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| US09855068B2 |
Methods and systems for magnetically suspending tissue structures
A system for magnetically suspending tissue includes a grasper placement tool, a tissue grasper, a magnetic coupling element, and a tether which secures the magnetic coupling element to the tissue grasper. The grasper placement tool is used to simultaneously introduce both the tissue grasper and the magnetic coupling element to a body cavity. The grasper then releases the magnetic coupling element and engages a target tissue structure. The tissue grasper is then detached from the placement tool and a conventional laparoscopic or other grasper is used to engage the magnetic coupling element to an external magnet. |
| US09855065B2 |
Orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly for implanting a prosthetic patella component
An orthopedic surgical instrument includes a patella trial and drill guide that may be used to both perform a surgical trial of the patellofemoral joint and guide the surgeon in drilling a number of anchor holes in the patella of the patient. |
| US09855064B2 |
Drill guide assembly
A drill guide assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a drill sleeve and an alignment bar spaced from the drill sleeve. A positioning of the drill sleeve is linked to a positioning of the alignment bar. |
| US09855063B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for reaming bone elements
A stabilization apparatus for reaming bone elements includes an outer sleeve having support rod apertures. Support rods are configured to extend through the support rod apertures and into one or more bone elements to secure the outer sleeve to the bone elements. An inner sleeve is movable axially into the outer sleeve, and rotationally relative to the outer sleeve, when the outer sleeve is secured to the bone elements by the support rods. The apparatus further includes means for releasably blocking movement of the inner sleeve axially out of the outer sleeve, while permitting rotation of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve, when the outer sleeve is secured to the bone elements by the support rods. |
| US09855062B2 |
Total knee prosthesis and method for total knee arthroplasty
A prosthetic knee implant for implantation into a mammal, which accommodates an anterior cruciate ligament substitute to provide stability to the knee implant. The prosthetic knee implant includes a femoral component having a pair of condylar surfaces and a tibial component having a surface portion adapted to slidably engage the femoral component upon rotation of the same. The femoral component further includes a central femoral recess between the condyles providing access to the femur for drilling a channel through which a cruciate ligament substitute may be integrated into the femur. The tibial component further includes a center portion defining an aperture through which the ligament substitute maybe threaded through the tibia and integrated therein, or anchored upon its surface. Also disclosed is a method used to replace the total knee joint in a mammal with the improved prosthetic knee implant of the present invention. |
| US09855057B2 |
Natural alignment knee instruments
A method for aligning an orthopedic implant in a joint replacement includes determining the bone and cartilage deficiency from an undegenerated state caused by wear of a joint. Then a resection of a bone in the joint is made based on the deficiency of bone and cartilage from the undegenerated state and the size of a joint implant so as to locate the joint surface of the implant in the undegenerated cartilage location. The condylar wear from the undegenerated states may be assessed at a distal and posterior location on each of a medial and a lateral femoral condyle. A distal cut is made on the femur at a location adjusting for the condylar wear from the undegenerated state. The distal cut varus-valgus angle is oriented parallel to a plane across the distal femur after adjusting for wear in the distal location on the medial and lateral condyle. |
| US09855055B2 |
Mechanical tourniquet apparatus and method of use
A pre-fabricated tourniquet that is easy to apply, that ensures consistent and even circumferential pressure, that is light weight, that provides standard life saving operation, and that can be utilized in any setting or situation, and related methods are provided. Mechanically constricting tourniquet apparatus and related methods are provided that are comprised of a tourniquet body, a carriage, a torsion bar, a receiver and a slider. The tourniquet is long enough to encircle a human limb, for example, an arm or leg. |
| US09855053B2 |
Ligation clip
A surgical ligation clip and method of operation are described and include a top jaw member and bottom jaw member joined at a hinge section for movement about the hinge section. The hinge section can be offset or space laterally from one or both of the jaw members. Teeth arrangements and distributions are also described, as well as closing and jaw ends engagement configurations, for example for more easily engaging/piercing connective or other tissue. |
| US09855052B2 |
Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion. |
| US09855049B2 |
System and method for treating heart tissue
Some embodiments of a system or method for treating heart tissue can include a control system and catheter device operated in a manner to intermittently occlude a heart vessel for controlled periods of time that provide redistribution of blood flow. In particular embodiments, the system can be configured to provide an estimation of the cumulative effects of the treatment. For example, some embodiments of the system or method can treat myocardium that is at risk of infarction by intermittently altering blood flow in a venous system to induce microcirculation within the myocardium, and can output a cumulative dosage value indicative of a measurement of progress of reducing an infarct size. |
| US09855048B2 |
Controlling a size of a pylorus
Systems and methods are provided for reversibly controlling a size and/or restricting the movement of a body orifice, such as a pyloric opening, using an implantable device configured to allow a distance between opposed ends thereof to be adjusted. A device is provided having attachment members and a connector portion extending therebetween and configured such that a size of the pyloric opening is decreased upon the implantation of the device. The connector can be adjustable to allow a size of the pyloric opening to be adjusted after it has been restricted. The connector can include two or more bridge portions having different lengths such that cutting a first bridge portion can increase the distance between the attachment members so as to increase the size of the pyloric opening. To revert to a natural size of the body orifice, the entire connector can be cut or otherwise broken and/or removed. |
| US09855046B2 |
Vascular bands and delivery systems therefor
An extra-luminal ring (1200) includes a structural member (1202), which assumes a first elongate hollow shape (1206) when in a relaxed state; when deformed to a planar state (1208), generally defines a planar shape (1209) having two first sides (1220A, 1220B) parallel to each other, and two second sides (1222A, 1222B) parallel to each other; and when in the relaxed state, is configured such that the two first sides (1220A, 1220B) are generally straight and parallel with each other, and the two second sides (1222A, 1222B) are curved at least partially around a first longitudinal axis (1230) defined by the first elongate hollow shape (1206). The structural member (1202), when in a deformed state, has a second elongate hollow shape (1240), different from the first elongate hollow shape (1206), in which the two second sides (1222A, 1222B) are generally straight and parallel with each other, and the two first sides (1220A, 1220B) are curved at least partially around a second longitudinal axis (1250) defined by the second elongate hollow shape (1240). |
