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| US09833328B2 |
System and methods for facet joint treatment
A method of resurfacing a facet joint with a facet implant system. The facet joint includes a superior facet and an inferior facet that are adjacent to each other and movable with respect to each other. A first facet implant component is provided that has a first visualization marker. The first visualization marker includes a first marker section and a second marker section. The first marker section is oriented at an angle with respect to the second marker section. The first facet implant component between the superior facet and the inferior facet. A location and an orientation of the first facet implant component are determined using an imaging technique that locates the first visualization marker. |
| US09833324B2 |
Knee prosthetic implant
A human knee prosthetic implant having a tibia component forming first and second medial concave surfaces and first and second lateral concave surfaces, and a femur component forming first and second medial convex surfaces and first and second lateral convex surfaces. The tibia and femur surfaces are formed to provide contact interaction in full extension, a mid flexion range and in a state of full flexion of the knee prosthetic implant. |
| US09833322B2 |
Hip joint device and method
A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device is adapted to be fixated to the femoral bone of the patient. The medical device comprises an inner and an outer surface, wherein a contacting portion of said inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the center of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and wherein said medical device is adapted to receive a prosthetic replacement for the caput femur fixated to the pelvic bone having a spherical portion. The medical device comprises at least one extending portion, extending said contacting portion of said inner surface such that said at least one extending portion clasps said spherical portion of said prosthetic replacement for the caput femur, such that said spherical portion is restrained in said medical device. |
| US09833316B2 |
Trans-apical implant systems, implants and methods
A trans-apical implant includes a spacer defining spacer cavity configured to be expanded from a retracted position, a shaft extending from the spacer, the shaft defining an inflation lumen fluidly coupled to the spacer cavity and configured to be fluidly coupled to an expansion medium source, and a spacer valve assembly disposed within at least one of the spacer or shaft, the spacer valve assembly configured to allow selectively allow an expansion medium to flow into the spacer cavity to be selectively expand the spacer from a retracted position to an expanded position. |
| US09833315B2 |
Prosthetic valves and related inventions
This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve. |
| US09833313B2 |
Transcatheter valve replacement
A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent, a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets, and a deformable frame having a first end and a second end. The frame includes braided wires forming a body having a lumen extending therethrough for receiving the stent and the valve assembly, the body having a plurality of diameters from the first end to the second end. |
| US09833310B2 |
Medical devices including metallic film and at least one filament
Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The medical device can include a composite cover formed of a deposited metallic film. The cover may include one or more filaments, e.g., wires, which cooperate with the film to provide desirable mechanical properties. The wires may be integrated with the film by depositing the film over the wires. |
| US09833306B2 |
Method, system, and fastener for anchoring a corpus
There is described a method, a system, and a device for the anchoring of and into a corpus disposed distally in a conduit by engaging a stranded tube with the corpus and unwinding the wound threads of the stranded tube into unwound threads. Engagement includes the use of handling and manipulation shaft to dispose the stranded tube proximally, distally, or in the interior to the corpus. Unwinding, of the stranded tube is achieved by rotating a tube tool against the stranded tube. Unwinding liberates the helically coiled unwound strands in “corkscrew” rotation into the corpus. Proximal retrieval of a corpus is achieved by proximal retrieval of the stranded tube anchoring the corpus. An unwound stranded tube is operable as a fastener, as an electrical lead, and as a support for a device. |
| US09833300B2 |
Dental implant system
A screw type dental implant system (1), having a dental implant fixture (2), a multifunctional component (3) and an abutment screw (4). The screw shape dental implant fixture has an external surface having buttress threads on the body and micro threads at the collar. This combination provides the advantages of: improved biomechanics at the implant abutment interface, self-tapping nature to the implant, and minimizing the stresses at the crest of the bone leading to decrease resorption of crestal bone. The multifunctional component serves the purposes of implant mount, impression analog and final abutment and has a single prosthetic platform so one component is compatible with different implant dimensions, which minimizes the inventory needed for the implant system and allows easy handling of the system. The multifunctional component also has an external concave transmucosal portion for enhancing the emergence profile and internal threads for securing the abutment screw. |
| US09833295B2 |
Illuminated suction apparatus
An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance illumination waveguide with suction. This device would be useful in a wide array of various surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics. |
| US09833294B2 |
RFID medical device control interface
A medical navigation system is provided for controlling medical equipment during a medical procedure. The medical navigation system includes a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, an RFID sensor for detecting the passive RFID tag, a controller coupled to the RFID sensor, and a robotic arm having an end effector and controlled by the controller. The RFID sensor provides a signal to the controller indicating presence of an activated passive RFID tag. The passive RFID tag has an antenna, an RFID circuit, and a switching device coupled to the RFID circuit for activating the passive RFID tag. The passive RFID tag is used to control a payload attached to the end effector. |
| US09833293B2 |
Robotic catheter system
A robotic catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism configured to engage and to impart motion to a catheter device is provided. The drive mechanism is supported by the housing. The robotic catheter system includes a guide catheter support coupled to the housing. The guide catheter support is located in front of the drive mechanism, and the guide catheter support has a longitudinal axis. The guide catheter support includes a first surface configured to engage a guide catheter and a rotation joint allowing the first surface to be rotated about the longitudinal axis such that the surface is able to engage the guide catheter at a plurality of angular positions relative to a patient. |
| US09833292B2 |
Robotic system and method for spinal and other surgeries
The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for removing volumes in the body of a patient using a robot attached to a passive structure and to a device to carry out said methods.The present invention further concerns a device suitable to carry out the methods according to the present invention. |
| US09833291B2 |
Ultrasound CT registration for positioning
An assembly for manipulating a bone includes a first manipulating element configured to be attached to a first portion of bone and including a location emitting signal and a second manipulating element configured to be attached to a second portion of bone and including a sensor detecting the location emitting signal to provide a position and orientation signal of the first and second manipulating elements relative to one another. The assembly also includes a tracking unit including a processor tracking movement of the first and second manipulating elements relative to one another in a plurality of dimensions using the position and orientation signals. |
| US09833287B2 |
Thermal feedback systems and methods of using the same
A system for providing feedback during an electrosurgical procedure on a target tissue is provided. The system includes an electrosurgical energy source; an electrode probe assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein the electrode probe assembly includes at least one electrode assembly having a needle configured to deliver electrosurgical energy to the target tissue; at least one thermal feedback assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein each thermal feedback assembly includes at least one temperature sensor assembly; and a hub configured to selectively support the electrode probe assembly and each thermal feedback assembly such that the needle of the electrode probe assembly and each temperature sensor assembly of each thermal feedback assembly are proximate one another when disposed proximate the target tissue. |
| US09833284B2 |
Pressure-driven irrigation pump
A medical pump includes first and second compartments, which are configured to accept respective first and second containers of fluid to be pumped to a medical device, and a paddle, which is fitted between the first and second compartments. The pump additionally includes a control module, which is configured to drive the paddle to alternate between first time periods in which the paddle applies pressure to the first container so as to pump the fluid therefrom, and second time periods in which the paddle applies the pressure to the second container so as to pump the fluid therefrom. |
| US09833283B2 |
Medical devices for renal nerve ablation
Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a medical device for renal nerve ablation. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal region. An expandable member may be coupled to the distal region. A plurality of electrodes may be coupled to the expandable member and a single conductive member may be coupled to each electrode. Where one of the plurality of electrodes is active, the remaining electrodes may be inactive and act as ground or return electrodes. The electrode of the plurality of electrodes that is active may change over time. |
| US09833278B2 |
Medical treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same
A medical treatment apparatus includes a heat transfer portion, a heating chip, a temperature measurement unit and a control unit. The heat transfer portion comes into contact with a living tissue and transfers heat to the living tissue. The heating chip includes a heating region, is joined to the heat transfer portion, and heats the heat transfer portion by inputting energy to the heating region. The temperature measurement unit acquires a temperature of the heating region. The control unit controls a temperature of the heat transfer portion to a target temperature by controlling the temperature of the heating region to a temperature differing from the target temperature by an offset value which changes in accordance with an amount of the energy. |
| US09833277B2 |
Systems and methods for prostate treatment
An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be applied with a vapor media. The energy delivery probe can include a vapor delivery member configured to extend into a transition zone prostate tissue. A condensable vapor media can be delivered from the vapor delivery member into the transition zone tissue, wherein the condensable vapor media can propagate interstitially in the transition zone tissue and be confined in the transition zone tissue by boundary tissue adjacent to the transition zone tissue Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered. |
| US09833276B2 |
Treatment of headache
Headache treatment methods are described and include providing, an energy delivery device; locating a secondary or higher-order branch of a postganglionic nerve that provides innervation for a patient's head, by identifying a target region of the patient's head that includes the nerve branch; positioning, within the target region, a portion of the energy delivery device; and applying, from the positioned portion of the energy delivery device to the target region, an amount of energy effective to result in a stimulation activity of the nerve branch; and, after observing the stimulated nerve branch activity, delivering, from the energy delivery device to the nerve branch, energy in an amount effective to reduce a headache severity in the patient. |
| US09833274B2 |
Use of vibration with orthopedic cements
Methods of employing bone defect filling, e.g., orthopedic cements, such as calcium phosphate cements and the like, are provided. A feature of the subject methods is that vibration is employed in conjunction with the use of the cement, e.g., in preparation of the cement, in preparation of the target site, in delivery of the cement to the target site, and/or following delivery of the cement to the target site. Also provided are devices, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods, devices and systems find use in a variety of different applications. |
| US09833271B2 |
Drug eluting surgical screw
The present invention provides a drug eluting surgical screw and a method for manufacturing a drug eluting surgical screw. The drug eluting surgical screw may include a shaft having a threaded portion, a head having a drive recess disposed at a proximal end of the shaft, the drive recess having a reservoir region and a driver engagement region, and at least one or more drug eluting components disposed within the reservoir region of the drive recess in a manner that does not substantially impair a connection between a driver and the surgical screw when the driver is operably disposed within the driver engagement region, each of the at least one or more drug eluting components including a carrier matrix and a therapeutic agent, the therapeutic agent being at least 20 wt % of the drug eluting component prior to any implantation of the drug eluting surgical screw. |
| US09833270B2 |
Variable angle blade plate system and method
A bone fixation system having a plate with an axle and a blade or “beam” configured to engage with the axle and reside proximate to a subchondral fragment of bone in upon installation of the plate. The beam is operable to rotate about the axle on the plate and reposition the subchondral fragment of bone. |
| US09833268B2 |
Reduction jack for spinal rod placement and method of use
A reduction jack for placing a spinal rod within a rod channel of a bone fixation screw includes a mounting stem having a tubular body, a plurality of teeth disposed on the body, a pair of legs projecting from the body, and catches disposed on the legs for engaging the bone fixation screw. A reduction sleeve at least partially encircles the mounting stem. A gear assembly is mounted on the reduction sleeve and engages the teeth on the body such that manipulation of the gear assembly facilitates movement of the reduction sleeve along the mounting stem. A first pawl is pivotably mounted to the reduction sleeve and resiliently biased against the teeth on the body, the first pawl being pivotable between a first position where the first pawl engages the teeth on the body and a second position wherein the first pawl does not engage the teeth on the body. |
| US09833266B2 |
Implantable vertebral arthrodesis device for fusing two overlying and underlying vertebrae
The present invention relates to an implantable vertebral arthrodesis device (1) for fusing an overlying vertebra and an underlying vertebra, the device comprising an anterior portion (2) having upper and lower bearing zones (2a, 2b) suitable respectively for receiving lower and upper portions (3, 6) of upper and lower laminae (4, 7) of the overlying and underlying vertebrae (5, 8), said zones (2a, 2b) being spaced apart by a minimum height h (h1) for maintaining intervertebral spacing; rigid retaining devices (9) arranged relative to the anterior portion (2) so as to block migration of said anterior portion (2) towards the spinal canal; a posterior portion (10) in connection with said anterior portion (2), including a main housing (11) having first and second openings (11a, 11b) facing each other and suitable for receiving in part the spinous processes (12, 13); and a granular osteosynthesis material arranged in said main housing (11). |
| US09833263B2 |
Bone anchor assemblies with orientation indicator
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that include one or more features for indicating the relative positioning of the receiver member and the shank, or for selectively maintaining the receiver member and the shank in a fixed relative position. For example, the head of the shank can include a surface feature that interacts with a drag ring to provide tactile or audible feedback when the shank is positioned at a particular orientation with respect to the receiver member. By way of further example, the head of the shank and a compression cap disposed in the receiver member can each include engagement features that cooperate to allow for selective locking of the orientation of the shank with respect to the receiver member. |
| US09833261B2 |
Microdermabrasion system upgrade kit
A microdermabrasion system upgrade kit includes a plurality of couplers from which a user may choose one or more couplers in order to connect the upgrade kit to a vacuum source of an existing microdermabrasion system. In an implementation, the upgrade kit includes a power socket that the user can plug the vacuum source into. |
| US09833259B2 |
Surgical access port
A surgical access port or trocar is provided. The trocar has a trocar seal housing and a trocar cannula with an optical obturator insertable through the trocar seal housing and the trocar cannula. The trocar is configured to access a body cavity, to maintain positive pressure and to prevent loss of surgical insufflation gas used in laparoscopic procedures. The trocar seal housing can be releasably attached to the trocar cannula. The trocar seal housing may also have a shield and/or alignment channel that provide protection or assist in operation of instrument and zero seals housed in the trocar seal housing. |
| US09833257B2 |
Enhanced cross stream mechanical thrombectomy catheter
A thrombectomy catheter includes a catheter body having a catheter lumen. An outflow orifice is positioned along a catheter perimeter. A fluid jet emanator communicates with a high pressure tube. The fluid jet emanator includes at least one jet orifice for directing a fluid jet from the fluid jet emanator through the catheter lumen toward the outflow orifice. The fluid jet emanator provides a jet stream from the catheter body through the outflow orifice. The jet stream includes first and second stream portions. An entrainment fluid flow circuit includes at least the first stream portion, and the entrainment fluid flow circuit entrains particulate and macerates the particulate therein. An exhaust fluid flow path includes the second stream portion, and the exhaust fluid flow path draws entrained particulate from the entrainment fluid flow circuit at a location exterior to the catheter body and directs it toward the catheter proximal portion. |
| US09833256B1 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument with transducer slip joint
A surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes an instrument body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly extending along a longitudinal axis, a power cord, and a transducer slip joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is rotatably mounted within the instrument body about the longitudinal axis and defines a first outer profile. The power cord projects from the instrument body to provide electrical power to the ultrasonic transducer assembly for operating an acoustic waveguide. The transducer slip joint is positioned between the power cord and the ultrasonic transducer assembly and electrically and mechanically connects the power cord to the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The ultrasonic transducer assembly selectively rotates relative to the power cord for inhibiting the power cord from winding upon rotation of the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The transducer slip joint also defines a second outer profile that fits within the first outer profile of the ultrasonic transducer assembly. |
| US09833251B2 |
Variably bulbous vascular treatment devices
Vascular treatment and methods include a plurality of self-expanding bulbs and a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Joints between woven structures and hypotubes include solder. Woven structures include patterns of radiopaque filaments measureable under x-ray. Structures are heat treated to include at least shapes at different temperatures. A catheter includes a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Heat treating systems include a detachable flange. Laser cutting systems include a fluid flow system. |
| US09833247B2 |
Tool for cutting a helical groove in bone
The invention relates to a surgical tool (1) for cutting a helical groove in a bone with a body (2) receiving at least a portion of a drive shaft (9) and a tool part (3) held on same comprising a functional element (5) that produces the groove in the bone by oscillating. The tool part (3) comprises a projecting, rotatable shaft (4) at whose end opposite the body (2) the pin (5) constituting the functional element extends through an aperture (8) out of the shaft (4) that, in order to remove material of the bone, can oscillate longitudinally. The shaft (4) is coupled in such a way with the drive shaft (9) that the latter exerts torque on the shaft (4) and the pin (5) at least indirectly, at least one wing (6) projecting radially from the shaft (4) that extends at a spacing beginning behind the pin (5) in the peripheral direction of the shaft (4) helically in the direction of the body (2). The drive shaft (9) has an eccentric pin (11) projecting from its front-side end that is in engagement with a vibratory shaft (7) extending through the shaft (4), the pin (5) being firmly held on the vibratory shaft (7). |
| US09833241B2 |
Surgical fastener cartridges with driver stabilizing arrangements
A fastener cartridge for use with a surgical instrument. The cartridge may include a cartridge body that has a series of staple pockets therein. A driver is movably supported in each staple pocket and is configured to operably support at least one surgical staple thereon. In one arrangement, at least some of the drivers may be formed with one or more laterally extending features that are configured to be received in correspondingly-shaped grooves in the cartridge body to provide lateral support to the driver as it is operably moved within the staple pocket. In other arrangements, at least one inwardly-extending features is formed in the inner wall surface of the pocket and is configured to be movably supported within correspondingly-shaped groove in the driver. |
| US09833236B2 |
Tissue thickness compensator for surgical staplers
A fastener cartridge is disclosed which comprises a cartridge body, a deck, a plurality of fastener cavities, and a plurality of fasteners removably stored within the fastener cavities. The fastener cartridge further comprises a tissue thickness compensator positioned over the fastener cavities configured to be captured within the fasteners, wherein the tissue thickness compensator is configured to adapt to the thickness of the tissue captured within the fasteners. The tissue thickness compensator comprises a first compression zone having a first set of material properties and a second compression zone having a second set of material properties, wherein a property in the first set of material properties is different than a corresponding property in the second set of material properties. |
| US09833235B2 |
Chip assembly for reusable surgical instruments
A surgical instrument system is disclosed, the system including a first component and a second component, the first component being a reload assembly and the second component being selected from a group consisting of a handle assembly and an adapter assembly, the surgical instrument system including at least one chip assembly having a housing assembly on the first component, the housing assembly containing a chip, and a plug assembly on the second component, the chip having data for, and being configured to, prevent use of the reload assembly if the reload assembly is unauthorized. |
| US09833232B2 |
Laparoscopic suturing instrument with perpendicular eccentric needle motion
A suture needle driving instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector. The end effector is located at the distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of needle grasping arms. Each grasping arm extends along a respective arm axis. The grasping arms are operable to drive a suture needle along a rotational path about an axis, such as one of the arm axes, that is offset from the central longitudinal axis of the shaft. The rotational path may be perpendicular to the axis of the shaft. A needle driven by the end effector may have an arc radius that is greater than the radius of the shaft. At least one of the needle grasping arms may include a dogleg feature positioning a distal portion of the grasping arm outside the radius of the shaft. The instrument may be used through a trocar during minimally invasive surgery. |
| US09833231B2 |
Apparatus for tissue repair
An apparatus includes first and second fixation members, a flexible member coupled to the first and second fixation members, and a limiting element coupled to the flexible member. The limiting element is movable relative to the second fixation member and acts to limit loosening of the flexible member relative to the second fixation member. The limiting element can be slidably received by the flexible member. The flexible member can be coupled to the fixation members such that pulling on a free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the fixation members. |
| US09833228B2 |
Suture and anchor engagement methods and resulting devices
Described are methods and systems for engaging sutures and anchors and the resulting suture and anchor sets. In certain aspects, an end of the suture may be heated to create a melted mass of suture material. The melted mass may act as a shoulder to resist backing out of a hole in the anchor through which the suture is threaded, thereby engaging the suture and the anchor. Adhesive material may optionally be used to enhance the engagement between the suture and anchor. |
| US09833223B2 |
Capacitor powered battery replacement device
A handheld device includes an electronic instrument and a capacitive power supply for storing and delivering power to the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply includes at least one capacitor, and an electronic circuit operable to boost a voltage from the capacitor to a higher voltage for use by the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply can be rapidly recharged. Some configurations include an accelerometer which permits the handheld device to detect movement and perform various operations responsive to detected movement. A dual charging station is also disclosed. |
| US09833220B2 |
Ultrasound system configured for lateral gain compensation
The present invention provides an ultrasound system, which comprises: a signal acquiring unit to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit to control TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC (Lateral Gain Compensation) of the echo signal; a TGC/LGC setup unit adapted to set TGC and LGC values based on TGC and LGC curves inputted by a user; and an image producing unit adapted to produce an ultrasound image of the object based on the echo signal. The signal processing unit is further adapted to control the TGC and the LGC of the echo signal based on the TGC and LGC values set by the TGC/LGC setup unit. |
| US09833219B2 |
Angle oriented array for medical ultrasound
Volume scanning along different planes is provided using angling of the elements. Rather than orthogonal dicing of the slab, kerfs are formed at non-parallel and non-perpendicular angles to the azimuth axis of the array or longitudinal axis of the slab. Apertures formed from selected groups of the angled elements and/or parts of angled elements may be used to steer along planes that extend at an angle of 5 degrees or more away from the azimuth or longitudinal axis. By walking the aperture, different parallel planes are scanned with a one-dimensional array of elements. |
| US09833217B2 |
Methods and apparatus for utilizing impeller-based rotationally-scanning catheters
An ablation catheter includes a tubular catheter body having a lumen, a tip portion, a liquid inlet, at least one liquid outlet, a liquid flow path defined between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, and an ablation element mounted on the tip portion of the catheter body. A rotationally-scanning ultrasound assembly is disposed within the lumen of the catheter body adjacent the tip portion. The ultrasound assembly includes an ultrasound transducer having an active face, an acoustic mirror acoustically coupled to the active face of the ultrasound transducer, and an impeller positioned in the liquid flow path and operably coupled to at least one of the ultrasound transducer and the acoustic mirror to impart rotational motion thereto when a liquid flows through the impeller. |
| US09833216B2 |
Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and image processing method
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a scan controller, an image generator, a detector, an image generation controller, an image combiner and a display controller. The scan controller causes to execute a first scan for performing ultrasound transmission in a first direction and a second scan for performing ultrasound transmission in each of a plurality of directions. The image generator generates first ultrasonic image data through the first scan and generates a second ultrasonic image data group through the second scan. The detector detects a line segment based on the second ultrasonic image data group. The image generation controller controls to generate needle image data based on information about the line segment. The image combiner generates composite image data of the first ultrasonic image data and the needle image data. The display controller controls the composite image data to be displayed. |
| US09833215B2 |
Method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images with optimized movement path
A method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images of an object are provided. An x-ray beam source is moved by a control unit on a path into a plurality of positions, in which an x-ray beam is transmitted. An x-ray beam detector is moved by the control unit into a plurality of positions, in which the x-ray beam, penetrating the object, is detected. The x-ray beam source and/or the x-ray beam detector are moved on a calculated path around the object, at a constant distance between the x-ray beam source and the x-ray beam detector or the object. The path is described by an nth degree polynomial and determined by the control unit through an optimization of a path along the central x-ray beam. The polynomial is selected such that a safety clearance with respect to the object is maintained and a distance between the x-ray beam detector and the object is minimized. |
| US09833212B2 |
Image processing device and x-ray diagnostic apparatus
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of first image data indicating a plurality of time-sequential bloodstream images obtained after administering contrast agent to an object, and sets a target region on second image data. The second image data are generated based on the plurality of the first image data so as to indicate information on temporal change of pixel values of each pixel. Further, the processing circuitry selects a reproduction section by selecting at least reproduction-start image data and reproduction-end image data from the plurality of first image data based on bloodstream information of the target region. |
| US09833210B2 |
Medical image diagnostic apparatus
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray tube, X-ray detector, image generation circuitry, display, and correction circuitry. The X-ray tube generates X-rays to an object. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays. The image generation circuitry generate an X-ray image based on the detected X-rays. The display displays an incident dose of the X-rays on the object, on an object image indicating the object. The correction circuitry correct a relative positional relationship between the object image and a display area of the incident dose on the object image based on the X-ray image. |
| US09833207B2 |
Analysis and clearing module, system and method
Modules, systems and methods for clearing substances from a living body are disclosed. A module may include an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from a master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy receiver configured to receive wireless transmission of non-destructive energy from the master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy converter configured to convert the non-destructive energy received to destructive energy; and an energy emitter configured to emit the destructive energy. |
| US09833206B2 |
Mobile fluoroscopic imaging system
Disclosed herein is a mobile fluoroscopic imaging system, and methods of use. A table top imaging system can include a support, an x-ray source carried by the support, an x-ray detector carried by the support and positionable at a distance from the source; a primary x-ray propagation axis extending between the source and the detector. The distance between the source and the detector can be adjustable along the axis, and the axis can be angularly adjustable throughout an angular range. |
| US09833201B2 |
Monitoring a physiological parameter of a cyclist
The present invention is directed to a system for monitoring a physiological parameter of a cyclist, and methods of using the system. The system comprises a garment, a sensor, and a signal processor. The garment is configured to be worn by the cyclist. The sensor is fixedly coupled to the garment and configured to measure a signal representative of the physiological parameter during pedaling. The signal processor is operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to determine a diagnosis based on the measured signal. An alert is generated in response to the diagnosis substantially in real time. |
| US09833195B2 |
Biomedical signal sensing circuit
A biomedical signal sensing circuit including a first and a second modulation unit, an amplifying unit, a first and a second demodulation unit is provided. The first modulation unit performs a first modulation operation to a first biomedical signal according to a first signal to generate a first modulation signal. The second modulation unit performs a second modulation operation to a second biomedical signal according to a second signal to generate a second modulation signal. The amplifying unit amplifies the first and second modulation signals, and adds the amplified first and second modulation signals to generate a third modulation signal. The first demodulation unit performs a first demodulation operation to the third modulation signal according to the first signal to generate a first sensing signal. The second demodulation unit performs a second demodulation operation to the third modulation signal according to the second signal to generate a second sensing signal. |
| US09833190B2 |
Methods of detecting parameters of a lumen
A system, device and method are presented for utilizing stretchable active integrated circuits with inflatable bodies. The invention allows for such operative features to come into direct contact with body structures, such as the inner wall of a lumen. Such direct contact increases accuracy of measurement and delivery of therapy. |
| US09833187B2 |
Detection, diagnosis and monitoring of osteoporosis by a photo-acoustic method
Method for examining bone in vivo, comprises obtaining a laser beam; modulating the laser beam to insert therein photoacoustic frequencies including optical frequencies and acoustic frequencies, the acoustic frequencies being able to give rise to acoustic waves; directing the modulated beam at a bone to cause acoustic waves resulting from the beam to travel through the bone; analyzing received signals from the bone including signals resulting from the acoustic waves, to determine a mineral density and a bone quality for said bone, and thus obtain in-vivo data that can be of assistance to a doctor when diagnosing osteoporosis. |
| US09833186B2 |
System and method for automatic reading of an allergy
A system and method for automatic reading skin for an allergy to a substance, includes a consumer electronics device that acquires images of skin; a consumable member having a surface divided into elementary areas, each elementary area with a different possible allergenic substance; and a palette that, when applied against each elementary area brings the depositing part into contact with the skin thereby depositing the corresponding possible allergenic substance on or under the skin, where an image processing operation of the image of the skin taken by the consumer electronics device localizes the location that each depositing part has deposited the possible allergenic substance during the application and provides information in relation with a sensitivity of the skin, as indicated by a visible reaction, to the possible allergenic substance at each localized location. |
| US09833185B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting seizures
A method and apparatus for detecting seizures with motor manifestations including detecting EMG signals, isolating from the EMG signals spectral data for a plurality of frequency bands, and calculating a T-squared value there from. The T-squared values may be detected in real time, such as in a patient's home environment, and the T-squared data may be compared to a threshold T-squared value to determine whether an alarm is sent. |
| US09833181B2 |
Method and system for providing calibration of an analyte sensor in an analyte monitoring system
Method and apparatus for providing calibration of analyte sensor including applying a control signal, detecting a measured response to the control signal, determining a variance in the detected measured response, and estimating a sensor sensitivity based on the variance in the detected measured response is provided. |
| US09833180B2 |
Multispot monitoring for use in optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography (herein “OCT”) based analyte monitoring systems are disclosed. In one aspect, techniques are disclosed that can identify fluid flow in vivo (e.g., blood flow), which can act as a metric for gauging the extent of blood perfusion in tissue. For instance, if OCT is to be used to estimate the level of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in tissue, a measure of the extent of blood flow can potentially indicate the presence of an analyte correlating region, which would be suitable for analyte level estimation with OCT. Another aspect is related to systems and methods for scanning multiple regions. An optical beam is moved across the surface of the tissue in two distinct manners. The first can be a coarse scan, moving the beam to provide distinct scanning positions on the skin. The second can be a fine scan where the beam is applied for more detailed analysis. |
| US09833179B2 |
Blood component analyzing method and blood component analyzing apparatus
A blood component is accurately analyzed by appropriately extracting a blood-vessel transmitted light component. In a blood component analyzing apparatus, a sensor section has a light-emitting section that irradiates light from a predetermined irradiation position situated over a blood vessel and a light-receiving section including a first photodetector that receives light at a first light-receiving position that is different from the irradiation position and is situated over the blood vessel and a second photodetector that receives light at a second light-receiving position that is not situated over the blood vessel. A spectrum synthesizing section synthesizes a first light-reception result at the first light-receiving position and a second light-reception result at the second light-receiving position by performing a predetermined synthesis process based on a positional relationship among the irradiation position, first light-receiving position, and second light-receiving position. A blood component analyzing section analyzes a blood component using the synthesis result. |
| US09833178B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring glucose in body fluids using sub-dermal body tissue impedance measurements
A method and an apparatus for measuring glucose level in the body fluid of a subject, typically blood glucose level, by measuring impedance of a body tissue, with two pairs of electrodes, two electrodes for injecting current into a body tissue and two electrodes for detecting the ensuing voltage of the body tissue. The body tissue is typically a sub-dermal or sub-cutaneous tissue. The measured impedance of the body tissue is used to correlate with directly determined glucose levels to determine the glucose level from the measured impedance. It is thus possible to determine body fluid glucose levels in a reliable and reproducible manner. |
| US09833173B2 |
Matching system for correlating accelerometer data to known movements
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a matching system for correlating accelerometer data to known movements. Data representing known movements can be obtained and stored in a database such as by processing and storing accelerometer data obtained from one or more accelerometers worn by a user while performing a particular movement. The accelerometer data obtained from a particular movement can be processed to generate a feature set descriptive of the accelerations associated with a particular movement or series of movements. |
| US09833171B2 |
Monitoring of vital body signals during movement
In a multi-sensor system and method of monitoring vital body signals during movement of a body of a human or an animal, acceleration sensors are placed at body locations in such a way that an acceleration angle change induced by the vital body signals differs between the at least two acceleration sensors. The retrieval of the vital body signals is achieved by extracting a wanted vital body signal based on measurement results from multiple sensors that may be motion contaminated. Three retrieval schemes are proposed, each with preferred sensor locations that provide optimal performance of retrieving the vital body signal(s). |
| US09833160B2 |
High impedance signal detection systems and methods for use in electrocardiogram detection systems
A biomedical sensor system is disclosed that includes a high impedance conductive electrode having an electrode impedance of at least about 20 kΩ/sq-mil, and a dielectric material on a first side of the electrode for receiving a discharge of an electrical signal from the dielectric material responsive to the presence of a time varying signal adjacent a second side of the dielectric material that is opposite the first side. |
| US09833159B2 |
Wearable electronic device
A wearable electronic device includes a device body and a wearing element. The wearing element is connected to the device body. The device body includes a conductive upper cover, a conductive lower cover, an insulating frame and a circuit system. The insulating frame is disposed between the conductive upper cover and the conductive lower cover and forms an accommodating space therewith. The circuit system is disposed in the accommodating space. The conductive upper cover has a first feeding point. The conductive lower cover has a second feeding point. The circuit system is coupled to the first feeding point and the second feeding point respectively. |
| US09833158B2 |
Two electrode apparatus and methods for twelve lead ECG
Described herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for heart monitoring of a patient. The heart monitoring system can be used to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) using only two electrodes. A handheld device can be used to sequentially measure the electrical signal between different positions on a patient's body. The electrical signals can be processed and analyzed to prepare an ECG for the patient, including a 12-lead ECG. |
| US09833157B2 |
Cardiac activation time detection
A method for characterizing an electrocardiogram, including receiving a first unipolar signal from a first location of a heart and a second unipolar signal from a second location of the heart. The method further includes generating a bipolar signal from the first and second unipolar signals, and analyzing the bipolar signal to delineate a time period during which the first and second locations generate a bipolar complex. The method also includes analyzing the first unipolar signal within the time period to determine an activation time of the first location. |
| US09833153B2 |
Method and device for inflating a cuff of a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus
A method for inflating a cuff of a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus includes obtaining a plurality of pressure values of the cuff at a plurality of time points; calculating a first inflation speed parameter on the basis of the plurality of pressure values, a plurality of target pressure values of the cuff at the plurality of time points and a plurality of inflation speed parameters corresponding to each time interval between every two adjacent time points of the plurality of time points; and inflating the cuff at a speed corresponding to the first inflation speed parameter from a last time point of the plurality of time points to a first time point after the plurality of time points. In this way, uniform cuff inflation can be achieved when the target pressure values of the cuff change uniformly, so that the over-voltage phenomenon or the condition of low-speed cuff inflation can be reduced or eliminated. By introducing the plurality of pressure values, even if there is a big error in a cuff pressure value obtained at a certain time point, it is still possible to control the cuff inflation correctly. |
| US09833152B2 |
Optical-based physiological monitoring system
A non-invasive, optical-based physiological monitoring system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the non-invasive, optical-based physiological monitoring system comprises an emitter configured to emit light into a tissue site of a living patient; a detector configured to detect the emitted light after attenuation by the tissue site and output a sensor signal responsive to the detected light; and a processor configured determine, based on the sensor signal, a first physiological parameter indicative of a level of pain of the patient. |
| US09833148B2 |
Methods and systems for integrated imaging using optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic imaging
Systems and methods for photoacoustic imaging are provided. Photoacoustic signals are excited from a body and the excited photoacoustic signals are detected with a low coherence interferometer system serving as a photoacoustic detector. Cross-sectional images of the body are then reconstructed by the system from the detected photoacoustic signals. |
| US09833147B2 |
Mammography device
