for skin condition measurement analysis information and management method for skin condition measurement analysis information
Service can be offered free of charge and the cost of a skin condition measuring device can be reduced by effectively using data on the occasion of obtaining an analysis result by transmitting measurement data by the skin condition measuring device to a server of a company providing a service of analyzing the measurement data. When a request is made from a contractor client to acquire data registered in a measurement data database, authentication is executed based on a contractor ID input from the contractor client. Additionally, when the measurement data database is searched from a contractor database based on the contractor ID, a search level and an access level are obtained. The contractor client is permitted to search the measurement data database within a range of the search level and the access level.
US09779163B2 Selective invocation of playback content supplementation
A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration and signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message.
US09779159B2 Customer support solution recommendation system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium and a method for automatically providing support solutions in response to user feedback items. The method comprises receiving user feedback items and corresponding support solutions. The method further comprises identifying, using clustering techniques, associations between the user feedback items and the corresponding support solutions. The method further comprises storing the identified associations as an items-solutions model that correlates the user feedback items with the corresponding support solutions. The method further comprises receiving a new user feedback item. The method further comprises automatically determining, using the items-solutions model, at least one support solution that corresponds to the new user feedback item. The method further comprises providing the at least one support solution in response to the received new user feedback item.
US09779155B2 Independent table nodes in parallelized database environments
A recipient node of a multi-node data partitioning landscape can receive, directly from a requesting machine without being handled by a master node, a first data request related to a table. A target node of a plurality of processing nodes can be identified to handle the data request. The determining can include the recipient node applying partitioning information to determine a target data partition of the plurality of data partitions to which the data request should be directed and mapping information associating each data partition of the plurality of data partitions with an assigned node of the plurality of processing nodes. The recipient node can redirect the data request to the target node so that the target node can act on the target data partition in response to the data request.
US09779153B2 Data transfer between storage systems using data fingerprints
A system and method for data replication is described. A destination storage system receives a message from a source storage system as part of a replication process. The message includes an identity of a first file, information about where the first file is stored in the source storage system, a name of a first data being used by the first file and stored at a first location of the source storage system, and a fingerprint of the first data. The destination storage system determines that a mapping database is unavailable or inaccurate, and accesses a fingerprint database using the fingerprint of the first data received with the message to determine whether data stored in the destination storage system has a fingerprint identical to the fingerprint of the first data.
US09779152B2 Method and system for optimizing the arrangement of spatial elements
In a data visualization system, a method of analyzing and representing spatial data sets to optimize the arrangement of spatial elements, the method including the steps of: retrieving data from a data storage module that is in communication with the data visualization system, determining lift values for a plurality of predefined spatial areas from the retrieved data based on a set of fuzzy association rules applied to the predefined spatial areas, determining spatial performance values for the predefined spatial areas, and calculating a weighted spatial relationship between the determined lift values and spatial performance values.
US09779151B2 Visualizing relationships in data sets
Some examples of visualizing relationships in data sets can be implemented as a method by one or more computer systems. Dimension objects and multiple measure objects are displayed adjacent to a cause region and an effect region in a user interface. Each dimension object represents an input category associated with an input quantity that contributes to a total quantity in a data set. Each measure object represents an output category associated with an output quantity based on an input category. A dimension object and a measure object can be moved into the cause region and the effect region, respectively, in response to input. From the data set, an output quantity associated with the measure object is determined based on an input quantity associated with the dimension object from the total quantity in the data set. A result representing the output quantity is displayed in the measure object.
US09779149B2 Multi mode extendable object selector
A object selector for supporting at least one selectable view is described. The object selector includes: a selectable view accessor configured for accessing a set of selectable views, wherein each selectable view of the set of selectable views is configured for displaying data associated with at least one selected item; an integrated selectable view renderer configured for rendering at least one integrated selectable view by integrating the at least one selected item into at least one selectable view of the set of selectable views; and an integrated selectable view displayer configured for displaying the at least one integrated selectable view.
US09779139B1 Context-based filtering of search results
A server is configured to receive, from a client, a query and context information associated with a document; obtain search results, based on the query, that identify documents relevant to the query; analyze the context information to identify content; generate first scores for a hierarchy of topics, that correspond to measures of relevance of the topics to the content; select a topic that is most relevant to the context information when the topic is associated with a greatest first score; generate second scores for the search results that correspond to measures of relevance, of the search results, to the topic; select one or more of the search results as being most relevant to the topic when the search results are associated with one or more greatest second scores; generate a search result document that includes the selected search results; and send, to a client, the search result document.
US09779138B2 Methods and systems for autonomous memory searching
Methods and systems operate to receive a plurality of search requests for searching a database in a memory system. The search requests can be stored in a FIFO queue and searches can be subsequently generated for each search request. The resulting plurality of searches can be executed substantially in parallel on the database. A respective indication is transmitted to a requesting host when either each respective search is complete or each respective search has generated search results.
US09779136B2 Rearranging search operators
A system and method for rearranging search operators of a search query are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a first initial search query is received from a first user. The first initial search query comprises at least one search operator and at least one search term. A first rewritten search query is generated based on the first initial search query. The generating of the first rewritten search query comprises rewriting at least one optional search operator in the first initial search query using at least one required search operator and at least one exclusion search operator in response to a determination that the first initial search query comprises the at least one optional search operator and does not comprise any required search operators. A first set of search results is generated for the first rewritten search query and caused to be presented to the first user.
US09779134B2 System and method of data wrangling
In some example embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) is caused to be displayed on a computing device of a user. The GUI can be configured to enable the user to submit an identification of a dataset and at least one configuration parameter. The identification of the data source, the at least one configuration parameter, and the at least one wrangling parameter can be received via the GUI on the computing device. A sampling algorithm can be configured based on the at least one configuration parameter. A sample of data from the dataset can be generated using the configured sampling algorithm. At least one data wrangling operation can be performed on the sample of data based on the at least one wrangling parameter.
US09779133B2 Contextual debugging of SQL queries in database-accessing applications
Various embodiments of systems and methods for validating Structured Query Language (SQL) queries in a database-accessing software application during application development are described herein. In some embodiments, an SQL query can be copied, during debugging of the software application, from a program editor used to define the software application into an SQL console that facilitates modifying and executing the query and displays data resulting from the execution of the query. Upon developer validation of the SQL query, the validated query may be copied back into the software application to substitute the original query. The SQL query may include one or more unresolved parameters that can be resolved by the SQL console via access to memory in which the software application is executed during debugging.
US09779131B2 Detecting, representing, and interpreting three-space input: gestural continuum subsuming freespace, proximal, and surface-contact modes
Systems and methods for detecting, representing, and interpreting three-space input are described. Embodiments of the system, in the context of an SOE, process low-level data from a plurality of sources of spatial tracking data and analyze these semantically uncorrelated spatiotemporal data and generate high-level gestural events according to dynamically configurable implicit and explicit gesture descriptions. The events produced are suitable for consumption by interactive systems, and the embodiments provide one or more mechanisms for controlling and effecting event distribution to these consumers. The embodiments further provide to the consumers of its events a facility for transforming gestural events among arbitrary spatial and semantic frames of reference.
US09779129B1 Systems and methods for integrating data
Systems and methods for integrating data are described. In an example embodiment, a plurality of data attributes of comparison data and the plurality of data attributes of a master record are respectively compared to determine that there is a difference, the comparison data originating from a data source. A relative level of source priority of the data source of the comparison data is determined relative to the data source of a current state version of the master record in accordance with source evaluation criteria. The current state version of the master record is stored in reference data based on a determination that there is a difference and that the source priority of the data source of the comparison data is equal to or greater than the data source of the current state version of the master record. Mapped comparison data is used to update the current state version of the master record based on the determination that there is a difference and that the source significance of the data source of the comparison data is equal to or greater than the data source of the current state version of the master record to create an updated state version of the master record, the mapped comparison data being based on the comparison data. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US09779127B2 Integrating database management system and external cache
Example systems and methods for integrating a primary data store (e.g., a source-of-truth relational database management system) and a secondary data store (e.g., external cache) are described. The approach implements a modified read-through/write-through data access pattern that integrates read and write flows in order to support high-concurrency environments while maintaining immediate consistency between stores. Writes are handled using a three-phase flow that avoids concurrency-related race conditions and the need to block in the secondary store in order to maintain cross-store consistency. Reads are never dirty and will repair the secondary store as needed without conflicting with repairs that may have been initiated by other sessions.
US09779124B2 Mobile terminal and control method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal for updating data files stored in a memory on a database and a control method thereof, and a mobile terminal for updating data files on a database according to the media transfer protocol (MTP) may include a memory configured to store the data files, and a controller configured to divide the data files stored in the memory into a first group composed of files to which the priority order of update is given and a second group composed of files other than those of the first group, and sequentially update the first group and the second group on the database to implement an application using data files contained in the first.
US09779120B1 Native storage data collection using plug-ins that are independent from data sources
A native data collection component may be implemented as a tool, appliance, application and/or utility, and including physical and/or logical implementations thereof. The native data collection component may be responsible for data orchestration, data collection, and aggregation and distribution of collected data from among multiple sources. Accordingly, the native data collection component may be independent of a particular data source and act as an independent performance characteristic collection mechanism. In an embodiment, the native data collection component may include three devices/sub-components: a data orchestration device, a data collection interface and a data aggregation and distribution device. Each sub-component may be service based and communication with each service may be done using state-less protocols. The data collection interface enables a software structure that includes data collection plug-ins that are independent of data sources and are not deployed into the SAN as agents of any of the data sources.
US09779117B1 Database partitioning scheme evaluation and comparison
A database benchmark configuration is selected via an interface. At least one database partitioning scheme from a plurality of database partitioning schemes is selected via the interface. The selected database partitioning scheme is configured through the interface. The selected database partitioning scheme is evaluated based on the configuring step and the selected database benchmark configuration, and evaluation results are generated. A presentation is generated for the interface based on at least a portion of the evaluation results, wherein the presentation is configured to provide at least an indication of a performance of the selected database partitioning scheme given the configuring step and the selected database benchmark configuration.
US09779115B2 System and method for automatically selecting images to accompany text
A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system is capable of receiving text from the user, identifying one or more search terms based on the text, identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, presenting one or more candidate images to the user, receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images, generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text, and transmitting the social media post for display.
US09779113B2 Systems and methods for improving domain name system traffic routing
Systems and methods for improving Domain Name System (DNS) traffic routing, the systems and methods have a DNS resolver in digital communication with a microprocessor of an authoritative DNS server, wherein the authoritative DNS server is configured to make DNS traffic routing decisions, wherein a DNS query, associated with a requested DNS resource record, is transmitted to the authoritative DNS server. The systems and methods have at least one database in digital communication with, and accessible by, the authoritative DNS server, wherein the authoritative DNS server identifies the requested DNS resource record associated with the DNS query and extracts, from the at least one database, one or more configuration details associated with the requested DNS resource record, wherein the one or more configuration details associated comprise at least an input collection of potential answers to the DNS query and at least one assigned filter instruction. The microprocessor filters the input collection of potential answers by executing the at least one filter instruction to extract a final output from the input collection of potential answers, wherein the final output comprises at least one final answer to the DNS query. The at least one final answer is composed into a DNS response to the DNS query by the microprocessor, and the DNS response may be is returnable as output to the DNS resolver.
US09779110B2 Placement device, placement method and recording medium, that stores placement program information processing device
A placement device may reduce the cost for placing an object when a placement destination, in which an object is placed, changes due to the addition of a placement destination. A placement device may: determine, upon receiving object information assigned to an object, as the placement destination in which the object is placed from among one or more placement destinations each having an assigned set value, the placement destination added most recently and assigned a set value larger than a characteristic value derived uniquely based on the object information; and change, when a placement destination is added, based on an available capacity representing the amount of objects that can be newly placed in the placement destinations, the set value assigned to at least one of the placement destinations such that the determined placement destination does not change to a placement destination other than the placement destination added last.
US09779108B1 Lustre file system
A computer-executable method, system, and computer program product of managing I/O received within a Lustre file system, the computer-executable method, system, and computer program product comprising: receiving a data I/O request, wherein the data I/O request relates to data stored within the Lustre file system; processing the data I/O request in a journal stored on a fast data storage device within the Lustre file system; analyzing the journal to make a determination related to the data I/O request; and responding to the data I/O request.
US09779102B2 Method and apparatus for providing compressed data structure
An approach for providing a compressed data structure of data records sharing one or more common values is described. A data compression platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of a plurality of data records to determine one or more repeating values common across the plurality of data records. The data compression platform may also cause, at least in part, a storage of the one or more repeating values in at least one header record of a data structure. The data compression platform may further cause, at least in part, a storage of one or more non-repeating values of the plurality of data records in respective one or more point records of the data structure associated with the at least one header record.
US09779097B2 Platform agnostic UI/UX and human interaction paradigm
In one embodiment, a method of controlling a user interface can include: displaying first objects in a foreground on a display screen, where each first object represents media content, and where the first objects are displayed with a first display characteristic; accepting a signal indicating user selection of one of the first objects; displaying media content for the selected object in a background on the display screen, where the media content is displayed in the background with a second display characteristic, where the second display characteristic includes a changed cinematic characteristic from the first display characteristic in order to reduce attraction of attention for the second display characteristic relative to the first display characteristic; and displaying second objects in the foreground on the display screen, where the second objects are associated with the selected object, and where the second objects are displayed with the first display characteristic.
US09779096B2 Associating data with pages of an application to allow selection of the pages via a selected navigation category
A system for associating data input by a user with at least one page of a file created by an application to allow selection of one or more pages associated with a selected navigation category is provided. In the system, metadata is received and associated with at least one page. A navigation category is assigned to the page, determined by its associated metadata. A navigation interface comprising at least one navigation category is generated as a component of the application. A selection of at least one navigation category by a user is received via the navigation interface. One or more pages associated with the selected navigation category are then gathered by the application for display to the user.
US09779092B2 Maintaining consistency between a data object and references to the object within a file
A technique for maintaining consistency between a data object and references to the object in a file. An indication that a source object has changed is received. One or more of the changes made to the source object are identified. A file comprising one or more references related to the source object is analyzed to identify those references that may be inconsistent with the changes made to the source object.
US09779089B2 Auto-storing and synchronizing device content from an information handling system
A system and method for auto-storing and synchronizing device content from an information handling system is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first device within a pre-determined range of a docking station, the first device operable to communicate with the docking station. The method further includes pairing with the first device. The method includes detecting a file on the first device. The method further includes uploading the file to a cloud services system. The method further includes creating a pointer, the pointer pointing to the file's location on the cloud services system. The method further includes storing the pointer to the file.
US09779086B2 Learning apparatus, translation apparatus, learning method, and translation method
In order to solve a conventional problem that an accurate translation cannot be realized, a learning apparatus includes: a parser unit parsing a target language sentence, thereby acquiring a binary tree of the target language sentence; a source language element acquiring unit acquiring one or more source language elements; a source language partial structure acquiring unit acquiring one or more source language partial structures each containing a parent node having a phrase label and two child nodes each having a phrase label or a source language element; a labeling unit providing a reordering label to the one or more source language partial structures; a model building unit that builds one or more parsing models each having appearance probability information regarding a labeled source language partial structure; and an accumulating unit accumulating a binary tree of a source language sentence having the one or more parsing models.
US09779085B2 Multilingual embeddings for natural language processing
A natural language processing (“NLP”) manager is provided that manages NLP model training. An unlabeled corpus of multilingual documents is provided that span a plurality of target languages. A multilingual embedding is trained on the corpus of multilingual documents as input training data, the multilingual embedding being generalized across the target languages by modifying the input training data and/or transforming multilingual dictionaries into constraints in an underlying optimization problem. An NLP model is trained on training data for a first language of the target languages, using word embeddings of the trained multilingual embedding as features. The trained NLP model is applied for data from a second of the target languages, the first and second languages being different.
US09779081B2 Feature completion in computer-human interactive learning
A collection of data that is extremely large can be difficult to search and/or analyze. Relevance may be dramatically improved by automatically classifying queries and web pages in useful categories, and using these classification scores as relevance features. A thorough approach may require building a large number of classifiers, corresponding to the various types of information, activities, and products. Creation of classifiers and schematizers is provided on large data sets. Exercising the classifiers and schematizers on hundreds of millions of items may expose value that is inherent to the data by adding usable meta-data. Some aspects include active labeling exploration, automatic regularization and cold start, scaling with the number of items and the number of classifiers, active featuring, and segmentation and schematization.
US09779077B2 Representation of data records in graphic tables
Various arrangements for creating a pivot table are presented. A set of stored records may be accessed. A plurality of stored records from the set of stored records may be selected to be represented in a plurality of cells of the pivot table. A graphical representation may be generated for display for each stored record of the plurality of stored records. Each graphical representation may be generated for display within a cell of the plurality of cells of the pivot table. Each graphical representation of the pivot table is actively linked with the corresponding stored record.
US09779073B2 Digital document change conflict resolution
A first set of changes to a first version of a digital document, as compared to a baseline version of the document, can be detected. The first set of changes can include a first change to a page of the document in the first version of the document, as compared to the baseline version of the document. Also, a second set of changes to a second version of a document, as compared to the baseline version of the document, can be detected. The second set of changes can include a second change to the page of the document in the second version of the document, as compared to the baseline version of the document. A conflict between the first change and the second change can be detected, and the conflict can be resolved by receiving user input or applying conflict resolution rule(s) to choose between the first and second changes.
US09779071B2 Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, encoding method, encoding apparatus, decoding method, and decoding apparatus
A code converting unit encodes input text data based on an code assignment table stored in a storage device that defines a conversion rule for encoding text data, wherein; the code assignment table being generated by assigning a part of character strings assigned to a 1-byte region of a first code assignment table to a 2-byte region of the code assignment table, and by assigning one or more codes each having two or more bytes to at least a part of character strings assigned to the 2-byte region of the code assignment table.
US09779070B2 Providing aggregated data to page generation code for network page generation
Disclosed are various embodiments relating to generating portions of network pages associated with a network site, where the portions of the network pages are generated by page generation code that uses a subset of aggregated data provided to it. A request for a network page is received from a first party. Data is aggregated from one or more data sources in response to the request. Each data source provides multiple data items using a multipart encoding. Page generation code supplied by the first party is executed to generate at least a portion of the network page in response to receiving a subset of the data which is used by the page generation code. The page generation code is able to access the subset of the data as predefined variables.
US09779067B2 Systems and methods for online publishing and content syndication
A system and method of republishing and syndicating digital content for use by consumer readers, comprising allowing a publisher to register with a syndication engine, to indicate content that the publisher wishes to make available for syndication, and to indicate at least one monetization model for the content. Upon registering with the syndication engine, transmitting a republish control for the publisher to embed in the content. Upon a republisher requesting to view content from the publisher, causing the publisher to transmit the content, including the republish control, to the republisher. If the republisher desires to republish the content, allowing the republisher to select the republish control. Causing transmission of a republish request to the syndication engine in response to selection of the republish control. Then transmitting a unique embed code to the republisher for embedding into a republisher webpage to facilitate republishing of the content from the publisher.
US09779065B1 Displaying graphical content items based on textual content items
A method for generating a matrix of graphical content items to be displayed on at least one client computing device having a display is described. The method is implemented by a server computing device communicatively coupled to a database and to the at least one client computing device. The method includes retrieving, from the database, a plurality of textual content items, a link to a landing page associated with each textual content item, and an image associated with at least a part of the landing page. The method also includes generating a matrix including a plurality of portions, including, for each portion of the matrix, selecting one of the plurality of textual content items, and including, in the portion, text from the selected textual content item, the image associated with the landing page, and the link to the landing page, and transmitting data for display of the matrix to the client computing device.
US09779064B2 Cloud assisted rendering
Described is a method of rendering first page data to a document, by receiving the first page data in a first format, removing a portion of the first page data having a predetermined attribute; storing the removed data in a memory of the rendering device; inserting references to the removed data into the first page data to produce altered first page data in the first format; transmitting the altered first page data to a platform service device; forming second page data in a second format, the second page data containing the inserted references; and receiving, by the rendering device, the second page data from the platform service device, the rendering device rendering to the document the second page data using the inserted references and the copied data stored in the memory of the rendering device.
US09779060B2 Systems and methods for generating updates of geological models
Systems and methods for generating updates of large scale 3D geological models with multi-model facies, permeability or porosity distribution.
US09779059B2 Commercial vehicle, in particular fork-lift truck or industrial truck, with a data memory that is rigidly attached on the vehicle side and assigned to a parameterisable electronic control arrangement
A commercial vehicle comprises a functional arrangement comprising at least one drive motor for providing at least one working or operating function and a parameterisable electronic control arrangement configured to control the functional arrangement depending on a parameter dataset stored in the control arrangement. A data memory is provided, which is rigidly attached in the vehicle, separate from the control arrangement and in which at least one dataset relevant to the vehicle is stored or can be stored. The control arrangement is configured to read data of the dataset relevant to the vehicle from the data memory and/or to write data to the data memory for recording in the dataset relevant to the vehicle or to update the dataset relevant to the vehicle.
US09779058B2 Modulating processsor core operations
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing processor latency through the use of dedicated cores. In one aspect, a method includes a multi-core processor having n cores, including, selecting k cores of the n cores of the multi-core processor to perform dedicated low-latency operations for the n-core processor, where k is less than n, m cores are unselected, and each core of the multi-core processor has a rated core capacity. The methods operate the selected k cores at less than the rated core capacity such that k cores are collectively underutilized by an underutilized capacity and operate one or more of the m cores at a capacity in excess of the rated core capacity such that the m cores operate at a collective capacity that exceeds a collective capacity of the rated core capacities of the m cores.
US09779052B2 PCIe bridge transformation device and method thereof
A PCIe bridge transformation device and a method thereof are provided, which is adapted to a storage unit in a lock state. The transformation device includes a connecting unit, a PCIe interface and a bridge. The connecting unit is connected to the storage unit and the connecting unit receives an identification command from the storage unit. The PCIe interface is electrically connected to an electronic unit. The bridge is installed with a first firmware for identifying an identification command. When the identification command is an access validity command, the first firmware unlocks the lock state of the storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a second firmware corresponding to the first firmware, and the second firmware produces the identification command.
US09779050B2 Allocating virtual resources to root PCI bus
Systems and methods for allocating virtual resources to a root PCI bus. An example method may comprise: intercepting, by a hypervisor being executed by a processing device of a host computer system, a virtual machine read operation with respect to a certain address range within a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) configuration space; presenting, to a virtual machine running on the host computer system, an identifier of a root PCI bus; presenting, to the virtual machine, a PCI-to-PCI bridge associated with the root PCI bus; presenting, to the virtual machine, a PCI device that is communicatively coupled to a secondary PCI bus, wherein the secondary PCI bus is communicatively coupled to the PCI-to-PCI bridge; receiving, from the virtual machine, an identifier of a resource pool associated with the PCI-to-PCI bridge; associating the resource pool with the root PCI bus; and notifying of the resource pool a guest operating system of the virtual machine.
US09779047B2 Universal intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) host to baseboard management controller (BMC) communication for non-x86 and legacy free systems
Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for performing a universal Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) host-to-baseboard management controller (BMC) communication. The system includes a management device communicatively connected to a computing device through a communication link, such as a universal serial bus (USB) interface. In operation, the management device identifies itself to the computing device as a generic human interface device (HID) pipe device. Thus, a HID channel is established between the management device and the computing device through the USB interface. When the management device receives a first message from the computing device directed toward the generic HID pipe device through the HID channel, the management device may determine whether the message is an IPMI message intended for communicating with the management device. When the message is the IPMI message, the management device processes the IPMI message.
US09779043B2 Techniques for handling queued interrupts in a data processing system
A technique for handling queued interrupts includes accumulating respective backlog counts for respective event paths. The background counts track a number of events received but not delivered as interrupts to associated virtual processor (VP) threads. In response to a lowering of an operating priority (OP) of a VP thread (VPT), a scan backlog (SB) message is received that identifies the VPT and specifies a current operating priority for the VPT. In response to receiving the SB message, a linked list of event paths associated with the VPT is scanned to search for backlog events that have a higher priority than the current OP for the VPT. In response to a backlog event being located that has a higher priority than the current OP of the VPT, an interrupt to the VPT is initiated starting with a highest priority event path and the backlog count for the VPT is decremented.
US09779042B2 Resource management in a multicore architecture
A resource management and task allocation controller for installation in a multicore processor having a plurality of interconnected processor elements providing resources for processing executable transactions, at least one of said elements being a master processing unit, the controller being adapted to communicate, when installed, with each of the processor elements including the master processing unit, and comprising control logic for allocating executable transactions within the multicore processor to particular processor elements in accordance with pre-defined allocation parameters.
US09779040B2 Portable device, system, and information processing apparatus
A portable device includes: a first interface circuit configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus, device information of the information processing apparatus; a second interface circuit configured to receive, from outside device through wireless communication link, a start signal for the information processing apparatus; a memory configured to store a list of information processing apparatuses that are to be permitted to perform wireless communication with the portable device; and a processor configured to compare the device information received from the information processing apparatus with the list stored in the memory, enable wireless communication functionality of the second interface circuit when a result of the comparison indicates that the portable device is coupled to an information processing apparatus which is permitted to perform wireless communication, and transmit a start signal to the information processing apparatus when the start signal is received by using the enabled wireless communication functionality.
US09779037B2 Establishing connectivity of modular nodes in a pre-boot environment
Various embodiments described herein provide for establishing connectivity of nodes by employing base management controllers associated with the nodes. For some embodiments, a first data is received at a resource manager from a first base management controller (BMC) associated with a first node, wherein the resource manager is associated with a server computer system. A second data is received at the resource manager from a second BMC associated with a second node. A classification of the first node and the second node are determined and a compatibility of the first node with the second node based on the first data and the second. A topology is generated, at the resource manager, of the first node and the second node.
US09779034B2 Protection key management and prefixing in virtual address space legacy emulation system
A system is described to provide protection key access control in a system whose operating system and processor were not designed to provide a protection key memory access control mechanism. Such a system can be applied to an emulator or to enable a system that executes native applications to be interoperable with a legacy system that employs protection key memory access control.
US09779033B2 Memory management device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
In one embodiment, a storage unit stores a table tree and verifier tree. The table tree includes parent and child tables. The verifier tree includes parent and child verifiers associated with the parent and child tables, respectively. The parent verifier is used for verifying the child table and child verifier. A device stores a secure table tree corresponded to the table tree and used for address translation and a secure verifier tree corresponded to the verifier tree, to a secure storage unit. The device executes verification, based on verification information calculated based on a first child table and first child verifier in the storage unit and a first parent verifier in the secure verifier tree. The device sets the second address of the secure table tree such that the second address designates data in the first storage unit.
US09779028B1 Managing translation invalidation
Managing translation invalidation includes: in response to determining that a first invalidation message (IM) applies to a subset of virtual addresses (VAs) consisting of fewer than all VAs associated with a first set of translation context (TC) values, searching VA-indexed structure(s) to find and invalidate any entries that correspond to a VA in the subset; in response to determining that a second IM applies to all VAs associated with a second set of TC values and that no entry exists in invalidation-tracking structure(s) corresponding to the second set, bypassing searching any VA-indexed structure(s); and in response to determining that a third IM applies to all VAs associated with a third set of TC values and that at least one entry exists in the invalidation-tracking structure(s) corresponding to the third set, storing invalidation information in the invalidation-tracking structure(s) to invalidate the third set and delaying searching any VA-indexed structure(s).
US09779027B2 Apparatus, system and method for managing a level-two cache of a storage appliance
Aspects of the present disclosure disclose systems and methods for managing a level-two persistent cache. In various aspects, a solid-state drive is employed as a level-two cache to expand the capacity of existing caches. In particular, any data that is scheduled to be evicted or otherwise removed from a level-one cache is stored in the level-two cache with corresponding metadata in a manner that is quickly retrievable. The data contained within the level-two cache is managing using a cache list that manages and/or maintains data chunk entries added to the level-two cache based on a temporal access of the data chunk.
US09779025B2 Cache architecture for comparing data
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for a cache architecture. An example apparatus that includes a cache architecture according to the present disclosure can include an array of memory cells configured to store multiple cache entries per page of memory cells; and sense circuitry configured to determine whether cache data corresponding to a request from a cache controller is located at a location in the array corresponding to the request, and return a response to the cache controller indicating whether cache data is located at the location in the array corresponding to the request.
US09779023B1 Storing inline-compressed data in segments of contiguous physical blocks
Techniques for storing data received by a data storage system involve performing inline compression on received data and storing resulting compressed data in segments of contiguous physical address space of a file system. Each segment spans multiple contiguous physical addresses and stores data of multiple contiguous logical addresses of a file. Each segment has an extent list that provides a location within that segment of the compressed data for each logical address.
US09779022B2 Methods for caching and reading data to be programmed into a storage unit and apparatuses using the same
A method for caching and reading data to be programmed into a storage unit, performed by a processing unit, including at least the following steps. A write command for programming at least a data page into a first address is received from a master device via an access interface. It is determined whether a block of data to be programmed has been collected, where the block contains a specified number of pages. The data page is stored in a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and cache information is updated to indicate that the data page has not been programmed into the storage unit, and to also indicate the location of the DRAM caching the data page when the block of data to be programmed has not been collected.