| US09855045B2 |
Anvil assembly delivery system
An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery is provided. The anvil assembly includes a housing configured to receive a guide suture that is severed during a stapling procedure. An anvil delivery assembly including the anvil assembly and a suture guide assembly secured to the anvil assembly is also provided. |
| US09855043B2 |
Jaw closure mechanism for a surgical clip applier
A jaw closure mechanism for use in a surgical clip applier having first and second jaws movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position to form a surgical clip about tissue. The jaw closure mechanism includes first and second eccentric wheels rotatably coupled to the respective first and second jaws. Each of the wheels includes a center and a pivot point that is offset relative to the center. A cable is disposed about each of the wheels. The cable is engaged to the first wheel at a first engagement point and to the second wheel at a second engagement point such that, upon application of a drive force to the cable, the wheels are rotated and displaced relative to the respective jaws from a first position to a second position to urge the jaws from the spaced-apart position to the approximated position. |
| US09855037B2 |
Fasteners and fastener delivery devices for affixing sheet-like materials to bone or tissue
A fastener for attaching a sheet-like implant to tissue or bone. The fastener includes a first arm having a proximal end and a distal end, a second arm having a proximal end and a distal end, and a bridge extending therebetween. Each of the first and second arms include a trunk portion defining at least a portion thereof, the trunk portion having a cavity therein and an aperture through a wall thereof. A claw is disposed in the cavity which is moveable from a first delivery position to a second deployed position. A pull member engages each claw to move the claw from the delivery position to the deployed position. |
| US09855035B2 |
Grasping apparatuses for holding needles and related methods
This disclosure includes needle holders and related methods. Some holders use or include an elongated handle having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a first jaw member coupled to the distal portion of the handle, a second jaw member pivotally coupled to the first jaw member, and a lever pivotally coupled to the handle and coupled to the second jaw member such that the lever can be actuated by a user's thumb to selectively open and close the jaw members. In some holders, the handle extends proximally beyond the lever such that the lever can be actuated by the user's thumb to selectively open and close the jaw members while the handle is grasped within the user's hand. In some holders, the handle is defined by an elongated housing defining an interior volume configured to receive at least a portion of the lever when the jaw members are closed. |
| US09855031B2 |
Suture delivery system
A suture delivery system is described. The system includes an anchor and a cooperating driver, the driver facilitating a delivery of the anchor into the abdominal cavity. The system allows for the deployment of a suture internally into an abdominal wall. |
| US09855026B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, a flexible tube, an optic fiber, and a wire having a pre-formed curve. The flexible tube may be disposed within the housing tube wherein a distal end of the flexible tube projects out from a distal end of the housing tube. The optic fiber may be disposed within an inner bore of the handle, the housing tube, and the flexible tube. The wire may be disposed within the housing tube. |
| US09855024B2 |
Medical diagnostic imaging apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and control method for processing motion information
A medical diagnostic imaging apparatus includes identification-information-changing circuitry and comparison-result-calculating circuitry. The identification-information-changing circuitry changes identification information given to a plurality of points corresponding to contours of tissue in first medical-image-data in a first medical-image-data group each including a plurality of pieces of medical-image-data of different time phases. The comparison-result-calculating circuitry associates the identification information on the points in the first medical-image-data after a change and identification information given to a plurality of points corresponding to the contours of tissue in second medical-image-data corresponding to the time phase of the first medical-image-data out of a second medical-image-data group each including a plurality of pieces of medical-image-data of different time phases, compares pieces of motion information representing motion of the tissue in the respective pieces of medical-image-data in the first and the second medical-image-data groups between corresponding time phases based on the association, and calculates a comparison result. |
| US09855022B2 |
3-D flow estimation using row-column addressed transducer arrays
An ultrasound system includes a 2-D transducer array and a velocity processor. The 2-D transducer array includes a first 1-D array of one or more rows of transducing elements configured to produce first ultrasound data. The 2-D transducer array further includes a second 1-D array of one or more columns of transducing elements configured to produce second ultrasound data. The first and second 1-D arrays are configured for row-column addressing. The velocity processor processes the first and the second ultrasound data, producing 3-D vector flow data. The 3-D vector flow data includes an axial component, a first lateral component transverse to the axial component, and a second lateral component transverse to the axial component and the first lateral component. |
| US09855019B2 |
Acoustic collection system for handheld electronic devices
A mounting system is provided to allow the attachment of an acoustic collector to a handheld electronic device such that sound is conducted directly to the device's microphone. A fitted case or band encloses part of the device and includes a tube running from the collector to the device's microphone. In certain embodiments, the tube may be embedded in the case, and a detachable mount may be provided to connect the collector to the case. The collector may be a stethoscope chestpiece, or an open air collector, such as a parabolic collector. |
| US09855014B2 |
Compression paddle for use in breast imaging
The present disclosure relates to the manufacture and use of a non-rigid breast compression paddle, such as a compression paddle having a mesh material forming the primary interface with patient tissue. In certain implementations, an automatic feedback driven approach may be used in conjunction with such a compression paddle for compressing breast tissue. |
| US09855013B2 |
Radiography system and radiography method