A mammography device is disclosed. The mammography device includes a container configured to surround the breast and a plurality of optical fibers attached to be directed inward in the container and configured to perform radiation and detection of light. The container has a base member having an opening, a plurality of annular members continuously disposed to come in communication with the opening, and a bottom member disposed inside the annular member spaced the farthest distance from the base member. The annular members and the bottom member are configured to relatively displace the adjacent annular member on the side of the base member or the base member in a communication direction. Some of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to the plurality of annular members. |
| US09833146B2 |
Surgical system and method of use of the same
A surgical system configured for treating tissue is provided. The surgical system includes a laser source and a laser scalpel. The laser scalpel is adapted to couple to the laser source and is operable in two modes of operation, a first mode of operation to analyze tissue of interest and a second mode of operation to treat tissue of interest. The laser scalpel includes a housing having first and second fiber optic cables extending therethrough. Each of the first and second fiber optic cables operable under the first mode of operation to collect information pertaining to at least one optical property of tissue of interest and at least one of the first and second fiber optic cables also operable under the second mode of operation to treat the tissue of interest. |
| US09833145B2 |
Method for simultaneously detecting fluorescence and raman signals for multiple fluorescence and raman signal targets, and medical imaging device for simultaneously detecting multiple targets using the method
Provided are a method for simultaneously detecting fluorescence and Raman signals for multiple fluorescence and Raman signal targets, and a medical imaging device for simultaneously detecting multiple targets using the method. The method includes: injecting at least one marker particle comprising Raman markers and receptors into the body of an animal, which can be a human; irradiating a laser beam onto the body of the animal; and detecting the optical signals emitted by the marker particle after the irradiation of the laser beam separately as fluorescence signals and Raman signals. The simultaneous detection of multiple targets may be performed even without scanning optical signals emitted by the marker particle individually with different optical fibers. As an examination may be performed by injecting surface-enhanced Raman marker particles, weak Raman signals may be augmented so as to obtain a more accurate diagnosis result in real time. |
| US09833143B2 |
Transcutaneous analyte sensor
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. |
| US09833142B2 |
Systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for coaching employees based upon monitored health conditions using an avatar
Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the health of an employee. A method for monitoring the health of an employee including collecting health data corresponding to at least one of biometric health data and biomechanical health data for an employee acquired via a plurality of health sensors located throughout the employee's workstation, determining a health profile for the employee based at least in part on the collected health data, and serving, to an employee computer for display, health profile content comprising an avatar configured to communicate information relating to the health profile for the employee. The plurality of health sensors including at least one of biometric sensors and biomechanical sensors. |
| US09833141B2 |
Transfer of measurement data related to physical exercise
A system for processing heart rate measurement data measured during a physical exercise of a user. The system includes a server computer configured to: associate, during a registration procedure for a measurement device of a user, a device identifier of the measurement device with a user account of the user stored in the server computer; receive a device identifier and real-time heart rate measurement data over a network connection; identify the user's measurement device from the received device identifier; and store the received heart rate measurement data to the user account of the user on the basis of the association between the received device identifier and the corresponding user account. |
| US09833138B2 |
Device for in-vivo determination of eye moisture
A medical diagnostic device and method, the device including: (a) an alternating current source, adapted to produce an alternating current; (b) an electrode arrangement having at least first and second electrodes, separated by an electrically insulating region, the arrangement having an at least semi-rigid region that fixes the electrodes in a spaced-apart manner, the arrangement adapted to contact the soft tissue on the inner surface of the eyelid; and (c) a processor, associated with the electrode arrangement, said electrodes electrically connected to the alternating current source; wherein, when the electrode arrangement is provided with the alternating current, and is disposed against the soft tissue, the soft tissue electrically bridges between the electrodes to form an electrical circuit, wherein an electrical signal is produced by the alternating current electrically passing between the electrodes via the soft tissue; wherein the processor is adapted to receive in-vivo based electrical information originating from the electrical signal, via the circuit, and to produce an output relating to, or derived from, the moisture parameter, based on the in-vivo electrical information; and wherein the processor is designed and configured to compute the moisture parameter in the soft tissue, at least partially based on the in-vivo electrical information, and based on an empirical correlation between the in-vivo electrical information and the moisture parameter. |
| US09833135B2 |
High-resolution optical ophthalmology detection apparatus and operating method thereof
An optical apparatus applied to ophthalmology detection is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes a first light source module, a second light source module, and an interference module. The first light source module is formed by a laser light source and lens units and used to emit a first light signal. The second light source module is formed by fiber units and lens units. The second light source module is coupled to the first light source module in series. The second light source module is used to receive a first light signal and emit a second light signal. The interference module is coupled to the second light source module and used to receive the second light signal and provide a first incident light and a second incident light to an object to be detected and a reference mirror respectively. |
| US09833134B2 |
Protective cap for arthroscopic instruments
A protective cap for use on arthroscopic instruments and sheaths disposed over arthroscopic instruments. The cap protects the distal end of the instrument from accidental damage caused by other instruments used during a surgical procedure. The cap has a flange disposed within an inner diameter of a bore within the cap to prevent the sheath from being pushed into the cap. |
| US09833130B2 |
Irrigation devices adapted to be used with a light source for the identification and treatment of bodily passages
Devices and methods of identifying and treating bodily passages, such as sinus cavities, are provided. More particularly, irrigation devices and methods useful in the identification and treatment of bodily passages, such as sinus cavities, are provided. The irrigation devices comprise an elongate tubular member and an optical fiber which assist with the transcutaneous identification and/or treatment of a bodily passage. |
| US09833128B2 |
Stopcock
A stopcock for a channel that guides a flux medium in a medical endoscope, the stopcock having a housing accommodating a plug rotatable about an axis in a conical seat penetrated by the channel, wherein the housing has a bearing collar adjacent to the conical seat in the direction of the axis, in which bearing collar a handle body is mounted to be rotatable about the axis, the handle body supporting a handle outside the housing and rotationally coupled to the plug displaceable in direction of the axis and resiliently supported relative thereto, wherein the handle body has a radially elastic detent device engaging a circumferential inner groove of the bearing collar to be locking in direction of the axis, wherein the plug is arranged and configured bring the detent device out of engagement with the bearing collar upon displacement in direction of the axis into an unlocked position. |
| US09833127B2 |
Wire connection device, camera head and endoscopic device
There is provided a wire connection device including an outer frame that has a tubular shape, and a plurality of contacts that are provided in the outer frame, and that have a plurality of pairs of differential contacts to which a plurality of pairs of differential signals are respectively allocated, and a plurality of ground contacts each to which ground is allocated. When viewed from a direction along a central axis of the outer frame, the plurality of contacts are arranged side by side in two rows in a manner that the differential contacts of each pair can be adjacent to each other and in a manner that the number of the ground contacts adjacent to one of the differential contacts of each pair is equal to the number of the ground contacts adjacent to the other one of the differential contacts of the pair. |
| US09833126B2 |
Balloon access device with features for engaging an endoscope
A balloon access device for use with an endoscope is disclosed. A transparent balloon attached to the distal end of the endoscope allows a user to both separate collapsed intestinal tissue and visualize the path of the endoscope without administering insufflation gas to the collapsed area of a patient. The attachment of the balloon to the endoscope is achieved by the various embodiments of the balloon access device disclosed herein. |
| US09833125B2 |
Transitional region having cuts and a skive for an imaging catheter
An imaging device for imaging a portion of a patient's vasculature with an imaging element may include a proximal portion having a relatively higher stiffness that provides rigidity for pushing the imaging device through a patient's vasculature, and may include a distal portion having a relatively lower stiffness that enables threading through a curved vasculature of the patient. The imaging device also may include a transition region disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion. |
| US09833120B2 |
Heating air for drying dishes in a dishwasher using an in-line wash liquid heater
A dishwasher has a liquid supply system with a first conduit portion through which the liquid passes, and an air supply system with a second conduit portion through which the air passes. The first conduit portion at least partially forms the second conduit portion to define a thermal transfer interface. A heating system includes a heating element provided on the thermal transfer interface. Activation of the heating element provides heat to both the liquid supply system and the air supply system. |
| US09833118B2 |
Floor cleaning article having strips with differential bond pattern
A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface. |
| US09833115B2 |
Cleaning nozzle for a vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner nozzle having a rotatable member arranged around a longitudinal axis for picking up particles from a surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning arrangement for removing articles entangled on the rotatable member. The cleaning arrangement has at least one support surface provided on at least one radially projecting member of the rotatable member, and at least one cleaning member movable between a resting position in which the cleaning member is arranged at a distance from the support surface and at least one cleaning position in the vicinity of the rotatable member. In the cleaning position, the cleaning member co-operates with at least one segment of the support surface to remove any entangled articles from the rotatable member as the rotatable member rotates. The at least one support surface comprises a number of segments arranged at an individual respective radius in relation to the longitudinal axis. |
| US09833110B2 |
Bathtub door systems and methods
A bathtub insert can include a frame, a door movably coupled with the frame and movable with respect to the frame between an opened position and a closed position, an elongate latch coupled with the door, a catch coupled with the frame, and a support structure, the support structure being coupled to the frame. |
| US09833106B2 |
Machine and method for preparing a drink
The invention relates to a system for a drinks extraction machine using capsules introduced into a capsule cage, said system having slides allowing a capsule to be guided into the machine, held and then released in order to move into an extraction position, said cage being moved between a retracted position allowing the insertion of a capsule into the machine, and a position for the extraction of the drink wherein the capsule is held in the cage against an extraction plate, said slides being moved by actuating means in a coordinated manner with the cage, but with a delay, in such a way as to release the capsule introduced into the machine for the insertion thereof into the cage when said cage moves back into the extraction position thereof, and only to go back to the initial position once the used capsule has been extracted from the cage. |
| US09833105B2 |
Beverage machine with a cover for an ingredient inlet
A machine (1) for preparing a beverage from at least one ingredient (2) comprises: an ingredient processing module (30); an ingredient passage (40) for inserting an ingredient from outside such machine into the ingredient processing module; and a cover (10) forming a user-handle that is manually movable between a position covering the ingredient passage and a position uncovering the ingredient passage. The cover (10) is manually slidable, in particular translationally slidable, from the covering to the uncovering positions and/or vice versa. |
| US09833103B2 |
Capsule-based food preparation system
A food preparation system includes a food preparation machine with a receptacle for a food capsule and a fluid injecting member, and the food capsule including a capsule body, a cavity, a first end, an opening communicating with the cavity, a second end including at least one outlet communicating with the cavity, an injection wall, and at least one partition dividing the cavity into chambers containing a respective quantity of an alimentary substance and having at least one outlet with an independently-operable closure member in the second end. The injection means injects a quantity of fluid into the capsule through a single injection point, and a sealing member selectively blocks fluid communication between the chambers, resisting a pressure difference between the chambers of between 2 and 20 bar, preferably between 4 and 15 bar. |
| US09833096B2 |
Carpet stretcher
A carpet stretcher, the tail assembly including a slider block, a first end and a second end attached to the slider block, wherein at least one of the first end and second end is moveable relative to the other of the ends on the slider block to define a gap having a selected width; and a locking assembly engagable with the at least one of the first end and second end to fix the selected width. |
| US09833095B2 |
Boot remover
A boot remover for helping a user to more easily remove a boot. The boot remover includes a substantially planar base having a first boot engaging member on one side and a second boot engaging member on an opposing side. A fulcrum is fixedly attached to a lower surface of the base. The first and second boot engaging members are sized differently to allow for removal of different sized boots. Each of the boot engaging members have openings configured to accept the heel of a boot therein. In operation, users place the heel of the boot to be removed in the first boot engaging member and press down on the opposing boot engaging member with their other foot. The first boot engaging member holds the boot in place while the wearer pulls his leg upward to removes their foot from the boot. |
| US09833094B2 |
Pet boot jack
A device and method for securing an animal boot to an animal's foot is taught. The device includes a pair of handles, a securing means and a pair of jaws that are pivotally attached to the pair of handles by the securing means. When the pair of jaws are in a closed position, an open end of the animal boot is attached around the sides of the pair of jaws. Squeezing the pair of handles towards each other causes the pair of jaws to extend away from each other to an open position and also causes the pair of jaws to expand the open end of the animal boot. |
| US09833091B2 |
Apparatus and methods for dipping or dunking snacks into beverages
Devices for dipping or dunking snacks into beverages include elements for holding a snack in place for dipping or dunking and a structure for allowing the user to keep his hands out of the beverage while immersing the snack. One embodiment includes a handle, a tray and a pivoting holding arm which slides up and down the handle and pivots into place to hold the snack. |
| US09833088B2 |
Pressed paperboard servingware with improved rigidity and rim stiffness
Products and methods of increasing the Rigidity and Rim Stiffness of disposable containers are provided. The containers have an outer flange portion extending outwardly with a brim portion sloping downwardly defining a declivity angle α with respect to a horizontal generally parallel to the bottom portion and generally include an outward turn at the periphery of the container. A preferred method of improving rigidity includes press-forming: (i) a brim transition portion adjoining the downwardly sloping brim portion of the container and (ii) an outwardly extending annular evert portion adjoining the brim transition portion extending outwardly at an eversion angle β of at least about 25 degrees with respect to the downwardly sloping brim portion of the flange. |
| US09833081B2 |
Mattress with flexible pressure sensor
Mattresses including a polymeric contact sensor configured to provide real-time dynamic contact information, which can then be used to report sleep quality, body position and/or pressure distributions to the user. The polymeric contact sensors could also be used to control parameters of the mattress and/or foundation with adjustable firmness for a given position and/or body shape/type/size. The polymeric contact sensor includes a plurality of flexible strips formed of a polymeric material and a conductive filler, wherein the polymeric contact sensor is in electrical communication with a data acquisition terminal, wherein the polymeric contact sensor is disposed on or within the upholstery layer, or on or within the quilt layer, or on a top surface of the innercore unit. |
| US09833080B1 |
Ergonomic lateral recumbency support apparatus and system
The present invention provides a lateral recumbency back support designed to support various portions of the body generally comprising a contoured and flexible foam wedge design allowing flexibility at all points along the length of same and having sufficient firmness to provide support for the desired portion of the body. |
| US09833079B2 |
Multi-configurable furniture system
A modular table comprising a main table body having a center portion, a mid-section which is disposed vertically underneath the main table body wherein the mid-section is adapted to provide vertical support to the main table body. An alternative embodiment of the table has a center portion of the main table body which is telescopically expandable allowing the mid-section to become vertically disposed. This telescopic expansion can be achieved using jack screws or rotatable mid-section. The table trunk is capable of housing a plurality of stools or chairs. The stools or chairs can be coupled together and, when placed end to end, provide a further base for the main table body due to a notch which is formed and which fits an extension which protrudes downwardly from the main table body. The main table body can also have a reversible table top which can be designed to be a gaming board or a bar top. |
| US09833078B2 |
Seated inversion chair and method of treating migraine headaches
An inversion chair and the method of treatment are provided to assist a user in the treatment and prevention of migraine headaches by increasing and altering the blood flow within the head. The inversion chair includes a frame having a first and a second side connected to each other by a fixed backrest. The sides of the frame have L-shaped configurations comprising upstanding side and base sections that are connected by a curved member. A rotatable seat is positioned between the sides of the frame. The chair is adapted to transition between a standard sitting position to an inverted position. The chair comprises an upper user support bar and a lower leg support bar for maintaining a user within the chair during inverted use. The support bar is removable and used to either secure the lap of the individual when inverted, or support the chair when in an upright state. |
| US09833077B2 |
Heated and cooled chair apparatus
Articles of furniture with a system of heating and cooling that can be integrated into a building environmental control network are provided. The heating/cooling system of the article has surfaces of a porous or non-porous, moisture-permeable material allowing convective and evaporative heat exchange from the body surface to the environment. The material covers a plenum that has reflective surfaces to reduce radiant losses and low-wattage fans to circulate air that convectively cools the occupant. Resistance heating may be incorporated at key occupant contact areas in the seat and backrest. Temperature, occupancy and other sensors can be incorporated. A control interface controls the actions of the heating/cooling system of the article and can interact with a network server to transmit measurements of environmental temperatures and occupant selection of control settings that are useful for control of the building's indoor environment. |
| US09833076B2 |
Human balance work stool
Novel sit-stand seating devices, more particularly, to sit-stand seats or stools that can tilt forward to provide balanced support for seated to near-standing postures and methods of their use are disclosed. The sit-stand devices are useful, inter alia, to provide stabilized worker positioning to carry out a task for a range of sitting through standing postures in an environment associated with a task for a worker in need thereof. |
| US09833073B2 |
Easel with a built-in connecting device for a mounting mechanism
A detachable easel to convert a camera tripod into an artist easel. The easel consists of a one or two arm design employing a built-in adapter, or connecting device in the center of the arm(s) of the attaching easel whereby the easel arm attaches directly to the mounting device of the tripod by way of the connecting device, allowing the tripod features to be extended to the easel. Attributes such as the tilting, raising, and rotating features of the tripod are then incorporated and translated as new easel functions. This can be a one or two arm embodiment, and can also attach to a wall mount or telescoping arm. |
| US09833066B2 |
Connector for modular rack assembly
A rack assembly has two support frames and at least one shelf that are secured to the support frames by connecting assemblies. Each connecting assembly comprises a well secured to a medial surface of each vertical tube of the support frame, and a hook that extends from each end of each shelf, with each hook having an opening extending therethrough. The connecting assembly also includes a connector that is seated inside each well, each connector having a top plate that has an elongated opening, the connector also having a body that is sized and configured to fit inside a well, the body defining two wings with a space between the wings, and wherein each wing has a bump positioned in the center of the inner surface of each wing that faces the space. Each hook is inserted through the elongated opening of a corresponding connector with the bump on each wing fitted inside the opening of the hook to retain the hook inside the body of the connector. |
| US09833063B2 |
Sturdy lightweight table base and method
A sturdy lightweight table support system offers advantages of self-squaring, sturdy design, a low unassembled volume combined with simple parts that enable easy assembly, a system that enables user specification of table size that will result in easily prepared components thus all but eliminating stocks of different sized components, and sturdy lockable height adjustments. The self-squaring is achieved with a corner bracket system that uses a corner bracket that is inset with respect to a cross member within which it is mounted so that bolted assembly will result in a large, even pressure about the butt end of the cross member against the post that is extremely resistive to angular displacement of the cross member with respect to the post in any direction. |
| US09833057B2 |
Flexible container
A container for holding and delivering liquids is disclosed. A method of making the same is disclosed. The container can have a molded container top, a molded container bottom, a flexible film reservoir, and a handle extending from the container top to the container bottom. The reservoir can be laterally exposed around the entire circumference of the reservoir along a part of the longitudinal length of the reservoir. A thermally insulated reservoir system is disclosed. The reservoir system can have a bag having a multi-layered bag wall. The bag wall can have a first layer sealed to a second layer. The volume defined between the first layer and the second layer can be partially or completely filled with a fluid insulator, such as air or saline solution. The volume defined between the first layer and the second layer can also or alternately be partially or completely filled with a solid insulator, such as a matted fiber layer. |
| US09833056B1 |
Shoulder sling retainer
A shoulder sling retainer comprising a substantially planar exterior directed wall flanked on one end thereof by an abutment wall which extends substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The retainer is configured such that the shoulder sling rests atop the exterior directed wall, and is prevented from sliding off of the exterior directed wall via the abutment wall. A bottom side of the retainer, which is oppositely situated from the exterior directed wall, is configured to rest securely on a shoulder portion of a garment, and, to that end, has a generally concave configuration. An engagement member that secures the retainer to a shoulder portion of the garment may be integrally formed with the bottom side of the receiver. |
| US09833051B2 |
Jewelry storage and display case
A jewelry storage case includes a spool having a cylindrical hollow body, a first slot at a first end, and a second slot at a second end. The first and second slots are sized and shaped to receive an end of a jewelry item that is secured to the spool. The spool may be disposed in a base and protected by a cover that is removably attached to the base. |
| US09833048B2 |
Tool having interconnected links that form at least a portion of a wearable accessory
A tool is provided that includes a plurality of links including at least three links movably interconnected to one another to form at least a portion of a wearable accessory, such as a bracelet. The plurality of links are articulatable so as to alternately assume a first configuration in which the plurality of links extend linearly, a second configuration in which the plurality of links are curved about an axis in a first direction and a third configuration in which the plurality of links are curved about the axis in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The plurality of links are configured to permit limited motion in a direction parallel to the axis prior to becoming structurally rigid. At least one link includes at least one tool function. A clasp and a receiver are also provided to facilitate the functionality and versatility of the resulting wearable accessory. |
| US09833047B1 |
Locking slider assembly and a method for its manufacture
A locking slider assembly includes a slider comprising a slot. The assembly includes a rail slidably inserted through the slot of the slider, the rail having at least one tooth movable between an extended state in which the tooth prevents the slot from moving in at least one direction along the rail, and a retracted state in which the slot can slide past the at least one tooth. |
| US09833046B2 |
Thin garment closure
A thin garment closure includes a male member with a bar having a ball on at least one end and a female member having a trough shaped complementary to the bar. The bar is positionable in the trough when the male and female members in a substantially transverse orientation, and when one member is rotated so that both members are substantially coplanar the closure is closed. The male and female members each have a flat surface which contacts the flat surface of the mating member when the closure is closed, enabling a thin and narrow closure. In an embodiment, the trough has sidewalls which guide the bar into position in the trough for improved manipulation of the closure. In another embodiment, a detent resists decoupling of the closure while allowing coupling over a range of insertion angles. |
| US09833044B2 |
Cleated article of footwear
An article of footwear may include an upper, a sole, and a removable cleat member. The sole may include at least one base member disposed in the sole, the base member including a fastener receiving portion, the fastener receiving portion may include at least one female thread. The cleat member may include a cleat body having a ground-engaging end and an opposite fastening end. A fastening portion is configured to extend from the fastening end of the cleat body. The fastening portion may engage with the fastener receiving portion of the base member, the fastening portion including a post and the thread including a draft angle. The thread of the cleat member may be configured to engage with the female thread of the base member. |
| US09833043B2 |
Shoe garter
A shoe garter configured and designed to secure a shoe to a user's foot. The shoe garter device comprises a flexible strap with fastening means to secure the shoe garter about the shoe and foot of the wearer. The shoe garter device further comprises gripping member on the inner side for frictionally securing the garter to a shoe. The shoe garter may also be adapted and configured to comprise one or more designs, decorative elements, and/or indicia, for varying the decorative appearance and providing different styles to the shoe garter. Typically, the fastening means may comprise hook and loop type fasteners. |
| US09833035B2 |
Bow boot
A boot including a bow-shaped structure is disclosed to prevent water entry from the mouth of the boot. The boot generally includes a sole, an upper portion attached to the sole, a foot portion, a leg portion, and a bow-shaped structure on the front and sides of the leg portion. The edge of the bow-shaped structure tapers up towards the front of the leg portion. The bow part of the bow-shaped structure preferably project outwards 1.75 inches from the surface of the leg portion. While walking in deep water, the bow-shaped structure breaks the upward movement of the water and pushes it back down. The bow-shaped structure is molded onto the boot during the manufacturing of the boot. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a bow-shaped structure that can be attached to leg portion of a boot is provided. |
| US09833034B2 |
Epoxidised natural rubber based blend for antistatic footwear application
Electrically conductive vulcanized epoxidized natural rubber [ENR]-carbon black blends can be produced by using either internal mechanical mixing method or open milling method. These two methods are commercially friendly due to their practicability and high production rate. The addition of vulcanization system, either sulfur or peroxide type does not affect the electrical properties of the vulcanized blends. All vulcanized blends prepared in this innovation show useful electrical properties with electrical volume resistances as low as the order of 101 ohms. All these vulcanized blends also exhibit good mechanical properties with tensile strengths up to 26.0 MPa and Dunlop rebound resiliencies of 14.0% (i.e. high damping property). The black color level of all these vulcanized blends is adjustable. As a result of good electrical and mechanical properties (especially high damping property), they have good potential to be used for antistatic footwear manufacturing and application. |
| US09833029B2 |
Method of forming three-dimensional electronic mannequin
A method of forming a three-dimensional electronic mannequin includes the following steps. First, measured data are provided. Subsequently, mannequin central axes are calculated. Inclination angle of the central axes are also calculated. A plurality of coordinate values of each human circumference line are calculated. At least one human orientation parameter of the three-dimensional electronic mannequin is adjusted. The adjusted three-dimensional electronic mannequin is displayed. The human orientation parameter includes a central axis of the neck part, a central axis of the side neck armpit part, a central axis of the armpit waist part and a central axis of the waist gluteal fold part. |
| US09833028B2 |
Speed eyelash extender
A speed eyelash extender comprising: a pad detaching and attaching part attached to or detached from a first finishing projection and a first seating pad at one side of a first supporting part and attached to or detached from a second finishing projection and a second seating pad at one side of a second supporting part, such that the first seating pad and the second seating pad are attached to or detached from the first supporting part and the second supporting part. Further, the speed eyelash extender according to the present invention further comprises: a first hook formed in the first finishing step at the other side of the first supporting part, a second hook formed in the second finishing step at the other side of the second supporting part, and a detaching and attaching hook attached to and detached from the first hook or the second hook and connected to a connection string. |
| US09833027B2 |
Unitary garment heating device
A unitary garment heating device that integrates with a garment to provide uniform heat throughout the garment. The device includes a plurality of nodes that position on various areas of the garment to distribute the heat. The nodes are fabricated from a conductive metallic yarn. A continuous conduit having no junctions carries current for generating heat, and connects the nodes to form a unitary heating device. The conduit is fabricated from the same material as the nodes, thereby forming a unitary device. The lack of junctions on the conduit helps eliminate problems such as shorts, and moisture exposure form rain or sweat. The conduit runs in a series circuitry to minimize shorts and arcing. The conduit is covered with a laminate and urethane to inhibit contact with moisture. A communication apparatus, such as a smart phone, monitors and regulates the temperature. A power supply and microprocessor are also attached. |
| US09833021B2 |
Disposable tank electronic cigarette, method of manufacture and method of use
An electronic cigarette device having a disposable tank are described. The disposable tank may have a sealed liquid chamber, an atomizer element and a tank well. |
| US09833017B2 |
Mixed fiber sliver for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements
Smoking articles including filter elements formed from two or more fibrous inputs with different physical properties are provided. The two or more fibrous inputs are provided in the form of staple fibers, which are at least partially entangled with each other to form a mixed fiber sliver. The mixed fiber sliver includes a first plurality of cellulose acetate staple fibers blended with a second plurality of staple fibers comprising a polymeric material different from the first plurality of staple fibers, such as staple fibers of a degradable polymeric material. The entangled fibers of the mixed fiber sliver may be sufficiently separated from one another such that blooming operations typically required in filter element production may not be necessary prior to incorporating the mixed fiber sliver into a filter element. Related methods, apparatuses and mixed fiber products are also provided by the disclosure. |
| US09833008B2 |
Emulsifying salt-free cheese and method of making thereof having a blend of sheared and non-sheared fat
Emulsifying salt-free, process cheese and methods of preparing such emulsifying salt-free, process cheese are described herein obtained from blends of sheared and non-sheared amounts of fat in order to form a cheese product with a unique bimodal particle size distribution. The methods and cheese achieve fat-to-protein stabilities in a processed cheese that offers both good meltability and low oiling-off during heating without emulsifying salts. |
| US09833007B2 |
Soy milk and method for producing same
An object of the present invention is to provide: a soy milk having a pleasant flavor and suppressed soybean odor, raw smell, astringency, and so forth; and a method for producing the soy milk. Specifically, provided are: the soy milk; a soy-milk flavor improver containing, as an active ingredient, a triacylglycerol having a medium-chain fatty acid with 6 to 12 carbon atoms as a constituent fatty acid; an improved soy milk containing a soy milk and the soy-milk flavor improver; and a food and a drink containing the improved soy milk. A method for producing the improved soy milk is also provided. |
| US09833004B2 |
Flour composition
A cereal flour composition is made by subjecting a mixture to a heating treatment, the mixture including: a cereal flour; and 0.2-10 parts by mass of an emulsifier with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cereal flour. Preferably, the emulsifier is a monoglycerol fatty acid ester or lecithin. Preferably, the heating treatment is performed for 2 seconds to 3 minutes at a mixture temperature of 80 to 120° C. Preferably, the heating treatment is a heat-moisture treatment using saturated water vapor. A process for producing the cereal flour composition involves a heating step of directly applying saturated water vapor to the mixture including a cereal flour and an emulsifier, and heating the mixture, wherein the heating step is performed by using a production device including: a transporting path that transports an introduced raw material to an outlet; and a mechanism that introduces saturated water vapor into the transporting path. |
| US09832998B2 |
Antiviral compositions
The present invention relates to novel antiviral compounds which are covalently attached to solid, macro surfaces. In another embodiment, the invention relates to novel antiviral compositions including a polymeric material and, embedded therein, an antiviral compound. In other embodiments, the invention relates to making a surface antiviral and making a polymeric material antiviral. |
| US09832997B2 |
Methods of and apparatus for extracting 3-methyl-2h-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one
A method for extracting the compound 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one from smoke, the method comprising pyrolysis of cellulose or any biomass within a combustion chamber, directing the smoke into a scrubbing apparatus incorporating a spiral condenser tube extending along the chamber and having a number of mist spray units spaced along the entire spiral condenser tube, collecting smoke water thus formed and passing it to a cooling chamber and then to preparation for storage or despatch. |
| US09832996B2 |
Use of sarmentine and its analogues with an herbicide, and compositions thereof
Disclosed herein are methods for modulating (e.g., inhibiting) emergence and growth of monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous plants (e.g., weeds and grasses) using sarmentine and/or a sarmentine analog and a second herbicide. The application of sarmentine and/or a sarmentine analog with a second herbicide to a plant and/or its growth substrate results in a synergistic pre- and/or post-emergence herbicidal activity against the plant. The present method also provides compositions comprising sarmentine and/or a sarmentine analog, in combination with a second herbicide. |
| US09832992B1 |
Microbicidal composition
A synergistic microbicidal composition having two components. The first component is a nonionic surfactant with structure: R2O(CH2CH(CH3)O)3(CH2CH2O)5H, where R2 is a mixture of C8-C14 linear alkyl groups. The second component is 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol. The weight ratio of the nonionic surfactant to 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol is from 1:0.08 to 1:0.12 or 1:0.2 to 1:1.8286. |
| US09832988B2 |
Animated decoy spreader
A device for spreading fowl decoys on the surface of a body of water. A hub sits below the surface is removably coupleable with up to four arm arrangements. Arm arrangements are jointed, allowing hub and arm arrangements to sit below the surface of the water while decoys float on surface. Hub is connected to an anchor on the bottom of the body of water, and can be displaced horizontally with a pull cord. Cords in the arm arrangements allow for near-random motion of attached decoys, simulating a swimming motion of fowl. Hub can be displaced vertically with a pull cord, causing the decoys to dip head first into the water, simulating a feeding motion of water fowl. Hubs can be combined by coupling arm arrangements from each hub. When displaced horizontally in the water, hubs not attached to the pull cord move semi-randomly, creating more random motion in decoys. |
| US09832983B2 |
Dual-bearing reel
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool rotatably held between side plates, and a brake unit configured to brake the spool. The brake unit includes a cover portion, a first regulator and a second regulator. The cover portion has a first circumferential part and a second circumferential part, and is mounted to the reel body. The first regulator and the second regulator are covered with the cover portion. The first circumferential part has a first opening exposing at least a part of the first regulator therethrough, whereas the second circumferential part has a second opening exposing at least a part of the second regulator therethrough. The reel body has a first restriction part covering the first opening. |
| US09832982B2 |
Movable hood for reel seat, reel seat, and fishing rod including same
A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion and a nut portion. A body of a reel seat passes through the hood portion. The hood portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the body. The nut portion is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a base end facing the nut portion and a leading end located opposite the base end. When viewing the hood portion from side, a length of an upper side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end is longer than a length of a lower side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end, and an upper contour of the hood portion has an upward convex curve line. |
| US09832979B2 |
Artificial reef system
Disclosed is an artificial reef molded from a mixture of environmentally friendly homogenized organic and inorganic materials, cement, and 5 aggregates of sand and gravel to form thereon an artificial reef such as reef buds, reef plates, reef honeycombs and other reef structures. |
| US09832978B2 |
Self-sinking aeration hose
Disclosed herein is an aeration hose capable of diffusing bubbles of air within a body of water, comprising a) a hose portion derived from a composition, comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin; a first rubber component; a second rubber component; at least one copolymer; at least one low temperature plasticizer; at least one filler comprising calcium carbonate; at least one heat stabilizer; at least one internal lubricant; at least one antioxidant; and at least one biofouling agent, wherein the hose portion comprises an outer hose portion, an inner hose portion and a plurality of hose apertures capable of receiving and diffusing pressurized air, wherein the hose is flexible and has no memory, and wherein the hose apertures are provided therethrough the inner hose portion and the outer hose portion and proportionally spaced about the outer hose portion along a length of the hose portion. |
| US09832973B2 |
Automatically-attaching collar clasps
The automatically attaching collar clasps are installed in an animal bait station. The bait station has an inlet so that when an animal is positioned in the inlet, a male clasp on one side of the inlet automatically converges with a female clasp on the opposite side to the inlet to create a ratcheting connection and thereby secures a collar around the neck of the targeted animal. |
| US09832971B1 |
Pet feeding system
A pet feeding system includes amongst its features a bowl member, at least one plate member, and an annularly contoured lid member. In the bowl member, a lower base plate and an upper base plate are integrally formed with a sidewall to define a liquid containing chamber between the lower and upper base plates. Moreover, the sidewall extends vertically above the upper base plate. The plate member is mounted on the upper base plate. In certain exemplary uses, the upper base plate has a recessed surface to receive the plate member. The plate member is adapted to receive an ingestible good product. Furthermore, the annularly contoured lid member is rotationally and fixedly attached to the sidewall of the bowl member. |
| US09832967B2 |
Lactuca sativa cultivar CVX-35
According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated CVX-35. ‘CVX-35’ is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. It has larger frame size and heavier weight, short core length, savoyed and glossy leaf color, corky root rot resistance, Bushy Stunt virus resistance, no fringe burn on mature leaves and also yellower heart leaf color. The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cos or romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated CVX-35. This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar CVX-35, to the plants of lettuce cultivar CVX-35, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar CVX-35, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar CVX-35 with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. |
| US09832965B2 |
Soybean variety 01051604
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051604. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051604. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051604 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051604 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832962B1 |
Soybean variety 01064172
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064172. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064172. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064172 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064172 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832961B1 |
Soybean variety 01064167
