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| US09826961B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer element package, ultrasonic transducer element chip, probe, probe head, electronic device, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and method for producing ultrasonic transducer element package
An ultrasonic transducer element package includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a support body, and first and second ultrasonic transducers. The first substrate has first and second openings that are aligned in a first direction. The second substrate has a third and fourth openings that are aligned in the first direction. The support body supports the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates are aligned in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, with a space therebetween. The first and Second ultrasonic transducer elements are configured at the first and second openings respectively. |
| US09826958B2 |
Automated detection of suspected abnormalities in ultrasound breast images
A method and system for processing and displaying breast ultrasound information is described. A 2D feature weighted volumetric coronal image as a “guide” or “road map” is generated from the 3D ultrasound data volume to represent the 3D dataset with the goal of emphasizing abnormalities within the breast while excluding non-breast structures, particularly those external to the breast such as ribs and chest wall. |
| US09826957B2 |
Disposable stethoscope cover
A protective cover for a stethoscope comprises an elongate sleeve member having a closed first end and an open second end. The sleeve member defines an enclosed interior volume accessible via the open second end. A clip member is operatively connected to the first or second ear tube. A head and interconnecting elongate tubular body portion of the stethoscope are reposed in a position in the interior volume of the sleeve member such that the head and the body portion of the stethoscope are substantially covered. The clip member releasably holds the sleeve member in this position. |
| US09826954B2 |
Diagnostic for in situ deformation and strain measurements applicable to traumatic internal injury investigation and prevention
A diagnostic gage (12) that can be implemented into a tissue-simulating headform (17) or other anthropomorphic surrogate test device (11) as a means of determining the internal strain within the test surrogate. One embodiment of the gage consists of a matrix or substrate embedded with x-ray contrast agents (14) and a series of holes within the substrate (15) that provide contrasting markers in an x-ray image and a means of closely coupling the gage to the test specimen. The relative motion of these contrasting markers can be monitored using x-ray fluoroscopy equipment (e.g., source (10) and detector (13)). This gage provides a means of determining the internal strain within a headform surrogate model for the purpose of evaluating the performance of helmets in terms of reducing the occurrence of concussion among other biomechanical injuries from trauma. |
| US09826952B2 |
X-ray CT apparatus and scanning method
To provide an X-ray CT apparatus and a scanning method that can scan a corpse efficiently, a death mode is selected and input to the CPU of an image processing device by performing a mouse-click or touch operation on any of buttons on a death mode selection window. The CPU obtains scanning conditions from the storage unit according to the input death mode. In a charred body mode, scanning conditions are defined in advance to perform high-resolution scanning for the pelvis portion and standard scanning for the other entire body for sex estimation. The sex estimation process estimates the corpse's sex based on the pelvis portion shape and outputs the results. In a drowned body mode, scanning conditions are defined in advance to perform high-resolution scanning for the lung field and standard scanning for the other entire body to measure a water amount in the lung. |
| US09826947B2 |
Flexible antiscatter grid
An antiscatter grid for radiological imaging, the grid formed as a stack of two or more sheets having a flexible substrate, wherein each sheet has spaced-apart opaque cavities, each opaque cavity containing a radio-opaque material. The opaque cavities define a plurality of channels that extend through the sheets to allow ionizing radiation to pass therethrough. Magnets disposed along the sheets couple each sheet to one or more neighboring sheets of the stack. |
| US09826946B2 |
Radiographic apparatus with X-ray emission detection
A radiographic apparatus includes: a plurality of detection elements arranged in a two-dimensional fashion; at least one radiation sensor configured to change a signal value to be output, when radiation is emitted thereto; and an irradiation start detecting unit configured to determine whether X-ray emission from an X-ray generator has been started based on the signal value output from the radiation sensor, wherein, when the signal value output from the radiation sensor moves out of a predetermined range, the irradiation start detecting unit does not determine whether the signal value output from the radiation sensor is a signal value outside the predetermined range at least, and when the number of times the signal value output from the radiation sensor moves out of the predetermined range reaches a predetermined number, the irradiation start detecting unit detects a start of X-ray emission from the X-ray generator. |
| US09826943B2 |
Method for operating a computer tomography system, and computer tomography system
In a computer tomography system having an x-ray detector with a detector surface at which sensor pixels, for detection of x-ray radiation, are distributed non-uniformly, and a method for operating such a system, either a pitch factor is selected, and a value range for an extent of a reconstruction field for image data is determined dependent on the distribution of the sensor pixels and dependent on the selected pitch factor, or a value for the extent of the reconstruction field is selected, and a value range for the pitch factor is determined dependent on the distribution of the sensor pixels and dependent on the selected value for the extent of the reconstruction field. |
| US09826941B1 |
Pilot health monitoring and hypoxia prevention system and method
A vehicular system includes a wearable device and a computing device. The wearable device is configured to be worn by an operator of a vehicle. The wearable device includes a sensor configured to measure a physiological state of the operator. The wearable device is configured to output physiological data indicative of the physiological state of the operator or operator health alert data indicative of a determined health problem associated with the operator. The computing device includes a processor configured to receive the physiological data associated with the operator or the operator health alert data from the wearable device and to determine whether the operator is experiencing a health problem based on the physiological data or the operator health alert data. |
| US09826935B2 |
Interchangeable cases for biometric monitoring devices
A biometric monitoring device and multiple carrying cases for same are provided. In some implementations, the case may be made from a flexible viscoelastic material and the biometric monitoring device may be slipped into a receptacle in the case through an opening in the case; the opening may become distended during the insertion of the biometric monitoring device. In some implementations, the case may feature a display window that, in combination with materials of the biometric monitoring device, may mask a display of the biometric monitoring device from view when the display is off and may allow the display to be seen when the display is displaying content. |
| US09826932B2 |
Automated abdominojugular reflux testing
This document describes automated abdominojugular reflux (AJR) testing. To automate AJR tests, a pressure cuff wrapped around a person's abdomen applies pressure while video of their neck is captured. By way of example, a medical professional wraps a pressure cuff around the person's abdomen and records video of the person's neck using a smartphone, which communicates with the pressure cuff to synchronize the application of pressure with video capture. The video is processed to detect and track the response of jugular venous pulse (JVP), which is compared to AJR test thresholds to determine test results. While determining JVP, and thereby results of AJR tests, from reconstructed videos may not result in data that is as accurate as invasive intra-heart tests, it requires little if any risk to patients and is easy for medical professionals to perform. Further, these techniques enable AJR tests to be performed automatically and without relying on estimates made by skilled medical professionals. |
| US09826931B2 |
Medical workstation with integrated support of process steps
A device (13) is provided for use with a treatment device for treating a patient. The device (13) includes a detection device (17) for detecting at least one transition of the patient's treatment from a first phase of treatment to a second phase of treatment. A signal device (25) for sending at least one signal when the transition is detected. It proposes, furthermore, a workstation equipped herewith. |
| US09826929B2 |
Method and device for stuttering alleviation
A device for stuttering alleviation is disclosed, comprising a speech sensor, configured to output signals indicative of speech, a processing unit configured to detect stuttering, log stuttering and/or produce stimulation indication based on stimulation rules Said device may further comprise a remote server and a server user interface, configured to allow the speech therapist access to the processing unit. Further provided is a method for accelerating the learning procedure for obtaining a permanent fluent speech, comprising receiving and analyzing speech parameters, determining whether a negative reinforcement is required and executing the negative reinforcement. |
| US09826927B2 |
Blood lancet device
A blood lancet device comprising a housing having one end formed as an opening; a sliding sleeve having one end extending from the opening to the outside of the housing; a blood lancet including a needle body and a needle tip arranged at one end of the needle body, the sliding sleeve being bushed at the outside of the housing, said blood lancet adapted to move relative to the sliding sleeve so as to expose the needle tip at the opening; and a biasing member having one end securely fixed with another end of needle body. |
| US09826925B2 |
Analyte meter with basic and advanced meter preset mode selection based on structured queries
Described are methods and systems to allow users to select a basic mode or an advanced mode in which additional features can be customized for the user based on structured queries presented to the user. |
| US09826920B2 |
Disposable dual tipped ear curette incorporating depth measurement system
A disposable dual ended ear curette incorporates specialized tip configurations and a depth measurement system. The ear curette may comprise a central handle portion; a first tip extending from one end of the handle portion and including an annular array of projections; and a second tip extending from an opposed end of the handle portion and including a blade member having a first lateral scraping edge on one edge of the blade member positioned adjacent a concave surface of the blade member, and a second lateral scraping edge on an opposed edge of the blade member. The ear curette may further include a sequence of spaced, visible measurement indicia on each tip, configured to provide an operator with a visual indication of the depth of operation of the associated tip in a patient's ear. |
| US09826916B2 |
Device and method for examining a phase distribution used to determine a pathological interaction between different areas of the brain
A device for examining a pathological interaction between different brain areas, including a stimulation unit, which administers identical stimuli to a patient in a sequential manner, wherein the stimuli stimulate neurons of the patient in the brain areas to be examined, a measuring unit for recording measurement signals that represent a neural activity of the stimulated neurons, and a control and analysis unit for controlling the stimulation unit and for analyzing the measurement signals. The control and analysis unit transforms the measurement signals into the complex plane, examines the distribution of the phases of stimuli of the measurement signals absorbed by the measuring unit in response to the stimuli delivered to the patient, and determines the probability, with which the phase distribution differs from a uniform distribution, in order to ascertain whether a pathological interaction between the brain areas exists. |
| US09826905B2 |
Using colored probes in patient monitoring
The present disclosure provides a sensor with color-coded indications that various patient physiological parameters are being monitored, such as blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, respiration rate, and respiration effort. The sensor may sense a physical characteristic used to monitor the physiological parameter, and a visible light emitter emits visible light of a first color that is color-coded to the physiological parameter, but is not used to sense the physical characteristic. The visible light emitter may emit visibly flashing light in response to the sensor sensing a threshold value of the physical characteristic. The sensor may include a second light emitter that may sense the physical characteristic, and may emit light of a second color that is color-coded to a first or second physiological parameter. In some embodiments, the first and second colors may visibly mix. The first and second visible light emitters may emit light independently, including visibly flashing light. |
| US09826901B2 |
Adaptor for slit lamp microscope
The present invention relates to an adaptor for a slit lamp microscope. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the invention provides the advantages of: facilitating the maintenance/repair of a slit lamp microscope since a camera member used for the slit lamp microscope is simply attached or detached; simply and easily inspecting and photographing a subject's eye; and obtaining a high-resolution video or image for the subject's eye at low costs. |
| US09826895B2 |
Endoscope with single cooling medium tube introducing or discharging cooling medium
An endoscope is provided and includes a flexible insertion tube; a distal end assembly provided at an end of the insertion tube; and a cooling medium tube provided in the inside of the insertion tube, and connected to the distal end assembly. A cooling medium for cooling the distal end assembly is introduced through one of the insertion tube and the cooling medium tube, and discharged through the other of the insertion tube and the cooling medium tube. Since the endoscope is configured such that the cooling medium directly contacts with a heating element or a conductor through which the heat of the heating element is conducted, the cooling effect of the front end portion of the endoscope is improved. |
| US09826886B2 |
Two-way photodynamic therapy stereo colposcope for diagnosing and treating diseases of the female genital tract
A stereo colposcope having variable linearity filter systems for both the excitation step and the suppression step, and can be used universally with any fluorescent compound or drug, as is the case of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD). The colposcope is a two-way colposcope because the treatment can be administered by an optical system or by a light-producing radio-frequency electrical current with a diathermic effect which facilitates photodynamic treatment. The colposcope produces ozone, which has an antiseptic effect when applied to the genital tract. A monitor provides for three-dimensional viewing through the use of two video cameras with the DLP (Digital Light Processing) and HDTV (High Definition Television) systems with the use of active lenses. |
| US09826885B2 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system includes: an illumination unit configured to irradiate a visual field area with illumination light that produces return light from a specific substance; a sensor unit having a two-dimensional surface on which a plurality of pixels is arranged for receiving the return light from the visual field area and photoelectrically converting the return light to generate electrical signals; a reading unit configured to read out the electrical signals per a specified frame cycle; a reset pulse generation unit configured to generate reset pulses for releasing electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels; a reset pulse controller configured to adjust timing of generating the reset pulses such that a plurality of frame cycles is included in a period between generation of two consecutive reset pulses; and an illumination controller configured to cause the illumination unit to emit the illumination light in each of the plurality of frame cycles. |
| US09826880B1 |
Apparatus for use as a universal kickstand
A device for supporting a long handled tool in an upright position includes a rod comprising an upper section and a lower section, a collar pivotally attached to the upper section of the rod, and a foot pivotally coupled to the lower section of the rod. One of the upper and lower sections is telescopically received within the other of the upper and lower sections of the rod, and the collar is cylindrically shaped and has an opening on a front side thereof to receive the long handled tool. |
| US09826878B2 |
Heated cleaning articles using a reactive metal and saline heat generator
Cleaning articles including a heat engine incorporated therein. The cleaning article may include a substrate (e.g., a non-woven wipe) including one or more layers. The heat engine may be in the wipe or pad, and includes a reactive metal composition which upon contact with a salt water (e.g., saline) composition, reacts to produce heat. The cleaning article may thus produce water vapor and/or steam upon activation of the heat engine. A venting structure may be provided adjacent to or surrounding the heat engine that includes an impermeable material (e.g., impermeable to water and/or air or other gas), which includes one or more vents through the impermeable material. The venting structure directs water vapor and/or steam to a desired face of the cleaning article, away from the user. A heat barrier layer may insulate a user's hand from the generated heat, and/or a handle may be attachable to the pad. |
| US09826876B2 |
Low-moisture cloud-making cleaning article
A cleaning article includes a cleaning article sheet comprising a fabric substrate, wherein the fabric substrate includes pores therein, and wherein the fabric substrate has a background moisture percentage by weight, and liquid water disposed substantially and disconnectedly within the pores, wherein the liquid water is at moisture percentage by weight that is 5 to 150 percentage points higher than the background moisture percentage. The nonwoven substrate can include pores formed between and/or within the fibers and can have a background moisture percentage by weight. The substrate can include a treatment to increase the dielectric constant from the dielectric constant of the substrate without the treatment. The moisture of the article can be configured to exhibit a dielectric constant of at least 50% and up to 600% higher than the dielectric constant of the same article with only background moisture. |
| US09826874B2 |
Hand-guided floor treatment device
A hand-guided floor treatment device includes a bottom part, which includes at least one tool which is rotatable on a floor by a drive, as well as a guide part which includes at least one handle and is connected to the bottom part by an articulated arrangement which is developed in such a manner that the guide part, proceeding from a perpendicular, is pivotable in relation to the perpendicular in angular positions rotating in all directions and is operatively connected to the bottom part so as to transmit torque in an angularly limited manner in each angular position in relation to the perpendicular. The at least one rotatable tool is arranged in such a manner on the bottom part that when the floor treatment device is operating the at least one rotatable tool exerts permanent linear propulsion on the bottom part. |
| US09826868B2 |
Portable surface cleaning apparatus
A portable surface cleaning apparatus, such as a hand vacuum cleaner, having a cyclone and a cleaner body, wherein a pre-motor filter is positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor and, when the cyclone and the cleaner body are separated, the pre-motor filter remains in position and access to the pre-motor filter is provided. |
| US09826866B2 |
Portable urinal
A portable urinal is arranged for coupling with a bottle having a bottle opening, wherein the portable urinal includes an urine collector having a funnel channel for receiving urine expelled by a user, and an attachment head including a detachable lid extended from the urine collector for detachably coupling at the bottle opening of the bottle, and a tubular urinal guider extended from the detachable lid for inserting into the bottle opening of the bottle when the detachable lid is coupled at the bottle opening of the bottle so as to guide the urine into the bottle from the funnel channel. After use, the portable urinal is detached from the bottle and a bottle cap is re-placed at the bottle opening to seal the urine in the bottle. |
| US09826854B2 |
Device for extracting zest from a fruit and related methods
A device for extracting zest from a fruit includes a body, a carrier coupled to the body, and a blade coupled to the body. The carrier moves the fruit relative to the blade and holds the fruit as the blade separates a portion of the flavedo from the pith of the fruit's peel to extract zest from the fruit. The device also includes an arm that urges the blade against the fruit's peel to generate contact pressure as the carrier moves the fruit relative to the blade, and that allows the blade to move toward and away from the carrier to accommodate the contour of the fruit's peel, which is often curved. The blade includes a plurality of teeth, each configured to cut a portion of the fruit's flavedo from the fruit's pith without separating the pith from the berry. |
| US09826852B2 |
Pop-up tray
The present invention disclosed a serving or display tray that comes in a minimally stored size when in its collapsed state, which allows huge amount of such tray to be transported and stored, at a relatively low cost. When it is ready for use, it can easily unfold into its pop-up state where the two top distal portions of the top layer are overlappingly connected to the underside of the corresponding fold-up walls of the bottom layer, providing good side support to the fold-up walls when food items, or other decorative subjects, are placed in the tray. |
| US09826851B2 |
Poster-coaster
A stack of coasters each having a liquid absorbent layer and a material that prevents liquid from penetrating through the coaster, the coasters adhered together in the stack by an adhesive that enables each coaster to be readily removed from the stack. |
| US09826850B2 |
Cup sleeve with hinged bottom
A sleeve for a beverage cup comprises a main wall and bottom hingedly attached to a bottom edge of the main wall. The main wall has an open top end and a bottom end. The main wall defines a central cavity for receiving at least a portion of a beverage cup inserted into the central cavity via the open top end. The bottom comprises a circular floor portion and a plurality of fingers projecting radially from the floor portion. When the sleeve is in a deployed position for use, the floor portion is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve and closes off the bottom end of the main wall, the fingers are bent upward relative to the floor portion, and the fingers are in contact with an inner surface of the main wall. |
| US09826847B2 |
Multi-piece bed skirt
A bed skirt includes a single panel having four sides and made of a coarse woven or non-woven fabric and six panels made of a fine woven fabric. The six panels includes three border panels and three skirt panels. Each border panel is stitched to a respective side of the single panel along border seams. Each skirt panel is stitched to at least one of the three border panels along skirt seams. The skirt seams are configured to align with top edges of a bed base. |
| US09826846B1 |
Potted plant holder
A potted plant holder is provided and comprises three ropes positioned adjacent each other and folded thereby creating six strands. A hanging knot is formed in the combined ropes creating a hanging loop with the strands hanging below the hanging knot. Below the hanging knot, a first knot is tied in the first and second strands, a second knot is tied in the third and fourth strands, and a third knot is tied in the fifth and sixth strands. Below the first, second, and third knots, a fourth knot is tied in the first and sixth strands, a fifth knot is tied in the second and third strands, and a sixth knot is tied in the fourth and fifth strands. A support knot is tied the strands below the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth knots wherein a first plant pot positioned between the strands rests on the support knot. |
| US09826845B2 |
Method and apparatus for hanging an object
An apparatus and method for hanging objects on a supporting wall includes a bracket with an outwardly extending shelf for supporting engagement with the object. A flange extends upwardly from the bracket and is secured by a fastener to the object. A marking device is removably mounted in an aperture formed in the bracket and has a sharp marking element extending therefrom. After the bracket is attached to the object by the fasteners and the marking element is positioned in the aperture, the object is pressed against the supporting wall at the desired hanging location whereupon the marking element marks the wall at the correct location for installing the hanging hardware. After the hanging hardware is installed at the marked locations, it is subsequently received in the bracket aperture after the marking element is removed therefrom to hang the object on the hanging hardware. |
| US09826844B1 |
Interactive display grip holder
An interactive display holder for a grip includes a backboard with an upper and a lower support. The lower support supports the grip by retaining the grip at its lower end through an opening in the lower end of the grip. The upper support holds the grip through a swivel arm that engages an aperture in the butt end of the grip. While the grip is in the display holder, the grip can be moved away from the holder to allow a prospective customer to handle the grip for feel without opening a package or boxed container. The interactive display holder is particularly suited for handling a golf club grip for the grip feel. |
| US09826842B2 |
Cushioning device and method of cushioning a body
Disclosed herein is a cushioning device that includes a plurality of fluid cells each containing fluid for supporting a load. The cushioning device further includes a manifold system interconnecting the plurality of fluid cells, a first reservoir, and a second reservoir connected to the first reservoir in series. The first and second reservoirs are connected with a pressure relief valve allowing fluid to escape from the first reservoir to the second reservoir when the pressure in the first reservoir exceeds a threshold and a check valve allowing fluid to flow back from the second reservoir to the first reservoir. Further disclosed is a method of cushioning a body with a cushioning device. |
| US09826841B2 |
Chair back with adjustable lumbar support
An adjustable lumbar support mechanism for adjusting a position of a lumbar support in a seating unit is provided. The mechanism includes a pair of spaced apart swing links that are pivotally coupled on an upper end to the back frame of the seating unit. The lower free end of each swing link is coupled to a lumbar support. An actuating mechanism is coupled on an upper end to the back frame, and on a lower end is pivotally coupled to the lumbar support. Extending the shaft of the actuating mechanism extends the lumbar support providing additional support to someone sitting in the seating unit. |
| US09826838B2 |
Chair with elastically-deformable seat and/or backrest
A chair comprising: a metal frame formed by a plurality of metal elements, including a seat portion having two seat support elements and a backrest portion having two backrest support elements extending upwardly from the seat portion, a flexible backrest panel and/or a flexible seat panel of plastic material having two lateral hollow portions into which respective support elements are inserted, wherein, in a rest condition, there is a transverse clearance between outer edges of said lateral hollow portions and the respective support elements and wherein, in a deformed condition of the flexible backrest panel and/or flexible seat panel said transverse clearance is reduced to zero. |
| US09826837B2 |
Seat back recliner
A seat back recliner is revealed. A seat back is pivotally connected to and positioned on a rear end of a seat part of a chair while a cylinder is disposed between the seat part and the seat back. A reclined angle of the seat back is adjustable under control of the cylinder. Thereby a user sitting on the chair can directly adjust the seat back to the reclined angle required. The reclined seat back allows a user to lie back and have the greatest level of comfort and relaxation while sitting on the chair. |
| US09826832B2 |
Fixing device for chairs
A fixing device includes an encircle element having lateral sides and left and right flap portions located inwardly of the lateral sides and extending transversely and outwardly from the lateral sides to define left and right chambers which are accessible only from the same direction, each of the left and right lateral sides being formed with a through hole; a fixing element installed on the encircle element at one of the through holes; and a locking plate having a first end fastened movably to the encircle element via a fastener such that the locking plate is movable relative to the encircle element between a locked position, where a second end of the locking plate engages the fixing elements, thereby preventing access into the chambers, and an unlocked position, where the locking plate disengages the fixing elements, thereby permitting access into the chambers. |
| US09826826B2 |
Voting booth assembly
The present disclosure relates to a voting booth assembly. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a voting booth assembly comprising at least one extendable panel adapted for positioning the extendable panel adjacent a substantially planar structure to define a voting compartment between the extendable panel and the substantially planar structure. The voting booth is operable between a collapsed state and an expanded state, thereby providing a temporary voting booth for use as a private area within the polling station for voters to cast their vote when otherwise-used facilities act as a polling station, and which can be easily assembled and/or disassembled for ease of transport and storage during times when the facility does not act as a polling station. |
| US09826818B1 |
Portable device for storing objects
A device for storing objects is disclosed that includes at least two layers of material, a closing device, and a partially rigid device. The layers of material are adapted to be rolled into a wrapped position for transportation, wherein at least one layer of material has a non-slip surface. The storage device also includes a partially rigid device that is disposed between the layers of material. The partially rigid device defines a flat area under a portion of the non-slip surface for placement of objects when the storage device is in an unwrapped position. The partially rigid device is adapted to be deformable in a first direction and adapted to be non-deformable in a second direction. |
| US09826817B2 |
Convertible, self adjusting, multimodal strap system for carrying bags and packs
A multi-mode strap system (100) is convertible between a single arm shoulder bag configuration, a two armed backpack configuration, and a single armed cross body configuration. The strap system (100) includes first and second straps (102 and 104), first and second attachment mechanisms (106 and 108) and a linkage assembly (110). The attachment mechanisms (106 and 108) and linkage assembly (110) allow the straps (102 and 104) to move or slide freely during transitions between the three configurations. The transitions can thus be accomplished without manipulating and straps or buckles and without having to remove the pack, and the pack remains upright during transitions. |
| US09826816B1 |
Modular wearable object
A modular wearable object includes a main body, two combination plates, and a carrier. The main body includes a main portion and at least one extension portion. The extension portion extends outward from an end of the main portion. A part of each of the combination plates is fixed on the extension portion. Each of the combination plates has a first connecting portion located on a surface thereof facing the main body. The carrier includes a bearing portion and a positioning portion, wherein a space is formed therebetween to be passed through by the main portion. The positioning portion has a second connecting portion located on a surface thereof opposite to the main portion. The second connecting portion is adapted to be detachably engaged with each of the first connecting portions. A relative position between the main body and the carrier can be adjusted, and the carrier is replaceable. |
| US09826814B2 |
Device for packaging and applying a solid cosmetic product
The invention relates to a device for packaging a cosmetic product (P) in solid form and applying it to the skin, having a longitudinal axis X, comprising: a sleeve (70) containing the cosmetic product (P), an elevator means (50) able to support the cosmetic product (P) at a current position in the sleeve and to axially move the cosmetic product along the axis X to make it emerge from the sleeve (70) bypassing through the orifices (77), a means (60) for manually actuating the elevator, a means (80) for partial covering of the outlet of the sleeve (70) comprising a vault (71) formed solely of an elastically deformable material. |
| US09826812B2 |
Wefted hair dryer
Systems, devices, and methods for drying wefted hair. Systems can include an enclosure for drying wefted hair by removing moisture from the wefted hair. The wefted hair can be hung on racks having a plurality of tines. The wefted hair can be placed on trays. |
| US09826810B2 |
Compact pocket organizer for keys, cards, currency and tools
Small form-factor apparatus and methods for holding, securing, and accessing personal items normally carried on a keychain and in a wallet including, for example, keys, USB drive, bottle opener, driver's license, credit-cards, RFID cards and paper currency are disclosed. |
| US09826806B2 |
Assistive support systems and devices for automatic feedback
In accordance with one or more embodiments and corresponding disclosure, various non-limiting systems, devices, and methods are described in connection with an assistive support device that provides feedback to a user. In an aspect, disclosed is a system comprising, a first sensor component that generates a first set of sensor data based on a first set of force applied to an assistive support device. The system also comprises a data repository component that stores a first set of sensor data provided by the assistive support device. Furthermore, in an aspect, the system comprises a feedback component that employs a feedback mechanism based on an occurrence of a value of an applied force to the assistive support device of the first set of force applied being greater than or less than a threshold value of an applied force. |
| US09826801B2 |
Mold-in touch fastening product
A male touch fastener strip includes an elongated base and a field of male fastener elements each having a stem extending from a broad face of the base and a head for engaging fibers. The fastener element stems and broad face of the base together form a unitary mass of resin, such as a resin containing a magnetically attractable substance. Wings extend from respective longitudinal edges of the base and define discrete corrugations extending in a series along the fastener strip and forming corresponding undulations in the rear face of the strip along its longitudinal edges. The corrugated wings can also support a foam gasket. |
| US09826798B2 |
Article of footwear upper incorporating a textile component with tensile elements
The present embodiments provide an upper. The upper includes a textile component. The textile component of the upper includes a textile element and a tensile element. The tensile element defines a first segment disposed on a first side of the upper. The first segment of the tensile element is configured to attach the securement device to the textile element on the first side of the upper. The tensile element further includes a second segment that is disposed proximate the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The second segment is fixed relative to the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The tensile element further includes an intermediate segment that extends continuously from the first segment, across the heel region, to the second segment. |
| US09826796B2 |
Sole with projections and article of footwear
A sole for an article of footwear includes a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion; and a plurality of resilient projections extending from the base, wherein the plurality of projections includes a plurality of projections extending non-orthogonally from the base about the perimeter of the base and a plurality of projections extending substantially orthogonally from the base within the non-orthogonal projections. |
| US09826791B2 |
Head garment
A head garment is provided that has a head band and at least one hair holding component. The head band is formed from an piece of material that is folded over on itself to provide inner and outer layers and a bottom edge. A top edge is formed by sewing the free edges of the layers together. Ends of the layers are also sewn together to provide a rear seam. The rear seam is provided with an opening through which the component can be extended when it is desired to be used, or which can be moved through the opening to be held between the layers when not desired to be used. The component being secured between the layers. An alternative head garment has a button attached to a rear of a head band for releasably securing a hair net thereto. Each head garment may include a visor if desired. |
| US09826789B2 |
Milanese band
A metallic mesh material used to form a portion of a band or securing strap for a wearable electronic device. The band may include a magnetic tab for securing a wearable device to the wrist of a user. The tab may include one or magnetic elements that are configured to engage a surface of the mesh to secure the wearable device to the wrist of a user. |
| US09826785B2 |
Multi-function breastfeeding and pumping garment
An apparatus and system for facilitating breast milk pumping and breastfeeding in a discreet and comfortable manner. The apparatus including a bandeau provided within a covering shirt. The bandeau can include a pair of apertures corresponding in location to a wearer's nipples which provide access through the bandeau to the wearer's nipples for pumping purposes. Further, the bandeau and covering shirt being formed of a resilient material for exposing one or both breasts, or alternatively uncovering only the bandeau. |
| US09826781B1 |
E-liquid flow control mechanism and electronic cigarette having the same
The present disclosure relates to an E-liquid flow control mechanism and electronic cigarettes having the E-liquid flow control mechanism. The electronic cigarette may include: an electronic cigarette body, a vaporizer, and an E-liquid flow control mechanism. Electronic cigarette body includes an E-liquid storage tank, a mouthpiece, and an electronic cigarette base. The vaporizer having a heating element, and an E-liquid storage medium, is positioned on a vaporizer base. The E-liquid flow control mechanism defines an E-liquid flow control opening, and has an E-liquid flow control handle. When the E-liquid flow control handle is lifted all the way up, the E-liquid flow is blocked. When the E-liquid flow control handle is pushed all the way down, the E-liquid flow reaches maximum. When the E-liquid flow may be controlled by a user by pushing down or pulling up the E-liquid flow control handle between the highest point and the lowest point. |
| US09826780B2 |
Convection vaporizers
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to vaporize extract, plant material containing organic material and the like utilizing convection heating via one or more manifolds each in fluid communication with a section of chamber containing organic material. The manifolds may be valved and may contain temperature sensors. |
| US09826777B2 |
Filter and tobacco using technology for reducing smell of tobacco smoke on hands
The filter using technology for reducing the smell of tobacco smoke on hands, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a filter unit for filtering tobacco smoke, the filter unit being coupled to a tobacco shred; and filter-wrapping paper for wrapping the filter unit. The filter unit or the filter-wrapping paper may contain a material for reducing the smell of tobacco smoke. According to the embodiment of the present invention, green tea extracts containing catechin or other materials for reducing the smell of tobacco smoke, e.g. citric acids, glycerols, tannic acids and the like can be added to a tobacco filter to remove the smell from tobacco smoke generated during smoking, thus significantly lowering the strength of the smell of tobacco smoke on the hands of a smoker as compared to conventional tobacco filters. |
| US09826775B2 |
Food forming and shaping device
A food forming and shaping device. The food forming and shaping device may comprise: a mixer, forming and shaping portion, and cutter. The mixer may comprise: at binder container, a cereal base container, and a hopper. The binder container may store and dispense a binder to the hopper. The cereal base container may store and dispense a cereal base to the hopper. The hopper may mix the cereal base and the binder to create the food mixture. The hopper may pour the food mixture onto a mixing surface of the frame. The forming and shaping portion may comprise: a frame; rollers, motors, pistons, and top mixing surface. The rollers may be rotatably connected to the frame and may be adjacent to one another. The motors may actuate the rollers, such that the motors may actuate the feed roll heads in the same direction. When the food mixture is placed onto the top mixing surface, the shoulder plate may move the food mixture to the rollers. The rollers may roll and press the food mixture to create a formed and shaped food mixture. The pistons may be connected to the frame and may shift one or more rollers to create various densities for the food mixture. The conveyor belt may move the formed and shaped food mixture to the cutter of the food forming and shaping device. The cutter may comprise one or more cutting instruments for slicing the formed and shaped food mixture to create one or more food bar portions. |
| US09826773B2 |
Brazzen multiple variants of increased sweetness, and production method for same
The present invention relates to novel brazzein multiple variants having increased sweetness, and a production method for the same. |
| US09826769B2 |
Carbonated beverage, syrup used for preparing carbonated beverage, method for manufacturing carbonated beverage, and method for suppressing foaming in carbonated beverage
An embodiment of the present invention provides a carbonated beverage comprising a stevia extract in which foaming is suppressed and a method for producing the same. A carbonated beverage comprising RebA and RebD and/or RebM, wherein a content of RebA is 500 ppm or less; a content of RebD and/or RebM is 486 ppm or less; ((RebD and/or RebM)/RebA) is 0.45 or more in a mass ratio; and a total content of RebA and RebD and/or RebM is 0.5 to 13.5 in Brix in terms of sucrose. |
| US09826766B2 |
Use of polysaccharides for the intestinal well-being of nursing infants and/or infants
The use of a polysaccharide in a method for improving the flora of the colon of nursing infants and/or infants, thus treating or preventing colic and enterocolitis and therefore improving and/or generally stimulating the intestinal well-being of nursing infants and/or infants. A food composition for feeding nursing infants and/or infants, including at least one polysaccharide for treating or preventing colic and enterocolitis and improving and/or stimulating the intestinal well-being of nursing infants and/or infants. The polysaccharide used is a branched maltodextrin, preferably with a molecular mass of between 400 and 4500. |
| US09826764B2 |
Production of food and beverage products from barley grain
The present invention provides a process for producing a food ingredient or beverage ingredient. The present invention also provides a process for producing food product or beverage product. The present invention also provides a process for providing starch, amylose, amylopectin, β-glucan, fructan, non-starch polysaccharide, dietary fiber or resistant starch to improve one or more indicators of health in a mammal. |
| US09826760B2 |
Collagen fiber reconstituted rawhide and process for making
This invention describes a collagen fiber reconstituted rawhide useful in the production of pet chews, and a method for making the same. Beginning materials include animal skins with hair, depilated limed splits and leftovers from the manufacture of rawhide pet chews. The materials are pretreated, ground, subjected to acid treatment to swell and separate the collagen fibers that comprise the animal hide, further ground into pulp, vacuum filtered, mixed with a dehydration agent that chemically shrinks the expanded fibers, drained, formed and dried into sheet and/or exposed to a cross-linking agent to increase the adhesive strength of the end product. Edible materials, including meats, may be added to the solution prior to draining, to enhance the nutritional value and palatability of the final product, and the reconstituted rawhide sheets may be bleached for appearance. The described method produces rawhide pet chews at lower cost, and of greater diversity and utility, compared with current methods of production. |
| US09826759B2 |
Avenanthramide-enriched oat product
A composition and method for an avenanthramide-enriched, oat-based product having improved health effects. The oat-based product includes an avenanthramide ingredient having avenanthramides 2c:2p:2f in ratios comprising at least one of 1:1:1 or 1:2:2. More particularly, the avenanthramide ingredient may be derived synthetically or recovered from processing raw oats into constituent oat fractions. |