US09779020B2 System and method for providing an address cache for memory map learning
A system for interfacing with a co-processor or input/output device is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system provides a one-hot address cache comprising a plurality of one-hot addresses and a host interface to a host memory controller of a host system. Each one-hot address of the plurality of one-hot addresses has a bit width. The plurality of one-hot addresses is configured to store the data associated with a corresponding memory address in an address space of a memory system and provide the data to the host memory controller during a memory map learning process. The plurality of one-hot addresses comprises a zero address of the bit width and a plurality of non-zero addresses of the bit width, and each one-hot address of the plurality of non-zero addresses of the one-hot address cache has only one non-zero address bit of the bit width.
US09779019B2 Data storage layout
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for determining a data storage layout. An example apparatus comprising a first address space of a memory array comprising a first number of memory cells coupled to a plurality of sense lines and to a first select line. The first address space is configured to store a logical representation of a first portion of a value. The example apparatus also comprising a second address space of the memory array comprising a second number of memory cells coupled to the plurality of sense lines and to a second select line. The second address space is configured to store a logical representation of a second portion of the value. The example apparatus also comprising sensing circuitry configured to receive the first value and perform a logical operation using the value without performing a sense line address access.
US09779017B2 Data storage device and data accessing method thereof
A data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of dies having a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns is constituted by a plurality of sectors. The controller performs a read operation or a write operation from a first column to an Nth column in response to a read command or a write command, and skips at least two columns within the range of the first column to the Nth column according to a first bad column data set, wherein the first bad column data set has a starting address and the number of columns.
US09779015B1 Oversubscribed storage extents with on-demand page allocation
In response to receiving a write request directed to a particular logical block of a storage object, a page of free space (sufficient to accommodate the payload of the write request, but smaller in size than the logical block) of a particular extent that has been selected to store contents of the logical block is allocated. The current size of the extent is smaller than the combined sizes of logical blocks that are mapped to the extent. The page is modified in accordance with a payload indicated in the write request. In response to a subsequent write request directed to the particular extent, a determination is made that the particular extent would violate a free space threshold criterion if the payload of the write request were accommodated, and an extent expansion operation is initiated.
US09779014B2 Resilient mock object creation for unit testing
Embodiments of the invention provide for fault alerting in mock object supported unit testing. In a method for fault alerting in mock object supported unit testing an instance a mock object proxying for an object under test by test code is created in memory of a computing system and an invocation of a method in the object under test is proxied by method name to the mock object. Then, it is determined whether or not a method exists in memory for the mock object corresponding to the method name. Finally, an exception handler is invoked for the mock object outputting error text indicating a non-presence of a method associated with the method name responsive to a method by the method name not existing in the memory for the mock object, but otherwise a method is invoked that exists in the memory of the mock object corresponding to the method name.
US09779011B2 Testing system
The present invention relates to a testing system, including a testing host and a relay host, where the testing host may test a tested target, and a testing program is installed in the testing host. In a process of testing the tested target, the testing program may generate testing history information of the tested target, and the testing host changes a file name of the testing history information according to a renaming rule. The relay host includes a default function and a transferring and processing program, where the transferring and processing program may capture testing content information applicable to the default function from the file name of the testing history information, and apply the testing content information to the default function to generate function data. Therefore, an operation of generating the function data may be simplified.
US09779004B2 Methods and systems for real-time activity tracing in a storage environment
Systems and methods for efficient input/output (I/O) workload capture are provided. For example, in one aspect, a machine implemented method includes: opening a network socket for listening to a connection request from a computing device; accepting the connection request from the computing device over the network socket; enabling selective data collection based on a network connection with the computing device over the network socket, where the network connection based selective data collection includes obtaining information regarding a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests and responses and performance information of a storage server for processing the I/O requests; sub-sampling the network connection based collected data; and sending at least a portion of the network connection based collected data over the network socket connection to the computing device.
US09778998B2 Data restoration method and system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data restoration method, including: after a transaction is submitted, saving a generated transaction log to a buffer of a current node, and backing up the transaction log to a buffer of at least one backup node except the current node; writing the transaction log saved in the buffer of the current node or the transaction log backed up in the buffer of the backup node into a transaction log file in a disk, where the transaction log file in the disk is used for restoring data of the current node; and restoring, based on the transaction log file in the disk, lost data of the current node when a data loss event occurs in the current node. By means of the present invention, a risk of system data can be reduced, and durability, safety, and reliability of the system data can be improved.
US09778997B2 Server backup method and backup system using the method
A server backup method and a backup system using the server backup method are provided. The server backup method includes continuously collecting a plurality of dirty pages during a running operation and determining a backup start time point according to a quantity of the collected dirty pages. The server backup method also includes suspending the running operation according to the backup start time point and executing a backup snapshot operation to generate a data backup snapshot corresponding to the dirty pages, and executing a backup transmission operation to transmit the data backup snapshot.
US09778996B1 File system version set infrastructure
A technique for managing file systems assigns groups of related files in a file system to respective version sets. Each version set includes all files of a file system that are related to one another by one or more snapshot operations. The technique provides a version set database, which stores, in connection with each version set, an identifier of each file that belongs to the respective version set. In an example, file system operations that require information about block sharing can perform lookup operations on the version set database to narrow the scope of files that are candidates for block sharing to those of a particular version set.
US09778991B2 Exporting and importing database tables in a multi-user database environment
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for exporting and importing database tables in a database management system using multi-version concurrency control (MVCC). An embodiment operates by first initiating an export of a database table in the database management system. During the export transaction, temporary creation and deletion timestamps are identified from MVCC information associated with each row in the database table. Each temporary timestamp is associated with a database transaction. A timestamp map is then generated that associates the identified temporary timestamps with commit timestamps of the associated transactions. The database table, associated MVCC information, timestamp map, and snapshot timestamp of the export transaction are written to a binary file. When an import of the database table is initiated in a database management system, the database table is reconstructed from the table rows, associated MVCC information, timestamp map, and snapshot timestamp of the export transaction in the binary file.
US09778989B2 Implementing concurrent adapter firmware update for an SRIOV adapter in a virtualized system
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing concurrent adapter firmware update of a Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) adapter in a virtualized system. An adapter driver is used to update adapter firmware concurrent with normal I/O operations. When configuration is stored in a scratchpad buffer, the adapter driver detects virtual functions (VFs) configured and operating. An enhanced error handling (EEH) process is initiated, freezing the VFs, and an updated adapter firmware image is loaded to the adapter. The adapter driver completes the EEH recovery, the adapter is restarted using the new updated adapter firmware. The VFs device drivers unfreeze the VFs, and complete the EEH recovery.
US09778988B2 Power failure detection system and method
A power failure monitoring system and a method are disclosed herein, where the power failure monitoring system includes a motherboard, a board, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) and a baseboard management controller (BMC) module. The motherboard includes a central processing unit (CPU) power and a non-CPU power. The board includes a board power. The BMC module includes a register that is electrically coupled to the CPLD. The CPLD is configured to execute a shutdown process when power failure occurs, identify a power failure type, and determine whether to execute a restart process according to the power failure type. If the restart process is executed and a count of the restart process reaches a predetermined count, the CPLD records lock information in the register. The BMC module is configured to record the count of the restart process, and execute a lock process according to the lock information.
US09778983B2 Integrated circuit device and method for reducing SRAM leakage
An integrated circuit (IC) device including an SRAM module coupled to wrapper logic is disclosed. The wrapper logic includes an error correction code (ECC) encoder configured to encode input data in accordance with an ECC encoding scheme and output the encoded input data to the SRAM module, an ECC decoder configured to decode output data received from the SRAM module, output the decoded output data, and write decoding information back to the SRAM module, an error controller coupled to the ECC decoder that is configured to control the ECC decoder in accordance with the ECC encoding scheme, and a central controller coupled to the components of the wrapper logic and the SRAM module in order to control operations between the components of the wrapper logic and the SRAM module.
US09778980B2 Controller, semiconductor memory system and operating method thereof
An operating method of a memory controller includes: generating a soft decision read data for stored data read from a semiconductor memory device according to a soft decision read voltage, wherein the stored data is stored in the semiconductor memory device through sequential operations of ECC encoding and scrambling; and generating a first de-scrambled data by performing de-scrambling operation to a sign bit of the soft decision read data.
US09778974B1 Integrated circuit containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including snake open configured fill cells, and the second DOE including metal island open configured fill cells
An IC includes first and second designs of experiments (DOEs), each comprised of at least two fill cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The first DOE contains fill cells configured to enable non-contact (NC) detection of snake opens, and the second DOE contains fill cells configured to enable NC detection of metal island opens.
US09778963B2 Ordered event notification
A method and data processing system are provided. The data processing system comprises an application associated with a plurality of sockets and a sub-system for making data available to the application via the plurality of sockets. The sub-system is configured to provide in response to a request from the application: an indication of events that have occurred on one or more of the plurality of sockets; and an indication of an order in which the events should be processed.
US09778959B2 System and method of performing a pre-reservation analysis to yield an improved fit of workload with the compute environment
A system and method are disclosed for receiving a request for resources in a compute environment to process workload, the request including a specification of a quality of fit. The system generates a substantial maximum potential quality of fit based on compute environment with an assumption of no competing workload to yield an analysis. The system evaluates a first resource allocation and a second resource allocation against the analysis to yield the first fit in a respective second fit. The system selects one of the first resource allocation and the second resource allocation based on a comparison of the first fit to the second fit as well as a cost associated with any delays.
US09778957B2 Systems and methods for intelligently distributing tasks received from clients among a plurality of worker resources
Computer implemented systems and methods intelligently distribute tasks received from clients among worker resources. One or more databases store information about worker resources and information about clients. A task assignment server, communicatively coupled to the database(s), receives a plurality of tasks that are to be performed for the clients, accesses the stored information about the worker resources, accesses the stored information about the clients, and assigns each of a majority of the tasks to one of the plurality of worker resources, in dependence on the information about the plurality of worker resources and in dependence on the information about the plurality of clients, so that the plurality of tasks are distributed among two or more of the plurality of worker resources. The system can also include a plurality of queues adapted to store information about tasks assigned to the worker resources associated with the queues.
US09778956B1 Multi-dimensional scheduling in converged infrastructure
An apparatus comprises a processing platform implementing a plurality of resources of converged infrastructure of an information processing system. A multi-dimensional scheduler is associated with the plurality of resources. First and second ones of the plurality of resources of the converged infrastructure are logically partitioned by the multi-dimensional scheduler into multiple virtual sets of resources for performance of processing jobs associated with respective applications such that the virtual sets of resources comprise respective portions of each of the first and second ones of the plurality of resources. An additional one of the plurality of resources of the converged infrastructure is time-shared between at least a subset of the multiple virtual sets of resources under the control of the multi-dimensional scheduler in performing the corresponding processing jobs associated with the respective applications. The multi-dimensional scheduler thereby operates over spatial and time dimensions with regard to different resources of the converged infrastructure.
US09778953B2 Process and system for comprehensive IT discovery without credentials
A method and system for discovering dependencies, configurations and utilizations among IT resources are disclosed. A discovery team writes a prediscovery script without requesting credentials and sends it to a system administrator (SA) who already has necessary credentials to execute the prediscovery script. Then, the SA reviews the prediscovery script and executes the prediscovery script on a target server. While or after executing the prediscovery script, the target server generates a result of an execution of the prediscovery script and provides the result to an analysis system. The analysis system analyzes and parses the result and generates a user-friendly data (e.g., graph or spreadsheet) that represents the result. Then, the analysis system provides the user-friendly data to the discovery team. The analysis system does not require credentials and does not directly communicate with the target server except receiving the result of the executed prediscovery script from the target server.
US09778952B1 Migration of computer system images through a customer interface
A customer network client detects, through a user interface, selection of a graphical representation of a set of virtual machine images and an indication to migrate this set of virtual machine images to an off-premises network managed by a computing resource service provider. In response, the client generates a set of application programming interface calls, which may be transmitted to the service provider and causes the service provider to convert the selected images for use within the off-premises network. The client monitors fulfillment of the calls and, upon determining that the calls has been fulfilled, updates a portion of the user interface associated with the computing resource service provider to indicate that the images may be instantiated within the off-premises network.
US09778950B2 Throttling circuitry
Techniques are disclosed relating to processor power control and interrupts. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor configured to assert an indicator that the processor is suspending execution of instructions until the processor receives an interrupt. In this embodiment, the apparatus includes power circuitry configured to alter the power provided to the processor based on the indicator. In this embodiment, the apparatus includes throttling circuitry configured to, in response to receiving a request from the power circuitry to alter the power provided to the processor, block the request until the end of a particular time interval subsequent to receipt of the request or de-assertion of the indicator. In some embodiments, the particular time interval corresponds to latency between the processor receiving an interrupt and de-asserting the indicator.
US09778949B2 Thread waiting in a multithreaded processor architecture
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for thread waiting. One of the methods includes starting, by a first thread on a processing core, a task by starting to execute a plurality of task instructions; initiating, by the first thread, an atomic memory transaction using a transactional memory system, including: specifying, to the transactional memory system, at least a first memory address for the atomic memory transaction and temporarily ceasing the task by not proceeding to execute the task instructions; receiving, by the first thread, a signal as a consequence of a second thread accessing the first memory address specified for the atomic memory transaction; and as a consequence of receiving the signal, resuming the task, by the first thread, and continuing to execute the task instructions.
US09778946B2 Optimized copy of virtual machine storage files
A facility is described for optimizing the copying of virtual machine storage files. In various embodiments, the facility refrains from copying portions of the virtual machine storage file that do not contain any meaningful data for the purposes of the guest file system within the virtual machine storage file. In some embodiments, the facility refrains from copying portions of the file that are in use by the guest file system, but are of no practical value.
US09778945B2 Providing mode-dependent virtual machine function code
Systems and methods for providing mode-dependent virtual machine (VM) function code. An example method may comprise: detecting, by a hypervisor executing by a processing device of a host computer system, a transition to a first execution mode by a guest operating system (OS) executing on the host computer system, wherein the first execution mode is characterized by at least one of: a first physical address size or a first general purpose register size; and responsive to the detecting, enabling a virtual machine (VM) function to be executed by the guest OS in the first execution mode.
US09778943B2 Timer based virtual processor scheduling and suspension on physical processor for use of physical processor by other processing
Systems and methods for timer-based virtual processor scheduling. An example method may comprise: selecting, by a hypervisor executing on a computer system, an active virtual processor among two or more virtual processors; determining a first time period being less than a second time period, the second time period equal to a time remaining till a next scheduled timer interrupt of a timer communicatively coupled to the active virtual processor; and suspending the active virtual processor for at least the first time period.
US09778939B2 Host identity bootstrapping
Automated provisioning of hosts on a network with reasonable levels of security is described in this application. A certificate management service (CMS) on a host, one or more trusted agents, and a public key infrastructure are utilized in a secure framework to establish host identity. Once host identity is established, signed encryption certificates may be exchanged and secure communication may take place.
US09778938B2 Selecting operating systems based on a computing device mode
A computing device in accordance with an example includes a first operating system and a second operating system. The computing device includes a communication channel to exchange data between the first and second operating systems, and a controller to select one of the first and second operating systems based on a mode of the computing device, where the first and second operating systems are executed substantially in parallel on a processor of the computing device.
US09778932B2 Vector generate mask instruction
A Vector Generate Mask instruction. For each element in the first operand, a bit mask is generated. The mask includes bits set to a selected value starting at a position specified by a first field of the instruction and ending at a position specified by a second field of the instruction.
US09778929B2 Automated efficient translation context delivery
Embodiments relate to automatically providing textual context for source strings in a source language that are to be translated by a human translator to target strings in a target language. The source strings are compared against a dictionary of reference strings in the source language. For each source string, one or more of the reference strings that are most relevant, similar, etc., are selected. When a human translator is to translate the source strings, the selected reference strings are presented; each source string has one or more similar/related strings displayable in association therewith. For a given source string, the human translator can use the associated reference strings as a form of context to help estimate the intended meaning of the given source string when translating the given source string to a target string in the target language.
US09778924B2 Platform for enabling creation and use of an API for a specific solution
The embodiments herein relate to creating solutions for a platform and, more particularly, to enabling a user to create an API (Application Programming Interface) for a platform and enabling at least one other user to use a created API for his platform. Embodiments herein disclose a system which complies with component-based and service-oriented concepts of API architecture, and by providing next generation tools and libraries for open-standards based multi-channel application development by automated generation of APIs and interactive consumption of the APIs via one single portal.
US09778923B2 Peoplesoft cloud manager
A method and system for promoting software code from a source database instance to a target database instance distributed amongst a plurality of networked servers is described. Software code migration information pertaining to software objects associated with the software code, the source database instance, and the target database instance is analyzed to determine whether errors associated with migrating the software code exceeds a predefined acceptance threshold. Such code migration information is further analyzed to determine whether migrating the software code from the source database instance to the target database instance will result in unacceptable data loss including disassociation, deletion, or change to data, or result in unacceptable non-data criteria before, during, or after the software code is migrated.
US09778919B2 Dual context interaction with a content object for facilitating content creation and software development
A software module is presented that enables a user to efficiently switch between interacting with a content object in a first context and a second context. Information from the first context is used when switching to the second context and vice versa, thereby decreasing the overhead associated with switching contexts. In one embodiment, the content object is an HTML file, the first context is the file as it appears in a web browser, and the second context is the file in editable format. In one embodiment, when the web browser is directed to a “context-switch URL,” a modified web server extracts information from the context-switch URL and switches the context from the first context to the second. In one embodiment, a person initiates a context-switch by pushing a button on the web browser. This causes a context-switch URL to be generated and directs the web browser to the context-switch URL.
US09778918B2 Native access plan source code generation
Various embodiments of systems and methods to generate native access plan source code are described herein. In one aspect, a database query is received. A query execution plan, including a parent operator and one or more descendent operators, corresponding to the database query is retrieved. Further, a check is made to determine whether the parent operator and the one or more descendent operators include at least one loop. When both the parent operator and the one or more descendent operators include at least one loop, consume points for the at least one loop are defined. The parent operator and the one or more descendent operators are merged based on consume point types to generate native access plan source code.
US09778917B2 Dynamically building subsections of locale objects at run-time
Subsections of locale objects are dynamically built from locale source files when requested at run-time without building all subsections of the locale object. When a subsection of a locale object is dynamically built, the subsection is stored in global memory so it may be read by multiple applications. Dynamically building subsections of locale objects when requested allows software to operate with a relatively small number of locale objects.
US09778915B2 Distributed application definition
A method of creating an application definition for a distributed application is disclosed. Constructs corresponding with a schema of the distributed application are defined in a declarative and technology agnostic manner. The constructs include the application definition, a module definition, and a component definition. Each construct includes metadata.
US09778906B2 Apparatus and method for performing conversion operation
An apparatus comprises processing circuitry to perform a conversion operation to convert a floating-point value to a vector comprising a plurality of data elements representing respective bit significance portions of a binary value corresponding to the floating-point value.
US09778904B2 Motor vehicle and method of controlling a motor vehicle
The present invention provides a method of managing shut down of a motor vehicle (100) comprising the steps of determining (S207) by means of a computing device that it is required to shut down the vehicle and, responsive to the determination that it is required to shut down the vehicle (PM=1), forcing shutdown of the vehicle (S212) by means of the computing device after a prescribed time period has elapsed (S211) if the motor vehicle has not shut down within the prescribed time period.
US09778899B2 Techniques for setting volume level within a tree of cascaded volume controls with variating operating delays
Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing gain adjustments across a cascaded network of audio gain stages having variant operating delays. In particular, a delay-synchronized volume adjustment system configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a controller operatively coupled to the cascaded network of audio and configured to apply gain adjustments in a synchronized manner that accounts for operating delays that are inherent to each gain stage. In an embodiment, the controller synchronously adjusts each gain stage relative to a corresponding operating delay such that gain adjustments fully propagate at substantially a same point in time within a given acceptable tolerance, and thus, eliminates or otherwise mitigates perceivable volume shifts when mixing audio from two or more audio sources.
US09778898B2 Resynchronization of playback devices
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task.
US09778894B2 System and method for outputting extended display identification data to another electronic device to achieve power savings
According to an embodiment, an electronic device is configured to output extended display identification data (EDID) to another electronic device, and to receive image data corresponding to the EDID from the other electronic device. The electronic device includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store therein a plurality of distinct types of EDID. The controller is configured to detect a condition of a power source supplied to the electronic device, and to select an EDID corresponding to the condition.
US09778892B2 Device control device, device control system, device control method, and recording medium
A client terminal can control a printer even when the network connection to a web server is interrupted, and can convert character codes using a simple configuration. The client terminal having a standard web browser and connected to a web server and a printer has a web page acquisition unit that uses the web browser to acquire a web page with an embedded printer control script from the web server; a web page display unit that displays the acquired web page and run the printer control script; a character code conversion unit that uses the printer control script to convert script character codes to printer character codes, which is a character code for the device; and a command transmission unit that sends a command containing the converted printer character codes to the printer.
US09778888B2 Customizable media-based scheduling for a printing system
System and methods are provided for customizable media-based scheduling for a printing system. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a print server. The print server is configured to receive a description of media in a printer, and to store a mapping that associates the description of media with at least one alternate description for the printer that is comparable to the description of media. The print server is also configured to receive a print job that specifies a media property that does not match the description of media in the printer. The print server is further configured to determine that the media property corresponds with the at least one alternate description for the printer based on the mapping, and to determine that the printer is eligible for scheduling the print job based on the determination that the media property corresponds with the at least one alternate description.
US09778887B2 Control method, printer, and storage medium
A printer switches between and uses plural communication units according to the operating mode, can switch the operating mode appropriately to the operating conditions, and can improve power conservation. The printer has a network control unit with a first communication unit configured to communicate in a first operating mode; and a main control unit having a second communication unit configured to communicate in a second operating mode. The main control unit limits the power supply to the first communication unit in the second operating mode; and the second communication unit determines whether or not to go to the first operating mode based on content of data received in the second operating mode.
US09778885B2 Compressor resources for high density storage units
In various embodiments, a high-density solid-state storage unit includes a plurality of flash cards. Each flash card has a flash controller that incorporates one or more resources for facilitating compression and decompression operations. In one aspect, data reduction and data reconstruction operations can be performed in-line as data is stored to and retrieved from flash memory. In another aspect, data reduction and data reconstruction operations can be performed as a service. Any one of the plurality of flash cards can be used to provide data reduction or data reconstruction services on demand for any type of data, including system data, libraries, and firmware code.
US09778883B2 Methods and systems for resource management in a networked storage environment
Methods and systems for managing resources in a storage system are provided. As an example, one method includes determining a maximum node utilization of a first node operating in a networked storage environment for storing information at a plurality of storage devices, where the maximum node utilization is based on a first factor that tracks utilization of a processor of the first node; comparing the maximum node utilization to a first threshold value; and triggering an event when the maximum node utilization has reached the first threshold value.
US09778882B2 Dynamic write balancing in a data storage system
Available storage locations are identified by searching through a free blocks object non-sequentially. The free blocks object may be logically divided into sections, and the sections may be searched non-sequentially. Each section may be logically divided into a number of sub-sections, and the sub-sections of the various sections may be searched non-sequentially. A new section may be added to the free blocks object, and the added section may be searched until a predetermined threshold or condition is reached, at which point non-sequential searching may begin or resume.
US09778878B2 Method and system for limiting write command execution
Methods, systems and/or devices are used for limiting write command execution in a storage device comprising a set of non-volatile memory devices. In one aspect, the method includes (1) accessing in a holding queue host-specified write commands specified by a host system, each of the host-specified write commands specifying a number of pages to be written to the set of non-volatile memory devices; (2) in accordance with a determination that throttling is enabled: (3) determining a limit number of pages for a current throttle period in accordance with a throttle rate, the throttle rate being a maximum write rate for executing host-specified write commands; and (4) during the current throttle period, moving from the holding queue to a pending queue, for execution by the set of non-volatile memory devices, host-specified write commands whose total specified number of pages does not exceed the limit number of pages.
US09778876B1 Load balanced access to distributed storage of data cubes
An apparatus includes a processor and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to compare quantities of node devices storing partitions and of the partitions to determine whether the node device quantity is less than the partition quantity. In response to the node device quantity of node being less: for each stored copy of each partition, assign a cost to load the copy of the partition based at least on a size of the partition; add dummy node devices to cause the node device quantity to at least equal the partition quantity; for each dummy node device, assign a very high cost to load each partition; use MILP to derive a first pass assignment of a single copy of each partition to be loaded within either a node device or dummy node device; and transmit an indication of at least the first pass assignment to the node devices.
US09778874B2 Data deduplication
The present disclosure includes devices and methods for data deduplication. One such method includes receiving a write command, transforming data associated with the write command, determining if a transformation value of the data exists in a transformation table, and responsive to a determination that the transformation value does not exist in the transformation table, writing the data associated with the write command to a memory device.
US09778872B2 Storage region management method, storage region allocation method and program
A storage area allocation method for allocating a storage area with a requested allocation size area may include receiving an allocation request for a storage area that includes the requested allocation size, acquiring an available storage area whose size is a smallest size of a product of all of the product of power-of-2 sizes and the region allocation unit size encompassing the requested allocation size from the region; obtaining a binary expression whose value is the requested allocation size divided by the allocation unit size; and allocating a contiguous storage area comprised of storage areas each of whose size is a product of the allocation unit size and a power of 2 of a value of a bit position wherein a 1 is set in the binary expression and which contiguous storage area is conjoined by the storage areas in a sequence of magnitude of sizes of the storage areas.
US09778869B2 Managing storage protection faults
Management of storage used by pageable guests of a computing environment is facilitated. A query instruction is provided that details information regarding the storage location indicated in the query. It specifies whether the storage location, if protected, is protected by host-level protection or guest-level protection.
US09778868B1 Data recorder for permanently storing pre-event data
A data recorder for permanently storing pre-event data may include a read-write memory with a plurality of bit cells in the read-write memory. Each bit cell may have a bit state of a high value or a low value. A fusible structure in the data recorder may include a morphable element associated with each bit cell. A temperature-triggered module may thermally couple to the ambient environment and may electrically couple to each morphable element. The temperature-triggered module may be further configured to determine if a parameter of the ambient environment exceeds a predetermined threshold, and if so may then transmit a burn signal to the fusible structure so that each morphable element permanently secures the bit state for each bit cell.
US09778865B1 Hyper-converged infrastructure based on server pairs
A hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) provides one or more HCI units, each HCI unit including a pair of physical computing servers coupled to shared, nonvolatile storage. The shared, nonvolatile storage of each HCI unit is dedicated to that pair of physical computing servers and provides redundant storage of application data. Each of the pair of physical computing servers runs a set of application instances and an IO (Input/Output) stack. The application instances receive client requests over a network and generate IO requests specifying reads and writes of application data. The IO stack processes the IO requests to effect the specified reads and writes in the shared non-volatile storage.
US09778861B2 Systems and methods to improve the reliability and lifespan of flash memory
A method for controlling flash memory is described. The method includes selecting a new forward error correction (FEC) parameter set that provides more redundancy than a current FEC parameter set. The method also includes coding source information bits, using the new FEC parameter set, during write operations to a first corrupted page in the flash memory. The method further includes mapping the first corrupted page and at least one additional corrupted page in the flash memory to a single logical page with an expected page size.
US09778860B2 Re-TRIM of free space within VHDX
An invention is disclosed for maintaining out-of-band metadata for data. In embodiments of the invention, an upper layer of a storage stack determines that the metadata of a lower layer of that storage stack may have become out of sync. In response, the upper layer may issue a series of commands to the lower layer based on the metadata. In other embodiments of the invention, an offload-copy operation on data may also transfer out-of-band metadata so that it is applied to the data at the destination.
US09778858B1 Apparatus and method for scatter gather list handling for an out of order system
A method and apparatus for handling SGLs for out of order systems is disclosed. The method involves generating multiple Child IOs from an original IO, each Child IO being at the granularity of a storage side memory; generating separate SG lists for each Child IO; and processing each Child IO independently of other Child IOs and in order with each Child IO for data transfer. As each Child IO is generated at the granularity of the storage side memory, the Child IOs can be processed independently of each other and in-order within each Child IO. Thus, an out-of order IO transfer is transformed into an in-order IO transfer.
US09778857B2 Recording device, access device, recording system, and recording method
A recording device operates in accordance with an instruction from an access device. The recording device comprising a nonvolatile memory that stores data, a communication unit that receives an instruction issued by the access device, and a memory controller that controls the nonvolatile memory. When a recording instruction for recording data into the nonvolatile memory is received from the access device, the memory controller starts recording of data into the nonvolatile memory. When the memory controller receives from the access device a suspension instruction for suspending the recording of data, the memory controller stores suspension information into the nonvolatile memory, the suspension information indicating a suspended position as a position in a recording area of the nonvolatile memory at which the data is being recorded upon reception of the suspension instruction.