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064167. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064167. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064167 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064167 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832957B1 |
Soybean variety 01058863
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058863. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058863. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058863 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058863 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832956B1 |
Soybean variety 01063886
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063886. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063886. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063886 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063886 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832955B1 |
Soybean variety 01058718
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058718. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058718. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058718 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058718 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832954B1 |
Soybean variety 01058711
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058711. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058711. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058711 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058711 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09832943B2 |
Solanum lycopersicum plants having non-transgenic alterations in the Acs2 gene
The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a acs2 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant acs2 protein having loss-of-function acs2 protein or reduced function compared to wild type Acs2 protein. |
| US09832942B2 |
Altered FAD2 and FAD3 genes in Brassica and the molecular marker assisted detection thereof
The present invention provides methods of marker-assisted selection for high oleic/low linolenic traits in canola and in other oil seed crop species, as well as isolated nucleic acids for use as molecular markers in such methods. In particular, molecular markers and Brassica nucleic acid corresponding to fad2 and fad3 gene mutations are disclosed. The markers of the present invention are highly useful for the direct selection of desirable fad2 and fad3 alleles during marker-assisted trait introgression and breeding. In one aspect of the embodiment, two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are provided that correspond to the alleles. Thus, the present invention advantageously permits one of skill in the art to breed for the molecular markers described herein, or derivatives thereof, rather than breeding for a high oleic/low linolenic phenotype. |
| US09832941B2 |
Hydroponic cultivation apparatus
A hydroponic cultivation apparatus with detachable cultivation tray is provided in that each cultivation tray is magnetically mounted to an expansion socket of a main aqueduct so that a replaceable cultivation room may be independently provided. Each cultivation tray is equipped with a light source plate at the bottom. The light source plate is provided with power via a wireless receiver connected with a wireless transmitter at the socket. Multiple drain slots are aligning along a direction perpendicular to a horizontal level on each cultivation tray with some of them plugged with insulation pieces so that each cultivation tray may have the water level controlled independently. |
| US09832938B2 |
Apparatus for mass cultivation of plants
The present invention relates to an apparatus for mass cultivation of plants, which enables plants to be cultivated in the entire area of a greenhouse when the plants are cultivated in the greenhouse, thus enabling mass production of plants. The apparatus for mass cultivation of plants according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a driving means installed in the truss, which horizontally crosses the upper portion of the greenhouse; a movable member arranged below the truss such that the moving direction of the movable member changes according to the driving direction of the driving means; multiple elevating members arranged at predetermined spaces beneath the truss such that a right part of the elevating member descends when a left part of the elevating member ascends and the right part of the elevating member ascends when the left part of the elevating member descends according to the moving direction of the movable member; and multiple cultivation gutters hanging from the respective left ends and right ends of the elevating members. |
| US09832935B1 |
Powered debris collector
A PTO driven yard clean up tool is for attachment to a tractor is disclosed and claimed. The PTO system drives a rake attachment that runs in a counter-clockwise direction to the direction of travel to throw material into a basket; the material can be dumped out of the basket when it gets full by tilting the basket. |
| US09832933B2 |
Method and system for grain bin aeration
A grain bin aeration system has inlet ducting in communication with the hollow interior of the storage bin adjacent a perimeter of the storage bin and exhaust ducting in communication with the hollow interior of the storage bin at a central location within the storage bin. A first portion of the inlet ducting is directed to the top end of the bin so that aeration flow therethrough is directed downwardly through the material in the storage bin to the exhaust ducting. A second portion of the inlet ducting is directed to the bottom end of the bin so that aeration flow therethrough is directed upwardly through the material in the storage bin to the exhaust ducting. |
| US09832932B2 |
Twine knotter
A twine knotter has a knotter frame (2). An intermediate shaft (3) is rotatably supported on the knotter frame (2) around a longitudinal axis L. A shaft input (4) connects the intermediate shaft (3) to an output element (61) of a knotter drive shaft (54). At least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is rotatably supported around a knotter hook axis (K1, K2) on the knotter frame (2). The at least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is drive-wise connected to the intermediate shaft (3). The at least one knotter hook shaft carries a knotter hook (11, 12) to form a knot. The twine knotter (1) is formed as an independent assembly. The twine knotter (1) is drive-wise detachably connectable, via the shaft input (4) of the intermediate shaft (3), to the knotter drive shaft (54). |
| US09832931B2 |
Controlling the operation of a square baler
A square baler has a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocable at one end of the baling chamber, a pre-compression chamber within which charges of crop are amassed and pre-compressed by a rotor prior to transfer into the baling chamber, and a pickup roller having radially projecting tines for picking up crop from the ground and advancing the crop to the rotor. A torque sensor is connected to at least one tine of the pickup roller to produce an electrical output signal indicative of the torque experienced by the pickup roller, and a processing circuit is operative to estimate the rate of crop flow into the chute by analyzing the electrical output of the torque sensor only at times when the position of the tine lies within a predetermined angular position of the pickup roller. |
| US09832928B2 |
Crop sensing
A crop harvesting width of a harvester head is partitioned into a plurality of portions. At least one sensor detects a metric of a crop being harvested for each of the plurality of portions. A processing unit determines an attribute of the crop harvested for each of a plurality of portions using the detected metric. |
| US09832927B2 |
Sensor arrangement for combine harvester
A sensor for measuring a thickness of a layer of a grain/residue mixture as the layer is transported through a cleaning arrangement of a combine harvester. The sensor is mounted on a support surface of a grain pan or a sieve of the cleaning arrangement and comprises a tower-shaped support structure with sensor elements attached to the structure and forming a vertical stack of sensor elements, so that a number of sensor elements is submerged in the layer and a number of sensor elements extends above the layer. The sensor elements are configured to measure an electrical property that changes as a function of immediate surroundings of the sensor elements. The sensor elements are configured to be read out independently from each other. |
| US09832926B2 |
Vibration-damping triggering of an actuator for an agricultural working machine
An arrangement for triggering an actuator for adjusting an adjustable element of an agricultural working machine comprises: a specifying device for generating adjustment commands for the adjustable element; a control arrangement for the actuator; and a signal-shaping unit which, upon receipt of an adjustment command, initially applies a first signal dependent on the adjustment command to the control arrangement, and then applies a second signal, which is dependent on the adjustment command and delayed in time relative to the first signal, the second signal leading to a reduction or cancellation of a natural oscillation generated by the first signal in the system consisting of working machine and element. |
| US09832924B2 |
System for mounting a hopper to a product metering assembly of an agricultural row unit
An agricultural row unit includes a hopper configured to store agricultural product, a mounting assembly configured to removably couple the hopper to a chassis of the agricultural row unit, and a flow control assembly coupled to the hopper and configured to selectively block flow of the agricultural product through a product passage of the hopper. The product passage is configured to convey the agricultural product from a product storage portion of the hopper to a product metering assembly of the agricultural row unit while the hopper is coupled to the chassis. The mounting assembly is configured to engage the hopper remote from an outlet of the product passage and from the flow control assembly, and the mounting assembly is configured to support a substantial portion of a load associated with the hopper and any agricultural product stored within the hopper. |
| US09832922B2 |
Material spreader
A discharge device includes a plurality of material conveying components, an adjustable shear ledge, and an adjustable shroud to convey materials from a container of a material spreader out onto an open area. The adjustable shear ledge includes at least one longitudinal mounting member such that the adjustable shear ledge may be translated towards or away from the plurality of material conveying components to maintain a predetermined gap distance. The adjustable shroud may also be pivotably connected to the adjustable shear ledge such that the adjustable shroud can be pivoted towards or away from the plurality of material conveying components. The adjustable shear ledge and the adjustable shroud may be moved accordingly to maintain a preferred gap distance and to maintain concentricity with a swing of the material conveying components in order to reduce wear on components and promote spread performance of the material spreader. |
| US09832921B2 |
Toolbar wing support system for an agricultural implement
An agricultural implement system includes a tow bar assembly configured to couple the agricultural implement system to a tow vehicle. The agricultural implement system also includes a toolbar assembly coupled to the tow bar assembly. The toolbar assembly includes a first wing toolbar configured to support a first row unit, the first wing toolbar is configured to rotate about a first axis relative to the tow bar assembly to enable the toolbar assembly to bend in response to variations in a surface of soil, and no ground engaging wheel is coupled to the first wing toolbar. The agricultural implement system also includes an actuator configured to rotate the first wing toolbar upwardly about the first axis while the toolbar assembly is in a raised position such that the first row unit is disengaged from soil. |
| US09839170B2 |
Feeder
A non-splicing feeder for which new carrier tape can be set safely is provided. The feeder includes a third sprocket rotatably provided on the insertion section of a main body, a fourth sprocket rotatably provided upstream from the third sprocket in the conveyance direction; third engaging protrusions which engage with engaging holes which are formed at a fixed angle on the outer circumference of a first sprocket, and fourth engaging protrusions which engage with engaging holes which are formed at only a portion of the outer circumference of the fourth sprocket. |
| US09839166B2 |
Electronic device having heat radiator and method for controlling the electronic device
An electronic device having a heat radiator and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a frame including at least one optical assembly and a structure configured to receive a portable electronic device including a display, wherein an image is on the display can be seen through the at least one optical assembly when the portable electronic device is in the structure, a wearing member connected to the frame and configured to be worn together with the frame on the head of a user, and a heat radiator configured to remove heat from a space between the display and the optical assembly to outside the electronic device when the portable electronic device is received in the structure and is turned on. |
| US09839162B2 |
Cooling system for data center rack
Provided is a process for cooling a datacenter chamber having racks configured to hold arrays of rack-mounted computing devices, the process including: directing a cooling fluid, at a first temperature and a first pressure from an outer radius of circularly arranged racks through the racks and components within the racks; passing the cooling fluid to an interior chamber of the datacenter chamber at a second temperature and a second pressure; and directing the cooling fluid upward to exit the interior chamber. |
| US09839155B2 |
Thermal ducting system
A thermal ducting system for electronic equipment in an electronic equipment enclosure is provided. The thermal ducting system includes a top duct, a bottom duct spaced apart from the top duct, a side duct extending from the top duct to the bottom duct and along an intake side of the electronic equipment, and at least one baffle positioned in the side duct. |
| US09839145B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. The display device according to the present invention includes a display panel, a module cover coupled to the rear side of the display panel, and a housing coupled to the rear side of the module cover, wherein the housing comprises a driving unit configured to push at least part of the module cover such that the display panel is in at least one of a first state in which the display panel is flat and a second state in which the display panel is curved, wherein the driving unit comprises a motor assembly, at least one link having one side coupled to the motor assembly and the other side coupled to the module cover, and a guide coming into contact with at least one side of the at least one link to enable the at least one link to be pushed up and pulled down according to direction of a driving force transferred from the motor assembly. |
| US09839128B2 |
Solder void reduction between electronic packages and printed circuit boards
An apparatus includes a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes at least one conductive layer on top a first dielectric layer, wherein the at least one conductive layer comprises at least one of a ground plane and a power plane. The printed circuit board includes a second dielectric layer on top of the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board includes a thermal pad on top of the second dielectric layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by forming at least one plated through hole for electrically coupling the thermal pad to the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by backdrilling the at least one plated through hole to remove a portion of the conductive material, wherein subsequent to the backdrilling the conductive material remaining in the at least one plated through hole electrically couples one or more of the at least one conductive layer to the thermal pad. |
| US09839120B2 |
Warpage-preventing structure of substrate
The present invention relates to a warpage-preventing structure for reducing the warpage of the substrate itself, the warpage which results from the difference of the metal patterns of top and bottom surfaces, and/or the warpage which results from the difference in the thermal expansion coefficients of a metal pattern and the substrate, the warpage-preventing structure comprising at least one additional metal layer, wherein the at least one additional metal layer is disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and arranged along an edge of the substrate. |
| US09839119B2 |
Electrically conductive film
The present invention relates to an electrically conductive film characterized by being able to undergo elastic deformation, having little residual strain rate and exhibiting stress relaxation properties. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electrically conductive film wherein the stress relaxation rate (R) and the residual strain rate (alpha), as measured in a prescribed extension-restoration test, are as follows: 20%≦R≦95% and 0%≦α≦3%. |
| US09839114B2 |
Linear accelerator accelerating module to suppress back-acceleration of field-emitted particles
A method for the suppression of upstream-directed field emission in RF accelerators. The method is not restricted to a certain number of cavity cells, but requires similar operating field levels in all cavities to efficiently annihilate the once accumulated energy. Such a field balance is desirable to minimize dynamic RF losses, but not necessarily achievable in reality depending on individual cavity performance, such as early Q0-drop or quench field. The method enables a significant energy reduction for upstream-directed electrons within a relatively short distance. As a result of the suppression of upstream-directed field emission, electrons will impact surfaces at rather low energies leading to reduction of dark current and less issues with heating and damage of accelerator components as well as radiation levels including neutron generation and thus radio-activation. |
| US09839113B2 |
Solid media wakefield accelerators
Systems and methods for that utilize a compressed coherent high intensity X-ray pulse to drive acceleration of particles in a solid medium laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA). |
| US09839112B2 |
Neutron generator
A neutron generator includes an ion source disposed in a pressurized environment containing an ionizable gas. The ion source includes a substrate with a bundle of carbon nanotubes extending therefrom. The ends of the nanotubes are spaced from a grid. Ion source voltage supply circuitry supplies a positive voltage potential between the substrate and the grid of the ion source to cause ionization of the ionizable gas and emission of ions through the grid. An ion accelerator section is disposed between the ion source and a target. The ion accelerator section accelerates ions that pass through the grid towards the target such that collisions of the ions with the target cause the target to generate and emit neutrons therefrom. The ion source, accelerator section and target are housed in a sealed tube and preferably the carbon nanotubes of the bundle are highly ordered with at least 106 carbon nanotubes per cm2 that extend in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis of the tube. The neutron generator provides gas ionization at much higher atomic to molecular ratio that the prior art, which allows for small compact size designs suitable for logging tools that are used in space-constrained downhole environments. |
| US09839111B2 |
Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy
A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain. |
| US09839110B2 |
Plasma light source apparatus and light source system including the same
A plasma light source apparatus includes a first laser generator configured to generate a first laser. A second laser generator is configured to generate a second laser. A chamber is configured to accommodate and seal a medium material for plasma ignition and to allow plasma to be ignited by the first laser and to be maintained by the second laser. An inner surface of the chamber includes two curved mirrors that face each other. |
| US09839108B2 |
XRF analyzer activation switch
The invention includes various electronic devices for avoiding or minimizing XRF analyzer user fatigue. In one embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a finger tap switch for activating the XRF analysis. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a hand sensor and a finger tap switch, activation of both required to activate the XRF analysis. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a microphone capable of receiving a verbal command from a user and a finger tap switch, both receipt of the verbal command and activation of the finger tap switch required to activate the XRF analysis. Additional benefits of some embodiments include improving XRF analysis safety and avoiding XRF analyzer theft. |
| US09839107B2 |
Flowing-fluid X-ray induced ionic electrostatic dissipation
A method and system for reducing static charges on a material. X-rays can ionize a flowing fluid. The ions can be transported to the material and can reduce or dissipate the static charges. |
| US09839106B2 |
Flat-panel-display, bottom-side, electrostatic-dissipation
The invention includes a flat-panel-display (FPD) manufacturing machine which utilizes x-rays for electrostatic dissipation of a bottom side of a FPD when lifting the FPD off of a table during manufacture of the FPD. The invention also includes a method of electrostatic dissipation of a bottom side of an FPD. |
| US09839103B2 |
Method and apparatus for power extraction in a pre-existing AC wiring infrastructure
A method and apparatus for extracting power in a switch location, and in a load location for use in a pre-existing infrastructure of switching AC power to a lamp (or other load) via a two terminal switch device. The switch is replaced with a module including a first controlled switch (such as a triac or relay) and a first impedance (such as a capacitor) connected in parallel, and another module including a second controlled switch (such as a triac or relay) and a second impedance (such as a capacitor) connected in parallel, is installed at the load location. In an ‘off’ state where the two controlled switches are in ‘open’ state, current is flowing via the impedances, but not through the load, so that power extractor circuits in the modules, connected in series to the impedances, extract low power for DC powering logic and other loads in the modules. |
| US09839099B2 |
Intelligent lighting control apparatuses, systems, and methods
The present disclosure provides light switch modules and methods of implementing a light switch module for a lighting control system. The light switch modules include a light switch actuator including an actuation surface. The light switch actuator is movable to connect an electrical flow path and to activate a tactile display housed in the light switch actuator. One or more tactile motions are applied on the actuation surface of the light switch actuator for selecting a lighting setting from among a plurality of lighting settings using the tactile display. |
| US09839096B2 |
Flexible display panel and display apparatus including the same
A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel. |
| US09839094B2 |
Low voltage lighting power supply systems and methods
The present application discloses systems and methods for providing low voltage power for low voltage lighting sources, e.g., so-called landscape lighting. A low voltage lighting power supply includes an enclosure and a power circuit enclosed in the enclosure. In some embodiments the power circuit has a primary side and a secondary side. The primary side accepts power from a main power source and the secondary side has a plurality of separate output power circuits, each output power circuit generating a separate low voltage lighting power signal capable of lighting a plurality of low voltage light sources and each being rated for a particular output. |
| US09839090B2 |
Correlated colour temperature control system and method
A correlated color temperature control system (1) for a LED lighting system (2) having at least two LED sources (3, 4) with different correlated color temperatures. The LED lighting system (2) has a combined correlated color temperature resulting from the combination of the different correlated color temperatures of the at least two LED sources (3, 4), and a combined luminous flux resulting from the combination of the luminous fluxes of the at least two LED sources (3, 4), with each LED source being supplied with a supply current. The correlated color temperature control system (1) comprises a controller (5) to independently control one or both of the duty cycle and amplitude of each supply current, the duty cycle or amplitude of each supply current being varied by the controller in a non-linear relationship with the duty cycle or amplitude of at least one other of the supply currents, to generate a desired combined correlated color temperature for the LED lighting system (2) at a desired combined luminous flux for the LED lighting system (3, 4). An associated method is also provided. |
| US09839088B1 |
Security light with remote photo-voltaic module and battery backup and related methods
Methods and apparatus for a security light having a remote photovoltaic module is set forth. The security light includes a primary rechargeable battery connected to the remote photovoltaic module while also having a backup battery system to be utilized when the rechargeable batteries condition require recharge. The security lighting unit functions as a security light to provide variable wide area illumination based upon environmental and battery conditions and also which power supply is optionally connected to the load, the load being the illumination sources and the various supportive electronics. The system further includes a controller which can not only operationally selects either the rechargeable batteries or backup batteries but also can monitor battery condition to preserve battery life. In operation, the security light may include a variable battery power supply for ease of installation. |
| US09839085B2 |
Lighting control apparatus using wire and wireless integrated dimming circuit
A lighting control apparatus using a wire and wireless integrated dimming circuit includes: an input power supply unit; a converter for converting input power to lighting unit supply power; a lighting unit applied with the lighting unit supply power to emit light; a wired module for inputting a wired dimming signal for controlling the lighting unit; a wireless module for inputting a wireless dimming signal for controlling the lighting unit; and a transform module for receiving the wired dimming signal or the wireless dimming signal, transforming the received dimming signal to a preset power, and applying the transformed power to the converter, in which the wired module and the wireless module are connected in parallel, selectively receive the wired dimming signal or the wireless dimming signal, and applies the received dimming signal to the transform module. |
| US09839069B2 |
System and method for machine parameter analysis in wireless field units
A sensor sampling system comprises a field unit to receive at least one analysis parameter from a base station and a signal representing a machine parameter monitored by a machine sensor. The field unit analyzes the signal based on the at least one machine parameter to generate a representation of the machine parameter, and wirelessly transmits the representation of the machine parameter for reception by the base station. |
| US09839066B2 |
PDCCH monitoring regardless of DRX configuration
PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) monitoring operation regardless of the DRX configuration is disclosed. The UE operating in a wireless communication system receives DRX (Discontinuous Reception) configuration information from a network. When the UE transmits a specific indication, the UE ignores the DRX configuration information and monitor a PD-CCCH after transmitting the specific indication. |
| US09839059B2 |
Discovery method and apparatus
Provided are a discovery method and apparatus. A communication method for a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving first resource information indicating a first resource region and second resource information indicating a second resource region from an evolved Node B (eNB); receiving a first message from a second UE via the first resource region; checking whether the contents of the first message match the UE; and sending, when the contents of the first message match the UE, a second message associated with the first message to the second UE via the second resource region. A user equipment (UE) may include: a communication unit configured to receive first resource information indicating a first resource region and second resource information indicating a second resource region from an evolved Node B (eNB), and receive a first message from a second UE via the first resource region; and a control unit configured to check whether the contents of the first message match the UE. |
| US09839057B2 |
Methods for exchanging information between electronic devices, and electronic devices
The present disclosure provides a method for exchanging information between electronic devices, and an electronic device. The method includes at a first electronic device: determining that a request for exchanging information from a second electronic device is valid, after receiving the request; acquiring an information area with respect to the request, and selecting area data corresponding to the information area; and after or at the same time of the selection of the area data, establishing a communication connection with the second electronic device, and transmitting the area data over the communication connection. After coming into contact with the second electronic device, the electronic device equipped with the touch screen, as the first electronic device, may establish and perform data transmission with the second electronic device. Compared with the conventional methods that require transmission via mobile communication or 3G communication, the present disclosure can reduce cost for the user of the electronic device, and provide more diversified services and higher transmission bandwidth. |
| US09839055B2 |
Method and gateway to handle inactivity timer expiry with a converged gateway
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for handling the expiration of an inactivity timer. A cellular communications system may include a gateway (GW), for example, a converged gateway (CGW) or a local gateway (LGW). The GW may intercept a first message from the eNB intended for a mobility management entity (MME). The first message may include an indication to initiate removal of a first bearer and a second bearer. The first bearer may include an SI bearer associated with the eNB and the GW and/or include a Radio Bearer associated with the eNB and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRLI). The second bearer may include an S I bearer associated with the GW and a serving gateway (SGW). The GW may determine to maintain the second bearer to maintain a communication path associated with the GW and a WTRU and/or send a second message to the eNB to remove the first bearer. |
| US09839054B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, and method for setting communication parameters of the communication apparatus
A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected. In a case where the device capability attributes of respective communication terminals are equal, a communication terminal storing the provision attribute information indicative of the state that it can provide the communication parameters is selected as a provision device. |
| US09839052B2 |
Method for adapting a link for selecting a frame transmission mode and corresponding WI-FI access point
A link adaptation method uses a selection criterion for selecting a transmission mode for transmitting PPDU frames over a channel of a telecommunications system. The system includes an access point and a plurality of stations having various different transmission modes associated with different data rates. Access to the channel being of the random type. The selection makes use of a time occupancy metric γ of the channel. |
| US09839051B2 |
Selecting an access method while performing handovers in a mobile communication system
A method of managing a handover of a connection of a mobile device between a first access node and a second access node in a communications system, the method comprising: sending information from the communications system to the mobile device; selecting one of a plurality of access methods for accessing the second access node based on said information; and accessing the second access node using the selected access method. |
| US09839050B2 |
Fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame transmission
A method includes receiving data at a first access point. The method also includes generating, at the first access point, a transmission schedule based on the data. The transmission schedule indicates when the first access point is to transmit a fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame. The method further includes selectively transmitting, from the first access point, FD frames based on the transmission schedule. |
| US09839049B2 |
Scheduling for an unlicensed carrier type
Technology for performing downlink scheduling is disclosed. One or more subframes can be identified within a defined frame of a primary cell to perform cross-subframe scheduling for a secondary cell. The primary cell can be configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a licensed band and the secondary cell can be configured to communicate with the UE using an unlicensed band. The cross-subframe scheduling can be performed for one or more downlink subframes of the secondary cell using the one or more subframes of the primary cell. |
| US09839047B2 |
Methods for channel sounding and scheduling for interference alignment in wireless local area network
Provided are channel sounding and scheduling methods for interference alignment in a wireless LAN. The sounding method includes transmitting a RTS frame, the RTS frame including an OIA candidate AP list that includes identification information of a plurality of access points, transmitting a CTS poll frame for triggering transmission of a CTS frame to a second access point which is a first access point in the OIA candidate AP list, and receiving a CTS frame which is a response to the CTS poll frame from the second access point. Therefore, communication performance of the wireless LAN can be improved. |
| US09839044B2 |
Radio base station and mobile station
Priority control is performed using FPIs. A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes: a bearer management unit 12 configured to manage FPIs assigned to data flows received from a core network device S-GW via an S1 bearer; and a priority control unit 13 configured to perform priority control over the data flows received from the core network device S-GW via the S1 bearer, in which the bearer management unit 12 establishes a radio bearer with a mobile station UE for each of the FPIs, and the priority control unit 13 transfers each data flow received from the core network device S-GW via the S1 bearer, to the radio bearer corresponding to the FPI assigned to the data flow. |
| US09839043B2 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resources for logical channels in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus of allocating a resource for a plurality of logical channels is provided. A transmitter acquires a plurality of available resources for a plurality of component carriers, and allocates the plurality of available resources to the plurality of logical channels based on priority of each of the plurality of logical channels. |
| US09839041B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhanced coexistence algorithms in wireless systems
Methods and apparatus for mitigating the effects of interference between multiple air interfaces located on an electronic device. In one embodiment, the air interfaces include a WLAN interface and PAN (e.g., Bluetooth) interface, and information such as Receiver Signal Strength Index (RSSI) as well as system noise level information are used in order to intelligently execute interference mitigation methodologies, including the selective application of modified frequency selection, variation of transmitter power, and/or change of operating mode (e.g., from multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) to single-in, single-out (SISO)) so as to reduce isolation requirements between the interfaces. These methods and apparatus are particularly well suited to use cases where the WLAN interface is operating with high data transmission rates. Business methods associated with the foregoing technology are also described. |
| US09839039B2 |
256 quadrature amplitude modulation user equipment category handling
According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless network element of transmitting a transport block comprises determining a modulation coding scheme for a transmission of the transport block; determining a category type of a wireless device that will transmit or receive the transport block; determining, using the category type of the wireless device, an encoding soft buffer size (NIR) for the transport block; adjusting, using the modulation coding scheme. the encoding soft buffer size (NIR) by a factor (KH); encoding the transport block according to the determined modulation coding scheme and the adjusted encoding soft buffer size; and transmitting the transport block. In particular embodiments, the determined modulation coding scheme is 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256 QAM) and the factor (KH) is 4/3. |
| US09839037B2 |
Methods and apparatus for flexible use of frequency bands
Methods and systems are disclosed for communicating in a wireless communications system utilizing a plurality of frequency bands for downlink (DL) transmission and a plurality of frequency bands for uplink (UL) transmission. In an embodiment, a mobile device receives a DL signal via a DL frequency band. The DL signal contains DL-UL frequency-band association information. The DL signal is decoded to obtain the DL-UL frequency-band association information which is used to determine a UL frequency band for UL transmission. The mobile device configures its radio-frequency (RF) circuitry to operate in the UL frequency band for UL transmission. |
| US09839036B2 |
Carrier switching method, base station, and user equipment
The present invention discloses a carrier switching method, a base station, and user equipment, where the method includes: determining, according to carrier switching capability information of user equipment UE, a carrier switching policy according to which the UE performs carrier switching; and sending carrier switching indication information to the UE, where the carrier switching indication information is used for indicating the carrier switching policy, so that the UE performs carrier switching according to the carrier switching policy. In the carrier switching method, the base station and the user equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, the UE having no carrier aggregation capability is enabled to dynamically perform switching between at least two carriers, so that quality of service of a service of the UE can be improved, user experience can be improved, and system performance can be improved. |
| US09839033B2 |
White space usage for wireless local area network devices
A method and apparatus are described including defining a neighbor set for each access point, selecting a first clock in a first access point, the selected clock having a highest accuracy as a grand master clock, advising neighboring access points to synchronize with the selected grand master clock and transmitting a message to schedule a quiet period based on the grand master clock. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a beacon message, inspecting clock descriptors in the beacon message, selecting a best master clock responsive to the inspection and transmitting a message to schedule a quiet period based on the selected best master clock. |
| US09839031B2 |
Multimode user equipment accessing wireless sensor network
A method, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium for accessing a wireless sensor network with a multimode user equipment. The method includes a user equipment receiving broadcasted wireless sensor network information; requesting access information for the wireless sensor network from a base station of a mobile data network; receiving the access information from the base station; and accessing the wireless sensor network using said access information. |
| US09839030B2 |
Method and device for generating subframe, method for determining subframe and user equipment
This application provides a method and device for generating a subframe, a method for determining a subframe and a user equipment. The method for generating a subframe includes: determining, by a first device, patterns of at least two special subframes used in a broadcast control channel modification period, where guard period GP durations of the at least two special subframes are different; and generating, by the first device, the at least two special subframes. The method enhances flexibility and improves a system resource utilization rate. |
| US09839028B2 |
Carrier aggregation controller and method
A carrier aggregation controller for providing an aggregated baseband signal from a plurality of baseband signals is provided. The controller comprises an accumulating memory, a selector and a time domain transformer. The selector is configured to add at least a first list of frequency domain samples obtained for the first baseband signal to first consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a first preset location associated with the first baseband signal, and a second list of frequency domain samples obtained for the second baseband signal to second consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a second preset location associated with the second baseband signal. The time domain transformer is configured to apply at least an inverse discrete Fourier transform to the frequency domain samples accumulated in the accumulating memory, obtaining the aggregated baseband signal. |
| US09839025B2 |
Systems and methods for downlink frequency domain multiplexing transmissions
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel. |
| US09839022B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel resource mapping in carrier aggregation
Methods and apparatus for preventing physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) ambiguities or collisions, for example, in a multi-carrier system or when transmitting multiple streams over multiple antennas, are described. Methods may include dividing resources or groups among multiple component carriers (CCs), using and assigning unused or vacant resources to CCs, forcing usage of adaptive HARQ processes in specified scenarios, setting a value for the cyclic shift of the corresponding uplink demodulation reference signals (DMRS) to a previous value for semi-persistent scheduling, and assigning a different first resource block for semi-persistent scheduling uplink resources and random access response grants for multiple CCs. |
| US09839017B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling uplink control information in wireless communication system
Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC. |
| US09839014B2 |
Method and device for ACK/NACK transmission in TDD-based wireless communication system
A method is presented of reporting control information in a wireless communication system in which M downlink time divisional duplex (TDD) subframes are associated with an uplink TDD subframe. A user equipment (UE), supporting at least one cell including a primary cell, receives a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating resource allocation information used for a first PUCCH format. The UE receives a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a second PDSCH in one of the M downlink TDD subframes, wherein the second PDSCH is received with a downlink assignment index (DAI). The UE selects a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format among a plurality of PUCCH formats including the first PUCCH format and a second PUCCH format, and transmits a positive-acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the first and second PDSCHs by using the selected PUCCH format. |
| US09839011B2 |
Base station apparatus, user equipment and communication method
A user equipment (UE) receiving, from a base station (BS), a higher layer signal including first information used for configuring more than one sets of one or more downlink component carriers (DCCs). The UE receives, using a PDCCH in a first subframe, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) including second information indicating a trigger for a transmission of channel state information (CSI), the transmission of the CSI being triggered for one set of the more than one sets of one or more DCCs, the DCI being used for scheduling of a PUSCH in one uplink component carrier. The UE transmits, using the PUSCH in a second subframe, to the BS, the CSI for the one set of the more than one sets of one or more DCCs in a case that the DCI including the second information indicating the trigger for the transmission of the CSI is received. |
| US09839008B2 |
Avoiding extended interframe space
Methods, systems, and devices are described for avoiding extended interframe space (EIFS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless device may transmit a message during a transmit opportunity (TXOP) that includes a first portion transmitted at a first data rate and a second portion transmitted at a second rate that is higher than the first. The wireless device may then transmit a terminating message at the first data rate. The wireless device may also receive a second message prior to transmitting the terminating message. The terminating message may be a clear-to-send message (CTS) or an acknowledgement (ACK) message. The first message may be an aggregate media access control packet data unit (A-MPDU) in which the first portion is a preamble and the second portion is an MPDU. |
| US09839004B2 |
Mobile communication system, MME, incoming call control method of mobile communication system, and incoming call control method of MME
It is aimed to provide a mobility management device that can normally provide a UE with a notification of an incoming voice call made when ISR is activated and when a mobile communication device is moving from a location registration area under control of an MME to a location registration area under control of an SGSN. A mobility management device (10) makes an ISR feature operate in collaboration with an SGSN (20). It is assumed that a location registration area (60) managed by the mobility management device (10) exists within a location registration area (50) managed by the SGSN (20), and an incoming voice call is made to a mobile communication device (30) during when the mobile communication device (30) is moving out of the location registration area (60). The mobility management device (10) includes an incoming voice call control unit (11) that, in the above case, sends a response message indicating that the mobile communication device (30) is moving to a switching device (40) and, when an incoming voice call message is sent again from the switching device (40) to a switching device (40) after the lapse of a specified period of time, performs call attempt to the mobile communication device (30). |