A radiography system includes an imaging controller, a reconstruction processor, a process sequence controller and a display section. The imaging controller controls a radiation source to move in a range of a designated sweep angle and project X-rays at different angles to an imaging subject, while controlling a flat panel detector to acquire a set of projection images. The reconstruction processor uses the set of projection images to produce a plurality of tomographic images for use in diagnosis. The process sequence controller determines a parameter for sorting the plurality of tomographic images into first and second groups according to the sweep angle of the radiation source so as the first group of tomographic images to be produced prior to the second group of tomographic images. The display section displays at least the first group of tomographic images. |
| US09855009B2 |
Apparatus for measuring blood characteristics for deployment on a host device having a digital sensor
An apparatus for working in conjunction with a digital sensor, CPU and display of a host device in order to measure blood characteristics that includes a housing configured for association with the host device so as to define between them a chamber into which at least a portion of an appendage of a living being is placed such that a tip of the appendage is deployed adjacent to the digital sensor so as to cover the digital sensor. The chamber substantially encloses the digital sensor. Light from a light source is directed toward the appendage tip, wherein at least some light from the light source is reflected by tissue of the appendage, is received by the sensor and data thereby generated is processed by the CUP to determine the blood characteristics. |
| US09855004B2 |
Devices and methods for measuring hair condition
Technologies are generally described for measuring hair condition using a hair condition measuring device. Example devices and systems described herein may include a first clamp, a second clamp, a vibrator, a laser beam source, a photodetector and/or a processor. The first claim may be configured to clamp a first end of hair, and the second clamp may be configured to clamp a second end of the hair, so that the hair is stretched between the first clamp and the second clamp. The laser beam source may be configured to generate a laser beam toward the hair. The photodetector may be configured to detect at least part of the laser beam reflected by the hair and convert an intensity of the detected part of the laser beam to an electrical signal. The processor may be configured to measure condition of the hair based on the electrical signal. |
| US09855002B2 |
Systems and methods for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination
The present invention is directed to the parenteral procurement of bodily-fluid samples. The present invention is also directed to systems and methods for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from dermally-residing microbes. In some embodiments, a bodily-fluid withdrawing system is used to withdraw bodily fluid from a patient for incubation in culture media in one or more sample vessels. Prior to withdrawing bodily fluid into the one or more sample vessels for incubation, an initial volume of withdrawn bodily fluid is placed in one or more pre-sample reservoirs and is not used for the incubation in culture media. |
| US09854998B2 |
Method and/or system for multicompartment analyte monitoring
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to monitoring and/or controlling levels of an analyte in bodily fluid. In particular, estimation of a concentration of the analyte in a first physiological compartment based upon observations of a concentration of the analyte in a second physiological compartment may account for a latency in transporting the analyte between the first and second physiological compartments. |
| US09854996B2 |
Medical image processing device, method for operating the same, and endoscope system
First RGB image signals are inputted. Color difference signals Cr and Cb are calculated from the first RGB image signals. In a feature space formed by the color difference signals Cr and Cb, a first process and a second process are performed. In the first process, coordinates which correspond to the first, second, and third observation areas are moved in a parallel manner such that the coordinates which correspond to the second observation area are moved to a reference area that contains the origin point. In the second process, the coordinates which correspond to the first observation area and the coordinates which correspond to the third observation area are moved away from each other. |
| US09854990B2 |
Brain disease diagnosis service apparatus and brain disease diagnosis service method
The present disclosure relates to a brain disease diagnosis service apparatus including at least: a receiving unit for receiving an image of a subject to be diagnosed; a preprocessing unit for estimating a transformation matrix in order to align a predetermined standard image with the image received by the receiving unit, and for applying the estimated transformation matrix to a predetermined standard brain region map, thereby generating an individual brain region map for the subject to be diagnosed; a feature point extracting unit for calculating a ratio occupied by brain lesions for each brain region in the individual brain region map, generated by the preprocessing unit, of the subject to be diagnosed, thereby extracting feature points; and a disability type determining unit for determining a disability type on the basis of the ratio of the brain lesions, calculated by the feature point extracting unit, for each brain region. |
| US09854986B2 |
Health-monitor patch
A health-monitor patch comprising at least one physiological sensor and digital processor is configured to be adhered to the skin of a subject. A health-monitor patch may further include an accelerometer and may detect cardiac waveforms, activity performed by the subject, and a body orientation of the subject. A health-monitor patch may be disposable, in some embodiments, and used fox outpatient monitoring. Aspects of noise cancellation and reel-to-reel manufacturing are also described. |
| US09854984B2 |
Optical detection unit and biological information detection device
An optical detection unit includes a light emitting portion 150 that emits light toward a target object, a light receiving portion 140 that receives light from the target object, and a light blocking member 70 that blocks light from being incident to at least the light receiving portion 140. The light blocking member 70 includes a light blocking wall 100 that is formed by performing sheet metal processing on a metal, and is provided between the light emitting portion 150 and the light receiving portion 140 so as to block light from the light emitting portion 150 from being incident to the light receiving portion 140. The light blocking wall 100 is formed of a first metal surface 71 of the light blocking member 70. |
| US09854982B2 |
Implantable medical device deployment within a vessel
In one example, this disclosure is directed to a method for intravascular implantation of an implantable medical device comprising positioning a distal end of an elongated outer sheath forming an inner lumen adjacent a target site within a vasculature of a patient, and partially deploying an implantable medical device from the distal opening, wherein the implantable medical device includes an expandable fixation element. A portion of the expandable fixation element assumes an expanded position when the implantable medical device is partially deployed from the distal opening. The method including advancing the distal end of the outer sheath within the vasculature with the implantable medical device partially deployed from the distal opening, and monitoring at least one of the vasculature and the portion of the expandable fixation element for deflection to determine when the size of the portion of the expandable fixation element corresponds to the size of the vasculature. |