US09778856B2 Block-level access to parallel storage
The subject disclosure is directed towards one or more parallel storage components for parallelizing block-level input/output associated with remote file data. Based upon a mapping scheme, the file data is partitioned into a plurality of blocks in which each may be equal in size. A translator component of the parallel storage may determine a mapping between the plurality of blocks and a plurality of storage nodes such that at least a portion of the plurality of blocks is accessible in parallel. Such a mapping, for example, may place each block in a different storage node allowing the plurality of blocks to be retrieved simultaneously and in its entirety.
US09778854B2 Computer system and method for controlling hierarchical storage therefor
A method for controlling hierarchical storage including: a first step for storing first information relating to the association between the specific processes and the storage regions of the storage tiers; a second step for obtaining second information relating to the access operations of the specific processes as a function of time; a third step for obtaining third information relating to the amount of access to the storage regions as a function of time; and a fourth step for identifying the time of occurrence of a change in the amount of access, from the second information and the third information on the basis of the first information, and determining, according to the identified time of occurrence of the change in the amount of access, a transfer initiation time at which data in the storage regions is to be transferred between storage tiers.
US09778851B2 Method of operation for a nonvolatile memory system and method of operating a memory controller
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory system including a memory device having a plurality of memory blocks includes selecting a source block among the plurality of memory blocks in the nonvolatile memory system, and performing a reclaim operation for the source block based on the number of program and erase cycles which have been performed on the source block.
US09778848B2 Method and apparatus for improving read performance of a solid state drive
A controller of a solid state drive initiates a repacking of data stored in a non-volatile memory of the solid state drive, wherein refreshing of the data stored in the non-volatile memory of the solid state drive is performed during the repacking of the data stored in the non-volatile memory of the solid state drive. Logical blocks are placed physically contiguously in an increasing order in pre-erased locations of the non-volatile memory of the solid state drive while the data stored in the non-volatile memory of the solid state drive is being repacked.
US09778842B2 Controlled access to functionality of a wireless device
Various embodiments of the invention may be used to verify that a person being authorized by biometric techniques to use a device is a living person and not some form of recording intended to spoof the system. Some embodiments may try to cause a change in a measured biometric feature, and compare images taken before and after the change to verify the change occurred. In some embodiments, multiple stages of verification may be used, either to increase the difficulty of spoofing the security system, or to provide different levels of security for different levels of access to the device's functionality.
US09778836B2 User interface systems and methods for manipulating and viewing digital documents
Systems, including handheld computing devices that include system code stored within the memory and adapted to be executed by the processor. The system code can process an input byte stream that is representative of contents to be displayed on the touch sensitive display and can generate a content document file representative of an internal representation of the content.A tool document file may also be stored in the memory and may provide an internal representation of a document providing an image that is representative of a graphical tool. Associated with a tool document can be tool code that is capable of processing the content document file to create an internal representation of the contents that presents the content in a manner that achieves a display effect associated with the tool. The device will also include parsing code that processes the content document file, the tool document file, and the processed internal representation to generate a screen document for display on the touch sensitive display in a manner that portrays the display effect.
US09778831B2 Vehicles and vehicle systems for providing access to vehicle controls, functions, environment and applications to guests/passengers via mobile devices
A vehicle including one or more computers to interface with electronics of the vehicle to access status data for systems of the vehicle and to make input settings to one or more of the systems. The vehicle includes wireless communication circuitry for providing connection to the Internet and to one or more wireless devices when paired with the vehicle. An occupancy sensor of the vehicle is configured to interface with the one or more computers of the vehicle to identify occupancy of seats of the vehicle. A processor of the one or more computers of the vehicle is configured to execute instructions to receive data from a wireless device that is paired with the vehicle. The data is used to identify a seat in the vehicle that is associated with a passenger. The processor executes instructions to provide data to a user interface accessed by the wireless device to expose a plurality of systems of the vehicle. The plurality of systems include systems that relate to an environment zone in which the seat is located in the vehicle. The user interface further includes controls to enable input of settings to one or more of the plurality of vehicle systems to make changes to the one or more of the plurality of vehicle systems. The changes made relate to one or more of the plurality of systems that relate to the environment zone of the seat.
US09778823B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes a difference-information acquiring unit that acquires difference information indicating a correspondence relationship between a difference section and a page having the difference section in two electronic documents each having multiple pages; a difference-display-document acquiring unit that acquires a difference display document in which the difference section is indicated in contents of at least one of the two electronic documents; an electronic-bookmark adding unit that adds first electronic-bookmark information to a page having the difference section in the difference display document and that adds second electronic-bookmark information to a page not having the difference section in the difference display document based on the difference information; and a display controller that causes a display unit to display a first electronic bookmark corresponding to the first electronic-bookmark information and a second electronic bookmark corresponding to the second electronic-bookmark information in a distinguishable manner.
US09778821B2 Methods and systems for managing a graphical interface
Methods and systems for managing a graphical user interface involve, for example, one or more processors displaying on a display screen a visualization of a hub element defined in part by an arc-shaped boundary portion and defining a badge element within the visualization of the hub element. Thereafter, a radial menu element may be animated by the one or more processors for rotation to a position adjacent and extending radially from the arc-shaped boundary portion of the hub element and defined in part by an arc-shaped boundary portion of the radial menu element spaced apart from the arc-shaped boundary portion of the hub element.
US09778815B2 Three dimensional user interface effects on a display
The techniques disclosed herein may use various sensors to infer a frame of reference for a hand-held device. In fact, with various inertial clues from accelerometer, gyrometer, and other instruments that report their states in real time, it is possible to track a Frenet frame of the device in real time to provide an instantaneous (or continuous) 3D frame-of-reference. In addition to—or in place of—calculating this instantaneous (or continuous) frame of reference, the position of a user's head may either be inferred or calculated directly by using one or more of a device's optical sensors, e.g., an optical camera, infrared camera, laser, etc. With knowledge of the 3D frame-of-reference for the display and/or knowledge of the position of the user's head, more realistic virtual 3D depictions of the graphical objects on the device's display may be created—and interacted with—by the user.
US09778813B2 Manipulating screen layers in multi-layer applications
A method performed on a device includes receiving, from a user, a finger-touch-initiated request for access to a layer of a multi-layer application on the device, the multi-layer application having a plurality of user interface layers. The method may also include identifying a finger of the user used to provide the finger-touch-initiated request, the finger associated with one of the layers of the multi-layer application. The layer associated with the identified finger of the user may be operated on. Each finger of the user can be associated with a different layer of the multi-layer application. Fingerprints can be used to differentiate each finger and/or to identify the user by fingerprint recognition techniques. Fingerprints can be used to vary the access parameters of a layer of the application and/or to provide security levels for accessing the layers of the multi-layer application.
US09778803B2 Portable electronic device
An erroneous operation is made less likely to occur in a portable electronic device including a touch panel. The portable electronic device has a plate-like external shape. An organic EL display panel that displays an image on a display surface is disposed on one surface of the external shape. A touch sensor is disposed on the display surface and detects contact of an object with the display surface. As the touch sensor, a capacitive contact sensor is disposed in a main area of the display surface that is set to include a central portion, and a resistive contact sensor is disposed in a side area of the display surface that includes at least a portion of an edge of the display surface and is set exclusively of the main area.
US09778802B2 In-cell touch panel and display device
An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided, and the in-cell touch panel includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate arranged oppositely to each other; a conductive layer which is provided on a side, facing the lower substrate, of the upper substrate or on a side, facing the upper substrate, of the lower substrate, and comprises a plurality of hollowed-out regions arranged in a matrix form; a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes insulated from the conductive layer and arranged in a layer in which the conductive layer is provided, each of the hollowed-out regions being provided therein with at least one of the self-capacitance electrodes; and a plurality of conductive wires respectively electrically connected with the self-capacitance electrodes. This in-cell touch panel can reduce the number of the conductive wires, so as to facilitate a narrow frame design and reduce the occurrence possibility of a larger touch blind area to a certain extent.
US09778801B2 Touch window
A touch window includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, and a dummy electrode in the sensing electrode. The dummy electrode includes first to third dummy electrodes spaced apart from each other.
US09778795B2 Touch apparatus
A touch apparatus including a first substrate, a touch sensing structure, an insulation layer, a driving electrode, an electrochromic layer, a reflective electrode and a second substrate stacked sequentially along a direction is provided. The driving electrode and the reflective electrode are used to drive the electrochromic layer. The driving electrode is contacted with the insulation layer. The insulation layer has a thickness T1 in the direction. The first substrate has a thickness T2 in the direction. T1<(T2/10).
US09778794B2 Light-based touch screen
A state machine for controlling a sensor including a chip package coupled with photo-emitters and photo-detectors mounted in a device, and with a host processor, including an emitter driver, a detector driver, a signal processor for generating signals representing amounts of light detected by the detectors, and a scan controller for controlling the emitter and detector drivers to activate an automated sequence of emitter-detector pairs, the scan controller including registers for storing parameters designating emitter-detector pairs that are to be activated during the automated sequence, and for storing the signals generated by the signal processor for the emitter-detector pair activations, and at least one input/output pin for receiving parameters from the host processor to be loaded into the registers, and for outputting the stored signals in the registers to the host processor, for the host processor to identify therefrom location coordinates of an object near or touching the device.
US09778793B2 Color filter substrate to be disposed opposite to an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention discloses a color filter substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a touch screen. The color filter substrate comprises a substrate and a black matrix arranged thereon, the black matrix defines a plurality of pixel units, in each of which a color filter is arranged; the color filter substrate further comprises light sensing units as well as touch scan lines and touch sensing lines insulated from each other, the light sensing units are positioned in the pixel units; the light sensing units, the touch scan lines and the touch sensing lines are arranged in areas corresponding to the black matrix; and each light sensing unit is connected with one touch scan line and one touch sensing line and is positioned on one side of the black matrix that can receive external light.
US09778791B2 Touch display panel and touch display device
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for a touch display panel and a touch display device including a touch display panel. The touch display panel includes: a substrate, and a common electrode layer located on the substrate. The common electrode layer includes multiple touch electrodes insulated from each other. Each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to a driving circuit via one touch lead. The touch electrodes and the touch leads are located in the same layer. A part of the touch electrodes are divided into multiple sub-electrodes by touch leads adjacent to the divided touch electrodes. The sub-electrodes of each of the touch electrodes are electrically connected to each other via at least one bridge which is located in a different layer from the touch electrode, to reduce parasitic capacitances between the touch leads and the touch electrodes and alleviate an influence from the parasitic capacitances on touch performance.
US09778783B2 Determining pitch and yaw for touchscreen interactions
A method and apparatus for determining pitch and yaw of an elongated interface object as it interacts with a touchscreen surface. A touch image is received, and this touch image has at least a first area that corresponds to an area of the touchscreen that has an elongated interface object positioned at least proximate to it. The elongated interface object has a pitch and a yaw with respect to the touchscreen surface. A first transformation is performed to obtain a first transformation image of the touch image, and a second transformation is performed to obtain a second transformation image of the touch image. The first transformation differs from the second transformation. The yaw is determined for the elongated interface object based on both the first and second transformation images. The pitch is determined based on at least one of the first and second transformation images.
US09778781B2 Touch panel apparatus provided with touch panel allowable flick operation, image forming apparatus, and operation processing method
Provided is a touch panel apparatus that matches a flicked icon with an icon that a user meant, even if a flick direction of the flicked icon is ambiguous. The touch panel apparatus has a touch panel and an operation processing part. On the touch panel, a movement source icon and a plurality of movement destination icons are displayed. The movement source icon is movable to a flick direction by flick operation. The plurality of movement destination icons serve as a movement destination of the movement source icon. In each of the plurality of movement destination icons, a decision range for determining as the movement destination icon to the flick direction is provided. An operation processing part acquires the movement destination icon having the decision range to the flick direction of the movement source icon as a movement destination candidate.
US09778779B2 Device and method for visual sharing of data
An assembly with a device (10) for visual sharing of data includes processing elements and data storage elements, a touch screen (12), and network connection elements allowing a connection with one or more computers (14), for displaying on the sharing device (10) instantaneous images obtained from connected computers.
US09778778B2 Removable input/output module with adjustment mechanism
A removable input/output module for a touch-screen device is described. The input/output module comprises a front plate, a rear plate and an edge plate. When attached to the touch-screen device, the front plate contacts with the front face of the touch-screen device, the rear plate contacts with the rear face of the touch-screen device and the edge plate contacts at least an upper part of an edge face of the touch-screen device. The input/output module further comprises a mechanism which provides a force to clamp the front and rear plates onto the touch-screen device and an adjustment mechanism which allows the relative position of the front plate and the edge plate to be adjusted.
US09778776B2 Method and system for processing data
A method and system for processing data is provided. The method for processing data includes: generating, by a touch module of a first electronic device, touch information of the first electronic device, in the case that the first electronic device is in contact with a second electronic device; and determining, by the second electronic device, related information of the first electronic device, according to the touch information of the first electronic device. In the solution, the first electronic device generates the related information via the touch module and the second electronic device determines the related information, so as to improve user experience.
US09778775B2 Electronic device and method of controlling electronic device using grip sensing
An electronic device is provided. The device includes a touch sensor configured to sense at least one touch; a pressure sensor configured to sense at least one pressure; and a controller configured to sense a grip pattern on the electronic device using the touch sensor and the pressure sensor, and to control a predetermined function according to the grip pattern.
US09778771B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for transitioning between touch input to display output relationships
An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts, detects a contact, determines a location and intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and displays a response, the response being based at least in part on an input-output mapping of intensity to response at the contact location. The input-output mapping including a first input-output relationship between intensity and response over a first range of intensity values, a second input-output relationship between intensity and response over a second range of intensity values, and a transitional intensity value where the first range of intensity values meets or overlaps the second range of intensity values. At the transitional intensity value, the first input-output relationship has a first rate of change, the second input-output relationship has a second rate of change, and the first rate is substantially the same as the second rate.
US09778763B2 Image projection apparatus, and system employing interactive input-output capability
An image projection apparatus includes an image receiver; an image processor; a projection unit to project a projection image on a projection screen; a coordinate calculator to calculate coordinates of a point in the projection image when the point is identified by a coordinate input device; an interactive communication unit to perform communication related to the interactive input-output capability with the coordinate input device, and the external apparatus; an operation information converter to convert the calculated coordinates of the point and an operation information of the coordinate input device to an operation information for the image projection apparatus and the external apparatus; a distance calculator to calculate distance between the coordinate input device and the projection screen; and an input-action-reproducing determination unit to determine whether movement of coordinates of the point on the projection screen identified by the coordinate input device is reproduced depending on the calculated distance.
US09778762B2 Information processor having an input unit which inputs information on an input medium
The information processor includes an input unit having an illuminating part and an image pickup part, and an input medium having an input surface on which inputting of information is carried out by the input unit which has position coordinates on the input surface coded by a dot pattern. The input unit irradiates light from the illuminating part onto input surface of the input medium. The irradiated light reflects off the dot contained in the dot pattern which is picked up by the image pickup part, and position information of the dot pattern is obtained. The input unit further has an input unit angular position measuring part that measures an angular position of the input unit when the light is irradiated. Based on corrected position information obtained by correction processing based on the angular position, input information, that is specified by the position coordinates is obtained.
US09778760B1 Magnetic detent for input controls
Magnetic detents for input controls are described herein. In one or more implementations, a rotary input control (e.g., a scroll wheel or dial) includes a rotor assembly configured to employ a magnetic detent mechanism. The rotary input control may be integrated with an input device such as a computer mouse, keyboard, or, stylus. The rotor assembly includes a rotor that rotates around an axis of rotation and includes multiple magnetic elements disposed around the rotor, such as teeth of a gear, spokes, metallic regions, and so forth. At least one permanent magnet is arranged radially outward from the axis of rotation and configured to apply a magnetic field to the magnetic elements. This creates a magnetic detent effect when the rotor is rotated due to changes in rotational resistance produced as the magnetic elements rotate through the magnetic field.
US09778757B2 Toroidal flexible input device
A method and/or computer program product receives computer inputs from a toroidal flexible input device. Physical contact between a toroidal flexible input device and a display on a computer is detected. The toroidal flexible input device is authenticated, and a communication session between the toroidal flexible input device and the computer is established. The computer then receives inputs from the toroidal flexible input device while the toroidal flexible input device is in physical contact with the display on the computer.
US09778756B2 Optical sensor module utilizing optical designs to adjust gesture sensitive region, and related mobile apparatus
An optical sensor module is provided. The optical sensor module includes a light source, a first lens and a sensor device. The light source is arranged for generating a light signal. The first lens has a first optical center axis. The sensor device is disposed in correspondence with one side of the first lens. The sensor device includes a light sensitive area, and a center of the light sensitive area deviates from the first optical center axis. The sensor device is arranged for receiving a reflected signal reflected from an object in response to the light signal, and accordingly generating a sensing result.
US09778752B2 Systems and methods for machine control
A region of space may be monitored for the presence or absence of one or more control objects, and object attributes and changes thereto may be interpreted as control information provided as input to a machine or application. In some embodiments, the region is monitored using a combination of scanning and image-based sensing.
US09778749B2 Occluded gesture recognition
This document describes techniques and devices for occluded gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices even when a user's gesture is occluded by some material between the user's hands and the device itself. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their mobile devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as when a user's mobile computing device is occluded by being in a purse, bag, pocket, or even in another room.
US09778747B2 Method and system for multimodal and gestural control
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a multimodal and gestural control system. According to one embodiment, the multimodal and gestural control system is configured to detect a gesture command from a user via at least one device of a plurality of devices. A control operation and a destination device are both determined based on the gesture command such that the determined control operation is executed on the determined destination device.
US09778738B2 Operation display system and operation display method
Disclosed is an operation display system, including: an operation display device including a display unit to display an operation window; an operating unit to receive an operation to the operation window; and a display control unit to change the operation window in accordance with the operation received by using the operating unit; an air operation detecting unit to detect an air operation performed by one user in air apart from the display unit; a virtual operation window creating unit to create a virtual operation window in which the operation window is changed in accordance with the air operation; and an AR display unit to show the one user an augmented reality space in which the virtual operation window is synthesized with a real space, wherein the display control unit does not change the operation window displayed on the display unit, in accordance with the air operation.
US09778730B2 Sleep mode initialization in a distributed computing system
On a typical motherboard the processor and memory are separated by a printed circuit data bus that traverses the motherboard. Throughput, or data transfer rate, on the data bus is much lower than the rate at which a modern processor can operate. The difference between the data bus throughput and the processor speed significantly limits the effective processing speed of the computer when the processor is required to process large amounts of data stored in the memory. The processor is forced to wait for data to be transferred to or from the memory, leaving the processor under-utilized. The delays are compounded in a distributed computing system including a number of computers operating in parallel. The present disclosure describes systems, method and apparatus that tend to alleviate delays so that memory access bottlenecks are not compounded within distributed computing systems.
US09778728B2 System on a chip with fast wake from sleep
In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) includes a component that remains powered when the remainder of the SOC is powered off. The component may include a sensor capture unit to capture data from various device sensors, and may filter the captured sensor data. Responsive to the filtering, the component may wake up the remainder of the SOC to permit the processing. The component may store programmable configuration data, matching the state at the time the SOC was most recently powered down, for the other components of the SOC, in order to reprogram them after wakeup. In some embodiments, the component may be configured to wake up the memory controller within the SOC and the path to the memory controller, in order to write the data to memory. The remainder of the SOC may remain powered down.
US09778726B2 Deterministic current based frequency optimization of processor chip
A method for adjusting a frequency of a processor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a total current and a temperature of the multi-core processor and estimating a leakage current for the multi-core processor. The method also includes calculating a switching current by subtracting the leakage current from the total current. The method also includes calculating an effective switching capacitance based at least in part on the switching current. The method also includes calculating a workload activity factor by dividing the effective switching capacitance by a predetermined effective switching capacitance stored in vital product data, and enforcing a turbo frequency limit of the multi-core processor based on the workload activity factor.
US09778718B2 Power supply and data center control
Systems and methods for data center power supply control are provided that identify a parameter of at least one of a plurality of servers that form at least part of a data center that includes an uninterruptable power supply. An estimated parameter of a virtual server can be identified, and one of the plurality of servers can be selected based at least in part on the parameter and the estimated parameter. The virtual server can be provided to the selected server, and the power provided to at least one of the plurality of servers can be reduced, shut down, or otherwise adjusted.
US09778717B2 Flexible power support redundancy busway system
A busway system enables multiple interchangeable power support redundancies to be provided to electrical loads. The busway system includes multiple busways extending through an aisle space, where some busways carry power from separate primary power sources, and one or more busways carry power from a secondary power source. Busways are coupled to loads to provide power support directly to the loads, indirectly via devices that distribute power to the loads via branch circuits, etc. The power support redundancy provided to a load is established based at least in part upon which busways are coupled to the load, and power support redundancies can be changed by changing the couplings of particular busways with the loads. The busways can extend through the aisle space in a staggered configuration to enable load balancing between busways by restricting loads in certain regions of the aisle space to coupling with certain busways and not others.
US09778710B2 Electronic device having heat dissipation structure
Provided is an electronic device that includes: a housing that includes a metallic member; a battery pack that is disposed in the housing; a substrate that is disposed in parallel with the battery pack and includes at least one heat generating source; a heat dissipation plate that is disposed to overlap with at least a portion of the battery pack and the substrate, and is formed of a metallic material. Heat generated from the heat generating source may be dissipated to the battery pack through the heat dissipation plate. The electronic device includes an efficient heat dissipation structure that also contributes to the rigidity reinforcement and slimming of the electronic device, and can prevent an electric shock accident beforehand, which may be caused by an exterior of a metallic member. Other various embodiments may be made.
US09778709B2 Evaporator, cooling device, and electronic apparatus
There is provided an evaporator including: a container including a top plate, and a bottom plate configured to be heated by an electronic component; a reinforcing member having a tubular shape extending from the bottom plate to the top plate, and configured such that a coolant is introduced inside the reinforcing member; a side opening formed in a side portion of the reinforcing member, and configured to allow the coolant to flow out to the bottom plate; and a discharge port provided in the top plate outside the reinforcing member, and configured to discharge vapor from the container, the vapor being generated by the coolant contacting the bottom plate.
US09778708B1 Dual sided latching retainer for computer modules
Dual sided latching retainers including a latching mechanism fixing the dual sided latching retainer to a computer board assembly; a first module retention feature configured to receive a first computer module held between the first module retention feature and a first module support surface, wherein the first module retention feature holds the first computer module against a first side of the computer board assembly; a second module retention feature configured to receive a second computer module held between the second module retention feature and a second module support surface, wherein the second module retention feature holds the second computer module against a second side of the computer board assembly.
US09778705B2 Electronic device with moveable contacts at an exterior surface
An accessory device comprising: an enclosure; one or more electrical components positioned within or attached to the enclosure; an attachment feature connected to the enclosure and configured to magnetically couple the accessory device with the electronic device, the attachment feature comprising: an exterior surface; a corresponding plurality of openings formed through the exterior surface; a plurality of movable contacts corresponding in number to the plurality of openings, each movable contact extending out of one of the plurality of openings; one or more biasing members operatively coupled to the plurality of movable contacts to bias the contacts such that a contacting portion of each contact protrudes beyond the exterior surface of the attachment feature through its respective opening; and an alignment feature comprising at least one magnet positioned adjacent to the plurality of openings.
US09778702B2 Protective cover for a device
Examples disclosed herein provide a protective cover for a portable computing device. The protective cover can include a case for enclosing a back surface and sidewalls of the device. The case can include an opening for exposing a portion of the device comprising a portion of a first sidewall and a portion of the back surface adjacent to the first sidewall.
US09778698B2 Housing, electronic device using same, and method for making same
A housing includes two base each having at least one sidewall, a gap defined between the two bases and a non-conductive member positioned in the gap, the sidewall has a plurality of grooves, the non-conductive member is filled into the grooves to enhance bonding strength between the non-conductive member and the two bases. An electronic device having the housing and a method of making the housing are also provided.
US09778697B2 Flexible touch screen panel and flexible display device with the same
A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate having flexibility, sensing electrodes on at least one surface of the substrate, and implemented using an opaque conductive metal, and a polarizing plate on the substrate having the sensing electrodes formed thereon. The sensing electrodes may be implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings.
US09778691B2 Medical facility
A medical facility includes an imaging medical device and at least one portable control/display unit. The imaging medical device includes a number of docking stations, each with a closed surface and designed to establish a wireless data link to the control/display unit, and designed to simultaneously hold the unit on the imaging medical device in a defined position.
US09778690B2 Adaptive docking station
An aesthetically pleasing docking station that is able to accommodate electronic devices with and without cases. An actuator within the docking station allows the connector plug of the docking station to retract a variable amount such that little or no gap exists between the electronic device and the surface of the docking station. Other embodiments enable the top surface of the housing to translate vertically such that little or no gap exists between the electronic device and surface of the docking station.
US09778686B2 Electronic apparatus, its control method and program, and storage medium
An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation to a display unit. A display control unit controls operation so as to display a touch icon to the display unit. An attitude detection unit detects an attitude of the electronic apparatus. A setting unit sets a case mode to be used when the electronic apparatus is put in a case. A control unit controls, in a case when the case mode is not set by the setting unit, to change a position of a touch-responsive area adapted to receive a touch operation to the touch icon in accordance with the attitude of the electronic apparatus detected by the attitude detection unit, and, in a case when the case mode is set by the setting unit, not to change the position of the touch-responsive area irrespective of the attitude of the electronic apparatus.
US09778682B2 Display apparatus and portable terminal
A display apparatus includes a first base plate, a second base plate coupled to the first base plate to allow the second base plate to be rotated on the basis of a rotation axis between the first base plate and the second base plate, a moving plate coupled to the second base plate and configured to slide along a first direction with respect to the second base plate, a pop-up plate configured to move along a second direction corresponding to a thickness direction of the second base plate on the second base plate in accordance with a movement of the moving plate, and a display panel including a first portion coupled to the first base plate and a second portion coupled to the moving plate.
US09778678B2 Method and apparatus for clocked data eye measurement
Method and apparatus for clocked data eye measurement at synchronous interfaces is provided. A receiver may generate first vector information corresponding to data received on at least one communication channel at the receiver. The receiver may generate second information regarding when the data was latched by a clock signal, the clock signal being received on a separate communication channel at the receiver. The first vector information may be combined with the second information to generate combined information, the combined information indicating a quality of latching the data.
US09778672B1 Gate boosted low drop regulator
In certain aspects, a voltage regulator includes a pass transistor having a drain coupled to an input of the voltage regulator, a source coupled to an output of the voltage regulator, and a gate. The voltage regulator also includes an amplifier having a first input coupled to a reference voltage, a second input coupled to a feedback voltage, and an output, wherein the feedback voltage is approximately equal to or proportional to a voltage at the output of the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator further includes a voltage booster having an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and an output coupled to the gate of the pass transistor, wherein the voltage booster is configured to boost a voltage at the input of the voltage booster to generate a boosted voltage, and to output the boosted voltage at the output of the voltage booster.
US09778671B2 Integrated regulator, in particular voltage regulator, and controller for passenger protection means, with configurable output voltage of the controller
An integrated regulator, in particular a voltage regulator, for a personal protection arrangement in a vehicle, includes a regulating element that converts an input signal into an output signal having a defined value, and a control application circuit that applies control to the regulating element to generate the output signal having the defined value. The control application circuit outputs the output signal via the regulating element with at least two different selectable values as a function of a specifying signal, such that for selection of the value of the output signal, a configuration circuit receives at least one configuration signal and, as a function of a configuration ascertained in the context of evaluation, selects one of at least two different specifying signals and applies it to the control application circuit to output the output signal having the selected value.
US09778668B2 Sensed switch current control
A circuit includes an evaluation node through which current flows from a voltage source node to a sensed switch when the sensed switch is closed. First and second control switches are disposed between the voltage source node and the evaluation node to switch between first and second current paths for the current. The current passes through the first control switch when flowing along the first current path. The second control switch is coupled to a control terminal of the first control switch to deactivate the first control switch and allow the current to flow through the second current path. Multiple passive circuit elements are configured to establish first and second current levels for the current. The passive circuit elements are disposed between the voltage source node and the evaluation node in a circuit arrangement in which no current path to ground is present when the sensed switch is open.
US09778664B2 Memory module thermal management
A method is disclosed for implementing a scheme to configure thermal management control for a memory device resident on a memory module for a computing platform. A method is also disclosed for implementing the configured thermal management control. In a run-time environment for a computing platform a temperature is obtained from a thermal sensor monitoring the memory module. The memory module is in a given memory module with thermal sensor configuration that includes the memory device. An approximation of a temperature for the memory device is made based on thermal information associated with the given configuration of the memory module and the obtained temperature. The configured thermal management control for the memory device is implemented based on the approximated temperature. Other implementations and examples are also described in this disclosure.
US09778663B2 Method for optimizing flight speed of remotely-sensed scan imaging platform
A method for optimizing a flight speed of a remotely-sensed scan imaging platform. The method comprises: selecting a reference point; obtaining a remotely-sensed scan image in a reference point region, and processing data; and optimizing a flight speed of a remotely-sensed scan platform. By optimizing a movement speed of a remotely-sensed movement platform, the method can prevent a geometric dimension of a target in a remotely-sensed scan image from being distorted, so as to obtain a high-precision remotely-sensed image of a ground target; and the method can be used for airborne and satellite borne remotely-sensed images.