| US09839003B2 |
UE initiated stationary indicator for reduced paging
The invention is directed to reducing paging overhead in a network. An exemplary method comprises: determining whether a user equipment (UE) is substantially stationary, wherein the UE is located in a first network cell associated with a network; in response to determining the UE is substantially stationary, transmitting an indicator to the network; determining whether the UE moves from the first network cell to a second network cell; and in response to determining the UE moves from the first network cell to the second network cell, transmitting updated location information associated with the UE to the network. |
| US09838998B2 |
Method of processing downlink data notification message and server therefore
The present invention provides a method for processing paging from a server managing mobility in a mobile communication network. The method comprises: receiving from a network node a notification with respect to downlink data to be relayed to user equipment; transmitting a paging signal with respect to the user equipment to one or more base stations; receiving a context request with respect to the user equipment from a different server; recognizing that the paging will fail if the context request with respect to the terminal is received before receiving a reply to the paging; relaying a context reply to the different server depending on the recognition; and transmitting a processing request message with respect to the downlink data to the network node. |
| US09838997B2 |
Method and system for enhanced location based information for fixed platforms
Fixed infrastructure devices (FIDs) may be configured to work with other devices (e.g., other FIDs, mobile wireless devices, etc.) to obtain or improve location information and/or provide enhanced location based services (e.g., emergency location service, commercial location service, internal location service, lawful intercept location service, etc.) to other devices or programs. For example, a first fixed wireless device may be configured to receive information that was obtained via a geospatial system, and determine whether it is able to establish a location fix based on this information. In response to determining that it is unable to establish a location fix based on the received information, the device may establish a communication group and/or collect additional location information from devices that belong to the communication group. The device may use this information to compute a new three-dimensional location fix, and use this new fix to provide the location based service. |
| US09838991B1 |
Method and apparatus for managing mobile subscriber identification information according to registration requests
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling reuse of such information by a different communication device and/or re-authorizing use by a communication device that previously was authorized to utilize the information. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09838987B2 |
Formatting for D2D synchronization signals
A method may be provided for a device to device (D2D) transmitter to distinguish between different D2D synchronization signals, D2DSSs. The method may include transmitting a device to device synchronization signal (D2DSS) for a first service to a D2D receiver; and associating a first set of D2DSS physical layer parameters to the D2DSS for the first service. A second set of D2DSS physical layer parameters are associated to a D2DSS for a second service so that the D2DSS for the first service is distinguishable from the D2DSS for the second service. |
| US09838986B2 |
Calibration of high frequency signal measurement systems
A method of calibrating a high frequency signal measurement system is described. The measurement system is in the form of a network analyzer (6) and has first and second phase-locked signal sources (SS1 & SS2) and at least two measurement receivers (18a, 18b). A phase meter (26) is provided. A reference signal (F0) is outputted at a first frequency from the first signal source (SS1). The second signal source (SS2) steps through a multiplicity of different test frequencies (nF0), being phase-locked with the reference signal (F0), which are applied in turn to a part of the measurement system. Measurements are taken, via the two measurement receivers (18a, 18b), of characteristics of the resulting signal at a measurement plane. The absolute phase of the signal at the measurement plane is also measured with the phase meter (26). Calibration data is generated which relates the characteristics of the signals as measured by the measurement system (6) and the absolute phase as measured with the phase meter (26). |
| US09838985B2 |
User-input scheduling of synchronization operation on a mobile device based on user activity
Data is synchronized between a mobile device and a computing device over a wireless link. Synchronization operations are scheduled according to a synchronization schedule that is based on a current time of day. In one embodiment, the day can be divided into different time periods by the user. The user can also specify the frequency with which synchronization operations are to be performed during each specified period. |
| US09838984B2 |
Power control method and system for wireless networks
Examples are disclosed for a system to improve wireless spectral efficiency, including a processor, memory coupled to the processor, a radio coupled to the processor, one or more antennas coupled to the radio, wireless logic to be executed on the processor component to process reception of a high-power request for open sharing (ROS) signal by a master wireless receiver from a master wireless transmitter and to process transmission of a high-power confirmation of open sharing (COS) signal to the master wireless transmitter, the high-power COS signal comprising an indication of a desired reduction of transmission power level from high power by the master wireless transmitter, and a timer initiated by the high-power COS signal, the timer to indicate a period of time when the master wireless transmitter and master wireless receiver are enabled for low-power communication. |
| US09838979B2 |
Power efficient wireless network detection
A wireless network system can be provided with a one-way communication link for communicating a beacon signal between beacon circuitries of two electronic devices. According to information stored in the beacon signal, the device that receives the beacon signal can activate a primary communication circuitry to enable communication of primary communication data signals with a primary communication circuitry of the device that transmitted the beacon signal. The beacon circuitries of the two devices may require less power than the primary communication circuitries of the two devices. |
| US09838978B1 |
Techniques for device-to-device frequency reuse in cellular networks
Device-to-device (D2D) transmissions by a wireless device may interfere with base station reception of other signals. To mitigate this interference, the wireless device estimates the path loss between itself and the base station. The path loss and the current D2D transmission power level are used to estimate the amount of interference the base station is experiencing as a result of the D2D transmissions from the wireless device. Based on the estimated interference experienced by the base station, the wireless device increases the robustness of the MCS being used and decreases the transmission power level by a corresponding amount. By decreasing the D2D transmission power level, less interference will be experienced by the base station. By increasing the robustness of the MCS, the impact of the reduced D2D transmission power level is mitigated. |
| US09838975B2 |
Method for determining transmission power for direct communication between terminals in wireless communication system, and apparatus for same
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a device to device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of: calculating a power headroom; and reporting the power headroom to a base station, wherein, if a terminal performs an uplink transmission to the base station on a first component carrier and performs a D2D transmission on a second component carrier, the terminal, when calculating the power headroom, considers transmission power related to a minimum coverage for D2D communication. |
| US09838974B2 |
Terminal device, base station apparatus, and communication method
A terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits a channel and/or a signal based on a maximum output power in a first cell group in a certain subframe. In a case where information relating to uplink transmission in the second cell group is recognized, a residual power is allocated based on a priority level of a type of uplink transmission. The residual power is given by subtracting a power that is determined based on uplink transmission in the first cell group and a power that is determined based on the uplink transmission in the second cell group from a sum of maximum output powers of the terminal device. The maximum output power is a sum of the power that is determined based on the uplink transmission in the first cell group and a power that is allocated to the first cell group, of the residual power. |
| US09838972B2 |
Method for controlling power of uplink channel, user equipment and communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling power of an uplink channel, a UE and a communication system. The method for controlling power includes: a UE sorts priorities of uplink channels of at least two cells, when transmitting signals of the uplink channels containing uplink control information for the at least two cells within the same subframe; and allocates power for the uplink channels of the at least two cells according to a result of priority sorting; when allocating power for an uplink channel, needed power of one or more uplink channels with lower priorities than that of the uplink channel is taken into account. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, not only power may be allocated for uplink channels of high priorities, but also uplink channels of low priorities may be transmitted punctually, thereby further improving overall performance of uplink information transmission. |
| US09838971B1 |
Automatic configuration of power settings
Embodiments relate to a computer system and computer program product for allocating resources and settings in order to optimize application satisfaction in view of hardware resources and adjustable software configurations. As applications are executed on a computing device, usage data is tracked, adjustable settings are identified, and power consumption of each application under different settings is measured. The usage data is then compiled, an optimal configuration setting is assessed for each application, and the setting is conveyed and applied to one or more applications. |
| US09838970B2 |
Collaborative transmission management for smart devices
One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to determine whether a first device priority associated with a first smart device is greater than a second device priority associated with a second smart device; and responsive to a determination that the first device priority is greater than the second device priority: send first data associated with the first smart device from the first smart device to a primary communication device; and send a first message from the first smart device, the first message including a first indication that the second smart device is to transmit second data associated with the second smart device to the primary communication device. |
| US09838969B2 |
Method, device and system for setting operation modes of communication devices in a communication network
A method for setting operation modes of a group of communication devices in a communication network, wherein the group of communication devices comprises a first communication device and at least a second communication device, the method comprises receiving information from at least one device of said group of communication devices, determining an operation mode based on the received information and setting an operation mode on at least one of the other communication devices of the group of communication devices to the determined operation mode, wherein information is communicated between the two devices including state information and/or instructions to set the operation mode of at least one of the other communication device of the group of communication devices to the determined operation mode. |
| US09838967B2 |
Downstream device service latency reporting for power management
An apparatus is provided that includes a transceiver to transmit and receive data between an upstream device and the apparatus, and further includes service latency reporting logic coupled to the transceiver to provide a service latency tolerance value of the apparatus to the upstream device, the service latency tolerance value corresponding to an activity state of the apparatus. The service latency tolerance value for an idle activity state can be greater than the service latency tolerance value for an active activity state. |
| US09838960B2 |
Method of handling cell selection and related communication device
A method of handling a cell selection for a communication device comprises performing the cell selection in a first one of a normal mode and a coverage enhancement mode, to select a cell; and camping on the cell in a second one of the normal mode and the coverage enhancement mode. |
| US09838958B2 |
Method and device for network selection from shared network
The present invention relates to the field of communications. Provided in an embodiment of the present invention are a method and device for network selection from shared networks, realizing network selection when a UE accesses a shared cell. The method comprises: a UE receives a network selection instruction; and the UE selects a target network according to the network selection instruction. The embodiment of the present invention is used to select a network from shared networks. |
| US09838956B2 |
Identification of mobile nodes in WLAN communications
A method and a node identification system for identifying at least one unknown mobile node in a communications network using details related to at least one known mobile node and organization of the details related to the at least one known mobile node. The method includes capturing details related to the at least one unknown mobile node and identifying an organization of the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node, comparing the details related to the at least one known mobile node and the organization of the details related to the at least one known mobile node with the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node and the organization of the captured details related to the at least one unknown mobile node, and determining a type of the at least one unknown mobile node based on the comparing. |
| US09838955B2 |
Method, system and electronic apparatus for searching nearby apparatus
A method, a system and an electronic apparatus for searching nearby apparatuses are proposed. The method includes: searching at least one first apparatus belonging to a first subnet which the electronic apparatus belongs to, and accordingly generating a first list; scanning at least one access point (AP) near the electronic apparatus, and accordingly generating a first AP list; uploading the first AP list to a server, and receiving a second list from the server, where the second list includes at least one second apparatus, and a similarity between a second AP list of each second apparatus and the first AP list is higher than a predetermined threshold; and uniting the first list and the second list to generate a pairing list including at least one apparatus to be paired. |
| US09838954B2 |
Method and device for updating system information in wireless LAN system
The present invention relates to a method and a device for updating system information in a wireless LAN system. A method for updating system information in a station (STA) of a wireless communication system may comprise transmitting, by the STA which stores system information and a configuration change count value of a previously linked preferred access point (AP), a probe request frame for active scanning to the preferred AP; and receiving a probe response frame from the preferred AP. Preferably, the probe request frame includes a configuration change count field previously acquired from the preferred AP, and if a value of the configuration change count field included in the probe request frame is different from a present configuration change count value of the preferred AP, the probe response frame may include one or more elements of system information which should be updated by the STA. |
| US09838951B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for measuring quality of cell discovery signal
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards devices and methods for discovering and waking up dormant access nodes in cellular networks. In one embodiment, the user equipment may be configured with information to assist in determining a discovery zone of discovery signals transmitted by cells in a network. In some embodiments, the information may include a duration of a discovery zone. |
| US09838949B2 |
Terminal discovery method, terminal, server, base station, management entity, and system
A terminal discovery method, a terminal, a server, a base station, a management entity, and a system are provided that pertain to the field of wireless communications. The method includes acquiring a discovery resource; monitoring, according to the discovery resource, a second message sent by at least one second terminal; acquiring a service identity of the second terminal according to the second message; and acquiring description information of the second terminal from a server according to the service identity of the second terminal. |
| US09838944B2 |
Quality of service control in multiple hop wireless communication environments
A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery. |
| US09838943B2 |
Method of routing for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
The method of routing for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks is a routing protocol that uses a greedy approach, selecting the best route having the maximum remaining energy above a pre-defined threshold limit. The method of routing for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks is an energy efficient routing protocol, in that the routing path is selected to maximize the lifetime of an individual source-destination pair by selecting a route between them that is based on the energy levels of neighboring nodes, without requiring an energy-intensive network flooding approach. The routing path between a source node and a destination node is selected by choosing, at each node, a neighboring node that has the greatest remaining energy level. |
| US09838942B2 |
AP-local dynamic switching
A technique for implementing AP-local dynamic switching involves Layer 2 switching. This may be accomplished by providing data associated with wireless stations to an AP sufficient to enable the AP to determine whether traffic from a particular wireless station should be locally switched. Alternatively, the wireless station may be able to determine whether to locally switch traffic based upon the traffic itself. For example, it may be desirable to AP-locally switch voice traffic to avoid latency, which is particularly detrimental to voice transmissions such as voice-over-IP. Traffic that is not to be switched locally is Layer 2 tunneled upstream. |
| US09838940B2 |
Packet transmission deferral based on BSSID information
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for deferral based on basic service set identification (BSSID) information. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method generally includes receiving, on a shared access medium, a packet having at least one deferral-related parameter and deciding whether to defer transmission on the shared access medium based, at least in part, on the deferral-related parameter. Another method may generally include generating a packet comprising at least one deferral-related parameter to be used by another apparatus for deciding whether or not the other apparatus should defer transmitting on a shared access medium and providing the packet to the other apparatus. |
| US09838937B2 |
Method and apparatus for assigning data to split bearers in dual connectivity
A method and an apparatus for assigning data to split bearers in dual connectivity is provided. The apparatus includes a master evolved Node B (MeNB) of a user equipment (UE) configured to receive information of available buffer decided and transmitted by a secondary eNB (SeNB) through an X2 interface between the MeNB and the SeNB, determine whether the information is about available buffer for a UE or for an evolved radio access bearer (E-RAB) established on the SeNB based on an indicator in the information or a bearer that transported the information, and adjust the amount of data assigned to the SeNB according to the information of the available buffer. The apparatus can accommodate eNBs implemented in various manners, make full use of the bandwidth of data bearers, and reduce delay in data transmission. |
| US09838933B2 |
Standardized inter-base station reporting of pilot contamination for improved pilot resource re-use
The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for standardized inter-base station reporting of pilot contamination for improved pilot resource re-use. Specifically, possible pilot channel contamination is detected at first user equipment and, in response to the detection, a request is transmitted for the first user equipment to forego transmission during a next frame designated for transmitting a pilot signal. A determination is made within the next frame if other second user equipment, which are communicating with a neighboring base station, are transmitting on a same channel as a pilot channel of the first user equipment and, in response to such a determination, a report is sent to the neighboring base stations that indicates that the pilot channel on which the first user equipment is communicating is currently contaminated. |
| US09838930B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting an auxiliary cell identity
An auxiliary cell identity (ACI) is proposed besides the conventional physical cell identity carried on the synchronization channels. The ACI is designed and configured to be transmitted in one or more primary regions and one or more secondary regions and transmitted by a base station/cell to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) located within coverage of the cell in one or more transmissions. Each of the UEs is configured to detects the transmitted ACI and identifies the cell based on the detected ACI. |
| US09838928B2 |
Handover in heterogeneous radio communication networks based on systematic imbalance differences
Presented is an apparatus and methods for determining if a determined systematic imbalance difference between a serving base station and one or more candidate base stations exceeds a threshold value and, if so, then using uplink information as part of a handover mechanism. The selective usage of uplink information in the handover mechanism can improve handover performance without unduly adding to complexity and signaling overhead. |
| US09838925B2 |
Method and a network node for determining an offset for selection of a cell of a first radio network node
A method and network node (110, 120, 140) for determining an offset for selection of a cell of a first radio network node (110) is provided. The network node (110, 120, 140) comprises a processing circuit configured to determine the offset based on a first distance value for indicating distance between the first radio network node (110) and a second radio network node (120). The network node (110, 120, 140) further comprises a transmitter configured to send information about the offset. |
| US09838922B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing serving high speed downlink shared channel cell change
A method and an apparatus for serving high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives pre-configured serving cell information for a target cell. The WTRU reports a measurement report and starts monitoring a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) on the target cell. The WTRU may receive an HS-SCCH order over the target cell and/or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message over a source cell indicating a serving HS-DSCH cell change to the target cell. The WTRU may act upon all information elements of the RRC reconfiguration message in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received prior to the HS-SCCH order, and act upon the pre-configured serving cell information in case that the HS-SCCH order is received prior to the RRC reconfiguration message. |
| US09838916B2 |
Method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment context and user equipment identity
A method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment (UE) context and UE identity are provided. The method for access includes: when a UE accesses a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network, judging, by a network node, whether a Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier (GUMMEI) carried by the UE or a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUMMEI is allocated or mapped by the SAE network; if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is allocated by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) according to the GUMMEIA network device includes an identity attribute obtaining module and a network resource node allocation module. Therefore, the access of the UE is achieved. |
| US09838915B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying network name
A user equipment UE attaches to a first network, and displays a first network name, where the first network name is a network name of the first network; or the UE executes a combined attach procedure or a combined tracking area update procedure to attach to the first network or a second network, and displays the first network name, where the first network name is a network name of the first network or a network name of the second network; and in a process of executing a service in the first network, the UE changes from the first network to the second network or a third network, and the UE keeps displaying the first network name. It is ensured that a network name displayed on a terminal is consistent with a network name that is displayed on a UE and recorded by a network device. |
| US09838912B1 |
Systems and methods for determining a carrier for a wireless device based on fallback availability
Systems and methods are described for determining a carrier for a wireless device. Data may be communicated between a wireless device and a wireless communication network over a first carrier. It may be determined whether the wireless communication network provides a fallback protocol for switching the wireless device from the first carrier to a second carrier. The wireless device may be instructed to communicate with the wireless communication network over the second carrier when it is determined that the wireless communication network does not provide the fallback protocol. |
| US09838909B2 |
Traffic offload method, traffic offload function entity and traffic offload system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a traffic offload method, a core network device, and a traffic offload system. The method includes: sending, user information that is of a user equipment within coverage of a first traffic offload function entity to the first traffic offload function entity; sending a traffic offload policy to the first traffic offload function entity, so that the first traffic offload function entity matches the user information with the traffic offload policy and offloads traffic corresponding to the user equipment according to the user information that successfully matches the traffic offload policy. |
| US09838905B2 |
Mobile application traffic optimization
A system with distributed proxy for reducing traffic in a wireless network satisfies data requests made by a mobile application. The system includes a mobile device having a local proxy for intercepting a data request made by the mobile application. The local proxy simulates application server responses for the mobile application on the mobile device for data requests where responses are available in the local cache. A proxy server is coupled to the mobile device and an application server to which the data request is made. The proxy server is able to communicate with the local proxy. The local proxy forwards the data request to the proxy server for transmission to the application server for a response to the data request. The proxy server queries the application server for any changes to the data request that the mobile application has previously made and notifies the local proxy of such changes. |
| US09838903B2 |
Shared cell receiver for uplink capacity improvement in wireless communication networks
A wireless communication method and system are provided in which an uplink data stream that has uplink data associated with a user device is received. Channel performance data based at least in part on a portion of the uplink data stream is determined. A determination is made whether the channel performance data meets a predetermined performance level. The portion of the uplink data stream is discarded when the channel performance data does not meet the predetermined performance level. The portion of the uplink data stream is tagged for additional processing when the channel performance data meets the predetermined performance level. |
| US09838902B2 |
Multi-channel mesh nodes employing stacked responses
Rather than using a large number of transceivers (transmitter/receiver pairs) operating in parallel, Access Points with multiple channels are used to aggregate, or stack, transmitted response communications, e.g., transmitting multiple acknowledgements (ACKs) in a single packet to one or more sources of received packets. The method includes sending on a plurality of channels, by each of a plurality of respective first nodes, a communication to a second node, receiving on the plurality of channels, by the second node, the communication from each of the plurality of first nodes and sending, by the second node, a transmission that contains a response to each communication that was successfully received from each of the plurality of first nodes. The response to each of the plurality of first nodes is part of a single message sent by the second node. |
| US09838899B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting downlink channel state
A method and apparatus for reporting a downlink channel state are disclosed. The method for reporting channel state information (CSI) to a base station (BS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system having frequency-selective inter-cell interference, includes: performing channel measurement in a frequency band configured for downlink channel measurement; and reporting downlink channel state information (CSI) in accordance with the downlink channel measurement, wherein the frequency band is independently configured for each information contained in the CSI, and thus the downlink channel measurement is performed in each information-specifically configured frequency band contained in the CSI. As a result, the method and apparatus can efficiently report downlink channel state information, such that a higher-quality communication environment is expected in a heterogeneous cell environment. |
| US09838898B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for measurment report messages transmission in a wireless device
A wireless device determines (300) that wireless transmissions to a network are not possible. The wireless device suspends (310) passing of measurement report messages to a lower layer of the wireless device for transmission to the network by the wireless device if the wireless device determines that wireless transmissions to the network are not possible. In an example, while passing of measurement report messages to the lower layer of the wireless device is suspended, the wireless device buffers (320) less than a predetermined number of measurement report messages. |
| US09838895B2 |
Method and apparatus to analyze a wireless information delivery system
A method includes receiving a packet stream at a gateway device, the gateway device coupled to a component of a content distribution system. The method also includes transmitting, from the gateway device, a wireless signal that carries data corresponding to at least a portion of the packet stream to a first device. The wireless signal is transmitted in a wireless coverage area that includes a second device configured to receive and analyze the wireless signal to produce of an assessment of the content distribution system. |
| US09838894B2 |
Method for transmitting network support information for removing interference and serving cell base station
A method is provided for transmitting network assistance information in a serving cell in order to perform interference cancellation of a terminal. The serving cell checks whether a traffic load of the serving cell is greater than or less than a first value, and whether a traffic load of a neighbor cell is greater than or less than a second value. The serving cell determines a target for which the interference cancellation is to be performed by the terminal, based on a result of the checking the traffic load of the serving cell and a result of the checking the traffic load of the neighbor cell. The serving cell transmits to the terminal the network assistance information including information regarding the determined target for which the interference cancellation is to be performed. |
| US09838893B2 |
System and method for cooperatively controlling an application
The cooperative controlling of an operation of an application that is used by a user equipment is implemented in a wireless network by obtaining scheduled shared resource rate information and channel condition information for bearers sharing network resources. User equipment policies for the user equipment associated with the bearers can be performed based on the scheduled shared resource rate information, the channel condition information, and available video rate information in order to invoke throughput restrictions for the user equipment. The user equipment policies can be used by application functions to cooperatively control the operation of applications among a number of user equipments. |
| US09838892B2 |
Apparatus, mobile terminal, and method to estimate quality of experience of application
A method of notifying estimated QoEs (Quality of Experiences) for applications between a mobile terminal and a plurality of application servers that provide services of the applications, may measure first QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the mobile terminal, measure second QoEs for the applications between the apparatus and the application server, estimate the estimated QoEs for the applications, based on the first and second QoEs for the applications, and notify the estimated QoEs to the mobile terminal. |
| US09838891B2 |
Apparatus and method for assessment of mesh network topology
A mesh network topology assessment mechanism is provided including a plurality of first wireless routers, coupled together over a multi-hop mesh network, and a second wireless router. The second wireless router is coupled to the first wireless routers and, responsive to a message having a link assessment mode, introduces a unique delay into forwarding of the message to a next one of the plurality of first wireless routers in route to a destination device. The second wireless router has a store-and-forward controller, having a unique delay time corresponding to the unique delay, where the unique delay time is substantial and thus provides for creation of measurable latency in the message sent between an origination device and the destination device. |
| US09838885B2 |
Wireless communication system and method and expansion unit of flat network architecture
Disclosed are a wireless communication system and method and an expansion unit of a flat network architecture. The wireless communication system comprises at least one baseband signal source, an expansion unit (EU) and at least one remote radio unit (RU) connected to the EU. By overlapping the baseband signals output by each baseband signal source, remote transmission and wireless coverage of multimode digital signals are achieved, thereby solving the problem of system performance degradation caused by the interaction of radio-frequency analog signal transmission and optical transmission in the prior art. |
| US09838879B2 |
Network node and method for detecting false base stations
A method performed by a network node (101), for detecting a false base station in a communications network (100). The network node (101) operates in the communication network (100) and is adapted to serve a network device (120) via a serving Radio Access, RA, node (110). The network node (110) sends a message to a network device (120), which message comprises configuration data configuring the network device (120) to perform measurements in order to collect information transmitted by network nodes (110) in a surrounding area of the network device (120). The network node (110) further receives a message comprising measurement reports from the network device (120) according to the configuration. The network node (110) further provides an indication that a false base station is present when a difference between the received information in the measurement report and a predetermined target information is detected. |
| US09838876B2 |
Automobile data transmission
An automobile device transmits data to a server in a communication network. The automobile device records the data received from one or more transmitters located in an automobile. The automobile device transmits a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met. The automobile device encrypts the data and transmits the encrypted data to a server via a base station. |
| US09838875B2 |
Mobile terminal device, information management device, and information management system
According to the present invention, a mobile terminal device includes: an operation input section which accepts operations; a memory section which previously stores a list of states of the mobile terminal device during use as locking conditions to determine a state at the time of limiting an operation of the mobile terminal device; a state determining section which generates state information in accordance with a state of the mobile terminal device; and a function limiting section which determines whether the state information meets the locking conditions, and switches the mobile terminal device to a locked state to limit an operation of the operation input section, when the state information is determined to meet the locking conditions. |
| US09838873B2 |
Secure wireless local area network (WLAN) for data and control traffic
A device receives capability information associated with a next hop device of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The device also determines, based on the capability information, whether the next hop device is capable of implementing security for traffic, where the security includes a media access control (MAC) security standard and a layer 2 link security standard. The device further creates, via the MAC security standard, a secure channel with the next hop device when the next hop device is capable of providing security for traffic. |
| US09838869B1 |
Delivering digital content to a mobile device via a digital rights clearing house
Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to methods and systems for delivering digital or media content to a mobile device and associating the digital rights for the content with an identifier of the mobile device or user of the mobile device. In some embodiments, a clearing house may store the digital rights for the content and provide authorization for delivery requests from the mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive the content via communication with one or more of: the clearing house, a media provider, and/or a transport provider. |
| US09838868B1 |
Mated universal serial bus (USB) wireless dongles configured with destination addresses
A mated pair of Universal Serial Bus (USB) wireless dongles are disclosed. The dongles comprise a first USB dongle that comprises a first processor, a first read only memory (ROM) storing an address of a second USB dongle, a first radio transceiver, a first USB connector, and a first application. When executed by the first processor, the first application receives a USB formatted message from the first USB connector; transcodes the USB formatted message for wireless transmission; transmits the transcoded message to the address of the second dongle. The dongles further comprise the second dongle, which comprises a second processor, a second ROM storing an address of the first dongle, a second radio transceiver, a second USB connector, a second application that, when executed by the second processor, receives the message from the first dongle; confirms that the first USB is its mate; and communicates with the first dongle. |
| US09838865B2 |
Techniques for providing network access
The present disclosure describes various techniques to provide network access to a user equipment by using network infrastructure and/or wireless spectrum from an asset operator. In an aspect, a network device associated with the asset operator may receive a request for wireless wide area network (WWAN) access for a UE. The network device may identify the UE as a subscriber of an operator based at least in part on the request, where the operator is different from the asset operator, and where the network device is configured to provide WWAN access to subscribers of the operator via a core network associated with the operator based at least in part on a services agreement between the operator and the asset operator. The network device may then provide WWAN access to the UE in response to identifying that the UE is a subscriber of the operator. |
| US09838864B2 |
Power efficient availability advertising and discovery
A method of communication includes detecting receipt of an advertisement message by a first communication circuitry while monitoring communications transmitted according to a first communication protocol. The advertisement message may include an information element indicating that a second device is available to participate in a first local ad hoc wireless network using a second communication protocol. The method further includes, based on the detecting receipt of the advertisement message, enabling a second communication circuitry of the first device for forming the first local ad hoc wireless network between the first device and the second device. |
| US09838861B2 |
Portable device for indicating emergecny events
A portable device including a gesture recognizer module for automatically detecting a specific sequence of gestures is described. The portable device may be used to detect a health, safety, or security related event. The portable device may further include an emergency event module for automatically determining whether the sequence of gestures corresponds to an emergency event. The portable device may further include a proximity detection module for automatically determining whether a mobile device corresponding to a user listed as an emergency contact is in a state of proximity to the portable device. The portable device may further include a notification module for automatically transmitting a message, indicating the emergency event, to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity. |
| US09838859B2 |
Emergency calling system for vehicle
An emergency calling system includes a housing for accommodating a radio communication module; a battery mounting guide including a battery frame in which a battery is seated; a connector holder disposed at one end of the battery frame and a knob disposed at another end of the battery frame; a battery mounting unit, which is provided on one side of the housing and in which the battery mounting guide is fitted; a unit connector, which is disposed at an inner end of the battery mounting unit and is connected to a connector of the battery; and a locking unit for locking the battery mounting guide to the battery mounting unit. The emergency calling system enables easy replacement of the battery without requiring opening and closing the entire housing to replace the used battery. |
| US09838853B1 |
Cognitive scheduling of text message availability
A first message is received at a device at a first time. A textual content of the first message is analyzed to determine a language structure of the textual content. The first message is assigned a level based on a feature extracted from the language structure of the textual content. The level of the first message is adjusted to form an adjusted level according to a location-based factor based on a location of the device. The first message is scheduled on the device according to the adjusted level such that the first message becomes available for use on the device at a future time, the future time being after a delay after the first time. |
| US09838844B2 |
Using augmented reality to assist data center operators
Systems and methods include receiving notification of an anomaly in a particular component within a data center environment. Such systems and methods include receiving configuration information identifying positions of tags disposed proximate to and representing respective infrastructure components within the data center environment. Such systems and methods include detecting a first tag representing a first infrastructure component and, in response thereto, determining, using the configuration information, a first positional relationship between the first tag and a second tag representing the particular component. Such systems and methods include determining a second positional relationship between the mobile device and the particular component based on the first positional relationship and providing, based on the second positional relationship, directional guidance from the first infrastructure component to the particular component. Such systems and methods include detecting, by the sensor, the second tag and, in response thereto, providing information identifying the particular component. |
| US09838843B1 |
Generating data-driven geo-fences
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and method for generating geo-fences having boundaries around geographic regions of interest based on historical activity data of a user application on a plurality of client devices. For example, systems and methods described herein involve tracking activity data to identify instances of an application activity associated with an action to promote and identify locations where users more frequently perform the application activity. In addition, systems and methods described herein involve tracking activity data over time to determine geographic regions of interest at different time periods where users more frequently perform application activities. Further, systems and methods described herein involve generating geo-fences around one or more geographic regions of interest. |