| US09854979B2 |
Chronic total occlusion crossing devices with imaging
An imaging device includes a hollow flexible shaft having a central longitudinal axis and an imaging window therein. An optical fiber extends within the hollow flexible shaft substantially along the central axis. A distal tip of the optical fiber is attached to the hollow flexible shaft and aligned with the imaging window so as to transfer an optical coherence tomography signal through the imaging window. A handle is attached to the hollow flexible shaft configured rotate the hollow flexible shaft at speeds of greater than 1,000 rpm. |
| US09854976B2 |
Pulse wave velocity measurement method
The present invention provides a pulse wave velocity measurement method and system as well as an imaging device available for everyday use by general users at low cost with measurement accuracy less affected by posture or the like. The present invention simultaneously images different parts of a human body in a non-contact state by a single visible light camera and acquires continuous time series image data. Then, the present invention detects each pulse wave from the image data in the different parts of the human body based on a temporal change in pixel value of the different parts of the human body, and then calculates a pulse wave velocity of the human body based on a time difference between the pulse waves in the different parts of the human body. |
| US09854975B2 |
Skin monitoring device, method of monitoring the skin, monitoring device, method of irradiating the skin, and use of an OLED
Skin monitoring device for application near the skin includes a processing circuit and at least one photosensor configured to detect at least one approximate wavelength of light reflected and/or emitted by the skin. A signal receiving circuit receives signals from the photosensor. |
| US09854972B2 |
Remote monitoring of analyte measurements
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| US09854969B2 |
Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgery
An indirect contact lens is mechanically coupled to a surgical microscope during ophthalmic surgery, such as vitreoretinal surgery. The indirect contact lens rests on a cornea of an eye of a patient during the surgery but is supported by a surgical microscope attachment having multiple degrees of freedom to accommodate small movements of the eye while remaining aligned to an optical axis of the surgical microscope. |
| US09854966B2 |
System and method for using microsaccade dynamics to measure attentional response to a stimulus
A system and method for determining a subject's attentional response to a stimulus. The method includes measuring microsaccadic eye movement dynamics of the subject, detecting whether a microsaccadic signature (a suppression in microsaccadic rate) is present in the measured microsaccadic eye movement relative to a time of the stimulus, and correlating the subject's attentional response to the stimulus based on the detection. The method further includes determining that the stimulus was sensed if the microsaccadic signature is present and determining that the stimulus was not sensed if the microsaccadic signature is absent. |
| US09854964B2 |
Measurement of biomechanical properties in an OCT image
Systems and method are provided for evaluating a biomechanical property of tissue. A shear wave generator is configured to induce a shear wave in the tissue. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to capture a B-scan frame of the tissue. An image processing component is configured to determine a frequency of the shear wave in the tissue from the B-scan frame of the tissue at each of a plurality of locations within the B-scan. A parameter calculation component is configured to calculate a value for the biomechanical property for a plural subset of the plurality of locations within the B-scan frame of the tissue from the determined frequency of the shear wave at each of the plural subset of the plurality of locations. |
| US09854963B2 |
Apparatus and method for identifying one or more amyloid beta plaques in a plurality of discrete OCT retinal layers
An apparatus to produce an OCT of an eye or a brain of a patient to identify one or more plaques in a plurality of discrete OCT retinal layers. The apparatus also includes a plurality of methods for identifying one or more plaques in a plurality of discrete OCT retinal layers that can include a contrast agent and a normative database. |
| US09854960B2 |
Illumination device
An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the optical member at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes, in order from one end in a direction along the axis, a light guide layer and a diffusion layer. The light guide layer receives the illumination light from the output end in the direction along the axis and guides the illumination light. The diffusion layer receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light. |
| US09854959B2 |
Multi camera endoscope assembly having multiple working channels
There is provided herein an endoscope assembly, the assembly comprising at least one front-pointing camera and at least one front illuminator associated therewith, at least one side-pointing camera and at least one of side illuminator associated therewith, a first front working channel configured for insertion of a medical tool and a second front working channel configured for insertion of a medical tool. |
| US09854958B1 |
System and method for automatic processing of images from an autonomous endoscopic capsule
A method and system for processing of images from an autonomous endoscopic capsule includes acquiring a video stream from the endoscopic capsule; detecting repeat frames; removing repeat frames from the video stream; adjusting a speed of play back of the video stream based on a value of possibility of skipping significant frames; detecting anomalies; marking frames with anomalies for further review by a physician; and displaying multiple images on a physician's desktop simultaneously in a chronological order in a form of a matrix. |
| US09854955B2 |
Floor care system with interchangeable AC and DC vacuum motor assemblies