US09778660B2 Unmanned aerial vehicle low-power operation
Methods, devices, and systems of various embodiments are disclosed for operating a UAV having insufficient power to operate normally. Various embodiments include determining whether an emergency-recovery state of a battery of the UAV has been reached while the UAV is flying. An emergency recovery mode may be activated in response to determining that the emergency-recovery state has been reached. The emergency recovery mode may switch the rotors from drawing energy from the battery to generate propulsion to harvesting energy from airflow that is used to recharge a battery of the UAV. A braking mode may be activated in response to determining that a braking altitude has been reached. The braking mode may switch the rotors from energy harvesting to drawing energy from the battery to generate propulsion in order to reduce a descent rate of the UAV.
US09778659B2 Agricultural autopilot steering compensation
Agricultural autopilot steering compensation provides improved steering control when steerable wheels lose traction and/or in tight turns.
US09778654B2 Systems and methods for advanced resting time suggestion
A system includes a first sensor for detecting vehicle data and a second sensor for detecting driver data. The system also includes a memory for storing preferred stops and a GPS unit for detecting a location. The system also includes an electrical control unit (ECU) that can determine a tired value of the driver based on the vehicle performance data and the driver condition data. The ECU can also determine that the driver is getting tired when the tired value is equal to or greater than a first tired threshold. The ECU can also determine a desired destination of the driver based on the preferred stops that the vehicle can reach before the tired value reaches or exceeds a second tired threshold. The system also includes an output device for outputting navigation instructions providing directions to the desired destination from the current location of the vehicle.
US09778651B2 System for cutting and unloading portions
A system (100) for cutting work product (104) into portions (P) and unloading the portions includes a conveyance system (102) for carrying the workpieces and portions, as well as a scanner (110) for scanning the work products. A cutter system (120) composed of cutter assemblies (122) carried by carrier systems (124) may be arranged in an array or series along the conveyance system for cutting, trimming, and portioning the work products (104) into end pieces (P) of desired sizes or other physical parameters. An unloading system (130) composed of one or more unloading assemblies/units/apparatus (132) are carried by the same carrier systems (124) used to carry the cutter assemblies (122) to pick up the portioned pieces (P) and either move them to a different location or replace the portioned workpieces back onto the conveyance system after the trim of the workpiece has been removed.
US09778649B2 Profit milling
Methods and devices for computer-assisted milling of a pocket region of a workpiece by computing a blend arc radius, where the blend arc radius is based on a maximal variation of a Tool Engagement Angle (TEA), and smoothing at least one offset, where the smoothing is based on the computed blend arc radius and/or a prior computed blend arc radius with a stepover.
US09778644B2 Method and device for control of a drive for a tool or workpiece
A method for control of a drive for a tool or workpiece uses pilot control and a device with a control apparatus, the pilot control taking place depending on a frequency of movement. At least one of a frequency component of the reference value, a spectrum of the reference value, and a part thereof is used as the frequency of movement. At least one pilot factor is determined depending on the frequency of movement, and the at least one determined pilot factor, multiplied with a pilot value that corresponds to or is a derivative of the reference variable is used for pilot control. In this way, a contouring error can be advantageously reduced.
US09778642B2 Protection unit for a programmable data-processing system
A data-processing system having at least one operating memory holding operating data is provided with a protection unit having an execution environment protected from unauthorized access. At least one monitoring logic in the execution environment is connected to the operating memory for monitoring unauthorized modifications, access, or similar protection violations of the operating data stored in the operating memory and for generating an output on detection of such a protection violation. A protection logic in the execution environment holds replacement data capable of replacing the operating data and is connected to the monitoring logic for, on generation of the output, providing to the operating memory the replacement data for the operation or for a substitute operation of the data-processing system.
US09778637B2 Facility control system and facility control method
A facility control system comprises a selection processing portion that selects, based on a manual operation and when an abnormal condition occurs in a first-layer computer that executes a first-layer program which issues an apparatus operating command to an apparatus controller, whether to cause a second-layer computer to execute the first-layer program that had been executed by the first-layer computer, and a substitute command output processing portion which outputs a substitute command in accordance with selection information selected by the selection processing portion. The second-layer computer executes the first-layer program that had been executed by the first-layer computer in which the abnormal condition occurred based on a substitute command outputted by the substitute command output processing portion.
US09778633B2 Direct address laser ablation
A system and method for selectively removing tire material from the bead portions of a cured tire to reduce one or more harmonics of at least one uniformity parameter are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, tire material is selectively removed using a plurality of direct address commands. The direct address commands specify ablation parameters for discrete ablation segments at specific angular locations around the bead of the tire. The direct address commands are generated by analyzing the desired ablation pattern for the bead of the tire. The ablation device can then be controlled to selectively remove tire material in discrete ablation segments at identified addresses pursuant to the direct address commands to achieve the desired ablation pattern on one or more tracks along the bead portion of the tire using a single pass of the ablation device.
US09778632B2 Generator management system and method that selectively activate at least one of a plurality of generators in a power generation system
A method of determining an operation of at least one of a plurality of generators in a power generation system. The method includes identifying a system parameter that is related to operation of the power generation system; and determining which of the plurality of generators to operate to minimize fuel consumption of the power generation system based on the system parameter. Other methods include identifying a system parameter that is related to operation of the power generation system; and determining which of the plurality of generators to operate by optimizing an operating variable of the power generation system based on the system parameter.
US09778631B2 Positioning device for automated hair cutting system
A positioning device includes a frame having at least a front frame and one or more side frames; and a plurality of positioning interfaces, the positioning interfaces configured to at least one of transmit signals and receive signals, the signals being configured to at least partially determine at least one of position and orientation of a hair cutting device, the plurality of positioning interfaces positioned at various intervals about the frame. The front frame includes at least one structural feature designed to contact at least one feature of a user's face, and the front frame extends at least partially across said user's face.
US09778630B2 Control device and system program for maintaining global variable and reference data consistency during parallel processing of multiple tasks
A control device includes a task execution unit; a storage unit which stores a variable in a program, which is capable of being referenced and updated; and a collection unit which collects a variable when a task is executed. The storage unit stores reference data corresponding to the variable. A plurality of tasks include: an update task which is capable of updating and referencing the variable; and a reference task which is capable of referencing the reference data. The collection unit collects the reference data when the plurality of tasks are executed.
US09778628B2 Optimization of human supervisors and cyber-physical systems
A method and system for optimizing a human supervised cyber-physical system determines a state of the human operator based on data from multiple psycho physiological sensors, determines a state of each of multiple cyber-physical systems in the human supervised cyber-physical system based on data provided by the cyber-physical systems, and fuses the state of the human operator and the state of each of the plurality of cyber-physical systems into a single state of the human supervised cyber-physical system. The single state is then used to generate recommendations for optimizing a user interface and to generate high level control signals for the cyber-physical systems.
US09778626B2 Mobile control room with real-time environment awareness
A method and apparatus track the location of a mobile device within a process plant and display present information about the location of the mobile device in the process plant relative to equipment of the process plant. A location awareness component generates information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device. A first routine interprets information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in a database to determine a relationship between the location of the device and a layout of the process plant. A second routine generates a graphic for depiction on the display according to the determined relationship between the location of the device and the layout of the plant.
US09778623B2 Electronic timepiece and operation setting switching system
An electronic timepiece, including: a first operation unit; a first communication unit; and a first control unit, wherein one of the plurality of the operation receiving units is a function switching operation receiving unit, i) when a first input signal is input, the first control unit assigns the operation receiving units including the function switching operation receiving unit as external device operation receiving units according to predetermined operation processing to be executed by the external device, ii) when an input operation to the operation receiving units is detected, the first control unit transmits an operation request according to the operation processing corresponding to the input operation to the external device via the first communication unit, and iii) when a second input signal is input, the first control unit ends assignment of the operation receiving units as the external device operation receiving units.
US09778621B2 Timepiece displaying the current time and including at least first and second devices displaying a time-related quantity
Timepiece displaying the current time and including at least first and second display devices for a time-related quantity, the first and second display devices each being driven by a drive mechanism including a drive wheel (2; 2a), which is itself driven by the movement of the timepiece (3), at least the drive wheel (2; 2a) of one of the drive mechanisms carrying a finger (4; 4a) via which the wheel drives the corresponding display device, the timepiece (3) being characterized in that the finger (4; 4a) is friction fitted onto the drive wheel (2; 2a).
US09778618B2 Multilayer film and authentication label
In a first aspect, a multilayer film includes a holographic image layer, a first heat-shrinkable layer and a first adhesive layer between the holographic image layer and the first heat-shrinkable layer.In a second aspect, an authentication label includes a holographic image layer, a first heat-shrinkable layer, a first adhesive layer between the holographic image layer and the first heat-shrinkable layer, and a back adhesive layer.
US09778617B2 Process cartridge having fixed and moveable electric contacts and electro-photographic image forming apparatus using the process cartridge
Provided is a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes at least one roller, sidewalls on an axial direction of the at least one roller, and a first cartridge electric contact and a second cartridge electric contact provided on the sidewalls. One of the first cartridge electric contact and the second cartridge electric contact is a fixed electric contact, and the other is a movable electric contact that is movable in a direction protruding from the sidewalls.
US09778613B2 Cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
A cartridge includes a casing and a photosensitive drum rotatably supported in the casing. A rotatable driven coupling member is provided on an axial end of the photosensitive drum, with the driven coupling member including a driving force receiving portion for receiving a driving force to rotate the photosensitive drum. The driven coupling member is translatable with respect to the casing in a predetermined direction, which is substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the photosensitive drum, by a force received by a driven side abutment portion of the driven coupling member. A distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the driven side abutment portion is not more than a distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the driving force receiving portion.
US09778612B2 Image forming apparatus including charge removing needle and light irradiator
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearer, a transfer member, a cleaning member, a light irradiator, and a light transmissive member. The transfer member forms a transfer position at which a visible image on a surface of the image bearer is transferred to a recording medium conveyed through a conveyance path. The cleaning member forms a cleaning position at which a substance adhering to the surface of the image bearer after transfer is cleaned. The light irradiator is disposed at a back face side of the recording medium opposite a side at which the surface of the image bearer is disposed relative to the conveyance path. The light irradiator is configured to emit light onto the surface of the image bearer. The light is targeted between the transfer position and the cleaning position. The light transmissive member is disposed between the light irradiator and the image bearer.
US09778611B2 Image forming apparatus and remaining toner amount estimation method
A device having a function of adjusting image processing such as PWM setting, printer density setting and engine speed downstream of a video counter or a dot counter determines a correction coefficient of a video count value or a dot count value, according to a combination of adjustment values of image processing for realizing configured print settings, and corrects the count value by applying the correction coefficient to the video count value or the dot count value.
US09778607B2 Fixing device having fixing belt and image forming apparatus including the same
Provided is a fixing device including a pair of end deformation restraint members. A restraint body 35 of the end deformation restraint member has an insertion part 38 which is inserted into both end portions of a fixing belt, and restrains deformation of belt end portions by holding both end portions of the fixing belt, which slides on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion part 38, from inside in the insertion part 38. The insertion part 38 is continued in a belt rotation direction with no gap.
US09778598B2 Magnetic carrier
Provided is a magnetic carrier, including: a ferrite core particle; and a coating resin, in which: the coating resin has a surface resin layer and a resin composition in the stated order from a surface side thereof; the resin composition contains a resin, and an inorganic particle or carbon black that is subjected to a hydrophilic treatment; the surface resin layer contains a resin, is free of the inorganic particle or the carbon black, and has a thickness of from 0.01 μm or more to 4.00 μm or less; and a moisture percentage change between a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH for 24 hours, and a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 23° C. and 5% RH for 24 hours after the standing is 0.030 mass % or less.
US09778592B2 Image forming method and image forming apparatus including a high power exposure pixel group
An image forming method exposes a surface of an image bearer with light according to an image pattern including an image portion to form an electrostatic latent image, and includes: setting, among pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to a non-image portion as a non-exposure pixel group, and at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-exposure pixel group as a high power exposure pixel group; specifying, among the pixels constituting the image portion, a predetermined pixel as a target pixel, and a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion close to the target pixel as a boundary pixel group; and specifying a light power value of the target pixel based on image identification information acquired from the pixels constituting the image portion.
US09778587B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus transfers a first image including a first toner not containing a metal pigment onto a specific medium having a smoothness of 112 seconds or smaller, fixes the first image for use as a base coat onto the specific medium, and transfers and fixes a second image including a second toner containing a metal pigment onto the base coat fixed onto the specific medium.
US09778585B2 Image forming apparatus and image forming method
An image forming apparatus includes an image process part that creates image data including pixel values of a process color image and pixel values of white which becomes a base of the process color image based on image forming data, and an image forming process part that forms the image on a medium using a process color developer and a white developer based on the image data. Wherein, the image process part that determines a black portion in which a combination of the pixel values of the process color image is regarded as black and a non-black portion in which the combination of the pixel values of the process color image is regarded as a color other than black, and identifies the pixel values of white for the base of the process color image in the image data such that an usage amount of the white developer for the black portion is less than that for the non-black portion.
US09778582B2 Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus incorporating an improved undercoat layer
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an undercoat layer that includes metal oxide particles and a compound having at least three hydroxyl groups and a carbonyl or dicarbonyl group.
US09778577B2 Structure and method for testing strip width of scribing slot
A testing structure of a strip width of a scribing slot is provided, the structure includes a first isolated line (232) and a second isolated line (234) which are perpendicular to each other, the testing structure further includes a first field region pattern (220), the first field region pattern (220) includes two graphics, the two graphics are each located on one side of the first isolated line (232) and opposite to each other. A testing method of a strip width of a scribing slot is also disclosed. Graphics of the field oxide region simulating the LOCOS structure are provided on two sides of the isolated line, the step is artificially generated, a polysilicon gate graphic on a small size source region formed by photolithography can be displayed through online testing of the strip width or online displaying and checking of the strip width, thus a practical situation of the die can be known, an abnormity of the strip width and morphology of the polysilicon gate caused by a reflection of a substrate can be found instantly.
US09778573B2 Optical illumination system
Systems and methods are provided that combine an amplitude modulation SLM with a phase modulating SLM in the same optical illumination system. The combination of the amplitude modulation SLM and the phase modulation SLM allows the optical illumination to compensate for the limitations of amplitude modulation SLM by using phase modulating SLM and conversely to compensate for the limitations of phase modulation SLM by using amplitude modulating SLM.
US09778568B2 Positive resist composition and patterning process
A positive resist composition is provided comprising (A) a resin comprising recurring units having adamantane ring and recurring units having cyclopentyl so that the resin may increase its alkali solubility under the action of acid, (B) a mixture of sulfonium salts, and (C) a solvent. By coating the resist composition as a resist film, forming a protective film thereon, and effecting immersion lithography, a pattern of good profile is formed at a high resolution.
US09778565B2 Imprint apparatus and article manufacturing method
The imprint apparatus of the present invention includes a holding unit configured to hold a mold; a particle inspection unit configured to inspect whether or not particle is present on an imprint area, in which the resin pattern is formed, of the substrate; a dispenser configured to apply an uncured resin to the imprint area; a movable unit configured to move the imprint area with respect to the holding unit; and a controller. The movable unit is capable of moving the imprint area to each of an inspection position by means of the inspection unit, an application position by means of the dispenser, and a contacting position by means of the holding unit. Also, the controller causes the inspection unit to perform inspection of the imprint area in association with the movement of the imprint area by means of the movable unit.
US09778564B2 Imprint material
There is provided an imprint material that has sufficient adhesion to film substrates and excellent scratch resistance, and can be readily released from a mold at the time of mold release. An imprint material including: (A) a specific acrylamide such as N,N′-dimethylacrylamide; (B) a compound having alkylene oxide units and having 2 to 6 polymerizable groups at the ends of the compound, in which the alkylene oxide units are ethylene oxide units, propylene oxide units, or a combination thereof; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator.
US09778560B2 Method for preparing halftone phase shift photomask blank
A halftone phase shift film containing Si and N and/or O is deposited on a transparent substrate by reactive sputtering using a silicon-containing target with a reactive gas. Different powers are applied across a plurality of targets so that two different sputtering modes selected from metal, transition and reaction modes associated with a hysteresis curve are applied to the targets. The phase shift film exhibits satisfactory in-plane uniformity of optical properties.
US09778559B2 Method for preparing halftone phase shift photomask blank
A halftone phase shift film containing Si and N and/or O is deposited on a transparent substrate by reactive sputtering of a Si-containing target with a reactive gas containing N and/or O. One layer is sputter deposited while the reactive gas flow rate is set equal to or lower than the lower limit of the reactive gas flow rate in the hysteresis region, and another layer is sputter deposited while the reactive gas flow rate is set inside the lower and upper limits of the reactive gas flow rate in the hysteresis region. The phase shift film exhibits satisfactory in-plane uniformity of optical properties.
US09778552B2 Light source device and projection display apparatus
A light source device includes heat releasing fins for cooling a blue light emitting diode (LED), a red LED, and a green LED, respectively, which are located next to each other in a direction in which a cooling fan blows air. A space formed between an upper surface of an optical unit and the heat releasing fins enable cooling air of the cooling fan to pass through the space.
US09778550B2 Short throw projector mount with micro-adjust feature
A short throw projector mount enabling a finely tuned distance adjustment and/or finely tuned height adjustment of an attached projector. The mount includes a wall interface, a projector positioning head, and an elongate arm operably coupling the wall interface and the projector positioning head. A first end of the arm is coupled to the wall interface, and the projector positioning head is operably coupled proximate an opposing second end of the arm such that the projector positioning head is shiftable along a longitudinal axis of the arm. The arm further includes a positioning mechanism arranged to selectively drive shifting of the projector positioning head. A vertical positioning mechanism may be provided to shift the projector vertically relative to the wall interface.
US09778547B1 Mobile phone stabilizer
The present invention provides a mobile phone stabilizer, comprising a fixing device for mobile phone, an angle adjusting device and a two-hand control device, wherein the angle adjusting device comprises an X-axis adjusting mechanism, a Y-axis adjusting mechanism and a Z-axis adjusting mechanism which are orthogonally arranged in three-dimensional space; wherein the Z-axis adjusting mechanism has a connecting end fixedly connected with the two-hand control device and has an output end rotatablely connected with a connecting end of the Y-axis adjusting mechanism, the Y-axis adjusting mechanism has an output end rotatablely connected with a connecting end of the X-axis adjusting mechanism, the X-axis adjusting mechanism has an output end rotatablely connected with the fixing device for mobile phone. The mobile phone stabilizer of the present invention has a simple structure and can effectively improve the shooting stability of the mobile phone.
US09778545B2 Lens drive device
The lens drive device is equipped with a first supporting body that holds the lens and is movable in the direction of the optical axis, a second supporting body that holds the first supporting body, a fixed body that holds the second supporting body in a manner enabling movement in directions that are roughly orthogonal to the optical axis direction, a first drive mechanism for driving the first supporting body, a second drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a first direction, and a third drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a second direction. The first supporting body is supported by the second supporting body by means of first supporting members (8, 9), which are formed from an elastic material; and the second supporting body is supported by the fixed body by means of second supporting members, which are formed from an elastic material.
US09778543B1 Parametric mixer having tunable gain bands and method for tuning the same
A tunable parametric mixer comprising a pump laser, a nonlinear waveguide, and a refractive index tuner. The pump laser is configured to generate pump photons. The nonlinear waveguide comprises a cladding and a core. The core is made of nonlinear optical material and the cladding in made of a material with a tunable index of refraction. The nonlinear waveguide is configured to convert the pump photons into signal and idler photons. The refractive index tuner is configured to change the refractive index of the cladding to dynamically tune the dispersion properties of the nonlinear waveguide in order to alter a spectral location of a gain band of the parametric mixer.
US09778540B2 Compact optical switch having only two waveguides and a resonant cavity to provide 60 degree folding
The present invention is based on a two-dimensional photonic crystal in which are inserted, in a controlled manner, defects that originate the waveguides and the resonant cavity that integrate the device. Its main function is to provide the control of the passage of an electromagnetic signal over a communications channel, blocking (state off) or allowing (state on) the passage of the signal. It also has the function of changing the propagation direction of an electromagnetic signal by an angle of 60 degrees, offering greater flexibility in the design of integrated optical systems. The operating principle of the device is associated with the excitation of dipole modes in the resonant cavity, which is based on a magneto-optical material. When the switch is under the influence of an external DC magnetic field H0, a rotating dipole mode excited in the cavity allows the passage of the input signal to the output (state on), whereas without the application of H0, a stationary dipole mode excited in the cavity, with the nodes aligned to the output waveguide, prevents the passage of the input signal to the output (state off).
US09778539B2 Optical modulation device
Provided is an optical waveguide element including a first interactive part, a first EO substrate line, a second interactive part, and a second EO substrate line. A relay substrate unit includes a first relay substrate line, a second relay substrate line, and a loss adjusting part. The loss adjusting part is provided to the relay substrate line in a combination in which an electrical loss is low so that an electrical loss in a combination of the first EO substrate line and the first relay substrate line, and an electrical loss in a combination of the second EO substrate line and the second relay substrate line become approximately the same as each other.
US09778534B2 Chromatic systems
Chromatic systems and structures are presented that operate without external electrical supply, which enable changes in color or transparency of a substrate material, such as glass. Various configurations provide a mechanism to activate an oxidation-reduction reaction in a chromatic material, so as to change from transparent to opaque or from one color to another. These structures may be used in applications from windows for buildings and homes, camera lenses, automotive displays and windows, mobile device displays, and other applications where chromatic change is desired.
US09778532B2 Controlling transitions in optically switchable devices
The embodiments herein relate to methods for controlling an optical transition in an optically switchable device, and optically switchable devices configured to perform such methods. In various embodiments, non-optical (e.g., electrical) feedback is used to help control an optical transition. The feedback may be used for a number of different purposes. In many implementations, the feedback is used to control an ongoing optical transition.
US09778531B2 Contacting of electrochromic devices
An electrochromic device (1) comprises an electrochromic layered structure (10) having a first substrate sheet (21), a second substrate sheet (22), a first (23) and a second (24) electron conducting layer at least partially covering a respective substrate sheet, an electrochromic layer (25) and a counter electrode layer (26) at least partially covering a respective electron conducting layer and an electrolyte layer (30) laminated between and at least partially covering the first electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer. The electrochromic layered structure also has an area (51, 52) in which the electrochromic layer or the counter electrode layer is not covered by the electrolyte layer. An electrode (41, 42) is soldered to the respective electron conducting layer through the electrochromic layer or the counter electrode layer.
US09778529B2 In-cell touch liquid crystal display apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, method of manufacturing thin film transistor array substrate, and method of manufacturing color filter array substrate
Disclosed are an in-cell touch liquid crystal display (LCD) device based on a twisted nematic (TN) mode, a method of manufacturing the same, a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, and a method of manufacturing a color filter array substrate. The TFT array substrate includes a TFT disposed in a pixel area defined by an intersecting gate line and data line, a conductive line disposed on the TFT, and a transparent conductive layer in electrical contact with the conductive line. The color filter array substrate includes a light shield layer, a color filter, an overcoat layer covering the light shield layer and the color filter, a column spacer disposed on the overcoat layer, and a common electrode disposed on the overcoat layer and the column spacer, where the conductive line supplies the common electrode with a common voltage or a touch driving signal.
US09778527B2 Array substrate and method for detecting the same
An array substrate and a method for detecting the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a display area and a detecting area. In a first detecting mode, a first to a sixth detecting circuits are divided into three groups, and a first detecting signal is successively provided to these three groups of detecting circuits, so that a circuit defect possibly existing in a charge line and a share line that are located in each row of subarea can be detected. In a second detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits are divided into two groups, and a second detecting signal is provided to the two groups of detecting circuits successively, so that a circuit defect possible existing in the charge line and the share line that are located in adjacent rows of subareas can be detected.
US09778518B2 Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
US09778517B2 Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines and insulated from the gate lines. The intersections of the gate lines and data lines define a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units comprise a first electrode and a second electrode laminated, with the second electrode having at least one branch electrode, and the first electrode having at least one first slit disposed between the pixel units and extending in a direction of the data lines. In the array substrate, the display panel and the display device, the electrode under the black matrix is removed by hollowing out to reduce the electric field strength under the black matrix.
US09778513B2 Liquid crystal display panel comprising multiple main photo spacers disposed directly below a black matrix and multiple sub-photo spacers disposed between the black matrix
An LCD panel includes a first and a second substrate structure. The second substrate structure includes multiple sub-pixel areas. The first substrate structure has a first substrate, a common electrode layer, an insulation layer, multiple sub-photo spacers, a first conductive film layer and a first alignment film layer. The sub-photo spacers are located above corresponding sub-pixel areas and are separated from the second substrate structure. The first conductive film layer is disposed on the insulation layer and covers the multiple sub-photo spacers. The first alignment film layer covers the first conductive film layer except a portion that covers the sub-photo spacers, and also covers the insulation layer except a portion that is covered by the first conductive film layer. Utilizing the sub-photo spacers to realize a more even alignment of the liquid crystal molecules such that manufacturing process of the liquid crystal panel is simplified, and the cost is reduced.
US09778510B2 Nanocrystal polymer composites and production methods thereof
A semiconductor nanocrystal composition including a semiconductor nanocrystal, an organic additive, and at least one polymerizable substance selected from a polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable oligomer, and a combination thereof, wherein the composition has haze of greater than or equal to about 40% after polymerization.
US09778509B2 Optical conversion member, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device
One embodiment of the present invention relates to an optical conversion member including an optical conversion layer containing a quantum dot emitting fluorescent light which is excited by incident excitation light, in which the optical conversion layer contains a quantum dot and polyorganosilsesquioxane, and an adjacent inorganic layer is directly in contact with the optical conversion layer.
US09778508B2 Liquid crystal display device and a backlight module thereof
The present application discloses a liquid crystal display device and a backlight module thereof. The backlight module comprises a backboard, a separating plate, and a light source component; wherein the backboard has a base plate and a plurality of side plates, and the backboard is an injection molding board; the separating plate is mounted in an accommodating groove, a heat dissipation chamber is formed between the separating plate and the base plate, in the heat dissipation chamber, the backboard is provided with convection holes; the light source component comprises a plurality of lamp substrates and a plurality of LED lamps mounted on the lamp substrates, the lamp substrates are located within the heat dissipation chamber, and the separating plate is provided with transparent holes enabling light emitted by each of the LED lamps to penetrate the separating plate in a thickness direction of the separating plate.
US09778507B2 Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; and a direct type backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the direct type backlight unit includes: a frame where an LED is mounted; a sealing member over the LED and containing quantum dots dispersed in resin or organic solvent; a first polarizer disposed over the sealing member; and a light-recycling structure reflecting light reflected to the frame towards the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a second polarizer facing the direct type backlight unit, and wherein a transmission axis of the first polarizer is parallel to a transmission axis of the second polarizer.
US09778506B2 Lighting device with enhanced optical properties and liquid crystal display device having the lighting device
Provided is a lighting device comprising: a plurality of top view type LED light sources which are formed on a base substrate; and a resin layer which embeds the plurality of LED light sources and is laminated on the base substrate.
US09778505B2 Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device, includes: a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate with a display area and a non-display area; a backlight that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel with light; an adhesive layer that adheres the liquid crystal display panel to the backlight; a first polarizing plate stuck onto the first substrate; and a second polarizing plate stuck onto the second substrate, in which an outer edge of the second polarizing plate is located outside an outer edge of the second substrate, a light impermeable film and an alignment mark part are formed in the non-display area of the first substrate, and the light impermeable film and the alignment mark part are different in infrared transmittance or infrared reflectance.
US09778501B2 Liquid crystal display device with touch panel
A second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, the counter electrode is divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the respective divided blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of the plurality of display lines in series, and the counter electrodes also serve as scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a counter electrode selector circuit that selects the counter electrodes. The counter electrode selector circuit includes an address decoder circuit that selects the counter electrodes of the respective blocks for a given period, and a selector circuit that applies a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrode of the block selected by the address decoder circuit, and applies a counter voltage to the counter electrodes of the blocks not selected by the address decoder circuit.
US09778498B2 Display device
A display device, including a flexible display; and a curved window adjacent to one surface of the flexible display, the curved window having a predetermined curvature, the curved window having a recess groove formed in a surface thereof that the flexible display contacts, and at least a portion of a part of the flexible display contacting the curved window being in the recess groove.
US09778492B2 Electronic ophthalmic lens with lid position sensor
An eyelid position sensor system for an ophthalmic lens comprising an electronic system is described herein. The eyelid position sensor system is part of an electronic system incorporated into the ophthalmic lens. The electronic system includes one or more batteries or other power sources, power management circuitry, one or more sensors, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry, and lens driver circuitry. The eyelid position sensor system is utilized to determine eyelid position and use this information to control various aspects of the ophthalmic lens.