| US09838839B2 |
Repackaging media content data with anonymous identifiers
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for maintaining user anonymity in content statistics. A system can first receive a media content request from a client device. The media content request can include a user account identifier and a content identifier. The content identifier can be different and separate from the user account identifier and a device identifier associated with the client device, and the content identifier can identify content presented at the client device. Next, the system can store the user account identifier and the content identifier in separate locations without attributing the content identifier to the user account identifier. In response to the media content request, the system can transmit a media content item to the client device based on the user account identifier. The system can also report the content presented at the client device with the content identifier and without the user account identifier. |
| US09838838B2 |
Location determination using a companion device
Methods, systems, and computer program products for a mobile device determining its location based on a location of a companion device are described. A mobile device can receive a request for determining a location of the mobile device from an application. The request can include an accuracy specification providing a lower limit on accuracy of the determined location. The mobile device can determine that the mobile device is incapable of achieving that accuracy. The mobile device can then submit a location request to a companion device that has paired with the mobile device. The companion device, upon receiving the location request, can determine a location of the companion device and provide the location of the companion device to the mobile device. The mobile device can then designate the location of the companion device as the location of the mobile device, and provide the location to the application. |
| US09838837B2 |
Power-efficient location estimation
A wireless computing device may scan a frequency set. A first group of base stations may use the frequencies in the frequency set. Based on information relating to one or more base stations in the first group of base stations, the wireless computing device may estimate its location. The wireless computing device may further select a frequency subset of the frequency set. A second group of base stations may use the frequencies of the frequency subset. Based on information relating to one or more base stations in the second group of base stations, the wireless computing device may again estimate its location. If the two estimated locations are within a threshold distance of one another, the wireless computing device may perform, during a subsequent location-estimating operation, an additional frequency scan using the frequency subset. |
| US09838836B2 |
Patient support apparatus communication systems
A location detection system for person support apparatuses includes multiple network wireless access points that communicate with a plurality of mobile transceivers positioned on board the person support apparatuses. Based upon signal strength data (e.g. RSSI or RCPI) of messages from the access points to the transceivers, the locations of the person support apparatuses are determined. In some embodiments, the person support apparatuses include an additional location detection system that utilizes fixed locators having short range transceivers to generate a second location determination of the person support apparatuses. In still other embodiments, the person support apparatuses utilize the second location detection system to determine the location of the wireless access points. The person support apparatuses may also broadcast their location to other devices that then utilize the received signal strengths of those messages to determine their own location. |
| US09838834B2 |
Techniques for wireless transmitter location detection
Techniques for wireless transmitter location detection are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a location database generator component. The location database generator component may comprise: a logging component operative on the processor circuit to receive a plurality of location data packages, the location data packages comprising locations and associated wireless transmitter identifiers, and to log the location data packages into a location database, the location database comprising a plurality of tuples of the locations and the wireless transmitter identifiers; and an analysis component operative on the processor circuit to construct a transmitter mapping from wireless transmitter identifiers to locations based on the plurality of tuples of the location database. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09838832B2 |
Wireless communication device linking in an industrial automation environment
Techniques to facilitate linking a control device to a specific industrial asset in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, an initiating link is established between a mobile device and a target device (e.g., the target device being selected from one or more industrial assets discovered within a close-range initiating range of a proximity communication system of the mobile device). This initiating link can be established using Near Field Communications (NFC), QR code, an optical indicator, and/or other means. The initiating link enables and is used to establish a functional link between the target device and a control device. The functional link can include a larger range, higher performance networking connection. In some implementations a secondary communication device serves as proxy for the target device. |
| US09838830B2 |
Methods and apparatus for using smart environment devices via application program interfaces
Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to an application programming interface (API) server that receives, from an API client device connected to the system, one or more requests to perform an activity. The activity includes reading, editing by making additions, deletions, modifications or any combination thereof, or both reading and editing, to at least one portion of a data model comprising information related to one or more smart-devices, one or more smart-device environment structures comprising the smart-devices, or both; perform the activity based upon the one or more requests; log the activity, by storing a responsible party for the activity, based upon a vendor, user, or other party or entity associated with the API client device; and present at least a portion of the log. |
| US09838828B2 |
Method for setting up peripheral devices docking session for better user experience
The present invention relates generally to wireless networking, and more particularly to methods and apparatuses for providing flexible WiFi docking with minimal overhead. According to certain aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow a WD to select peripherals in a configuration that is useful for the WD from a Topology point of view. According to certain other aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow peripherals to be used as part of the Docking Session, but does not require using all the peripherals all the time. According to certain additional aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow for dynamically switching the use of peripherals with minimal overhead. According to still further additional aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses for signaling user authentication functionality for certain peripherals to be used in a docking session. |
| US09838826B2 |
System and tools for enhanced 3D audio authoring and rendering
Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment. |
| US09838825B2 |
Audio signal processing device and method for reproducing a binaural signal
An audio signal processing device for generating a plurality of output signals for a plurality of loudspeakers from an input audio signal comprises a driving function determining unit adapted to determined driving functions of a plurality of loudspeakers for generating a virtual left binaural signal source and a virtual right binaural signal source based upon a position and a directivity of the virtual left binaural signal source, a position and a directivity of the virtual right binaural signal source and positions of the plurality of loudspeakers. Moreover, it comprises a filtering unit adapted to filter a left binaural signal and a right binaural signal using the driving functions of the plurality of loudspeakers resulting in the plurality of output signals. The left binaural signal and the right binaural signal constitute the input audio signal or are derived there from. |
| US09838818B2 |
Immersive 3D sound space for searching audio
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating an immersive three-dimensional sound space for searching audio. The system generates a three-dimensional sound space having a plurality of sound sources playing at a same time, wherein each of the plurality of sound sources is assigned a respective location in the three-dimensional sound space relative to one another, and wherein a user is assigned a current location in the three-dimensional sound space relative to each respective location. Next, the system receives input from the user to navigate to a new location in the three-dimensional sound space. Based on the input, the system then changes each respective location of the plurality of sound sources relative to the new location in the three-dimensional sound space. |
| US09838816B2 |
Speaker module and manufacturing method therefor
Provided are a speaker module and a manufacturing method therefor. The speaker module comprises a housing and a speaker unit comprising a vibrating diaphragm component and a magnetic circuit component. A front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity are formed between the speaker unit and the housing. An elastic element is provided on the housing and coupled to the end surface of an open end of the front or rear acoustic cavity. Use of the speaker module can reduce a step of manual fitting of the elastic element, ensure precision and stability, so that the elastic element is not prone to fall off, and tightness between sound outlet hole of the speaker module and sound hole of mobile phone can be ensured. The manufacturing method for the speaker module also can be extended to manufacturing of other structures requiring injection of a soft or rigid material into another material. |
| US09838813B2 |
Self diagnostic speaker load impedance testing system
A self diagnostic loudspeaker load impedance testing system, or Push Here Diagnostic (PHD) system, located within a mixer/amplifier for testing loudspeaker connections to the mixer amplifier during installation and maintenance. The system includes a test signal source that replaces the normal audio input to the amplifier during test. A PHD analyzer within the mixer amplifier analyzes the response of the loudspeakers and related wiring to the test signal to detect a total system impedance that exceeds the amplifier rating and to detect short circuits in the wiring. The PHD analyzer illuminates an indicator when a fault occurs. The test is initiated by depressing a momentary contact switch within the mixer amplifier housing by inserting a tool through an opening in the mixer amplifier housing. |
| US09838811B2 |
Electronic devices and accessories with media streaming control features
An electronic device may play audio content to a user through a pair of earphones. The audio content may be content that is stored locally on the electronic device or may be streaming content that is provided by an online service. Control circuitry in the electronic device may monitor ear presence sensor structures in the earphones to determine whether the earphones are present in the ears of the user. In response to determining that the earphones have been removed from the ears of the user, the control circuitry may communicate with the online service provider. Communicating with the online service provider may include sending media streaming control commands to the online service provider. The media streaming control commands may, for example, include media streaming pause commands that instruct the online service provider to pause the audio content in response to the earphones being removed from the ears of the user. |
| US09838810B2 |
Low power audio detection
Devices and methods of detecting a predetermined audio signal in audio signals are provided. A device includes a processor coupled to a clock signal generator, a power controller and an audio detector. The power controller controls a clock rate provided to the processor by the clock signal generator, to control the device to operate in a low power mode having a relatively low power consumption or in a normal power mode having a relatively high power consumption. The audio detector receives audio signals and detects, in the low power mode, probable presence of a predetermined audio signal in the audio signals. The power controller controls the device to switch from the low power mode to the normal power mode responsive to the detected presence of the predetermined audio signal by the audio detector. |
| US09838807B2 |
Bone anchor fixture for a medical prosthesis
A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion. |
| US09838806B2 |
Hearing aid device having battery drawer
The invention is directed to a hearing aid device that includes a housing having an opening and a battery drawer. The opening and the battery drawer are parts of a battery door that is rotatably mounted to the housing. The battery drawer also includes a finger engagement portion arranged at the outside surface of the battery drawer. The battery door can be closed by pushing the finger engagement portion, and maintained in a closed state. The battery door can be at least partly opened by pushing the finger engagement portion, and maintained in an at least partly open state. The hearing aid device can be electrically switched on and off by pushing the finger engagement portion. |
| US09838803B1 |
Carbon nanotube underwater acoustic thermophone
A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided. The thermophone includes high temperature rated shells as protective walls as the top and bottom housing of the thermophone with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding frequency and acoustic radiation medium. A high temperature rated sealant gasket is used to enclose the shells of the thermophone where gas holes are inserted for interior heavy gas filling. The acoustic resonant frequency is defined by the dimensions of the housing of the thermophone and the sound speed of the filled heavy gas. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets can electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load. |
| US09838802B1 |
Underwater acoustic carbon nanotube thermophone
A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided which includes a urethane frame having mounting holes at corners of the frame. Screw holes in the frame are provided for a cable holder. A square shaped carbon nanotube material chip is positioned within the urethane frame. The carbon nanotube material chip can comprise multiple carbon nanotube sheets to electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load. Wooden spacers assist in positioning the carbon nanotube material chip. A first end of a cable is soldered to the carbon nanotube material chip at electrodes of the material chip. A high temperature rated silicon sealant is used for attachment points on the thermophone. |
| US09838796B2 |
Electroacoustic transducer
Disclosed is an electroacoustic transducer, comprising a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system, wherein the vibration system comprises a vibrating diaphragm and a voice coil; and the magnetic circuit system comprises a yoke, a central magnet, and edge magnets; wherein, each edge magnet has a strip shape, limiting parts are provided at two corners of any edge magnet closer to a magnetic gap, and the yoke is provided with stoppers abutted against the limiting parts at positions corresponding to the limiting parts. Each edge magnet of the present invention is provided with limiting parts formed by removing material, and the yoke is provided thereon with stoppers for preventing the edge magnets from approaching the central magnet, so that a bad phenomenon due to the fact that the edge magnets and the central magnet are attracted to each other can be avoided, thereby increasing the yield of a product. |
| US09838792B2 |
Vibration system of a loudspeaker
The present invention discloses a vibration system of a loudspeaker, comprising a diaphragm and a voice coil attached to one side of the diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm comprises at least two layers of polyether-ether-ketone base films, and furthermore, the diaphragm comprises at least one layer of crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base film and at least one layer of non-crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base film. The diaphragm made of both crystallized and non-crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base films can have both an effectively improved acoustic performance and a lowered resonance frequency f0, thus, the acoustic effect of the loudspeaker can be improved. |
| US09838785B2 |
Methods circuits devices systems and associated computer executable code for acquiring acoustic signals
The present invention includes methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for acquiring, processing and rendering acoustic signals. According to some embodiments, one or more direction specific audio signals may be generated using a microphone array comprising two or more microphones and an audio stream generator. The audio stream generator may receive a direction parameter from an optical tracking system. There may be provided an audio rendering system adapted to normalize and/or balance acoustic signals acquired from a soundscape. |
| US09838778B2 |
Speaker and electronic device having the speaker
An electronic device has a speaker. The speaker has a main body and a cover. The main body has a speaker body and a tube. The tube is situated at a side of the speaker body. The cover is situated above the main body for covering the tube and part of the speaker body, such that the speaker has a covered portion and an uncovered portion. The cover has a hole. The sound produced by the covered portion is output via the tube along a first direction. The sound produced by the uncovered portion is output via the hole along a second direction. |
| US09838777B2 |
Headphone and acoustic characteristic adjustment method
[Object] To make it possible to further improve acoustic characteristics.[Solution] There is provided a headphone including: a driver unit including a vibration plate; a housing configured to house the driver unit, to form an air-tightened front air chamber of which a part except for an opening for sound output is spatially blocked from the outside on a front side on which the vibration plate of the driver unit is provided, and to form a rear air chamber that has a predetermined capacity on a rear side that is the opposite side to the front side; and an acoustic tube provided in a partial region of a partition wall of the housing that constitutes the rear air chamber and configured to spatially connect the rear air chamber and the outside of the housing through a tube. |
| US09838771B1 |
In-ear utility device having a humidity sensor
An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like. |
| US09838769B2 |
Microphone shield
Various configurations of a microphone shield are disclosed. Each of the microphone shields includes a number of panels configured to be positioned around a point in space at which a microphone may be positioned. Acoustic liners may be coupled to the panels. At least one of the panels and/or acoustic liners is configured to define an arc that is convex in shape relative to the point in space. |
| US09838766B2 |
Speaker and microphone integrated display panel
Provided is a speaker and microphone integrated display panel including: a display panel having a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area; and a simultaneously convertible film type speaker or film type microphone which is mounted to correspond to an air hole in the non-display area, in which the display panel and the film type speaker or the film type microphone are at least partially integrated so as to be drive-connected. |
| US09838763B2 |
TDM network call with compound service layer agreement
A method, implemented in a network with a control plane, is described for creating a compound Service Level Agreement (SLA) call for a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) service in the network. The method includes creating the call with a non-preemptible component and a preemptible component, the compound SLA comprising the non-preemptible component and the preemptible component; implementing endpoints for the call at a source node and a destination node; and responsive to a preemption event in the network, removing the preemptible component at the endpoints. A node and network are also described. |
| US09838762B2 |
Telemetry system and apparatus
In one example, a method for optimizing operational parameters of a hardware implemented telemetry system is provided. The operational parameters can include a performance characteristic, an energy use, data creation, and a cost. The operation parameters are monitored. The method further includes adjusting a balance between the operational parameters in accordance with a predetermined operational guideline. |
| US09838755B1 |
System and method for determining TV tune-in attribution
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining a lift metric regarding effectiveness of a digital ad campaign for an audio-visual work on subsequent viewership of the audio-visual work. Viewed content from a universe of monitored AV audio-visual devices is collected. Identifiers of audio-visual devices that received an ad impression for the audio-visual work are also collected. The lift metric may be determined from statistical analysis of this data. |
| US09838754B2 |
On-site measurement of over the top media
Methods and apparatus for over the top (OTT) media measurement are disclosed herein. Example methods include comparing, with an on-site meter in communication with an OTT service provider server, household data maintained by the OTT service provider server with anonymized panelist data provided by an audience measurement entity to identify a first person predicted to be included in a first household according to the anonymized panelist data but not included in the first household according to the household data, accessing media impressions collected by the OTT service provider server and corresponding to media accessed with a first OTT device associated with the first household, and crediting, with the on-site meter, usage of the first OTT device associated with access of the media to the first person based on the media impressions and demographic data obtained from the anonymized panelist data and attributed to the first person. |
| US09838750B2 |
System and method for retrieving a previously transmitted portion of television program content
A system comprises a storage and a processor. The storage is for storing a plurality of Internet protocol multicast video streams, each associated with a live television program content. The processor is in communication with the storage, and the processor is configured to receive the Internet protocol multicast video streams. The processor is also configured to receive a request for a previously transmitted portion of one of the Internet protocol multicast video streams from customer premises equipment in response to the customer premises customer requiring the previously transmitted portion for display. The processor is also configured to begin transmission of the previously transmitted portion as an Internet protocol unicast video stream to the customer premises equipment for immediate display. |
| US09838747B2 |
Cross-platform messaging
Systems and methods are provided for displaying a short message service (SMS) message on user media equipment, in which the user media equipment includes a set-top box and a display. In some embodiments, the set-top box receives an SMS message, wherein the SMS message includes information identifying a triggering event for displaying the SMS message. The SMS message is stored until the occurrence and detection of the identified triggering event. In response to detecting the occurrence of the identified triggering event, the SMS message is displayed on at least a portion of the display of the user media equipment. |
| US09838743B2 |
Techniques for context aware video recommendation
Systems and methods for identifying, in a network environment in which users watch videos that are downloaded or streamed over a network, a video in which a user is likely to be interested based on session context. For example, a server or other computing system identifies prior session contexts in which prior users watched videos and session progress data for prior sessions in which these prior users watched the videos. The server or other computing system determines a session context of a user for whom a video is to be recommended. For this user, the server or other computing system generates a recommendation identifying one or more videos in which the user is likely to be interested, where the user has not previously watched the recommended videos. The recommendation is generated based on the prior session contexts, the session progress data, and the session context of the user. |
| US09838742B2 |
Enhanced program guide
Systems and methods for producing and displaying an enhanced program guide may include a method including identifying each channel viewed by a user over a period of time at an electronic device. The method may include storing data associated with each channel viewed, and may include producing a list of each channel viewed with the electronic device. The produced list may be ordered from most watched channel to least watched channel. The method may also include receiving a command at the electronic device to display an electronic program guide, and may still include incorporating at least a portion of the list into the electronic program guide at the electronic device for display. |
| US09838738B2 |
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for local content storage within a media network
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for storing or caching targeted content on a receiver device using existing bandwidth within a media network are described. For example, unused bandwidth within a transport stream may be detected and targeted content may be inserted into the transport stream within the unused bandwidth. The targeted content may include targeted advertisements for a household addressable media network. The transport stream may be transmitted to the receiver device which may access and store the targeted content responsive to various targeted content signals. For instance, the transport stream may include targeted content signals configured to trigger the receive device to access and store the targeted content. The transport stream may include a commercial feed transport stream. |
| US09838736B2 |
Home automation bubble architecture
Systems and methods for controlling a plurality of devices in a home automation system may include providing a device proxy for a device connected to the home automation system and setting a new value in a value box of the device proxy, whereby the value box corresponds to at least one of a sensor, control, and metadata of the device. The systems and methods may further include determining one or more rules associated with the device proxy and running the determined one or more rules, whereby the determined one or more rules are indicative of interactive relationships between the device proxy and one or more other device proxies corresponding to one or more other devices connected to the home automation system. |
| US09838735B2 |
Prevention of erroneous detection of signal
The present technology relates to a reception device, reception method, and program that can prevent erroneous detection of a predetermined signal, such as a P1 signal, included in, for example, a received signal such as DVB-T2.A correlation calculation unit obtains a correlation value between received signals including a predetermined signal in which an original signal and a duplicate signal obtained from a copy of at least a part of the original signal are disposed. An average power calculation unit obtains average power of the received signals. A normalization unit obtains a normalized correlation value obtained by normalizing the correlation value by the average power. The present technology can be applied to a case where a P1 signal being a preamble signal is detected from a received signal such as DVB-T2, for example. |
| US09838734B2 |
Systems and methods for customized preview videos
Various arrangements are presented for creating a customized preview video. A television receiver may compile viewing statistics based on a plurality of pieces of content output for presentation. The viewing statistics can include an amount of time spent outputting for presentation each piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content. The television receiver, based on the viewing statistics for the plurality of pieces of content output for presentation, may determine one or more preferred content types and one or more preferred content genres. Using stored electronic programming guide data, a plurality of scheduled content instances may be determined based on the one or more preferred content types and one or more preferred content genres. A plurality of preview clips corresponding to the plurality of scheduled content instances may be accessed. The plurality of preview clips may be assembled to create the customized preview video. |
| US09838729B2 |
Recovering channel bonded program streams
A system for recovering channel bonded program streams may include filters and a collator. The filters may be configured to receive data streams that include multiple chunks of transport stream packets, and marker information items that are indicative of boundaries of the chunks, over multiple bonded channels, and to individually filter the data streams based at least on a utilized program identifier. The collator may be configured to collate the filtered data streams based at least on the marker information items to recover a program stream corresponding to the utilized program identifier. In one or more implementations, the filters may replace, or augment, the marker information items with marker packets that include a program identifier that is not being used for transmitted programs and/or that is reserved for marker packets. The collator may collate the filtered data streams based at least on the marker packets. |
| US09838727B1 |
Method and system for discovering an identity provider
A method and system includes an external service provider that receives a request for restricted content, forms, at the external service provider, a redirection request based on the request for restricted content, an external service provider identifier, and a return response location identifier. The system also includes a discovery service that receives the redirection request from the external service provider and parses the redirection request to obtain an identity provider location identifier and the external service provider identifier when a common domain cookie exists in the redirection request. The discovery service generates a response based on the return response location identifier wherein the response comprises the identity provider location identifier. The external service provider receives the response, generates an authentication request and communicates the authentication request to the identity provider based on the identity provider location identifier. |
| US09838726B2 |
System and method for sending advertising data based on data associated with video data
A method is disclosed including but not limited to monitoring penetration data on an advertising server processor wherein the penetration data indicates frequency, quantity, duration and data volume of data correlated with advertising data that has been sent from a first end user device to a second end user device. A computer program and a system are disclose for monitoring penetration data on an advertising server processor wherein the penetration data indicates frequency, quantity, duration and data volume of data correlated with advertising data that has been sent from a first end user device to a second end user device. |
| US09838725B2 |
Intelligent video streaming system
A system for intelligent video streaming a video controller having at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive a playback request from a user device for a live stream, determine, from the playback request, whether source streaming content for the live stream is being transcoded, and allocate an available transcoder to transcode the source streaming content. The system further includes a transcoding having at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to join the multicast stream, retrieve the source streaming content, and transcode the source streaming content, and provide transcoded streaming content for delivery to the user device. |
| US09838724B2 |
Media distribution network for live streaming
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a media distribution network for live streaming are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes directing live video content from a sender device to a first video processing node hosted on a first server within a network, wherein the first server is located within a given geographical proximity of the sender device; determining locations within the network for hosting additional video processing nodes within a given geographical proximity of a receiver device; transmitting the live video content from the first video processing node to an additional video processing node within the network by implementing (i) a multicast overlay network over the network and (ii) a data transfer protocol between the video processing nodes in conjunction with the multicast overlay network; and transmitting the live video content from the additional video processing node to the receiver device associated with the additional video processing node. |
| US09838723B2 |
Image coding method and image coding device for partitioning an image into processing units and coding the partitioned image to generate a code sequence
Provided is an image coding method that partitions an input image signal into processing units, and that codes the partitioned image to generate a code sequence. In particular, the image coding method determines a partitioning pattern for hierarchically partitioning the input image signal in order starting from a largest unit of the processing units, generates partition information indicative of the partitioning pattern, and codes partition information. The partition information includes maximum used hierarchy depth information indicative of a maximum used hierarchy depth which is a hierarchy depth of a deepest processing unit of the processing units included in the partitioning pattern. |
| US09838718B2 |
Secondary boundary filtering for video coding
In one example, a video coding device is configured to intra-predict a block of video data, using values of pixels along a primary boundary of the block, to form a predicted block, determine whether to filter the predicted block using data of a secondary boundary of the block, and filter the predicted block using data of the secondary boundary in response to determining to filter the predicted block. The video coding device may determine whether to filter the predicted block based on a comparison of a Laplacian value or a gradient difference value to a threshold. The determination of whether to filter the predicted block may be based at least in part on a boundary relationship, e.g., the relationship of one boundary to another, or of a boundary to pixel values of the predicted block. |
| US09838716B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a decoding section configured to decode a difference from a previous value of a prediction parameter used when an image of a second layer having a different color gamut from a first layer is predicted from an image of the first layer, and a prediction section configured to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using the prediction parameter calculated using the difference decoded by the decoding section. |
| US09838712B2 |
Method of signaling for depth-based block partitioning
A method of signaling depth-based block partitioning (DBBP) for multi-view or three-dimensional (3D) video coding is disclosed. In one embodiment, the DBBP flag is signaled for all candidate prediction modes of the current texture coding unit including a non-2N×N partition mode. The group of candidate prediction modes may consist of 2N×N partition mode and N×2N partition mode. If the DBBP flag indicates the DBBP being used for the current texture coding unit, DBBP encoding is applied to the current texture coding unit or DBBP decoding is applied to one or more PUs associated with the current texture coding unit to recover the current texture coding unit. If the DBBP flag indicates the DBBP being not used for the current texture coding unit, a prediction partition mode is signaled at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side from a CU (coding unit) level of the bitstream. |
| US09838711B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using adaptive filter
Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction includes the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter. |
| US09838705B2 |
Tiling in video encoding and decoding
Implementations are provided that relate, for example, to view tiling in video encoding and decoding. A particular method includes accessing a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture (826), accessing information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined (806, 808, 822), decoding the video picture to provide a decoded representation of at least one of the multiple pictures (824, 826), and providing the accessed information and the decoded video picture as output (824, 826). Some other implementations format or process the information that indicates how multiple pictures included in a single video picture are combined into the single video picture, and format or process an encoded representation of the combined multiple pictures. |
| US09838702B2 |
Method and apparatus for predicting inter-layer based on temporal sub-layer information
The present invention relates to a method for predicting an inter-layer of an image having a plurality of layers including at least one temporal sub-layer. The method according to present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a temporal sub-layer for inter-layer prediction; inducing a reference picture used for predicting an inter-layer of a current picture on the basis of the information on the temporal sub-layer; and predicting the inter-layer of the current picture on the basis of the reference picture. |
| US09838701B2 |
Method and video decoder for decoding scalable video stream using inter-layer racing scheme
One exemplary method for decoding a scalable video stream, including a base layer frame and at least an enhancement layer frame corresponding to the base layer frame, has the following steps: decoding the base layer frame; and before the base layer frame is fully decoded, decoding the enhancement layer frame. Another exemplary method for decoding a scalable video stream, including a base layer frame and at least an enhancement layer frame corresponding to the base layer frame, has the following steps: decoding the enhancement layer frame, and decoding the base layer frame; wherein a start point of decoding the enhancement layer frame is earlier than a start point of decoding the base layer frame. |
| US09838700B2 |
Encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, and method and program for the same
There are provided an encoding or decoding technique capable of performing more efficient encoding or decoding than before. An encoding apparatus for encoding a time-series signal in a frequency domain is provided with: a spectral envelope estimating portion 2A estimating a spectral envelope, regarding absolute values of a frequency domain sample sequence corresponding to the time-series signal raised to the power of η as a power spectrum, on the assumption that η is a predetermined positive number other than 2; and an encoding portion 2B performing such encoding that changes bit allocation or that bit allocation substantially changes, for each coefficient of the frequency domain sample sequence corresponding to the time-series signal, based on the estimated spectral envelope. |
| US09838697B2 |
Multi-layer video coding
A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store at least a portion of a bitstream of multi-layer video data and one or more processors configured to receive a first access unit delimiter (AUD) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit for a first access unit, wherein a layer identifier for the first AUD NAL unit is equal to zero; receive a second AUD NAL unit for the first access unit, wherein a layer identifier for the second AUD NAL unit is greater than zero; and decode the first access unit. |
| US09838696B2 |
Video encoding and decoding method using an intra prediction
A method performed by an apparatus for intra-predicting a current block in the unit of subblocks, comprises: determining an intra prediction mode of the current block among a plurality of intra prediction modes; identifying the subblocks split from the current block; and sequentially reconstructing the identified subblocks using an intra prediction mode identical to the determined intra prediction mode of the current block, wherein a subblock to be reconstructed is predicted using at least one pre-reconstructed neighboring subblock in the current block. |
| US09838694B2 |
Methods and apparatus for illumination and color compensation for multi-view video coding
There are provided a method and apparatus for illumination and color compensation for multi-view video coding. A video encoder includes an encoder for encoding a picture by enabling color compensation of at least one color component in a prediction of the picture based upon a correlation factor relating to color data between the picture and another picture. The picture and the other picture have different view points and both corresponding to multi-view content for a same or similar scene. |
| US09838688B2 |
Method and apparatus of adaptive intra prediction for inter-layer and inter-view coding
A method and apparatus of inter-layer and the inter-view adaptive Intra prediction (IL-AIP and IV-AIP) for a video coding system are disclosed. The video data is configured into a Base Layer (BL) and an Enhancement Layer (EL) for the inter-layer video coding system, and the video data is configured into a Base View (BV) and an Enhancement View (EV) for the inter-view video coding system. The adaptive Intra predictor for the to-be-processed block in the EL or the EV is derived based on the BL or the BV. For inter-layer and inter-view adaptive LM Intra prediction, the LM adaptive Intra predictor for the to-be-processed chroma block in the EL or the EV is derived based on the BL or the BV. |
| US09838683B2 |
Support for variable number of picture buffers in decoded picture buffer
In one method embodiment a method of processing of a bitstream is disclosed. The method may include receiving at a processing device a bitstream comprising a first portion of compressed pictures having a first picture resolution format and a second portion having a second picture resolution format during transmission over a given channel, wherein the first compressed picture of the second portion of compressed pictures is the first compressed picture in the video stream after the last compressed picture of the first portion of compressed pictures; determining by the processing device a first number of picture buffers in a decodable picture buffer (DPB) for decoding the first portion of the compressed pictures; allocating a linear memory corresponding to the first number of picture buffers for decoding of the first portion of the bitstream; determining a second number of picture decode buffers in the DPB for decoding the second portion of the compressed pictures, wherein the second number of picture decode buffers are determined based on a ratio of picture size of pictures from the first portion and the second portion; and reusing the linear buffer for decoding the second portion without deallocating and reallocating the linear memory. |
| US09838679B2 |
Distance to fault measurements in cable TV networks
A TDR technique for performing in-service distance-to-fault measurements in cable TV networks is disclosed. Using a cable network tester configured to generate chirped probe pulses and to perform pulse-matched filtering and averaging of received echoes, network faults may be detected without interfering with the downstream reception. The probe pulse transmission may be timed to take advantage of the error correction coding in the network. |
| US09838676B2 |
Three-dimensional display device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a 3D display device, and the 3D display device, comprising: a display panel (1), configured to display an image; an optical element (2) and a liquid crystal lens (3), disposed to overlap each other and positioned at a light exiting side of the display panel (1), wherein the optical element (2) comprises a plurality of optical lens units (2a), the liquid crystal lens (3) comprises a plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a), the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) correspond to the plurality of optical lens units (2a) in a one-to-one corresponding relationship; when the 3D display device is in a 2D displaying mode, each of the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) has an effect on light contrary to an effect on the light of each of the plurality of optical lens units (2a), and when the 3D display device is in a 3D displaying mode, the liquid crystal lens unit (3a) is configured to have a plane glass function. The 3D display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be switched between 2D and 3D displaying, and can reduce the crosstalk during 3D displaying and improve the display effect. |
| US09838675B2 |
Remote 6P laser projection of 3D cinema content
A 3D laser projection systems and methods are disclosed herein. A laser projection system includes a left projector head and a right projector head, wherein a first video projected onto a movie screen by the left projector head has a first polarization and a second video projected onto the movie screen by the right projector head has a second polarization different from the first polarization. The laser projection system can include a laser light generator located a first defined distance away from the left projector head and a second defined distance from the right projector head and coupled to the left projector head and the right projector head with fiber optic cables that transmit light from the laser light generator to the left projector head and the right projector head. The laser light generator includes a laser diode configured to output light and to transmit it to the fiber optic cables. |
| US09838674B2 |
Multi-view autostereoscopic display and method for controlling optimal viewing distance thereof