In one aspect of the invention, a portable floor care system with manually interchangeable AC and DC vacuum motor head assemblies for use in cleaning hard surface flooring may include: a reservoir defining an interior space operable to hold a cleaning liquid; a spigot fluidly connected to the reservoir interior space, the spigot manually adjustable through a range between a fully open position and a fully closed position, whereby when the reservoir contains a cleaning liquid, a user may dispense and regulate the flow of the cleaning liquid from the reservoir through the spigot by manually adjusting the spigot; a vacuum recovery tank; an AC vacuum motor head assembly and a DC vacuum motor head assembly manually and interchangeably fluidly connectable to the vacuum recovery tank; and a DC power supply assembly. In another aspect of the invention, a portable floor care system with manually interchangeable AC and DC vacuum motor head assemblies for use in cleaning hard surface flooring may include a reservoir assembly including: a reservoir defining an interior space operable to hold a cleaning liquid; a wheeled chassis; and a spigot fluidly connected to the reservoir interior space, the spigot manually adjustable through a range between a fully open position and a fully closed position, whereby when the reservoir contains a cleaning liquid, a user may dispense and regulate the flow of the cleaning liquid from the reservoir through the spigot by manually adjusting the spigot. The portable floor care system may further include: a vacuum recovery tank manually and removably positionable on the reservoir assembly; an AC vacuum motor head assembly and a DC vacuum motor head assembly interchangeably manually and removably positionable on the vacuum recovery tank in fluid communication with the vacuum recovery tank; and a DC power supply assembly manually and removably positionable on the reservoir assembly. |
| US09854952B2 |
Vacuum cleaner with hair collection element
A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned, and a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and having a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned. |
| US09854950B2 |
Quick release toilet seat fastener
A quick release toilet seat fastener for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet bowl. The quick release toilet seat fastener includes a fastener body having a fastener shaft and a plurality of ribs, wherein each of the plurality of ribs is connected to and positioned along the fastener shaft. Each of the plurality of ribs is flexible, having a inner curved surface and an outer curved surface that converge along a distal edge and delineate a horizontal cross section in conjunction with the fastener shaft. The fastener body is secured to a hinge base, wherein a flange head of the fastener body is positioned flush against the surface of the hinge base. A rib gap is positioned in between the plurality of ribs and the flange head, providing a region of empty space to allow for the full flexibility of each of the plurality of ribs. |
| US09854948B1 |
Paper towel dispenser
A paper toweling dispenser for dispensing paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling including a top roller located between the paper roll and the drum of the dispenser which moves in radial cams along the outer circumference of the drum as a pulling force is applied to the leading edge of the paper toweling by a user. |
| US09854944B2 |
Coffee beans grinder
A coffee beans grinder includes a main body, a dispensing component, a blade unit for grinding coffee beans having a first blade element and a second blade element facing the first blade element, and a dispensing element provided in the dispensing component for feeding coffee beans to a grinding space defined between the first blade element and the second blade element. The first blade element is provided in the main body, and the second blade element is provided in the dispensing component. The dispensing component is removably attached to the main body with a manually-operable engagement element. The second blade element faces the first blade element to define the grinding space therebetween with the dispensing component being attached to the main body with the manually-operable engagement element. |
| US09854938B2 |
Grill and rotisserie apparatus
A rotisserie arrangement mounts above the heat source of a grill. The rotisserie includes a plurality of holding devices configured to receive a flat meat item such as a steak or burger patty. The holding devices are spaced apart and rotatably coupled around the periphery of a vertically mounted wheel that is rotated by a power source. As the wheel rotates, the holding devices are passed over the heat source in succession. Further, two turning rollers are mounted adjacent the periphery of the wheel and spaced apart 180 degrees about the circumference of the wheel. As each holding device passes each turning roller, a projection on the holding device contacts the turning roller and causes the holding device to rotate one-quarter turn relative to the wheel. |
| US09854937B2 |
Plasma non-stick pan and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention discloses a plasma non-stick pan and manufacturing method thereof. The plasma non-stick pan comprises a pan body and a non-stick layer applied to the pan body; a plasma layer is provided between the non-stick layer and the pan body, and the plasma layer comprises a MCrALY layer sprayed to the surface of the pan body and a mixture layer sprayed outside of the MCrALY layer, and the mixture layer is composed of MCrALY particles and metal oxide particles. The MCrALY layer has good toughness and strong adhesion, and it is easy to bind with the substrate with high fastness after binding, playing a buffering role and laying a foundation for the subsequent spraying of mixture layer. |
| US09854935B2 |
Carbonation tube
A home carbonation machine including a gas canister connectable to a carbonation head and a non-metal carbonation tube including an integrally formed metal tip set at distal end thereof and where the carbonation tube is connectable to the carbonation head in order to transport injected carbon dioxide from the gas canister to a bottle of water. |
| US09854929B1 |
Food dispensing tray assembly
A food tray is described that may be used to more easily remove food product from the tray. The device allows for emptying of the tray with the use of a removable ramp or spout that easily cleaned and coupled to the tray. |
| US09854928B1 |
Method of manufacturing a sleeve for a beverage container
A resilient sleeve for a beverage container is made from a continuous web of a fabric extending between distal and proximal ends thereof. A substantially linear base is provided at the proximal end. First and second sides extend outwardly from the opposite ends of the base. Two substantially symmetrical trapezoidal regions are formed at the distal end of the web, wherein each trapezoidal region is formed by an outer side positioned at a first predetermined angle to the first side and an inner side positioned at a second predetermined angle to a longitudinal axis of the web portion. A V-shaped cut out portion is formed at a central area of the web by the inner sides of the first and second trapezoidal regions. Width of the web portion corresponds to a circumference of the sleeve and length of the web portion corresponds to an axial length of the sleeve. |
| US09854926B1 |
Reconfiguring a picture frame
A framing kit includes a frame body, a plurality of printable sheets, and an alignment tool. Each printable sheet has a pre-cut frame sticker with a size corresponding to the picture frame body such that an item being mounted is viewable through a frame sticker window when the frame sticker is attached to the picture frame body. The frame is customized by printing images, patterns and text on the frame sticker of one of the sheets in a characteristic style suited to the item being mounted and then attaching the frame sticker to the frame body. The alignment tool has a recess with walls and an elevated floor against which the picture frame body and the frame sticker register for alignment when attaching the printed frame sticker to the frame body. New frame stickers may be printed to replace the frame sticker attached to the frame body. For example, a new frame sticker may be created in order to mount a different item in the frame body. |