US09778488B2 Medical device and method for producing the same
A medical device includes a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer formed on at least a part of a surface of a water-containing base material, wherein at least one kind of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer forming the acidic polymer or the basic polymer is a polymer having a hydroxy group.
US09778487B2 Rotationally stabilized contact lens with improved comfort and method of optimization
The invention provides an improved rotationally stabilized contact lens design and method of designing such a lens which minimizes stabilization time of the lens while maximizing the lens on-eye comfort. The lens and the method of designing the lens utilizes and combines non-circularity and thickness differential aspects resulting in equivalent or minimized stabilization time, ease of insertion and manufacturability as well as maximum comfort that is improved over that of what either aspect can achieve independently.
US09778486B2 Method of compiling shape data of a spectacle lens, spectacle lens shape data compiling device and spectacle lens
A spectacle lens capable of obtaining a good vision without feeling of discomfort, even being fitted into a frame having a large front angle, and a method of creating the shape data of the spectacle lens having dioptric power to be fitted into a frame having a lens front angle. The method corrects the shape data of a lens back surface so that the prismatic effect undergone via the lens of initial lens shape by a plurality of rays passing through a rotation center of the eye in a case where a lens front angle is provided is identical or close to the prismatic effect undergone via the lens of initial lens shape by the plurality of rays passing through the rotation center of the eye in a case where no lens front angle is provided.
US09778475B2 Universal polarization converter
A universal polarization converter is provided including a polarizer configured to receive unpolarized light. The polarizer is further configured to split the received unpolarized light into a first and second polarized state. At least two quarter wave phase retarders are configured to convert each of the first and second polarized states to opposite handed polarized beams. A cholesteric mirror is configured to combine the opposite handed polarized beams. In other embodiments, the cholesteric mirror may be replaced by a second polarizer and optional quarter wave retardation plate. Further embodiments may include a single polarization converter and multiple quarter wave retardation plates.
US09778473B1 Dark line compensation in polarized three-dimensional viewing
Three-dimensional display systems may include polarized displays that polarize light emitted from a first set of areas of the display with a first polarization for a first eye of the viewer and that polarizes light emitted from a second set of areas of the display with a second polarization for a second eye of the viewer. This may result in dark areas being perceived by a viewer when viewed through polarized 3D glasses. Systems and technologies according to this disclosure may include 3D glasses that have a lenses configured to redirect a portion of incoming light in a first axis to at least partially illuminate the dark areas.
US09778467B1 Head mounted display
A system for providing virtual reality imagery to a rider of an amusement park ride having a headgear piece for securing a viewing screen to a head of the rider. The viewing screen is removable from the headgear piece to allow the headgear piece to be cleaned and sanitized.
US09778462B2 Aseismatic reflection sheet device
The invention relates to an aseismatic reflection sheet device, which includes a reflection sheet, a weight support element, an angle fixed adjustment module, a base plate and at least a sliding module. By the composition of above structure, one side of the weight support element is fixed on a vehicle windshield and the weight of the aseismatic reflection sheet device is mostly supported by the part of the weight support element, so that the reflection sheet does not be affected by shocking of the vehicle dashboard, to thereby provide support to the reflection sheet and the vertical and horizontal angle may be easily adjusted.
US09778461B2 Head-up display device
A head-up display device is for projecting display light onto a projection member. The head-up display device includes a display, a reflecting member, an outside light prevention portion, and a state controller. The display emits the display light. The reflecting member reflects the display light emitted from the display in a reflection direction to project the display light onto the projection member. The outside light prevention portion changes between an entering state in which outside light is able to enter the display and a preventing state in which outside light is prevented from entering the display. The state controller controls the outside light prevention portion to be (i) in the entering state when the display light is projected onto the projection member and (ii) in the preventing state when the display light is not projected onto the projection member.
US09778460B2 Imaging lens and imaging apparatus including the imaging lens
An imaging lens consists of three lenses of, in order from an object side, a first lens having a biconcave shape, and an object-side surface of which is aspherical, a second lens having negative refractive power and a third lens having positive refractive power with a convex surface facing an image side. The absolute value of a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens is less than the absolute value of a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens.
US09778456B2 MEMS scanner having coil and manufacturing method of coil for MEMS scanner
The present disclosure may provide a MEMS scanner including a mirror configured to reflect light, a gimbal connected to the mirror to rotatably support the mirror, and a winding portion provided at the mirror or the gimbal to generate an electromagnetic force in interaction with a magnetic field formed in the vicinity when a current flows therethrough so as to adjust a rotational angle of the mirror, wherein the winding portion includes a silicon layer, a coil layer deposited on the silicon layer to generate physical deformation due to a current flowing therethrough, and a plurality of hollow holes formed on the coil layer to provide elasticity so as to reduce an amount of impact due to the physical deformation, and increase the dissipation area of heat generated.
US09778453B2 Modular night vision system
A modular mounting system for a night vision device includes one or more night vision monoculars, each night vision monocular having an imaging tube, a housing, and a first mounting shoe at a first position on the housing. A power supply has a first fastener thereon. A helmet mount at a first location on a helmet has a second fastener thereon. A power supply interface is located at a second location on the helmet and a second mounting shoe is provided on the power supply interface. The first mounting shoe is interchangeably and removably attachable to the first fastener and the second fastener, and, the first fastener interchangeably and removably attachable to the first mounting shoe and the second mounting shoe. In a further aspect, a firearm rail interface is provided to allow the night vision monocular to alternatively be positioned on a firearm accessory rail.
US09778450B2 Microscope accessory
An optical device magnification level reader includes a base configured for attachment to an optical device, such as a microscope, where the base supports other components of the reader including a support arm and an electronic scanner. At least two indicia elements are positioned at different locations along the microscope. The different locations correspond to different respective magnification levels of the microscope. The electronic scanner is coupled to the base via the support arm, and is repositionable relative to the base and indicia elements to achieve proper alignment. The electronic scanner is in electronic communication with a computer associated with the microscope and is operable to detect the indicia element that corresponds to a current selected magnification level of the microscope, so that the electronic scanner is operable to send to the computer a signal indicative of the selected magnification level.
US09778449B2 Preparation element set, preparation, manufacturing method of preparation, imaging apparatus, and imaging method
A preparation element set including an image sensor including a sensor surface, a sensor back surface, and a board; a package including a front surface, a back surface, and terminals on the back surface, the front surface touching or facing the sensor back surface; and a transparent plate facing the sensor surface with a subject placed therebetween, wherein the board includes a board surface and a board back surface, a distance between the board surface and the sensor surface is less than a distance between the board back surface and the sensor surface, a distance between the board surface and the sensor back surface is more than a distance between the board back surface and the sensor back surface, conductive holes pierce the board from the board surface to the board back surface, and conductors on the board surface are electrically connected to terminals by using the conductive holes.
US09778446B2 Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
A zoom lens is constituted by, in order from the object side: a negative first lens group; an aperture stop; a positive second lens group; a negative third lens group; and a positive fourth lens group. All of the lens groups move along the optical axis when changing magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end such that the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases. The first lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side, a 1-1 lens having a negative refractive power, a 1-2 lens having a negative refractive power, and a 1-3 lens having a positive refractive power. Conditional Formula (1) below is satisfied. 1.75
US09778445B2 Variable magnification optical system and imaging apparatus
A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from the object side: a positive first lens group; a negative second lens group; a positive third lens group; a negative fourth lens group; and a positive fifth lens group. When changing magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first and third lens groups are fixed with respect to an image formation plane, the second lens group moves toward the image side, the fourth lens group moves, and the distance between the fourth and fifth lens groups changes. A rearward lens group constituted by the third, fourth, and fifth lens groups has a positive refractive power throughout the variable magnification range. The transverse magnification ratio of the fourth lens group when focused on an object at infinity is negative throughout the variable magnification range.
US09778443B2 Three-surface wide field-of-view lens system
A three-surface wafer-level lens system for imaging a wide field-of-view scene onto an image plane includes (a) a first wafer-level lens with (i) a first substrate having a first planar surface facing the image plane, and (ii) a first lens element bonded to the first planar surface and having a first lens surface facing the image plane, and (b) a second wafer-level lens with (i) a second substrate having a second planar surface facing away from the image plane, (ii) a third substrate bonded to the second substrate and having a third planar surface facing the image plane, (iii) a second lens element bonded to the second planar surface and having a second lens surface facing away from the image plane, and (iv) a third lens element bonded to the third planar surface and having a third lens surface facing the image plane.
US09778441B2 Camera lens
A camera lens includes, lined up from the object side to the image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with negative refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power, a fifth lens with positive refractive power, and a sixth lens with positive refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
US09778440B2 Optical system having small perspective distortion and ultra-wide viewing angle
An optical system, including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; an aperture; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an optical filter; and a photosensitive chip. The first lens is a meniscus aspherical lens. The second lens is a meniscus aspherical lens. The third lens is a biconvex aspherical lens. The fourth lens is a meniscus aspherical lens. The fifth lens is a meniscus spherical lens. The sixth lens is a meniscus spherical lens. The seventh lens is a biconvex aspherical lens.
US09778439B2 Optical image capturing system
A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09778437B2 Lens driving device
A lens driving device includes: a lens frame; a supporting unit that supports the lens frame in driving directions; a driving unit that drives the lens frame in one or both of a direction of an optical axis and a direction intersecting the optical axis; and a sensor that is mounted on the supporting unit and detects a position of the lens frame. The supporting unit includes: a circuit that is connectable to the sensor and integral with the supporting unit; and a recess that receives the sensor. The circuit has terminals exposed to a space inside the recess.
US09778432B1 Fiber optic cassette with mounting wall compatible latch
A fiber optic cassette includes an enclosure having first and second generally planar outer walls, top and bottom walls, a rear wall, a plurality of standardized fiber optic connectors, and a movable latch that is anchored to enclosure. The movable latch includes a roof section that extends over the top wall and a pair of angled teeth that extend downwards from the roof section towards the bottom wall of the enclosure. The movable latch is configured to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the roof section and the angled teeth are vertically spaced apart from the top wall. In the second position, the roof section is flush against the top wall, the first and second teeth overhang over the first and second outer walls, and the pair of angled teeth are disposed at an oblique angle relative to the bottom wall.
US09778431B2 Communication light visualization module
A communication light visualization module includes multiple communication light visualization adapters into which an optical connector is fitted and to which the optical connector is optically connected and a housing that houses the communication light visualization adapters in an arrangement manner. Each of the communication light visualization adapters includes a light extraction hole from which part of communication light transmitted through an optical communication path is extracted. The housing includes a common protection cover that collectively covers the light extraction holes of the plurality of communication light visualization adapters or collectively renders the light extraction holes uncovered.
US09778428B2 Semiconductor optical device, arrayed semiconductor optical device, and optical module
Provided is a semiconductor optical device, an arrayed semiconductor optical device, an optical module having a structure to reduce the parasitic capacitance as well as a high design degree of freedom and having a multilayer structure in which a semi-insulating substrate, a first semiconductor layer having one conductive type, an active layer having light emission function, a second semiconductor layer having the other conductive type, an insulating layer, and a conductive layer are stacked in order from the bottom. The multilayer structure includes a light emitting structure, a first electrode structure, and a second electrode structure. In the semi-insulating substrate and the first semiconductor layer, a first grove which separates the second electrode structure from a remaining portion and approaches the second electrode structure with a non-linear shape rather than a linear shape in its entirety is formed.
US09778426B2 Electro-optic device with dichroic mirror and related methods
An electro-optic device may include a photonic chip having an optical grating at a surface, and an IC coupled to the photonic chip. The electro-optic device may include an optical element defining an optical path above the optical grating, and a dichroic mirror above the optical grating and aligned with the optical path.
US09778425B2 Fiber optic connector and pin keeper with field changeable guide pins
A new pin keeper and a connector that uses the pin keeper allows for installation and removal of guide pins within the pin keeper and the fiber optic connector in the field. The pin keeper may have latches that are accessible to disengage from a guide pin to allow removal or a tool may be used to widen openings in the pin keeper to allow the guide pins to be inserted or removed. Alternatively, the guide pin may be rotated to engage or disengage the pin keeper.
US09778424B2 Optical assemblies with managed connectivity
An adapter block assembly includes an adapter block, a circuit board arrangement, and a cover attached to the adapter block so that the circuit board arrangement is held to the adapter block by the cover. Contact assemblies can be disposed between the adapter block and the circuit board arrangement. The cover can be latched, heat staked, or otherwise secured to the adapter block. Each component of the adapter block assembly can include one or more parts (e.g., multiple adapter blocks, multiple circuit boards, and/or multiple cover pieces).
US09778423B2 Boot for optical connector ferrule
In a boot B for an optical connector ferrule including a rear opening portion 21b used to insert an optical fiber tape T having an optical fiber at a front end thereinto and a front opening portion 21a used to expose the optical fiber of the front end of the inserted optical fiber tape T to the outward front side, the boot is inserted into an insertion opening portion 14 formed at a rear end side of a ferrule body 10 and a surface of the boot B is provided with protrusions 22a, 22b, and 22c formed so as to be crushable when the protrusions are inserted into the insertion opening portion 14 of the ferrule body 10 in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the boot B.
US09778422B2 Fiber optic adapter with integrally molded ferrule alignment structure
A fiber optic adapter is disclosed. The fiber optic adapter includes a main body configured to receive a first fiber optic connector through a first end and a second fiber optic connector through a second end for mating with the first fiber optic connector. The adapter includes a ferrule alignment structure located within an axial cavity of the main body, the ferrule alignment structure including a sleeve mount and a ferrule sleeve, the sleeve mount including an axial bore and at least one latching hook extending from a center portion of the sleeve mount toward the first end of the main body and at least one latching hook extending from the center portion toward the second end of the main body, the latching hooks configured to flex for releasably latching the first and second fiber optic connectors to the fiber optic adapter. The sleeve mount and the main body of the fiber optic adapter are unitarily molded as a single piece and the ferrule sleeve is separately placed within the axial bore of the sleeve mount.
US09778415B2 Arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer-demultiplexer and related control method
An arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer/demultiplexer includes an array of optical waveguides ordered in sequence from a shortest waveguide up to a longest waveguide, and identical phase shifters configured to be controlled by a same control signal. Each phase shifter increases/decreases an optical path of an optical waveguide by the same quantity based on the control control signal.
US09778413B2 Low attenuation fiber with stress relieving layer and a method of making such
A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 11 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN, a first outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding and a second outer cladding surrounding the first outer cladding. The viscosity at 1650° C. of the second outer cladding minus the viscosity at 1650° C. of the first outer cladding is greater than 0.1e7 Poise, and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The first outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN.
US09778411B2 Lighting device and display device
A backlight device 12 includes LEDs 17, an optical member 16 that applies optical effects to light from the LEDs 17 and has a through hole 23 that is through a thickness thereof, and a restricting member 26 having a communication hole 27 that is communicated with the through hole 23. The restricting member 26 is inserted in the through hole 23 to be in contact with an inner surface of the through hole 23 to restrict movement of the optical member 16 along a plate surface of the optical member 16.
US09778406B2 Button module
A button module includes an operating member, a circuit board having a pattern for detecting touch operations on the operating member, a button arranged on the circuit board, and a light guiding component further including a front side, a back side opposite to the front side, a housing defined between the front and back sides, a recess defined in the back side for hosting a light source, a through hole extending through the front side and connecting the housing to the external space, and an optical path from an inner surface of the recess to the front side. The operating member, the circuit board and the button are located in the housing with the operating member at least partially hosted in the through hole and the button abutting the light guiding component. Light from the light source located in the recess extends along the optical path to the front side.
US09778399B2 Composition for transparent antistatic coating
The present invention relates to a curable composition providing upon curing a transparent antistatic coating comprising a silica organosol, a salt comprising an alkali cation and a Bronsted acid. The invention further relates to optical articles comprising a substrate at least partially coated with a transparent antistatic coating formed by depositing onto substrate and curing the above curable composition. The obtained optical articles exhibit enhanced antistatic properties, high optical transparency, low haze and good mechanical properties, in particular a good abrasion resistance.
US09778397B2 Polymerizable composition, optical material, and manufacturing method of the same
The polymerizable composition of the present invention contains (A) an alicyclic isocyanate compound (a1) having two or more functional groups and/or an aliphatic isocyanate compound (a2) having two or more functional groups, (B) a thiol compound having one or more sulfide bonds and/or one or more ester bonds and having two or more functional groups, and (C) an imidazole-based curing catalyst, in which the amount of the imidazole-based curing catalyst (C) is 5 ppm to 3,000 ppm with respect to the total amount of the isocyanate compound (A) and the thiol compound (B).
US09778395B2 Security scanning device
A method for scanning an individual with a security device includes providing a scanner, engaging the scanner in a first scanning mode to produce an initial scan of the individual with a controller, producing an initial representation based on the initial scan, determining a property of a second scanning mode based on information from the initial representation, and engaging the scanner in the second scanning mode to produce a second scan of the individual.
US09778394B2 Visual interface for identifying layers within a subterranean formation
The present disclosure relates to a visual interface for identifying layers within a subterranean formation. One example method includes identifying one or more sets of data associated with a subterranean formation; computing, by operation of one or more processors, a working line based on the one or more sets of data, the working line representing a numerical average of the one or more sets of data; presenting the working line and the one or more sets of data in a common plot in a visual interface; identifying one or more layer boundaries for one or more of the layers of the subterranean formation; and generating layer data based on the one or more identified layer boundaries and the working line.
US09778388B1 Systems and methods for autonomous towing of an underwater sensor array
The methods and devices described herein provide a sensor array positioning system that may allow a user to program a series of sensor array locations, depths and orientations into a control center, which therein commands an unmanned surface or submarine vehicle which positions a sensor array. The devices comprise of an unmanned vehicle using less than about 20 Watts of power, a tow cables, a flexible sensor array comprising one or more sensors, one or more floats and one or more weights.
US09778384B1 Method of operational status verification for a neutron detecting device
A method of verifying the operational status of a neutron detecting device includes at least partially enclosing a neutron detecting device including a neutron detector in a container having outer walls comprising a thermal neutron absorber material, and determining an attenuated neutron count rate of the neutron detecting device. The method then includes removing the neutron detecting device from the container, exposing the neutron detecting device to neutron radiation originating from cosmic ray background, determining an operational neutron count rate of the neutron detecting device, determining a ratio between the operational neutron count rate and the attenuated neutron count rate, and verifying the operational status of the neutron detecting device if the operational neutron count rate is higher than the attenuated neutron count rate by at least a predetermined amount and the ratio is in a predetermined range.
US09778381B2 Readout circuit of X-ray detector
The present disclosure relates to a readout circuit of an X-ray detector which includes a data line capacitor to store an electrical signal output from a pixel, an amplifier to amplify the electrical signal from the pixel, and a variable current load connected to an output terminal of the pixel.
US09778377B2 Method of performing spectroscopy in a transmission charged-particle microscope
A Transmission Charged-Particle Microscope comprises a source of charged particles which are then directed by an illuminator onto a specimen supported by a specimen holder. Charged particles transmitted through the specimen may undergo energy loss with a distribution of losses providing information about the specimen. A dispersing device disperses the transmitted charged particles into an energy-resolved array of spectral sub-beams distributed along a dispersion direction. The dispersed charged particles are detected by a detector comprising an assembly of sub-detectors arranged along said dispersion direction, whereby different sub-detectors are adjustable to have different detection sensitivities.
US09778376B2 Radiographic imaging device, radiographic imaging system, computer readable medium storing program for controlling radiographic imaging device, and method for controlling radiographic imaging device
The present invention provides a radiographic imaging device, radiographic imaging system, a program for controlling the radiographic imaging device, and a method for controlling the radiographic imaging device that may accurately detect start of irradiation of radiation even noises are generated by interference or the like. When radiation is irradiated, electric signals outputted from radiation detection pixels in charge accumulation period are detected by signal detection circuit during detection period. Control section determines whether time variation of the electric signals feature pre-specified characteristics of noise. If not, the start of the irradiation of radiation has been properly detected, the charge accumulation period continues, and radiographic image is imaged. However, if the electric signals feature the pre-specified characteristics, it is determined that the start of the irradiation of radiation has been misdetected, the charge accumulation period is stopped, and is switched to radiation detection period.
US09778374B2 Phantom and phantom system
Provided herein is a phantom and a phantom system, the phantom including a plurality of blocks combined having different elastic modulus, and thus may be easily manufactured in various shapes, movements, and densities and may exactly imitate movements of a tissue such as in a lung that has high volume change rates and has a high possibility that a position and shape of a tumor may change, thereby providing an effect of being used in replacement of patients when evaluating 4D-CT performance and measuring radiation amounts.
US09778373B2 Detector diode
The present invention generally relates to a radiation sensor for use particularly in, but by no means exclusively, in measuring radiation dose in photon or electron fields such as for radiation medicine, including radiotherapy and radiation based diagnosis. According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor radiation detector comprising a radiation sensitive detector element arranged such that it forms a continuous radiation sensitive portion having surfaces oriented in at least two non-parallel directions.
US09778372B2 Wireless network hybrid positioning
Methods and apparatuses for position determination and other operations. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station uses wireless signals from a plurality of wireless networks (e.g., with different air interfaces and/or operated by different service providers) for position determination (e.g., for data communication, for obtaining time and/or frequency information, for range measurement, for sector or altitude estimation). In one embodiment of the present invention, mobile stations are used to harvest statistical data about wireless access points (e.g., the locations of mobile stations that have received signals from the wireless access points, such as from cellular base stations, wireless local area network access points, repeaters for positioning signals or other wireless communication transmitters) and to derive location information (e.g., position and coverage area of the wireless access points) for the wireless networks from the collected statistical data.
US09778371B2 Autonomous transmit chain delay measurements
A system and method for determining transmission delay in a communications system. In some embodiments, satellite positioning information having System Frame Number (SFN) information may be received for a mobile device and observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurements may be received for a mobile device. A location of the mobile device may be determined as a function of the received satellite positioning information. A Global Positioning System (GPS) time estimate may be determined as a function of the determined location of the mobile device. Transmission delay between a node serving the mobile device and an antenna serving the mobile device may be determined as a function of the received OTDOA measurements and determined GPS time estimate.
US09778370B2 Method for determining a spatially resolved extent of error for position finding with a GNSS
A method for determining a spatially resolved extent of error for position finding with a global navigation satellite system for a target area of interest using field data from a plurality of field apparatuses, particularly motor vehicles, each having a receiver for the global navigation satellite system and which are at least intermittently situated in the target area, comprising the following steps: ascertainment by the field apparatuses of at least one field data record comprising a current GNSS position in the target area and an error value associated with said position, transmission of the field data records to a central computation device, updating of an error map containing the extents of error for various positions and/or subareas of the target area by statistical evaluation of the field data records in the central computation device.
US09778368B2 Satellite navigation using side by side antennas
A multiband antenna apparatus for high-precision GNSS positioning is proposed. The multiband antenna apparatus comprises a first antenna configured for reception of GNSS signals in a first multiband of electromagnetic spectrum, a second multiband antenna configured for reception of GNSS signals in a second multiband of electromagnetic spectrum, and an antenna phase reference point configured to represent an integrated electric phase data. The antenna phase reference point is related to a physical reference point of the antenna apparatus.
US09778366B2 Relative GPS data refinement
In some examples, a system to produce refined location information for multiple vehicles may aggregate GPS coordinates collected from each of multiple devices over a period of time, estimate a location for each of the multiple devices at intervals during the period of time, track the locations for each of the multiple devices over the period of time, and determine a current location, on a road, of the vehicle corresponding to each of the devices based on a detected trend of the tracked locations for each of the multiple devices over the period of time.
US09778361B2 Distance measuring method and distance measuring system
In a TOF distance measurement employing light, the accuracy of distance measurement is improved without a significant increase in cost. A light source emits light to an object during an emission period. A sensor converts received reflected light (delay time τ) into an electrical signal during a plurality of signal accumulation periods, and accommodates the electrical signal. The signal accumulation period is set so that an accumulated signal amount varies depending on a distance to the object. The emission intensity of the light source is changed during the emission period so that the accumulated signal amount and the distance to the object has a nonlinear relationship.
US09778360B2 Method and system for generating a geoid via three computation spaces and airborne-acquired gravity data
Airborne gravity measurements may be added to the collection of airborne LiDAR so that it may be used to produce a digital elevation model (DEM), which may be used along with gravity data to produce an improved geoid, which may be used to produce an improved DEM based on the improved orthometric heights. A computing device may be configured to receive airborne navigation, gravity and LiDAR data, generate position information based on the navigation data, generate gravity field information based on the gravity data and the position information, generate orthometric height information based on the LiDAR data and the position information, and generate a geoid based on the gravity field and orthometric height information. The computing device may also generate a geoid model based on the gravity field and an existing DEM, and generate the orthometric height information based on the LiDAR data, position information, and geoid model.
US09778359B2 Method and system for the hand-guided ultrasound check of a test object
A method for the ultrasound check of a test object involves moving a test probe along a test probe surface and sending ultrasound impulses into the test object by the test probe. Respective echo signals corresponding with the emitted ultrasound impulses are received by the test probe. An image of a predetermined test region of the test object is prepared on the basis of an overlapping and averaging of amplitude values of the received echo signals by a data processing unit. The respective position of the test probe when sending the ultrasound signals and/or when receiving the corresponding echo signals is captured by a capturing unit. The respectively captured positions of the test probe are considered when creating the image of the test region of the test object.
US09778358B2 Pulse doppler radar range and velocity measurements
Systems and methods are disclosed to determine an unambiguous radial velocity for weather phenomena using weather radar that is not limited by the Doppler Dilemma. Some embodiments include transmitting a complex waveform and using the returned electromagnetic signal to determine the unambiguous radial velocity.
US09778357B2 Cylindrical polarimetric phased array radar
A method of collecting data using a polarimetric phased array antenna is described. The method includes directing electromagnetic signals to selected panels of an array of panels so as to transmit a dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam (1) having the same beam width in all azimuth directions and (2) maintaining cross-polarization isolation via orthogonal dual-polarizations in all beam pointing directions. The panels include antennas having a horizontally (H) polarized array element and a vertically (V) polarized array element arranged to form two orthogonally polarized horizontal and vertical radiating fields which together form the dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam. The array of panels is arranged so as to form a substantially cylindrical configuration on a support system. Reflection signals sensed by the selected panels formed by scattering of said dual H and V polarized electromagnetic beam are received and have a reflection frequency spectrum.
US09778356B2 Autonomous emergency braking system and method for recognizing pedestrian therein
An autonomous emergency braking system for performing emergency braking when a potential collision object is recognized during traveling of a vehicle, comprises a camera, a radar sensor and an electronic control unit. The camera is installed in the vehicle to acquire an image signal of a proximity of the vehicle. The radar sensor is configured to detect an object located in a preset detection region from the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to, when a counterpart vehicle is located adjacent to a pedestrian, generate a pedestrian detection signal that is not included in a detection signal acquired by the radar sensor, and recognize the pedestrian by fusing the generated pedestrian detection signal and a pedestrian detection signal detected by the camera.
US09778355B2 Signal processing method and device for frequency-modulated continuous waveform radar system
A signal processing method for a frequency-modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) radar system includes receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a plurality of targets and performing analog to digital conversion on the plurality of feedback signals to obtain a digital receiving signal corresponding to the plurality of feedback signals, performing a window function on the digital receiving signal to obtain a window transformation signal corresponding to the digital receiving signal, performing time-domain to frequency-domain conversion on the window transformation signal to obtain a spectrum signal of the window transformation signal, performing two beat frequency detections on the spectrum signal, and determining distances and speeds of the plurality of targets in comparison to the FMCW radar system according to results of the two beat frequency detections.
US09778347B2 Target holding jig and measurement apparatus
The target holding jig which holds a spherical target including a reflection mechanism for reflecting measurement light emitted from a light source, and brings the target and an end surface of an object to be measured into contact with each other, includes a supporting portion configured to support the target being in contact with the object to be measured, a guide portion disposed on a side of the supporting portion facing the object to be measured, regulating a contact position of the target with the object to be measured in a short side direction of the end surface of the object to be measured, and restricting the movement of the target in the short side direction of the end surface of the object to be measured, and a coupling portion fixed to the supporting portion, and removably coupled to the object to be measured.
US09778346B2 Constant false alarm rate device for signal detection system
A constant false alarm rate (CFAR) device for a signal detection system is disclosed herein. The CFAR device includes a first signal selection unit and a second signal selection unit. The first signal selection unit receives a last signal of a lagging sorting array and signals of one or more lagging guard cells, selects any one of the last signal of the lagging sorting array and the signals of the one or more lagging guard cell as a test signal based on a received guard cell size, and outputs the test signal. The second signal selection unit receives the test signal and signals of one or more leading guard cells, selects any one of the test signal and the signals of the one or more leading guard cells based on the guard cell size, and transfers this selected signal to the leading sorting array.
US09778345B2 Providing transit information
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route.