| US09826758B2 |
Feed composition and production method for same
Provided are a feed composition, which can be stored for a long time and is easily produced and adjustable in components, and which can increase the body weight and reduce a feed conversion ratio of farm animals to which the feed composition is fed, and a production method for the feed composition. In the feed composition, a liquid feed additive obtained by fermenting a carbohydrate-containing carbohydrate raw material by Aspergillus is substituted for 5 to 50% on a dry matter basis of a feed raw-material. |
| US09826755B1 |
Ice cream squeezing device
An ice cream squeezing device of the invention includes a robot; a storage space accommodating a plurality of packages receiving ice cream; and a squeezing module squeezing a package of ice cream transferred by the robot from the storage space to the squeezing module to move the ice cream out of the package. |
| US09826751B2 |
Food products and systems and methods of making same
Food products and systems and methods for their production involve microfiltration (“MF”) of fluid skim to form a MF retentate, combining the MF retentate with cream and subjecting the combination to ultrafiltration (“UF”) to form a UF retentate. Prior to UF, the composition is formed of non-acidified components. Following UF, the UF retentate is acidified and forms a food product including a high solids content. The solids content may be further increased using evaporation. The resulting cheese or cheese base contains a lower whey protein ratio in a fat:casein:whey protein ratio compared to systems and methods that do not employ MF. |
| US09826748B2 |
Method of deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat therefrom and apparatus for performing the method
A method is disclosed for mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat therefrom and an apparatus for performing the method, including automated individual processing steps. The processing steps include: grasping a thigh bone of an animal thigh at a hip knuckle with a bone holder; cutting tissue near the hip knuckle; and engaging the thigh bone adjacent the bone holder with a meat stripper. The processing steps further include: moving the bone holder and meat stripper away from one another in a direction substantially coextensive with the longitudinal extent of the thigh bone; allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle; and collecting the meat separated from the bone. In particular the method includes and the apparatus performs the process step of cutting tissue adjacent a knee knuckle of the thigh bone, prior to allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing stations for carrying out the individual steps, and the processing stations are arranged along a path of conveyance defined by a conveyor chain moving through a predefined path. |
| US09826742B2 |
Octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic fatty acids with a pyrethroid adulticide
The invention relates to an octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic (C8, 9, 10) fatty acids mixture with a pyrethroid. The invention also relates to methods of using the octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic (C8, 9, 10) fatty acids and pyrethroid mixture to achieve superior arthropod control. |
| US09826737B2 |
Solid formulations of carboxamide arthropodicides
Disclosed is a solid arthropodicide composition comprising by weight (a) from 0.3 to 100% of a particulate component comprising particles of a solid carrier infiltrated with a mixture comprising (i) one or more carboxamide arthropodicides and (ii) a surfactant constituent; (b) from 0 to 50% of a surfactant component having dispersing and wetting properties; and (c) from 0 to 99.7% of one or more additional formulating ingredients. Also disclosed is a propagule contacted with a biologically effective amount of said composition. |
| US09826736B2 |
Quaternary ammonium caprylyl glycol disinfectant wipes
A disinfectant wipe and disinfectant composition which exhibits exceptional antimicrobial activities as a result of the synergistic combination of a quaternary ammonium salts and 1,2-alkandiol is provided. The wipe is pre-impregnated with a disinfectant composition which comprises a quaternary ammonium salt, a 1,2-alkanediol with 5-10 carbon atoms, a glycol ether, a surfactant, a pH regulating agent, and water, and optionally alcohol. A method of preparation and a process for disinfecting a surface with the wipe composition are also provided. |
| US09826735B2 |
Peracetic acid type sterilizing composition solution and method for sterilizing containers
A peracetic acid type sterilizing composition solution containing peracetic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and catalase enzyme, wherein said sterilizing solution has a pH in a range of 2.6 to 5.0, said catalase enzyme is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 μg/ml, the concentration of said peracetic acid is 500 to 10,000 ppm, and the concentration of said hydrogen peroxide is less than 500 ppm. The concentration of the hydrogen peroxide can be efficiently decreased due to the catalase enzyme that is added in small amounts thereby suppressing the bubbling caused by the addition of the catalase enzyme. |
| US09826734B2 |
Etherified lactate esters, method for the production thereof and use thereof for enhancing the effect of plant protecting agents
The invention relates to etherified lactate esters of formula (I), in which R represents alkyl and RI an alkoxylated alkyl radical and to the use thereof for enhancing the effect of plant protecting agents. |
| US09826733B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for improved micromanipulation and storage
The present application relates to the manipulation and handling of biological materials and, in one form, provides an apparatus for micromanipulation of biological material, including a channel for accommodating biological material and allowing for passage of liquid treatment solutions. The apparatus may include a two part construction wherein two portions of the apparatus are adapted to be heat sealed with a secondary material intermediate the two portions prior to a vitrification process step. A system for vitrification of a biological specimen is also provided including a software operable means for controlling the temperature environment, a software operable means for controlling fluid dispense volume and velocity and aspiration volume and velocity for the application of liquid treatment solutions to the biological specimen, and a software operable means for controlling protocol time. |
| US09826729B2 |
Mouse trap
A mouse trap device for non-lethally trapping mice and other rodents. The mouse trap includes a housing defining an interior volume, wherein the housing can resemble a building, rocket ship, or other decorative structure. The interior volume of the housing is accessed via an opening on a lower end thereof that allows a mouse to fit therethrough. A trapping structure having one or more sidewalls and an open upper end removably covered by a trap door is disposed within the housing, wherein the trapping structure is used to trap the mouse within an interior volume thereof. The mouse trap further includes a pathway and a platform, wherein the pathway leads a mouse to the platform that is disposed adjacent to the trap door. The platform can support bait thereon so as the mouse moves towards the bait, it will be required to step on the trap door and fall therethrough. |
| US09826728B2 |
Insect pest control agent
The present invention provides a new insect pest control agent that can instantly stop the movement of an insect pest and kill the insect pest, but that does not have a risk of explosion or ignition and that does not destroy the ozone layer and that has a low global warming potential, and therefore that can be safely used.An insect pest control agent comprising 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene as an active agent solves the above problem. |
| US09826726B2 |
Torque limiting device for fishing reel
A torque limiting device includes a shaft member that is rotatable by torque, a first cam portion, a second cam portion and an urging member. The first cam portion is rotatably mounted to the shaft member. The second cam portion is mounted to the shaft member so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith and be movable along an axial direction of the shaft member. The second cam portion is configured to enable torque transmission between the first cam portion and the second cam portion when engaged with the first cam portion so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith. Additionally, the second cam portion is configured to disable torque transmission between the first cam portion and the second cam portion when disengaged and separated away from the first cam portion along the axial direction. The urging member urges the second cam portion toward the first cam portion. |
| US09826722B2 |
Aquarium filter containing a cartridge clog indicator
An aquarium filter and a method of indicating reduced flow through the filter. The aquarium filter includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a filter cartridge separating the first chamber and the second chamber. A first flow path is defined through the filter cartridge separating the first chamber and the second chamber. The aquarium filter also includes spillway defining a second flow path and an indicator positioned in the second flow path. |
| US09826720B2 |
Bird feeder hanger display
Implementations described and claimed herein provide an aesthetically pleasing bird feeder hanger display. In one implementation, a bird feeder comprises a bottle, a display insert, and a hanger. The bottle has a transparent, elongated body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end is configured to attach to a cap, and the distal end is configured to attach to a basin. The display insert is sized and configured to extend along a length of the bottle in the interior from the cap to the basin. The display insert has a rigid, planar surface with a proximal tab and a distal tab defined therein. The hanger has a proximal hook and a distal hook. To display the hanger through the transparent, elongated body of the bottle, the proximal hook is configured to engage the proximal tab, and the distal hook is configured to engage the distal tab. |
| US09826719B1 |
Planter bird feeder combination with 360 degree feed protective shield
A hanging assemblage holding plants and feed for a bird and protecting the bird and the feed from a rodent. The hanging assemblage includes a feeder assembly, a planter assembly, and a protective assembly. The feeder assembly holds the feed for the bird. The planter assembly extends replaceably upwardly from the feeder assembly and holds the plants 12. The protective assembly is affixed around the planter assembly, is spaced over the feeder assembly, and protects the bird and the feed from the rodent. |
| US09826717B1 |
Decorative animal leash
A decorative animal leash having a plurality of strong wires oriented in a parallel manner, and along each of the wires are strung a plurality of decorative elements, preferably in an organized pattern. A plurality of spacers are also strung along the wires in an interspersed manner to maintain a given spacing between the wires and a given spacing between groups of the decorative elements. Attached to one end of the wires of the animal leash is a clip to be attached to the collar of an animal, and attached to the other end of the wires of the animal leash is a loop to be held by a person. |
| US09826710B1 |
Mobile configurable animal trap system
A portable, trapping system for capturing and non-lethally retaining a large number of large animals, such as wild horses or feral hogs. A specialized trailer aligns and secures deployable corral components for transportation. The corral comprises a modular fence erected on-site from multiple fence panels that are hinged together by pinning. The fence panels are configured with voids to prevent animal climbing. A gate with a remotely actuated trap door is similarly pinned between adjacent fence panels. The gate threshold is concealable. Stakes secure panels to the ground, forming a stable enclosure. The trailer comprises a rigid confining frame structure adapted to constrain and transport corral components. When the corral is disassembled, multiple individual fence panels are slidably captivated between spaced apart upper and lower ceiling and floor channels, being maintained in a parallel and stable configuration. Separate upper and lower aligned channels constrain the gate assembly during transportation. |
| US09826706B1 |
Maize inbred PH2RFZ
A novel maize variety designated PH2RFZ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2RFZ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2RFZ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2RFZ or a locus conversion of PH2RFZ with another maize variety. |
| US09826704B1 |
Maize inbred PH2G22
A novel maize variety designated PH2G22 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2G22 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2G22 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2G22 or a locus conversion of PH2G22 with another maize variety. |
| US09826702B2 |
Soybean variety 01051835
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051835. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051835. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051835 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051835 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09826701B2 |
Soybean variety 01050769
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050769. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050769. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050769 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050769 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09826699B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH467147
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH467147. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH467147, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH467147 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH467147. |
| US09826698B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH604363
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH604363. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH604363, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH604363 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH604363. |
| US09826696B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH578283
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH578283. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH578283, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH578283 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH578283. |
| US09826690B2 |
Cucurbita pepo hybrids
A plant or a part thereof, the plant being a Cucurbita pepo hybrid having more than one flower/fruit per node as in Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana, the fruit of the plant having the phenotype of that of Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo. |
| US09826688B2 |
Vacuum device with positive pressure tank
In a device that uses the tank from a conventional vacuum cleaner, the tank is under positive pressure. A cap fits over a tubular element inside the tank and closes the conventional air inlet. The cap has a peripheral wall that extends between a solid back and a front radial rim, and interior axial ribs. The lid is held by a latch that has an element that pivots with respect to the tank and the lid, and a clasp that has a bent arm. A tensioner pulls the bent arm. The tensioner has a threaded rod that extends from a handgrip though a hole in the pivoting element. A nut on the clasp receives a threaded end of the threaded rod, enabling the handgrip to be used to tighten the clasp. An outer wall of the latch is disposed outwardly of the threaded rod and the bent arm. |
| US09826683B2 |
Grain mass flow rate determination
A harvester includes an auger tube having a first portion and a second portion adjacent the first portion, an auger flight within the first portion of the tube and terminating prior to the second portion to move grain to the second portion, a window along the second portion of the tube and a camera to capture images of grain within the second portion of the tube. A computing device determines grain mass flow based upon the captured images, a dimension of the second portion of the tube and a grain density factor. |
| US09826682B2 |
Operating state detection system for work machine with fusion considering sensor value reliability
A system for detecting an operating state of a work machine (100), comprises at least two sensors (160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 178b, 178c, 178e, 178f, 178g, 172a, 172b, 174, 178a, 178d) for sensing parameters affecting an operation state of the machine (100) and an operating state evaluation circuit (228) having an output for an operating state signal value (232). The operating state evaluation circuit (228determines the operating state signal value (232) based upon fused signals from the sensors and a sensor reliability signal from a weighing function evaluator (240). |
| US09826681B2 |
Expansion device for a bulk material container
An expansion device for a bulk goods container includes a frame, a plurality of wall panels that are connected to the frame in an articulated manner to pivot outwardly such that a pivoted-out position delimit an interior space of the expansion device, connecting elements that are connected in an articulated manner to the wall panels at two edges of the connecting elements and first expansion elements that are connected in an articulated manner to an upper edge of the wall panels and are configured to pivot between a position resting against the wall panels and a position that extends the wall panels. The position extending the wall panels, flexible membrane elements are tensioned between the first expansion elements. |
| US09826680B2 |
Side mower attachment
A hitch-mounted side mower attachment including an integral hydraulic system and adjustable angle mower deck for a tractor to facilitate mowing angled ground terrain, such as the side of hills, ditches, and/or other declining and/or inclining embankments not easily reached by conventional mowers. |
| US09826677B2 |
Seed implement incorporating a down pressure sensing and adjustment system
Data is collected from sensors related to the opener assembly for seeders, such as for discs and hoe drills, in order to better determine how the opener assembly reacts while operating in various conditions and to more precisely control operation of the opener assembly. Accordingly, a control system and a sensor array are utilized to provide automatic and continuous down pressure adjustments (according to a certain user specified range) at various speeds to substantially maintain a relatively constant seed depth. The sensor array could also be monitored and controlled by an operator to control settings (such as with respect to seed depth and/or opener down pressure) of the seeding implement from the cab to provide manual down pressure adjustments at various speeds. In various aspects, seeding speed and/or tractor speed may also be parameters controlled via the sensor feedback according to a certain user specified range of sensor variation. |
| US09826676B2 |
Seed dispersion unit
A seed dispersion unit for distributing a plurality of seeds includes a single inlet for the plurality of seeds, a chamber in communication with the single inlet, and a plurality of outlet conduits in communication with the chamber. Each of the plurality of outlet conduits is configured to transfer a portion of the plurality of seeds from the chamber. An annular base defines a portion of the chamber. Each of the outlet conduits extends radially from the base. |
| US09826674B2 |
Vehicle guidance system
In one embodiment, a method comprising receiving input corresponding to a first contour wayline to enable auto-steer traversal by a vehicle over a field; generating a plurality of contour waylines based on the first contour wayline; identifying a non-drivable section among the plurality of contour waylines, the identifying based on information corresponding to a time for the vehicle to reach a minimum turning radius and the minimum turning radius; and generating an alternative contour wayline section for the identified non-drivable section. |
| US09826673B1 |
Swath acquisition system for an agricultural vehicle
A method for controlling an agricultural vehicle includes receiving, via a processor, a first signal from a user interface indicative of a value of at least one parameter. The method also includes determining, via the processor, a path of the agricultural vehicle toward a guidance swath based at least in part on the at least one parameter. In addition, the method includes outputting, via the processor, a second signal to a display of the user interface indicative of instructions to present a graphical representation of the path of the agricultural vehicle. Furthermore, the method includes controlling the agricultural vehicle, via the processor, based at least in part on the at least one parameter upon receiving at least a third signal from the user interface indicative of acceptance of the value of the at least one parameter. |
| US09832918B2 |
EMR absorbing server vent
In one aspect, a vent for use in an electronic device for absorbing electromagnetic radiation is disclosed, which includes a body comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and a radiation-absorbing filler distributed within said thermoplastic polymer for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, said body further comprising a plurality of openings. The body is adapted for coupling to a frame of an electronic device to absorb electromagnetic radiation and to allow heat transfer via air flow through said openings between an interior of the frame and an external environment. |
| US09832913B2 |
Method of operating a cooling apparatus to provide stable two-phase flow
A method of operating a cooling apparatus is described that allows flexible cooling lines connecting an inlet manifold to an outlet manifold to be safely added or removed during operation of the cooling apparatus without causing unstable two-phase flow. The method can include providing a cooling apparatus having an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, and a bypass extending from the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold. Each manifold can include a plurality of connection ports, such as quick-connect couplers, to accommodate adding and removing cooling lines between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold. The method can include providing a flow rate of single-phase liquid coolant to the inlet manifold and setting a pressure regulator in the bypass to provide a certain flow rate through the bypass. The flow rate through the bypass can be determined as a function of an average flow rate through each of the cooling lines. |
| US09832906B2 |
Midplane docking system
Technologies for midplane docking systems for connecting adjacent levels of docks are provided herein. An extendable connection system includes: a connector cable, the connector cable having a first end and a second end; a male connector, the male connector connected to the first end of the connector cable, the male connector including male connecting mechanism; and a female connector, the female connector connected to the second end of the connector cable and including a female connecting mechanism adapted to connect with the male connecting mechanism, wherein the male connector is extendable relative to the female connector. |
| US09832904B1 |
Patch panel assembly
A patch panel assembly mounts in a rack on a side of the rack other than the front side of the rack and other than the back side of the rack and fits within a volume of space not occupied by rack slots of the rack. In some embodiments the patch panel assembly includes brackets that articulate into out of the volume of space in the rack in which the patch panel assembly is mounted to allow access to patch cable connectors coupled in the brackets of the patch panel assembly. |
| US09832899B1 |
Side clamping BGA socket
Disclosed is a socket apparatus for gripping the balls of a ball grid array (BGA), including a base member of electrically insulative material, an array of pairs of electrical contacts disposed in the base member in a configuration corresponding to a terminal ball configuration of said BGA to be mated with the socket apparatus, a first plate member disposed for slidable movement on said base member and having a plurality of parallel extension members extending therefrom and configured to pass through the array of pairs of electrical contacts, a second plate member disposed for slidable movement on said base member and having a plurality of parallel extension members extending therefrom and configured to pass through the array of pairs of electrical contacts, the plurality of parallel extension members of said first plate member disposed between the plurality of parallel extension members of said second plate member, a plurality of insulative nodules disposed on each extension member with nodules forming an array corresponding to said array of pairs of electrical contacts, and the first plate member and second plate member being movable relative to each other on said base member whereby the plurality of insulative nodules urge the corresponding electrical contacts into electrical contact engagement with the balls of a BGA in the socket. |
| US09832889B2 |
Circuit board and method for producing same
A circuit board includes a main portion and at least one uneven portion. The main portion is obtained by stacking a plurality of base sheets made of a flexible material in a predetermined direction and subjecting the stacked base sheets to compression bonding. The at least one uneven portion is provided on one of the base sheets. The uneven portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion extending in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The concave portion is sunken in the predetermined direction. The convex portion protrudes in an opposite direction to the predetermined direction. |
| US09832887B2 |
Micro mechanical anchor for 3D architecture
Components and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a component comprises forming metal anchoring elements at a first surface of a support element having first and second oppositely facing surfaces, the support element having a thickness extending in a first direction between the first and second surfaces, wherein each anchoring element has a downwardly facing overhang surface; and then forming posts having first ends proximate the first surface and second ends disposed above the respective first ends and above the first surface, wherein a laterally extending portion of each post contacts at least a first area of the overhang surface of the respective anchoring element and extends downwardly therefrom, and the overhang surface of the anchoring element resists axial and shear forces applied to the posts at positions above the anchoring elements. |
| US09832884B2 |
Conductive ball mounting device
A conductive ball mounting device is provided. The conductive ball mounting device includes: a mask having a thickness equal to or larger than a diameter of a conductive ball and having an opening formed therein, wherein the conductive ball is absorbed and desorbed into and from the opening; a frame having a vacuum hole formed therein and formed to enclose sides and an upper portion of the mask; and a porous member formed between the frame and the upper portion of the mask. |
| US09832883B2 |
Integrated circuit package substrate
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for dual surface finish package substrate assemblies. In one embodiment a method includes depositing a first surface finish on one or more electrical routing features located on a first side of a package substrate and on one or more lands located on a second side of the package substrate, the second side being opposite the first side of the substrate. The method may further include removing the first surface finish on the first side of the package substrate; and depositing a second surface finish on the one or more electrical routing features of the first side. The depositing of the second surface finish may be accomplished by one of a Direct Immersion Gold (DIG) process or an Organic Solderability Preservative (OSP) process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US09832881B2 |
Method of manufacturing transparent electrode film for display and transparent electrode film for display
Provided herein is a method for forming a transparent electrode film for display and the transparent electrode film for display, the method comprising forming an electrode pattern by printing a fine electrode pattern on a release film using a conductive ink composition; forming an insulating layer by applying an insulating resin on the release film on which the electrode pattern has been formed; forming a substrate layer by laminating a substrate on the insulating layer; and removing the release film. |
| US09832880B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
An electronic apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The electronic device of the present invention comprises: a substrate with a first surface and a second surface; an electronic unit layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate; a residue layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein a material of the residue layer comprises: a compound containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of aryl, nitro and ketone. |
| US09832878B2 |
Wiring board with cavity for built-in electronic component and method for manufacturing the same
A wiring board with a cavity for a built-in electronic component includes a conductor layer including a conductor circuit layer and a plane layer, and an insulating layer laminated on the conductor layer and having a cavity such that the cavity is forming an exposed portion of the plane layer and formed to mount a built-in electronic component on the exposed portion of the plane layer. The plane layer has a recess structure formed in an outer peripheral portion in the exposed portion of the plane layer. |
| US09832877B2 |
Collective substrate for resistor devices
A collective substrate for resistor devices includes a base, a first conductive pattern in a to-be-product region and a to-be-cut-away region of the base, and a resistive element in the to-be-product region of the base. The to-be-cut-away region includes a first region adjacent to the to-be-product region in a first direction, and a second region adjacent to the to-be-product region in a second direction. The first conductive pattern includes a first terminal portion connected to the resistive element and disposed in the to-be-product region, a first electrode portion disposed in the first region and larger in area than the first terminal portion, and a first interconnect portion extended from the first terminal portion toward the second region to be connected to the first electrode portion. |
| US09832875B2 |
Method for manufacturing layered electronic devices
A method for fabricating printed electronics includes printing a trace of an electrical component on a first substrate to form a first layer. The method further includes printing a trace of an electrical component on at least one additional substrate to form at least one additional layer. The first layer is stacked with the at least one additional layer to create an assembled electrical device. At least one of the layers is modified after printing. |
| US09832871B2 |
Module
A module having high reliability in terms of its connection to an external unit is provided. The module includes: a wiring substrate that mounts components and 3b thereon; a substrate electrode formed on one main surface of the wiring substrate; a columnar conductor connected at one end to the substrate electrode; an intermediate coating formed to cover an outer peripheral surface of the columnar conductor; and a first sealing resin layer provided to cover one main surface of the wiring substrate and the intermediate coating. The intermediate coating has a coefficient of linear expansion which is between that of the columnar conductor and that of the first sealing resin layer. |
| US09832868B1 |
Electronic device display vias
An electronic device may have layers of glass for forming components such as a display. A display cover glass layer may overlap an array of pixels. A touch sensor may be formed under the display cover glass layer. Conductive structures such as transparent conductive electrodes or other conductive layers of material may be formed on the outer surface of the display cover glass layer. The electrodes on the outer surface of the display cover glass layer may be coupled to metal contacts and other circuitry on the inner surface of the display cover glass layer using conductive vias. Vias may be provided with barrier layers, opaque coatings, tapers, and other structures and may be formed using techniques that enhance compatibility with chemical strengthening processes. |
| US09832867B2 |
Embedded metallic structures in glass
A device having embedded metallic structures in a glass is provided. The device includes a first wafer, at least one conductive trace, a planarized insulation layer and a second wafer. The first wafer has at least one first wafer via that is filled with conductive material. The at least one conductive trace is formed on the first wafer. The at least one conductive trace is in contact with the at least one first wafer via that is filled with the conductive material. The planarized insulation layer is formed over the first wafer and at least one conductive trace. The planarized insulation layer further has at least one insulation layer via that provides a path to a portion of the at least one conductive trace. The second wafer is bonded to the planarized insulation layer. |
| US09832866B2 |
Multilayered substrate and method of manufacturing the same
A multilayered substrate includes unit substrates laminated in a direction of thickness thereof, and the unit substrates include a photosensitive insulating layer, a conductive pattern disposed in the photosensitive insulating layer, and a bump penetrating into the photosensitive insulating layer and providing an interlayer connection to the conductive pattern. |
| US09832863B2 |
Method of fabricating a stretchable computing device
Some forms relate to a stretchable computing device that includes a stretchable body; a first electronic component embedded within the stretchable body; a second electronic component embedded within the stretchable body; and wherein the first electronic component and the second electronic component are connected by stretchable electrical connectors that include vias. The stretchable electrical connectors are non-planar and/or may have a partial zig-zag shape and/or a partial coil shape. In some forms, the stretchable computing device further includes a textile attached to the stretchable body. |
| US09832852B1 |
EUV LPP source with dose control and laser stabilization using variable width laser pulses
A method and apparatus for control of a dose of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation generated by a laser produced plasma (LPP) EUV light source. Each laser pulse is modulated to be of a width that is determined to be sufficient to allow for extraction of a suitable uniform amount of energy in the laser source gain medium; in some embodiments the suitable uniform amount of energy to be extracted may be selected to avoid self-lasing. The EUV energy created by each pulse is measured and total EUV energy created by the fired pulses determined, and a desired energy for the next pulse is determined based upon whether the total EUV energy is greater or less than a desired average EUV energy times the number of pulses. The energy of the next pulse is modulated, either by modulating its magnitude or by modulating the amplification of the pulse by one or more amplifiers, but without decreasing the determined width of the laser pulse. |
| US09832851B2 |
Optical resonator
The optical resonator as intends to generate coherent X-ray by irradiation of polarized laser interference fringes with electron beam has been unknown.The present invention provides an optical resonator that is capable of preparing polarization laser, polarization X-ray and coherent X-ray. The optical resonator is characterized by comprising an optical resonator that is capable of circulating two or more polarization lasers and irradiation of the polarization lasers with electron beam introduced by an electron beam feed port which is inserted in the intersection of laser paths inside the optical resonator. |
| US09832850B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for active counter directed energy platform protection
The present disclosure relates to the active initiation of incident energy-dissipating material from a structure surface coating as a counter measure response for the protection of a structure surface. The active initiation is triggered at a predetermined area or areas on a targeted structure surface in response to incident directed energy sensed on a target surface. |
| US09832846B2 |
Electrical apparatus management system
An electrical apparatus management system includes electrical apparatuses installed in a building, a management device that communicates with each of the electrical apparatuses, and an operation terminal that communicates with each of the electrical apparatuses. The operation terminal transmits management address information individually to each of the electrical apparatuses using radio having directivity, the management address information being information to be assigned individually to each of the electrical apparatuses. Each of the electrical apparatuses has an own specific address, stores the management address information transmitted from the operation terminal, and transmits the specific address and the management address information. The management device establishes a correspondence between the specific address and the management address information that have been transmitted, stores the specific address and the management address information, and controls operations of the electrical apparatuses based on the specific address and the management address information that have been stored. |
| US09832843B1 |
Kit for illuminating a room
A kit for illuminating a room includes a two-part contact switch mounted on a top edge of an interior surface of the door and a door rail contact mounted on a door track railing where the corresponding top edge rests when the door is completely opened. The door contact switch and the door rail contact switch are electrically connected to the light strip and a power source via a power adapter, respectively. When the door is completely opened, a contact plate of the door rail contact switch receives a plurality of spring-loaded contacts protruding from the door contact switch that completes a circuit, powers the light strip, in turn, illuminating the room. |
| US09832842B2 |
Multi-mode control device
A multi-mode control device is provided for controlling an external load device. The control device includes a high-power interface, a low-power interface, and a control module. The high-power interface can be electrically coupled to a high-power module providing current from an external power source to the load device. The low-power interface can be electrically coupled to a low-power module. The high-power interface can receive a first current from the high-power module. The low-power interface can receive a second current from the low-power module that is less than the first current. The low-power interface can prevent the first current from flowing to the low-power module. The control module, which is electrically coupled to the high-power interface and the low-power interface, can operate in a high-power mode for powering the control module using the first current and a low-power mode for powering the control module using the lower second current. |
| US09832837B2 |
LED lighting system
An LED lamp arrangement (1) adapted for fitting in a luminaire. The luminaire is adapted for a fluorescent lamp and having a ballast. The LED lamp arrangement has a plurality of LEDs (25, 26, 27) and two or more electrodes (22) for releasably connecting to the luminaire and for conducting current from the ballast for supply to the LEDs. The LED lamp arrangement further has a sensor circuit (21) and a protection circuit (24). The sensor circuit and the protection circuit are adapted to increase the total load impedance of the LED lamp arrangement if the ballast is a constant power electronic ballast. |
| US09832830B2 |
Solid state lighting module, a lighting circuit and lighting control methods
A solid state lighting module is disclosed. In one example, the module comprises a light source and a resistor circuit, wherein an output resistance of the resistor circuit is for conveying to a connected driver information on a desired power to be applied to the solid state light source. A control interface is provided for receiving configuration information from an external configuration device and a control circuit configures the resistor circuit thereby to set the output resistance in response to received configuration information. This approach involves integrating the configuration function in the lighting module instead of in the driver. The output resistance can be determined by existing driver architectures without modification, while at the same time the ability of the user to tailor individual lighting modules to their needs is enabled. |
| US09832829B2 |
LED driver circuit
An LED driver circuit capable of overcoming the issues in that a brightness change is perceived as a stepped change in a very low light amount region or light abruptly goes out by using PWM control and of realizing smooth dimming even at a very low amount of light is provided. In the LED driver circuit, a first circuit including a first resistor and a first power transistor connected in series and a second circuit including a second resistor and a second power transistor connected in series are connected in parallel with each other and are connected to an LED. First and second PWM signal generator circuits drive the first and second power transistors, respectively. When the first and second power transistors are in an on-state, currents flow through the LED via the first and second resistors, respectively, which enable a smooth brightness change even in a low illuminance region. |
| US09832828B2 |
Circuits and methods for reducing flicker in an LED light source
Method and circuits for balancing a first waveform used to drive an LED are disclosed herein. The first waveform has a first cycle with a first amplitude and a second cycle with a second amplitude. An embodiment of the method includes adjusting the first amplitude of the first cycle to match the second amplitude of the second cycle, the result being a second waveform. The LED is driven with the second waveform. |
| US09832827B2 |
Battery back up lamp using AC wiring activation
A lighting device includes a secondary LED lamp assembly, a secondary power source, a first switch connecting the secondary LED lamp assembly and the secondary power source upon an absence of power from an AC mains supply, and a secondary power source return circuit from the secondary LED lamp assembly through a pre-existing second switch connected to the AC mains supply and used to control the lighting device. A method of operating a lighting device includes connecting a secondary LED lamp assembly and a secondary power source upon an absence of power from an AC mains supply, and providing a secondary power source return circuit from the secondary LED lamp assembly through a pre-existing second switch connected to the AC mains supply and used to control the lighting device. |
| US09832826B2 |
Emergency lighting system
Battery charge function may be in an LED driver which eliminates the duplication of line interface circuitry. A single line interface circuit provides the input power conversion for both the battery charge function and normal operation of the LED driver. During a loss of power, the LEDs may be controlled using power from the battery backup module. |
| US09832824B2 |
Semiconductor device
There was a problem that it was difficult for a semiconductor device in the related art to increase the switching frequency of a step-up circuit, and it was difficult to stabilize an output current and an output voltage. A semiconductor device controls a step-up circuit including an inductor and a drive transistor to drive the inductor. The semiconductor device calculates upper and lower limits which determine the variable range of an input current, based on an output current and an input voltage, controls the switch timing of the drive transistor based on the relation between the upper and lower limits and the magnitude of the input current, and at the same time, corrects the upper and lower limits to be calculated, based on the magnitude of the difference between the output current and a target output current value as an ideal value of the output current. |
| US09832822B2 |
Line voltage compensation AC LED driving device
Disclosed is a line voltage compensation AC LED driving device. The line voltage compensation AC LED driving device comprises a line voltage compensation module and an AC LED driving module. The line voltage compensation module detects an output voltage of a rectifier bridge, and outputs a corresponding line voltage compensation reference voltage to the AC LED driving module according to the change of the output voltage of the rectifier bridge, and the AC LED driving module adjusts a driving current in real time according to the line voltage compensation reference voltage to keep the output power unchanged. In the present invention, the line voltage compensation module detects the output voltage of the rectifier bridge, and outputs the corresponding line voltage compensation reference voltage to the AC LED driving module according to the change of the output voltage of the rectifier bridge, and the AC LED driving module adjusts the driving current in real time according to the line voltage compensation reference voltage to keep the output power unchanged, and therefore the output luminous flux of a lamp can be basically unchanged, the luminance of the LED lamp is stable, and the voltage flicker of the LED lamp is eliminated. |
| US09832821B2 |
Method for controlling information terminal apparatus
A control method causes a computer of an information terminal apparatus to perform a process including: receiving, from a first server, first display data causing a user of the information terminal apparatus to confirm the purpose of use of recipe information and asking for the permission to collect the recipe information; accessing a second server and receiving selected recipe information and control data for a cooker for preparation based on the selected recipe information; and when it is selected to permit collecting the recipe information for a purpose of use related to health care, and it is determined that selected recipe information corresponding to the set control data has an identifier indicating that the recipe is for food related to a specific constitution, disorder, disease, or allergy, transmitting the selected recipe information with the identifier, in association with a user ID of the information terminal apparatus, to the first server. |