| US09854923B2 |
Display case having reinforced structure
A display case has a first display case portion with walls configured so that each wall of a plurality of first fixed walls has a coupling edge arranged at the same coupling framework between the first portion and a second portion of the display case. The coupling edges of the first fixed walls are coplanar to one another and at least two of the first fixed walls are adjacent to each other and fastened together through gluing along a corner substantially perpendicular to the plane of the coupling edges. A groove is formed longitudinally on the coupling edge of each of the first fixed walls, the grooves of the first fixed walls jointly defining a channel along the coupling framework; a hoop cable is housed in the channel, closed on itself.The hoop cable contributes to keeping the walls coupled together at the coupling framework, ensuring that the walls stay in position even in the case in which the gluing with which the first fixed walls are fastened together partially or even totally gives way. |
| US09854922B1 |
Ergonomic mattress having support sections with internal variations
An ergonomic mattress (1) having one or more support sections with varying heights and/or thicknesses that create one or more voids (13) within a body (5) of the mattress. The varying heights, thicknesses and/or voids are achieved by eliminating one or more layers of support material from the body of the mattress in a desired area and/or using a shorter and/or thicker pieces of support material in a desired area in comparison to the other areas of the mattress to create concave indentations (17) on a top surface (6) of the mattress. |
| US09854921B2 |
Active airflow temperature controlled bedding systems
A climate controlled bedding system includes at least one coil spring layer; and an air supply fluidly coupled to the one or more fluid conduits. In some embodiments, a filter is disposed within a flow path of a fluid conduit. |
| US09854920B1 |
Bedsheet anchor system
A bedsheet anchor system including a triangular flat base having a pair of legs, a curved hypotenus leg, a top surface area, and a bottom surface area. The bottom surface area of the triangular flat base has a strab knob. Each of a pair of triangular planar members has a bottom leg, a side leg, a curved leg, an interior area, a lower exterior area, and an upper exterior area. Each triangular planar member is disposed atop the legs of the triangular flat base, so that each planar member and the triangular flat base intersect at a ninety degree triherdral corner. Each planar member has an adjustable panel with adjustable serrated teeth. A plurality of hooks and notches disposed on each of the panels is attachable to a top bedsheet and a bottom bedsheet. |
| US09854917B2 |
Foldable bed
The present invention discloses a foldable bed. A first side rail and a second side rail have an end detachably connected to a headboard and an opposite end detachably connected to a footboard. A bed slat support is arranged between the first side rail and the second side rail. The headboard includes a receiving compartment formed therein. The first side rail and the second side rail each include at least two side rail units and the side rail units are connected to each other by a couple. In dismantling, the side rail units, the footboard, the bed slats, and the bed slat support are receivable and positioned in the receiving compartment. The present invention saves transportation space, reduces transportation cost, and provides a better way of weight carrying. |
| US09854916B2 |
Seating unit convertible to bed
A foldable sofa-bed includes: a base with an internal cavity and a rear member; a foldable bed that includes separate and distinct head, intermediate and seat sections, each with a respective cushion, wherein in a folded position, the intermediate and seat sections are generally horizontally disposed and positioned in vertically stacked relationship, with the intermediate and seat cushions facing generally upwardly, and the head section is generally vertically disposed and positioned adjacent the rear wall of the base, and in an unfolded position, the head, intermediate and seat sections are generally horizontally disposed in serial alignment; and a bed folding mechanism that is attached to the base and the head, intermediate and seat sections that controls the movement of the bed between the folded and unfolded positions. In moving from the folded to the unfolded position, the intermediate section maintains generally the same orientation. |
| US09854913B1 |
Telescopic leg unit for table and chair
A leg unit an outer tube with a fixing rod having several rod sections, each has two interconnected curved and straight sides, two curved sides along an axis defining a fixing channel; an inner tube inserted into the outer tube; and a carrier seat fixed to the inner tube, and a limiting seat seated within the carrier set such that the carrier and limiting seats can rotate together, the carrier seat has an axial hole, two stems extending transversely through the hole to restrict one rod section therebetween, the limit seat has a slide hole complementing with and permitting extension of the fixing rod; the inner tube is rotatable relative to the outer tube between an unlocked position, where movement between the inner and outer tubes is permitted and a locked position, where the stems are confined within the channels, thereby preventing movement between the inner and outer tubes. |
| US09854912B2 |
Reclining chair with fully reclined bed position
The reclining chair 100 according to the invention comprises an anchoring structure 200 having, mounted thereon, a support structure or frame 300A which forms a support of a seat 300B connected at the front to a leg rest 600, the frame 300A being connected laterally to two arm rests 500 and at the rear to a backrest 400. The backrest and frame are connected together by means of frame pins 316; the backrest and seat 300B are connected together by means of lever systems 410, 410a connected at one end to seats 407 provided on the framework 401 of the backrest 400 and at the other end to pins arranged in seats 323 on the seat side support structures 311 of the seat 300B; the frame 300A and seat 300B are connected together by means of frame pins 306 and 318 which slide inside corresponding recesses 320 and 321 formed in the seat side support structures 311 of the seat 300B. |
| US09854910B2 |
Adjustable wall cupboard holder group for anchoring a cupboard to the wall
An adjustable wall cupboard holder group (10) for anchoring a cupboard (11) to the wall having a hook (15) situated at the free end of a hooking element (14) extending externally from the wall cupboard holder group. A regulation mechanism of the positions in depth and height of the hook (15) is associated with the hooking element (14). The wall cupboard holder group includes a central section or portion (16) containing the hooking element (14) and mechanism, and two side sections or flanges (18, 18′), at least one element (20, 20′) resistant to shear forces, protruding from at least one of said sections, where at least the other section includes at least one fixing device (19, 19′). |
| US09854907B2 |
Pivotable support for clothing articles
An assembly for holding a plurality of clothing articles includes a first mount that is configured to be fixedly attached to a support surface and at least one pivotable support that is pivotally attached to the first mount. Each pivotable support has a first face and an opposite second face. Each of the first and second faces is configured to receive and hold at least one hook element for holding one or more clothing articles along the respective first or second face. |