US09778339B2 Method and device for optimization of a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance system
In a method and a pulse sequence optimization device to determine a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance system, a determination of a time interval in a pulse sequence that is to be optimized with regard to a gradient curve initially takes place, the pulse sequence including a number of radio-frequency pulses and a number of gradient pulses that are to be chronologically coordinated, under determination of the following boundary conditions for the gradient curve: length of the time interval, target integral of the gradient curve over the time interval, start value of the gradient curve at the beginning of the time interval, end value of the gradient curve at the end of the time interval. A gradient curve is then defined according to a function that is linear per segment by addition of a first linear function that connects the start value and the end value and a second function that is linear per segment that assumes a function value of “zero” at the beginning and end of the time interval, and that is defined so that the sum of the integral of the first linear function and of the integral of the second function corresponds to the target integral.
US09778337B2 Method and magnetic resonance system to acquire MR data in a predetermined volume segment
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) system to acquire MR data in a predetermined volume segment of an examination subject, the data are acquired with at least one echo train that includes at least two signal echoes. The same number of echoes is acquired for each echo train of the at least one echo train, with this number of echoes corresponding to an echo train length. The total number of echoes that are required to acquire the MR data and the echo train length is adapted so that the total number corresponds to a whole number multiple of the echo train length.
US09778335B2 Enhanced nuclear spin polarization
The polarization of nuclear spins of a material may be enhanced by encapsulating the material within a reverse micelle.
US09778331B2 NMR-MAS probe head with integrated transport conduit for an MAS rotor
An NMR MAS probe head (1) has an MAS stator (7) with a base bearing (8) and a front bearing (75) for receiving a substance to be measured at a measurement position within an MAS rotor. The front bearing has an opening for inserting the MAS rotor into the space between the base bearing and the front bearing. The opening can be closed by a closing device that, in a loading state, opens and, in a measuring state, closes the opening by means of a movement that is transverse with respect to an axis (a) through the centers of the base bearing and the opening of the front bearing of the MAS stator. This enables automated loading and unloading of the MAS rotor in the space between the base bearing and the front bearing inside the MAS stator in a simple way.
US09778328B2 Optical probe beam stabilization in an atomic sensor system
One example embodiment includes an atomic sensor system. A probe laser generates a probe beam. A first portion of the probe beam is provided through a sensor cell comprising a first alkali vapor to calculate a measurable parameter of the system based on a first detection beam corresponding to the first portion of the probe beam exiting the sensor cell. A second portion of the probe beam can be provided through a stabilization cell that comprises a second vapor. A detection system can be configured to stabilize the frequency of the probe beam in a manner that is on-resonance with respect to an optical transition wavelength of the second alkali vapor and off-resonance with respect to an optical transition wavelength of the first alkali vapor based on a second detection beam corresponding to the second portion of the probe beam exiting the stabilization cell.
US09778326B2 Circuits and methods for limiting a smallest separation of thresholds in a magnetic field sensor
A magnetic field sensor uses upper and lower thresholds. The upper and lower thresholds are limited such that they have a minimum separation distance between equivalent voltage levels of the upper and lower thresholds.
US09778323B2 Magnetic sensor device and manufacturing method for a magnetic sensor device
A magnetic sensor device having a first magnetic core structure which is aligned along a first central longitudinal axis and has at least one first coil, and having a second magnetic core structure which includes at least one second coil, the second magnetic core structure extending from a first end face of the second magnetic core structure along a second central longitudinal axis to a second end face of the second magnetic core structure, the second central longitudinal axis lying in a plane aligned in a direction normal to the first central longitudinal axis, and the second magnetic core structure being positioned in relation to the first magnetic core structure in such a way that a clearance between the first end face of the second magnetic core structure and a first center of mass of the first magnetic core structure is less than 20% of a maximum extension of the first magnetic core structure along the first central longitudinal axis.
US09778317B2 System for monitoring the operation of a current loop
In a system for monitoring the operation of a current loop, which is fed by a current source and has a switching element, an evaluation unit is arranged at the output of the current loop, which evaluation unit is designed to identify a state of the switching element on the basis of the current flowing in the current loop. Furthermore, a signal generation device is arranged in the current loop, which signal generation device is connected to the switching element and is designed to generate a dynamic signal characterizing the state of the switching element in the current loop.
US09778315B2 Testbench builder, system, device and method having agent loopback functionality
A testbench for testing a device under test (DUT), wherein the testbench has a verification environment including a reference model, a scoreboard and a customized agent for each interface that the DUT needs to receive input from and/or transmit output on. The testbench system is able to be generated by a testbench builder that automatically creates a scoreboard, a reference model, a dispatcher and generic agents including generic drivers, loopback ports, sequencers and/or generic monitors for each interface and then automatically customize the generic agents based on their corresponding interface such that the agents meet the requirements of the interface for the DUT.
US09778313B2 Devices under test
A system can include a plurality of device under test (DUT) cells. Each DUT cell can include a DUT and a plurality of switches configured to control a flow of current to the DUT. The system can further include a controller configured to execute a plurality of test to the plurality of DUTs in the plurality of DUT cells. Each of the plurality of tests comprises applying a measurement condition to a given DUT of the plurality of DUTs and concurrently applying a stress condition to the remaining DUTs of the plurality of DUTs, wherein the plurality of tests can provide measurements sufficient to determine a bias thermal instability and a time dependent dielectric breakdown of the given DUT.
US09778312B1 Integrated circuit calibration system using general purpose processors
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated includes a general purpose processor, an interface circuit, and a calibration adapter circuit. The general purpose processor circuit generates calibration test inputs based on user instruction. The analog interface circuit may include a calibration bus circuit. The calibration bus circuit may receive the calibration test input from the general purpose processor circuit. The calibration adapter circuit is coupled to the calibration bus circuit and the general purpose processor circuit and transmits the calibration test inputs to the calibration bus circuit.
US09778309B1 Type-C factory and special operating mode support
Systems, methods, and apparatus for testing devices adapted for connection to other devices using universal serial bus (USB) are disclosed. Devices to be tested are caused to enter a special mode of operation when a resistance measured across across two terminals of a USB Type-C connector has a value associated with the special mode of operation. One or more operations of the device are automatically initiated when the resistance between the two terminals has a measured value that matches one of a set of resistance values maintained by the device. The one or more operations may include configuring a power management circuit based on the measured value, and entering a special or factory boot mode that controls startup of at least one processor on the device based on the measured value. Each of the set of resistance values exceeds a minimum open-circuit resistance value specified for the connector.
US09778308B2 Detecting key positions to determine a type of cable
Examples disclose a computing system comprising a host device with a connection socket to support multiple types of cables by detecting a first key position and a second key position for determination of the type of cable. Further, the computing system comprises a switching circuit to determine a logic state of each of the key positions. Additionally, the switching circuit is to deliver power associated with the type of cable based on the logic states of the key positions.
US09778306B1 Methods for accelerated soiling testing of photovoltaic (PV) modules
Methods for accelerated soiling testing of PV modules is described herein. The methods accurately reproduce soiling characteristics across various environmental conditions and can be performed in a laboratory environment under short testing times. A method described herein comprises the steps of forming a soiling mixture, depositing the soiling mixture on a surface portion of a PV module, exposing the PV module surface portion to simulated environmental conditions and determining an extent of recovery of the PV module surface portion.
US09778301B2 Compensation circuit for a TX-RX capacitive sensor
A capacitive sensor may include a transmit electrode and a receive electrode capacitively coupled with the transmit electrode. A capacitance sensing circuit senses a capacitance between the transmit and receive electrodes by applying a signal to the transmit electrode and rectifying a current waveform induced at the receive electrode. A compensation circuit reduces the effect of a mutual and parasitic capacitances of the transmit and receive electrode pair by adding a compensation current to the rectified current.
US09778300B2 Low consumption device for measuring a variation of a capacitance and associated method
A device for measuring a variation (ΔCX) of a capacitance (CX), includes: elements for charging the capacitance (CX) on the basis of a supply voltage (VCC). elements for discharging the capacitance (CX) into a reference capacitance (CS) in a fixed number of discharges (x), elements for measuring a voltage (VS) and for detecting a threshold of voltage (VTH) across the terminals of the reference capacitance (CS). elements for charging with current (IC) the reference capacitance (CS) on the basis of the supply voltage (VCC) for a duration (t), after the transfer of charge from the capacitance (CX) into the reference capacitance (CS), and elements for measuring the variation between the duration (t) with respect to a previously measured duration so as to estimate the variation (ΔCX) of the capacitance (CX).
US09778298B2 Apparatus for frequency measurement
An apparatus for frequency measurement (1ODMTM) which provides precise and accurate measurement of a single input tone frequency and/or multiple separable input tone frequencies. Tone separability can be achieved by proper selection of the parameter N, the sample length of the DFT/FFT.
US09778295B2 System and method to measure neutral-to-ground voltage
A method and program for minimizing objectionable currents while still providing neutral-to-ground voltage measurements by controlling a switch to determine when the neutral-to-ground impedance is placed in an electrical circuit.
US09778291B2 AC input voltage interruption detection method and circuit
A selector circuit selects either a class upper-limit voltage or a class lower-limit voltage as a reference voltage of a comparator. A control logic controls the selector circuit, and generates a count-up signal or a count-down signal in accordance with the output of the comparator. An up/down counter counts up upon reception of the count-up signal from the control logic, and counts down upon reception of the count-down signal. A digital-analog converter outputs the class upper-limit voltage and the class lower-limit voltage in accordance with a digital value that is outputted by the up/down counter. A timer circuit is configured to be reset by the count-up signal from the control logic to the up/down counter.
US09778290B2 Branch current monitor with reconfiguration
A branch current monitor that includes reconfiguration.
US09778289B2 Measuring output current in a buck SMPS
A sample and hold circuit takes a sample of the current flowing through an inductor of a buck switched-mode power supply (SMPS) at substantially the middle of the low side portion (50 percent point during low side switch ON) of the pulse width modulation (PWM) period. This sample of the current through the SMPS inductor during the low side ON 50% point may be considered as the “average” or “DC output” current of the SMPS, and taken every time at precisely the same low side ON 50%. A constant current source and sink are used to charge and discharge a timing capacitor whose voltage charge is monitored by a high speed voltage comparator to provide precise sample timing.
US09778286B2 Sensors for power distribution network and electrical grid monitoring system associated therewith
A network of sensors is associated with a power distribution network. Sensors are positioned at each connecting line in the vicinity of each node of the power distribution network. The sensors regularly report the following measured data to the central processing unit: a geographical position of each sensor, direction of the energy flow relative to the nearest node; and value of RMS current synchronously measured over the entire network and averaged over chosen averaging period. The central processing unit includes an arrangement for receiving the measured data and using this data for constructing and updating a graph and a state of the power distribution network.
US09778284B2 Semiconductor probe, testing device and testing method for testing quantum battery
A testing device and method of a quantum battery by a semiconductor probe capable of evaluating electric characteristics of a charge layer in the middle of a production process of the quantum battery without damaging the charge layer. On semiconductor probe constituted by stacking electrode and metal oxide semiconductor on support body, and probe charge layer is formed of the same material as that of quantum battery and irradiated with ultraviolet rays. Forming probe charge layer of same material as that of quantum battery on semiconductor probe enables evaluation without damaging charge layer of the quantum battery. Testing device and method are provided which measure the charge/discharge characteristics of a charge layer in the middle of producing the quantum battery by a voltmeter and a constant current source or a discharge resistor by using the semiconductor probe including the probe charge layer.
US09778283B2 Electronic component handling apparatus, electronic component testing apparatus, and electronic component testing method
There is provided an electronic component handling apparatus which can be reduced in size or can improve the throughput when the number of contact arms is increased. A handler comprises: a plurality of contact arms which are arrayed along a first direction, each of the plurality of contact arms including a holding part which holds a DUT and including an adjustment unit which moves the holding part relative to a base part of each contact arm; an imaging unit capable of imaging the DUT and the holding part; an operation unit which operates the adjustment unit; and a moving unit which moves the imaging unit and the operation unit along an X direction. The adjustment unit adjusts the relative position of the holding part according to an operation of the operation unit.
US09778275B2 Confirmed placement of sample tubes in a servo driven automation system using trajectory deviation
A system for placing sample tubes into tube receptacles includes a sample handling device that includes an electrical signal, relating to an operating condition, such as a position error, a tube receptacle, and a processor configured to control the sample handling device in response to the electrical signal. The processor observes the operating condition for signal artifacts that indicate that a sample vessel being placed has encountered a holding spring and subsequently the bottom of the tube receptacle. The processor provides substantially real-time control of the motion of the sample handling device in response.
US09778272B2 Methods and kits for measuring von Willebrand factor
Methods and kits for measuring levels of von Willebrand factor function in a sample without using a platelet aggregation agonist, such as ristocetin, comprising recombinant glycoprotein Ibα having at least two of a G233V, D235Y and M239V mutations and an agent to detect a complex between the recombinant glycoprotein Ibα and von Willebrand factor.
US09778271B2 Ratiometric immunoassay method and blood testing device
The invention is to devices and methods for rapid determination of analytes in liquid samples. The devices and methods incorporate a sample dilution feature and multiple immunosensors for performing a ratiometric immunoassay on a first analyte and a second analyte, for example, hemoglobin and hemoglobin A1c or albumin and glycosylated albumin. The devices are preferably capable of being used in the point-of-care diagnostic field.
US09778268B2 Molecular flux rates through critical pathways measured by stable isotope labeling in vivo, as biomarkers of drug action and disease activity
The methods described herein enable the evaluation of compounds on subjects to assess their therapeutic efficacy or toxic effects. The target of analysis is the underlying biochemical process or processes (i.e., metabolic process) thought to be involved in disease pathogenesis. Molecular flux rates within the one or more biochemical processes serve as biomarkers and are quantitated and compared with the molecular flux rates (i.e., biomarker) from control subjects (i.e., subjects not exposed to the compounds). Any change in the biomarker in the subject relative to the biomarker in the control subject provides the necessary information to evaluate therapeutic efficacy of an administered drug or a toxic effect and to develop the compound further if desired.
US09778266B2 Pneumococcal serotypes
Disclosed is a new and emerging serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae designated serotype 6C, and assays and monoclonal antibodies useful in identifying same. Also disclosed is a novel pneumococcal polysaccharide with the repeating unit {2) glucose 1 (1→3) glucose 2 (1→3) rhamnose (1→3) ribitol (5→phosphate}. This new serotype may be included in pneumococcal vaccines.
US09778263B2 Quantitative in situ characterization of biological samples
The present disclosure relates to characterization of biological samples. By way of example, a biological sample may be contacted with a plurality of probes specific for targets in the sample, such as probes for immune markers and segmenting probes. Acquired image data of the sample may be used to segment the images into epithelial and stromal regions to characterize individual cells in the sample based on the binding of the probes. Further, the biological sample may be characterized by a distribution, location, and type of a plurality of the characterized cells.
US09778259B2 Method for diagnosing invasive Candida infections
The present invention concerns an in vitro method for diagnosing invasive candidiasis (IC) in a subject which comprises detecting the presence of a Candida glycan and detecting the presence of antibody directed against a protein selected from the group consisting of fructose bisphosphate aldolase (Fba1), enolase 1 (Eno1), heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), hyphal wall protein (Hwp1), and mannoprotein 65 (Mp65) in a blood, plasma or serum sample of the subject. The invention also relates to a method of determining a suitable treatment regimen for a patient and to a kit for implanting the methods described herein.
US09778257B2 Autoantibody detection method, method for testing possibility of autoimmune disease contraction, autoantibody detection reagent, and autoimmune disease test reagent
The present invention provides an autoantibody detection method that can detect an autoantibody causing an autoimmune disease with high accuracy. The autoantibody detection method of the present invention includes the steps of; causing a sample and an antigen reagent comprising a denatured protein presented by an MHC class II molecule to come into contact with each other; and detecting a complex of an autoantibody in the sample and the denatured protein in the antigen reagent. By detecting a complex of the autoantibody and the denatured protein in a biological specimen isolated from a subject according to this detection method, it is possible to test the possibility of the autoimmune disease in the subject from the detection result.
US09778254B2 Methods and systems for detecting
A system and method wherein components of a reagent such as labeled antibodies are separated from a biologically active sensor surface by depositing the reagent on a carrier surface distinct from a sensor surface in a detection region. The present device provides a short, well-defined and controlled, pre-incubation time between the particles of interest in the sample fluid and the reagent, thereby increasing the reproducibility by providing all components in one detection region such as a detection chamber.
US09778252B2 Analyte detection
The present disclosure provides methods and/or kits for detecting an analyte in a sample. Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a non-nucleic acid analyte in a sample using a solid substrate comprising a bound immobilisation agent and an antibody capture agent and a detectable agent, which can bind to the analyte. The antibody capture agent comprises, at a plurality of sites, a ligand for the immobilisation agent. A complex between the analyte, the antibody capture agent and a detectable agent is formed and immobilised on the solid substrate by binding between the immobilisation agent and the ligand. In some embodiments, the ligand and the immobilisation agent are a binding pair comprising a peptide tag and an anti-peptide tag antibody.
US09778251B2 Ratiometric immunoassay method and blood testing device
The invention is to devices and methods for rapid determination of analytes in liquid samples. The devices and methods incorporate a sample dilution feature and multiple immunosensors for performing a ratiometric immunoassay on a first analyte and a second analyte, for example, hemoglobin and hemoglobin Alc or albumin and glycosylated albumin. The devices are preferably capable of being used in the point-of-care diagnostic field.
US09778244B2 Recyclate verification
A composition for recyclate verification is produced by adding a predetermined quantity of one or more verification compounds to a base resin. Each of the verification compounds is thermally stable over a range of temperatures that includes the maximum processing temperature of the base resin but is less than the degradation temperature of the base resin. In some embodiments, a thermoplastic material provided for verification as a recyclate is analyzed to detect the presence (and, optionally, the loading level) of one or more verification compounds associated with the base resin of the thermoplastic material. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for recyclate verification is performed using a computer program product. In some embodiments, a thermoplastic material verified as a recyclate is heated to drive off the verification compound(s), then a known quantity of the verification compound(s) is added to the recyclate, which is then blended with virgin base resin material.
US09778239B2 In-bottle detection method
This invention relates to a method for analyzing a liquid when inside a container in order to detect counterfeiting or adulteration of the liquid, the container being at least partially transparent to visible light. The method comprises the steps of: (a) measuring a first transmission spectrum through the container and the liquid at a first orientation of the container which defines a first optical path length through the liquid, (b) measuring a second transmission spectrum through the container and the liquid at a second orientation of the container which defines a second optical path length through the liquid, the second optical path length being different from the first optical path length, and the second spectrum at least partially overlapping with the first spectrum, (c) calculating the ratio (R(λ)) of the first and second spectral intensities at each wavelength in the area of overlap, and (d) comparing this ratio (R(λ)) to a reference measurement of the ratio for a non-counterfeit and unadulterated sample of the liquid being tested.
US09778238B2 Resonant CO2 sensing with mitigation of cross-sensitivities
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a device to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, including a first oscillator group comprising a first sensor to measure air pressure, where the first sensor comprises a first sealed membrane, and where the first sealed membrane overlays a sealed first cavity; a second oscillator group including a second sensor to measure the resonance frequency of a second unsealed oscillating membrane, and where the second unsealed membrane overlays a second cavity in contact with the air outside of the second sensor; and a mixer accepting as input a first frequency measurement output from the first oscillator group and a second frequency measurement output from the second oscillator group, outputting the difference of the first frequency measurement and the second frequency measurement, and computing a carbon dioxide measurement based on the difference.
US09778236B2 Calibrating station with external gas routing track
A gas routing element (20) for gassing at least one gas-measuring device (90.1-90.x), whereby each gas-measuring device (90.x-90.x) can be arranged in a test module (30.1-30.x) of a calibrating station (100). The gas-measuring devices (90.1-90.x) have a first gas inlet opening (1.1-1.x), a communicating feed duct (2.1-2.x) and a communicating first gas outlet openings (3.1-3.x, 13.1-13.x). Second gas inlet openings (4.1-4.x, 14.1-14.x) are connected to a communicating recirculating duct (5.1-5.x) and a second gas outlet opening (6.1-6.x) is connected with the recirculating duct (5.1-5.x) in a gas-communicating manner. A fastening device (70) fastens the gas routing element (20) to the calibrating station (100) or to a test module (30.1-30.x) of the calibrating station (100). A calibrating station (100) is also provided for the gas-measuring devices (90.1-90.x) with such a gas routing element (20).
US09778229B2 Apparatus and method for measuring nonlinearity parameter using laser
Provided are an apparatus and a method for measuring a nonlinearity parameter using laser, and more particularly, an apparatus and a method for measuring a nonlinearity parameter using laser for computing the nonlinearity parameter by irradiating laser of a toneburst signal on a surface of a sample by non-contact type laser so as to excite the sample, irradiating measurement laser beam on the surface of the sample so as to receive displacement information occurring on the surface of the sample over time, measuring the displacement in an interferometer principle, and performing a bandpass filtering for the measured signal so as to measure amplitude A1 of a component of a fundamental frequency and amplitude A2 of a component of a secondary harmonic wave.
US09778227B2 Device and system for and a method of monitoring a cable for a physical disturbance
A device, system and method for monitoring a cable for a physical disturbance is disclosed. The device includes at least one pair of acoustic transducers, the pair comprising a first acoustic conductor monitoring transducer and a second ambient transducer. The acoustic conductor monitoring transducer is in acoustic contact with an acoustic conductor to be monitored by the device, with the transducers being arranged such that an ambient acoustic signal is common to both transducers. The device further includes a circuit element, with each transducer being connected to an input of the circuit element, the circuit element being arranged to output a difference between the input signals from the transducers. An alarm triggering module is connected to an output of the circuit element, the module being operable to trigger an alarm when the output signal received from the circuit element exceeds a predefined threshold value.
US09778226B2 Slug flow monitoring and gas measurement
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring slug flow in subterranean wells. In one aspect, a method includes at a time instant, transmitting an acoustic signal across a cross-section of a pipeline flowing multiphase fluid including gaseous fluid and liquid fluid, wherein a portion of the acoustic signal is carried through the cross-section of the pipeline by the multiphase fluid and determining, at the time instant, a first quantity of the gaseous fluid and a second quantity of the liquid fluid passing the cross-section of the pipeline based, in part, on an energy of the portion of the acoustic signal carried through the cross-section and at least a portion of a total energy of the transmitted acoustic signal.
US09778225B2 Magnetic search coil for measuring real-time brownian relaxation of magnetic nanoparticles
A device includes an excitation coil, a detector coil, and a processing circuit. The excitation coil is aligned about a volume. The excitation coil is configured to carry a first and second biasing current and generate a magnetic field in the volume. The detector coil is configured to generate an electrical signal based on a detected field within the volume. The detected field is based on the magnetic field. The processing circuit is configured to generate data based on the electrical signal.
US09778223B2 System and method for the separation of analytes
A separation module operates to fractionate or separate an analyte into fractions according to pI, i.e., pI bands, utilizing capillary isoelectric focusing (“CIEF”) within a first microchannel. The fractions are stacked to form plugs, the number of which is determined by a number of parallel second microchannels integrally connected to the first microchannel, into which the fractions are directed according to the buffer characteristics found in each of the individual microchannels. Within the microchannels the plugs are separated into proteins according to a different chemical property, i.e., “m/z,” utilizing capillary electrophoresis (“CE”).
US09778218B2 Steam wetness measurement device
A method and measurement system for measuring the wetness of a gas phase of a two phase flowing fluid. The measurement system includes a container, a liquid film measurement device and an Electrical Capacitance Tomography device.
US09778215B2 Automated mineral classification
The present invention discloses a combination of two existing approaches for mineral analysis and makes use of the Similarity Metric Invention, that allows mineral definitions to be described in theoretical compositional terms, meaning that users are not required to find examples of each mineral, or adjust rules. This system allows untrained operators to use it, as opposed to previous systems, which required extensive training and expertise.
US09778213B2 Metrology tool with combined XRF and SAXS capabilities
Methods and systems for performing simultaneous X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements over a desired inspection area of a specimen are presented. SAXS measurements combined with XRF measurements enables a high throughput metrology tool with increased measurement capabilities. The high energy nature of x-ray radiation penetrates optically opaque thin films, buried structures, high aspect ratio structures, and devices including many thin film layers. SAXS measurements of a particular location of a planar specimen are performed at a number of different out of plane orientations. This increases measurement sensitivity, reduces correlations among parameters, and improves measurement accuracy. In addition, specimen parameter values are resolved with greater accuracy by fitting data sets derived from both SAXS and XRF measurements based on models that share at least one material parameter. The fitting can be performed sequentially or in parallel.
US09778211B2 X-ray CT (computed tomography) device
As one embodiment, the X-ray CT device comprises an X-ray tube, a tube voltage generator, an X-ray detector, a data accumulating unit, and an image processing unit. The tube voltage generator applies tube voltage to the X-ray tube. The tube voltage controlling unit controls the tube voltage generator so as to periodically alternate the tube voltage. The X-ray detector is arranged across a subject from the X-ray tube, and detects the X-rays penetrating the subject. The data accumulating unit accumulates first sampling data when a high voltage is applied to said X-ray tube in one cycle by synchronizing with the change in said tube voltage from the data detected by said X-ray detector, and after a predetermined amount of time has passed from said accumulation, accumulates second sampling data when a low voltage is applied to said X-ray tube. The image processing unit creates images based on the accumulated first sampling data and second sampling data.
US09778208B2 Operation device for into-bore introduction device, and into-bore introduction device
An operation device for an into-bore introduction device, includes: a grasping section connected to a proximal portion of an insertion section to be inserted into a bore, and is to be grasped by an operator to operate the insertion section; a bending operation knob disposed on the grasping section and bends a bending portion of the insertion section; a projecting portion formed to project from the grasping section in a direction radial to a longitudinal axis of the grasping section, in a surface between a surface on which the bending operation knob is disposed and a surface on which operator's palm abuts to grasp the grasping section, in the grasping section; and an inclined surface inclined toward the insertion section on an insertion section side of the projecting portion.
US09778207B2 Integrated multi-pass inspection
Methods and systems for integrated multi-pass reticle inspection are provided. One method for inspecting a reticle includes acquiring at least first, second, and third images for the reticle. The first image is a substantially high resolution image of light transmitted by the reticle. The second image is a substantially high resolution image of light reflected from the reticle. The third image is an image of light transmitted by the reticle that is acquired with a substantially low numerical aperture. The method also includes detecting defects on the reticle using at least the first, second, and third images for the reticle in combination.
US09778204B2 Apparatus and method for identifying foreign bodies in an inductive charging system
An apparatus and method for identifying foreign objects in an inductive charging system having a charging unit and a vehicle for inductive charging, in which the charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle has a secondary coil in order to transmit electrical power from the primary coil to the secondary coil during a charging operation. The vehicle includes a camera system, and a camera control unit. The camera system captures at least one image of the charging unit when the vehicle approaches the charging unit, at the beginning of a charging operation and/or during a charging operation. The camera control unit digitally processes the at least one captured image in order to detect a foreign body located on the charging unit.
US09778201B2 Capsule or cork comprising security features
A capsule placed on a beverage bottle. The capsule includes a capsule material layer and at least two layers of security ink on the capsule material layer. Each of the at least two layers has a different chemical composition. At least one layer of the at least two layers includes a first composition having flakes exhibiting full reflection of light received at a predetermined wavelength.
US09778196B2 Optical detection device, optical detection method, and program
A phase sensitive detection mechanism that uses electrical processing is realized, and an optical detection device, an optical detection method, and a program that are capable of detecting faint light at high speed and with high sensitivity are provided by a simple configuration.A light source section generates a first pulsed light. A filter section transmits a second pulsed light formed from a portion of a frequency spectrum exhibited by the first pulsed light, and reflects a third pulsed light formed from another portion of the frequency spectrum exhibited by the first pulsed light. A phase modulation section phase modulates the second pulsed light at plural phases. A multiplexing section produces a fourth pulsed light by multiplexing the third pulsed light with the second pulsed light phase modulated by the phase modulation section. A detector spectrally disperses and detects scattered light generated by radiating the fourth pulsed light onto a target object. An extraction section uses specific calculation processing to synchronize with the phase modulation in the phase modulation section, so as to extract a frequency spectrum of scattered light scattered based on the second pulsed light phase modulated by the phase modulation section from the frequency spectrum of the scattered light detected by the detector.
US09778193B2 Methods and apparatuses for label-free particle analysis
An apparatus to provide a label-free or native particle analysis comprises a light generating system producing first light pulses at a first wavelength and second light pulses at a second wavelength; and a flow cell coupled to the light generating system to convey particles for analysis. The light generating system is configured to chirp at least one of the first light pulses and the second light pulses to analyze the particles.
US09778192B2 Object carrier, system and method for back light inspection
An object carrier, a system and a method is disclosed for the back light inspection of transparent or semitransparent objects. The carrier has a carrier base layer with photo luminescent properties which carries the transparent or semitransparent object on top of the layer. The transparent or semitransparent object could be a wafer and the object carrier could be a wafer chuck. At least one light source being arranged above the object carrier such that excitation light emitted from the at least one light source is directed through the transparent or semitransparent object to the layer with photo luminescent properties. The light returned from the layer with photo luminescent properties is collected by an objective and registered by a sensor.