| US09832813B2 |
Communication system, communication timing control apparatus, connection control apparatus, communication timing control method, and computer readable medium
An exemplary object of the present invention is to provide a communication system capable of efficiently and equally allocating communication opportunities. A communication system according to the present invention includes: a connection control apparatus (20) that allows, when a connection request message that requests a connection to a network (40) received from a communication apparatus (10) included in a plurality of communication apparatuses in which a synchronous communication is limited corresponds to a message that requests a temporary communication, the communication apparatus (10) to be temporarily connected to the network (40); and a communication timing control apparatus (30) that transmits a communication allowable timing notification message indicating a communication timing to the communication apparatus (10) while the communication apparatus (10) is allowed to be temporarily connected to the network (40). |
| US09832800B2 |
Method and apparatus for device to device communication
A first terminal receives a first Timing Advance (TA) value from a base station and includes a second TA value that is obtained based on the first TA value in a Scheduling Assignment (SA) signal. The first terminal transmits the SA signal to a second terminal at downlink (DL) timing for receiving a downlink signal of the base station in cellular communication. When a length of a Cyclic Prefix (CP) that is set for the D2D communication and a length of a CP that is set for the cellular communication are different, the first terminal transmits data of the D2D communication to the second terminal at first timing that is obtained by applying the second TA value to the DL timing. |
| US09832799B2 |
Mobile communication system, user terminal, and base station
A mobile communication system according to the embodiment supports cellular communication in which a data path passes through a network and D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication in which a data path does not pass through the network. A frequency division multiplexing scheme is applied to the cellular communication and a code division multiplexing scheme is applied to the D2D communication. The network assigns a spread code having orthogonality to a user terminal in response to a request from the user terminal. The user terminal performs the D2D communication by using the spread code assigned by the network. |
| US09832797B2 |
Mobility network function consolidation
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, control signals are communicated with a base station of a radio access network in communication with a mobile device. The control signals include information associated with one of mobility of the mobile device, bearer management or both. The network node communicates bearer message traffic with the base station and coordinates an exchange of data packets between the base station and an external packet data network by way of the bearer message traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09832796B2 |
Multi-egress backhaul
A method for providing increased backhaul capacity in an ad-hoc mesh network is disclosed. The method involves attaching a mobile base station in an ad-hoc mesh network to a macro cell; measuring at least one of a backhaul signal quality with the macro cell and a throughput to the macro cell; reporting information, including a signal quality parameter, a physical position of the mobile base station, a cell identifier of the macro cell, and the measured throughput, to a coordinating node; determining if the connection between the mobile base station and the macro cell is currently in use by the ad-hoc mesh network, and whether the link exceeds a minimum quality threshold; and sending, to the mobile base station, an instruction to advertise a connection from the mobile base station to the macro cell to other nodes in the ad-hoc mesh network. |
| US09832793B2 |
Method for accessing channel under spatial multiplexing and station
The method includes: an intercepting station detecting a first radio signal of a third-party station and updating a local network allocation vector and/or response indication deferral; triggering a channel contention access procedure when determining that a second radio signal of the third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition, and then completing data transmission within updated time. In the case that the network allocation vector or response indication deferral is not 0, the third-party station ignoring or resetting the network allocation vector or the response indication deferral when determining that a sector transmission in a transmission initiated by the station is orthogonal with a transmission space to be carried out by itself, the third-party station initiating a contention and starting the spatial orthogonal transmission within a duration indicated by the updated network allocation vector or the response indication deferral. |
| US09832792B2 |
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for pre-association frame exchange using random access in a high efficiency wireless local-area network
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for pre-association frame exchange using random access are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW) master station is disclosed. The apparatus includes transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry which may be configured to generate a trigger frame for uplink random access (TF-R), and transmit the TF-R. The transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry may be further configured to receive one or more responses in accordance with orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDMA) to the trigger frame from one or more pre-association stations where the responses comprise pre-association identifiers corresponding to the one or more pre-association stations. Moreover, the transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry may be further configured to generate one or more acknowledgements to the one or more pre-association stations, and transmit the acknowledgements in accordance with OFDMA to the one or more pre-association stations. |
| US09832791B2 |
Method and apparatus for use of simultaneous multiple channels in the dynamic frequency selection band in wireless networks
The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of 5 GHz radio frequency channels. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a standalone multi-channel DFS master that includes a switch and embedded processor that are programmed to switch a 5 GHz radio transceiver to a first channel of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels, cause a beacon generator to generate a beacon in the first channel of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels, cause a radar detector to scan for the radar signal in the first channel of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channel, and then repeat these steps for each of the other channels of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels during a single beacon transmission duty cycle. |
| US09832789B2 |
Method and apparatus for transceiving channel related to terminal that supports half duplex transmission in mobile communication system
A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. The UE receives first time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration information for a first cell and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information for a second cell, determines whether a subframe in the first cell is a special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is a downlink subframe according to the first and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information, and determine, if the subframe in the first cell is the special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is the downlink subframe, not to receive a signal on the second cell in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols that overlaps with at least one of a guard period (GP) or uplink pilot time slot in the first cell. |
| US09832788B2 |
Detection of data scheduling activity for receiver selection
Mechanisms for operating a wireless user equipment device, to determine the state of data scheduling activity. Such activity state (and other information such as measurements of signal interference and/or channel condition) may be used to dynamically control the selection of a high-power high-performance receiver vs. a low-power basic receiver. A first mechanism involves transitioning to a high activity state and starting a timer upon each occurrence of scheduled subframe. A transition to the low activity state occurs whenever the timer expires. A second mechanism involves filtering a sequence of binary-valued indicators corresponding respectively to a sequence of time intervals. Each indicator indicates whether a subframe is scheduled during the corresponding time interval. The filter output is compared to a threshold to determine high/low activity state. The temporal width of the filter impulse response may be increased to support fast initial response without harming the accuracy of activity-state determination in the steady state. |
| US09832785B2 |
Multi-radio coexistence
A method of wireless communication includes adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) to compensate for coexistence interference experienced between communication resources (such as an LTE radio and a Bluetooth radio). The CQI may be set to zero, falsely indicating to a serving enhanced NodeB that a UE is out of range, thereby creating a gap in LTE operation that may be used by an alternate radio access technology. To compensate for fluctuating interference, the CQI may be adjusted to incorporate average coexistence interference over a period of time. Alternatively, the CQI at a time may incorporate coexistence interference regardless of whether interference is experienced at that specific time. A CQI value may also be boosted to compensate for a CQI backoff. CQI may be adjusted to avoid a spiral of death effect. |
| US09832778B2 |
In-device coexistence interference in a communications network
A method in a terminal device for In-Device Coexistence, IDC, interference handling is provided, the terminal device being configured to be in a communications network. The terminal device proactively detects an IDC interference between an in-device external wireless system and a cellular system, wherein said proactive detection occurs prior to a start of said IDC interference. Then, the terminal device sends, to a network node, an indication of IDC interference based on the proactively detecting. A terminal device, a network node and a method therein for IDC interference handling are also provided. |
| US09832769B2 |
Virtual full duplex network communications
A half-duplex wireless network device is structured to transmit and receive information over a unique pattern of one or more transmission slots and one or more reception slots within each of a sequence of communication frames to accomplish virtual full-duplex communication. |
| US09832768B2 |
Mobile communication method and radio base station
A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a radio base station DeNB, a first downlink signal in a first subframe to a relay node RN, a step of transmitting, by the relay node RN, a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station UE, a step of notifying, by the relay node RN, the radio base station DeNB of information indicating “Half duplex inband Relay Node”, and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station DeNB, a transmission timing of R-PDCCH and R-PDSCH in a Un subframe to the relay node RN according to the notification. |
| US09832762B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, notification method, and integrated circuit
There is provided a technology associated with a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a notification method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which the capability of the terminal apparatus is efficiently notified. The terminal apparatus configures multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information that include information indicating whether or not to support transmission of multiple physical uplink control channels in a secondary cell, and information indicating whether or not to support data transfer control that is independent of a primary cell and the secondary cell, and transmits a terminal apparatus capability message including the multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information, to the base station apparatus. |
| US09832761B2 |
Communication system
It is possible to efficiently transmit and receive signals containing uplink control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus.eREG is configured with a plurality of resources into which one DL PRB pair is divided, eCCE is configured with an aggregation of a plurality of eREGs, a second PDCCH is configured with an aggregation of one or more eCCEs, a PUCCH resource corresponds to each eCCE, a first reception processing unit receives information indicating a plurality of second PDCCH regions and information indicating a PUCCH resource in which association with eCCE of the second PDCCH region for each second PDCCH region is started, from the base station apparatus, and a first control unit configures a PUCCH resource, in which association with eCCE of the second PDCCH region is started, for each second PDCCH region, based on the received information. |
| US09832760B2 |
Method for setting modulation and coding scheme in wireless ran system and apparatus supporting the same
A method for receiving data by a receiving station by using a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) in a wireless local area network system, the method includes receiving, via a transceiver in the receiving station, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting station, the PPDU including a bundled interface field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index field and a data field, wherein the bundled interface field indicates a number of a plurality of spatial streams allocated to the receiving station among a plurality of receiving stations, and indicates a total number of spatial streams allocated to the plurality of receiving stations that receive the PPDU, and wherein the MCS index field indicates a same MCS index used for modulating and coding the plurality of spatial streams allocated to the receiving station; and demodulating and decoding, via a processor in the receiving station and by using an MCS scheme indicated by the MCS index field, the data field received via the plurality of spatial streams indicated by the bundled interface field. |
| US09832758B2 |
Reserving transmission resources in wireless network
Methods, apparatuses, and a computer program are presented for determining a reservation period for data transmission in a wireless communication network. The duration of the reservation period is determined on the basis of RTS/CTS handshake between a transmitter and a receiver apparatus. |
| US09832756B2 |
Mobile termination control techniques to support eMBMS
Mobile termination control techniques to support eMBMS are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to send a first AT command to enable evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) support at a mobile termination (MT), send a second AT command to query the MT regarding eMBMS services available for use by the MT, receive information describing one or more available eMBMS services in response to the second AT command, and send a third AT command to configure the MT to use at least one of the one or more available eMBMS services. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09832749B2 |
Low accuracy positional data by detecting improbable samples
An embodiment of the invention provides a method of determining a location of a mobile target that processes locations for the target provided by a wireless location technology tracker system to determine moving averages of velocity of the target, determines if the locations are outliers responsive to the moving averages, discards locations that are determined to be outliers, and uses locations determined not to be outliers as locations for the target. |
| US09832744B2 |
Timing value adjustment method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a timing value adjustment method and apparatus, which relate to the communications field and reduce a probability that power of a terminal exceeds a limit. A specific solution is that: an absolute timing difference of a timing advance group TAG pair is obtained according to an absolute value of a difference between transmit timing values or receive timing values of the two TAGs in the TAG pair, where the TAG pair is formed by any two TAGs in a TAG set; and it is determined that the absolute timing difference of the TAG pair meets a predetermined condition, and first signaling is sent to a network device, where the first signaling includes identifiers of the two TAGs in the TAG pair. The present invention is used in a timing value adjustment process. |
| US09832743B2 |
Method for controlling uplink transmissions of a user equipment (UE) in a multi-radio access technology (RAT) environment and apparatus therefor
An uplink control method includes reporting information on user equipment (UE) transmit power for a first RAT and a second RAT upon transmission of uplink data to an entity of the first RAT, receiving a message including information for deactivating an uplink of one of the first and the second RATs from the entity of the first RAT, when a sum of the UE transmit powers of the uplink data for the first RAT and the second RAT exceeds first maximum transmit power, and selectively deactivating the uplink of the one of the first and the second RATs based on the message from an entity of the first RAT. |
| US09832739B2 |
System and method for calibration of a distributed amplifier system
A system and method in a distributed amplifier system for correcting for RF losses between head end and coverage nodes by measuring RF losses in both directions; generating gains for amplifiers in both the head ends and coverage nodes; generating maximum output power limits; and adjusting the generated gains and output power limits based on downlink signal strength of cellular signals at a donor antenna. |
| US09832735B2 |
Uplink power control using received power control information
An uplink signal may be transmitted by a user equipment (UE) in a time interval using an uplink control channel. The uplink signal may include hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) control information related to received downlink data. If the UE determines that information indicating a coding and modulation is to be transmitted at a same time interval as the H-ARQ control information, the uplink signal may include the information that indicates the coding and modulation. |
| US09832725B2 |
Power save mechanism for peer-to-peer communication networks
A group owner of a peer-to-peer communication network is configured to determine whether all client devices associated with the peer-to-peer communication network support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement an awake mode for a portion of each beacon interval when all the associated client devices support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement a sleep mode for a remaining portion of each beacon interval to save power at the group owner without interrupting communications between the associated client devices. |
| US09832724B2 |
Radio communication device and radio communication method
According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin. |
| US09832720B2 |
System and method for selecting wireless resource
A system for selecting a wireless resource that is interworked with a terminal and one or more base stations selects a base station for the terminal based on received subjective quality of experience and pre-stored quality reference information and transmits information on the selected base station as wireless resource information to the terminal, when the system receives quality of service (QoS) information, which is objective quality information, of a wireless section and terminal information from the terminal, in order to select any one base station. |
| US09832716B2 |
Switching between networks based on quality of available networks
A wireless communication enabled device can establish a connection with a wireless communications network and can assign a network quality score to the wireless communications network based on one or more characteristics of the wireless communications network. The wireless communication enabled device can observe a current quality of the connection with the wireless communications network. If the quality of the network connection has degraded below a threshold level, the wireless communication enabled device can start a network reevaluation timer. The length of time monitored by the network reevaluation timer can be based on the assigned network quality score. Upon expiration of the network reevaluation timer, the wireless communication enabled device reevaluates the quality of the network connection. If the network connection is still in a degraded state at the time of reevaluation, the wireless communication enabled device may switch to another available wireless communications network. |
| US09832715B2 |
Network-controlled network selection procedure
A radio network node (12) communicates with user equipments, UEs, (10) over a radio interface and estimates one or more quality factors, associated with each of a first and second network, that depend on a load or an expected UE behavior or an uplink channel quality for one or both of first and second networks. The node (12) determines one or more network selection parameters based on the estimated one or more quality factors, and communicates the one or more network selection parameters to at least one UE (10) for enabling the UE to select one of the first and second networks for subsequent access by the at least one UE. The UE receives from the radio network node one or more network selection parameters. The UE uses the one or more network selection parameters to select one of first and second radio networks and then accesses the selected radio network. |
| US09832701B2 |
Radio communication apparatus, radio communication method, communication control apparatus, and communication control method to switch operation mode based on failure of handover
[Object] To be able to detect a terminal in the vicinity of a small cell base station and appropriately provide an opportunity for handover even when the small cell base station is put into a standby state.[Solution] Provided is a radio communication apparatus including: a radio communication unit configured to provide radio communication service to one or more terminals within a second cell which overlaps with a first cell; a detecting unit configured to detect a terminal existing in the vicinity by monitoring strength of an uplink signal transmitted in the first cell while an operation mode of the radio communication unit is set at a standby mode; and a mode setting unit configured to switch the operation mode of the radio communication unit to an active mode when the detecting unit detects the terminal existing in the vicinity. |
| US09832697B2 |
Providing wireless services using multiple core networks
Techniques described herein may enable a wireless telecommunications network to implement different types of core networks, and enable end devices—user equipment (UEs) such as broadband devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets) and Internet of Things (IoT)/Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices (sometimes referred to herein as Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices)—to connect to whichever core network is most suitable to the capabilities of the UE. For example, a broadband core network may provide UEs with broadband connectivity for media sessions (e.g., telephone calls, video calls, etc.) and broadband Internet access. An M2M core network may provide UEs with network connectivity consistent with the lower resource usage patterns typical M2M devices. Additionally, a UE connected to a first core network (e.g., an M2M core network) may detect a prompt to connect to a second core network (e.g., a broadband core network), and in response, may dynamically switch to the second core network. |
| US09832696B2 |
Systems and methods facilitating relocatability of devices between networks
Provided is a software entity adapted to operate in a first network on behalf of a relocatable device to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the network, and to be transportable or replicable to operate in a second network to negotiate services for the relocatable device from the second network. |
| US09832695B2 |
Method, device, network element and system for switching a network
The present invention provides a method, a device, a network element and a system for-switching a network. The method may include: obtaining, through a first network that a terminal accesses, a message required by a preparation process before the terminal switches to a second network; alternating with the second network according to the message, after the preparation process before the switching is completed, releasing a first connection so as to make the terminal directly establish a connection to the second network after releasing the first connection channel. According to the solution of the present invention, the problem of interference generated when two networks switch is avoided. |
| US09832690B2 |
Mobile communication system and communication method
A mobile communication system which can transfer information on the number of packets counted up until then by a base station of a mobile source, to a base station of a mobile target, even when a terminal performs a handover. UE moves to a Target eNode B, but a Source eNode B decides to perform a handover, and the Source eNode B includes information on the number of packets counted up until then in a Handover Request message to the Target eNode B, so as to notify the Target eNode B. After receiving a Handover Confirm message from the UE, the Target eNode B includes information on the number of packets received from the Source eNode B in a Handover Complete message transmitted to a CN Node, so as to notify the CN Node. |
| US09832687B2 |
Event notification in a hybrid network
When a mobile station requests circuit services notifications through a packet switched network, a mobile switching center sets a forwarding indicator. When the MSC detects an event indicative of a change in the status of the mobile station, the MSC sends an event notification to the packet switched network if the forwarding indicator is set to true. In the packet switched network, the base station can use the event notifications to manage communication resources used for packet data communications with the mobile station. |
| US09832683B2 |
Communication system, user terminal, and communication control method utilizing plural bearers for cellular and WLAN communication
A cellular base station is configured to execute functions of: a plurality of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entities corresponding to a plurality of bearers used in performing a communication with a user terminal in which the user terminal is configured to utilize radio resources of the cellular base station and a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point; and a specific entity that provides a PDCP packet with a header including a bearer identifier to generate a specific packet, the PDCP packet generated by each of the plurality of PDCP entities. The bearer identifier is for identifying a bearer to which the specific packet belongs, from the plurality of bearers. The specific entity transmits the specific packet to the user terminal via the WLAN access point. |
| US09832680B2 |
Dynamic indication map for multicast group and traffic indication
This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to: identifying, at a first wireless communication station, one or more second wireless communication stations within a predetermined proximity of the first wireless communication station; determining, at the first wireless communication station, one or more second wireless communication stations identified within the predetermined proximity of the first wireless communication station for which a multicast frame is intended; generating, at the first wireless communication station, a bit map comprising a hashed identifier of each of the one or more second wireless communication stations for which the multicast frame is intended, wherein the bit map is included in the multicast frame; and causing to transmit, by the first wireless communication station, the multicast frame from the first wireless communication station to the one or more second wireless communication stations for which the multicast frame is intended. |
| US09832678B1 |
Traffic hub system to provide roaming service in a wireless environment
A traffic hub system comprising a roaming data module to send and receive data for a roaming wireless network for a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a service utilizing a high-speed data network, a home data module to send and receive data for a home wireless network for the mobile device, the home wireless network being a different network than the roaming wireless network, the home wireless network comprising a packet data network gateway. The traffic hub system comprising a bandwidth negotiation module to negotiate bandwidth for the mobile device with the roaming wireless network based on a home network policy when the mobile device is in the roaming wireless network, and a traffic control module, the traffic control module comprising a processor to update a quality of service parameter based on the negotiated bandwidth, transparently to the roaming wireless network and without enforcement of the home network policy by the home wireless network, the enforcement including providing the negotiated bandwidth. |
| US09832673B2 |
Ultra reliable link design
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes measuring, by a first device, a condition of a wireless channel; and generating at least one channel side information feedback message based on the measured condition of the wireless channel. The at least one channel side information feedback message provides information on a relationship of a set of parameters, including a data rate parameter, an error probability parameter, and at least one of a deadline parameter or a transmission link parameter. A second method includes measuring, by a first device, interference on a wireless channel; identifying an interfering device for the wireless channel based on the measurement; and generating a channel side information feedback message based on the measured interference on the wireless channel. The channel side information feedback message indicates the interfering device for the wireless channel and a correlation of interference from the interfering device with time or frequency. |
| US09832672B2 |
Communication system
In a communication system, an eNB and a UE transmit and receive a UE monitoring message for confirming the state of the UE in a predetermined UE monitoring period. For example, in UE monitoring periods, a UE monitoring procedure is performed, so that the UE transmits the UE monitoring message to the eNB. Upon receipt of the UE monitoring message, the eNB transmits delivery confirmation information to the UE. The UE monitoring period is set as, for example, a period shorter than a TAU period. This allows the UE monitoring process to confirm the state of the UE even if the TAU period is lengthened. The eNB may transmit the UE monitoring message to the UE. |
| US09832670B1 |
Spectrum analyzing receiver for wireless environment optimization system
A correlating mixed signal spectrum analyzer receiver is provided that automatically correlates signals in a mixed-signal environment with a large number of waveforms having different characteristics corresponding to different protocols and modulation types, with the receiver utilizing either parallel correlators or sequential correlations to automatically accommodate the different waveforms such that in any given testing cycle, the spectrum analyzer runs through a comprehensive list of waveforms to detect the existence of corresponding signals. Frequency drift compensation and the utilization of multiple receivers for providing time difference of arrival calculations is described. |
| US09832668B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring radio resource use per traffic class in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for measuring a use of radio resources in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes allocating radio resources to a plurality of transport blocks, and, if at least one transport block among the plurality of transport blocks overlaps at least one other transport block in terms of the radio resources, a use of the radio resources is measured by calculating a sum of a value determined by dividing the number of radio resources allocated to each of the plurality of transport blocks by the number of radio resources which are used by the at least one other transport block in a duplicate manner. |
| US09832665B2 |
Method for sending and receiving signals for alleviating inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system and a device therefor
Disclosed is a method whereby a terminal sends and receives signals between itself and a serving cell in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the invention comprises the steps of: receiving information relating to a default bandwidth and an allocation bandwidth from the serving cell; and, if the terminal is positioned at a cell edge, either sending an uplink signal to the serving cell or receiving a downlink signal from the serving cell on the basis of the allocation bandwidth, and, here, the allocation bandwidth is either smaller than or the same as the default bandwidth. |
| US09832662B2 |
Method and device for determining radio link failure reason
The disclosure claims a method and a device for determining a Radio Link Failure (RLF) reason, wherein a UE has an RLF in a first eNB where the UE is located, and successfully establishes a RRC with a second eNB. The method includes that: the UE sends RLF information to the first eNB, wherein the RLF information includes at least one of the following: the ambient signal quality information recorded by the UE when the RRC is established successfully, the location information of the UE when the RLF occurs, and the location information of the UE when the RRC is successfully established; the first eNB determines the RLF reason according to the RLF information. The disclosure solves the problem that the RLF reason cannot be judged accurately in the conventional art, and enables the network side to obtain more accurate and comprehensive information. |
| US09832659B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting control plane and user plane in wireless communication system
A method for and apparatus for supporting a control plane (C-plane) and a user plane (U-plane) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers is provided. A wireless device configures a cell for the U-plane to receive and transmit data, determines to enable a User Plane Reception Period (U-RP) corresponding to the cell for the U-plane, and determines to receive and transmit data with the cell for the U-plane during the enabled U-RP. The cell for the U-plane includes at least one or more serving cells, and the cell for the U-plane has a different frequency from a cell for the C-plane. |
| US09832658B2 |
Interference coordination by means of directional antenna beams in a wireless system
The disclosure relate to interference coordination in wireless communications. A first level station can obtain information for interference coordination with a second level station to protect the second level station from interference in arrangement where the second level station provides a smaller coverage area than the first level station and is at least partially located in the area of the first level station. Use of directional antenna beams by the first level station and/or communications by the second level station can then be controlled accordingly. |
| US09832648B2 |
Access control of geo-fenced services using co-located witnesses
A capability for providing access control for a geo-fenced service (GFS) is presented herein. In general, a GFS is a network-hosted service having associated therewith a spatial region within which the network-hosted service may be accessed. The spatial region of the GFS may be defined based on one or more witnesses co-located at a location of the spatial region within which the GFS may be accessed, which are associated with the GFS in order to support access control for the GFS. The capability for providing access control for the GFS, based on a request by a user device to access the GFS, uses one or more co-located witnesses associated with the GFS to verify the presence of the user device within the spatial region within which the GFS may be accessed before granting access by the user device to the GFS. |
| US09832645B2 |
System and method for unified authentication in communication networks
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising authenticating, by a server comprising a processor, a communication device to a first communication network, in accordance with authentication information stored in a first repository of the first communication network. The method also comprises determining, by the server, that a second communication network is accessible to the communication device. The method further comprises providing, by the server, the authentication information to a second repository of the second communication network in accordance with the determining, wherein the providing is performed independently of a request from the second communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09832644B2 |
Systems and methods for hybrid hardware authentication
A method for hybrid hardware authentication includes at a first electronic system having a capacitive touch sensor, detecting a capacitive hardware interaction between the hybrid hardware tool and the capacitive touch sensor; generating capacitive identification data based on the detected capacitive hardware interaction; at a second electronic system communicatively coupled to the first electronic system, detecting a short-range wireless interaction between the hybrid hardware tool and the second electronic system; generating wireless identification data based on the detected short-range wireless interaction; and at a third electronic system communicatively coupled to the first and second electronic systems, performing a first action based on a combination of the wireless identification data and the capacitive identification data. |
| US09832642B2 |
Simplified login for mobile devices
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to a simplified login for mobile devices. In aspects, on a first logon, a mobile device asks a user to enter credentials and a PIN. The credentials and PIN are sent to a server which validates user credentials. If the user credentials are valid, the server encrypts data that includes at least the user credentials and the PIN and sends the encrypted data to the mobile device. In subsequent logons, the user may logon using only the PIN. During login, the mobile device sends the PIN in conjunction with the encrypted data. The server can then decrypt the data and compare the received PIN with the decrypted PIN. If the PINs are equal, the server may grant access to a resource according to the credentials. |
| US09832639B2 |
Infrastructure coordinated media access control address assignment
Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association. |
| US09832638B2 |
Operating method for communication profile and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module configured to establish a communication channel to an external electronic device based on wired communications or short-range communications, a second communication module that supports a communication service provided via a base station; a control module configured to obtain a communication profile required for operating the second communication module using the external electronic device connected through the first communication module, and a memory configured to store the communication profile. |
| US09832637B2 |
Connection information sharing system, computer program, and connection information sharing method thereof
A connection information sharing system is applied in a mesh network environment which has at least one controlled device within. A connection information sharing method thereof includes the steps of: performing a transferring process, including: integrating a connection data to an integration data; converting the integration data to generate a connection code; performing a receiving process, including: reading the connection code; restoring the connection code to the integration data; and establishing a connection with the at least one controlled device via the integration data. |
| US09832631B2 |
Public safety system
The disclosure relates to a method for discovery by a non-discoverable first public safety user equipment (PS UE), of a discoverable second PS UE in a public safety system comprising a telecommunications network providing a public safety spectrum for wireless access of the first PS UE and the second PS UE. The method can comprise for the first non-discoverable PS UE: transmitting synchronization information for the second PS UE; receiving at least one proximity announcement from the second PS UE in accordance with the transmitted synchronization information. The disclosure also relates to a non-discoverable public safety user device configured for performing the method, and relates to a PS server system arranged for assisting in the discovery of PS UEs. |
| US09832630B2 |
Radio communication devices and methods for performing wireless peer-to-peer discovery
A mobile communication device may include a radio transceiver and a baseband processing circuit adapted to interact with the radio transceiver to transmit and receive radio signals. The baseband processing circuit may be configured to provide target criteria to a proxy discovery device, the target criteria characterizing a desired wireless connection of the mobile communication device, receive a proxy report from the proxy discovery device detailing discovery results that satisfy the target criteria, and select a provider device that satisfies the target criteria to establish a wireless connection with based on the proxy report. |
| US09832627B2 |
Method and system to include TETRA SS-LE member in public safety (PS) long term evolution group call service
Method and system to include a TETRA member (subscriber) in an ongoing PS-LTE group call using SS-LE, by mapping a plurality of specific SS-LE messages is disclosed. The embodiments herein enable TETRA SS-LE service to interwork with PS LTE GCS. The process involves the steps of queuing the TETRA call leg at the PS LTE GCS AS, informing the TETRA SwMI to activate SS-LE for a TETRA member, embedding a SS-LE PDU as a payload in the SIP messaging module, defining and interrogating a SS-LE service on a GCS AS via the authorized user on the TETRA SwMI or on the PS-LTE network. The TETRA member is connected to the ongoing group call through a gateway. The TETRA SwMI works as the TETRA core and the LTE to TETRA Gateway facilitates the process of message mapping and protocol conversion. |
| US09832626B2 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining a registration for an emergency service
The invention relates to a session control entity, subscription entity, methods and computer programs for transmitting a request to terminate a registration of a user, determining if the user is registered for an emergency service, for maintaining the user registered for the emergency service, if based on the determination the user is registered for the emergency service, and transmitting an indication indicating that the user is registered for an emergency service if based on the determination the user is registered for the emergency service. |
| US09832625B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating social discovery
A method for facilitating social discovery includes: obtaining, by a first device associated with a first user, device information associated with at least a second device from the second device; transmitting the device information associated with the second device to a social discovery platform; receiving, from the social discovery platform, user information associated with a second user of the second device in response to the device information associated with the second device; and displaying, to the first user, the user information associated with the second user. |
| US09832624B2 |
Information processing method, information processing device, and storage medium
An information processing method including: starting, by an information processing device, an application program designating a peripheral device type of a plurality of peripheral device types, each of the plurality of peripheral device types corresponding to each peripheral device set, the application program utilizing a specified peripheral device included in a specified peripheral device set to which the designated peripheral device type corresponds, detecting at least one peripheral device that is configured to cooperate with the information processing device, determining the specified peripheral device of the designated peripheral device type, from among the detected at least one peripheral device, and obtaining a specified driver program for utilizing the determined specified peripheral device, wherein the application program utilizes the determined specified peripheral device based on the obtained specified driver program. |
| US09832622B2 |
Systems and methods for device-dependent image transformations
Techniques to allow for optimizing an image based on an operational context. An operational context including at least one attribute of a client associated with a user of a social networking system is determined. An optimized image is created based on the operational context for provision to the user. The determining the operational context may comprise receiving a client identifier and determining the at least one attribute of the client based on the client identifier. The determining the operational context may comprise receiving location coordinates and determining quality of a data connection based on the location coordinates. The determining the operational context may comprise determining at least one usage trend in at least one geographic locality. The optimized image is provided to an image repository associated with the at least one geographic locality. The operational context may comprise at least one user-defined setting. |