| US09854905B2 |
Sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a domestic appliance, piece of furniture, and domestic appliance
A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf includes a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm. The pivot arms are attached to side walls of a body and arranged parallel to each other at a distance from each other. A guide rail is fastened to second ends of the pivot arms in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted parallel to the plane of the side walls and that the guide rail can be pivoted from a lower position to a raised, upper position. The mechanism also includes at least one running rail, which can be moved linearly in the guide rail and to which the shelf is fastened. The sliding-pivoting mechanism includes a locking mechanism for preventing a pivoting motion of the sliding-pivoting mechanism in a raised and a lowered end position. The locking mechanism is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms and can be actuated by means of an activator fastened to the running rail. |
| US09854903B1 |
Table with retractable power cables
A table for concealing one or more power adapters, each power adapter having a power cord, includes a frame, at least one table top supported by the frame, a volume at least partially concealed by the table top, at least one power outlet disposed within the volume for receiving the one or more power adapters, and at least one cord organizing member operably associated with one or more power cords, each cord organizing member being disposed at least partially within the volume for organizing the one or more power cords. |
| US09854902B1 |
Broom skirt
A skirt for a broom that has a handle, a head and bristles extending from the head with a connector on the head includes a fabric having properties selected to be attractive to dirt. The fabric has a size at least twice the area of one major face of the bristles of the broom and has connectors complementary to the connectors on the broom head, so the fabric may be wrapped over the bristles and fastened to the broom head by engagement of the fabric connectors with the connectors on the broom head. The connectors on the skirt are typically “loop-type” hook and loop fasteners, so they can engage “hook-type” hook and loop fasteners on the broom head. |
| US09854901B2 |
Badge holder
The badge holder includes a strap member mounted to the back of the badge holder, which allows the badge holder to be securely worn on the hand, wrist or forearm for displaying the badge, while the wearer has full use of both hands. |
| US09854899B2 |
Rotary ground auger base and stand for supporting articles
A rotary mounting stand for removably holding a decoy, camera or there selected device upright on the ground. The stand includes an upright rod with a helical coil or flights forming an auger having a point at the lower distal end to be fixedly and removably screwed into the ground to support the stand in an upright position. The top end of the rod forming the stand shape cap configured, sized and shaped to correspond to the mounting base of a selected device to be supported on the stand. Just above the helical coil at least two outward extending legs extend normal to or perpendicular to the vertical rod forming a base when the auger portion is screwed into the ground. The distal end of each of the legs are bent or angled to extend upward perpendicular from the ground a selected distance forming handles for the purpose of rotating the auger into the ground. The auger is intended to be cranked until the at least two outward extending legs come to bear against the ground for increased lateral support. |
| US09854897B1 |
Backpack for organizing and powering personal electronics
This invention provides a backpack with a compartment containing a plurality of pockets for carrying personal electronic devices, including a specific pocket for storing a rechargeable battery pack within a range of sizes, shapes and cable socket number/placement on the pack's housing. The battery pocket defines crossing bands of elastic that accommodates/secures various battery form factors. Power cable access to sockets on the pack is eased by the flexibility of the straps and their interstices. The main compartment includes pockets for other electronic items, such as a tablet computer, smartphone and/or music player. Pockets are constructed from a mesh that includes an elastomer coating for frictional retention of items. A cable pocket, including pass through openings is also provided to route and store gathered/wound sections of power cables from the battery pack located therebelow. Cables extend from the cable pocket to various electronic devices in adjacent pockets, or externally. |
| US09854896B2 |
Use of adhesive patch and tension strap to reduce wrinkles in skin
A wrinkle reducing pad is used to reduce wrinkles by applying tension to skin on a portion of the user's body, such as the face. An adhesive layer on the back of the wrinkle reducing pad is adhered to the skin, extending from a first point on the user's cheek, to a second point of the user's neck. A tension strap that is attached to one end of the adhesive pad is pulled to exert tension that tightly stretches the user's skin toward the neck. The tension strap is then removeably secured to the outer surface of the adhesive pad while maintaining the tension for a desired period of time. Since the adhesive pad adheres to the skin on the neck between the two points, it prevents wrinkles from forming there as a result of the tension applied by the tension strap. |
| US09854888B2 |
Combination picture frame and jewelry box
Disclosed is a combination picture frame and jewelry box. The device includes a first section that is hingedly attached to a second section. In one embodiment, the first section and the second section may resemble a steamer trunk. The first and second section can be manipulated into an open position and a closed position. The first and second section can remain securely closed in a closed position via a locking mechanism, which includes a keyhole that is disposed in the first section. The first section further includes a picture frame, while the second section includes a mirror. Each of the first and second sections includes a defined interior volume that is compartmentalized to organize various jewelry items such as rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and the like. In this way, the present invention provides a jewelry box with multiple features to reduce clutter and to increase versatility. |
| US09854883B2 |
Anti-theft carrying bag
In various embodiments, a carry (or carrying) bag is provided that includes an interior, substantially cut-resistant security panel assembly with a matrix of wires secured between or on one or more flexible material layers. Also in various embodiments, the security panel assembly may be positioned intermediate the bag outside wall and a lining of the bag, and in other embodiments, may also take the form of an expansion panel. Second or secondary locking fasteners are also provided to lock first or primary fasteners to or within the carrying bag, to provide security for compartments and pockets. A strap with one or more security cables, and various locking fasteners, may be attached to the carry bag. Methods for forming such security panel assemblies, expansion panels, and carrying straps are also disclosed. |