US09778189B2 Cell observation device, electrical stimulation device, and cell observation method
A cell observation system 1 is a cell observation system 1 for observing a cell held by a microplate 20 having a plurality of wells 21 arranged therein for holding a sample S including the cell and comprises a microplate holder 11 for mounting the microplate 20, an electrical stimulator 16 arranged with a plurality of electrode pairs 17 including positive and negative electrodes 17b, 17a, and a data analyzer 50 for controlling a position of the electrical stimulator 16 so as to place the electrode pairs 17 within the wells 21 of the microplate 20, while a leading end of the negative electrode 17a on the well 21 side extends longer than a leading end of the positive electrode 17b on the well 21 side.
US09778188B2 Apparatus and method for detection and discrimination molecular object
An apparatus for detecting an object capable of emitting light. The apparatus comprises a light detector comprising at least two optical sensors capable of determining the intensity of the light; and a computer processing output signal generated by the optical sensors and comparing a result of the processing with a known result corresponding to a known type to determine whether the object belongs to the known type.
US09778187B2 Correction for osmotic pressure variations in chemo-optical sensor spots
The present invention relates to a method for optically determining the concentration of a gas. The method includes using at least two luminescent dyes, the first being in-sensitive to the concentration of a gas with respect to the luminescence response (reference dye) and the second being sensitive to the concentration of a gas with respect to the luminescence response (indicator dye) the dyes show different luminescence decay times so that the resultant phase angle is indicative for the concentration of a gas, wherein the detected luminescent amplitude of the reference dye at a first moment in time is utilized to correct for sensitivity changes after the first moment.
US09778186B2 System for electron beam detection
An electron beam detection apparatus includes a first aperture element including a first set of apertures. The apparatus includes a second aperture element including a second set of apertures. The second set of apertures is arranged in a pattern corresponding with the pattern of the first plurality of apertures. The detection apparatus includes an electron-photon conversion element configured to receive electrons of the electron beam transmitted through the first and second aperture elements. The electron-photon conversion element is configured to generate photons in response to the received electrons. The detection apparatus includes an optical assembly including one or more optical elements. The detection apparatus includes a detector assembly. The optical elements of the optical assembly are configured to direct the generated photons from the electron-photon conversion system to the detector assembly.
US09778184B2 Measurement method and measurement device
With a blood-derived specimen on top of a metal film on a measurement chip, the intensity of reflected excitation light, the resonance angle of excitation light, the intensity of plasmon-scattered light, or the enhancement angle of excitation light is measured, and the acquired measurement is used to obtain a whole-blood hematocrit value. Using the obtained whole-blood hematocrit value, a first signal value that indicates how much of an analyte the specimen contains is converted to a second signal value that indicates how much of said analyte the liquid part of the specimen contains.
US09778180B2 Compact sensor for measuring turbidity or fluorescence in a fluid sample
Provided are turbidometers and fluorometers having a unique form-factor to accommodate a number of optical components in a confined geometry. This provides the ability to compensate for change in light intensity from an optical source even in a closed-loop manner. The ability to package reference and signal detectors, along with a relatively large diameter LED light source in a confined geometry is particularly suited for applications requiring small-diameter sensors, such as multi-parameter sonde devices having a total diameter that is in the sub-two inch range.
US09778179B2 Photometric method and apparatus for measuring a liquid's turbidity, fluorescence, phosphorescence and/or absorption coefficient
Apparatus derives a sample liquid property and has a container with an outlet section having an overflow edge at a horizontal sample surface. A light source above the surface generates a probe light beam at a non-zero angle β1 to a normal to the surface. A detector above the surface detects intensity of light emitted out through the surface along a first detection axis forming a non-zero angle γ1 with the surface. An optical barrier between the probe light beam and the first detection axis blocks reflected or scattered light. An inlet section receives sample liquid and has an opening to the main section beneath the sample surface. A separating member separates the sample surface of the inlet section from the sample surface of the main section.
US09778177B2 Device and method for measuring and imaging second harmonic and multi-photon generation scattered radiation
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for performing measurements using multiphoton or second harmonic generation (SHG) scattered radiation from a sample including a turbid (scattering) medium includes providing a beam of laser pulses from a laser source having high pulse energies and a repetition rate; splitting the beam of laser pulses into two or more partial beams and focussing and overlaying the partial beams on a sample including the turbid medium; and detecting multiphoton and second harmonic radiation scattered from the sample.
US09778173B2 Optical sensor systems having sensor and detection modules
In some examples, an image sensor system comprises a source module including a source housing having a source window and a source shielding member, the source module to emit a detection signal through the source window. the source shielding member surrounding the source window and extending in an outward direction from the source window. The image sensor system further comprises a detection module including a detection housing having a detection window and a detection shielding member, the detection module spaced apart from the source module and to detect the detection signal emitted from the source module and passed through the detection window, the detection shielding member surrounding the detection window and extending in an outward direction from the detection window.
US09778172B2 Pulse width modulation of continuum sources for determination of chemical composition
A light source and a method for its use in an optical sensor are provided, the light source including a resistively heated element. The light source includes a power circuit configured to provide a pulse width modulated voltage to the resistively heated element, the pulse width modulated voltage including: a duty cycle with a first voltage; and a pulse period including a period with a second voltage, wherein: the duty cycle, the first voltage, and the pulse period are selected so that the resistively heated element is heated to a first temperature; and the first temperature is selected to emit black body radiation in a continuum spectral range. Also provided is an optical sensor for determining a chemical composition including a light source as above.
US09778169B2 Twist delamination test
Devices and methods for testing for delamination of a coating applied to a substrate and related test pieces are provided. The methods can in fixing one end of a coated test piece and then twisting the other end of the test piece about its longitudinal axis a predetermined amount. The test methods can provide a simple and rapid means of quality control with respect to coating (e.g., paint) adherence, especially on metal edges.
US09778164B2 Fluidic flow cytometry devices and particle sensing based on signal-encoding
Microfluidic devices, systems and techniques in connection with particle sorting in liquid, including cytometry devices and techniques and applications in chemical or biological testing and diagnostic measurements.
US09778163B2 Nucleated red blood cell analysis system and method
Systems and methods for analyzing blood samples, and more specifically for performing a nucleated red blood cell (nRBC) analysis. The systems and methods screen a blood sample by means of fluorescence staining and a fluorescence triggering strategy, to identify nuclei-containing particles within the blood sample. As such, interference from unlysed red blood cells (RBCs) and fragments of lysed RBCs is substantially eliminated. The systems and methods also enable development of relatively milder reagent(s), suitable for assays of samples containing fragile white blood cells (WBCs). In one embodiment, the systems and methods include: (a) staining a blood sample with an exclusive cell membrane permeable fluorescent dye; (b) using a fluorescence trigger to screen the blood sample for nuclei-containing particles; and (c) using measurements of light scatter and fluorescence emission to distinguish nRBCs from WBCs.
US09778162B2 White blood cell analysis system and method
Systems and methods for analyzing blood samples, and more specifically for performing a white blood cell (WBC) differential analysis. The systems and methods screen WBCs by means of fluorescence staining and a fluorescence triggering strategy. As such, interference from unlyzed red blood cells (RBCs) and fragments of lysed RBCs is substantially eliminated. The systems and methods also enable development of relatively milder WBC reagent(s), suitable for assays of samples containing fragile WBCs. In one embodiment, the systems and methods include: (a) staining a blood sample with an exclusive cell membrane permeable fluorescent dye, which corresponds in emission spectrum to an excitation source of a hematology instrument; (b) using a fluorescence trigger to screen the blood sample for WBCs; and (c) using measurements of (1) axial light loss, (2) intermediate angle scatter, (3) 90° polarized side scatter, (4) 90° depolarized side scatter, and (5) fluorescence emission to perform a differentiation analysis.
US09778155B2 Methods for phenotyping of intact whole tissues
In various embodiments, the present application teaches methods and compositions for tissue clearing in which whole organs and bodies are rendered macromolecule-permeable and optically-transparent, thereby exposing their cellular structure with intact connectivity. In some embodiments, the present application teaches PACT, a protocol for passive tissue clearing and immunostaining of intact organs. In other embodiments, the present application teaches RIMS, a refractive index matching media for imaging thick tissue. In yet other embodiments, the application teaches PARS, a method for whole-body clearing and immunolabeling.
US09778154B2 Methods for phenotyping of intact whole tissues
In various embodiments, the present application teaches methods and compositions for tissue clearing in which whole organs and bodies are rendered macromolecule-permeable and optically-transparent, thereby exposing their cellular structure with intact connectivity. In some embodiments, the present application teaches PACT, a protocol for passive tissue clearing and immunostaining of intact organs. In other embodiments, the present application teaches RIMS, a refractive index matching media for imaging thick tissue. In yet other embodiments, the application teaches PARS, a method for whole-body clearing and immunolabeling.
US09778150B2 Dynamic method of obtaining a sample of materials
A method of obtaining a sample of materials includes building a product through an additive manufacturing process. A capsule is formed with an internal chamber inside of the capsule. The capsule is formed during the building of the additive manufacturing product. A sample of powder is encapsulated inside the internal chamber as the capsule is built. The internal chamber is hermetically sealed from an exterior environment to retain the sample of powder in the internal chamber.
US09778149B2 Fluid sample system and method
A fluid sample system includes a control system that operates in the hazardous area and controls one or more valves and optionally receives outputs from one or more transducers and optionally one or more sensors. The fluid sample system includes components that operate in a hazardous area and includes a control system that operates in the hazardous area and that controls one or more electrical devices. The control system communicates across a barrier with a system on a safe side of the barrier with as few as two intrinsically safe couplings including a single pneumatic coupling and a communication link coupling. The control system includes an intrinsically safe voltage boost circuit.
US09778146B2 Module for detecting a vibrational behavior of a mechanical component
A module for detecting a vibrational behavior of a mechanical component includes an attachment component configured to be rigidly mechanically connected to the mechanical component in order to absorb a mechanical vibration of the mechanical component, a circuit board including a circuit, the circuit board being configured to detect the mechanical vibration of the mechanical component and, based on the detected vibration, to wirelessly transmit a signal indicative of the vibrational behavior, and at least one spacer mechanically connecting the circuit board to the attachment component such that the mechanical vibration is transferable from the attachment component to the circuit board.
US09778145B2 Engine probe system
An engine probe system for monitoring a moving engine element. The probe system includes a capacitive sensor (1) including a sensing electrode (5) defining one of the electrodes of a capacitor and an output lead for coupling the sensing electrode (5) to data processing means for monitoring changes in the capacitance of the capacitor including the sensing electrode. The output lead includes a first conductor for connecting the sensing electrode to the data processing means, an insulation jacket surrounding the first conductor, and a flexible conduit (11) surrounding the insulation jacket and defining a fluid passage between the insulation jacket and the flexible conduit.
US09778144B2 Systems and methods for attaching a probe to a casing of a gas turbine engine
A system for attaching a probe to a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may include a probe receptacle attachable to the casing. The probe receptacle may include an internal bore, a bayonet slot, a spring disposed within the internal bore adjacent to the bayonet slot, and a sealing surface within the internal bore. The system also may include a probe attachment assembly disposed about the probe and configured to engage the probe receptacle. The probe attachment assembly may include at least one bayonet positionable within the bayonet slot and a seal positionable adjacent to the sealing surface within the internal bore.
US09778138B2 Method for measuring light physical constants and device for estimating light physical constants
A light physical constant measurement method includes: virtually dividing an optical transmission medium along a propagation direction to set a plurality of first segments; and estimating light physical constants of the plurality of first segments based on the result of a first propagation simulation that uses a model in which an input optical signal of each of the plurality of intensities propagates sequentially through the plurality of first segments, and in the estimating of light physical constants of the plurality of first segments, the light physical constants of the plurality of first segments are searched for using an evaluation function of evaluating a difference between a measured power spectrum of an output optical signal and a power spectrum of the output optical signal obtained as a result of the first propagation simulation, to estimate the light physical constants of the plurality of first segments.
US09778134B2 Leak detection device in joints between pipes with flanges and gaskets
The present invention relates to a device for detecting leaks of liquids or gases caused by temperature variations, pressure variations, wear on the clamping and coupling devices, wear on sealing devices, by corrosive action, among others, in joints between pipes made by flanges (F) and together and basically comprises a strip (1) to be applied to the region of the “gap” (G) between flanges (F) with a pressure sensor (2) and protective caps (3) adapted to a screw head casing (PE) and nuts (P) employed for mounting between flanges (F).
US09778133B2 Device and method for checking an assembly wrench
A method for checking an assembly wrench, having an integrated angular measuring device, includes: fixing the assembly wrench in a rotatable fixing device; activating the angular measuring device integrated in the assembly wrench; rotating the fixing device by at least one specified angle; reading off the angle of rotation measured by the angular measuring device integrated in assembly wrench; and comparing the angle of rotation measured by the angular measuring device integrated in the assembly wrench to the specified angle, by which the fixing device has been rotated.
US09778132B1 Methods and systems for force sensor calibration
An implementation may involve causing a foot of a robot to orient in a first position, where the foot comprises a sole configured to contact a surface, where the sole comprises a first edge and a second edge, and where in the first position: (i) the first edge contacts the surface, and (ii) a zero moment point (ZMP) is located on the first edge; receiving, from a force sensor, (i) first force data indicative of a first force and (ii) first moment data indicative of a first moment; determining a calibration of the force sensor based at least in part on the first force data, the first moment data, and a distance between the ZMP and a measurement location on the robot; and while the robot is engaged in bipedal movement, controlling the bipedal movement of the robot based at least in part on the calibration.
US09778130B2 Differential pressure transducer with inspectable welds
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology include a differential pressure transducer and method of assembly. The differential pressure transducer includes: a housing having a first pressure port and a second pressure port; a header welded to the housing; a cap welded to the header; a sensor module disposed in the header and in communication with first pressure port and the second pressure port. The sensor module includes a diaphragm having a first side and a second side. The first side is configured to receive a first pressure by the first pressure port, and the second side is adapted to receive a second pressure by the second pressure port. The differential pressure transducer also includes a reference tube configured to communicate the second pressure from the second pressure port to the diaphragm second side. The reference tube is welded to a portion of the header with an inspectable weld.
US09778129B2 Universal hermetically sealed button pressure sensor
A hermetically-sealed universal pressure sensor comprises a MEMS disk, a compensate disk, and an optional interconnect ring. The MEMS disk has one or more MEMS dies that can convert ambient pressures to electrical signals, which is processed and compensated at an integrated circuit on the compensate disk. The interconnect ring can optionally provide electrical connections and hermetic seal properties between the MEMS disk and the compensate disk.
US09778125B2 Optical pressure sensor
An optical pressure sensor is disclosed having a pressure sensing optical cavity. A temperature sensing optical cavity at the sensing head is used by an interrogator to correct a pressure signal for effects of temperature. The optical cavities may be, for example, Fabry Perot cavities in the sensor head.
US09778122B2 Two-axis sensor body for a load transducer
In one aspect, a transducer body includes a support having clevis halves. The sensor body includes a generally rigid peripheral member disposed about a spaced-apart central hub joined to each of the clevis halves. At least three flexure components couple the peripheral member to the hub. The flexure components are spaced-apart from each other at generally equal angle intervals about the hub; the sensor body further including a flexure assembly for some flexure components joining the flexure component to at least one of the hub and the peripheral member, the flexure assembly being compliant for forces in a radial direction from the hub to the peripheral member. Each flexure assembly is configured such that forces transferred concentrate strain at a midpoint along the length of each corresponding flexure component.
US09778118B2 Bolt sensor assembly
A bolt sensor assembly provides a body adapted for insertion into a hole in a component, the body having a first end and a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The first end includes an attachment means for attachment of the bolt sensor assembly to the component, and the second end mounts a sensor element, such as a strain gauge element. The sensor element is movable with respect to the body in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the body and the sensor element is constrained against rotation about the longitudinal axis with respect to the body.
US09778116B2 Duplex calorimeter
The duplex calorimeter, connected between a first and a second demand sides to measure a caloric heat energy between the demand sides, includes a first pipe connected to the first demand side, a second pipe connected to the second demand side, first and second branch pipes, branched into two directions between the first pipe and the second pipe, a first flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the first branch pipe, a second flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the second branch pipe, a temperature measuring part measuring a temperature of the heat energy in either branch pipe, and a calculating part calculating the caloric value based on the flow rate measured by the first flow rate measuring part or the second flow rate measuring part and the temperature measured by the temperature measuring part.
US09778110B1 Self-referencing cavity enhanced spectroscopy (SRCES) systems and methods
Described self-referencing cavity enhanced spectroscopy (SRCES) systems and methods are tailored to acquiring spectra in a middle regime, in which signals are lower than optimal for conventional absorption spectroscopy, and absorption is higher than optimal for cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS). Longitudinal mode resonance spectral peaks are analyzed individually to extract intensity ratios (e.g. maximum to minimum) and/or curve-fitting parameters, obviating the need to measure or precisely control the input light intensity.
US09778108B2 Metrology system and method having a plurality of sensors for estimating a spectral feature of a pulsed light beam
A metrology system includes an optical frequency separation apparatus in the path of the pulsed light beam and configured to interact with the pulsed light beam and output a plurality of spatial components that correspond to the spectral components of the pulsed light beam; a plurality of sensing regions that receive and sense the output spatial components; and a control system connected to an output of each sensing region. The control system is configured to: measure, for each sensing region output, a property of the output spatial components from the optical frequency separation apparatus for one or more pulses; analyze the measured properties including averaging the measured properties to calculate an estimate of the spectral feature of the pulsed light beam; and determine whether the estimated spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is within an acceptable range of values of spectral features.
US09778106B2 Spectrometer with monochromator and order sorting filter
A spectrometer (1) comprises a light source (2), a monochromator (3) with at least one diffraction grating (4), a monochromator housing (5), an order sorting filter (7), a microplate receptacle (12) and a controller (6). The order sorting filter (7) of the spectrometer (1) comprises a substrate (23), a first optical thin film (24) and a second optical thin film (25), wherein, in a spatially partly overlapping and interference-free manner, the first optical thin film (24) is arranged on a first surface (26) and the second optical thin film (25) is arranged on a second surface (27) of the substrate (23). A spectrometer (1) equipped with a respective order sorting filter is used in a scanning method for detecting the absorption spectrum of samples examined in wells (14) of microplates (13).
US09778102B2 Ambient light sensor and adjusting method thereof, and electronic product
A method for adjusting an ambient light sensor includes: acquiring a color temperature of light received by the ambient light sensor; and adjusting an output light intensity of the ambient light sensor according to the color temperature to enable output light intensities of the ambient light sensor to be consistent under received light with different color temperatures. The ambient light sensor includes: an acquiring device, configured to acquire a color temperature of light received by the ambient light sensor; and an adjuster, configured to adjust an output light intensity of the ambient light sensor according to the color temperature acquired by the acquiring device to enable output light intensities of the ambient light sensor to be consistent under received light with different color temperatures.
US09778095B2 Multipurpose weighing device
Weighing device of the digital bathroom scale type, comprising four feet each having a strain gauge, four conducting portions on the top surface, and one electronic control unit, the electronic unit being configured to measure first signals indicative of periodic variations in weight and second signals indicative of periodic variations in impedance caused by the heartbeats of the user, the electronic unit being configured to determine the heart rate of the user from the first and second signals. Method for determining the heart rate of the user from the first and second signals.
US09778092B2 Packer scale having a hopper body suspended by suspending units
A packer scale comprises a weighing hopper which is supplied with objects dropped from above, holds the objects for a specified period and discharges the objects downward; first to fourth load cells having shaft-like load application sections, respectively; and first to fourth suspending units which suspend the weighing hopper such that the weighing hopper is mounted to the load application sections of the first to fourth load cells; the weighing hopper includes a hopper body having a tubular shape with a rectangular cross-section, in a plan view; and the first to fourth suspending units are mounted to an upper portion of the hopper body, in locations which are in the vicinity of corner portions of the tubular shape.
US09778083B2 Metrology method for transient gas flow
A method of calculating a transient flow rate of a flowed process gas comprises flowing process gas through a mass flow controller into a chamber of known volume and measuring successive data sample points which include pressure data, temperature data, and a time value for each successive data sample point. Groups of successive data sample points are identified wherein each group shares one or more successive data sample points with another group, and ratio values are calculated for each of the successive data sample points wherein each ratio value is a ratio between the pressure data and a product of temperature and gas compressibility data for each respective time value. A line of best fit of the ratio values is determined within at least one group, and then the transient flow rate of the flowed process gas is calculated using a pressure rate of rise technique wherein the pressure rate of rise technique utilizes a ratio value determined from the line of best fit for at least one time value within the at least one group.
US09778077B2 Optical fiber sensor device
It is made possible to amplify signal light of an optical fiber sensor and to perform measurement in a long distance. At least one of a plurality of core wires in a multicore optical fiber is used as a signal-light propagating core wire 133 and the other is used as a reference-light propagating core wire 134. Also, homodyne detection of signal light and reference light reflected by an FBG sensor unit 132 arranged in each measurement point is performed. Thus, signal light is amplified. In order to make a difference between optical path lengths of the signal light and the reference light equal to or smaller than a coherence length, an optical path-length adjustment unit including a piezoelectric element or the like is arranged in an optical path of the reference light.
US09778074B2 Process measurement system with variable amplitude sensor excitation
A process measurement system includes a sensor for producing a sensor signal as a function of a process parameter and a measurement circuit that converts the sensor signal to measurement data. A control circuit controls the amplitude of the sensor excitation to maximize signal strength over the entire operating ratio range of the sensor. This enhances resolution and noise rejection of the measurement circuit.
US09778071B2 Excitation signal generator for resolver
A resolver excitation signal generator includes a source configured to generate a sinusoidal input signal and an inverting amplifier circuit. The inverting amplifier circuit has an input connected to the source to receive the sinusoidal input signal and an output lacking a transistor stage. The inverting amplifier circuit is configured to amplify the sinusoidal input signal to generate at the output of the inverting amplifier circuit an excitation signal in the form of an amplified version of the sinusoidal input signal for a resolver.
US09778068B2 Systems and methods for conditioning and controlling power usage
Poorly matched electrical power systems (e.g., those with a poor power factor and crosstalk interference) that create a high transient demand for power result in unnecessarily high power bills. High transient demand for power may be decreased, and power bills thereby reduced, by placing an energy storage element near the entity's power input, thereby reducing crosstalk. The energy storage element may comprise a plurality of de-tuned capacitors. A reactive element may be placed in series with the energy storage element to repress high-frequency harmonics and to reduce electrical noise. The energy storage element and/or the reactive element may be configurable. A control module may reconfigure the system responsive to measurements obtained at the entity and/or user commands received over a network or at the module itself.
US09778065B2 Gradient information acquisition method, storage medium, gradient information acquisition device and program
Disclosed is a gradient information acquisition method comprising: a speed measured value acquisition step in which a measured value of the speed of a rail vehicle is acquired; a speed calculation step in which a calculated value of the speed of said vehicle is found using an equation of movement including a parameter indicating the gradient of the path of travel of said rail vehicle; a parameter value acquisition step in which a parameter value is found of a function indicating said gradient, for which parameter the difference of said measured value of the speed and said calculated value of the speed is a minimum; and a gradient information acquisition step of finding the gradient of said path of travel, based on the parameter value of the function indicating said gradient that was acquired in said parameter value acquisition step.
US09778061B2 Road density calculation
A map region is analyzed by a mobile device or by a server. The map region including one or more road segments is identified. Multiple points are selected from the map region. From each of the selected points, a distance is measured from the selected point to a nearest road segment of the one or more road segments. A road density value is determined from the distances. The road density value may be based on an average of the distances. In one example, the road density value is an inverse of the average of the distances. The road density value may be a parameter for matching subsequent probe points to a road segment in the map region.
US09778060B2 Method and apparatus for providing personalized routing based on user routing behaviors
An approach is provided for determining one or more previous behaviors made by at least one user traveling at least one calculated route. The one or more previous behaviors include, at least in part, one or more deviations from, one or more matches on, or a combination thereof for the at least one calculated route. The approach involves determining one or more predictor values for one or more predictors associated with the one or more previous behaviors. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a creation of at least one predictive model based, at least in part, on the one or more predictor values. The at least one predictive model is used to predict one or more potential behaviors by the at least one user while traveling the at least one calculated route, at least one other route, or a combination thereof.
US09778059B2 Point of interest search along a route
A system includes a GPS module, user interface module, database and routing engine. To find nearby POIs in one embodiment the routing engine identifies POIs in the database located within a threshold distance from the planned route in Euclidean distance. The routing engine filters the results by exploring the road network to determine whether each of the POIs is within the threshold distance of the route in driving distance. The filtering may include exploring outward from the POI, until all roads within the threshold distance are explored or the route is reached; alternatively, distance to the POIs is checked by exploring outward from the route until all roads within the threshold distance of the route have been exposed. For those POIs reached in the exploration, the nearest point on the route and the distance to that point are known. Similar searches are performed based on driving time rather than distance.
US09778058B2 System, method, and app for managing waste services
A system is disclosed for providing a waste management app. The system may have a locating device disposed onboard a service vehicle and configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, an input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle, and to track movement of the service vehicle during performance of the waste services based on the first signal. The controller may also be configured to provide a graphical user interface for display on the input device, listing the waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and showing a location of the service vehicle relative to at least one location at which the waste services are to be performed.
US09778050B2 Method and apparatus for providing battery management in route navigation
An approach is provided for battery management in route navigation. A battery management module determines a request to calculate at least one navigation route. The battery module then determines battery charging information associated with presenting guidance information via at least one application of at least one device during the at least one navigation route. Further, the battery management module causes, at least in part, a presentation of the battery charging information on at least one user interface of the at least one device. In one embodiment, the charging information can be updated based on selecting one or more segments of the at least one navigation route to hibernate. In yet another embodiment, alternative content that is less battery intensive can be presented during the hibernated segments in place of active navigation information.
US09778049B2 Calculating speed and travel times with travel delays
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for forecasting travel delays corresponding to streets, street segments, geographic areas, geofenced areas, and/or user-specified criteria. And from the forecasted travel delays, speed and travel times that take into account such travel delays can be determined.
US09778048B2 Method and apparatus for determining reachable area based on road network
A method and apparatus for determining a reachable area based on a road network are provided. The method comprises: acquiring a current location of a user and a road network map; generating a road node map based on the road network map; searching on the road node map for a boundary point extending for a maximum travel distance starting from the current location of the user along a road; and determining a reachable area based on the searched boundary point.
US09778045B2 Method for managing service schedule of vehicle
A method for managing a service schedule of a vehicle includes receiving the service schedule of the vehicle that travels along a predetermined route from a control server, generating first service information of the vehicle based on position information of the vehicle, generating service state information of the vehicle based on the service schedule and the first service information, and displaying the service state information of the vehicle using a user interface.
US09778038B2 Micromechanical sensor
A micromechanical sensor comprising a substrate (5) and at least one mass (6) which is situated on the substrate (5) and which moves relative to the substrate (5) is used to detect motions of the sensor due to an acceleration force and/or Coriolis force which occur(s). The mass (6) and the substrate (5) and/or two masses (5, 7) which move toward one another are connected by at least one bending spring device (6). The bending spring device (6) has a spring bar (9) and a meander (10), provided thereon, having a circle of curvature (K1; K6; K8; K9; K11) whose midpoint (MP1; MP6; MP8; MP9; MP11) and radius of curvature (r1; r6; r8; r9; r11) are inside the meander (10). For reducing stresses that occur, in addition to the radius of curvature (r1; r6; r8; r9; r11) having the inner midpoint (MP1; MP6; MP8; MP9; MP11), the meander (10) has at least one further radius of curvature (r2; r3; r4; r5; r7; r10) having a midpoint (MP2; MP3; MP4; MP5; MP7; MP10) outside the meander (10). The at least one further radius of curvature (r2; r3; r4; r5; r7; r10) is situated between the meander (10) and the spring bar (9).
US09778037B2 Scanner for space measurement
Some embodiments of the invention relate to a surveying apparatus in the form of a scanner comprising a beam deflection unit, such a beam deflection unit and a measuring method to be carried out with said surveying apparatus. The surveying apparatus comprises a radiation source for generating measurement radiation and a detector for receiving reflected measurement radiation, called reflection radiation for short, which was reflected at an object of interest, wherein measurement radiation and reflection radiation have substantially the same optical path. Situated in said optical path there is a beam deflection unit mounted rotatably about a rotation axis and serving for adjustably aligning the measurement radiation and for capturing the reflected radiation.
US09778036B2 Switchable front-end measurement unit for towed marine electromagnetic streamer cables
Electromagnetic streamer cables and methods of use. Example systems include: a first electrode, the first electrode at a first location along the streamer cable; a second electrode at a second location along the streamer cable; a first sensor module electrically coupled to the first electrode and second electrode, the first sensor module configured to measure a voltage across the first and second electrodes; a third electrode at a third location between the first and second electrodes; a fourth electrode at a fourth location along the streamer cable, the fourth location distal to the second location; and a second sensor module electrically coupled to the third electrode and fourth electrode, the second sensor module configured to measure a voltage across the third and fourth electrodes.