| US09832617B1 |
Using periodic magnetometer signals for indoor navigation
Systems and techniques are described that can be used to determine a number of levels of a multilevel building crossed by a mobile device, that is carried by a user during an elevator trip, based on characteristics of a periodic magnetometer signal. The periodic magnetometer signal is formed, by a magnetometer of the mobile device, in response to the magnetometer traversing a portion of an iron-based periodic structure corresponding to the number of levels of the multilevel building during the elevator trip. |
| US09832614B2 |
Method, server and terminal for information interaction
It is provided a method, a server and a terminal for information interaction. One method for information interaction includes the following steps: obtaining, at a server, position information of a first terminal in a social network, direction information of the first terminal shooting a scene image, and an information search range corresponding to the first terminal; searching, at the server, for an information collection in the information search range corresponding to the first terminal in the social network according to the position information of the first terminal and the direction information of the first terminal shooting the scene image; and sending, at the server, the information collection to the first terminal so that the first terminal displays the information collection in the scene image shot by the first terminal. |
| US09832610B2 |
System for collecting, analyzing, and transmitting information relevant to transportation networks
When individual persons or vehicles move through a transportation network, they are likely to be both actively and passively creating information that reflects their location and current behavior. In this patent, we propose a system that makes complete use of this information. First, through a broad web of sensors, our system collects and stores the full range of information generated by travelers. Next, through the use of previously-stored data and active computational analysis, our system deduces the identity of individual travelers. Finally; using advanced data-mining technology, our system selects useful information and transmits it back to the individual, as well as to third-party users; in short, it forms the backbone for a variety of useful location-related end-user applications. |
| US09832607B2 |
Method of processing beacon of electronic device and electronic device thereof
A method and an electronic device for processing a beacon are provided. The method includes receiving identification information of a beacon signal from a beacon transmitter in a geo-fence; comparing the received identification information of the beacon signal with beacon link information stored in the electronic device; and executing, according to a result of the comparison, a predetermined function based on stored beacon link information corresponding to the identification information of the beacon signal. |
| US09832606B1 |
Modifying user service environments
Technology is described for modifying user service environments. A geographical location of a mobile device may be received. The geographical location of the mobile device may trigger a modification to a user service environment that is associated with the mobile device. The user service environment may be modified based on the geographical location of the mobile device. |
| US09832605B1 |
Location based services for exigent circumstances
Systems and methods for developing, deploying, providing, and/or operating location-based services are disclosed. A computer system receives a search request for location information associated with a wireless device. The search request is received from a requesting party, such as an investigator or law enforcement officer. The search request includes an indication of exigent circumstances. A service provider associated with the wireless device is identified. A notification message is generated comprising information associated with the search request. The notification message is provided to at least one notification party, who is other than the requesting party. When approval is received from the notification party, location information is obtained from the service provider. The location information may be provided to the notification party. When approval is received from the notification party, the location information is provided to the requesting party. |
| US09832601B1 |
Pairing and attestation of proximal devices
A host device to pair with a modular device includes an environmental data collection system to provide motion data, and a data analysis circuit to filter the motion data to provide motion information. The data analysis circuit further to detect anomalies in the motion data to provide anomaly data. The host device further including a pairing system to determine whether the host device is proximate to the modulate device based on a comparison of the motion information with received motion information from the modular device. The pairing circuit is further to pair with the modular device responsive to a match between a key and a received key from the modular device. The host device further including a key generator to generate the key based on a comparison between the anomaly data and received anomaly data from the modular device responsive to a determination that the modular device is proximate. |
| US09832599B2 |
Method of sharing data between electronic devices
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of sharing data between devices, comprising determining an event at each of first and second devices, determining a time of the event at each of the first and second devices based on data wirelessly received at the first and second devices, and associating the first and second devices via a communication protocol to enable data communication therebetween if a time derived from an identifier of at least one of the devices used in the association is within a predetermined window of the time of the event at the other device. |
| US09832596B2 |
Wireless docking architecture
In one example, a method includes performing, by a wireless dockee (WD), a plurality of operations to wirelessly dock with a wireless docking center (WDC) such that the WD may access one or more peripheral functions (PFs) associated with the WDC. In this example, the WD includes a docking service, an application service platform (ASP), and one or more peripheral services that each correspond to at least one PF of the one or more PFs associated with the WDC. In this example, the method also includes interfacing, by the docking service and with the ASP, to perform a first subset of the plurality of operations, and interfacing, by the docking service and with the one or more peripheral services, to perform a second subset of the plurality of operations. |
| US09832592B2 |
Radio communication device and radio communication method
A radio communication device including: a first memory to store a plurality of program modules into which a first program is divided, the first program providing a first radio access technology (RAT), a second memory to store a second program providing a second RAT for executing, a first processor to input a command to a second processor when a RAT used by the radio communication device is changed from the second RAT to the first RAT, the second processor to execute a program or a program module that is stored in the second memory, wherein the first processor predicts the command based on a communication state of the radio communication device, selects at least one preferential program module among the plurality of program modules based on the predicted command, and controls to load the at least one preferential program module from the first memory to the second memory preferentially. |
| US09832590B2 |
Audio program playback calibration based on content creation environment
Embodiments are described for a method of rendering an audio program by receiving, in a renderer of a playback system, the audio program and a target response representing desired characteristics of the playback environment, deriving a playback environment response based on characteristics of the playback environment, comparing the target response to the playback environment response to generate a set of correction settings, and applying the correction settings to the audio program so that the audio program is rendered according to the characteristics of the target response. The target response may be based on audio characteristics in a creation environment. |
| US09832589B2 |
Method for generating filter for audio signal, and parameterization device for same
The present invention relates to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal and a parameterization device for the same, and more particularly, to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, to implement filtering of an input audio signal with a low computational complexity, and a parameterization device therefor.To this end, provided are a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, including: receiving at least one binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of an input audio signal; converting the BRIR filter coefficients into a plurality of subband filter coefficients; obtaining average reverberation time information of a corresponding subband by using reverberation time information extracted from the subband filter coefficients; obtaining at least one coefficient for curve fitting of the obtained average reverberation time information; obtaining flag information indicating whether the length of the BRIR filter coefficients in a time domain is more than a predetermined value; obtaining filter order information for determining a truncation length of the subband filter coefficients, the filter order information being obtained by using the average reverberation time information or the at least one coefficient according to the obtained flag information and the filter order information of at least one subband being different from filter order information of another subband; and truncating the subband filter coefficient by using the obtained filter order information and a parameterization device therefor. |
| US09832586B2 |
Vehicle and control method for the same
A vehicle and a control method of the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a first controller that is configured to provide a media sound source via a first virtual speaker. Additionally, the apparatus includes a second controller that is configured to provide the event sound source via a second virtual speaker, which is formed in a layer different from the first virtual speaker, when an event sound source is input. |
| US09832585B2 |
Audio signal processing method and apparatus
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesize an object signal and a channel signal and effectively perform binaural rendering of the synthesized signal.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal, which includes: receiving an input audio signal including a multi-channel signal; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for filtering the input audio signal, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least some of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal and the length of the truncated subband filter coefficients being determined based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients; obtaining vector information indicating the BRIR filter coefficients corresponding to each channel of the input audio signal; and filtering each subband signal of the multi-channel signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and subband based on the vector information and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same. |
| US09832583B2 |
Enhancement of audio captured by multiple microphones at unspecified positions
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for steering a camera and enhancing audio captured by microphones at unspecified positions. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving audio captured by the plurality of microphones at a location and receiving video captured of a scene that includes the plurality of microphones captured by a first camera at a first camera position. The method further provides identifying the plurality of microphones in the scene and determining physical positions of the plurality of microphones at the location relative to the first camera position. The method then provides adjusting the audio based on the physical positions of the plurality of microphones. |
| US09832580B2 |
Detachable filter member for hearing aid device
A replaceable filter member for a hearing aid device is disclosed. The filter member comprising an unit with a housing configured to be inserted into the ear canal of a user of the hearing aid device. The filter member is configured to prevent ear wax from entering an opening in the housing. The filter member is a one-piece body that is configured to cover several openings in the unit while being attached to the unit. |
| US09832576B2 |
Partner microphone unit and a hearing system comprising a partner microphone unit
A partner microphone unit comprising a) a multitude microphones for picking up a sound from the environment providing corresponding electric input signals, each comprising a target signal component and a noise signal component; b) a multi-input unit noise reduction system for providing an estimate Ŝ of the target sound s comprising the person's voice and comprising a multi-input beamformer filtering unit coupled to said input units and configured to determine filter weights for providing a beamformed signal, wherein signal components from other directions than a direction of the target signal source are attenuated, whereas signal components from the direction of the target signal source are left un-attenuated; c) antenna and transceiver circuitry for establishing an audio link to another device; and wherein the multi-input beamformer filtering unit comprises an adaptive beamformer is provided. |
| US09832573B2 |
Entrained microphones
In some embodiments, a microphone system may include a deformable element that may be made of a material that is subject to deformation in response to external phenomenon. Sensing ports may be in contact with a respective region of the deformable element and may be configured to sense a deformation of a region of the deformable element and generate a signal in response thereto. The plurality of signals may be useable to determine spatial dependencies of the external phenomenon. The external phenomenon may be pressure and the signals may be useable to determine spatial dependencies of the pressure. |
| US09832572B2 |
Electroactive sound transducer foil having a structured surface
An electroactive sound transducer foil includes a composite foil made up of at least one carrier foil, at least one first and one second electrode, and at least one piezoelectric layer including an electroactive polymer, the surface of the sound transducer foil including a structuring having different slopes, and the slope of the sound transducer foil surface changing the sign at least twice. |
| US09832570B2 |
Special sound producing device
A special sound producing device which is loaded in a vehicle, and provides information to a vehicle crew by a special sound, includes a plurality of speakers which become the power sources of the special sound, and a control unit which generates frequency signals to make the special sound output from the plurality of speakers respectively, wherein when one information to be transmitted to the vehicle crew is transmitted by the special sound from the plurality of speakers, the control unit makes the frequencies of the frequency signals, the sound pressures of the special sound or the output timings to the speakers of the frequency signals to be different among the plurality of speakers. |
| US09832568B2 |
Apparatus for labeling inputs of an audio mixing console system
An audio mixing console labeling system may include an audio mixing console having a processor and configured to receive an audio signal at a first input port from one of a microphone and a musical instrument, the first input port being associated with a first channel of the audio mixing console, receive a label signal including a channel label to be assigned to the first channel from a remote device, and assign the channel label to the first channel in response to receiving the audio signal at the first input port. |
| US09832559B2 |
Providing isolation from distractions
An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset. |
| US09832558B2 |
Anti-shock self-powered microphone and monitor system for wind instruments and a mount therefor
An anti-shock self-powered microphone and monitor system for wind or brass instruments includes a mounting basket and mounting ring, a microphone and microphone mount disposed within the mounting ring, and a wired or wireless personal monitor connected to the microphone. One filament fastens the microphone within the mounting ring by engaging a mounting ring coupling attached to the mounting ring and the microphone mount. Another filament fastens the mounting ring coupling to a bell mounting coupling thereby providing for removeably attaching the system to a bell of a wind or brass instrument. The mounting basket is adaptable in size to accommodate the attachment of the mounting basket to the bell of a saxophone, trumpet, a plurality of brass instruments a wide array of instruments such as, for example the bell of a clarinet, a saxophone, a trumpet, a trombone, a tuba and a sousaphone. |
| US09832556B2 |
Microphone device and microphone stand
There are provided a microphone stand having a connector supporting groove, and a microphone body supported by the microphone stand as a result of insertion of a connector case into the connector supporting groove. A resilient conductive cloth which comes into contact with the connector case is arranged in the connector supporting groove, with the connector case inserted in the connector supporting groove. The conductive cloth is preferably arranged in a ring shape along a lower bottom portion of the annularly formed connector supporting groove. This configuration mitigates rattling generated between the connector supporting groove and the connector case, thereby suppressing generation of a vibration noise due to microphone shaking. |
| US09832552B2 |
Locking a polarization-insensitive optical receiver
An optical receiver is described. Using silicon-photonic components that support a single polarization, the output of an optical receiver is independent of the polarization of an optical signal. In particular, using a polarization-diversity technique, the two orthogonal polarizations in a single-mode optical fiber are split in two and processed independently. For example, the two optical signals may be provided by a polarization-splitting grating coupler. Subsequently, a redistribution element provides mixtures of the two optical signals. Next, a wavelength channel in the two mixed optical signals is selected using a wavelength-selective filter (for example, using ring-resonator drop filters or an echelle grating) and converted into an electrical signal at an optical detector (such as a photodetector) to achieve polarization-independent operation. |
| US09832549B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for subsea optical to electrical distribution
The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for subsea optical to electrical distribution. The present invention comprises one or more routing units adapted to convert optical signals to electrical signals and route the converted electrical signals to an appropriate end device. The routing unit is a compact device that may be installed without the use of heavy equipment. |
| US09832548B2 |
Flexible behavior modification during restoration in optical networks
Systems and methods of flexible behavior modification of a service implemented in a node during restoration in an optical network include provisioning the service on a home route with a first set of attributes; defining one or more protect routes in the network for the service, wherein each of the one or more protect routes have a corresponding set of attributes which differs from the first set of attributes; and, responsive to restoration of the service, determining a protect route of the one or more protect routes to restore the service and changing the service to have the corresponding set of attributes while on the protect route. |
| US09832547B2 |
Association functionality in a mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition
A mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition is provided. The device includes a sensor module for monitoring the condition and producing sensor module data relating to the condition. A first transceiver component receives network manager data from a local network manager and may transmit sensor module data to the network manager for remote monitoring by a server. An associator component compares the network manager data with the sensor module data. If they approximate each other, an association with the local network manager is established, during which geographical location data of the local network manager is included in the network manager data. The association is dissolved if the network manager data no longer approximates the sensor module data, after which an inertial navigation component incrementally estimates a geographical location of the monitoring device using the previously received geographical location data and subsequent sensor module inertial navigation data. |
| US09832546B2 |
Monitoring system for photovoltaic power generation and communication method therefor
This monitoring system for photovoltaic power generation includes: a first to n-th power collecting systems each for supplying a power conditioner with collected outputs from plural photovoltaic panels via a connection box; slave devices provided for connection boxes respectively belonging to the first to n-th power collecting systems, each slave device collecting measurement information about power generation and transmitting the collected measurement information by use of a direct current electrical path of the power collecting system thereof; a master device provided at a power collection end on an inlet side of the power conditioner to obtain the measurement information; a system selection unit for selecting one power collecting system upon reception of a selection signal from the master device and causing power line communication to be performed by use of a direct current electrical path of the selected power collecting system; and a monitoring device connected to the master device. |
| US09832543B1 |
Parallel signal processing system and method
A system and method for processing a plurality of channels, for example audio channels, in parallel is provided. For example, a plurality of telephony channels are processed in order to detect and respond to call progress tones. The channels may be processed according to a common transform algorithm. Advantageously, a massively parallel architecture is employed, in which operations on many channels are synchronized, to achieve a high efficiency parallel processing environment. The parallel processor may be situated on a data bus, separate from a main general purpose processor, or integrated with the processor in a common board or integrated device. All, or a portion of a speech processing algorithm may also be performed in a massively parallel manner. |
| US09832538B2 |
Synchronizing broadcast timeline metadata
There are instances of a content item having synchronization information, one being an instance of a reference content item, another being a candidate content item. A synchronizing processor determines a synchronization point between the reference content item and the candidate content item, on the basis of matching the synchronization information of the reference content item and the candidate content item. A timeline metadata transmitter transmits stored timeline metadata to a device on which the reference content item is playing, the transmission of the stored timeline metadata beginning from the synchronization point. The stored timeline metadata includes timeline metadata that has been previously aggregated from earlier broadcasts of instances of the reference content item. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described. |
| US09832536B2 |
Method and set top box for use in a multimedia system
A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response. |
| US09832532B1 |
Interactive save and purchase of content and products
Advertisements are presented to users via one or more delivery methods, such as a cable-television network and the Internet. An interactive product information screen allows the user to review information about a product to be purchased and, if desired, save purchase information associated with the user and the product at a central server. Subsequently, the user requests to review the saved purchase information either via the cable-television network or the Internet and can complete the transaction using either avenue. |
| US09832531B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a program as a gift using an interactive application
A television message system is provided that allows users at user television devices that are connected to a television distribution facility to transmit messages to each other relating to a television program or other suitable subject. The television message system permits users to participate in evaluations, contests, promotions, and surveys related to a television program while watching that television program. The television message system also permits users to compose and send a message to a television program entity. Users can send massages through the television message system to users at personal computers who are connected to the user's television distribution facility through a communications network. The television message system also allows a user to purchase a gift related to television programming for a recipient. The gift may be an electronic gift certificate for pay-per-view programming. The television message system may be based on an interactive television program guide or a set-top box application implemented on a set-top box. |
| US09832530B2 |
Reduce blue light at set-top box to assist with sleep
In some embodiments, a method, system, or computer-readable storage device including instructions for reducing the blue light component of displayed video can include one or more of the following features: receiving, at a set-top box, a video signal having a white color balance, the white color balance including a red component value. The set-top box can determine that the current time is after a threshold night value and before a threshold morning value and, based on that, adjust the white color balance of the video signal to increase the red component value. The set-top box can then transmit the video signal with the adjusted white color balance to a display device. |
| US09832527B2 |
System and a method for distributing content via static channel assignment in a mobile content gateway
A method for distributing video content to at least one mobile device (411-413) at a customer premises (140) system comprising a plurality of stationary devices (421-423) capable of receiving the video content from at least one content provider (160). The method comprises the steps of: receiving, at the stationary devices (421-423), requests to tune a tuner (512, 513) of the stationary device (421-423) to a requested channel received from the content provider (160); outputting the content, of the channel tuned to by at least one stationary device (421-423), to a mobile content gateway (414) at the customer premises (140) system; handling, at the mobile content gateway (414), a list of video channels (611) comprising data associating each channel of the list with a stationary device (421-423); sending, from the mobile content gateway (414), to the at least one stationary device (421-423) requests to tune to channels assigned according to the list of video channels (611); preparing at least one single-program stream from the content received from the at least one stationary device (421-423); outputting, from the mobile content gateway (414), the at least one single-program stream as at least one adaptive stream; and providing the at least one adaptive stream to the at least one mobile device (411-413) over a wireless data transmission interface. |
| US09832521B2 |
Latency and efficiency for remote display of non-media content
Techniques related to encoding image content for transmission and display via a remote device with improved latency and efficiency are discussed. Such techniques may include skipping one or more of frame capture, encode, packetization, and transmission for a frame based on a skip indicator. One or more selective updates may be captured for the skipped frame and integrated into an encode of a subsequent non-skipped frame, which may be packetized and transmitted for to the remote device for presentment to a user. |
| US09832519B2 |
Interactive video distribution system and video player utilizing a client server architecture
An interactive video distribution system and video player are described. A client server arrangement may be used for providing a video player and video content to a client device. The video player may display navigation images enabling navigation to specific portions of the video content by activating a corresponding navigation image. The video player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video with other video players, enabling the video players to play the streamed segment of the video without having to play the entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage. The video player may be embeddable. The server may associate searchable tags with respective video segments. |
| US09832512B2 |
Display device for a vehicle
A display device for a vehicle includes a housing, a display screen, and at least one functional unit, including an operating element, each being a switch unit or a communication unit, adapted to be releasably coupled to the housing and includes an insertion portion and an operating element support portion supporting the respective operating element, and a first contact arrangement provided on the insertion portion and electrically coupled to the operating element. The housing includes at least one functional unit coupling arrangement, each adapted to be selectively and releasably coupled to at least one of the at least one functional unit and including a cavity inside the housing for receiving the insertion portion of the at least one functional unit, a second contact arrangement in the cavity, a retaining means, and an opening in an exterior wall of the housing communicating the cavity with the exterior of the housing. |
| US09832509B2 |
Mobile device and method for controlling mobile device for customizing advertisement messages displayed on signage device
A method for controlling a mobile device is provided. The method includes displaying list information including a first source device and a second source device, receiving a signal for selecting a specific source device using the list information, generating content to be distributed when the specific source device is the first source device, grouping at least one display device communicable with the specific source device into a group and displaying graphic data corresponding to the group or graphic data corresponding to each display device belonging to the group, receiving a signal for selecting at least one display device using the graphic data, and transmitting the generated content to the at least one selected display device. |
| US09832507B2 |
System and method for synchronizing media output devices connected on a network
A media output device operates to receive audio and/or video data for a content item. The audio and/or video data can be communicated from another device over a network. The output device generates an audio or video output for the content item based on the audio or video data. While receiving the audio or video data, the output device determines an instance of time that is synchronized to an external clock reference. The output device also determines an output correction to perform based at least in part on the synchronized instance of time. The output device adjusts the output to include the output correction. |
| US09832504B2 |
Event-based content distribution
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for distributing content are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes storing, in a data structure, data specifying a future live event. An opportunity to provide the specified content to a user at a user device is identified. It is determined that (i) a time of the opportunity is between a start time and an end time for the live event, (ii) that a user device is located in a same geographic region as the live event based on geographical data provided by the user device, and (iii) the user is interested in the live event based on attributes of the user matching attributes of other users that were identified as interested in the live event (e.g., based on evaluation of online search data). The content is provided for display at the user device. |
| US09832500B2 |
System for enabling a virtual theater
The disclosed virtual theater system includes capture devices for capturing video and audio of a live event and converting the video and audio into a data stream. The system also includes a production center for receiving the data stream and compressing the data stream to generate a compressed data stream, for determining the number of one or more viewing devices subscribed or reserved to view the live event, and for determining data bandwidth consumption characteristics of the one or more viewing devices. Also included is a server for receiving the compressed data stream, the number of one or more viewing devices, and the data bandwidth consumption characteristics from the production center over a network. The server also duplicates and divides the compressed data stream out to the one or more viewing devices depending on the number of viewing devices subscribed or reserved (cyberseats reserved) to view the live event. |
| US09832498B2 |
Synchronizing the storing of streaming video
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for synchronizing video are described. The system captures video data with a camera, the video data including a first video data segment and a second video data segment. When a network between the camera and a hub is insufficient to allow downstream real-time streaming of the video data, the system stores the first video data segment on a first storage. When the network is sufficient to allow downstream real-time streaming of the video data, the system transfers the second video data segment from the camera to the hub, reads the first video data segment from the first storage, and transfers the first video data segment to the hub. The system stores the video data segments onto a second storage such that a non-real-time playback from the second storage shows the first video data segment and the second video data segment in sequence. |
| US09832496B2 |
Methods and apparatus for crediting a media presentation device
Methods and apparatus for crediting a media presentation device are disclosed. An example method includes detecting whether encoded information is present in audio obtained from a media device during a time period. Determining an on/off state of the media device based on a gain level applied by an automatic gain controller during collection of the audio. Crediting the media device with presenting media during the time period when the encoded information is detected irrespective of the on/off state determined for the media device, and not crediting the media device with presenting the media during the time period when the encoded information is not detected and the on/off state determined for the media device is an off state. |
| US09832492B2 |
Distribution of adaptive bit rate video streaming via hyper-text transfer protocol
A system, method and apparatus of distributing a video stream is provided. At a publishing point relay, a plurality of video files encoded from a portion of the video stream from a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) video encoding device are received. Each of the encoded video files having a different bit-rate, the encoded video files received using a protocol for transferring files. Edge publishing point servers are determined that are registered with the publishing point relay to distribute the audio/video stream. Each of the encoded video files received by the publishing point relay are relayed to each of the determined edge publishing points as each video file is received from the HTTP ABR video encoding device. |
| US09832490B2 |
Set-top box, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment
A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes is provided and each set-top box includes an identification corresponding to the room in which the set-top box is placed. Each set-top box includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of set-top box identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. The location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets. |
| US09832486B2 |
Method and apparatus for improved entropy encoding and decoding
Methods and apparatus are provided for improved entropy encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder (200) for encoding at least a block in a picture by transforming a residue of the block to obtain transform coefficients, quantizing the transform coefficients to obtain quantized transform coefficients, and entropy coding the quantized transform coefficients. The quantized transform coefficients are encoded using a flag to indicate that a current one of the quantized transform coefficients being processed is a last non-zero coefficient for the block having a value greater than or equal to a specified value. |
| US09832484B2 |
Still block detection in a video sequence
A video display system is configured to receive a sequence of image frames. Each frame is divided into a set of blocks. A center of mass is calculated for each block in a first frame and is saved for all blocks in the first frame. A center of mass is calculated for each block in a second frame. Motion between the first frame and the second frame is detected by comparing the center of mass of each block in the second frame to the center of mass of the corresponding block in the first frame, in which a still block is detected when a corresponding block in the first frame and the second frame have a same center of mass, and in which motion in a block is detected when a corresponding block in the first frame and the second frame have a different center of mass. |
| US09832482B2 |
Method for storing motion information and method for inducing temporal motion vector predictor using same
A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit. |
| US09832481B2 |
Support of base layer of a different codec in multi-layer video coding
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory and a processor. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with an enhancement layer (EL) and a corresponding reference layer (RL). The processor is configured to: code an EL picture in a current access unit (AU), the EL coded using a first standard that is different from a second standard that is used to code the RL, wherein the coding of the EL picture is based on information associated with a RL picture in the current access unit, the information associated with the RL picture provided by an external means and consisting of: (1) decoded sample values of the RL picture; (2) a representation format of the RL picture; and (3) an indication of whether the RL picture is an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture. |
| US09832480B2 |
Moving picture coding method, moving picture decoding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: coding, using a motion vector, a current block to be coded; generating a plurality of predictive motion vectors; and coding the motion vector using one of the predictive motion vectors, and when a co-located block included in a coded picture and co-located with the current block has two reference motion vectors and reference directions of the two reference motion vectors are the same, a first prediction vector is generated using a first reference motion vector and a second prediction vector is generated using a second reference motion vector in the generating of a plurality of predictive motion vectors. |
| US09832478B2 |
Video encoding method and apparatus for determining size of parallel motion estimation region based on encoding related information and related video decoding method and apparatus
One exemplary video encoding method has the following steps: determining a size of a parallel motion estimation region according to encoding related information; and encoding a plurality of pixels by at least performing motion estimation based on the size of the parallel motion estimation region. One exemplary video decoding method has the following steps: decoding a video parameter stream to obtain a decoded size of a parallel motion estimation region; checking validity of the decoded size of the parallel motion estimation region, and accordingly generating a checking result; when the checking result indicates that the decoded size of the parallel motion estimation region is invalid, entering an error handling process to decide a size of the parallel motion estimation; and decoding a plurality of pixels by at least performing motion estimation based on the decided size of the parallel motion estimation region. |
| US09832473B2 |
Moving picture encoding method and decoding method with motion vectors of blocks adjacent to target blocks and motion vectors at a same position to target blocks in other frames
Decoding method for a moving picture included in a coded stream, including: determining whether a prediction mode (PM) of a target block (TB) is a PM in which motion vector (MV) is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, based on coded stream included information; and executing a decoding process when the PM of the TB is determined as the PM in which MV is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, wherein a calculation method of a MV used in the second step is selected among plural calculation methods including at least: a first method to select one MV among MVs used in plural adjacent blocks adjacent to the TB; and a second method to calculate a MV based on a MV used in a block that is located at the same position as the TB in another frame positioned backward of a frame including the TB. |
| US09832471B2 |
Description encoding/decoding of information from a graphic information unit
Systems and methods for encoding information in a graphic information unit. The methods comprise: determining an outer contour of the graphic information unit; and encoding information with an at least two-dimensional code in at least one area located solely within the outer contour. The encoding is applied to image elements of the graphic information unit. |
| US09832469B2 |
Coding apparatus, coding method, and storage medium
In order to prevent such inconvenience that the effect of improving the image quality by allocating a large amount of code to an intra picture is lost in intra blocks included in an inter picture so that the image quality of the inter picture is deteriorated, a coding apparatus for coding an image on a block-by-block basis includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a coding complexity of an intra picture and a coding complexity of an inter picture, the intra picture and the inter picture having been coded previous to the image, and a determination unit configured to determine a quantization parameter, which is used to code each block targeted for coding in the image, based on a picture type and a block type of the image and the coding complexities of the intra picture and the inter picture acquired by the acquisition unit. |
| US09832465B2 |
Image encoding device and image decoding device
An image encoding device includes a first prediction parameter determination section (53) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a first group, a prediction parameter from a basic set; a second prediction parameter determination section (55) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a second group, a prediction parameter from a reduced set (i) including at least a part of the prediction parameter(s) selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) is constituted by a prediction parameter(s), the number of which is not more than the number of prediction parameters included in the basic set; and a prediction parameter encoding section (243) for encoding (i) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the second prediction parameter determination section (55). |
| US09832463B2 |
Robust encoding and decoding of pictures in video
The present embodiments introduce a new type of random access point in video bitstreams that can be used for random access operations but can be represented in encoded form at a lower bit cost as compared to IRAP pictures. The random access point is a dependent random access point (DRAP) picture that is encoded and decoded as a temporal predictive picture using an IRAP picture and/or a previous, according to a decoding order, DRAP picture as sole reference picture(s) for the DRAP picture. The DRAP picture constitutes a random access point in a video bitstream. |
| US09832462B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting reference picture index of temporal merging candidate
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced. |
| US09832456B2 |
Multiscale depth estimation using depth from defocus
To extend the working range of depth from defocus (DFD) particularly on small depth of field (DoF) images, DFD is performed on an image pair at multiple spatial resolutions and the depth estimates are then combined. Specific implementations construct a Gaussian pyramid for each image of an image pair, perform DFD on the corresponding pair of images at each level of the two image pyramids, convert DFD depth scores to physical depth values using calibration curves generated for each level, and combine the depth values from all levels in a coarse-to-fine manner to obtain a final depth map that covers the entire depth range of the scene. |
| US09832455B2 |
Stereo camera and automatic range finding method for measuring a distance between stereo camera and reference plane
An automatic range finding method is applied to measure a distance between a stereo camera and a reference plane. The automatic range finding method includes acquiring a disparity-map video by the stereo camera facing the reference plane, analyzing the disparity-map video to generate a depth histogram, selecting a pixel group having an amount greater than a threshold from the depth histogram, calculating the distance between the stereo camera and the reference plane by weight transformation of the pixel group, and applying a coarse-to-fine computation for the disparity-map video. |
| US09832452B1 |
Robust user detection and tracking