A display including an optical element disposed on a pixel array of a display panel; an optimal viewing distance control device configured to adjust primary view images seen through both eyes of a viewer to a first view image and second view image based on a viewer's position information sensed by a sensor, to automatically adjust other view images between the primary view images to view images separated at regular intervals, and to produce a view map using the adjusted primary view images and the adjusted other view images between the primary view images; a 3D formatter configured to map pixel data of a multi-view image based on the view map received from the optimal viewing distance control device; and a display panel driving circuit configured to write the pixel data of the multi-view image received from the 3D formatter to the display panel. |
| US09838672B2 |
Apparatus and method for referring to motion status of image capture device to generate stereo image pair to auto-stereoscopic display for stereo preview
A stereo preview apparatus has an auto-stereoscopic display, an input interface, a motion detection circuit, and a visual transition circuit. The input interface receives at least an input stereo image pair including a left-view image and a right-view image generated from an image capture device. The motion detection circuit evaluates a motion status of the image capture device. The visual transition circuit generates an output stereo image pair based on the input stereo image pair, and outputs the output stereo image pair to the auto-stereoscopic display for stereo preview, wherein the visual transition circuit refers to the evaluated motion status to configure adjustment made to the input stereo image pair when generating the output stereo image pair. |
| US09838670B2 |
Method and system for three-dimensional imaging
A method for three-dimensional imaging is provided, storing a first two-dimensional image of field of view of a scanning device at a first position where a first three-dimensional view of the object is captured with said handheld scanning device; estimating location metric of a second two-dimensional image of field of view of said scanning device at a second position relative to said first image while said scanning device is being moved from said first position to said second position; and generating instructions on providing feedback to the user based on said location metric; wherein said feedback is provided to indicate if said second position is adequate for capturing a second three-dimensional view. A system for three-dimensional imaging is provided as well. |
| US09838669B2 |
Apparatus and method for depth-based image scaling of 3D visual content
A system for performing depth-based scaling of 3D content. The system comprises: 1) a content source configured to provide an input image comprising a plurality of input image objects; and 2) a processor configured to receive the input image and to receive a depth map comprising depth data associated with each of the plurality of input image objects. The processor generates an output image comprising a plurality of output image objects, wherein each of the plurality of output image objects corresponding to one of the plurality of input image objects. The processor scales a size of a first output image object relative to the size of a second output image object based on depth data associated with the first output image object and the second output image object. |
| US09838668B2 |
Systems and methods for transferring a clip of video data to a user facility
An imaging system and methods for using an imaging system where the operator is able to variably adjust the parallax distance for enhanced stereo performance are disclosed. In addition, by coordinating the parallax distance with the optical settings of the camera, artificial 3D experiences can be created that give a user the perception of observing a scene from a distance different than that actually employed. The imaging system may also include a plurality of stereo camera supersets, wherein a first one or more stereo camera supersets are positioned at a different height relative to a first stereo camera superset. Novel specific uses of the camera system, such as in capturing events of interest are described. Useful techniques for extracting or encoding wide field of view images from memory are also disclosed. |
| US09838667B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit; a display unit; a display control unit; an object image detection unit; a distance information acquisition unit; and a binocular vision suitability determination unit, wherein the display control unit displays a second guide frame of a larger size than the first guide frame on the display unit in addition to the first guide frame, and, in a case where the object image detection unit detects at least one other object image different from the object image determined to be suitable for the binocular vision by the binocular vision suitability determination unit from the second guide frame, the display control unit matches the second guide frame to the at least one other object image. |
| US09838666B2 |
Video decoding device and image display device
To efficiently provide 2-dimensional display of a 3-dimensional video Stream.A video decoding device 100 includes a macro block selector 103 for sequentially selecting, as objects to be decoded, macro blocks belonging to a range required for 2-dimensional display, and a decoding unit 100 for sequentially decoding macro blocks selected by the macro block selector. Furthermore, the video decoding device includes a motion vector shift unit 108 for correcting, when a motion vector of a macro block selected by the macro block selector is referring to outside the range required for the 2-dimensional display, the reference indicated by the motion vector to be within the range required for the 2-dimensional display. Since the macro block selector performs block selection, the decoding unit skips processing of macro blocks which are not supposed to be 2-dimensionally displayed. |
| US09838664B2 |
Image processing method, image processing device, and electronic apparatus
Provided is an image processing method including acquiring an original image and position information indicating a position of a viewer in a depth direction with respect to a display unit, acquiring crosstalk information indicating a crosstalk characteristic of the display unit, causing a processor to generate an index map that includes control information indicating a correspondence between respective pixels and a respective viewpoints based on the position information on the basis of the acquired position information and crosstalk information in a manner that, among first viewpoint images different from each other based on the original image corresponding to the respective viewpoints set in advance, one of the first viewpoint images is observed while crosstalk is negated at a position indicated by the position information, and outputting second viewpoint images corresponding to respective pieces of the control information in the index map based on the original image and the index map. |
| US09838662B2 |
Harmonization of cross-component prediction and adaptive color transform in video coding
A video coder transforms, based on a difference between a bit depth of an initial luma sample and a bit depth of initial chroma samples, a set of initial samples to a set of modified samples. The set of initial samples may include the initial luma sample and the initial chroma samples. The initial chroma samples may include an initial Cb sample and an initial Cr sample. The set of modified samples may include a modified luma sample and modified chroma samples. The modified chroma samples may include a modified Cb sample and a modified Cr sample. Additionally, the video coder adds the modified samples to corresponding samples of a predictive block to produce reconstructed samples. |
| US09838660B1 |
Methods and systems for white balance
At least one example embodiment provides an apparatus including a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to receive image data from a plurality of pixels, determine a first white point based on the image data and a threshold percentage of a histogram of the image data, determine a second white point based on the image data, determine a third white point based on groups of the image data corresponding to a same hue or desaturation, the processor configured to divide the image data into the groups and determine an image based on at least the first white point, the second white point and the third white point. |
| US09838659B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to implement an image acquisition process that acquires an image captured by an image sensor that includes a first-color filter having first transmittance characteristics, a second-color filter having second transmittance characteristics, and a third-color filter having third transmittance characteristics, and a correction process that multiplies a pixel value that corresponds to a second color by a first coefficient to calculate a component value that corresponds to the overlapping region of the first transmittance characteristics and the third transmittance characteristics, and corrects a pixel value that corresponds to a first color, the pixel value that corresponds to the second color, and a pixel value that corresponds to a third color based on the component value that corresponds to the overlapping region. The second color is longer in wavelength than the first color and shorter in wavelength than the third color. |
| US09838658B2 |
Image processing apparatus that performs tone correction, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus which is capable of properly performing tone correction without damaging the atmosphere of an image in shooting. Based on a luminance histogram for photographed data, an input lower limit and an input upper limit of luminance values for use in developing the photographed data are determined. Based on at least one of the input lower limit and the input upper limit, a reference level of a gamma curve for use in carrying out gamma correction on the photographed data is calculated. Gamma correction on the photographed data is performed using the input lower limit and the input upper limit and the gamma curve corresponding to the reference level. |
| US09838655B2 |
Projector and image displaying method
A projector includes a DMD that forms an image, a projection lens that projects the image formed by the DMD on a projected surface, and a display control unit that controls an image forming operation of the DMD. The display control unit forms a frame image by sequentially forming a plurality of images using a combined pixel which is configured of a plurality of pixels, and with respect to temporally continuous two images, the display control unit forms one image at a position that is shifted by a distance that corresponds to the pixel pitch of the DMD in a predetermined direction relative to the other image. |
| US09838646B2 |
Attenuation of loudspeaker in microphone array
In one implementation, an apparatus includes a camera, a loudspeaker, a plurality of microphones, and a controller. The apparatus may be a computer, a mobile device such as a smart phone, or a dedicated videoconference device. The plurality of microphones are configured to produce sound data. A first number of the plurality of microphones are arranged on a first side of the loudspeaker, and a second number of the plurality of microphones are arranged on a second side of the loudspeaker. Different quantities of the microphones may be included on each side of the loudspeaker. The controller is configured to calculate a cross-correlation of the plurality of microphones based on the sound data and attenuate the cross-correlation based on a time-delay window and an attenuation factor. A participant location is determined based on the attenuated cross correlation functions. |
| US09838644B2 |
Systems and methods for generating a video clip and associated closed-captioning data
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating a video clip and associated closed-captioning (CC) data. An example method involves accessing a first video clip demarcated into frames; accessing CC data demarcated into CC blocks, identifying a starting frame from among the frames; determining a first set of frames that are within a range of the starting frame; determining a first set of CC blocks that correlate to the first set of frames; receiving a selection of a starting position from among the first set of CC blocks; identifying an ending frame among the frames; using the ending frame to identify an ending position; and generating a second video clip and associated CC data, wherein the second video clip includes the frames spanning from the starting frame to the ending frame, and wherein the generated CC data includes the CC blocks spanning from the starting position to the ending position. |
| US09838643B1 |
Method and system for detection of inherent noise present within a video source prior to digital video compression
A method and system detection of inherent noise present within a video source prior to digital video compression is disclosed. A noise image is extracted by subtracting a current image from its filtered version. Each pixel of the extracted noise image is normalized based on a determined principal edge image and the analog noise pixels are accumulated to generate an intermediate noise confidence value. Analog noise may be detected based on an analog noise confidence value generated based on the intermediate noise confidence value and a ringing metric, a blockiness metric, a motion vector cost of the current image, a blurriness exception weight, a flashiness exception weight, and a pan blur exception weight. The method may further comprise detection of high frequency noise based on determining a high frequency noise confidence value that may be based on a high frequency noise value and a frequency component with highest magnitude. |
| US09838636B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and method of driving image pickup apparatus
Provided is an image pickup apparatus, including: first and second photoelectric conversion elements; first and second transfer transistors configured to transfer charges respectively from the first and second photoelectric conversion elements when the first and second transfer transistors are brought into conductive states, respectively; a floating diffusion region configured to accumulate the charges transferred by the first and second transfer transistors; an amplifying transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to the charges transferred by the first and second transfer transistors; first and second drive wirings, which are electrically connected to gates of the first and second transfer transistors, respectively; and a conductive member, which is configured to electrically connect the floating diffusion region and a gate of the amplifying transistor to each other, and is configured to extend beyond the floating diffusion region in a plan view while being opposed to the first drive wiring. |
| US09838635B2 |
Feature computation in a sensor element array
Techniques describe computing computer vision (CV) features based on sensor readings from a sensor and detecting macro-features based on the CV features. The sensor may include a sensor element array that includes a plurality of sensor elements. The sensor may also include in-pixel circuitry coupled to the sensor elements, peripheral circuitry and/or a dedicated microprocessor coupled to the sensor element array. The in-pixel circuitry, the peripheral circuitry or the dedicated microprocessor may include computation structures configured to perform analog or digital operations representative of a multi-pixel computation for a sensor element (or block of sensor elements), based on sensor readings generated by neighboring sensor elements in proximity to the sensor element, and to generate CV features. The dedicated microprocessor may process the CV features and detect macro-features. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, the dedicated microprocessor may be coupled to a second microprocessor through a wired or wireless interface. |
| US09838634B2 |
Fast reading of a pixel
A device that may include a pixel, an output conductor and a charge accelerator; wherein during a readout phase of the pixel, the pixel is configured to attempt to charge the output conductor to a pixel reset voltage and the charge accelerator is configured to perform a sampling operation and a charge operation; wherein during the sampling operation the charge accelerator is configured to sample a change in an output conductor voltage; wherein during the charge operation the charge accelerator is configured to output a charge accelerator output signal that is responsive to the change of the output conductor voltage, wherein once provided, the charge accelerator output signal accelerates a charging of the output conductor to a target voltage that is proximate to the pixel reset voltage; wherein the sampling operation and the charge operation do not overlap. |
| US09838629B2 |
Pixel array and method for controlling a pixel array
A pixel array includes pixels arranged in columns. A pair of column lines is provided for each column of pixels. A current source circuit is coupled to each pair of column lines. The current source circuit provides current to the pair of column lines in a first mode of operation such that when one column line in a pair of column lines is being provided with a first current the other column line in the pair of column lines is being provided with a second current which is less than the first current. |
| US09838628B2 |
Detecting quantities beyond sensor saturation
Capturing an image including: receiving an exposure time for an image sensor; measuring time to saturation for each sensel of a plurality of sensels of the image sensor; and calculating a number of electrons that would have been collected by each sensel with unlimited storage capacity using the time to saturation, the exposure time, and an electron collection capacity of a storage unit of each sensel. Key words include sensor saturation and high-dynamic range. |
| US09838623B2 |
Global shutter control signal generator with reduced driving requirements
A pixel cell includes a photodiode disposed in a semiconductor material to accumulate image charge in response to light. A global shutter transistor is disposed in the semiconductor material and is selectively resets the image charge in the photodiode in response to a global shutter control signal. A global shutter control signal generator circuit is coupled to generate the global shutter control signal to have a first value, a second value, and a third value. The first value of the global shutter control signal is coupled to turn on the global shutter transistor to reset the photodiode. The third value of the global shutter control signal is coupled to control the global shutter transistor to be in a low leakage off mode. The second value of the global shutter control signal is between the first and third values and is turns off the global shutter transistor. |
| US09838621B2 |
Method and system for implementing H-banding cancellation in an image sensor
A method for implementing H-Banding cancellation in an image sensor starts with a pixel array capturing image data. Pixel array includes a plurality of pixels to generate pixel data signals, respectively. ADC circuitry acquires the pixel data signals. ADC circuitry includes a comparator circuitry. In one embodiment, comparator circuitry 310 includes a plurality of comparators. Comparators included in comparator circuitry compare the pixel data signals, respectively, to a ramp signal received from a ramp generator to generate comparator output signals. Adjacent comparators output signals may be opposite in polarity. Other embodiments are described. |
| US09838616B2 |
Image processing method and electronic apparatus
An image processing method and an electronic apparatus are described. The image processing method is applied to an electronic apparatus and includes performing a photometry to current environment; determining a unit shutter speed according to a result of the photometry, a specified photosensitivity and a specified aperture value; and capturing, when a first operation is detected, a plurality of images sequentially by using the specified photosensitivity, the specified aperture value and the unit shutter speed and synthesizing the plurality of images until a second operation is detected. |
| US09838614B1 |
Multi-camera image data generation
Various examples are directed to systems, devices, and methods effective to generate updated pixel values in a stitched image. A processor may be programmed to identify a first block of pixels located in a region of a stitched image. The region may include pixels representing parallax views of a portion of a physical environment. The processor may determine a first average pixel value of pixels of the first block. The processor may identify a second block of pixels in the region. The processor may determine a second average pixel value of pixels of the second block. The processor may generate an updated pixel value for a pixel location of the first block or the second block. The updated pixel value may be based at least in part on the first average pixel value and the second average pixel value. |
| US09838611B2 |
Image capturing apparatus for obtaining normal image and range image and control method thereof
An image capturing apparatus includes a light emitting unit and an image sensor having a plurality of pixels are disposed in a matrix. Each pixel includes a photodiode, a pixel memory connected to the photodiode, and a floating diffusion portion connected to the pixel memory via a switch. The image capturing apparatus opens the switch from the start of a charge accumulation period that includes a light emission period of the light emitting unit until a predetermined time in the light emission period, reads out a first signal corresponding to the charge accumulated in the floating diffusion portion after the switch has been closed, reads out a second signal corresponding to a charge accumulated in the pixel memory when the charge accumulation period has passed and calculates a distance to the subject based on the first and second signals. |
| US09838605B2 |
Camera system
In a camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body, the camera body includes a blur correcting unit that performs blur correction in a plurality of directions, and a determining unit that determines whether the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is a lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions. When the determining unit determines that the mounted lens unit is the lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions, the camera body performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a camera body side blur correction ratio, and the lens unit performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a lens unit side blur correction ratio. |
| US09838601B2 |
Multi-camera system using folded optics
Described herein are methods and devices that employ a plurality of image sensors to capture a target image of a scene. As described, positioning at least one reflective or refractive surface near the plurality of image sensors enables the sensors to capture together an image of wider field of view and longer focal length than any sensor could capture individually by using the reflective or refractive surface to guide a portion of the image scene to each sensor. The different portions of the scene captured by the sensors may overlap, and may be aligned and cropped to generate the target image. |
| US09838600B1 |
Multiple camera alignment system with flexible substrates and stiffener members
Described herein are manufacturing methods and camera system designs that provide precise alignment between multiple camera modules mounted on a common chassis. The chassis includes a plurality of mounting regions, with each mounting region including one or more mounting posts. Each camera module includes one or more guiding holes into which the mounting posts are inserted. By precisely positioning the guiding holes and the mounting posts, the alignment of the camera modules with the chassis and the other camera modules may be controlled with high precision. |
| US09838596B2 |
Method and system for quickly starting camera based on eyeprint identification
A method and a system for quickly starting a camera based on eyeprint recognition may include storing a camera initialization procedure for a power-up initializing camera of a mobile terminal in a singleton pattern class of the camera, and detecting whether the screen of the mobile terminal is illuminated or not; when it is detected that the mobile terminal screen is illuminated, directly acquiring the camera initialization procedure in the singleton pattern class to complete the power-up initializing of the camera, directly displaying an image captured by the camera while starting eyeprint recognition software, and acquiring a user's eye image to complete eyeprint unlocking. |
| US09838595B2 |
Video generating method and apparatus of video generating system
The present invention belongs to the technical field of video recording and provides a video generating method and apparatus of a video generating system, the video generating system comprises a system target orientating camera, a target tracking camera and a panorama camera, the method comprises: when it is judged that a target object included in the image collected by the target tracking camera is a person, and the person lies within a scope of a lens of the target tracking camera, switching the target tracking camera such that it serves as a video generating source and generating a video according to images collected by the target tracking camera; when it is judged that the target object included in an image collected by the target tracking camera is a person, and the person lies out of the scope of the lens of the target tracking camera, or it is judged that the target object included in an image collected by the target tracking camera is not a person, switching the panorama camera such that it serves as the video generating source and generating a video according to the images collected by the panorama camera. Automatic control for switching among different cameras to collect images and generate videos is achieved, so that accurate tracking for any target object and accurate switching among different cameras can be done, and automatic switching among different cameras during a video generating process is realized; in this way, there is no need to perform operation and manual intervention after installation and debugging are accomplished. |
| US09838591B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging system for generating a signal for focus detection
Ones of row addresses and column addresses of pixels in a first group are the same as those of a second group. A range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group excludes that of the second group. A range of the others of row addresses and column addresses is included in a range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first and second groups. A portion of the range of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group overlaps with that of the third group, and the other portion of the range of the first group does not overlap with that of the third group. Intra-group addition signals of the first, second, and third groups are obtained. |
| US09838589B2 |
Imaging apparatus including zoom mechanism, and interchangeable lens
An imaging apparatus including an exchangeable lens and a camera body. The camera body transmits a synchronizing signal having the same cycle as the cycle of the capturing operation in the imaging unit, to the interchangeable lens. The controller of the exchangeable lens performs a zoom tracking control by determining the focus position of the focus lens from the position of the zoom lens detected by the position detector by referring to the relation information, and controlling the focus lens driver to move the focus lens to the determined focus position, The controller performs the zoom tracking control in a cycle (for example, one-eighth) shorter than a cycle indicated by the synchronizing signal received from the camera body. |
| US09838587B2 |
System for registration of virtual space and real space, method for registering display apparatus and image sensor, and electronic device registered using the method
A space registration system includes a display apparatus, an image sensor, a processor, and a plane mirror. The display apparatus has an inherent display coordinate system which defines a coordinate of the virtual space. The image sensor has an inherent sensor coordinate system which defines a coordinate of the real space. The processor analogizes a transformation equation of the sensor coordinate system and the display coordinate system by means of symmetry of an incidence angle and a reflection angle of light with respect to the mirror surface, compares a coordinate of the reflection image with respect to the display coordinate system with a known coordinate of the reflection image with respect to the sensor coordinate system, and adjusts the transformation equation of the sensor coordinate system and the display coordinate system. |
| US09838583B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying lighting setup used for visual inspection
A method for verifying a lighting setup used for inspecting a micro defect. The method includes simulating a scene including a micro defect, light source and imaging device. A position of the light source and imaging device is then optimized to form an optimized simulated setup for viewing micro defect. A shadow calibration reference (SCR) having a simulated shadow field is then rendered in a location. Next, a physical imaging device and light source are positioned based on information from the optimized simulated setup to form an optimized physical setup. A physical SCR based on information from the SCR rendering is fabricated. Next, an image is captured of a physical SCR in a corresponding location associated with each SCR rendering. The optimized physical setup is verified if at least one shadow parameter from the SCR rendering is substantially similar to a corresponding shadow parameter in a corresponding image. |
| US09838582B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and control method for displaying a screen related to a setting of a light emission
An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position. |
| US09838580B2 |
Optically connectable closed-circuit television camera apparatus using passive optical devices and closed-circuit television system
An optical connectable closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera apparatus and a CCTV system are disclosed herein. The CCTV camera apparatus includes an optical splitter, an optical combiner, an optical reception unit, an optical transmission unit, a communication control unit, a camera function control unit, and an image processing unit. The optical splitter splits a downstream optical signal into a branch optical signal and a pass-through optical signal. The optical combiner optically combines an outgoing video optical signal and an upstream optical signal. The optical reception unit receives the branch optical signal, and converts the branch optical signal. The optical transmission unit receives and converts an outgoing video electric signal. The communication control unit interprets an address, outputs a control command or data or discards the incoming electric signal, and generates the outgoing video electric signal. The camera function control unit controls various functions. The image processing unit generates video data. |
| US09838579B2 |
Method for producing a camera, and a camera for a vehicle
A method for producing a camera includes: mounting an image sensor on a circuit carrier and contacting with a power device for recording image signals of the image sensor; measuring an objective while ascertaining a tilting angle of its optical axis in terms of an amount and azimuth; providing an objective holder having a tube and locating pins; placing the objective holder with its locating pins on at least one of the circuit carrier and the image sensor; inserting the objective in a specified rotational position or at an azimuth angle into the tube as a function of the ascertained tilting angle; and adjusting the focus. An axis of symmetry of the tube of the objective holder has a counter-tilting angle with respect to a surface normal of the image sensor, which is the opposite of the ascertained tilting angle or the image shell tilting of the objective. |
| US09838574B2 |
Digital camera that sends electronic mail with event information
A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium, an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, to which is attached an image based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium, and an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending. The email for sending creation unit creates a title or a text of the email for sending, based upon at least one of the photographed image data and the email address that has been set. |
| US09838572B2 |
Method and device for determining movement between successive video images
The method includes for each current pair of first and second successive video images determining movement between the two images. The determining includes a phase of testing homography model hypotheses on the movement by a RANSAC type algorithm operating on a set of points in the first image and first assumed corresponding points in the second image so as to deliver one of the homography model hypothesis that defines the movement. The test phase includes a test of first homography model hypotheses of the movement obtained from a set of second points in the first image and second assumed corresponding points in the second image. At least one second homography model hypothesis is obtained from auxiliary information supplied by an inertial sensor and representative of a movement of the image sensor between the captures of the two successive images of the pair. |
| US09838571B2 |
Precision timing for broadcast network
The present aspects relate to techniques of timing synchronization of audio and video (AV) data in a network. In particular, the techniques for a AV master to distribute AV data encoded with one or more time markers to a plurality of processing nodes. The one or more time markers may be indexed to a precision time protocol (PTP) time stamp used as a time reference. In one technique, the nodes extract the time markers to determine an offset value that is applied to a PLL to synchronize AV data packets at a distribution node or a processing node. In another technique the distribution node or the processing node determines the worst case path, which corresponds to a system offset value. The distribution node then reports the system offset value to the AV master, which in turn adjusts the phase based on the report. |
| US09838570B2 |
Cell-based compression with edge detection and interleaved encoding
An example embodiment may involve obtaining (i) an a×b attribute macro-cell, and (ii) a×b pixel macro-cells for each of a luminance plane, a first color plane, and a second color plane of an input image. The a×b pixel macro-cells may each contain 4 non-overlapping m×n pixel cells. The example embodiment may also involve determining 4 attribute-plane output values that represent the 4 non-overlapping m×n attribute cells, 1 to 4 luminance-plane output values that represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the luminance plane, a first color-plane output value to represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the first color plane, and a second color-plane output value to represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the second color plane. The example embodiment may further involve writing an interleaved representation of the output values to a computer-readable output medium. |
| US09838568B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming system
An image reading apparatus and an image forming system are provided which can reduce the influence of magnification error, detect patches in correct positions, and save the sheets required for adjusting an image. The image reading apparatus makes use of an image scanner which reads patches printed on a sheet P, a spectral colorimeter which colorimetrically measures the patches read by the image scanner, and is provided with a timing compensation unit which compensates the colorimetric measurement timing with which colorimetric operation of the spectral colorimeter is triggered based on the positional information of the patches read by the image scanner, and an image correction unit which corrects the color information of the patches read by the image scanner based on the colorimetric values of the patches colorimetrically measured by the spectral colorimeter. |
| US09838561B2 |
Serial data transfer using transfer type information to select a storage unit
A serial data transfer apparatus includes a decoder, a counter, and a calculation circuit. The decoder is configured to decode serial data to obtain written data, a base address, and transfer type information for specifying a storage unit for storing the written data. The counter is configured to count a frame synchronization pulse. The calculation circuit is configured to generate a chip select signal based on the transfer type information and the base address, as decoded by the decoder, and a count value of the frame synchronization pulse output by the counter. |
| US09838560B2 |
Light guide, illuminating device and image reading apparatus
A light guide configured to cause light entering from a point light source to exit as linear light. The light guide has a rod portion extending in a first direction and having a reflecting surface. A plurality of reflecting elements are provided on the reflecting surface to reflect the light entering from the point light source. A part of the reflecting elements located closer to the point light source than a center of the rod with respect to the first direction is arranged so as to sheer away from a strongly illuminated area of the reflecting surface, which is an area illuminated strongly with light entering the rod portion, in a second direction parallel to the reflecting surface and perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US09838559B2 |
Illumination apparatus, image sensor unit and image reading apparatus
An illumination apparatus includes: a light source; a rod-like light guide having an incident surface that enters light from the light source that is disposed on one side in a main-scan direction, a diffusing surface that diffuses light that enters from the incident surface, and an emission surface that linearly emits light towards a bill; and a reflection member having a reflection surface that reflects light diffused by the diffusing surface to the light guide. The light guide has a locking projection that is locked in the reflection member on one side in the main-scan direction. The reflection member has a locking hole in which the locking projection is locked. A cut-out portion at which one part is cut out is formed in the locking hole. |
| US09838558B2 |
Digital video camera
A digital video camera, including a heat management system, which includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet in the housing to enable air to flow through the housing. The heat management system also includes a first heat sink thermally connected to an image sensor(s), and a second heat sink thermally connected to a data processing unit(s), and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan is configured to draw air into the front of the fan in an axial direction and push air radially out in a sideways direction, whereby air travels through the inlet(s) over the first heat sink and then over the second heat sink to the outlet(s). |
| US09838555B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image formation control method with image deterioration prevention during image reading
An image forming system includes an image former; a reader that executes reading a document or a sheet; a post processor that applies post processing to the document or the sheet; and a controller. The controller controls the image formation, the reading and the post processing, judges the requested degree of importance of reading for a reading target on the document or the sheet, judges existence or nonexistence of an overlap between an execution timing of the reading and a timing of generation of vibration at the post processing, judges the necessity of a countermeasure to prevent the overlap from occurring with reference to the degree of importance of reading and the existence or nonexistence of the overlap, and controls the execution timing of the reading and the post processing to prevent the overlap from occurring when the controller determines that the countermeasure is necessary. |
| US09838554B2 |
Image forming apparatus including discharged document sensor detecting existence of discharged document
An image forming apparatus includes: a document feed section; a document reading section; a discharged document sensor detecting the discharged document already read by the document reading section; an image storage section storing a document image obtained through the reading by the document reading section; an image formation section performing an image formation operation in which a toner image of the document image is formed on paper; a fixing section performing fixing processing of heating and pressurizing the paper on which the image has been formed to fix the toner image on the paper; and a control section, upon judgment, with reference to a signal of the discharged document sensor before image formation of a predefined number of pages of document images stored in the image storage section, that the discharged document exists, stopping the image formation of the predefined number of pages of document images. |
| US09838552B2 |
System including image processing apparatus and first server for generating page information and issuing corresponding instruction information for the image processing apparatus
A managing server accepts an instruction of a message intended to be displayed on a screen of an image processing apparatus from a user, and generates page information including the message and first instruction information corresponding to the accepted instruction. The image processing apparatus periodically performs a first inquiry about instruction information for the image processing apparatus to the managing server, displays, in response to a notification based on the first instruction information from the managing server, a message corresponding to the notification in a status display area of a displaying unit, acquires the page information including the message related to the first instruction information from the managing server, and displays the acquired page information on the displaying unit. |
| US09838549B1 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and notification method
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a first storage unit that stores registree information of users registered to work on the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a processor programmed to determine whether or not work needs to be performed on the image forming apparatus by a worker based on a predetermined condition, obtain presence information of a registree from a second storage unit, the presence information indicating the presence state of the registree, identify one or more registrees associated with the work to be done, in a case where work needs to be done on the image forming apparatus by a worker, and upon determining that one or more registrees is present, perform a notification process that notifies one of the present registrees that work needs to be done on the image forming apparatus. |
| US09838548B2 |
User interface for presenting printing device metrics
The present disclosure is directed to a method for generating a visual display of metrics for one or more peripheral devices. The method involves receiving a plurality of data values indicative of a particular metric. The method also involves determining an average value of the plurality of data values and a ratio between the average value and a particular data value. The method further involves generating a bar graph with at least a first bar representative of the average value and a second bar representative of the particular data value. Additionally, the method involves modifying a longer bar of the first bar and the second bar based on a quotient between the average value and the particular data value based on the ratio being greater than or equal to a threshold ratio. The method also involves causing a display device to display the bar graph. |
| US09838543B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for call notifications
Methods, systems, and products provide remote notification of calls. When a call is received, a contact list is consulted for a contact. An electronic message is sent to an address of the contact. The electronic message notifies the contact of the call. |
| US09838533B2 |
Customer communication system including scheduling
A system for automatic authentication of service requests includes authentication of a remote access device. This authentication may be accomplished automatically prior to text or audio communication between a customer and a service agent. In some embodiments, authentication is accomplished automatically by authentication of the remote access device or accomplished by asking the customer questions. A single authentication of the remote access device may be used to authenticate a service request transferred between service agents. The authentication of the remote device may include, for example, use of a personal identification number, a fingerprint, a photograph, and/or a hardware identifier. Some embodiments include automatic call backs. |
| US09838530B1 |
Device and method of sound interference avoidance
A device and method of sound interference avoidance is provided. The device includes: a speaker; an electronic component; a memory storing data defining a plurality of different sounds associated with a given action at the electronic component; a communication interface; and, a controller configured to: communicate, using the communication interface, with one or more of a server and other devices to determine sounds currently in use by the other devices; select one sound, of the plurality of different sounds, to indicate the given action based on the sounds in use by the other devices; and, when the given action is detected at the electronic component, control the speaker to play the one sound that has been selected. |
| US09838525B2 |
Systems and methods for coupling auxiliary devices to a utility meter
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having code stored thereon, the code includes instructions to receive an indication to communicatively couple a utility meter to an auxiliary device via a mobile electronic device, and capture a visual representation of a unique identifier of the utility meter via the mobile electronic device. The unique identifier includes an authentication mechanism configured to establish a first authentication and a second authentication of a user of the mobile electronic device. The code includes instructions to receive an acknowledgement to communicatively couple the mobile electronic device to the utility meter when the first authentication and the second authentication are satisfied. |
| US09838524B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling operation of mobile terminal