US09778033B2 Device for placing a stopper while simultaneously checking that the stopper is correctly positioned
A device places a plug and simultaneously checks a correct position alignment of the plug with a holding element for fixing a hollow body. The device has at least one first and one second opening and a plug placement mechanism with which the plug is be inserted into the second opening of the hollow body. The device has a measuring head that is traversed by at least one channel. The channel can be fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body. The device can further include a pressure sensor which can be fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head.
US09778032B2 Method for prediction and control of tire uniformity parameters from crown thickness variation
Improved and more easily implemented methods for predicting uniformity parameters such as uneven mass distribution, radial run out and high speed radial force variation utilize other measurements such as the tire crown thickness variation. When high speed radial force variation is calculated, low speed radial force variation is also measured. Tire crown thickness variation can be measured in different fashions depending on the particular tire manufacturing process employed. By electronically determining resultant uniformity parameters, tires can be improved by rectification to address the uniformity levels. In addition, tire manufacturing can be improved by altering the resultant location of tire crown thickness variation relative to other aspects of the tire and/or tire manufacturing process.
US09778029B2 Self-position calculating apparatus and self-position calculating method
A self-position calculating apparatus includes: a light projector configured to project a patterned light beam onto a road surface around a vehicle; an image capturing unit configured to capture and obtain an image of the road surface around the vehicle covering an area of the projected patterned light beam; an orientation angle calculator configured to calculate an orientation angle of the vehicle relative to the road surface from; a feature point detector configured to detect multiple feature points on the road surface; an orientation change amount calculator configured to calculate an amount of change in the orientation of the vehicle; and a self-position calculator configured to calculate a current position and a current orientation angle of the vehicle. The light projector selectively projects the patterned light beam onto a specific patterned light beam-projected region out of the multiple patterned light beam-projected regions.
US09778027B1 Apparatus and method for imaging feet
An apparatus and method for determining contours of a patient's foot ankle and lower leg. The apparatus includes an alignment structure that orientates the foot for imaging. The alignment structure includes at least one support member that engages the plantar surface of the foot substantially only in the immediate area of the lateral metatarsal heads of the foot, preferably the fifth metatarsal head. The support generates a dorsally-directed force that locks the midtarsal joint. The alignment structure further includes a saddle that engages the rearfoot and a laser beam for aligning the second metatarsal head with the distal one-third of the lower leg to place the subtalar joint in a neutral condition. The foot is thus suspended in space such that imaging is able to produce an accurate measurement of the subject areas of the foot, ankle and lower leg without distortion of the soft tissues or bone structure.
US09778025B2 Method and apparatus for measuring asymmetry of a microstructure, position measuring method, position measuring apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
A lithographic apparatus includes an alignment sensor including a self-referencing interferometer for reading the position of an alignment target comprising a periodic structure. An illumination optical system for focusing radiation into a spot on said structure. An asymmetry detection optical system receives a share of positive and negative orders of radiation diffracted by the periodic structure, and forms first and second images of said spot on first and second detectors respectively, wherein said negative order radiation is used to form the first image and said positive order radiation is used to form the second image. A processor for processing together signals from said first and second detectors representing intensities of said positive and negative orders to produce a measurement of asymmetry in the periodic structure. The asymmetry measurement can be used to improve accuracy of the position read by the alignment sensor.
US09778023B2 Optical coordinate measuring device
Provided is an optical coordinate measuring device with improved measurement efficiency. A holding part of a measurement head includes an installation part and a stand part. The installation part has a horizontal flat shape and is installed on an installation surface. The stand part is provided so as to extend upward from one end of the installation part, and a placement table is provided at the other end of the installation part. The main imaging unit is provided on an upper part of the stand part. The main imaging unit is configured detachably with respect to the stand part. The main imaging unit is fixed by the stand part in a constant attitude so as to capture an image of a previously set imaging region.
US09778018B2 Swept source interferometric imaging systems and methods
Embodiments herein include swept-source interferometric imaging systems employing arbitrary sweep patterns in which a swept-source is swept over a continuous spectral range where the variation of wavelength over time is noncontinuous. Embodiments include sweep patterns that result in reduction of signals from moving scatterers and where the sweep is synchronized with the dead time of the camera.
US09778013B2 Apparatus and method for measuring a bending angle of a workpiece
An apparatus for measuring a bending angle between two portions of a workpiece in a bending machine includes at least a motion sensor unit provided with a gyroscope sensor, a processing unit connected with the gyroscope sensor and a coupling device for connecting the motion sensor unit with a portion of the workpiece to be bent. During a bending operation of the workpiece the gyroscope sensor measures at least one angular velocity and a related rotation angle of the portion according to an axis and the processing unit receives data from the gyroscope sensor regarding the rotation angle in order to calculate the bending angle as a function of the rotation angle.
US09778010B2 Retractable tape measure and securing same
Various tape measures and devices for stabilizing and securing such tape measures during use are described. Some tape measures may include a tang that extends from a back side of the tape measure. The extended tang may secure the tape measure to the object being measured. The tang may further provide lateral stabilization. Some tape measures may include a horizontal reel that lowers the center of gravity and increases stability of the tape measure. Further tape measures may incorporate extendable stabilizers that increase an effective width of the tape measure and thus its lateral stability during use.
US09778009B2 Method and arrangement for preparing a charging plan
A method for preparing a charging plan for rock cavern excavation, in which plan drill hole locations for a round to be drilled in a tunnel face are determined in a predetermined coordinate system by using a drilling plan created by means of a computer-assisted design program. The method determines pull-out of a round on the basis of the locations of the hole ends and the topography of the rock remaining after a round blast, and designs or modifies a charging plan for a subsequent round on the basis of the thus determined pull-out.
US09778008B2 Explosive assembly systems including a linear shaped charge end prime cap apparatus and related methods
Generally, embodiments of the invention can include a linear shaped charge (LSC) end cap coupling structure adapted for holding an initiator structure adapted to initiate a booster explosive material, the booster explosive material, and the LSC in abutting contact with each other. One embodiment includes a rubber body formed with cavities adapted to receive the LSC, booster, and initiator structure (e.g., detonation cord). One internal cavity can be formed with a plurality of flexible protrusions or fins which are oriented towards a center axis of the preferred embodiment of three cavities configured to impart an interference fit with the initiator structure. Methods related to the invention are also provided.
US09778004B2 Smoke payload apparatus
The invention relates to a smoke payload apparatus, particularly a smoke payload ejection apparatus housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell, with a frangible safety link.There is provided a smoke screen munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a smoke payload apparatus, a fuze, an ogive element located between said main body and the fuze, and an explosive train operably connected to said fuze, wherein the smoke payload apparatus comprises a plurality of unconfined portions of a smoke generating energetic material, wherein said portions burn on at least two surfaces.
US09778003B2 Projectiles specialized for DNA and other trace evidence collection
New projectiles specialized for creating and recovering trace evidence at a crime scene are provided. A wide variety of embodiments are provided, covering several use scenarios—including, but not limited to, home security devices, which may be built into an entryway or other building structure, and law enforcement guns. In some embodiments, a projectile within a projectile is provided, which fires in the direction of a primary impact. A sampler device is provided within some projectiles, which may comprise tracing barbs, containers for analytes and even a hypodermic extraction apparatus. In some embodiments, projectiles have rebounding devices, which may overlap with aspects of the sampler device, for developing distance from a criminal suspect. Other aspects, such as GPS, fasteners and defense mechanisms, are also disclosed, which encourage recovery by the authorized user and deter interception.
US09778001B2 Igniter and method of manufacturing an igniter for an inflator
A pyrotechnical igniter (100) for an inflator of a vehicle safety system comprises at least two contact pins (102) physically separated from each other by an electrically insulating compound and a bridge wire (110) connected to both contact pins (102) in an electrically conducting manner. A fastening portion (112) in which the bridge wire (110) is welded to the contact pins (102) is provided at each of the contact pins (102).
US09777997B2 Plate carrier apparatus and method
Embodiments include a method and apparatus for mounting wearable ballistic body armor plates and accessories to a user. Embodiments may include a plate frame assembly comprising one or more plate frames and one or more ballistic body armor plates. The one or more plate frames may at least partially house the one or more ballistic body armor plates and hold them in position with respect to the one or more plate frames. A method of embodiments may include providing one or more plate frames and one or more ballistic body armor plates and using the one or more plate frames to hold the one or more ballistic armor plates in a fixed position with respect to the body armor plates. In some embodiments, the plate frame assembly is resistant to the absorption and/or accumulation of liquids and chemicals.
US09777990B2 Reticle unit and optical apparatus
A reticle unit equipped with an optical apparatus such as a riflescope includes: red and green light sources radiating red light and green light; a disc-like shaped reticle substrate that has a diffraction grating formed at substantially the center of a surface having substantially circular shape; and red and green mirror members converge light radiated from the red and green light sources, make incidence on the reticle substrate from corresponding side surface portions of the reticle substrate to illuminate the diffraction grating so as to emit first order diffracted light reflected and diffracted by the diffraction grating along a normal direction of the diffraction grating.
US09777987B2 Clamping retention clip
A two part clamping retention clip is provided comprising a mounting area for attachment to a holster, bag, pouch or other device and a clamping head with adjacent flap for reversible and secure engagement to a material worn by the user.
US09777986B1 Holster
A holster system that comprises a holster and an accessory configured to be fixed to a mounting rail of a handgun. The holster has a holster body with a pair of opposing wall portions defining a cavity. Each wall portion has an inwardly projecting rib dividing the cavity into an upper first cavity portion and a lower second cavity portion. The first cavity portion is dimensioned to receive various handgun makes and models in a spaced relationship from three sides thereof. The second cavity portion is configured to receive the accessory so that a conforming engagement is formed between the accessory and the holster body. A stop surface of the holster body engages a forward facing surface of the accessory upon insertion of the handgun with accessory into the holster body thereby providing a seating position of the handgun and accessory in the holster body. A retention mechanism of the system has a blocking portion movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position. The blocking member at least inhibits removal of the handgun and accessory if the handgun and accessory are urged rearwardly before a thumb receiving portion is depressed. The blocking portion is on a spring member that is deflected by an elongate exteriorly extending sliding member that has a cam surface that deflects the spring member from the blocking position.
US09777981B1 Blank-firing device with anti-tampering features
The disclosed device is based on the Thompson submachine gun. The disclosed device is specifically designed to only fire blanks, or a firearm cartridge that contains gunpowder but no bullet, shot, or projectile. Blanks can be fired in fully automatic fashion, just as a standard machine gun. Numerous features are disclosed that prevent the disclosed device from being modified to fire live cartridges. The result is a blank-firing device with the appearance of a genuine firearm, while being unable to fire live cartridges, and thus not regulated by state or federal laws, or regulations to possess, use, and/or transfer.
US09777979B2 Monolithic noise suppression device for firearm
A monolithic noise suppression device comprising a monolithic, integral baffle housing module. The module comprising, in turn, at least no welded joints or seams between the various components that make up the core of the module and no welded joints or seams between the core, or any structures that make up the core, and the various interior surfaces and/or structures that make up the body of the module. The module is preferably plastic and manufactured using a layered printing process. The monolithic, integral baffle housing module may include various other features that enhance performance, reduce manufacturing cost, facilitate customization and eliminate restrictions on disposability as compared to conventional noise suppression devices. The monolithic noise suppression device may further comprise a first stage noise suppression device to be used in conjunction with the monolithic, integral baffle housing module.
US09777978B2 Rotational safety device for firearm
A rotational safety device for a firearm is provided that replaces a traditional cross bar safety device. The safety device is easier to operate and easier for a firearm user to assess whether the firearm can be fired than previous safety systems. The safety device of the present technology involves setting a safety to “fire” or to a no fire or “safety on” position by causing a safety member installed within a trigger mechanism to rotate about an axis. The safety device may include a recessed portion that may be rotationally positioned to face a trigger to allow the trigger to be completely depressed. The safety device may also include one or more locking positions in a range of rotation, physical limits on the range of rotation such as pins that engage surfaces of a firearm, and may be used with a variety devices to provide rotation.
US09777974B2 Cooling device and heating and cooling apparatus
An analyzing device includes a heating device, a cooling device, and a controller. The cooling device includes a piezoelectric pump, a check valve, an exhaust valve, and an air tank. The analyzing device heats a subject by the heating device. The cooling device drives the piezoelectric pump while the heating device heating the subject. With this, the outside air is sucked through a suction port and the air that is discharged from the piezoelectric pump is accommodated in the air tank through the check valve. Then, the pressure in the air tank is increased. Thereafter, the cooling device stops driving of the piezoelectric pump. With this, the air in the air tank is discharged toward the subject via the exhaust valve so as to cool the subject.
US09777967B2 Temperature glide thermosyphon and heat pipe
Fluid to fluid heat exchange processes involve the hot fluid reducing in temperature and the cold fluid increasing in temperature. To transfer heat between the two fluids, a third, separated heat transfer fluid is often used. The present invention allows for passive heat transfer between the two fluids, using a separate heat transfer fluid, while enabling heat absorption and rejection through a continuously variable temperature.
US09777966B2 System for cooling heat generating electrically active components for subsea applications
A subsea power module includes an outer pressure compensated vessel defining an interior chamber and one or more heat generating electrical components disposed within the interior chamber. The outer pressure compensated vessel is configured to maintain a pressure within the interior chamber substantially the same as an ambient pressure outside the outer pressure compensated vessel. Each of the electrical components may be disposed within an inner chamber of a pressure vessel disposed within the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel. Each of the one or more heat generating electrical components is configured to transfer heat generated within the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel through the wall defining the interior chamber to a fluid, such as seawater, surrounding the outer pressure compensated vessel.
US09777963B2 Method and system for radial tubular heat exchangers
A method and a system for a heat exchanger assembly are provided. The heat exchanger assembly includes one or more arcuate heat exchanger segments each including an inlet header configured to extend circumferentially about a circumference of an inner surface of a fluid flow duct, and an outlet header configured to extend circumferentially about the fluid flow duct. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a first serpentine heat exchanger tube extending between the inlet header and the outlet header and including a series of flow path segments having a gradually changing direction defined by a bend radius of the tube such that a direction of flow through the serpentine heat exchanger tube reverses between the inlet and the outlet headers and a second serpentine heat exchanger tube extending between the inlet header and the outlet header, the second serpentine heat exchanger tube co-planar with the first serpentine heat exchanger tube.
US09777962B2 Coil support having condensate management functionality
The embodiments described herein are directed to a coil support and a method of using the coil support for condensate management. The coil support generally functions to provide support for evaporator and/or condenser coils and facilitate the drainage of condensate away from coil headers.
US09777955B2 Collapsible insulating device
A portable insulating device kit may be configured to fit within a smaller container for easier shipment. In one example, the assembly may include a base, a top wall having an opening, an inner liner configured to extend into the opening of the top wall to form an interior cavity defining a volumetric storage capacity and an exterior wall. The container can have a flat configuration defining a length, height, and width. The base, the top wall, the inner liner, and the exterior wall may be configured to be assembled into a portable insulating device. The volume of the container may be less than the volumetric storage capacity of the assembled portable insulating device, and the base, the inner liner, and the exterior wall are configured to be detached from one another and shipped in the container.
US09777954B2 Expansion valve with vibration proof spring
An expansion valve includes: a body having an insertion hole in a partition separating a first passage from a second passage; a power element configured to generate a drive force for opening or closing a valve section; a shaft extending through the insertion hole and configured to transmit the drive force to a valve element; a vibration-proof spring coaxially supporting the shaft and biasing the shaft radially inward to apply a sliding resistance thereto; and a flexible O-ring supported by one of an inner surface of the support part defining the insertion hole and an outer surface of the shaft and being in close contact with the other thereof. The O-ring, sliding portions of the shaft and the support part, and the vibration-proof spring are arranged in this order from a first passage side toward a second passage side in an axial direction of the shaft.
US09777953B2 Apparatus for thermally cycling an object including a polarizable material
An apparatus includes a thermal chamber, a first reservoir containing a first liquid/vapor two-phase system, a second reservoir containing a second liquid/vapor two-phase system and conduits connecting the first reservoir and second reservoir to the thermal chamber. The first and second liquid/vapor two-phase systems include a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase. The apparatus also includes a conduit connecting the vapor phases of the first and second reservoirs. The apparatus can be used to thermally cycle an object placed in the thermal chamber or the vapor region of the first reservoir. The object can include one or more layers of an electrically or magnetically polarizable material.
US09777951B2 Thermoacoustic engine
Disclosed is a thermoacoustic engine having: resonance pipes including a working gas; motors; and a branch pipe, where each of the motors has a regenerator, a heater, and a cooler, a temperature gradient is given between both ends of the regenerator to generate self-excited oscillation of the working gas, a channel cross-sectional area of the resonance pipe that is coupled to the heater is expanded by a same amplification factor of a work flow based on the self-excited oscillation or by an amplification factor within a range of ±30% of the amplification factor of the work flow to a channel cross-sectional area of a resonance pipe that is coupled to the cooler, and a channel cross-sectional area of the regenerator is set by 4 to 36 times of the channel cross-sectional area of the resonance pipe that is coupled to the cooler.
US09777948B2 End clamps for solar systems
A solar power system can include an array of solar modules. The system can include a rail and a solar module positioned at an outer end of the array. The solar module can have a frame around a periphery of the solar module. The frame can include a flange along an edge of the solar module that is disposed at the outer end of the array. The flange can project inwardly from the frame underneath the solar module. A clamp assembly can be disposed underneath the solar module and can mechanically secure the solar module to the rail. The clamp assembly can include a clamp body and a base. The clamp body and the base can cooperate to clamp the flange between the clamp body and the rail.
US09777947B2 Method for controlling cascade boiler system
Provided is a method for controlling a cascade boiler system, and the method includes a) operating the number of boilers set in an initial operation state, b) detecting a supply water temperature and a returned water temperature of the primary side of the hydro-separator and a supply water temperature and a returned water temperature of the secondary side, and calculating a flow rate corrected by the hydro-separator using the detected temperatures, c) calculating a set temperature serving as the supply water temperature of the primary side that is able to maintain the supply water temperature of the secondary side when the supply water temperature of the secondary side is within a set range of a target temperature while maintaining the initial operation state, and d) calculating the number of boilers that are able to maintain the calculated set temperature, and controlling an operation of the boilers according to the number.
US09777937B2 Controller and loop performance monitoring in a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system
A controller and loop performance monitoring system is coupled to a controller, detects loop performance degradation in time, and diagnoses a cause of the loop performance degradation. If the cause of loop performance degradation is poor controller tuning, a re-tuning mechanism is triggered. If the cause of loop performance degradation is external to the controller (a disturbance acting on the loop, hardware malfunction etc.), an action defined in control strategy is taken, or the user is informed via alarm, user interface, or upper layer software that collects the performance measures. The monitoring itself is designed to be recursive and with low memory demands, so it can be implemented directly in the controller, without need for data transfer and storage. The monitoring is modular, consisting of oscillation detection and diagnosis part, performance indices part, internal logic part, and triggering part, easily extensible by other performance indices or parts (e.g. for overshoot monitoring). The oscillation detection and diagnosis part includes controller output oscillation monitoring, the performance indices part includes predictability index and offset index. The outputs of the controller and loop performance monitoring are overall loop performance together with loop diagnosis information, and overall controller performance together with controller diagnosis. The outputs of the controller and loop performance monitoring are used as parts of controller and loop performance monitoring user interface.
US09777933B2 Apparatus and method for control of solid desiccant dehumidifiers
The present invention generally discloses desiccant dehumidifiers control systems. In particular, the present invention relates to solid desiccant dehumidifiers which use a rotor (commonly called a wheel) to dehumidify a process airstream. The invention provides a novel apparatus for control of desiccant dehumidifiers and to an improved method of control of such dehumidifiers, and also to dehumidifiers provided with such control systems.
US09777931B2 Method and apparatus for positioning heating elements
An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a common base member. The protrusions and base member can include an opening therethrough that allows for subsequent layers of material, such as adhesive, to interact and bond to each other. The protrusions are arranged in such a way to contain a wire, string, or heating element, within a receiving area. The arrangement of the protrusions allow for routing of the wire, string, or heating element in a variety of angles, bends, and other routing layouts.
US09777929B2 Oven exhaust hood methods, devices, and systems
An exhaust device for convection or combi ovens captures exhaust from opening side-opening oven doors with minimal energy waste.
US09777926B2 Mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine
A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer with fuel injection holes located between at least one radial swirler and at least one axial swirler, wherein the fuel injected into the main mixer is atomized and dispersed by the air flowing through the radial swirler and the axial swirler.
US09777925B2 Gas turbine combustor
There is provided a gas turbine combustor capable of improving cooling performance of a combustion chamber thereof and reducing the amount of NOx emissions.The gas turbine combustor includes: a cylindrical combustion chamber that burns combustion air and fuel to thereby produce combustion gas; an outer casing disposed concentrically on an outside of the combustion chamber; an end cover disposed at an upstream side end portion of the outer casing; an annular passage formed by an outer peripheral surface of the combustion chamber and an inner peripheral surface of the outer casing, the annular passage allowing the combustion air to flow therethrough; and a passage formed inside a combustion chamber wall between the outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface of the combustion chamber, the passage having a U-shape turned sideways and having ends disposed on an upstream side in a transverse cross-sectional view, in which the passage includes a first passage that extends in parallel with an axial direction of the combustion chamber and has a supply hole on a first end side thereof, the supply hole communicating with an outside of the combustion chamber wall, and a second passage that has a second end side communicating with a second end side of the first passage and has a jet hole on a first end side thereof, the jet hole communicating with an inside of the combustion chamber wall.
US09777923B2 Low emissions combustion apparatus and method
Clean combustion and equilibration equipment and methods are provided to progressively deliver, combust and equilibrate mixture of fuel, oxidant and aqueous diluent in a plurality of combustion regions and in one or more equilibration regions to further progress oxidation of products of incomplete combustion, in a manner that sustains combustion while controlling temperatures and residence times sufficiently to reduce CO and NOx emissions to below 25 ppmvd, and preferably to below 3 ppmvd at 15% O2.
US09777921B2 Combustion plate
A plate body 11 of a combustion plate 10 is provided with no-burner port portion 13 where no burner ports 12 exist, and a burner port group 14 made up of a plurality of burner ports 12 is arranged in each region 15 of the plate body 11 surrounded by the no-burner port portion 13. A port diameter D of the burner ports 12 differs between the burner port groups 14, but the respective burner port groups 14 are made up of the burner ports 12 of the same port diameter D, and are arranged so that the greater the port diameter D of the burner ports 12 making up each burner port group 14, the greater the interval T between the burner ports 12 in the burner port group 14 becomes.
US09777919B2 Combustion apparatus
The present invention relates to a combustion apparatus capable of reducing the emission amount of nitrogen oxide and enabling stable combustion in the entire area of a set load. The combustion apparatus includes: a premixing chamber for premixing air and a gas; a blower for supplying a mixed-gas of the air and the gas to a burner; a combustion chamber for burning the mixed-gas by ignition of the burner; a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with water by using combustion heat in the combustion chamber; and an exhaust gas discharge part for discharging the exhaust gas passing through the heat exchanger, wherein the premixing chamber is formed in a Venturi shape having a throat part of which the cross-section area is tapered between an inlet and an outlet through which the air passes, the throat part of the premixing chamber being connected to a gas supply part for supplying a gas for combustion, and to an exhaust gas recirculation tube to which some of the exhaust gas having passed through the heat exchanger is introduced in proportion to differential pressure according to the flow rate of the mixed-gas passing through the throat part.
US09777917B2 Lighting fixture and a method of de-humidifying a water-proof LED lighting fixture
A method of removing moisture from a closed environment of inside a LED based lighting fixture, comprises the step of utilizing an electrolysis based dehumidifying device (7, 9) to lower humidity level of inside said closed environment, a current being applied to the electrolysis based dehumidifying device (7, 9) whereby the electrolysis based dehumidifying device (7, 9) draws moisture out of said closed environment, through electrolysis.
US09777914B2 Light emitting apparatus having at least one reverse-biased light emitting diode
An exemplary printable composition of a liquid or gel suspension of diodes generally includes a plurality of diodes, a first solvent and/or a viscosity modifier. An exemplary apparatus may include: a plurality of diodes; at least a trace amount of a first solvent; and a polymeric or resin film at least partially surrounding each diode of the plurality of diodes. Various exemplary diodes have a lateral dimension between about 10 to 50 microns and about 5 to 25 microns in height. Other embodiments may also include a plurality of substantially chemically inert particles having a range of sizes between about 10 to about 50 microns.
US09777911B2 Modular area luminaire
A luminaire includes a housing having a rear section, a middle section removably connected to the rear section and, a front section removably connected to the middle section. A control component is positioned in the rear section. A light emitter assembly is operably connected to the control component.
US09777910B2 LED based area lighting fixture
An LED light fixture includes an integrally formed unitary housing having a first portion and second portion laterally adjacent to one another. The first and second portions at least partially define separate illuminating and wiring compartments. The illuminating compartment houses a plurality of light emitting diodes and a reflector. The illuminating compartment is partially defined by a frame and a lens mounted to the first portion of the housing. The wiring compartment has at least one wall defined by a door. The door is pivotably attached to the housing. A driver for the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted to the door for movement with the door.
US09777907B2 Lighting apparatus and fabricating method thereof
This specification relates to a lighting apparatus, including a support and three or more surface light source panels provided on the support. The surface light source panel has two or more types of light-emitting colors.
US09777906B2 Lighting unit comprising a lamp shade
The invention provides a lighting unit (1) comprising (a) a light source (10) configured to provide a beam of light (11), the light source (10) having a light exit surface (12) for escape of the light from the light source (10), (b) a lamp shade (20) partly surrounding the light source (10), wherein the lamp shade (20) has an internal lamp shade surface (21) and a lamp shade light exit (22), and (c) a light conversion element (30), configured partly between the light exit surface (12) of the light source (10) and the lamp shade light exit (22) of the lamp shade (20), wherein the light conversion element (30) comprises a light transmissive part (31), wherein the light transmissive part (31) comprises a luminescent material configured (40) to convert at least part of the beam of light into luminescent material light.
US09777902B1 Light fixture with a shade and a light source assembly
A shade for use with a light source assembly includes a frame ring, a coupling ring, at least two arms, and a trimming. The coupling ring is configured to be secured to the light source assembly and includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The coupling ring forms an open shape such that the first end and the second end are spaced from each other defining a coupling ring opening between the first end and the second end. The at least two arms each extend between the frame ring and the coupling ring to maintain the frame ring spaced from the coupling ring. The trimming is coupled to and extends around and away from the frame ring. The trimming is configured to at least one of direct light and diffuse light emitted from the light source assembly.
US09777901B2 Headlight for a motor vehicle and method for distributing light
A motor vehicle headlight with at least one modulable laser light source, whose laser beam is directed onto a means of light conversion through a means of beam deflection controlled by a beam deflection control, and with a projection system to project the light image produced by the means of light conversion onto the road, wherein a first group of at least two laser light sources is provided to produce a first group of at least two essentially horizontal light bands lying on top of one another on the means of light conversion and a second group of at least two laser light sources is provided to produce a second group of at least two essentially horizontal light bands lying on top of one another on the means of light conversion, wherein the light bands of the first group and the light bands of the second group overlap one another.
US09777895B2 Retractable light string inside an ornament device
An ornament device for storing and deploying ornamental lights is formed as a shell or housing. The shell or housing stores and provides for deploying a string of ornament lights. The sting of ornamental lights is formed with an electrical wire interconnecting a plurality of ornamental lights interspaced along the wire that is connected on opposing wire ends to a male connector and a female connector. A retractable winding mechanism is arranged within the shell or housing for winding and maintaining the string of lights to a storage state and, for unwinding the string of lights to a deployment state.
US09777887B2 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.
US09777882B2 Skeleton base for a compressor system
A compressor system is disclosed with a skeleton base structure configured to support a compressor. The skeleton base includes a first portion and a second portion configured to support the compressor system. The first portion includes a lower elongate support leg extending along a longitudinal direction, a support platform spaced above the lower support leg, and an open space formed between the lower support leg and the support platform. The second portion includes an extension beam projecting along the longitudinal direction from the first portion and a cross member support positioned transversely across the extension beam.
US09777881B2 Polymer composite grouting method for blocking leaking and sand inrush of underground pipelines
A polymer composite grouting method for blocking leaking and sand inrush of underground pipeline includes steps of: (1) determining a leaking and sand inrush position of an underground pipeline; (2) drilling a plurality of grouting holes in a ground surface; (3) placing two grouting pipes into each of the grouting holes, binding a film bag at a bottom of one of the grouting pipes; (4) injecting a polymer grouting material via one of the grouting pipes to form a polymer sand stabilizing body; (5) extruding water to accumulated in the pipeline; (6) installing a plurality of geotextile bags at the pipeline section displacement; (7) injecting the polymer material into the geotextile bags for blocking the leakage; and (8) filling the pumping area out of the pipeline. The present invention provides a practical technical measure to treat the leaking and sand inrush of the underground pipeline under complicated geological condition.