Systems and approaches are provided for robustly detecting and tracking a user. Image data can be captured and processed to provide an estimated position and/or orientation of the user. Other sensor data, such as from an accelerometer and/or gyroscope, can be determined for a more robust estimation of the user's position and/or orientation. Multiple user detection processes and/or motion estimation approaches and their corresponding confidence levels can also be combined to determine a final estimated position and orientation of the user. The multiple user pose estimations and/or motion estimations can be combined via an approach such as probabilistic system modeling and maximum likelihood estimation. |
| US09832451B2 |
Methods for reduced-bandwidth wireless 3D video transmission
A method for reduced-bandwidth wireless 3D video transmission includes receiving initial first-eye frame data, reprojecting the initial first-eye frame data to the second eye (which creates initial second-eye frame data), receiving sensor data; time-warping the initial first-eye and second-eye frame data, and receiving next second-eye frame data S140. The method can additionally or alternatively include perspective warping the initial first-eye frame data; reprojecting the next second-eye frame data to the first eye (which creates next first-eye frame data); performing infilling on the next first-eye frame data with the perspective-warped initial first-eye frame data; time-warping the next first-eye and second-eye frame data; and/or encoding transmitted frame data with sensor data. |
| US09832446B2 |
Method, device and system for packing color frame and original depth frame
A method, device and system for packing a color frame and an original depth frame to obtain a packed frame are disclosed. The color frame is corresponding to the original depth frame, and the packed frame is to be displayed on a screen. The method for packing the color frame and the original depth frame includes the steps of: resizing the original depth frame to obtain a resized depth frame; and combining the color frame and the resized depth frame to obtain the packed frame. The center of the color frame is displayed in the central area of the screen. |
| US09832445B2 |
Stereoscopic image display system, disparity conversion device, disparity conversion method, and program
To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner.A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps. The image conversion unit 250 performs shift processing for shifting the relative positions of the left and right images of the input image in the horizontal direction as first step image conversion, for example. The image conversion unit 250 performs scaling processing for performing enlargement/reduction of the entire screen with each center of the left and right images as a reference, as second step image conversion, for example. |
| US09832442B2 |
System and method of managing multiple video players executing on multiple devices
Systems, devices and methods are provided to arbitrate network bandwidth that is shared between multiple video players executing concurrently on one or more client platforms that each have at least one video data stream supplied over a data network. An amount of bandwidth available from the data network is determined. An arbitration module calculates whether the selected video players can sustain a video playback quality above a pre-defined threshold using the determined amount of bandwidth available, and a modify playback message is sent to at least one video player when the video playback quality is not sustainable. Various implementations could prioritize bandwidth based upon the content presented so that high-bandwidth scenes (e.g., action sequences) receive more bandwidth than more static scenes. |
| US09832439B2 |
Device for determining principal facial image in photographic image, and method and program for controlling same
Disclosed are a device for determining a principal facial image in a captured image capable of determining a person participating in a specific event as a principal person among multiple captured images, a control method and a control program therefor, and a recording medium storing the control program. Multiple captured image P1 and the like are grouped by event, and a captured image group G1 and the like are obtained. Face detection is performed on the captured images for each of the captured image group G1 and the like, a facial image F1 and the like are obtained, and a plurality of facial image group FG1 and the like are obtained. In each of the facial image group FG1 and the like, a principal facial image RF1 and the like are obtained. A facial image of a person who participates only in a specific event can be determined as a principal facial image, and an electronic album where the person of the principal facial image is a main character can be generated. |
| US09832438B2 |
Systems and methods for light field modeling techniques for multi-modulation displays
Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. over time—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed. |
| US09832434B2 |
Method for activating a deflection device for a projection device, a deflection device for a projection device, and a projection device
A method for activating a deflection device comprising at least one deflection unit, for a projection device for projecting trajectories upon a projection surface, wherein the deflection device deflects electromagnetic radiation which is directed upon it, for producing trajectories, and the at least one deflection unit is activated by way of an activation signal delivered from a control device, for producing oscillations in each case with a turning amplitude at a direction change of the oscillation, about at least one deflection axis, wherein in the case of resonance, the oscillations have a maximal amplitude, at which the produced trajectories reach an edge of the projection surface. The activation signal is set in a manner such that the turning amplitude of the oscillations at least temporarily has a predefined value outside a region of the maximal amplitude of the oscillations, and an intensity distribution of the produced trajectories on the projection surface is achieved with a predefined intensity pattern. The document moreover relates to a deflection device as well as to a projection device. |
| US09832433B2 |
Laser light source, method for controlling dual color wheels of light source, and laser projection device
A laser light source is provided. The laser light source includes: a laser device; a first color wheel and a second color wheel, on both of which there are corresponding color regions, wherein the laser device emits laser which illuminates the first color wheel and the second color wheel sequentially, and exits from the color regions on the second color wheel; a first marker and a second marker arranged respectively on the first and the second color wheels; a first sensor configured to detect the first marker, and to generate a first sense signal; a second sensor configured to detect the second marker, and to generate a second sense signal; and a control unit configured to synchronize the first color wheel and the second color wheel. |
| US09832432B2 |
Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A control apparatus includes a depth information acquirer (3) which acquires depth information of an object image, a position attitude acquirer (8) which acquires position information or attitude information of an apparatus, and an image processor (7, 9) which generates three-dimensional information based on information relating to an optical vibration-proof state of the apparatus, the depth information, and the position information or the attitude information. |
| US09832431B2 |
Public view monitor with tamper deterrent and security
The present invention provides a device, comprising one or more embedded tamper deterrent and security systems that trigger an alarm if the device is tampered. |
| US09832430B2 |
Device having built-in digital data device powered by unlimited power source for light device
A device having built-in digital data means is powered by an unlimited power source for a lamp-holder, LED bulb, or light device connected to unlimited power source by prongs or a base that can be inserted into a socket that would otherwise receiving a bulb. The device may take the form of a webcam having auto tracking functions and retractable prongs that plug directly into a wall outlet. |
| US09832429B2 |
Shared vehicle camera
A camera is attached to a first vehicle and directed away from the first vehicle in order to capture images of object that are near or which approach the first vehicle, including a second vehicle configured to receive and process image data. Data representing images that are captured by the camera of the first vehicle are transmitted to a second vehicle. The image data from the first vehicle is used to provide images of the exterior of the second vehicle from the perspective of the first vehicle. |
| US09832423B2 |
Displaying concurrently presented versions in web conferences
A method of providing a number of versions of a presentation in a web conference may comprise streaming at least two different versions of a presentation associated with a web conference over a network to at least one client device, and providing an option to the client device to view an alternative one of the versions. An associated computing system and computer program product are also described. Finally, a method of viewing a number of versions of a web conference presentation in a web conference may comprise, with a client device, joining a web conference presented over a network, and switching between at least two different versions of the presentation based on permissions assigned to a passcode. |
| US09832422B2 |
Selective recording of high quality media in a videoconference
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for selectively recording high quality media in a videoconference. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a plurality of video streams from a plurality of videoconferencing clients. The method further provides streaming video at a first quality level for the plurality of video streams to a first videoconferencing client of the plurality of video conferencing clients. At a first point in time while streaming the video, the method provides identifying a first video stream of the plurality of video streams that should be recorded at a higher quality level than the first quality level and recording the first video stream at the higher quality level from the first point in time. |
| US09832420B2 |
Source device for providing contents to sink device and communication method thereof
A source device that provides contents to a sink device and a communication method thereof are provided. The communication method of the source device includes: transmitting a communication signal including a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) signal to the sink device; determining a communication status with the sink device using an HDCP communication result received from the sink device; and adjusting the communication signal according to the determined communication status. Therefore, the communication method can provide a user with optimized contents. |
| US09832419B2 |
Display apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium in which an image-quality adjusting parameter set for received image data is recorded in a storage
A display apparatus connected to an external apparatus that executes a recording process for image data. A display panel displays an image based on received image data. A memory storing a program executed by the processor causes the display apparatus to set an image-quality adjusting parameter for the received image data, to execute an image-quality adjusting process on the received image data using the image-quality adjusting parameter set for the received image data, to detect a start of the recording process for the image data executed by the external apparatus, and to perform control in which, in response to the detection of the start of the recording process for the image data executed by the external apparatus, the image-quality adjusting parameter that has been set for the received image data is automatically recorded in a storage as an image-quality adjusting parameter corresponding to the data recorded by the external apparatus. |
| US09832410B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus including plurality of charge holding electrodes, and method of operating the same
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge holding element that receives the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, and transfers the electric charge to a corresponding floating diffusion. The charge holding element further includes a plurality of electrodes. |
| US09832407B2 |
Global shutter image sensor pixels having improved shutter efficiency
An image sensor may be provided with an array of image sensor pixels formed on a substrate having front and back surfaces. Each pixel may have a photodiode that receives light through the back surface, a floating diffusion node, a charge transfer gate, and first and second reset transistor gates. A source follower transistor may have a gate coupled to the floating diffusion node and a source coupled to an addressing transistor. The pixel may be coupled to a column feedback amplifier through the addressing transistor and a column feedback reset path. The amplifier may provide a kTC-reset noise compensation voltage to the reset transistors for storage on a holding capacitor coupled between the floating diffusion and a drain terminal of the source follower. The floating diffusion may be bounded at the front surface by the transfer gate, the reset gate, and p-type doped regions. |
| US09832405B2 |
Solid-state imaging device with a plurality of photoelectric converters
A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell includes two pixels. Upper and lower photoelectric converters and, transfer transistors and connected to the upper and lower photoelectric converters, respectively, a reset transistor, and an amplifying transistor form the two pixels. A full-face signal line is connected to the respective drains of the reset transistor and the amplifying transistor. Controlling the full-face signal line, along with transfer signal lines and a reset signal line, to read out signals realizes the simplification of the wiring in the pixel, the reduction of the pixel size, and so on. |
| US09832396B2 |
Composite image processing for LWIR images using geometric features
A method for thermally imaging a moving workpiece of a gas turbine engine comprises identifying a plurality of geometric features to construct a composite image. The geometric features include at least one integral thermal feature of the moving workpiece, and at least one artificial feature applied to the workpiece for diagnostic purposes. One of the plurality of geometric features is identified as a master feature, and the remainder of the plurality of geometric features are located relative to the master feature with relative actual coordinates. A pixel location of the master feature is identified or each image, and the remainder of the plurality of geometric features are located relative to the master feature with relative pixel coordinates. Offset, rotation, and scaling of the secondary images are varied to minimize a relative difference between the relative pixel coordinates and the relative actual coordinates. The offset, rotated, and scaled secondary images are combined with the reference image to form a composite image. |
| US09832387B2 |
Wide dynamic range electronic image recording and reproducing system
The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and records the converted image data and the information on the function as digital values (digit). Therefore, a printed image with an automatically or manually corrected density can be obtained at the displaying or the printing. |
| US09832382B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method for outputting image based on motion
An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion. |
| US09832380B2 |
Techniques to selectively capture visual media using a single interface element
Techniques to selectively capture media using a single user interface element are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a touch controller, a visual media capture component, and a storage component. The touch controller may be operative to receive a haptic engagement signal. The visual media capture component may be operative to be configured in a capture mode based on whether a haptic disengagement signal is received by the touch controller before expiration of a first timer, the capture mode one of a photo capture mode or video capture mode, the first timer started in response to receiving the haptic engagement signal, the first timer configured to expire after a first preset duration. The storage component may be operative to store visual media captured by the visual media capture component in the configured capture mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09832377B2 |
Data acquiring method and electronic device thereof
The disclosure discloses a data acquiring method and an electronic device thereof. The electronic device comprises an image acquisition unit, the image acquisition unit comprises a light-transparent module and a sensing module, and there is a first position relationship between the light-transparent module and the sensing module. The method comprises: obtaining a first image of a target scene acquired by the image acquisition unit, wherein an image resolution of the first image is first resolution; adjusting the image acquisition unit based on preset moving parameters; obtaining a second image of the target scene acquired by the image acquisition unit; obtaining a third image by processing the first image and the second image based on the moving parameters, wherein image resolution of the third image is third resolution and the third resolution is greater than the first resolution. |
| US09832376B2 |
Image display apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image display method, and storage medium for distinguishing reconstructable image data from normal image data
An image display apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field, a display unit configured to display the image data included in the image file acquired by the acquisition unit as an image, and a control unit configured to control the display unit so as to display an image and perform display for informing a user that the image file corresponding to the image is a reconstructable image file. |
| US09832375B2 |
Video image recovery from transient blockage or corruption artifacts
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for video image recovery from transient blockage or corruption artifacts include receiving first and second data captures from an image sensor having first and second pluralities of pixel intensity values corresponding to pixel locations of the first and second data captures. The methods, systems, and computer readable media also include identifying in the second data capture, one or more of the second pixel intensity values exceeding a contrast threshold to detect a transient blockage. The methods, systems, and computer readable media also include replacing the one or more of the second pixel intensity values exceeding the contrast threshold with one or more of the first pixel intensity values to generate a corrected data capture. |
| US09832374B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image. |
| US09832373B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically capturing digital images based on adaptive image-capturing templates
A digital recording device is configured to automatically capture digital images. In the digital recording device, a camera module operating in a live preview mode generates a video stream comprising digital images. A content analyzer generates a trigger signal based on an initial image-capturing template. The camera module captures and stores digital images responsive to receiving the trigger signal. A user interface component receives from a user one or more selections among the stored digital images, a template adjuster adjusts at least one target pose specified by the image-capturing template based on the one or more user selections, wherein the content analyzer generates the trigger signal based on the adjusted image-capturing template. |
| US09832369B2 |
Interactive video conferencing
Technology for a local user equipment (UE) operable to perform video conferencing with a remote UE is disclosed. The local UE can define a region of interest (ROI) within a field of view of a camera of the remote UE. The local UE can map the ROI to one or more pan, tilt, zoom and focus (PTZF) commands. The local UE can send the one or more PTZF commands to the remote UE, wherein the remote UE is configured to identify the ROI based on the one or more PTZF commands. The local UE can receive encoded video within the ROI from the remote UE. The encoded video can include the regions within the ROI at an increased zoom level while substantially maintaining a defined quality level to enable the encoded video within the ROI to be rendered and displayed at the local UE. |
| US09832364B2 |
Automatic focal adjustment apparatus and method of controlling automatic focal adjustment apparatus, and image capture apparatus
An automatic focal adjustment apparatus capable of focusing at a distance appropriate for an object at infinity, and a method of controlling the automatic focal adjustment apparatus, are disclosed. The automatic focal adjustment apparatus detects an in-focus position of a focus lens based on an AF evaluation value generated from an image signal. Also, the automatic focal adjustment apparatus moves the focus lens to the detected in-focus position when the detected in-focus position is within a predetermined range from a reference position determined in advance corresponding to an object at a infinity distance. |
| US09832359B2 |
Focusing method
A focusing method for an image capturing device includes determining a first focus distance according to a first focus frame of the plurality of focus frames; capturing a first image according to the first focus frame, determining a second focus distance according to a second focus frame of the plurality of focus frames, and detecting whether a second depth of field corresponding to the second focus distance is overlapping with a first depth of field corresponding to the first focus distance, for determining whether to capture a second image according to the second focus distance. |
| US09832356B2 |
Camera module for a vehicle and method for its production
A camera module, in particular for a vehicle, the camera module having at least: an objective having a lens mount and at least one lens, an image sensor for acquiring and converting optical signals into electrical signals, a bearer device on which the image sensor is mounted and contacted, and a camera housing for accommodating the objective and the bearer device. The objective is connected to the camera housing, in particular to a first housing part, and is borne by the camera housing. The bearer device can in particular be fixed on the objective or on the first housing part. |
| US09832349B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
The invention causes a gloss observed in a reproduction to approach a gloss of a target even if a range in which it is possible to change the gloss in the reproduction is small. An input unit inputs color and gloss data including at least a color signal and a gloss signal of the target to reproduce. A mapping unit maps the color and gloss data into a gloss representable range based on information indicating a gloss representable range of the gloss representation device. A signal generation unit generates, based on the color and gloss data after the mapping, an output signal outputted to the gloss representation device. The mapping unit performs a mapping that saves information indicating a local gloss difference in accordance with a spatial distribution of the gloss signal as the mapping of the gloss signal. |
| US09832343B2 |
Image processing apparatus generating arranged image data representing arranged image in which images are arranged by using complemented image data
An image processing apparatus acquires first and second image data respectively representing first and second image. The first and second image respectively includes first and second target image. The apparatus generates, based on the first image data, corrected image data representing a corrected image including a first corrected target image having a slant end. The apparatus identifies a blank region in contact with the slant end from the corrected image and generates complemented image data representing a complement image by performing, on the corrected image data, a complement process in which pixel values of pixels in the blank region are determined. The apparatus generates arranged image data representing an arranged image in which a first arrangement target image and a second arrangement target image are arranged, by using the complemented image data. The first and second arrangement target images concern the first and second target images, respectively. |
| US09832342B2 |
Method and device for transmitting image
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting an image, which improve display effect of the image. The method includes receiving an image with a first resolution from a source terminal; sending a request for obtaining the image to a server according to an identifier of the image; and receiving the image with a second resolution from the server, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. |
| US09832341B1 |
Method for executing an imaging data request from a mobile device to an image processing apparatus using a public and private network
A mobile data processing method, in which a request for performing an imaging data request by an image processing apparatus is initiated from a user of a mobile device. The method includes receiving first information generated by an image processing apparatus and second information generated by the mobile device. The first information and the second information are received by an information processing apparatus via a public network. The first and second information are stored in association with each other. The method continues by determining if a print job was received with the first information and the second information. The method may conclude by transmitting the imaging data request to the image processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus via a private network in response to determining that the imaging data request was received with the first information and the second information. |
| US09832334B2 |
Electronic apparatus, log storing method, and image forming apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a processor for which log information is obtained, a signal monitor configured to monitor monitored signals and detect a change in a changed monitored signal of the monitored signals, and a data acquirer configured to capture groups of signals associated with the monitored signals. The monitored signals include signals for controlling a start of the processor and signals indicating status of power supply to the electronic apparatus. When the change in the changed monitored signal is detected by the signal monitor, the data acquirer stores values of one of the groups of signals associated with the changed monitored signal as a portion of the log information in a storage device. |
| US09832332B2 |
Image reader having document detector for detecting presence or absence of document sheet to determine reading range
In an image reader, a controller control, during a period from a timing when a detector detects an open state of a cover to a timing when the detector detects a closed state of the cover, a document detector to detect whether a document sheet is present or absent every time a prescribed time period is elapsed, and stores in a memory each set of first data indicating absence or presence of the document sheet. The controller determines a first size of the document sheet in a main scanning direction. The controller determines a second size of the document sheet in a sub scanning direction on the basis of the sets of first data. The controller determines a reading range on the basis of the first and second sizes. The reading section reads the determined reading range on the line-to-line basis to obtain an image of the document sheet. |
| US09832325B2 |
Information processing apparatus and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of human body detecting sensors that detect a user, each of the human body detecting sensors having a detection area for detecting the presence of the user; an operation part that receives an operation by the user; and an erroneous detection determination part that determines an erroneous detection if the operation part does not receive the operation by the user within a predetermined time after one of the human body detecting sensors detects the presence of the user. If a number of erroneous detections of the one of the human body detecting sensors is equal to or more than a first threshold, the erroneous detection determination part sends an instruction to reduce the detection area to the one of the human body detecting sensors and sends an instruction to increase the detection area to another one of the human body detecting sensors. |
| US09832324B2 |
Mark detecting device, belt control device, image forming apparatus, mark detecting method, and computer-readable recording medium
A mark detecting device includes: a belt on which a plurality of marks are provided along a moving direction of the belt; a light-emitting element configured to irradiate at least one of the marks with light; a light-receiving element configured to receive a reflected light reflected from at least one of the belt and the mark of the light irradiated from the light-emitting element and output a signal; and a light amount adjuster configured to compare a first value obtained from the signal output by the light-receiving element and a second value obtained from a signal output by the light-receiving element after the first value is obtained, and to perform light amount adjustment of the light-emitting element when a difference between the first value and the second value is a first threshold or more. |
| US09832320B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving wireless communications
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for down-converting a long-range communication signal that is wirelessly received via a first antenna of a communication device to extract a first version of a baseband signal, down-converting a short-range communication signal wirelessly received from a second device via a second antenna of the communication device to extract a second version of the baseband signal from the long-range communication signal that can be received at the second device, which is remote from the communication device, via a second antenna. The first version and second version of the baseband signal can be combined to generate an information signal that can be processed. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09832318B1 |
Message management and notification system
Systems and methods provide a resident of a controlled-environment facility with voice messaging. The facility provides the resident with voice communication services. In response to a request by a resident for a voice communication with a non-resident, a call request to the non-resident may be initiated. In certain scenarios, the non-resident is unable to accept the call request. If a voice message is authorized, the resident is allowed to record a voice message for the non-resident. Certain restrictions may limit the resident to selecting from automated voice messages. A notification of the recorded voice message is dispatched to the non-resident. The notification identifies a unique link that directs the non-resident to a voice message retrieval system that allows the resident to retrieve and listen to the voice message recorded by the resident. The voice message recording remains under the control of the controlled-environment facility based on applicable security policies and procedures. |
| US09832314B2 |
Customer representative remote access for troubleshooting smartphones
A middleware device opens, based on an assistance call from a mobile device, a first leg of a websocket with a system associated with a call center customer representative, and sends a SMS text message to the mobile device that includes a first authentication token. The middleware device receives, while attempting to establish a second leg of the websocket between the first middleware device and the mobile device, a second authentication token from the mobile device, authenticates the mobile device based on the second authentication token, and opens the second leg of the websocket between the middleware device and the mobile device based on whether the authentication is successful. The middleware device receives a captured display screen from the mobile device via the second leg of the websocket, and sends the captured display screen to the system associated with the customer representative via the first leg of the websocket. |
| US09832310B2 |
Apparatus and method for sharing information through presence service in a communication network
An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server. |
| US09832307B1 |
Methods, devices and systems supporting scheduling focused events
Methods, devices and systems support focused driving, working, and studying without distraction. A method of operating a device includes setting event information for an event, the event information for the event including a device mode corresponding to said event. The device mode is selected from the a normal mode and at least one focused mode. At a start time of said event, a mode of the device is automatically set to the device mode corresponding to said event. When the device is in a focused mode, one or more features of said device, including one or more features relating to cellular communications, are at least partially disabled. |
| US09832304B2 |
Media delivery platform
A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection. The method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to an electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive the audio and/or visual file and playback on demand by a user. |
| US09832303B2 |
User interface device
A communication device intended to be connected to a debugging port of a first microcontroller, the communication device including a second microcontroller connected to a first wireless communication unit and intended to be connected to said debugging port, the first wireless communication unit being capable of receiving a request over a wireless communication link transmitted by a user interface device, the second microcontroller being capable of authenticating the user interface device, of determining, in the case where the user interface device is authenticated, whether the request is authorized for said authenticated user interface device, and of transmitting the request to the debugging port only if the request is authorized. |
| US09832298B2 |
Stand for smartphone and the like
A stand for a member to be supported such as a smartphone or tablet terminal is not only assembled easily but also carried without difficulty in a travel, business trip or the like. A stand has a main portion made of a board which is divided into a left board, a central board and a right board, the main portion includes a mount portion, an intrusion portion, and a reception portion, the intrusion portion is provided with an intrusion slot formed upwardly, the reception portion is provided with a reception slot formed downwardly, the reception slot being capable of fitting with the intrusion slot, and the main portion is configured such that the intrusion slot and the reception slot are fitted with each other to make the central board protrude in a front-back direction from the left board and the right board, so that a member to be supported can be mounted at a lower edge of the mount portion. |
| US09832297B2 |
Device including interface
The present disclosure provides a device including an interface. By adopting the device with a luminous part arranged at a physical interface, the problem of difficulty in accurately finding a position of the physical interface of the device in a dark environment is solved, so that a user can conveniently and rapidly identify the position and direction of the physical interface, and a user experience is improved. |
| US09832296B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus comprises a casing having an electronic component inside thereof, a cover panel including a first side and a second side which corresponds to a longitudinal side when the first side is defined as a lateral side, an attaching part located near the first side between the casing and the cover panel, a first adhesive part located near the second side between the casing and the cover panel, and a second adhesive part located to be surrounded by the attaching part between the casing and the cover panel. |
| US09832295B2 |
Sleeve with electronic extensions for a cell phone
A passively re-radiating cell phone sleeve assembly capable of receiving a nested cell phone provides signal boosting capabilities. Signal boosting is enabled by use of an additional antenna, a pass-through repeater, dual antenna isolation capability and other features. |
| US09832294B1 |
Phone case with insectable secondary housing
A phone case with a secondary housing retainer attached to the underside of the phone case. The secondary housing retainer can receive a rectilinear secondary housing that can act as a cigarette holder, wallet, cosmetic holder or battery charging unit. The secondary housing includes a hinged lid that can be opened even when the secondary housing is within the housing retainer. A third housing built into the underside of the cell phone retaining case has a hinged lid allowing the outermost panel to open or close. The third housing has a triangular cross section. In a second embodiment the secondary housing is a removable cosmetic tray that is covered by a hinged cover plate. |
| US09832290B2 |
Protocol independent multicast register optimization
An example method includes receiving, by a first hop router (FHR) and from a source device, multicast stream data associated with a multicast stream, sending, from the FHR and to a rendezvous point (RP) using a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) protocol, one or more null register messages that are each associated with the multicast stream. Each of the one or more null register messages includes a source address and a group address that are collectively associated with the multicast stream, and each of the one or more null register messages further includes an indication to request that the RP refrain from sending any register-stop messages associated with the multicast stream to the FHR. The example method further includes, after sending the one or more null register messages that are each associated with the multicast stream, sending, to the RP, the multicast stream data in a non-encapsulated format. |
| US09832287B2 |
System and method for dynamic Huffman decoding
A method of decoding a dynamic Huffman encoded data stream comprising receiving, by a processor, one or more input bits of encoded data from among an encoded data stream, searching, by the processor, a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) for one or more codewords, accessing, by the processor, a plurality of random access memories (RAMs) that comprise the TCAM and have a maximum number of entries that is less than or equal to one half of two to a power of a maximum number of bits to be searched, reading a value from a first level RAM and using the value to index to a second level RAM, and outputting, by the processor, a codeword length and a decoded codeword value from either the first or second level RAM. |
| US09832283B2 |
Facilitating quality of service and security via functional classification of devices in networks
Quality of service and security are facilitated via functional classification of devices within a network. One method includes receiving, by a first device, notification information of a presence of a second device among the devices of the network, wherein the devices are configured to communicate information about events associated with respective operations of the devices; and generating, by the first device, first information indicative of an identity of and a functional classification of a function of the second device. The method also includes initiating, by the first device to a controller within the network, a transmission of second information for association of third information indicative of the functional classification of the function of the second device with fourth information generated by the second device. The functional classification of the function of the second device is associated with potential impact of failure of the second device. |
| US09832274B1 |
Directory update monitoring systems and methods
Disclosed is a method and system for online directory management in which a succession of values is aggregated as human behavior data from client devices visiting a website. A new value is automatically transmitted in response to a correlation signaling that the new value signifies a true mutation. |
| US09832272B2 |
Dynamically shifting map-related tasks
To efficiently generate geographic content for display on client devices, a method includes determining a current status of a client device and determining a current status of a network connection between the client device and a network server. The method includes determining, based at least on one of (i) the determined current status of the client device or (ii) the determined current status of the network connection, whether a task related to generating geographic content for display on the client device should be executed on the client device or on the network server. The method also includes causing either the client device or the network server to execute the task, in accordance with the determination of where the task should be executed. |
| US09832271B2 |
Method and apparatus for connection between client and server
A method for connection between a server and a client includes discovering, by the server, a client through a device discovery procedure, transmitting device-related information of the server to the client, or receiving the device-related information from the client, connecting with the client, and performing a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) operation through the connection. |
| US09832270B2 |
Determining I/O performance headroom
A system and method for determining I/O performance headroom that accounts for a real-world workload is provided. In some embodiments, a computing device is provided that is operable to identify a data transaction received by a storage system and directed to a storage device. The computing system identifies an attribute of the data transaction relating to a performance cost of the data transaction and queries a performance profile to determine a benchmark performance level for the storage device. The computing system determines a benchmark performance level for the storage system based on the benchmark performance level for the storage device and compares a metric of the performance of the data transaction with the storage system benchmark performance level to determine remaining headroom of the storage system. |
| US09832263B2 |
Media content management
System, computer implemented process and computer program product for managing media content among a plurality of devices which includes the exchange of device status data among two or more devices. The exchanged device status data includes individual device capabilities and indicia of available media content stored within each of the devices. Each device determines from the exchanged device status data whether any differences exist in available media content stored among the plurality of devices and also whether any of the determined differences in media content will require transcoding to compatible data formats. Once the determinations have been completed, synchronizing and optionally transcoding of the available media content is performed based on the determinations made from the exchanged device status data. Any required transcoding may be performed either before or after media content synchronizing. |
| US09832261B2 |
Cloud consistency technology
A method, system, and computer program product for data consistency, the system comprising sending an auto propagating message from a management host to hold IO for devices of a consistency group to at least one storage array of a set of storage arrays, and causing each storage array of the set of storage arrays, upon receiving the message, to send the hold message to each storage array to which they have connectivity. |
| US09832258B2 |
Mode indicators for applications, web applications, and browser extensions
A computer-implemented method for providing capability indicators includes establishing, by a processor of a computing system, a digital marketplace for digital goods, such as web applications and browser extensions. The method includes determining, by the processor, that a first digital good of the digital goods includes a specified set of modes, where the specified set of modes includes executing the first digital good without access to a network, and providing to a client device, by the processor, instructions to display a graphical indicator representing at least one of the specified set of modes, wherein the graphical indicator is associated with a graphical icon representing the first digital good in the digital marketplace. |
| US09832256B1 |
Assigning client virtual machines based on location
Providing a virtual machine includes receiving a first request from a first client device, the request comprising information related to accessing one of a plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first client device is associated with a user; and also receiving a first location of the first client device. The method also includes stopping an existing virtual machine, from among the plurality of virtual machines, that is currently executing that is associated with the user; and based on the first location of the first client device, providing a first virtual machine, from among the plurality of virtual machines, to the first client device. At any given time instant there will be only one virtual machine running for a user in hypervisor memory and that one virtual machine is based on a current location of that user. |
| US09832243B2 |
Data feed resource reservation system
An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times. |
| US09832242B2 |
Simultaneous acknowledgments for multicast packets
In one embodiment, a multicast communication is received at a particular node of a plurality of nodes receiving the multicast communication in a network. The particular node selects a subset of subcarriers using a probabilistic data structure, such that each of the plurality of nodes selects a respective subset of subcarriers using the probabilistic data structure. The particular node transmits an acknowledgement of receipt of the multicast communication on the subset of subcarriers selected by the particular node. The transmission occurs simultaneously with transmissions of acknowledgements from the other of the plurality of nodes. |