A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal are preferably includes: cancelling a touch screen off mode and checking a set mode mapped to a certain key when input of the certain key is sensed while the mobile terminal is in the touch screen off mode. A screen is then displayed for executing the set mode, and displaying and processing of a signal input through a touch screen is performed. The method and apparatus provide an advantage by reducing procedures required by conventional devices in which a user process to execute a desired mode in a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a touch screen off mode. By registering a function to be executed by input of one touch button key while in a touch screen off mode according to user tastes, the present invention accelerates utilization of the mobile terminal. |
| US09838523B2 |
Display processing apparatus
A mobile terminal apparatus including an operation lock mode setting unit that sets an operation lock mode; an event container display control unit that displays, when a predetermined event occurs, an event container indicating the occurred predetermined event on a display unit; an event container display change control unit that sets an event container between an active state and an inactive state; a lock canceling operation unit that cancels the operation lock mode; and a canceling operation handling control unit that, when an active-state event container is displayed on the display unit and the operation lock mode is canceled, performs automatic activation and display of an application program corresponding to the event of the active-state event container, and when all event containers on the display unit are in the inactive state and the operation lock mode is canceled, displays a predetermined display screen on the display unit. |
| US09838519B1 |
Mobile device finger holder case
A mobile device case which enables a secure use of a mobile device using one hand. An aspect of an embodiment of the invention includes a multi-finger holder which is traversable across the rear of the case. The holder ensures a more secure grip by a user by way of finger holders which fit the user's fingers. |
| US09838516B2 |
Systems and methods for tangible configuration of a modular mobile electronic device
A system for tangible configuration of a modular mobile electronic device includes a set of emulator modules, each comprising a processor and configurable to represent any of a set of full modules available for use with the modular mobile electronic device a chassis that mechanically couples to at least one of the set of emulator modules, and a module configurator that associates each of the set of emulator modules with an emulation profile. |
| US09838512B2 |
Protocol-based capture of network data using remote capture agents
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes network data. During operation, the system obtains, at a remote capture agent, a first protocol classification for a first packet flow captured by the remote capture agent. Next, the system uses configuration information associated with the first protocol classification to build a first event stream from the first packet flow at the remote capture agent, wherein the first event stream comprises time-series event data generated from network packets in the first packet flow based on the first protocol classification. The system then transmits the first event stream over a network for subsequent storage and processing of the first event stream by one or more components on the network. |
| US09838509B2 |
Data processing method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a data packet sent by a server, and acquiring a type of the data packet; determining whether the type of the data packet is consistent with a type of a data packet processed by using a preset processing rule or a type of a protocol in a preset TCP/IP protocol stack to obtain a determining result; and if the type of the data packet is consistent with the type of the data packet processed by using the preset processing rule or the type of the protocol in the preset TCP/IP protocol stack, performing processing on the data packet according to the protocol in the preset TCP/IP protocol stack or the preset processing rule. |
| US09838504B2 |
Dynamic network traffic management in response to non-network conditions input
An appropriate quality of service policy is automatically selected as a function of network and business conditions. A current loading condition of an internet protocol network of devices operating, a current condition of radio frequency communications between wireless devices, and a current business condition that indicates a cost or availability of a resource used in device operation remotely controlled via data packet communications, are each determined under current network control and routing rules. If the resource cost or availability exceeds a specified market condition constraint, a special resource control rule is automatically selected to preempt a current network or routing rule to cause one or more of the internet protocol devices to reduce an amount of the resource used or distributed by the first internet protocol device while operating within the current determined internet protocol network loading and radio frequency communications conditions. |
| US09838496B2 |
Managing data acquisition
A method for efficiently acquiring data from a plurality of proximate devices including a mobile ad-hoc network (manet); selecting one of the mobile devices as a harvest node to transmit data to a repository for storing data; responsive to detecting a first data stream and a second data stream from a respective first mobile device and a second mobile device, determining that the data from the first and second data streams have a threshold similarity; utilizing a node in the manet to compress portions of the first data stream and the second data stream to produce a compressed data stream according to a first compression technique, wherein data from the first data stream and the second data stream are present in the compressed data stream; and transmitting the compressed data stream to the repository by the harvest node. |
| US09838495B2 |
Managing data acquisition
A system or computer usable program product for efficiently acquiring data from a plurality of proximate devices including a mobile ad-hoc network (manet); selecting one of the mobile devices as a harvest node to transmit data to a repository for storing data; responsive to detecting a first data stream and a second data stream from a respective first mobile device and a second mobile device, determining that the data from the first and second data streams have a threshold similarity; utilizing a node in the manet to compress portions of the first data stream and the second data stream to produce a compressed data stream according to a first compression technique, wherein data from the first data stream and the second data stream are present in the compressed data stream; and transmitting the compressed data stream to the repository by the harvest node. |
| US09838494B1 |
Reducing retrieval times for compressed objects
An intermediary system reduces a delay associated with the compression and transmission of content resources to a user's device. For example, the intermediary system compresses a first content resource, generates a signature of the first content resource, stores the compressed first content resource and the generated signature, and transmits the compressed first content resource to the user's device. When the user's device or another user's device requests a second content resource at a later time, the intermediary system generates a signature of the second content resource and compares it with the signature of the first content resource. If the signatures match (meaning the first and second content resources are very likely identical), then the intermediary system merely transmits the compressed first content resource to the appropriate device instead of first compressing the second content resource and then transmitting the compressed second content resource to the appropriate device. |
| US09838488B2 |
Agent asynchronous transaction monitor
A system monitors asynchronous transactions over a different number of threads by capturing data and tracking transitions in the particular framework. Once an asynchronous method is called, the transition framework may be tracked while executing a asynchronous method call. Within a .NET framework, monitoring may include tracking a task object return, continuation method calls at the completion of a method, and tracking the continuation method as it executes other code. The asynchronous method may then be correlated within a business transaction using the returned task object data. |
| US09838487B2 |
Method and system for mapping, tracking, and transporting of content data on a webpage
There is provided a system and method for optimizing mapping, tracking, and transporting of content data on a webpage using client-side technologies. The system including a server and a client device, the client device configured to retrieve content data from a first webpage accessed from the server, assemble a cookie using the content data from the first webpage, store the cookie in a memory of the client device, detect a second webpage accessed, retrieve the cookie in response to detecting the second webpage, extract the content data from the cookie, and load the content data on the second webpage. |
| US09838483B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for a network function virtualization information concentrator
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network for managing network virtualization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network for managing network virtualization includes an information concentrator for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network. The information concentrator may include a first interface for receiving the virtualization related information and an analysis engine for collecting and analyzing the received information, for determining a set of network virtualization related data based on the information, and for directing the network virtualization related data set to a node for making virtualization decisions. |
| US09838472B2 |
Virtual application delivery chassis system
A method for electing a master blade in a virtual application distribution chassis (VADC), includes: sending by each blade a VADC message to each of the other blades; determining by each blade that the VADC message was not received from the master blade within a predetermined period of time; in response, sending a master claim message including a blade priority by each blade to the other blades; determining by each blade whether any of the blade priorities obtained from the received master claim messages is higher than the blade priority of the receiving blade; in response to determining that none of the blade priorities obtained is higher, setting a status of a given receiving blade to a new master blade; and sending by the given receiving blade a second VADC message to the other blades indicating the status of the new master blade of the given receiving blade. |
| US09838470B2 |
Write access to a variable in a server
A method for optimizing repeated write access by a client to at least one variable in a server via OPC UA, wherein a call method for repeated write access is provided on the server, the call method includes notification of an access time interval and at least one variable for the repeated write access, the client calls the call method on the server, the server is notified of an access time interval and the at least one variable for the repeated write access in the process, where the server creates a data structure for the repeated write access and maintains said data structure during the access time interval, values of the at least one variable which are to be written are transmitted to the server by the client during the access time interval, and the server allocates each value transmitted by the client to the associated variable. |
| US09838468B2 |
System and method for directing entrants at a checkpoint using a mobile device
A system and method for directing entrants at a checkpoint using a mobile device, wherein the method can comprise receiving by an Access Control Operations Center (ACOC) server a request for entry, identification data, and a mobile number from a checkpoint computer that are related to an entrant. The method can comprise requesting one or more records associated with the identification data, from one or more public records databases to perform a background check. The method can comprise receiving by the ACOC server the records from the one or more public record databases, determining an initial adjudication result of the background check, communicating an initial directive by the ACOC server to the entrant or to an attendant if the initial adjudication result of the background check does not meet predefined criteria, and sending a subsequent directive on the mobile number based on a subsequent adjudication of the background. |
| US09838467B2 |
Dynamically instantiating dual-queue systems
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the computer-implemented method may entail receiving, by a data service, live data associated with an entity. The entity may be, for example, a customer of the data service. The method may further include determining that a dual-queue node assigned to the entity is uninstantiated on the data service. As a result, a dual-queue node associated with the entity may be instantiated on the data service. The dual-queue node may be instantiated by initializing a live data queue, of the dual-queue node, in which to place the live data for processing and a stale data queue, of the dual-queue node, in which to store a persistent backup of the live data. The method may then route the live data to the dual-queue node. The dual-queue node may then process the live data. Additional embodiments are described and/or claimed. |
| US09838465B2 |
Network system, distribution system, control method, and storage medium
A first distribution system that manages which manages a software according to a first controller of an image forming device receives a distribution reservation of a software according to a second controller from a second distribution system which manages the software according to the second controller of the image forming device. The first distribution system then searches for the software to be distributed according to the first controller, in accordance with the received distribution reservation and performs setting for distributing the software which has been found. The image forming device applies the software which has been found to itself in accordance with the acquisition of the setting. |
| US09838463B2 |
System and method for encoding control commands
A method comprising: packing commands comprising a plurality of data symbols into a data stream in a manner which allows the commands to be interpreted and executed at a receiver even when a sorting function is applied to sort the data symbols upon arrival at the receiver. |
| US09838462B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for data transmission
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for data transmission. A network device receives a first multicast protocol packet sent by a network virtualization edge, NVE, for joining a multicast group, obtains first information, establishes an NVE interface of the multicast group according to the first information, and determines second information according to the first information, wherein the first information comprises a correspondence between each NVE connected to the network device and a multicast group to which each NVE belongs, and the second information comprises each multicast group in which the network device is involved; and sends the second information to a NVO3 manager, so that the NVO3 manager establishes a unicast tunnel interface of the multicast group between the network device and the at least one another network device according to the second information. |
| US09838461B2 |
System and method for handling digital content delivery to portable devices
Systems and methods to download digital data files are provided. A particular method includes sending authentication data and a request to download a digital data file from a portable computing device to a remote network device via a first network access point. A first portion of the digital data file is received at the portable computing device. The first portion does not include a remaining portion of the digital data file. Communication is established between the portable computing device and a second network access point after communication is lost between the portable computing device and the first network access point and before the remaining portion of the digital data file is received. The remaining portion of the digital data file is received at the portable computing device without sending a second request related to downloading the digital data file. |
| US09838460B2 |
Tool for sharing applications across client devices
Described herein are techniques related to sharing applications between two client devices assigned to the same user. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. A shared-application tool allows a user to request to use an application that is installed on host computing device on a client computing device. The request to use the application is made to a directory service using a message-exchanging protocol. The application is run on the host computing device and provided to the client computing device using a peer-to-peer communication protocol. |
| US09838455B2 |
Fast encoding of live streaming media content
Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the management of encoders for live media content streams. A media content system may employ potentially many encoders to encode potentially many live media content streams. When supporting many live media content streams, there may be some channels that are not being viewed by anyone at a particular time. In some such situations, an encoder encoding a live media content stream that is not being viewed may be disabled. Then, live media content associated with the live media content stream may be stored in a buffer and updated as new live media content is received. When a user transmits a request to view a channel for which the encoder has been disabled, an encoder for the requested channel may be enabled. The buffered data may be used to quickly initialize the encoder. |
| US09838449B2 |
Local streaming proxy server
A local application streaming proxy can create a virtual image of storage media, which allows cloud operators to rapidly deliver applications, or deliver any operating system remotely, while providing better security, network utilization, low power requirements, and consistent performance for streamed applications and operating systems. A station using its WiFi/LAN provides QoS guarantees (or priority) for application streaming network communications to create a consistent user experience regardless of other application bandwidth utilization. “HTTP demand paging” is also possible. |
| US09838445B2 |
Quantifying social capital
For each of a group of nodes including a node corresponding to a first member and a plurality of nodes corresponding to members with which the first member is directly connected in a social graph, a plurality of reputation scores may be calculated for a node in the social graph, and the plurality of reputation scores for the node may be averaged into an importance score for the node. A keyness score for each of the plurality of nodes corresponding to members with which the first member is directly connected in the social graph can be calculated, the keyness score for each of the plurality of nodes being based on a connection strength for a connection between the node and the node corresponding to the first member and based on the importance score for the node. The keyness scores may be selected, averaged, and saved as a social capital score. |
| US09838443B2 |
Real-time media control for audio and multimedia conferencing services
A method for controlling media presentation during a teleconference. The method generally includes the steps of coupling a buffer operatively to a host device and a participant device, storing media information associated with the teleconference in the buffer and directing playback of the media information from the buffer to the participant device. The host device is associated with a host of the teleconference and the host thereby enables playback of the stored media information to a participant other than the host. |
| US09838442B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing data analysis workflows in a non-destructive testing system
A collaboration system may include a first computing device that may communicate with at least one other computing device via a computing network. The computing network may communicatively couple to a number of computing devices and the first computing device may receive inspection data acquired by one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) devices. After receiving the inspection data, the first computing device may determine at least one of a workflow for analyzing the inspection data based on the inspection data, a layout configured to display the inspection data, or a set of tools configured to analyze the inspection data. The first computing device may then implement the workflow, display the inspection data according to the layout, and/or display the set of tools. The workflow may include one or more processes that may be used to analyze the inspection data. |
| US09838439B2 |
Telephone number simplification for VoIP networks
A telecommunications network includes a network service computing device and a host routing device. The host routing device includes a switch. The host routing device is coupled with a remote network and a PSTN. The remote network is coupled to a plurality of communication devices. The network service computing device is in communication with a database. The database includes a plurality of tags associated with VoIP lines. The tags identify the physical location where a plurality of VoIP lines are being operated. The tags determine routing and billing of calls made from each of the VoIP lines. Using a tag as a main routing identifier, instead of just an actual phone number, increases the probability that calls made from the VoIP line are properly routed and correctly billed through the telecommunications network. |
| US09838438B2 |
Communication system using heterogeneous networks
Disclosed is a communication system and, more particularly, a communication system using heterogeneous networks to support voice calls by combining private mobile networks, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs) even when an application for voice talk has not been installed on the mobile terminal. |
| US09838436B2 |
Aircraft data networks
An aircraft data network is provided that can include a first Remote Data Concentrator (RDC), a network switch and a second RDC. The first RDC can receive one or more input signals comprising data from a transmitting system, and translate the data per a network protocol to generate translated data having a format in accordance with the network protocol. The network switch can receive the translated data from the first RDC, determine a destination for at least some of the translated data, and route at least some of the translated data toward a first receiving system. The second RDC can receive at least some of the translated data from the network switch, convert at least some of the translated data to generate converted data having a format designed for use by the first receiving system, and communicate the converted data to the first receiving system. |
| US09838435B2 |
Authenticator for user state management
Different types of soft-lockout policies can be associated with different organizations (or groups) in an identity management system. Each soft-lockout policy can indicate different parameters such as a number of login attempts allowed and an amount of time that a user account will be locked-out if the maximum allowed attempts are exceeded unsuccessfully. Users can be associated with the different organizations. For each user, the soft-lockout policies for the organization with which that user is associated are applied to that user when that user attempts to log in. Thus, different groups of users can be handled with different security behaviors regarding unsuccessful login attempts. If, for example, a user were to become moved from one organization to another, then the soft-lockout policies associated with the user's new organization would become applicable to that user. |
| US09838427B2 |
Dynamic service handling using a honeypot
A network device comprises one or more processors coupled to a memory, and a dynamic services module configured for execution by the one or more processors to receive, from a client device, a service request specifying a service. The dynamic service module is further configured for execution by the one or more processors to, in response to obtaining a negative indication for the service, send a representation of the service request to a honeypot to cause the honeypot to offer the service to the client device. |
| US09838426B2 |
Honeyport active network security
A device comprises a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first signal using a first communication protocol. The first signal corresponds to data received by the processor. The processor is configured to generate a second signal using a second communication protocol. The second signal comprises fabricated data generated by the processor. Additionally, the processor is configured to transmit the first signal. The processor is also configured to transmit the second signal. |
| US09838425B2 |
Systems and methods for network access control
Network access control systems and methods are provided herein. A method includes receiving at a network device a SYN packet from a client device over a network, determining if the client device is a trusted source for the network using the SYN packet, if the client device is a trusted resource, receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) packet from the client device that includes identifying information for the client device plus an additional value, and identifying information for the network device, and establishing a connection with the network for the client device. |
| US09838420B2 |
System and method for distributing most effective antivirus records to user devices
Disclosed are system and method for distributing most effective antivirus records to user devices. An exemplary method includes: collecting, by a server, statistics on the use of a plurality of antivirus records deployed on a plurality of user devices; calculating, by the server, a coefficient of effectiveness of each antivirus record based on the collected statistics on the use of the plurality of antivirus records by the plurality of user devices; identifying, by the server, a group of the plurality of antivirus records having the largest coefficients of effectiveness, wherein the group is a number of the plurality of antivirus records not exceeding a threshold value; and transmitting, by the server, the group of antivirus records to at least one of the plurality of user devices for storage in an antivirus database for use by an antivirus application of the at least one user device. |
| US09838418B1 |
Detecting malware in mixed content files
Computer systems and methods in various embodiments are configured to determine whether a file is likely to be malware-free or include malware. In an embodiment, a computer system configured to improve security of client computers, and comprising: a memory; one or more processors coupled to the memory; a malware detection logic coupled to the memory and the one or more processors, and configured to: receive a first file from a viewer program that is executing on the client computer, wherein the first file is a mixed content file comprising a combination of both executable instructions and data in one or more formats, and/or one or more data sets stored in one or more other formats; determine that the first file is formatted according to a first specification and that the first specification is associated with one or more first malware tests of a plurality of malware tests, wherein each test in the plurality of malware tests is associated with a score; execute each test in the first one or more malware tests, and add, to a first total score, the score associated with the test if the first file satisfies the test; determine the first total score satisfies a first threshold, and in response, send data to the viewer program indicating that the first file is likely to include malware. |
| US09838417B1 |
Intelligent context aware user interaction for malware detection
According to one embodiment, a malware detection system is integrated with at least a static analysis engine and a dynamic analysis engine. The static analysis engine is configured to automatically determine an object type of a received object. The dynamic analysis engine is configured to automatically launch the object after selecting an action profile based on the object type. The dynamic analysis engine is further configured to, provide simulated user interaction to the object based on the selected action profile either in response to detecting a request for human interaction or as a result of a lapse of time since a previous simulated human interaction was provided. |
| US09838404B2 |
Method and an apparatus to perform multi-connection traffic analysis and management
A method and an apparatus to perform multi-connection traffic analysis and management are described. In one embodiment, the method includes analyzing data packets in the first data flow of a client application for a pattern of interest, where the client application communicates data using first and second data flows. In response to the method detecting a pattern of interest in the first data flow, the method identifies the second data flow and identifies a traffic policy for the second data flow. The method applies the identified traffic policy to the second data flow. Other embodiments have been claimed and described. |
| US09838399B2 |
Reducing latency
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing latency in network communications and data presentation. In one aspect, a user session is initiated in which data related to an account is presented to the user. A user group to which the given user has been assigned is identified. A first dataset related to the account is selected based on the user group. A second dataset related to the account is selected based on types of data previously requested by various other users in the user group. A user interface for the account is updated to present at least a portion of the first dataset. Latency in updating the user interface is reduced when presenting additional portions of the first dataset or the second dataset by providing, to the client device, the second dataset prior to receiving a request for the second dataset. |
| US09838397B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method thereof
An information processing apparatus which manages identification information of a first user and device identification information of a device of the first user in association with each other, manages identification information of a second user and device identification information of a plurality of devices of the second user in association with each other, and controls data transmission and reception between the devices of the first user and the second user. The apparatus receives a request to the second user from the first user, transmits the request from the first user to the plurality of devices of the second user, and notifies a device other than the device that transmitted the permission information among the plurality of devices of the second user of cancellation of the request. |
| US09838391B2 |
Systems and methods for privately performing application security analysis
Systems and methods for analyzing applications on a mobile device for risk so as to maintain the privacy of the application user are provided. In the example method, the process receives a request from a mobile device. The request includes a cryptographic representation of application information for an application residing on a mobile device. The method includes comparing the cryptographic representation to an application information database that includes cryptographic representations of applications. The method also includes automatically remediating, e.g., quarantining and retiring, the application if the application matches an application that is a known risk in the database. Exemplary embodiments provide companies with controls to prevent specific applications—which have specific behaviors and are present on mobile devices being used by employees—from being used by employees, without the company having any visibility into what particular applications are being used by the employees on the mobile device. |
| US09838388B2 |
System and method for biometric protocol standards
Secure communications are provided between a user computing device and a server computing device. An enrollment request is received from a user computing device that is configured via a distributed client software application, and is processed. The enrollment request is usable to enroll the user computing device in a network and includes an encrypted partial initial biometric vector associated with a user. An authentication request is processed that is subsequently received that includes an encrypted partial second biometric vector and that is associated with a user of the user computing device. A comparison of the encrypted partial initial biometric vector and the encrypted partial second biometric vector is performed, and a value representing the comparison is generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The user computing device is authenticated where the value is above a minimum threshold. |
| US09838386B2 |
Information processing system, information processing device, and device control method
An information processing system includes terminal devices of a first network; and an information processing device of a second network. A first terminal device includes a unit for retrieving device information of electronic devices and the information processing device of the second network; and a unit for transmitting an output request to the information processing device. A second terminal device includes a unit for retrieving device information of the electronic devices and the information processing device; and a unit for transmitting a retrieval request to the information processing device, and for retrieving electronic data. The information processing device includes a unit for retrieving the output request and the retrieval request; a unit for transmitting the output request and the retrieval request to the electronic device, and for receiving the electronic data; and a unit for providing the electronic data to the second terminal. |
| US09838383B1 |
Managing privileged shared accounts
A method includes receiving a target credential object having administrative rights over a first user account located on a target system. The first user account includes a log-in permission for the target system. The method also includes receiving data indicative of a second user account corresponding to the first user account, wherein the second user account is located on a local system. The method further includes sending a first request to remove the log-in permission from the first user account to the target system using the target credential object. The method still further includes receiving a log-in request corresponding to the second user account on the local system. The method additionally includes, in response to receiving the log-in request for the second user account, sending a second request to add the log-in permission on the first user account to the target system using the target credential object. |
| US09838382B2 |
Establishing trust within a cloud computing system
A cloud computing system includes a cloud system managing unit, a plurality of sets of devices, where a set of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect, and a plurality of authentication servers, where an authentication server is associated with one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the common aspect. The cloud computing system functions to establish trust between a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices, between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit, and between the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices. The cloud system managing unit configures the cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices. |
| US09838381B2 |
Certificate management apparatus and certificate management method
A certificate management apparatus retains an important certificate, while deleting the oldest referenced certificate. An update determination information output unit outputs update determination information being information for determining whether or not to update a certificate. A certificate cache stores the certificate on a volatile memory. An operation unit stores the update determination information output by the update determination information output unit in the certificate cache by relating to the certificate, and based on the update determination information stored in the certificate cache, updates the certificate related to the update determination information. |
| US09838376B1 |
Microservices based multi-tenant identity and data security management cloud service
A system provides cloud-based identity and access management. The system receives a request for performing an identity management service, where the request includes a call to an application programming interface (“API”) that identifies the identity management service and a microservice configured to perform the identity management service. The system authenticates the request, accesses the microservice, and performs the identity management service by the microservice. |
| US09838372B2 |
Identifying service providers for integrating a secure element into a short-range wireless communication apparatus
A particular authentication-based service is implemented via a physical authentication device. A service description of the particular authentication-based service is read from the physical authentication device via a user terminal; and based thereon, a service request is generated, which specifies a capability description of the user terminal. A communication node receives the service request and checks this against a database containing information about which node in a set of nodes that stores downloadable software for implementing which authentication-based services on which types of user terminals. If a match is found between at least one node and the particular authentication-based service, a download identification message is sent to the user terminal, which specifies at least one address string uniquely identifying a respective location for the downloadable software stored in the matching node(s). The downloadable software is configured to implement the particular authentication-based service on the particular mobile communication apparatus. |
| US09838371B2 |
Method and system for securely transmitting volumes into cloud
A first computing device is provided for transmitting one or more volumes via a secured connection. The first computing device includes a controller that is executable by one or more processors and is configured to instruct a cloud computing device to generate a worker virtual machine. The controller is also configured to provide authentication information to facilitate establishing of the secured connection between the controller and the worker virtual machine. The controller is further configured to instruct the cloud computing device to generate one or more target volumes associated with the cloud computing service and to associate the one or more target volumes with the worker virtual machine. The controller is further instructed to provide, irrespective of the content type of the volumes and the size of the volumes, the one or more volumes to the worker virtual machine via the secured connection. |
| US09838364B2 |
Media storage and playback of encrypted content
A content distribution system is disclosed that supports verification of transmission. In some embodiments, a remote probe device captures content and sends the content to a decrypting device so that decryption may be performed. The decrypting device may archive the content and may subsequently send the content to the probe device or to a playback device so that the content may be displayed. Consequently, the content distribution system can verify that specified content (e.g., an advertisement) was correctly distributed according to scheduled information. |
| US09838360B2 |
Data transmission security improvements
A method of securely transmitting communication information from a first terminal operating in a first coordinate measurement domain to a second remotely-located terminal operating in a second coordinate measurement domain is described. The method comprises: combining the communication information with extraneous information to create a data signal; determining a value of an identification variable expressed with respect to the first coordinate measurement domain, the identification variable value enabling the location of the communication information concealed within the data signal to be determined; transmitting the data signal and the identification variable value from the first terminal to the second terminal; using a coordinate transform function configured to map coordinate values from the first coordinate measurement domain to the second coordinate measurement domain to calculate a value of the received identification variable expressed with respect to the second coordinate measurement domain; and extracting the information from the received data signal using the calculated identification variable value to distinguish the communication information from the extraneous information. |
| US09838359B2 |
Separation of IoT network thing identification data at a network edge device
A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor of an edge device of a network: receiving a data record from a thing, the record comprising a plurality of fields, replacing information in one of the plurality of fields that provides an identity of the thing with mask information that masks the identity the thing. communicating the data record with the mask information toward an information processor external to the network in a first message, communicating the information in the one of the plurality of fields that identifies the thing toward the information processor external to the network in a second message that is communicated separately from the first message, and communicating mapping information that associates the first message with the second message toward the information processor. |
| US09838357B2 |
Non RFC-compliant protocol classification based on real use
A firewall system determines whether a protocol used by an incoming data packet is a standard protocol compliant with Request For Comment (RFC) standards. In the event the protocol is RFC compliant, the firewall transmits the packet to the recipient according to firewall policies regarding the standard protocol. If the protocol is not that of an RFC standard, the firewall determines whether the protocol matches an RFC-exception protocol in a RFC-exception protocol database. If the protocol does match an RFC-exception, the firewall may transmit the packet to the recipient according to firewall policies regarding the RFC-exception protocol. If it does not match an RFC-exception, the firewall may transmit the packet or protocol to a support system where it may be quarantined until it is approved based on a decision that the protocol is safe and/or widely adopted. |
| US09838355B1 |
Collaborative analytics for independently administered network domains
A method includes receiving a first analytics set performed on a first network security appliance operated internal to a first organization, receiving a second analytics set performed on a second network security appliance operated internal to a second organization, processing the first analytics set and the second analytics set, and responsive to the processing, disseminating to the second network security appliance information indicating that the second analytics set has also been performed on at least the first network security appliance, without revealing an identity of the first organization. In one embodiment at least part of the first analytics set or the second analytics set is hashed. |
| US09838351B2 |
Method and system for federation of proxy-based and proxy-free communications systems
A method and system for federation of proxy-based and proxy-free communications systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-executable method comprises broadcasting a network address of a federation computer with an identification of the federation computer as a server for domains operating on a proxy-less protocol. The method includes establishing communications with a server on the network according to a proxy-less communications protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-based communications protocol and to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-less communications protocol. Further, the method calls for establishing communications with a proxy on the network according to a proxy-based protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain. |
| US09838345B2 |
Generating a relationship history
Systems and methods for generation of a relationship history or text for a new message. In one embodiment, a method includes: scanning, by a computing device, a set of messages to or from a user to generate a plurality of profiles for persons associated with the messages, each person being a sender or a recipient of at least one of the set of messages, and the persons including a first person; generating, via the computer, a relationship history using the plurality of profiles, wherein the relationship history is for a relationship between the user and the first person; and presenting the relationship history to the user. |
| US09838343B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for control of a text component of a call
A method, apparatus, and computer program for control of a text component of a call. The method may include sending a message to a node for establishment of a call in an area, the area providing at least partially overlapping packet switched and circuit switched coverage. The message may include a request for one of a packet switched real-time text component and a circuit switched real-time text component in said call. In response to receiving a message from the node, the method may include sending a further message to the node including a request to provide the other of a packet switched real-time text component and a circuit switched real-time text component in the call. |
| US09838341B1 |
Methods and apparatus for memory resource management in a network device
A network device determines whether a utilization threshold is reached, the utilization threshold associated with memory resources of the network device, the memory resources including a shared memory and a reserved memory. Available memory in the shared memory is available for any egress interfaces in a plurality of egress interfaces, and the reserved memory includes respective sub-pools for exclusive use by respective egress interfaces among at least some of the plurality of egress interfaces. First packets to be transmitted are stored in the shared memory until a utilization threshold is reached, and in response to determining that the utilization threshold is reached, a second packet to be transmitted is stored in the reserved memory. |
| US09838340B2 |
Systems and methods for storing message data