| US09832241B1 |
Broadcasting telematics data to nearby mobile devices, vehicles, and infrastructure
A computer-implemented method of generating and broadcasting telematics and/or image data is provided. Telematics and/or image data may be collected, with customer permission, in real-time by a mobile device (or a Telematics App running thereon) traveling within an originating vehicle. The telematics data may include acceleration, braking, speed, heading, and location data associated with the originating vehicle. The mobile device may generate an updated telematics data broadcast including up-to-date telematics data at least every few seconds; and then broadcast the updated telematics data broadcast at least every few seconds via wireless communication to another computing device to facilitate alerting another vehicle or driver of an abnormal traffic condition or event that the originating vehicle is experiencing. An amount that an insured uses or otherwise employs the telematics data-based risk mitigation or prevention functionality may be used with usage-based insurance, or to calculate or adjust insurance premiums or discounts. |
| US09832231B2 |
Unified generation of policy updates
User input mechanisms are displayed for defining a compliance policy update. A unified compliance policy update is generated according to a unified schema that is consistent across different workloads. The unified compliance policy update is sent to a workload where it is deployed. |
| US09832230B2 |
IC chip, information processing apparatus, system, method, and program
An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, system, method, and program are provided. An IC chip includes an authentication control unit configured to authenticate a request using authentication information. The request and/or the authentication information is received from outside the IC chip. |
| US09832224B2 |
Dynamic throttling of scan requests for multiple scanners a cluster of nodes
Techniques for dynamic throttling of scan requests for multiple scanners in a cluster of nodes are described. An apparatus may comprise a dynamic throttling service component for executing the dynamic throttling of scan requests for the multiple scanners in the cluster of nodes. The dynamic throttling service component operative to estimate, by the scanner proxy, a resource limit count value representative of resource capacity for servicing scan requests for each one of the multiple scanners in the cluster of nodes; detect a first scan request exceeds the resource limit count value for a first scanner; dynamically throttle each subsequent scan request for the first scanner in response to the first scan request exceeding the resource limit count value; and revise the resource limit count value, by the scanner proxy, for the first scanner. |
| US09832221B1 |
Systems and methods for monitoring the activity of devices within an organization by leveraging data generated by an existing security solution deployed within the organization
A computer-implemented method for monitoring the activity of devices within an organization by leveraging data generated by an existing security solution deployed within the organization may include (1) identifying, at a reputation service configured to service reputation requests, at least one external IP address associated with an organization, (2) identifying, within the reputation requests serviced by the reputation service, a plurality of reputation requests that originated from the external IP address associated with the organization, (3) generating, based at least in part on an analysis of the reputation requests that originated from the external IP address associated with the organization, at least one report for the organization that identifies the activity of devices within the organization, and (4) providing the report to the organization to enable the organization to monitor the activity of the devices within the organization. Corresponding systems and encoded computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US09832214B2 |
Method and apparatus for classifying and combining computer attack information
A method and apparatus for classifying and combining computer attack information identifying as malicious events, events in a network that cause organizationally or functionally distant entities to become closer to each other, the method comprising identifying as malicious events, events in a network that cause organizationally or functionally distant entities to become closer to each other. |
| US09832212B2 |
Electronic message analysis for malware detection
An electronic message is analyzed for malware contained in the message. Text of an electronic message may be analyzed to detect and process malware content in the electronic message itself. The present technology may analyze an electronic message and attachments to electronic messages to detect a uniform resource location (URL), identify whether the URL is suspicious, and analyze all suspicious URLs to determine if they are malware. The analysis may include re-playing the suspicious URL in a virtual environment which simulates the intended computing device to receive the electronic message. If the re-played URL is determined to be malicious, the malicious URL is added to a black list which is updated throughout the computer system. |
| US09832210B2 |
Multi-core browser and method for intercepting malicious network address in multi-core browser
The disclosure discloses a multi-core browser and a method for intercepting a malicious network address in a multi-core browser, wherein a malicious network address determining module is arranged in the multi-core browser. The method comprises: obtaining URL information of a webpage currently requested to be loaded; after determining a core for rendering the webpage to be loaded according to the URL information, initiating a request to the malicious network address determining module arranged at the multi-core browser side for judging whether a network address is a malicious network address; and intercepting loading access to a network address which is determined as a malicious network address at the multi-core browser side. The disclosure is capable of solving the problem that a terminal can not intercept a malicious network address accessed in the browser since no third-party device is installed on the terminal or when a third-party device is not started on the terminal; and achieving the beneficial effect of ensuring a timely and effective interception of a malicious network address. |
| US09832208B1 |
System and methods of providing secure messaging environment
A method for providing a secure messaging environment includes providing a messaging environment in which two or more devices are connected via a network, each device having a client application that provides a graphical user interface for displaying messages within the messaging environment; logging-into the client application; encrypting user-specific information using a personal encryption key; creating a ticket, said ticket comprising a continuously-updated key and an optional expiration setting from a server; and calling the server, the call comprising the ticket and a target method. |
| US09832205B2 |
Cross provider security management functionality within a cloud service brokerage platform
Implementation of cross provider security in accordance with the disclosures made herein enables users of a system (e.g., a cloud services brokerage platform) in a cloud environment provides for system-managed provisioning and management of keys to cloud resources thereby allowing the user to manage data security and enable secured access to their cloud resources. To this end, cross provider security management functionality in accordance with the disclosures made herein can include provisioning system-generated keys across different regions in a provider, provisioning cloud brokerage system-generated keys across different providers; and associating (i.e., managing) the keys from the system to a hardware security module. The keys can be managed by/though a variety of different resources (e.g., brokering system, VDC, user group concepts, etc). |
| US09832204B2 |
Method and system for managing security compatibility of electronic content
There is provided a method and system for managing security compatibility of electronic content. The method includes: receiving electronic content; parsing the electronic content into one or more elements; determining a content security profile of the electronic content; determining an element security profile of the one or more elements of the electronic content; determining whether the element security profile of the one or more elements is compatible with the content security profile; and for each of the one or more elements: if the element security profile is not compatible with the content security profile, modifying the element to have a compatible element security profile, otherwise, not modifying the element. |
| US09832203B2 |
Application permission management device and method therefor
An application permission management method, includes: generating a running request in response to an operation of running an object of a terminal device, therein, the running request includes object information of the object; obtaining geographical location coordinates of the terminal device in response to the running request; determining whether the terminal device is located in one monitoring area and determine the monitoring area in which the terminal device is located; and determining forbidden lists corresponding to the determined monitoring area, determining the object according to the object information in the running request, and determining whether the object is forbidden to run according to the forbidden lists corresponding to the monitoring area. |
| US09832200B2 |
Multi-tiered protection platform
A multi-tier platform provides additional security at a perimeter of a computer system, where an intermediate layer interacts with a web layer and controls data presentation to the web layer. When the intermediate layer receives a data request for dynamic data from the web layer, the intermediate layer obtains source data from the registered source and may remove a specified portion from the source data to obtain the dynamic data before returning it to the web layer. When requested data comprises static data, the intermediate layer accesses the static data from storage maintained at the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer obtains the static data by the registered source previously publishing source data and the intermediate layer removing a specified portion from it. Source data may assume different forms including a webpage of an external service provider with embedded third-party information being removed by the intermediate layer before presenting it. |
| US09832196B2 |
Network monitoring device
A network monitoring device for improved filtering of access, from a secure internal network, to an unsecured network is provided. The network monitoring device may identify keywords associated with network addresses to which access should not be granted to users of a secure network internal to a business enterprise. In turn, the network monitoring device may attempt to access URLs associated with the identified keywords, and if access is granted, execute processes to update access permissions to unsecured network locations. |
| US09832193B2 |
Device validation using device fingerprint
Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses, methods and computer program products for validating a device. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: determine a device accesses an application; determine whether the device is a trusted device based on a device fingerprint associated with the device; in response to determining the device is a trusted device, create an authenticated session; and enable performance of a transaction using the device during the authenticated session. |
| US09832192B2 |
Computer implemented method to prevent attacks against authorization systems and computer programs products thereof
A computer implemented method and computer program products to prevent attacks against authorization systemsThe computer implemented method comprising controlling the access to different resources and actions defined for a user by a first server, reducing the exposure time at which such operations are available and establishing a dual channel verification through the use of a second server.The computer programs implement the method. |
| US09832190B2 |
Managing user data for software services
User-specific data for use with a software service may be stored in an encrypted form, where the encryption and/or decryption keys used are associated with a user's biometric data (that the user voluntarily provides after appropriate disclosure, to protect the user's interest in privacy). When the user uses the software service on a device, the device may receive the user-specific data in an encrypted form, and then may use the biometric data to retrieve or generate the cryptographic key that is used to decrypt the user-specific data. The user-specific data is then decrypted and used on the device with the software service. |
| US09832189B2 |
Automatic association of authentication credentials with biometrics
A computing device may receive authentication information. Within a time-out period, a fingerprint may also be received. The computing device may assign one or more authentication credentials to the fingerprint based on authentication credentials associated with the received authentication information. In some implementations, the computing device may assign the authentication credentials associated with the received authentication information to the biometric. However, in other implementations, the computing device may assign different authentication credentials to the biometric based on one or more user preferences, defaults, security policies, and/or enterprise policies. In various implementations, the authentication credentials assigned to the biometric may be altered, such as by adding and/or removing one or more authentication credentials. Such alteration may be performed in response to a received user request, changed enterprise policy, changed security policy, fraud alert, and/or other such factor. |
| US09832188B1 |
Virtual smart card to perform security-critical operations
A portable data or information carrier in the form of a smart card with partially or fully virtualized components. To maximize the confidentiality of information stored in the carrier, and more specifically to limit the amount of information available to a potential defrauder, electronic components such as circuits, I/O, cryptographic, memory and dummy objects are built, modified or influenced on demand from physical characteristics of an eligible person or device. Digitized unique biometric or hardware identifiers are read upon start-up and runtime of the device and, in case of an eligible person or device, subsequently supply all values necessary for determination of the characteristics of the user specific virtual smart cards objects, their placement and connections. By multi-factor authentication, the end-user or device will retain sole control of its keys and use them for authentication, signature or encryption purposes as if he had a physical smart card in his hand. |
| US09832186B2 |
Policy enforcement of client devices
A method may include sending, by a client device, an access request to an authentication server device. The access request may include a request to access an administered resource. The method may include in response to the client device not complying with an administrative policy associated with the administered resource, receiving, from the authentication server device, one or more instructions regarding installation of a client application, receiving, by the client device, a client application in accordance with the instructions, and installing the client application on the client device. |
| US09832181B2 |
Single login procedure for accessing social network information across multiple external systems
A social networking system contains information describing users of the social network and various connections among the users. A user can access multiple external systems that communicate with the social networking system to access information about the users of the social networking system. Login status of the user account on the social networking system is maintained. If the login status of the user account on the social networking system indicates that the user is not logged in, the user is required to provide authentication information. If the login status of the user account indicates that the user is logged in, social network information is provided to the user via an external system, subject to the privacy settings of users of the social networking system. If the user logs out from an external system, the user is also logged out from the social networking system. |
| US09832172B2 |
Content protection for data as a service (DaaS)
The present disclosure is directed to content protection for Data as a Service (DaaS). A device may receive encrypted data from a content provider via DaaS, the encrypted data comprising at least content for presentation on the device. For example, the content provider may utilize a secure multiplex transform (SMT) module in a trusted execution environment (TEE) module to generate encoded data from the content and digital rights management (DRM) data and to generate the encrypted data from the encoded data. The device may also comprise a TEE module including a secure demultiplex transform (SDT) module to decrypt the encoded data from the encrypted data and to decode the content and DRM data from the encoded data. The SMT and SDT modules may interact via a secure communication session to validate security, distribute decryption key(s), etc. In one embodiment, a trust broker may perform TEE module validation and key distribution. |
| US09832171B1 |
Negotiating a session with a cryptographic domain
A plurality of devices are each operable to provide information that is usable for to prove authorization with any of the other devices. The devices may have common access to a cryptographic key. A device may use the cryptographic key to encrypt a session key and provide both the session key and the encrypted session key. Requests to any of the devices can include the encrypted session key and a digital signature generated using the session key. In this manner, a device that receives the request can decrypt the session key and use the decrypted session key to verify the digital signature. |
| US09832168B2 |
Service discovery within multi-link networks
Facilitating service discovery and other operations across multiple local links is contemplated. The service discovery may be beneficial for use within local area networks (LANs) or other suitable multi-link or multi-segment networks where one or more of the links operates service discovery according to link-local messaging/addressing constraints. |
| US09832162B2 |
Viral invitations for social networks
A system and method for virally growing a social network. The social network system receives a member account sign-up message for a first social network from a first member. The social network system then posts a member sign-up notification to the first member's event wall on a second social network; wherein the first member has one or more social contacts through the second social network. For at least a second respective member in the one or more social contacts, the social network system posts a personalized invitation message as a comment to the member sign-up notification on the first member's event wall, wherein the comment is initially hidden from all members other than the second respective member of the one or more member contacts. |
| US09832156B2 |
Social networking system communities and associated user privileges implemented using a database system
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing access to communities of users in an online social network. In some implementations, a server is configured to identify a user identity (ID), received from a computing device, as one of a plurality of first user identities (IDs) of first users belonging to a first community maintained on behalf of a first organization by a social networking system. The computing device can then be provided access to the first community. When a request to access a second community maintained on behalf of a second organization is received from the computing device, the user ID can be identified as one of a plurality of second user IDs of second users belonging to the second community. The computing device can then be provided access to the second community. |
| US09832153B2 |
Eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers
A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match. |
| US09832152B2 |
Email mailbox management with sender-specific message lists
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive an instruction to establish a rule to take an action on each email message received from a first email address, determine that the first email address is associated with contact data, determine that the contact data is associated with a second email address, and apply the rule to take the action on each email message received from the second email address. |
| US09832150B2 |
Resource management of social network applications
Applications in social networks support interaction between members through various types of channels such as notifications, newsfeed, and so forth. For each channel, applications are ranked based on their user affinity measures. User affinity is based on measuring positive and negative interactions by users as both senders and recipients of messages generated by applications. Metrics are computed for the different types of messages and interactions provided by applications. For each channel, an application receives user affinity score based on specific weighted combination of the metrics. Applications use channel resources to send messages to increase their user base. Given the large number of applications that are available, the extent to which applications are allowed to use channels is controlled, limiting their resource consumption. User affinity scores of applications calculated for a channel are used to decide the allocation of channel resources for an application. |
| US09832149B2 |
Treatment of cloud-based and local attachments in communication applications
Users of communication applications may be enabled to select from a user-friendly and efficiently provided list of files that may be of interest to them to attach to a correspondence and send to one or more recipients. For example, the communication application may retrieve information from one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with applications of the user to determine the list of files. The files may be local files or cloud-based files, and a variety of criteria may be used to determine, group, and present the files to the user for selection. Once selected by the user, the files or links to cloud destinations of the files may be attached to the correspondence, where the files or links may be displayed in an attachment well or a body of the correspondence. Permissions associated with the attachments may be set by default, by user configuration, and/or modified by user. |
| US09832144B2 |
Method and device for implementing instant communication
A method and device are described for implementing instant communication. Information indicating that a first user is logged into an instant communication interface is obtained. On-line users are displayed to the first user in response to the login of the first user. A first user selects an object to follow from the on-line users and, information about the selected object to follow is received in response to the first user selecting the object to follow from the on-line users. The first user may be set into a first instant communication room in which the selected object to follow resides, for performing instant communication. The device includes: an obtaining module, a displaying module and a processing module. In this manner communication between strangers is facilitated and the efficiency of making friends is enhanced. |
| US09832143B2 |
System and method for supporting efficient virtual output queue (VOQ) packet flushing scheme in a networking device
A system and method can support packet switching in a network environment. The system can include an ingress buffer on a networking device, wherein the ingress buffer, which includes one or more virtual output queues, operate to store one or more incoming packets that are received at an input port on the networking device. Furthermore, the system can include a packet flush engine, which is associated with the ingress buffer, wherein said packet flush engine operates to flush a packet that is stored in a said virtual output queue in the ingress buffer, and notify one or more output schedulers that the packet is flushed, wherein each output scheduler is associated with an output port. |
| US09832140B2 |
System and method for characterizing network traffic
A system monitors first traffic and identifies associations between applications that generated or received the traffic and parameters such as domain names, a remote host, and a local host referenced in the traffic. Subsequent traffic is monitored and determined to be generated by or addressed to an application according to such parameters in the subsequent traffic, such as remote host, local host, domain name, or port number. The subsequent traffic is associated with an application without requiring deep packet inspection (DPI). In particular, an application may be associated with a session based on evaluation of a single packet of the session. |
| US09832139B2 |
Method and system for accessing network service
According to an example, a web server receives an access request from one operator network of different operator networks, process the access request, and obtain processing data. The web server determines an output VIP address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of VS clusters of the different operator networks, and sends the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network. The VS cluster selects one VS, and the VS selected sends the processing data to a user terminal via an external network. |
| US09832138B1 |
Method for automatic management capacity and placement for global services
Systems and methods for providing web service instances to support traffic demands for a particular web service in a large-scale distributed system are disclosed. An example method includes determining a peak historical service load for the web service. The service load capacity for each existing web service instance may then be determined. The example method may then calculate the remaining service load after subtracting the sum of the service load capacity of the existing web service instances from the peak historical service load for the web service. The number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system may be determined based on the remaining service load. The locations of the web service instances may be determined and changes may be applied to the large-scale system based on the number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system. |
| US09832137B1 |
Provisioning system and method for a distributed computing environment using a map reduce process
A provisioning system for a distributed computing environment includes a map reduce framework that includes a splitter process, a mapper process, and a reduce process. The splitter process receives a task associated with a distributed application to be deployed on the distributed computing environment, and selects which of the resources are to be provisioned for executing the distributed application. The mapper process converts at least one abstract address included in the task to an absolute address, and executes the task for provisioning the selected resources, while the reduce process consolidates results of the executed task. |
| US09832136B1 |
Streaming software to multiple virtual machines in different subnets
A provisioning server delivers operating systems to more than one virtual machine in different subnetworks. Since one provisioning server can be used for multiple subnetworks, this reduces the need to build, license, and support a provisioning server or a provisioning server farm for each subnetwork. This eliminates additional Infrastructure Software licensing; reduces additional effort to implement and maintain more provisioning servers; increases flexibility to add additional subnetworks; and scales a provisioning server farm to meet demand by adding servers. |
| US09832134B2 |
Automatic adjusting of reputation thresholds in order to change the processing of certain packets
One embodiment includes a firewall, intrusion prevention, or other device that automatically and dynamically adjusts packets subjected to certain rate limiting based on the reputation level associated with these packets (e.g., based on the reputation score of the source of a packet). In response to measured traffic, one embodiment automatically adjusts the range of reputation scores determining which packets are subjected to this rate limiting (e.g., which packets are possibly dropped), such as, but not limited to increase or decrease the measured traffic. For example, packet traffic with a worse reputation can be singled out for this rate limiting during a period of increased traffic, and then when the measured traffic subsides, the range of reputation scores can be correspondingly changed to allow more measured traffic. |
| US09832124B2 |
Method and apparatus providing single-tier routing in a shortest path bridging (SPB) network
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and gateway Media Access Controller (MAC) distribution is presented. At least one subnet associated with a Layer 2 Virtual Switching Network (L2VSN) is provided on a network device. A message is propagated to a distributed Datapath. Network devices install the message as a routable MAC address on the L2VSN for the Layer 3 Virtual Switching Network/Virtual Routing and Forwarding (L3VSN/VRF) associated with the message. Edge devices route packets on the L2VSN addressed to the gateway MAC address. |
| US09832116B2 |
Adjusting entries in a forwarding information base in a content centric network
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates dynamic adjustment of forwarding information in a CCN. During operation, the system receives, by forwarding circuitry, an interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system identifies in a first data structure an entry for one or more name components of the name, wherein the entry includes a list of outgoing interfaces associated with the one or more name components. The system determines network properties in response to forwarding the interest to a first interface of the list. The system reorders the list in order of priority based on the network properties, thereby facilitating the forwarding circuitry to dynamically adjust a likelihood of using a respective interface for forwarding interests associated with the one or more name components. |
| US09832114B2 |
Packet forwarding system, control apparatus, packet forwarding method, and program
A packet forwarding system includes: a plurality of first relay apparatuses connected to one another; a plurality of second relay apparatuses that include a plurality of ports and that are connected to the plurality of first relay apparatuses; and a control apparatus that configures a plurality of trunks, each serving as a virtual logical link, by using a plurality of physical links between the first relay apparatuses and the second relay apparatuses. The control apparatus determines a designated port for each of the plurality of trunks from among constituent ports of the each trunk. When one of the plurality of first relay apparatuses receives a predetermined control target packet from one of the plurality of second relay apparatuses, the control apparatus causes the plurality of first relay apparatuses to transmit the predetermined control target packet via a first relay apparatus including a designated port for one of the plurality of trunks, to which a port of the one first relay apparatus receiving the predetermined control target packet belongs. |
| US09832113B2 |
Transaction distribution with an independent workload advisor
In an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes providing a mapping between a set of two or more IP addresses and a set of two more servers. A weight recommendation for the servers is received, based at least in part on server data related to current states of the servers, where the weight recommendation represents a goal for distributing a plurality of transactions among the servers. The mapping is modified based at least in part on the weight recommendation. A transaction is received, directed toward a first IP address of the two or more IP addresses. The transaction is routed to a first server, of the two or more servers, associated with the first IP address according to the modified mapping. |
| US09832106B2 |
System and method for detecting network neighbor reachability
The disclosed system may include (1) a cache module, stored in memory, that stores a neighbor cache entry that specifies whether a neighbor of a network node is reachable according to a detection mechanism, (2) a timeout module, stored in memory, that specifies a timing interval in which to select a reachable time threshold, (3) a reception module, stored in memory, that receives event information about whether the neighbor is active, (4) a biasing module, stored in memory, that biases, based on the received event information about whether the neighbor is active, a selection of the reachable time threshold within the timing interval, and (5) a determination module, stored in memory, that determines whether the neighbor is reachable based at least in part on a determination of whether the selected reachable time threshold has been satisfied. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US09832105B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying different routing paths between networks
A method and apparatus for analyzing IP data flows for the determination of an alternate routing path for network traffic between a known first network and a destination within an unknown second network on the Internet. An initial path between the first network and the destination exists. The IP address of the destination is determined and looked up in an Internet database. An alternative route to the destination is determined based on information from the Internet database in order to avoid an interconnecting transit network. |
| US09832095B2 |
Operation modes for mobile traffic optimization and concurrent management of optimized and non-optimized traffic
Systems and methods of operation modes for mobile traffic optimization and management of concurrent optimized and non-optimized traffic are disclosed. One embodiment includes classifying and handling traffic sent to and from mobile device applications running on a mobile device, the method includes, analyzing, on the mobile device, requests from the mobile device applications for recurrent patterns; traffic having a recurrent pattern is optimizable traffic and traffic with an unidentifiable pattern is non optimizable traffic, managing the optimizable traffic to reduce an amount of wireless data and signaling traffic sent to and from the mobile device and/or routing the non optimizable traffic from the mobile device applications to a service provider. In one embodiment, upon determining a problem communicating with the server, request are routed from the one or more mobile device applications directly to a service provider, the routed traffic bypassing a client-side proxy. |
| US09832094B2 |
Multi-wire electrical parameter measurements via test patterns
A measurement task is selected, where the measurement task is associated with a transmission of an encoded signal transmitted via a plurality of data lines. The encoded signal is encoded using one or more of 3-Phase, N-Phase, or N-factorial low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) where N is at least three (3). A repeating waveform is generated corresponding to the measurement task. The repeating waveform corresponding to the measurement task is then transmitted via the plurality of data lines. |
| US09832092B2 |
Method and network entity for evaluating a link between a first network node and a second network node
A method and a network entity for evaluating a link between a first and a second network node are disclosed. The link is configured to carry data packets between the network nodes via a third network node. The link comprises a first segment and a second segment. The network entity obtains an indication of a measurement tool to be used in a measurement session for evaluation of the link. The network entity selects a mathematical model based on the indication. The network entity generates measurement values by executing the measurement session. The network entity determines a first and a second value relating to lost data packets of the first and second segments, respectively, based on the measurement values and the selected mathematical model. The network entity identifies at least one of the first and second segments based the first and second values. |
| US09832091B2 |
Radio frequency spectrum management apparatus, method, system and secondary user apparatus
The present disclosure provides a radio frequency spectrum management apparatus, method, system and secondary user apparatus for a cognitive radio system comprising primary systems and secondary systems, the radio frequency spectrum management apparatus comprises circuitry configured to: acquire, according to position variation information of respective secondary user groups in the secondary systems, path loss information at the positions before and after the movement of respective secondary user groups respectively, wherein, the secondary user group comprises one or more secondary users; and determine an adjustment to the usage of frequency spectrums of the secondary users, according to the variation of the path loss information at the positions before and after the movement of respective secondary user groups. The present disclosure may at least improve the efficiency of adjusting the frequency spectrum resource. |
| US09832090B2 |
System, method for compiling network performancing information for communications with customer premise equipment
A system and method for determining network performance information. The system includes an interface configured to communicate between customer premise equipment (CPE) and a communications device. The system also includes one or more processing units in communication with the interface. The one or more processing units are configured to generate packets communicated by the interface between the CPE and the communications device to determine the network performance information. |
| US09832086B2 |
Initiator apparatus, target apparatus, communication system, timeout detection method, and timeout detection program
Provided is an initiator apparatus that, when issuing access requests for remote access via wireless communication to a storage section that processes only one access request at a time, can easily detect timeouts with one timer irrespective of the number of access requests issued via wireless communication. In this apparatus, an access-request processor (102) sends one or more access requests to a target apparatus (110) provided with a storage section that processes only one access request at a time and receives access acknowledgments for the access requests from the target apparatus (110). Until all the access requests are completed, a timeout detector (103) resets the timer operation and starts it again each time an access request is sent or an access acknowledgment is received, and detects a timeout when the timer operation exceeds a timeout period. |
| US09832084B2 |
Traffic differentiator systems for network devices and related methods including automatic port order determination
Traffic differentiator systems for network devices and related methods are disclosed that include automatic port order determination. The disclosed embodiments includes input ports that receive a first stream of packets and a second stream of packets and a packet difference processor that operates in a learning mode and a normal mode. In the learning mode of operation, the packet difference processor automatically determines a port order representing whether the first stream of packets for the first port or the second stream of packets for the second port represents a first in time version of received packets. In the normal mode of operation, the packet difference processor uses the port order determination to facilitate determination of difference packets between the first stream of packets and the second stream of packets. |
| US09832082B2 |
Monitoring wireless access point events
A wireless access point system includes a processor configured to tap event data and process the event data using a plurality of event filters. Each event filter of the plurality of event filters applies event criteria to detect one or more types of events. The wireless access point system includes a memory configured to store the tapped event data. The wireless access point system includes a communication interface configured to report a report of a detected event type. At least a portion of the report is correlated to analyze a performance of a wireless network. |
| US09832081B2 |
Allocating physical nodes for processes in an execution plan
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for allocating physical nodes for processes in an execution plan. An execution plan is generated indicating a plurality of processes. A resource requirement is generated indicating requested physical nodes and an assignment of the processes to execute on the requested physical nodes. A determination is made from the resource requirement of a resource allocation of physical nodes for the requested physical nodes and the processes. The execution plan is updated to generate an updated execution plan indicating the physical nodes on which the processes will execute according to the received resource allocation. |
| US09832078B2 |
Stateless resource management
A method for managing a resource configuration of a heterogeneously managed computer system. During processing of a resource management request, retrieving a set of resource tags are retrieved. Each resource tag associates a local resource identifier that is assigned within a first configuration management domain with an index identifier that is assigned within a second configuration management naming domain. The retrieved tags are mutually associated utilizing the index identifiers to generating a system configuration map. The resource management request is compared with the system configuration map to identify target resources and corresponding target resource information. One or more resource queries are generated based on the identified target resource and corresponding target resource information. |
| US09832077B2 |
System and method for cluster management based on HPC architecture
Cluster management software comprises a plurality of cluster agents, with each cluster agent associated with an HPC node including an integrated fabric and the cluster agent operable to determine a status of the associated HPC node. The software further includes a cluster management engine communicably coupled with the plurality of the HPC nodes and operable to execute an HPC job using a dynamically allocated subset of the plurality of HPC nodes based on the determined status of the plurality of HPC nodes. |
| US09832074B2 |
Converged infrastructure local management system
A converged infrastructure management system includes a first converged infrastructure system chassis housing a backplane. A plurality of managed devices are connected to the backplane and include at least one compute device, at least one network device, and at least one storage device. A management device is connected to the backplane and includes a display and an input device that are accessible on an outer surface of the management device. The management device includes a management engine that is configured to retrieve management information from any of the plurality of managed devices through the backplane and display the management information that was retrieved on the display. The management engine is also configured to receive instructions through the input device and, in response, modify the management information that is displayed and send the management information that has been modified through the backplane to the management device associated with that management information. |
| US09832072B1 |
Self-configuring computer network router
A self-configuring router includes a resource allocator that automatically assigns processors to queues, such that queue workload is distributed as evenly as possible among the processors, and the processors are as fully utilized as possible. Consequently, packets do not remain on queues longer than necessary, thereby decreasing latency of packets traversing the router, and available and expensive resources, namely the processors, are kept busy. The router automatically allocates its own resources (processors) to its own queues. |
| US09832071B2 |
Information processing system, setting alteration method and computer program
A manufacturer's in-house server receives serial numbers from BD players, and transmits the received serial numbers to an SCM server. The SCM server collates the serial numbers into a control table, and transmits information to the manufacturer's in-house server such as information showing which dispatch destination and sales outlet each BD player passed through before being installed in a user's home (i.e., distribution information). In accordance with the collated control table, the manufacturer's in-house server then transmits flags that are used to make settings appropriate to each BD player. Each BD player then alters its own settings in accordance with its received flag. For example, a setting may be made to start up an application for an information delivery service (i.e., a delivery service for contents such as moving pictures and the like) that the BD player is to be connected to. |
| US09832070B2 |
Communication terminal with multiple virtual network interfaces
A communication terminal communicates protocol data units across a first virtual interface and a shared interface. The first virtual interface corresponds to an upper layer protocol and a first logical network. The shared interface corresponds to a lower layer protocol. The terminal also communicates protocol data units across a second virtual interface and the shared interface, with the second virtual interface corresponding to the upper layer protocol and a second logical network. The first logical network can be a wide area network that includes devices within a premises and devices outside a premises, and the second logical network may be a local area network that only includes devices within the premises. |
| US09832067B2 |
Network tool synchronization
In one implementation, a system for network tool synchronization includes a methodology engine to receive a data methodology of an enterprise architecture tool from the enterprise architecture tool. In addition, the system includes a functionality engine to analyze deployment diagrams of an orchestration tool to determine a functionality of the orchestration tool. In addition, the system includes an architecture engine to select information from the enterprise architecture tool based on the functionality of the orchestration tool. In addition, the system includes an information engine to export the selected information to the orchestration tool. |
| US09832066B2 |
Port number extension method and switch
A port number extension method and a switch are provided. A first switch determines bits for identifying the first switch in a Media Access Control (MAC) address in an identifier (ID) of a specified bridge; calculates a bit for port number extension according to the bits for identifying the first switch; and combines the bit for port number extension and original bits for specifying a port, to obtain new bits for specifying a port. In this way, a problem that Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) port numbers are insufficient in a super virtual fabric with a massive quantity of ports is resolved. |
| US09832061B2 |
Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals
A broadcast signal receiver is disclosed. A broadcast signal receiver according to the present invention comprises a synchronization/demodulation module carrying out signal detection and OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal; a frame parsing and deinterleaving module parsing and deinterleaving a signal frame of the broadcast signal; a demapping and decoding module converting data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) of the broadcast signal into a bit domain and performing FEC decoding on the converted data; and an output processing module receiving data of the at least one PLP and outputting the received data into a data stream. |
| US09832060B2 |
Method and circuit for fast fourier transform
A method for FFT/IFFT computation, comprising: identifying whether grouping data is needed based on data bitwidth distribution in a set of data, wherein the set of data includes data in a stage of a FFT/IFFT computation; assigning different data representations including effective bit and group index for data identified in different groups if grouping is needed, wherein data in a group have same exponent, and data in different groups have different exponents; and outputting a signal indicating the exponent; for each of a plurality of short sequence FFT/IFFT computation—decomposing data used in present short sequence FFT/IFFT computation into at least a first multi-bit part and a second multi-bit part; respectively calculating FFT/IFFT computation results for the first multi-bit part and the second multi-bit part; adding the FFT/IFFT computation results for the first and the second multi-bit part; scanning a plurality of short sequence FFT/IFFT computation added results. |
| US09832059B2 |
High efficiency orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer (PHY)
In a method for generating a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the data unit conforming to a first communication protocol, one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the data unit are generated. Each OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols (i) occupies a first bandwidth, (ii) is generated with a first tone spacing, and (iii) includes a set of pilot tones. The first tone spacing is a fraction 1/N of a second tone spacing, the second tone spacing defined for the first bandwidth by a second communication protocol. The set of pilot tones includes a same number of pilot tones as defined for the first bandwidth by the second communication protocol. The data unit is generated to include the one or more OFDM symbols in a data portion of the data unit. |
| US09832057B2 |
Control frame format for WLAN
In a method for transmitting a data unit in a wireless communication network, a physical layer (PHY) preamble and a media access control layer (MAC) header are generated. In generating the MAC header, a first address field to include a first address and a second address field to include a second address are generated. The first, not globally unique, address indicates a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The second address field indicates the other one of a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The first address field and the second address field are included in the MAC header. The MAC header omits a globally unique address corresponding to the first address of the first address field. |
| US09832050B1 |
Shock sensor resonance detection for notch filter tuning
A method of tuning a notch filter in a data storage device (DSD) including the notch filter and a shock detection system includes: adjusting pulse width modulator (PWM) frequency settings of a spindle drive signal; detecting a maximum noise level of an output signal of the shock detection system while adjusting the PWM frequency settings; and selecting a notch filter frequency corresponding to a PWM frequency setting at which the maximum noise level of the output signal of the shock detection system is detected. |
| US09832049B2 |
Relaying apparatus
A communication network includes relaying apparatuses, each including redundant-route ports providing communication routes between the relaying apparatuses. The relaying apparatus determines whether a first frame received via a usual port is highly important. The first frame being highly important is transmitted via the respective redundant-route ports; the first frame being not highly important is transmitted via one redundant-route port. The relaying apparatus receives a second frame being highly important via the respective redundant-route ports; the second frame has a transmission destination corresponding to an apparatus connected with the relaying apparatus via the usual port. The relaying apparatus makes determination whether or not all the second frames received via the respective redundant-route ports accord with each other. With affirmative determination, one of the second frames is transferred to the transmission destination. With negative determination, all the second frames are cancelled. |
| US09832047B2 |
Phase noise optimization device and phase noise optimization method
To provide a phase noise optimization device and a phase noise optimization method which are capable of automatically measuring optimum phase noise according to an offset frequency. There is included a phase noise data generation unit 28 that generates at least two types of phase noise data corresponding to at least two low-pass filters (LPFs) 15a and 15b selected by a filter selection unit 16 in at least one measurement frequency range, set in advance, out of a plurality of measurement frequency ranges, a comparison unit 29 that compares at least two types of phase noise data, and a phase noise optimization unit 30 that generates optimized phase noise data based on a comparison result of the comparison unit 29. |
| US09832044B2 |
Apparatus for setting an email security and method thereof
An apparatus for setting an email security and method thereof are displayed. The present invention includes receiving an email from a email server, deleting partial information of the email according to a security level of the email, and displaying the partial information deleted email. |
| US09832043B2 |
Bandwidth boosting in shared local networks
A network device provides, to a user device, a user interface to configure preferences for a bandwidth boosting service. The bandwidth boosting service is configured to supplement a subscriber's primary content delivery connection with additional bandwidth from a broadband cellular connection. The network device receives, via the user interface, user configuration preferences for the bandwidth boosting service and provides, to a boosting router at a local subscriber network, configuration settings that are based on the configuration preferences. The network device receives, from the boosting router, a boost request for content delivery to a user device at the local subscriber network and generates, in response to the boost request, a split-path instruction for the content delivery to the local subscriber network via a primary data path and a supplemental data path. |
| US09832042B2 |
Mapping PBT and PBB-TE traffic to VPLS and other services
Transferring data in a network is disclosed. Transferring includes receiving a Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) frame, identifying a plurality of location specific identifiers in the PBT frame, mapping the PBT frame to a service based at least in part on the plurality of location specific identifiers, formatting the PBT frame according to the service to obtain a service frame, and transferring the service frame to a network associated with the service. |
| US09832038B2 |
Communication system having a can bus and a method for operating such a communication system
A communication system and a method for operating a communication system, the communication system having a CAN bus and at least two devices connected with the aid of the CAN bus. Such a device has a CAN control unit, an asynchronous, serial communication (ASC) interface unit, and a switch. The CAN control unit is suitable for transmitting, in a first transmission mode, CAN data frames over the CAN bus with the aid of a first physical protocol. The asynchronous, serial communication interface unit or ASC interface unit is suitable for transmitting, in a second transmission mode, ASC data frames over the CAN bus with the aid of a second physical protocol. The switch is designed for switching over between the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode as a function of at least one agreement effective between the device and at least one other device. |
| US09832034B2 |
Systems and methods for managing a programmable thermostat
Systems and methods for managing a programmable thermostat are described herein. One or more system embodiments include a programmable thermostat having a first management profile; a data acquisition subsystem; and a data analysis subsystem. The data acquisition subsystem is configured to receive thermostat data from the programmable thermostat, and the data analysis subsystem is configured to receive the thermostat data from the data acquisition subsystem, and determine a second management profile for the programmable thermostat based, at least in part, on the thermostat data. |
| US09832033B1 |
Home control system
A home control system has at least one peripheral device, a controlling device, and a mobile device. The mobile device determines whether the controlling device is connectable. When the mobile device determines that the controlling device is connectable, the mobile device is connected to the at least one peripheral device via the controlling device and transmits a control signal to the at least one peripheral device. When the mobile device determines that the controlling device is unconnectable, the mobile device is directly connected to the at least one peripheral device and transmits the control signal to the at least one peripheral device. Therefore, when the controlling device is broken, a user may still operate the mobile device to control the at least one peripheral device. |
| US09832032B2 |
Method for cell reselection for reception of packet data
A method for enabling a user terminal to receive packet data in a mobile communication system supporting a packet data service. In the method, a radio network controller receives a session start message from a core network, determines whether or not a frequency area (FA) including the user equipment supports the MBMS service, and transmits a notification message, which contains cell reselection information used when the user equipment moves into an FA supporting the MBMS service, to the user equipment when the user equipment is located in an FA, which does not support the MBMS service. |
| US09832029B2 |
Policy control method and device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a policy control method and device. The method includes: receiving, by a PCRF, NAT entry information sent by a NAT device; obtaining, by the PCRF, a first PCC rule according to the NAT entry information, where the first PCC rule is a PCC rule including an IP address to be translated by the NAT device; and sending, by the PCRF, the first PCC rule to a gateway device, so that the gateway device executes the first PCC rule. According to the embodiments of the present invention, it can be ensured that the gateway device correctly executes the PCC rule. |
| US09832017B2 |
Apparatus for personal voice assistant, location services, multi-media capture, transmission, speech to text conversion, photo/video image/object recognition, creation of searchable metatag(s)/ contextual tag(s), storage and search retrieval
This invention relates to a network interface device. A first capture device interfaces with a first external information source to capture first external information. A processor processes the captured first external information and stores it in a first media. The processor initiates the storage of the first captured information at an initial time and completes storage of the first captured information at a completion time, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information. A transmitter transmits the defined set of stored captured information to a remote location on a network. A remote processing system is disposed at the remote node on the network and includes a database and a receiver for receiving the transmitted defined set of first captured information. A data converter is operable to convert the received defined set of first captured information to a second format. The database stores the set of converted captured information. |
| US09832016B2 |
Methods, systems and computer program product for providing verification code recovery and remote authentication
The described embodiments relate to methods, systems, and products for providing verification code recovery and remote authentication for a plurality of devices configured for electronic communication with a server. Specifically, in the methods, systems, and products, the user entrusts information about the user's verification code to the service provider, and only with cooperation between the user and the service provider can a lost verification code be recovered. The service provider can further authenticate the user before cooperating in the recovery process by way of a time-sensitive authentication sequence that involves the user device. |
| US09832012B2 |
SPDIF clock and data recovery with sample rate converter
A method can include a digital oversampler oversampling an input data stream, a rate generator selecting a frequency that is not less than an expected frequency of the input data stream, a rate generator clock of the rate generator outputting a clock signal that has the selected frequency, determining whether a sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, and, responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, incrementing a sample counter by each received sample. The method can also include a sample rate converter accumulating samples from the sample receiver at the rate of a “toothless” clock signal, determining whether an output of the sample counter is greater than zero, and, responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is greater than zero, an AND gate passing the “toothless” clock signal to the sample rate converter. |
| US09832009B2 |
Collaborative clock and data recovery
A receiver serial data streams generates a local timing reference clock from an approximate frequency reference clock by phase-aligning the local clock to transitions in the data stream. This process is commonly known as clock and data recovery (CDR). Certain transitions of the data signals are selected for use in phase-aligning the local clock, and certain transitions are ignored. Phase-error signals from multiple receivers receiving the multiple serial data streams are combined and used to make common phase adjustments to the frequency reference clock. These common adjustments track jitter that is common to the received data streams. Local adjustments that better align each respective local clock to the transitions of its respective serial data stream are made using a local phase-error signal. These local adjustments track jitter that is more unique to each of the respective serial data streams. |
| US09832002B2 |
Phalanx radio system architecture for high capacity wireless communication
System and apparatus embodiments are provided for high capacity wireless communication. In an embodiment, a system for high capacity wireless communication includes a plurality of small radio unit modules (SRUMs) and a single central module (CM) configured to connect to the SRUMS over a high speed transport layer (TL), wherein the SRUMs each comprise a SRUM radio frequency (RF) element and an antenna, wherein the CM comprises a digital signal processor (DSP), an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a plurality of digital-to-analog (D/A) converters, and a plurality of CM RF elements, wherein each of the plurality of SRUMs is uniquely associated with a CM RF element, and a D/A converter thereby forming a radio unit (RU) that is configured to operate independently of other RUs. |
| US09831994B2 |
Method and apparatuses for using channel state information reference signals
In a wireless communication system, a wireless device is identified as being a relay device. A channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration is selected such that at least one CSI-RS can be transmitted to the wireless device in a subset of subframes assigned to relay backhaul transmissions. |
| US09831993B2 |
Radio terminal, radio base station, channel signal forming method, and channel signal receiving method
A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier. |
| US09831987B2 |
Staggered parity
Forward Error Correction technique: parity vectors are computed such that each parity vector spans multiple FEC frames; in a given FEC frame, a first set of syndrome bits are due to the parity vectors, and a second set of syndrome bits satisfy FEC equations that involve bits of the given FEC frame including the first set of syndrome bits; and the parity vectors are staggered with respect to any sequence in which the FEC frames are processed. Values of decoded bits of a first frame are deduced from known bits of a first parity vector having an effective length of one frame. For parity vectors having an effective length greater than one frame, a Log Likelihood Ratio of each unknown bit associated with the first frame is updated based on known and unknown bits of each parity vector. First frame is decoded using deduced bit values and updated LLR values. |
| US09831983B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for determining control field and modulation coding scheme information
Systems, method and apparatus of managing wireless communication are described herein. |
| US09831979B2 |
Methods for transmission and reception of a serial signal and corresponding devices
A device for transmitting a signal over a serial link includes a transmission processor to carry out, before transmission over the serial link, a scrambling process on successive initial packets of the signal to form a scrambled packet for each initial packet. The transmission processor includes an encoding circuit to carry out an encoding process on each initial packet to deliver an encoded packet. The encoding process includes, for each current initial packet starting from the second, encoding of the current initial packet with the preceding scrambled packet. Calculation circuitry determines, for each initial packet, a bit disparity of the encoded packet and determination of a cumulative bit disparity. Comparison circuitry carries out a comparison process involving the bit disparity of the encoded packet and the cumulative disparity, with the scrambled packet being the encoded packet or the inverted encoded packet, depending on the result of the comparison process. |
| US09831975B2 |
Sampling frequency offset calculation
A non-data-aided method of calculating an estimate of the sampling frequency offset (SFO) in a digital receiver involves performing a plurality of correlations between two identical sized groups of samples within a received signal where the spacing of the groups is varied for each correlation. In various examples the number of samples in the groups is also varied. For larger symbols, the group of samples may comprise approximately the same number of samples as the guard interval in a symbol and for smaller symbols, the group of samples may comprise approximately the same number of samples as an entire symbol. An estimate of the SFO is determined by identifying the largest correlation result obtained from all the correlations performed. The largest correlation result indicates the largest correlation. |
| US09831972B2 |
Synchronization of clocks and sensors via exponential-based TDR and communication of exponential-null pulse sequences
A method for establishing synchronization between a master clock and a slave clock. A transmitter near the master clock transmits a pulse sequence onto an electrical cable that extends between the transmitter and a receiver near the slave clock. Each pulse of the pulse sequence is either a null pulse (i.e., a zero pulse) or a pulse of exponential kind, depending a corresponding bit in a bit sequence. Each pulse of exponential kind has a leading edge pf exponential shape corresponding to the exponential coefficient α. The bit sequence represents the sum of (a) a current timestamp of the master clock and (b) an adjustment value that represents the one-way time of-flight of the exponentially shaped leading edge through the cable. The receiver recovers the bit sequence from the pulse sequence, and loads the bit sequence into the slave clock, to establish synchronization. |
| US09831971B1 |
Method and system for operating a communication system encoded into multiple independently communicated encoding formats
A system and method for operating the same includes a receiving circuit module having a housing having an input for a first signal, a first encoder disposed within the housing encoding the first signal to form a first encoded signal and a second encoder disposed within the housing encoding the first signal to form a second encoded signal having a different format than the first signal. A first multiplexer receives the first encoded signal. A second multiplexer different than the first multiplexer receives the second encoded signal. |
| US09831969B2 |
Transmitting system and method of transmitting digital broadcast signal in transmitting system
A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are provided. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing mobile data and main data, transmitting a transmission frame including the multiplexed mobile and main data, where a parade of data group is transmitted during slots, where each slot includes specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, where the data group including a plurality of regions and the fifth region of the plurality of regions includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets, and where the data group is assigned to one of the slots in such a manner that slots of consecutive slot number carry data groups of inconsecutive group number. |
| US09831963B2 |
MIMO communication method, terminal, and base station apparatus for transmitting and receiving pilot signals to estimate a channel
A MIMO communication method of performing MIMO communication between a base station having a plurality of antennas and each of a plurality of terminals covered by the base station using uplink data slots and downlink data slots that are alternately placed on a time axis. The method includes, in the base station, despreading a received signal that is transmitted from each of the plurality of terminals demodulating the transmission data transmitted from a respective terminal on the basis of the value of the estimated channel; decoding a received signal included in the uplink data slots, estimating a current channel between each of all antennas of the base station and the respective terminal; and comparing the stored value of the estimated channel with a value of the estimated current channel and updating the stored value of the estimated channel to the value of the estimated current channel. |
| US09831962B1 |
Environment identification based on multiple proximate hubs
An audio/video (A/V) hub that determines an environment of a portable electronic device is described. In particular, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and receiver devices (which was received from the receiver devices), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Alternatively, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and the A/V hub and the portable electronic device and another A/V hub (which was received from the portable electronic device and/or the other A/V hub), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Based on the determination, the A/V hub provides an instruction to power on an A/V display device in the environment. |
| US09831961B1 |
Adaptive envelope tracking calibration for radio frequency communication systems
An adaptive envelope tracking calibration module executes a routine to calibrate a radio frequency (RF) transmitter in a communication device comprising an envelope tracking system. The routine includes receiving a selection of a calibration target power that is greater than a desired output power of the RF transmitter and determining an output power estimate for the power amplifier as a supply voltage for the power amplifier varies according to an output of the envelope tracking system. The routine further includes adaptively adjusting the calibration target power when the output power estimate is not greater than the calibration target power. |
| US09831953B2 |
Excitation light source device and optical transmission system
An excitation light source device includes: an excitation light source to generate the Raman excitation light; a light source controller to control an intensity of the Raman excitation light; an amplified spontaneous emission noise measurer to measure an intensity of amplified spontaneous emission noise caused by the Raman excitation light; and a transmission line abnormality analyzer to detect abnormality in the transmission line on a basis of a control state of the light source controller and a measurement result of the amplified spontaneous emission noise measurer. In a state where the abnormality is not detected, the light source controller controls the intensity of the Raman excitation light to gradually increase to a set value. In a state where the abnormality is detected, the light source controller controls the excitation light source to stop or reduce generation of the Raman excitation light. |
| US09831950B2 |
Visible light communication receiver, mobile object, and visible light communication system
A visible light communication receiver to be attached to a mobile object includes: a light receiving device which receives a light signal for visible light communication, the light signal including predetermined information; and a lens component disposed over the light receiving device. The lens component has a first directional angle on a first plane and a second directional angle on a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The first directional angle is narrower than the second directional angle. |
| US09831948B2 |
Optical power measurement in a passive optical network
A passive optical network (PON) device and method for optical power measurement along an optical transmission path supporting bidirectional propagation of downstream light and upstream light between two network elements of a PON is provided. The device includes an optical power splitter assembly extracting respective portions of the upstream and downstream light, and an upstream wavelength analyzer determining, from the extracted upstream light, an upstream spectral characteristic of the upstream light. The device also includes a processing unit determining, based on the upstream spectral characteristic, a downstream spectral characteristic of a downstream signal of interest among a plurality of downstream signals of the downstream light, and a downstream filter assembly filtering the extracted downstream light to select a portion of the downstream signal of interest. The device further includes a downstream optical power meter assembly measuring an optical power parameter of the selected portion of the downstream signal of interest. |
| US09831946B2 |
Optical transmitter and transmission method, and optical receiver and receiption method
The present invention discloses: when a first laser in N lasers is switched to a second idle laser in M lasers, a wavelength of a wavelength-selective optical element to which the first laser is coupled is adjusted from a first wavelength to a second wavelength, and the second wavelength is different from the N wavelengths. Similarly, when a first optical receiver in N optical receivers is switched to a second idle optical receiver in M optical receivers, a wavelength of a wavelength-selective optical element to which the first optical receiver is coupled is adjusted from a first wavelength to a second wavelength, and the second wavelength is different from the N wavelengths. |
| US09831944B2 |
Probe generator, optical transmission apparatus and probe generating method
A probe generator includes: a first demultiplexer configured to branch a first optical signal having a first wavelength into at least two first polarized optical signals; a first adjustor configured to adjust the first polarized optical signals such that the first polarized optical signals have the same polarization direction and to combine the adjusted first polarized optical signals into a second optical signal; a first modulator configured to branch the second optical signal into at least two first split optical signals and to intensity-modulate each of the first split optical signals with first pilot signals; a second adjustor configured to adjust the first split optical signals intensity-modulated by the first modulator such that the intensity-modulated first split optical signals have different polarization directions; and an output unit configured to combine the first split optical signals adjusted by the second adjustor to generate a probe optical signal to be output. |
| US09831939B2 |
Internet access via satellite
At least one satellite provides access to an internet via one or more spatial beams of the satellite, each beam covering a respective area of a geographic region and thereby providing said internet access to a plurality of respective users in the respective area. A plurality of bandwidth pools are allocated, from which bandwidth is used by the respective users in using the internet access. The sizes of two or more of these bandwidth pools are then dynamically adapted by temporarily re-allocating currently unused bandwidth from one or more of the pools to one or more others of the pools, automatically in response to current demand for the internet access from at least one of the two or more pools. |
| US09831934B2 |
Beamforming for non-collaborative, space division multiple access systems
A wireless communication system non-collaborative, multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) space division multiple access (SDMA) system determines subscriber station combining and weighting vectors that yield a high average signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR). Each subscriber station independently transmits information to a base station that allows the base station to determine a weight vector wi for each subscriber station using the determined combining vector of the subscriber station. The ith combining vector corresponds to a right singular vector corresponding to a maximum singular value of a channel matrix between a base station and the ith subscriber station. Each subscriber station transmits signals using a weight vector vi, which corresponds to a left singular vector corresponding to a maximum singular value of a channel matrix between the ith subscriber station and the base station. The base station uses the weight vector wi to determine the signal transmitted by the ith subscriber station. |
| US09831933B1 |
Techniques and methods for frequency division multiplexed digital beamforming
A system includes a first low noise amplifier, a second low noise amplifier, a local analog oscillator signal, a signal splitter, a mixer, a mixer, an analog to digital converter and a digital channelizer. The first low noise amplifier outputs a first amplified analog signal based on a received analog antenna signal at a time t0. The second low noise amplifier outputs a second amplified analog signal based on the received analog antenna signal at a time t1. The local analog oscillator signal outputs a local analog oscillator signal. The signal splitter outputs a split analog oscillator signal and a split analog oscillator signal. The mixer outputs a first mixed signal. The mixer outputs a second mixed signal. The analog to digital converter outputs a combined digital signal. The digital channelizer outputs a received signal based on the combined digital signal. |
| US09831932B2 |
Method for transmitting feedback information through terminal to for split beamforming in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed is a method for transmitting, by a terminal, feedback information to a network for partial beamforming based on a multi-antenna in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises: a step of receiving, from the network, reference signals corresponding to antenna sections included in the multi-antenna; a step of selecting one or more beamforming mode among beamforming modes included in a candidate beamforming mode set on the basis of the reference signals, and forming feedback information related to the selected one or more beamforming modes; and a step of transmitting the feedback information to the network, and the feedback information includes a pre-coding matrix index corresponding to at least one of the antenna sections and connection coefficient information for connecting the antenna sections. |
| US09831930B2 |
Precoder structure for MIMO precoding
The teachings herein present a method and apparatus that implement and use a factorized precoder structure that is advantageous in terms of performance and efficiency. In particular, the teachings presented herein disclose an underlying precoder structure that allows for certain codebook reuse across different transmission scenarios, including for transmission from a single Uniform Linear Array (ULA) of transmit antennas and transmission from cross-polarized subgroups of such antennas. According to this structure, an overall precoder is constructed from a conversion precoder and a tuning precoder. The conversion precoder includes antenna-subgroup precoders of size NT/2, where NT represents the number of overall antenna ports considered. Correspondingly, the tuning precoder controls the offset of beam phases between the antenna-subgroup precoders, allowing the conversion precoder to be used with cross-polarized arrays of NT/2 antenna elements and with co-polarized arrays of NT antenna elements. |
| US09831926B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing coordinated multipoint transmission and reception (CoMP) in a wireless communication network
A network node carries out operations for use in coordinating data transmissions to user equipments in a wireless communication network and, in at least one embodiment, the network node obtains signal strength values indicating antenna relationships between respective user equipments and respective antennas among two or more antennas involving at least two access nodes in the network. The network node arranges the user equipments into groups, based on the antenna relationships, and, based on the antenna relationships, associates each group of user equipments with a sub-set of the two or more antennas. Still further, the network node coordinates data transmissions performed by the at least two access nodes to each group of user equipments, using the associated sub-set of the two one or more antennas. |
| US09831925B2 |
High efficiency polarized ULF/VLF/RF transciever antenna
A transmission antenna includes a closed-loop core having at least two electrically-conductive windings arranged on the closed-loop core. The windings are each electrically-actuated to generate a magnetic flux along the closed-loop core in opposing directions. The transmission antenna may generate a polarized magnetic field within a plane of the closed-loop core and provide broadband transmission of a polarized signal having a relatively flat frequency response. The transmission antenna is electrically-small, and the frequency of the polarized signal is nearly independent of the size of the closed-loop core. Multiple polarized signals may be provided, each being independently and continuously controlled through actuation of the windings. The direction of the polarized signal may also be varied. Additional windings for receiving a signal may simultaneously be employed on the closed-loop core. A method for transmitting a polarized signal with the transmission antenna is also provided. |
| US09831923B2 |
Communication system, communication method, and data processing apparatus
A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself. The present innovation can be applied to, for example, an IC card system, etc. |
| US09831919B2 |
Transmission interface device and system thereof
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a transmission interface device, and the transmission interface device comprises an antenna body. The antenna body comprises at least one electric coupling body and at least one magnetic coupling body at least covering or surrounding portion of the electric coupling body. When the antenna of the electronic device is close to the antenna body, the antenna body and the antenna of the electronic device selectively generate an electric coupling effect, a magnetic coupling effect, or a strong electromagnetic coupling effect, such that the transmission interface device can wirelessly charge the electronic device, or alternatively the transmission interface device and the electronic device can perform a power or data transmission. |
| US09831914B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing application profiles and device classes in power line communication (PLC) environments
Systems and methods for application profiles and device classes in power line communications (PLCs) are described. In some embodiments, a PLC device has the device class defined by a PHY layer and may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may be configured to store program instructions, which may be executable by the processor to cause the PLC device to communicate with a higher-level PLC apparatus over a power line using a frequency band. The frequency band may be selected based upon an application profile and/or a device class associated with the PLC device. In some implementations, the higher-level PLC apparatus may include a PLC gateway or a data concentrator, and the PLC device may include a PLC modem or the like. Examples of application profiles include access communications, in-premises connectivity, AC charging, and/or DC charging. Device classes may represent a minimum communication data rate and/or an operating frequency band restriction of the PLC device. |
| US09831912B2 |
Directional coupling device and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device including a first antenna that radiates a first RF signal conveying first data; and a second antenna that radiates a second RF signal conveying the first data from the at least one transmitting device. The first RF signal and second RF signal form a combined RF signal that is bound by an outer surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave substantially in a single longitudinal direction along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09831906B1 |
Active electronically scanned array with power amplifier drain bias tapering
An active electronically scanned array (AESA) includes a plurality of power amplifiers including first power amplifiers and second power amplifiers. The first power amplifiers are biased by a first drain voltage. The second power amplifiers are biased by a second drain voltage. The second drain voltage is different from the first drain voltage. |
| US09831905B1 |
Control feature of a protective case for engaging a switch of an electronic device
According to various embodiments, there is provided a case for an electronic device. The case includes a cover having a peripheral wall defining an interior for receiving at least a portion of the electronic device, the cover having a protrusion extending in a length dimension. The case further includes a control feature extending through the peripheral wall of the cover. The control feature has a first body portion configured to engage a switch of the electronic device, when the electronic device is received in the interior of the cover. The control feature further has a second body portion accessible from outside of the interior of the cover. The control feature further has a central body portion between the first body portion and the second body portion, the central body portion having a channel in which the protrusion is received, wherein the control feature is moveable along the length dimension of the protrusion, relative to the cover. |
| US09831899B1 |
Integrative software radio
An integrative software radio embodies a single multi-radio device including functionalities that are a superset of a plurality of individual discrete radio devices includes a radio frequency transmitter that integrates transmission capabilities of a plurality of discrete transmitters such that the radio frequency transmitter is configured to generate a first amalgamated waveform that is a combination of individual waveforms, each individual waveform corresponding to the transmission capabilities of its respective one of the plurality of discrete transmitters, wherein the transmission capabilities each of the plurality of discrete transmitters comprise operating characteristics different from one or more of the other discrete transmitters, wherein a waveform of a discrete transmitter comprises an adjustable electromagnetic wavefront and a proprietary waveform generation component; and a mission module communicatively coupled to the plurality of discrete transmitters and configured to alter the wavefront of at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters to reduce interference among the at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters without adjusting the proprietary waveform generation component. |
| US09831895B2 |
System and method for a message passing algorithm
The complexity of sparse code multiple access (SCMA) decoding can be reduced by pruning codebooks to remove unlikely codewords prior to, or while, performing an iterative message passing algorithm (MPA). The pruned codebook is then used by to perform one or more iterations of MPA processing, thereby reducing the number codeword probabilities that are calculated for the corresponding SCMA layer. The pruned codebook also reduces the computational complexity of calculating codeword probabilities associated with other SCMA layers. The pruned codebook may be “reset” by reinserting the pruned codewords into the codebook after a final hard-decision for a given set of received samples is made, so that the pruning does not affect evaluation of the next set of samples. |
| US09831891B2 |
Counter, analogue to digital converter including the counter and image sensing device including the analogue to digital converter
A counter includes a sampling unit suitable for sampling a logic state of a least significant bit (LSB) during a counting hold section, the counting hold section is present between first and second ramp sections; and a toggling control unit suitable for, in response to a clock and a sampling signal outputted from the sampling unit, generating the LSB according to a first voltage level of a counting target signal during a second part of the first ramp section and generating the LSB according to a second voltage level of the counting target signal during a first part of the second ramp section. |
| US09831889B1 |
Converting large input analog signals in an analog-to-digital converter without input attenuation
In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first sampling capacitor and a comparator to compare a sum voltage at a first input terminal to a voltage level at a second input terminal according to a thermometer cycle. The sum voltage is based at least in part on an analog input voltage and a divided reference voltage, where the analog input voltage and the reference voltage (VREF) are of a first voltage range and the divided reference voltage is according to ( ( 2 M - 1 ) V REF / 2 M ) , to enable the comparator to operate at a second voltage range, the second voltage range less than V REF / 2 M , and M is a number of bits of a digital output to be decided in the thermometer cycle and is greater than one. |
| US09831887B2 |
Digitally calibrated successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter
A circuit can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the first input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with a common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a first input voltage Vinp, a reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the second input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with the common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a second input voltage Vinn, the reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; and a successive approximation register (SAR) controller coupled with the output of the voltage comparator Vd. |
| US09831879B2 |
Low core power leakage structure in IO receiver during IO power down
A receiver includes a first transfer gate, a first inverter, a second inverter, a second transfer gate, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter connected in series, a first power supply supplying power to the first and second inverters, a second power supply supplying power to the third and fourth inverters, a third power supply supplying power to the second transfer gate, first and second signals having opposite logic levels for controlling the first transfer gate. The third power supply is significantly lower than the first or second power supply. The leakage current of the receiver is significantly reduced in the core when the second power supply remains on but the first power supply is turned off while the performance of the receiver remains the same. |
| US09831878B2 |
Semiconductor device and selector circuit