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for storing message data in a PubSub system. In certain examples, messages are received from a plurality of publishers for a plurality of distinct channels. The messages are ordered and stored in a plurality of buffers, with each channel having its own respective buffer. After a message has been written to a writable portion of the buffer for a channel, a pointer demarking a boundary between a readable portion of the buffer and the writeable portion of the buffer is advanced in an atomic operation. Following the atomic operation, the message resides in the readable portion and may be accessed by PubSub system components and/or processes. In general, one or more subscribers, components, or processes may read messages from the readable portion, in parallel. |
| US09838339B2 |
Distributed virtual switch for virtualized computer systems
A runtime state of a virtual port associated with a virtual machine (“VM”) is persisted as the VM is migrated from a source host to a destination host. In certain embodiments, a virtual switch forwards network frames between the VM and the physical network interface via the virtual port. During migration of the VM, the runtime state of the virtual port is transferred to the destination host and applied at the second host to a virtual port associated with a second virtual switch at the destination host. The runtime state of the virtual port at the source host is then cleared, and the second virtual switch at the destination host forwards network frames between the migrated VM and the physical network interface of the destination host using the virtual port at the second host. |
| US09838336B2 |
Communication system, control apparatus, forwarding node, control method and program
A plurality of forwarding nodes includes: a topology holding unit that holds as first topology information connection relationship between an own node and at least part of the group of nodes; a topology notification unit that notifies a node(s) adjacent to the own node among the group of nodes of the first topology information; and an in-band communication unit that notifies a control apparatus of the first topology information. The control apparatus includes: a topology configuration unit that generates second topology information by combining a plurality of pieces of the first topology information notified by the plurality of forwarding nodes; and an in-band control unit that derives a path from the control apparatus to the plurality of forwarding nodes based on the second topology information and establishes a control channel for controlling the plurality of forwarding nodes along the derived path. |
| US09838334B2 |
Method for allocating resources in a mesh communications network, computer program, information storage means and node device
For allocating resources in a mesh communications network for setting up a data stream transmission from a talker device to a listener device via at least one node device, data paths being defined throughout the mesh communications network following a link-state routing protocol, each node device performs receiving, obtaining, determining, and checking. And when there are enough said resources, temporarily reserving and propagating. And when receiving for said data stream transmission a stream reservation response representative of a positive acknowledgement to said stream reservation request, effectively allocating and propagating. |
| US09838333B2 |
Software-defined information centric network (ICN)
A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to receive a flow configuration message from a network controller via an information centric network (ICN), wherein the flow configuration message comprises a flow entry that identifies a flow in the ICN, wherein the flow is associated with a name of an application data object, and wherein the flow entry comprises a forwarding path associated with an application corresponding to the application data object name, and receive a packet, via the ICN, comprising the application data object name, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to select the flow entry from a flow table based on the packet's application data object name, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to forward the packet along the forwarding path in the selected flow entry. |
| US09838332B1 |
Dynamically meeting slas without provisioning static capacity
In one example, a method for identifying and allocating resources in a computing system, including checking, while one or more backup processes are running, database connections in an auto scaling group to determine if a number of database connections in use in connection with the backup processes has decreased since a prior check was performed. When the number of database connections in use has decreased, an identification is made as to which of a plurality of queues each respectively associated with one of the backup processes has the greatest need for additional database connections. Next, various metrics are evaluated and, based on the evaluation of the metrics, one or more available database connections are assigned to the queue with the greatest need for additional database connections. |
| US09838330B2 |
System and method for supporting credit management for output ports in a networking device
A system and method can support efficient packet switching in a network environment. A networking device, such as a network switch, which includes a crossbar fabric, can be associated with a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports. Furthermore, the networking device operates to detect a link state change at an output port on the networking device. The output port can provide one or more credits to an output scheduler, and the output scheduler allows one or more packets targeting the output port to be dequeued from one or more virtual output queues, based on the one or more credits. |
| US09838328B2 |
Radio communication apparatus
A radio receiving apparatus for receiving the variable-length RLC PDU data in an RLC layer includes the buffer memory sectioned into a plurality of areas having a predetermined maximum data length of the RLC PDU data. By referring to a sequence number SN included in each received RLC PDU data, the radio receiving apparatus stores the RLC PDU data having an identical sequence number SN into an identical area, and assembles an RLC SDU data on a basis of the RLC PDU data stored in each area. |
| US09838327B1 |
Distributed generation of hierarchical multicast forwarding structures
In general, techniques are described in which packet replicators of a network device cooperate to generate a distributed hierarchical forwarding structure that the packet replicators then use to replicate and forward multicast packets to multiple output interfaces. For example, packet forwarding engines (PFEs) of a router each receive a new list of interfaces for a multicast packet stream. The PFEs individually construct a hierarchical forwarding structure based on the interface list. The hierarchical forwarding structure specifies interrelationships among the PFEs, which occupy nodes within the hierarchy. Each child PFE determines from the hierarchical forwarding structure the identity of a parent PFE and issues a token, constituting forwarding state for the distributed hierarchical forwarding structure, to the parent PFE. The parent PFE uses the token to identify packets of the multicast traffic to the child PFE during replication and forwarding of multicast packets proceeding according to the hierarchical forwarding structure. |
| US09838325B2 |
Receiver-based methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling TCP sender behavior in mobile communications networks with large buffer sizes
Receiver-based methods for controlling TCP sender behavior in cellular communications networks with large buffer sizes are disclosed. One method includes, at a TCP receiver, receiving packets from a TCP sender. The method further includes determining, based on the packets, a minimum round trip time and a moving average round trip time for cellular network carrying the packets between a TCP sender and a TCP receiver. The method further includes adaptably adjusting a received window size to advertise to the TCP sender based on the minimum round trip time and the moving average round trip time. The method further includes advertising the adjusted received window sizes to the TCP sender. |
| US09838323B2 |
Priority based anycast routing
A technique for selecting a network node from a plurality of nodes employing anycast addressing based on a priority. The plurality of nodes is configured with an anycast address. At each node, the anycast address is associated with a unique priority value that represents a priority associated with the node. Traffic destined for the anycast address is forwarded to the node whose priority value indicates the highest priority. If the node becomes unavailable, traffic destined for the anycast address is forwarded to a node whose priority value indicates the next highest priority, and so on. |
| US09838322B2 |
Unified framework for isolating multicast and broadcast frames to a traffic class separate from a traffic class used for unicast frames
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for isolating multicast and broadcast frames to a traffic class that is separate from a traffic class used for unicast frames. According to one embodiment, a network switch receives an incoming Ethernet virtual local area network (VLAN)-tagged frame. The switch evaluates priority bits of the VLAN tag of the frame. The switch also determines a type of frame (e.g., whether the frame is unicast, broadcast, multicast, or flood). Based on the priority field values and the type of the frame, the switch identifies a mapping of the frame to a particular traffic class. The network switch assigns the frame to the traffic class. |
| US09838319B2 |
Encapsulation system featuring an intelligent network component
A network component is provided for facilitating communication of traffic between a destination server and a client over a network comprising the plurality of network paths. The network component comprising memory for storing computer-readable instructions and a processor configured to implement the computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions operable to implement the following: exchange control parameters with the client via a control channel using one or more of the plurality of network control paths; encapsulate the traffic for transmission to the client; decapsulate the traffic received from the client; and schedule traffic to the client via one or more of the plurality of network paths using logic common with the client based on network parameters. A client configured to work with the network component is also described, as is a communication system including both the client and network component. |
| US09838317B1 |
Policy-based selective traffic reroute based on predicted traffic loss
An example network device includes a set of physical network interfaces and a control unit that executes a routing protocol and a traffic impact prediction module. The traffic impact prediction module determines, prior to occurrence of a topology-changing device fault, that one or more operating characteristics of the network device are indicative of a possible fault, wherein the network device is one of a plurality of network devices in a network, determines a probability of traffic loss associated with the possible fault, and determines an adjusted routing metric for routes impacted by the possible fault based at least in part on the probability of the traffic loss. The routing protocol sends, via at least one of the set of physical network interfaces, one or more interior gateway protocol update messages specifying the adjusted routing metric to at least one other network device in the network. |
| US09838309B1 |
Distributed network subnet
In general, techniques for facilitating a distributed network (L3) subnet by which multiple independent control planes of network devices connected to physically separate L2 networks provide L2 reachability to/from a single L3 subnet. In some examples, a shared L2 network physically situated to connect a plurality of physically separate L2 networks “stitches” the L2 networks together within the respective, independent control planes of switches such that the control planes bridge L2 traffic for a single bridge domain for the separate L2 networks to the shared L2 network and visa-versa. Each of the independent control planes may be configured with a virtual IRB instance associated with the bridge domain and with a common network subnet. Each of the virtual IRBs provides a functionally similar routing interface for the single bridge domain for the separate L2 networks and allows the shared network subnet to be distributed among the independent control planes. |
| US09838299B2 |
Opaque profile identifiers for path computation element protocol
Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling centralized path definition and policy with distributed path setup, and centralized path setup control with distributed path utilization constraints. In one example, a path computation client (PCC) requests, utilizing opaque PCE profile identifiers, path computation from a path computation element (PCE). The PCE profile identifier corresponds to path computation constraints, stored local to PCE, and are unknown to the PCC. Advantageously, the PCE profile identifiers allow the PCC to initiate path computation requests based on information local the PCC while leveraging centralized computation by the PCE. In another example, a PCE requests, utilizing opaque PCC profile identifiers, that a PCC initiate a path. The PCC profile identifier corresponds to path usage constraints, stored local to PCC, and are unknown to the PCE. Advantageously, the PCC identifiers allow the PCE to marshal path initiation while leveraging distributed resources to enforce compliance with usage parameters. |
| US09838295B2 |
Wireless routers under test
A system for testing multiple wireless routers independently and simultaneously using different types of device probes is disclosed. The system includes real-time, bi-directional/asynchronous communication and interaction between system components. |
| US09838286B2 |
Passive performance measurement for inline service chaining
A method is implemented by a computing device to monitor the performance of packet processing in an in-line service chain. The computing device is in communication with a plurality of network devices forming a software defined network (SDN) and the in-line service chain. The SDN includes a controller implemented by the computing device to configure the plurality of network devices. The plurality of devices includes a set of switches monitoring packets traversing the in-line service chain including at least one service. |
| US09838285B2 |
Connection monitoring device and connection monitoring method
A connection monitoring device includes: first and second connection systems in which monitored devices are connected in cascade in forward and backward directions, respectively; a storage unit to store configuration information on connection configuration of the monitored devices and connection permitting information including information on a path permitted between the connection monitoring device and the monitored devices within paths undefined in the configuration information; and a control unit to change from a first monitoring state in which the connection configuration of the monitored devices is monitored in accordance with the configuration information to a second monitoring state in which the connection configuration of the monitored devices is monitored in accordance with the configuration information and the connection permitting information in a case where a configuration modification, accompanied with cutting of any one of connections of the first and second connection systems, of the monitored devices is performed. |
| US09838284B2 |
Dedicated software-defined networking network for performance monitoring of production software-defined networking network
According to one aspect disclosed herein, a performance monitoring SDN controller can translate an intent specified by a performance monitoring application into a flow rule and an action set to be utilized by a performance monitoring SDN element to process a packet flow received from the target SDN network. The performance monitoring SDN controller can provide the flow rule and the action set to a performance monitoring SDN element, which can receive the packet flow from the target SDN network and can analyze the packet flow in accordance with the flow rule to match the packet flow to an action included within the action set. The performance monitoring SDN element can execute the action to monitor a performance metric of the packet flow and to provide a value for the performance metric to the performance monitoring application agent, which can generate a message that includes the value. |
| US09838283B2 |
Techniques for synchronized address coding and print sequencing
Techniques for synchronized address coding and print sequencing are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for assignment of a geographical based unique address identification code (e.g., a Synchronized ID (SID or Pointer)) to a dwelling or business. The techniques may further include integration of a SID based Master Address Database, SID based search maps and/or the association of a delivery sequence number to one or more SIDs or Pointers. The delivery sequence may contain the route and the delivery sequence within the route. The delivery sequence may thus facilitate the sortation of documents and parcels into the intended delivery sequence at the time of printing the address label or waybill. The descriptive address and delivery sequence associated to a pointer may be obtained via internet from the master address database to be displayed or printed. Thus, the system may avoid stagnant or outdated data. |
| US09838281B2 |
Monitoring streaming media content
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include combining first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods also include transcoding the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods further include encoding the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream. |
| US09838277B2 |
Packet copy management for service chain processing within virtual processing systems
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide packet copy management for service chain processing within virtual processing systems. A packet manager virtual machine (VM) controls access to shared memory that stores packet data for packets being processed by service chain VMs operating within a virtual processing environment. For certain embodiments, the packet manager VM is configured to appear as a destination NIC (network interface controller), and virtual NICs (vNICs) within the service chain VMs are configured to process packet data using pointers to access the packet data within the shared memory. Once packet data is processed by one service chain VM, the next service chain VM within the service chain is able to access the processed packet data within the shared memory through the packet manager VM. Once all service chain processing has completed, the resulting packet data is available from the shared memory for further use or processing. |
| US09838276B2 |
Detecting an elephant flow based on the size of a packet
Some embodiments provide a forwarding element that inspects the size of each of several packets in a data flow to determine whether the data flow is an elephant flow. The forwarding element inspects the size because, in order for the packet to be of a certain size, the data flow had to already have gone through a slow start in which smaller packets are transferred and by definition be an elephant flow. When the forwarding element receives a packet in a data flow, the forwarding element identifies the size of the packet. The forwarding element then determines if the size of the packet is greater than a threshold size. If the size is greater, the forwarding element specifies that the packet's data flow is an elephant flow. |
| US09838268B1 |
Distributed, adaptive controller for multi-domain networks
In some examples, a control network for one or more network segments of a network comprises a plurality of controllers each including one or more processors. The plurality of controllers receive service requests that each comprises a definition for a service provided by the network to connect at least two endpoints over a path traversing at least one of the one or more network segments, wherein the control network operates according to a control model by which the plurality of controllers provision services in the one or more network segments to satisfy the service requests. The plurality of controllers dynamically adapt, based on network conditions including the service requests, the control model for the control network. The plurality of controllers provision, according to the adapted control model, services for the service requests. |
| US09838265B2 |
System, method, and computer program for inter-module communication in a network based on network function virtualization (NFV)
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system, method, and computer program product for communicating information in a communication network using network function virtualization (NFV-based communication network), the method including: sending a communication from a first entity of the NFV-based communication network, the first entity being a sender, and receiving the communication by a second entity of the NFV-based communication network, the second entity being a receiver, where the communication includes: an identification of the sender of the communication, and an identification of the receiver of the communication, an identification of a function associated with the NFV-based communication network, and an authorization associating one or more of the sender and the receiver with the function. |
| US09838262B2 |
Method, device, system for detecting data link, controller and gateway
Disclosed are a method, device, system for detecting a data link, controller, and gateway. The method comprises: an SDN controller sends a GTP request message to a first UGW, and instructs the first UGW to send the GTP request message to another GTP endpoint in a GTP user plane signaling format; the SDN controller receives a GTP response message from the first UGW, and detects a data link between the first UGW and the another GTP endpoint according to the GTP response message, the GTP response message being corresponding to the GTP request message. The disclosure solves the problem in the prior art that logic of a user plane and logic of a control plane are unclear during detection of a data link between GTP endpoints, thereby improving the clarity of the logic of the user plane and the clarity of the logic of the control plane. |
| US09838259B1 |
Methods for managing client defined response requirements in DNS query and devices thereof
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and an application traffic manager computing device for determining whether a received query from a client computing device to resolve a hostname comprises a domain name with a value indicating type of internet protocol version. The received query is processed by truncating a portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version from the received query when the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version is determined to be present. An internet protocol address is received from at least one of a plurality of servers based on the truncated portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version. The format of the received internet protocol address is determined for conforming to one or more policies. One or more actions are performed based on the determination. |
| US09838257B2 |
Network apparatus for temporarily accessing network setting and method using thereof
A network apparatus for temporarily accessing network setting and a method using the device are provided. In the method, when a mode switch condition is satisfied, the network apparatus is switched from an operation mode to a temporal management mode, so that a user can allow a device to connect to the network apparatus by a preset network address. Furthermore, the network apparatus may be logged in by a temporal account password, so that the user can set the network apparatus or search the original management network address of the network apparatus. When the mode switch condition is off, the network apparatus is switched back to the operation mode so as to perform its original functions without resetting the network apparatus. |
| US09838256B2 |
Method and system for remote device management
A system for remote device management includes in a network an auto-configuration server managing device, at least one database, and a plurality of auto-configuration servers. The auto-configuration server managing device and the database are coupled in a communicative connection. The database holds information for identification of electronic devices. The auto-configuration server managing device is arranged for communication with a manageable electronic device over the network. The auto-configuration server manager is further being arranged for: receiving a request from the manageable electronic device for configuration data, determining an identification of the manageable electronic device by comparing the request with the information for identification of electronic devices of the database, determining an identification of an auto-configuration server from the plurality of auto-configuration servers in accordance with the identification of the manageable electronic device. |
| US09838248B1 |
Confidence level information for network alarms
The disclosure describes techniques that enable a network device to determine a confidence level for a network alarm and provide information indicative of the confidence level to other devices. For example, a network device may experience any number of conditions that cause the network device to output an alarm. In addition to or instead of simply sending out the alarm, the network device may perform operations to determine a confidence level associated with the alarm. For instance, the network device may determine whether the conditions that caused the alarm continue or whether the conditions can be validated. The network device may output information indicative of the confidence level. |
| US09838244B1 |
Compound alarms
In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of generating a computer alarm is disclosed. The method includes determining a new instance of a characteristic of an element of a computing network to be monitored, identifying a relationship of the element to other elements of the computing network, and automatically creating an alarm threshold for the new instance of the characteristic based upon the relationship of the element to the other elements of the computing network. |
| US09838237B2 |
Apparatus and circuit for processing carrier aggregation
A circuit for processing Carrier Aggregation (CA) is provided. The circuit includes a plurality of Component Carrier (CC) processors, each CC processor configured to estimate a frequency offset for a related CC and to compensate the estimated frequency offset, a reference clock generator configured to generate a reference clock using a reference frequency offset as one of frequency offsets output from the plurality of CC processors, a plurality of reception Phase Lock Loop (PLL) units, each reception PLL unit configured to generate a reception carrier frequency for the related CC corresponding to the reference clock, and a plurality of transmission PLL units, each transmission PLL unit configured to generate a transmission carrier frequency for the related CC corresponding to the reference clock. |
| US09838236B2 |
Direct synthesis of receiver clock
The Direct Synthesis of a Receiver Clock (DSRC) contributes a method, system and apparatus for reliable and inexpensive synthesis of inherently stable local clock synchronized to a referencing signal received from an external source. Such local clock can be synchronized to a referencing frame or a data signal received from wireless or wired communication link and can be utilized for synchronizing local data transmitter or data receiver. Such DSRC can be particularly useful in OFDM systems such as LTE/WiMAX/WiFI or Powerline/ADSL/VDSL, since it can secure lower power consumption, better noise immunity and much more reliable and faster receiver tuning than those enabled by conventional solutions. |
| US09838233B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals, the method including, encoding service data, building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data, modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, scheme and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. |
| US09838230B2 |
Pre-coding in a faster-than-Nyquist transmission system
The invention refers to faster than Nyquist communication system wherein a set of symbols is conveyed from a transmitter (21) to a receiver (23), wherein the transmitter (21) and the receiver (23) are coupled by means of a transmission channel (22), comprising a precoder (210) adapted for generating a set of precoded symbols from a set of input symbols by performing a matrix operation with a precoding matrix, a pulse filter (212) adapted for generating a transmission signal to be transmitted over the transmission channel (22) as a function of the precoded symbols, a receiving filter (230) adapted for generating a set of sampled symbols as a function of the transmission signal and noise added by the transmission channel, and a decoder (232) adapted for generating a set of decoded symbols as a function of the set of sampled symbols, wherein the elements of the precoding matrix are dependent on a property of the pulse filter (212), The invention further refers to a transmitter, a receiver and corresponding methods, and to a user equipment and a base station. |
| US09838227B2 |
Joint precoding and multivariate backhaul compression for the downlink of cloud radio access networks
Signals transmitted on the backhaul links of a cloud radio access network may be compressed using joint compression encoding. Joint compression encoding may be performed using a successive estimation-compression architecture. Joint compression encoding may include designing preceding matrices that may be used with signal compression. Joint compression encoding may be applied to signals transmitted on the downlink of the cloud radio access network. One or more baseband signals to be delivered over the backhaul links may be jointly compressed using multivariate compression. Multivariate compression may be implemented using successive compression based on a sequence of minimum mean squared error (MMSE) estimations and per BS compression. |
| US09838226B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the intelligent scrambling of control symbols
Methods and apparatus for the scrambling of control symbols. In one embodiment, the control symbols are associated with an HDMI interface, and the methods and apparatus are configured to scramble the symbols to as to mitigate the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) created by the transmission of otherwise unscrambled sequences of symbols which may contain significant “clock pattern” or other undesirable artifact. |
| US09838224B2 |
Reception apparatus of multi input multi output system and reception signal processing method
The present invention relates to a reception apparatus. The reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception antennas; and a signal processing unit configured to use reception characteristic of the plurality of reception antennas, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a channel estimation unit configured to respectively estimate a channel response matrix of each signal received via the plurality of reception antennas, and a coding unit configured to define a coding matrix based on an inverse matrix of the estimated channel response matrix, and to obtain a final output signal corresponding to each reception antenna by applying the coding matrix to each received signal. |
| US09838222B2 |
Counter update remote processing
According to an example, a counter update determination module may receive a counter address for a local counter and map the counter address to a specific forwarding mode of a plurality of forwarding modes. In addition, a remote processing module may receive a posted value associated with the local counter. The remote processing module may include a plurality of forwarding engines respectively associated with a mapped forwarding mode. A forwarding engine of the plurality of forwarding engines may be selected based on the mapped forwarding mode, and the selected forwarding engine may forward the posted value to a remote device for remote processing. |
| US09838217B2 |
Encapsulating CPRI frames
A Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) link involves using a protocol stack having a CPRI layer and an emulation layer to emulate a point to point link, to enable the CPRI link to operate over a packet switched network. The emulation layer can be a pseudowire emulation which encapsulates multiple CPRI frames in a packet with overhead. A multiplexing layer such as Internet Protocol (IP) or Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) can be used, for sending the packet over an Ethernet network. The usual need for a point to point infrastructure for the CPRI link can be avoided and the CPRI link can be implemented over more complex but usually cheaper packet networks, thus reducing costs or enabling more widespread application over existing packet networks. This applies whether the packet network is dedicated to the CPRI link, or shared with other packets. It can be useful for distributed radio base stations. |
| US09838215B2 |
Ethernet ring protection node with node-level redundancy
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing redundancy in a network node implementing a ring protection protocol. Each of the two ring ports connecting the node to other nodes in a ring supporting the protocol may be maintained by a separate line card. Should one line card fail, traffic passing through the node may be redirected through the remaining ring port under the control of the surviving state machine. The two state machines may be coordinated over the backplane of the node to maintain a common state, making them transparent to other nodes. Additionally, the backplane link between the state machines may be monitored for failures that may be addressed with messages used to respond to general ring failures and by assigning one state machine to block a ring port upon recovery to prevent a loop within the ring until the ring protection link can be blocked. |
| US09838213B2 |
Parameterized quality of service architecture in a network
A communication system and method including the steps of receiving a first request to initiate a guaranteed quality of service flow in a network, broadcasting a second request from a Network Coordinator to a plurality of nodes connected to the network and receiving a first response to the second request from at least one ingress node. The method further includes receiving a second response to the second request from at least one egress node indicating whether the at least one egress node has available resources to receive the guaranteed quality of service flow and allocating resources for the guaranteed quality of service flow if the at least one ingress node has available resources to transmit, and the at least one egress node has available resources to receive, the guaranteed quality of service flow. |
| US09838208B2 |
Systems and methods for virtual interactions
Systems and methods for virtual interactions are described. One or more users can view or listen to media, react to the media and share such media experience virtually with others. The media experience can take place synchronously, asynchronously or both. |
| US09838204B2 |
IoT communication utilizing secure asynchronous P2P communication and data exchange
A device may receive a connection request including a digital certificate from an endpoint for establishing a secure connection for a communication, the digital certificate including a digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities associated with the digital certificate. The device may determine whether the digital certificate is valid based on the digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities trusted by the device. The device may determine whether the connection request includes a valid token. The device may generate a token based on the digital certificate being valid and an absence of a valid token included in the connection request. The device may associate the token with the digital certificate. The device may distribute the token to the endpoint. The device may establish the secure connection with the endpoint using the token associated with the digital certificate. |
| US09838203B1 |
Integrity protected trusted public key token with performance enhancements
Embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for creating a public key token. A public key and private key are generated, using a master key. A set of permissions is received for the public key and private key that note the allowable uses for the public key and private key. Thereafter, the set of permissions, encrypted public key, and other associated information is placed in a public key token. |
| US09838199B2 |
Initialization vectors generation from encryption/decryption
A computer-implemented method of encryption of several units of a computerized system, wherein each of the units comprises data, includes generating distinct initialization vectors, or IVs, for the units, and storing the generated IVs; and for each unit of the several units: accessing a stored IV corresponding to the unit; and encrypting the unit according to the accessed IV and an encryption key. |
| US09838195B2 |
Method of measuring self-interference channel and user equipment thereto
A method of measuring a self-interference channel in user equipment in a full duplex radio (FDR) communication environment is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a base station, resource allocation information including information about a time interval, the base station stopping transmission of a signal in the time interval for measurement of the self-interference channel in the user equipment, transmitting a first reference signal for measurement of the self-interference channel in the time interval specified by the resource allocation information, and receiving a second reference signal input to a receiver of the user equipment according to self-interference in the time interval, wherein the second reference signal is a signal corresponding to the first reference signal transmitted over a wireless channel. |
| US09838193B2 |
Channel state information feedback for full duplex cellular communications
A method is performed at a user device, UE (12), for supporting a transmission mode configuration with respect to a communication channel between the UE (12) and an network node (14) of a radio network. The method comprises determining an impact of self-interference at a receiver of the UE (12) due to an uplink transmission to the network node (14) in case of full duplex communication, generating a channel state information comprising an information of said impact of self-interference, and transmitting the channel state information to the network node (14) to support said node in taking a decision between half duplex and full duplex communication configuration for the communication channel. A corresponding method is performed at a network node (14). Embodiments herein further include a UE (12), a network node (14) and computer programs thereto. |
| US09838190B2 |
Channel timing method, apparatus, and communication system for multiflow transmission
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a channel timing method and apparatus for multiflow transmission, where the method includes: configuring time reference information of a non-time reference cell in a case of multiflow transmission; and sending the time reference information to the non-time reference cell, so that the non-time reference cell obtains a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) timing by using the time reference information. According to the foregoing solution, time reference information of a non-time reference cell is configured at a higher layer, and is sent to a user equipment, so that the user equipment obtains a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) timing by using the time reference information, so that the UE can obtain correct timing relationships between the HS-DPCCH in the non-time reference cell and an uplink DPCH, and between the HS-DPCCH and an HS-PDSCH. |
| US09838189B2 |
Method and node for interference measurement via inter-cell cooperation
Disclosed are an inter-cell coordinated interference measurement method and node, wherein, the method is applied to each node performing a coordinated interference measurement, and includes: receiving first measurement resource information transmitted by other network nodes via a backhaul link to a present node for coordinated interference measurement; determining second measurement resource information used by the present node for interference measurement according to the first measurement resource information transmitted by the coordinated network nodes, and instructing relevant coordinated network nodes to correspondingly configure a resource in accordance with the second measurement resource information of the present node; wherein the second measurement resource includes an interference measurement resource and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); and performing interference measurement on the second measurement resource. |
| US09838184B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting channel state information for fractional beamforming in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) by a User Equipment (UE), for fractional beamforming using a massive antenna array of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes receiving information about a plurality of Reference Signal (RS) resources from the BS, generating CSI including a sub-precoder for at least one of the plurality of RS resources, and a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a Rank Indicator (RI) for all of the plurality of RS resources, and reporting the CSI to the BS. The massive antenna array is divided by rows or columns into partitions and the plurality of RS resources correspond to the partitions. |
| US09838180B2 |
Data transmission method and device in wireless communication system
A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: when transmission of a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on a first component carrier (CC) and transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a second CC coincide, transmitting the first PUSCH to a base station via a first subframe on the first CC, wherein the SRS is not transmitted at a last symbol of a second subframe on the second CC and the first PUSCH is transmitted at a last symbol of the first subframe on the first CC, and wherein the first subframe on the first CC and the second subframe on the second CC are aligned in time. |
| US09838177B2 |
Channel-state information process processing method, network device, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel-state information process processing method, a network device, and a user equipment, where the channel-state information process processing method includes: after receiving a first channel-state information CSI request sent by a first network device, if CSI corresponding to multiple aperiodic CSI processes has not been reported by a user equipment, dropping CSI corresponding to a part of aperiodic CSI processes among the multiple aperiodic CSI processes, where each CSI process is associated with a channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resource. A problem existing after a CoMP technology is introduced can be solved that the UE cannot implement processing of multiple CSI processes. |
| US09838176B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame included in a super frame, wherein each of signal frames includes the encoded service data and the encoded signaling data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, wherein each of the modulated signal frame includes a preamble having basic transmission parameters, wherein a length of the preamble is extendable and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame. |
| US09838170B2 |
Root non-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (RNOFDM)
A method for transmission by a transmitting node in a communication network using a plurality of non-orthogonal carriers, including obtaining, by a processor in the transmitting node, an information element data set comprised of a first number of elements, applying, by the processor, a transform matrix to the information element data set to obtain an output samples data set comprised of a second number of elements, the transform matrix being based on a non-linear function applied to a non-orthogonal frequency division matrix comprised of a plurality of columns wherein each column is associated one of the plurality of non-orthogonal carriers, and transmitting the output samples data set from a transmitter in the transmitting node. |
| US09838168B2 |
High-efficiency wireless preamble structures with efficient tail bits
This disclosure describes systems, methods, computer readable media, and/or apparatus related to encoding wireless communication preamble structures with cyclic redundancy check (CRC) that is performed on both a common part, as well as, station specific parts of a signaling field. The signaling field generated by this mechanism may be relatively shorter, resulting in less preamble overhead, than if a separate CRC was to be provided for each of the station specific parts, as well as the common part of the signaling field. In additional embodiments, tail bits may be provided for a combination of the common part of the signaling field and each station specific part of the signaling field. Compared to providing tail bits separately for the common part and each of the station specific parts, removing the tail bits from the common part may result in relatively less overhead of the preamble structure. |
| US09838166B2 |
Data stream division to increase data transmission rates
A method and system for transmitting data is provided. The method includes receiving by a first interface device, data. The data is divided into a plurality of data packets and stored within an internal buffer. A first group of data packets are transmitted to a network node communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The first group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to a second interface device via a first communication network. A second group of data packets are transmitted to a first communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The second group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to the second interface device via a second communication network associated with the first communication device. |
| US09838165B2 |
Emulation and debug interfaces for testing an integrated circuit with an asynchronous microcontroller
A method of testing a data transmission and reception system comprises sending a test signal from a transmitter (14) of the system to a receiver (12) of the system, and analyzing the received signal. A duty cycle relationship is varied between the test signal and the timing signal used by the receiver of the system, and the effect of the duty cycle variation is analyzed. Varying the duty cycle relationship provides duty cycle distortion (DCD), and this can be considered as a form of embedded jitter insertion. This type of jitter can be measured relatively easily. |