A semiconductor device includes a setting circuit and a reset circuit. The setting circuit includes a latch circuit having first and second inverters driven by a first power voltage whose level is fixed and a first transistor which is switched between an ON state and an OFF state on the basis of a level of a second power voltage whose level varies depending on a surrounding environment, and sets data corresponding to a reference voltage to the latch circuit in response to the first transistor being switched to the ON state. The reset circuit includes an N-type second transistor connected to an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter. The second transistor sets data corresponding to the reference voltage to the latch circuit in response to the second voltage being equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage value. |
| US09831873B2 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous processing of multiple functions
Electronic logic gates that operate using N logic state levels, where N is greater than 2, and methods of operating such gates. The electronic logic gates operate according to truth tables. At least two input signals each having a logic state that can range over more than two logic states are provided to the logic gates. The logic gates each provide an output signal that can have one of N logic states. Examples of gates described include NAND/NAND gates having two inputs A and B and NAND/NAND gates having three inputs A, B, and C, where A, B and C can take any of four logic states. Systems using such gates are described, and their operation illustrated. Optical logic gates that operate using N logic state levels are also described. |
| US09831872B1 |
Stationary control knob having proximity sensors
A vehicle input knob assembly is provided that includes a stationary knob located in a vehicle and having an outer peripheral surface with a plurality of radial extending surfaces such as ribs and a plurality of proximity sensors located proximate to the knob to detect a user rotating a hand around the knob. The assembly also includes a controller generating a control signal based on the detected rotation of the hand. The knob may further include proximity sensors on a front surface for added user input. |
| US09831863B2 |
Digital current sensing in power controller
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a node to provide a signal, and a control unit arranged to control a value of an output voltage at an output node on an output path based on a duty cycle of the signal and a value of an input voltage. The control unit can also be arranged to cause a change in a resistance on the output path in order to determine a value of a current on the output path based at least on the change in the resistance. |
| US09831854B2 |
Current regulation circuit
A current is supplied from a power source voltage supply node of a power source voltage to an open-collector of a transistor through a current blocking circuit, connectors and a signal transmission line. A microcomputer regulates a resistance value of a pull-up resistor by switching over an on/off state of a switch circuit in accordance with the power source voltage detected by a power source voltage detection circuit. The microcomputer thus regulates a current blocking rate of the current blocking circuit. |
| US09831850B2 |
Acoustic wave device with a piezoelectric substrate that is not located in some regions
An acoustic wave device includes: a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate bonded to the support substrate; a first acoustic wave element formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a frame formed on the support substrate to surround the first acoustic wave element; and a substrate formed on the frame so that a cavity to which the first acoustic wave element is exposed is formed above the piezoelectric substrate, wherein a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the support substrate and the substrate in a first direction in a surface direction of the piezoelectric substrate is less than a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the support substrate and the piezoelectric substrate in the first direction, and the piezoelectric substrate remains in a region where the first acoustic wave element is formed and is removed in a region where the frame is formed. |
| US09831849B2 |
Surface acoustic wave element and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a surface acoustic wave element and a method of manufacturing the same, and more specifically, to a surface acoustic wave element and a method of manufacturing the same, the element including a piezoelectric substrate; a plurality of IDT electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a plurality of resonator electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a wiring metal layer formed as a wiring area to electrically connect the plurality of IDT electrodes and the plurality of resonator electrodes; and an insulation layer formed on the piezoelectric substrate, the plurality of IDT electrodes, the plurality of resonator electrodes and the wiring metal layer. |
| US09831848B2 |
Elastic wave device and method for manufacturing the same
An elastic wave device includes a supporting substrate, a high-acoustic-velocity film stacked on the supporting substrate and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave propagating in a piezoelectric film, a low-acoustic-velocity film stacked on the high-acoustic-velocity film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film is stacked on the low-acoustic-velocity film, and an IDT electrode stacked on a surface of the piezoelectric film. |
| US09831845B2 |
Single conversion receiver and communication system including same
There is provides a single conversion receiver and a communication system having wide occupied frequency bands and good receiving sensitivity. The single conversion receiver includes: a first bandpass filter that lets only a desired band of a received RF signal pass through; a first mixer that converts the RF signal passing through the first bandpass filter into a first intermediate frequency signal; a second bandpass filter that lets only a band of a desired frequency channel of the first intermediate frequency signal pass through; a quadrature demodulator that converts the first intermediate frequency signal to baseband signals composed of an I phase and a Q phase; an oscillator that generates a first local signal 2^M times the center frequency of the second bandpass filter (where M is an integer); a fractional-N PLL frequency synthesizer that generates a second local signal with a frequency non-integer times the first local signal and supplies the second local signal to the first mixer; and a first frequency divider that divides the frequency of the first local signal by (2^M) to generate a third local signal and a fourth local signal having 90 degree phase difference from the third local signal, and supplies the third local signal and the fourth local signal to the quadrature demodulator. |
| US09831838B2 |
Low noise amplifier architecture for carrier aggregation receivers
A low noise amplifier includes a first input transistor coupled to an input signal and a second input transistor coupled to the input signal. The low noise amplifier also includes a first output transistor, coupled between the first input transistor and a first carrier aggregation load, configured to connect the first input transistor to the first carrier aggregation load. Additionally, the low noise amplifier includes a second output transistor, coupled between the first input transistor and a second carrier aggregation load, configured to connect the first input transistor to the second carrier aggregation load. Further, the low noise amplifier includes a third output transistor, coupled between the second input transistor and the second carrier aggregation load, configured to connect the second input transistor to the second carrier aggregation load. Also included are a method of operating a low noise amplifier and an extended carrier low noise amplifier. |
| US09831830B2 |
Bipolar junction transistor based switched capacitors
A switched capacitor is provided. The switched capacitor includes a pair of parallel component stacks. Each stack is connected to a common top node and a common bottom node. Each stack includes a BJT. Each stack further includes a first resistor in series with the BJT and having a first side connected to a collector of the BJT at an intermediate node in a same one of the stacks and a second side connected to the common top node. Each stack also includes a capacitor having a first side connected to the intermediate node and a second side for providing an impedance. Each stack additionally includes a second resistor having a first side connected to a base of the BJT to prevent base-current surge in the BJT and a second side connected to a switch base control signal that selectively turns the BJT on or off. |
| US09831827B2 |
Photovoltaic inspection system and photovoltaic inspection method
A photovoltaic inspection system is provided, the photovoltaic inspection system detecting a failure by eliminating ON/OFF operation of a switch or others at the time of inspection or checkup as much as possible, reducing an influence of a temperature distribution as a whole with a small effort, and detecting a local deterioration in a photovoltaic module or string. According to a typical embodiment, in a photovoltaic system having a plurality of photovoltaic strings formed of one or a plurality of photovoltaic modules arranged to be aligned, a photovoltaic inspection system which detects the failure in the photovoltaic strings includes: a current detector which measures each of a first output current of a first photovoltaic string and a second output current of a second photovoltaic string; and a monitoring unit which calculates a second temperature property of the second photovoltaic string based on a value of the first output current and a value of the second output current and which determines whether the second photovoltaic string has the failure or not based on the second temperature property. |
| US09831825B2 |
Solar photovoltaic system protecting apparatus and solar photovoltaic system protecting method
In order to provide a simple and reliable configuration capable of detecting whether an arc is a serial arc or a parallel arc and extinguishing these arcs, a solar photovoltaic system protecting apparatus determines whether or not an arc is present in a state where a first relay (41P, 41N) is closed and a second and a third relay (42, 43P, 43N) are open, identifies whether the arc is a parallel arc or a serial arc in a state where the first relay (41P, 41N) and the second relay (42) are closed, and opens the first relay (41P, 41N) in a case where a serial arc has been generated and closes the third relay (43P, 43N) in a case where a parallel arc has been generated. |
| US09831820B1 |
Moving mechanism and photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment having same
A moving mechanism adapted for use on a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment for moving while cleaning one or more photovoltaic panels is disclosed, which includes a cleaning rack, a plane walking unit and a side surface walking unit. The plane walking unit drives the cleaning rack to move along a panel surface of a photovoltaic panel, and the side surface walking unit drives the cleaning rack to move along the side surface of upper edge of photovoltaic panel; the plane walking unit includes driving wheels diagonally and detachably mounted on diagonal line of cleaning rack, driving wheels driven by driving motors; side surface walking unit includes driving wheels and driven driving motors. Moving mechanism allows for more uniformly stress distribution during forward and backward movement on the photovoltaic panel. The photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment including the moving mechanism is also disclosed. |
| US09831816B2 |
Semiconductor power module and drive system for electric motor
Erroneous mounting of a semiconductor power module can be more easily detected. A semiconductor power module (9) according to the present invention includes: a status signal generation unit (90) configured to detect a status in the semiconductor power module (9) and generate and output a status signal indicating the detected status; an identification information storage unit (91) configured to preliminarily store identification information for identifying the semiconductor power module (9) and output an identification signal indicating the identification information; and a switching unit (92) configured to select one of the status signal output from the status signal generation unit (90) and the identification signal output from the identification information storage unit (91) and output the selected signal to an outside of the semiconductor power module (9). |
| US09831810B2 |
System and method for improved reactive power speed-of-response for a wind farm
The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for regulating reactive power in a wind farm connected to a power grid so as to improve reactive speed-of-response of the wind farm. The method includes receiving a voltage feedback from the power grid and a voltage reference and calculating a linear voltage error as a function of the voltage feedback and the voltage reference. A further step includes generating a first output based on the linear voltage error via a first control path having a first voltage regulator. A further step includes determining a non-linear voltage error based on the linear voltage error via a second control path having a second voltage regulator. A second output is generated via the second control path based on the non-linear voltage error. As such, a reactive power command is generated as a function of the first and second outputs. |
| US09831802B1 |
Driving apparatus for driving a multi-phase load, a controller thereof and a control method thereof
A driving apparatus includes an inverter and a controller. The inverter converts, based on pulse width modulation (PWM) signals, an input voltage into output voltage signals that are used to drive a multi-phase load. The controller includes: a sequence generating module generating a first switching sequence and at least one second switching sequence based on duty cycle values; a selecting module selecting, to serve as a selected switching sequence, one of the first and second switching sequences that is determined to make phase currents which flow through the multi-phase load due to the output voltage signals have lowest total harmonic distortion; and an output generating module generates the PWM signals based on the selected switching sequence. |
| US09831801B2 |
Three-phase inverter system including control circuit to detect failure in an output current sensor
A three-phase inverter system, in one configuration, includes an inverter main circuit and a control circuit. The inverter system includes current sensors which detect output currents in, for example, U- and W-phases, respectively, the inverter main circuit includes a semiconductor switching device with a current sense which is provided in, for example, the V-phase. The control circuit is configured to detect current values from the current sensors inputted thereto and produce driving signals, which drive the upper-arm and lower-arm semiconductor switching devices of the inverter main circuit, based on the detected current values, estimate, based on a detected signal from the semiconductor switching device with the current sense, an output current value in the one of the three series circuits, and detect failure in at least one of the current sensors based on the detected current values from the two current sensors and the estimated output current value. |
| US09831798B2 |
Power conversion apparatus, power generation system, and control method
A power conversion apparatus includes power conversion circuitry that converts first power supplied from a power source into AC power corresponding to second power of a power system, and control circuitry that instructs, at a time that is determined based on a voltage across a capacitor disposed between the power system and the power conversion circuitry, the power conversion circuitry to start applying an AC voltage to the capacitor. |
| US09831796B2 |
Energy harvesting device using SSHI techniques
An energy harvesting device harvests energy from an energy source, and includes an inductor and a control switch coupled in series, and a control module. The series connection of the inductor and the control switch is adapted to be coupled to the energy source in parallel or in series. The control module controls the control switch such that the control switch starts to operate in an ON state for a predetermined time period from a transition time point during each predetermined cycle starting from a start time point, and such that a time difference between the transition time point and the start time point is variable. The control module obtains an output power of the energy source, and adjusts the time difference such that the output power of the energy source is increased. |
| US09831792B1 |
Buck-boost power conversion circuit
A buck-boost power conversion circuit comprises a first active switch, a second active switch, an inductor, a center-tapped current transformation element, and a signal rectification unit. The first active switch is cascaded to the second active switch, which is connected in parallel with a power source. The inductor is connected with a capacitor. The center-tapped current transformation element includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding are connected with the first and second active switches. The primary winding includes a tapped terminal connected with the inductor. While the first or second active switch is turned on, the primary winding supplies power to the inductor through the tapped terminal, and the secondary winding is induced magnetically to generate a magnetic induction signal. The signal rectification unit is connected with the secondary winding, receiving and rectifying the magnetic induction signal to generate a current sensation signal. |
| US09831790B2 |
DC-to-DC converter
A DC-to-DC converter includes a voltage converter having: a capacitance; at least one inductor configured to store energy and exchange stored energy with the capacitance; and a switching element configured to switch on and off a current flowing through the inductor and change direction of the current at each switching. The inductor includes a variable inductor whose inductance decreases with increase in the current. |
| US09831788B2 |
Electronic card comprising magnetic elements
An electronic board, in particular for a power electronics circuit such as a converter, comprises: a planar substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; at least two magnetic core elements, called the first elements, arranged on the first side of the substrate and each having at least two legs passing through the substrate; and at least two windings, arranged around at least one leg of each first magnetic core; wherein: it also comprises a second magnetic core element in the form of a plate, arranged on the second side of the substrate and in contact with respective ends of the legs of at least two first elements; the first elements, the windings and the second element forming at least two mutually decoupled magnetic circuits. |
| US09831784B2 |
Electronic resonant and insulated half-bridge zeta converter
An electronic half-bridge ZETA converter may include a transformer, wherein a half-bridge is connected to the primary winding of transformer, and wherein a respective capacitance and a respective diode are associated with the half-bridge switches. Moreover, the converter includes a ZETA converter which is connected to secondary winding of transformer, so that the ZETA converter includes a first inductance, which includes the magnetization inductance of transformer, and a second inductance. Finally, the converter includes a control unit which drives the half-bridge switches with four time intervals that are repeated periodically. Specifically, during the fourth time interval the first and the second switch are opened, so that the capacitance associated with said second switch is charged and the capacitance associated with said first switch is discharged, enabling a zero voltage switching. |
| US09831781B2 |
Fast transient power supply with a separated high frequency and low frequency path signals
A power interface device includes a main switching converter, an auxiliary switching converter, and a feedback sense circuit. The main switching converter is coupled to an input terminal and an output terminal and configured to operate at a first switching frequency to source a low frequency current from the input terminal to the output terminal. The auxiliary switching converter is coupled to the input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the main switching converter and configured to operate at a second and higher switching frequency than the first switching frequency to source a fast transient high frequency current from the input terminal to the output terminal. |
| US09831778B2 |
Power-converting device and power conditioner using the same
A first conversion circuit switches a magnitude of a voltage generated between a first output point and a reference potential point in three stages. The second conversion circuit switches a magnitude of a voltage generated between the reference potential point and a second output point in three stages. The third conversion circuit includes first to fourth switches in a full bridge configuration and converts a voltage generated between the first output point and the second output point into an alternate current voltage and outputs the alternate current voltage. The third conversion circuit forms a current path including inductors between the first output point and the second output point during a start time period from a start of supplying power from a direct current power supply until a first capacitor and a second capacitor are charged to a specified voltage. |
| US09831767B2 |
Modulation circuit for enhanced load transient response
A circuit and method for providing improved load transient response in a DC-DC converter. A DCM modulator is incorporated into the converter controller to generate a DCM enable signal for the driver circuits for the converter. During normal operation, the DCM enable signal will remain in a first state and the driver circuits will operate in a continuous conduction mode. However, upon a load transient, the DCM enable signal will change to a second state and the driver circuits will operate in a discontinuous conduction mode. |
| US09831762B2 |
Apparatus for starting up switching voltage regulator
Described is a soft-start scheme for a voltage regulator. The apparatus comprises: a first voltage regulator to provide regulated voltage to an output node coupled to a load, the first voltage regulator operable to be in open loop via a bypass unit, the first voltage regulator including a comparator; and a second voltage regulator, coupled to the first voltage regulator, operable to be in closed loop, via the bypass unit, to provide a reference voltage for the comparator of the first voltage regulator. |
| US09831760B2 |
Control method for electrical converter with LC filter
An electrical converter is interconnected via a filter with an electrical load or an electrical power source. A method for controlling the converter comprises the steps of: receiving a reference flux (ψ*i) for the electrical converter; determining output signals (y) comprising currents and/or voltages measured in the filter; determining an estimated flux (ψi) from the output signals (y); determining a corrective flux (ψi,damp) from the output signals (y) based on a mathematical model of the filter and a quadratic cost function; determining control input signals (u) for the electrical converter based on a sum of the estimated flux (ψi) and the corrective flux (ψi,damp); controlling the converter with the control input signals (u); and algorithmic filtering of at least one of the output signals (y) by applying a signal filter to the at least one output signal, which is designed for amplifying the at least one output signal at a resonance frequency of the filter, whereby the corrective flux (ψi,damp) is determined from the filtered output signals. |
| US09831753B2 |
Switched reluctance permanent magnet motor
The invention provides a switched reluctance motor having high torque and reduced counter electromotive force for generating mechanical energy. The motor includes a rotor component having a plurality of rotor poles speed equally circumferentially around the center of the rotor component, a stator component positioned around the rotor component and having a plurality of bifurcated stator poles and coil windings to in the separation between the legs of each stator pole, and a magnet mounted between adjacent stator poles, a shunt in electromagnetic communication with the coil windings the stator poles, and a bridge component encircled by the coil windings and separating each stator pole from each shunt. |
| US09831751B2 |
Armature with windings and method of connecting winding ends of armature to terminal
The armature of the present invention comprises windings which have ends to be inserted into a tubular terminal, and visually identifiable marks made on the windings to be used for confirming if the ends of the windings have been inserted into the tubular terminal up to a suitable depth. The marks of the armature of the present invention are made on portions of the windings which are always positioned at the outside of the terminal even when the ends of the windings are positioned at the inside of the tubular terminal. |
| US09831749B2 |
Stator of rotary electric machine
A stator of a three-phase driving type rotary electric machine has phase coils wound around teeth of a stator core. In a specific slot among a plurality of slots of the stator core in which one phase coil directly connected to a power terminal and another phase coil directly connected to a neutral point are adjacently disposed, an inter-phase distance ensuring member is disposed in a gap via which the two phase coils are adjacent, and a temperature sensor is inserted into an insertion hole provided in the inter-phase distance ensuring member. |
| US09831748B2 |
Rotational electric machine
A stator is disposed inside a motor case having a cylindrical shape. A winding wire is wound around the stator. A rotor is rotatably disposed inside the stator. A shaft is disposed in a rotational center of the rotor. A first plate covers one side of the motor case. The first plate rotatably supports one end portion of the shaft. A second plate has an insert hole extending in a thickness direction of the second plate. The second plate covers an other side of the motor case and rotatably supports an other end portion of the shaft. A wire extending portion has one end electrically connected to the winding wire. The wire extending portion extends from the winding wire and is inserted into the insert hole. A controller is disposed on a side of the second plate opposite to the motor case. The controller includes a substrate and is electrically connected to an other end of the wire extending portion at a side of the substrate opposite to the second plate to control energization to the winding wire. |
| US09831745B2 |
Electric machine
An electric machine is supplied with air for cooling purposes. The electric machine has a housing (40) with cooling ducts for cooling air. To improve and/or simplify the cooling of the electric machine, air-distributing ducts (71) are formed in the housing (40) and emerge from a common air supply duct (70). |
| US09831742B2 |
Electromechanical flywheel device
An electromechanical flywheel machine includes a flywheel mass and a motor-generator having a rotor rotatable about a stationary inner stator having stator windings. |
| US09831740B2 |
Universal motor adaptor for lead power cable connection systems
An electrical submersible pumping system includes production tubing, a pump for pumping fluid through the production tubing, a motor for providing power to the pumping system, an electrical cable for supplying power to the motor, and a motor adaptor attached to the motor for connecting the electrical cable to the motor. |
| US09831738B2 |
Rotating electric machine with sealing members
A rotating electric machine includes a cover formed in a cylindrical shape and extending in an axial direction to cover the controller section, a lid section disposed inside of the cover body to seal the cover body, a first sealing member compressed between the lid section and the cover, and a second sealing member compressed in a different direction than the first sealing member between the cover and the first frame or the second frame. The rotating electric machine also includes a tab formed on an outer periphery of the first frame or the second frame, and a claw extending from the one end of the cover body and engageable with the tab to hold the sealing members in a compressed state. As a result, the rotating electric machine is sealed from dust and water. |
| US09831737B2 |
Yoke housing, motor, and method for manufacturing yoke housing with improved deformation resistance
A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction. |
| US09831736B2 |
Bus bar unit
In a bus bar unit in which a plurality of bus bars are formed by insert molding and arranged in an axial direction of a stator, each bus bar includes: a main body portion extending in a circumferential direction of the stator; a through hole formed in the main body portion, into which a support pin for supporting the main body portion of another bus bar is inserted in the axial direction of the stator during insert molding; and a projecting portion provided on a side portion of the main body portion in alignment with the through hole so as to increase a sectional area of the main body portion. |
| US09831735B2 |
Stator for rotating electric machine and method of manufacturing the same
A stator includes a hollow cylindrical stator core and a stator coil formed of a plurality of electric conductor segments. Each of the electric conductor segments includes, at least, an in-slot portion received in a corresponding slot of the stator core and a protruding portion that protrudes from the in-slot portion outside of the corresponding slot. Each of the electric conductor segments also has an insulating coat covering its outer surface. For each intersecting pair of the protruding portions of the electric conductor segments, at least one of the two protruding portions of the intersecting pair has an indentation formed in a side face thereof radially facing the other protruding portion at the intersection of the two protruding portions. Further, a thickness of the insulating coats at the indentations is substantially equal to a thickness of the insulating coats at the in-slot portions of the electric conductor segments. |
| US09831730B2 |
Wound stator for alternating-current generator
The present invention relates to a wound stator. The wound stator comprises: a stator and a plurality of wires. The stator comprises: an annular body and a plurality of radial grooves defined therein. The annular body has a plurality of separating posts protruding inwardly and radially from an inner circumference of the annular body. An end of each of the separating posts extends from its two sides to form a plurality of magnetic shoes. The plurality of radial grooves is defined between the separating posts. Each of the grooves has an opening defined between adjacent two of the plurality of magnetic shoes. The plurality of wires comprises: a first end, a second end, and a plurality of wave-shaped coils located between the first end and second end. Each wave-shaped coil is formed of straight portions and curved portions that alternate with each other. |
| US09831726B2 |
Electrical machine
An electrical machine, in particular an electric motor of a motor vehicle, having a stator and having a rotor which has a rotation axis. In this case, an electrical machine can be a brushless electric motor (DC motor) or a synchronous machine, but also a generator. The stator or the rotor has an electromagnet structure and the other has a permanent-magnet structure which comprises a first quantity of permanent magnets and a second quantity of permanent magnets. At an operating temperature, the magnetic coercive field strength of the first quantity is greater than the magnetic coercive field strength of the second quantity. |
| US09831724B2 |
Access control system using a wearable access sensory implementing an energy harvesting technique
A method for operating a Wearable Access Sensor (“WAS”). The methods comprise: capturing RF energy by the WAS, where the RF energy is emitted within a surrounding environment from equipment disposed at an access point of a restricted area; passing the RF energy through a switch that is normally in a position which provides an electrical connection between an antenna of the WAS and a full wave rectifier of the WAS; performing operations by the WAS to convert the RF energy into direct current for generating electric power; supplying the electric power to an energy storage device of the WAS for charging the energy storage device to a pre-determined voltage level; and supplying power from the energy storage device to a controller of the WAS when a voltage level of the energy storage device is equal to or greater than the pre-determined voltage level. |
| US09831723B2 |
Communications for wireless power transfer
A signal generator generates an electrical signal that is sent to an amplifier, which increases the power of the signal using power from a power source. The amplified signal is fed to a sender transducer to generate ultrasonic waves that can be focused and sent to a receiver. The receiver transducer converts the ultrasonic waves back into electrical energy and stores it in an energy storage device, such as a battery, or uses the electrical energy to power a device. In this way, a device can be remotely charged or powered without having to be tethered to an electrical outlet. |
| US09831717B2 |
Systems and methods for operating uninterruptible power supplies
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and methods of operation are provided. The UPS includes a transformer configured to receive power from a utility. The transformer includes a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a tertiary winding. The UPS also includes a rectifier coupled to the secondary winding and an inverter coupled to an output of the rectifier, wherein a connection between the rectifier and the inverter defines a DC link. The inverter is configured to output a first regulated voltage configured to be provided to a load. The UPS further includes a voltage-boost converter coupled to the tertiary winding and is configured to output a second regulated voltage to be combined with the first regulated voltage. |
| US09831715B2 |
Energy supply module as a two-port network, use of a separating device in such an energy supply module, and method for operating such an energy supply module
The invention relates to an energy supply module (1) comprising an input gate (2) for connection to a power source (4) and an output gate (3) as an interruption-free power supply, wherein the input gate (2) and the output gate (3) are through-connected separably via an electrical separating device (6), and an auxiliary energy source (10) is connected or can be connected in parallel with the input gate (2) and the output gate (3), wherein the separating device (6) is positioned between the auxiliary energy source (10) and the input gate (2), and the separating device (6) comprises a circuit arrangement having two transistors (15) and two diodes (16), wherein the transistors (15) are connected reversely in series, and a diode (16) is connected to each transistor (15), inversely to the current direction of said diode. |
| US09831714B2 |
Battery storage system and controlling method of the same
A battery storage system includes: an energy converting unit configured to generate electrical power; a power converter including a control circuit, and a circuit that is controlled by the control circuit to generate electrical power to be supplied from an output of the energy converting unit to a load and electrical power to be supplied to the control circuit; a power supply source including a battery storage cell and a commercial power system; and a host control circuit configured to perform control such that electrical power is supplied from the power supply source to the control circuit when an output of the energy converting unit is between a first value and a second value larger than the first value. |
| US09831711B2 |
Foreign object detection device, foreign object detection method, and non-contact charging system
Disclosed herein is a foreign object detector to detect a foreign object while distinguishing metal from water. The foreign object detector includes a detection coil; a transmitting circuit generating RF power of a predetermined frequency; a directional coupler outputting the RF power supplied from the transmitting circuit to the detection coil, and extracting reflected power that is a power component reflected by the detection coil; and a detection circuit receiving the reflected power extracted by the directional coupler, and detecting the foreign object by sensing a change in the frequency characteristic of the reflected power. |
| US09831704B2 |
Power feeding device, power feeding method, and power feeding system
Disclosed herein is a power feeding device including: power transmitting section which transmits electric power by way of a magnetic field; a set of first and second electrodes which are spaced from each other; a power supply which applies a voltage between the first and second electrodes; and a detector which detects whether foreign matter is present on the power transmitting section or not based on the voltage applied by the power supply. |
| US09831703B2 |
Apparatus and method for communicating data and power with electronic devices
A system, topology, and methods for providing power or data to electronic devices are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. The system may include an internal power source, charging module, modem, and an external power coupling module. |
| US09831690B2 |
Method and device for balancing electrical voltages in electrical accumulator units
The invention provides a method for balancing the electrical voltages of at least two electrical accumulator units that are connected in series. According to the invention, one accumulator unit is connected to the winding of a coil in order to excite the coil, and the other accumulator unit is charged by the excited coil by the subsequent connection of the winding to the other accumulator unit. In addition, the invention provides a corresponding electrical accumulator. |
| US09831689B2 |
Battery cell balancing method
The present invention relates to a method for more efficiently performing a balancing operation for a plurality of battery cells of which charges are not equal, in a battery cell balancing circuit using an LC series resonant circuit. The method may include calculating balancing charge for all battery cells of which the charges are not equal, selecting the strongest battery cell storing the highest charge and the weakest battery cell corresponding to the strongest battery cell, among the entire battery cells, and performing a series of balancing operations. |
| US09831686B2 |
Wireless power transmission device
A wireless power transmission device includes a detection coil and a capacitor that configure a resonance circuit. An oscillation circuit generates high-frequency current corresponding to a detection frequency for performing presence detection of an electric appliance and metal. A presence detection circuit performs presence detection of the electric appliance and the metal based on an output voltage obtained by exciting the detection coil with the high-frequency current having the detection frequency. A detection condition changing circuit performs an initial value setting mode that changes a detection condition of the presence detection circuit in accordance with a resonance characteristic. The detection condition changing circuit includes a detection frequency changing circuit that changes the detection frequency in accordance with the resonance characteristic. |
| US09831677B2 |
Software abstraction layer for energy generation and storage systems
A software abstraction layer for energy generation and/or storage systems. In one embodiment, a method is provided that can comprise receiving, by a site gateway, one or more standardized operating parameters for a physical component of an energy storage system, and translating, by the site gateway, the one or more standardized operating parameters into one or more vendor specific parameters, where the one or more vendor specific parameters are specific to a vendor-defined communication protocol supported by the physical component. The physical component can then be controlled using the one or more vendor specific parameters. |
| US09831676B2 |
Power conversion device and three-phase AC power supply device
A power conversion device includes: a conversion device for each phase which converts DC voltage inputted from a DC power supply, to voltage having an AC waveform to be outputted to each phase with respect to a neutral point of three-phase AC; and a control unit which controls these conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a first conversion unit which has a DC/DC converter including an isolation transformer, and a capacitor, and which converts the inputted DC voltage to voltage containing a pulsating-current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of voltage obtained by superimposing a third-order harmonic on a fundamental wave as the AC waveform to be outputted; and a second conversion unit which has a full-bridge inverter for inverting the polarity of the voltage containing the pulsating-current waveform, per one cycle, thereby converting the voltage to voltage having the AC waveform. |
| US09831673B1 |
Control device for power supply time of timers
A control device for power supply time of timers comprises an alternative current (AC) power source input module, a direct current (DC) power source supply module, an AC power source output module electrically connected to a load end, a relay, a central control module, a relay driver circuit, a day/night detecting module, a power supply time backward display light set, a power supply time forward display light set, a power supply time backward selection control button and a power supply time forward selection control button. Herein, by pressing the power supply time backward selection control button or the power supply time forward selection control button, one of the power supply time backward display lights or the power supply time forward display lights can be turned on such that the central control module can, based on the sunset time of the previous day as well as the configured power supply backward setting time or power supply forward setting time, postpone or advance the power supply time for the load end in the next day, and then record the sunset time of the next day so as to control the power supply time for the load end in the further next day. |
| US09831668B2 |
Power distribution system for off-shore natural resource platforms
A power distribution system for off-shore natural resource platforms includes an off-shore medium voltage direct current (MVDC) power bus. The MVDC power bus includes multiple power bus segments, each of which may be connected to one or more other power bus segments via a corresponding circuit breaker. Each power bus segment may also be electrically coupled to an off-shore renewable energy source, such as a wind farm, and/or an off-shore drilling platform. The off-shore drilling platforms may include local power distribution systems electrically connected to a corresponding power bus segment via a circuit breaker to receive power from the MVDC power bus and supply power to local equipment of the off-shore drilling platform. |
| US09831663B2 |
Surge protection assembly and method for electrical switching apparatus
An electrical switching apparatus includes a plurality of poles each comprising separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts and to trip open the separable contacts in response to a fault condition, and a housing enclosing the separable contacts. The housing includes an interior, an exterior, and a plurality of receptacles extending from the exterior toward the interior. A surge protection assembly includes a plurality of modules, wherein each of the modules is removably disposed in a corresponding one of the receptacles of the housing. Each of the modules provides independent surge protection for a corresponding one of the poles of the electrical switching apparatus. |
| US09831662B2 |
Power quality device having communication interface
Systems and methods provide power quality devices that have a dual use connector that will couple to a device being protected, such as a telephone handset, and will also provide a communication interface that a technician can access to establish communications with the power quality device. |
| US09831661B2 |
User equipment and operating method thereof
An electronic device comprising a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a battery for supplying power to the PCB and at least one moisture detection sheet mounted on the PCB and the PCB shuts off power from the battery in response to detected electrical current conduction via the at least one moisture detection sheet. |
| US09831659B2 |
Motor relay with integrated arc-flash detection
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of devices and related methods for detecting an electrical arc event using a motor management relay and for suppressing the electrical arc event. The motor management relay may incorporate an optical arc-flash sensor configured to detect an optical event. Control logic may analyze the optical event and determine whether the optical event corresponds to an electrical arc event. When an electrical arc event is detected an instruction may be issued via a control port in communication with the control logic to implement a protective action. According to various embodiments, a plurality of sensors for monitoring electrical characteristics of a motor may also be in communication with the control logic. Input from the sensors may be analyzed in order to determine whether the optical event corresponds to an electrical arc event. |
| US09831652B2 |
Wiring module
A wiring module includes a busbar for connecting between electrode terminals, an external connection busbar to be connected to an external terminal, a resin protector including a first holding portion for holding the busbar and a second holding portion for holding the external connection busbar and a main cover for covering the first holding portion. The main cover includes a first auxiliary cover for covering the second holding portion and a second auxiliary cover connected to the first auxiliary cover via a hinge portion. The first auxiliary cover is provided with an interfered portion for interfering with an interfering portion of the second holding portion as the main cover is mounted on the resin protector, and the first auxiliary cover is automatically rotated and arranged at a predetermined position by the interference of the interfered portion and the interfering portion. |