| US09854882B1 |
Cane walking support apparatus configured to transform into a chair
A device that can be configured as a walking aid, such as one or more canes, or as a chair for sitting. In the walking aid configuration, the device may include two canes. Each cane may have a main leg and a secondary leg that may be rotated parallel to the main leg to form a cane, or rotated away from the main leg to form one half of a chair support. One of the canes may include a seat crossbar that folds out and extends between the two chair supports formed from the two canes. Handles may be attached or integrated into the main legs. Because the chair configuration may be formed from only five linear members (two main legs, two secondary legs, and the seat crossbar), the canes may be compact and lightweight when folded up into the walking aid configuration. |
| US09854881B1 |
Apparatus to facilitate interchangeable jewelry head having two feet and a coil spring retention mechanism with pushbutton release member
An apparatus which facilitates an interchangeable look of an item of jewelry by a new process to be able to vary and/or change the complete outlook of a jewelry product; for example by changing the head of a shank to form a new jewelry ring every time the head changes with the help of the innovative mechanism of the present invention. The invention is comprised of a combination of an innovative process, composition of matter and combination device giving infinite options to change an appearance of an item jewelry. |
| US09854878B2 |
Strap adjuster device
The invention relates to an adjuster device (1) for adjusting the length and fastening of a web type strap (12), and in particular to an adjuster device (1) intended to be used together with a child restraint harness as part of a child vehicle seat. The adjuster device according to the invention allows, when the adjuster is in the open, release position, the strap to be easily pulled and freely move through the adjuster in both directions whereas the strap, when the adjuster is in the closed, fastening position, is securely fastened (without any risk for slippage) while still allowing the strap to be easily tightened by pulling the strap in one direction only. The present device does not cause wear and tear of the web, prevents slippage and is easy to use. |
| US09854875B2 |
Easy access articles of footwear
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, may include: (a) an upper including an opening through which a leg of a wearer extends, wherein the upper includes a foot insertion opening extending rearwardly and downwardly from a front portion of the leg opening at least to a heel area of the upper; (b) a closure system for releasably closing the foot insertion opening and optionally tightening the shoe on the foot; and (c) a sole structure engaged with the upper. The foot insertion opening widely opens the side and/or rear area of the shoe to allow for easy insertion and removal of a foot. Such uppers can be particularly useful for hightop athletic footwear, boots, or other footwear that extends up to or at least partially over a wearer's ankles. |
| US09854874B2 |
Adjustable device with hook structure
An adjustable device with a hook structure is provided, including: two plate bodies, for being oppositely disposed on an article, at least one said plate body integrally formed with at least one hook structure protrusively on a surface thereof, the hook structure formed with a receiving slot and including an engaging portion, the engaging portion including a free end, the free end and the surface of the plate body formed with a passage therebetween, the passage communicated with the receiving slot, a width of the passage smaller than a width of the receiving slot; a connecting portion, connected between the two plate bodies, at least a part of the connecting portion received in the receiving slot, the connecting portion for being selectively operated to link the two plate bodies. |
| US09854868B2 |
Article of footwear having a sole structure with perimeter and central chambers
An article of footwear is disclosed below as having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a perimeter chamber, a central chamber, and an outsole. The perimeter chamber extends adjacent to at least a portion of a lateral sidewall and a medial sidewall of the sole structure. The central chamber is positioned within a central area of the sole structure, the central area being located between the lateral sidewall and the medial sidewall. The outsole defines at least a portion of a lower surface of the sole structure, and has a perimeter section secured below the perimeter chamber and a central section secured below the central chamber. Various features may be incorporated into the sole structure. For example, the perimeter chamber may be spaced from the central chamber and the perimeter section may be spaced from the central section to define a gap extending upward and into the sole structure from the lower surface. |
| US09854864B2 |
Bicycle helmet
A helmet has an inner liner having a body of molded protective material. The body forms an inner cavity adapted to be mounted on a wearer's head to cover portions thereof. An outer shell is secured to and covers the inner liner and forms a generally continuous exposed surface of the helmet. A peripheral edge of the outer shell defines a lower contour of the helmet. Slits are defined in the outer shell and project generally upward from the peripheral edge. Flaps are defined each slit and by material of the outer shell deformed to an open position from a tucked position to open the lower contour of the helmet. A mechanism connects each flap to a remainder of the helmet at least in the tucked position. |
| US09854863B2 |
Head and neck support and restraint system
A head and neck support and restraint system including protective headwear worn by a user; an article worn about the shoulders, chest and back of the user; and a dynamic connector that is disposed between and attached to the protective headwear and the worn article that dampens and distributes forces to which the head and neck are subjected during use. Such forces can include forces experienced as a result of acceleration, deceleration, or impact during a collision between the user and another person or object. The dynamic connector also supports and limits the rate and range of motion permitted between the head and neck relative to the shoulders, chest and back of a user when the head or body of the user is subjected to such forces. |
| US09854858B2 |
Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use
A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield. |
| US09854857B2 |
Functional article of clothing
An upper body article of clothing has a hood and a pump for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas. The inflatable inner space extends along parts of the hood around the neck and over the head of a person wearing the article. |
| US09854855B2 |
Systems and methods for inflating an article of outdoor gear or apparel using a dry gas
An inflation system includes a bladder incorporated into an article of outdoor gear or apparel. The bladder is incorporated into the article of outdoor gear and apparel so as to provide insulation to a user. The inflation system includes a gas canister that includes a reservoir of dry gas. A valve mechanism allows the dry gas to be used to selectively inflate and deflate the bladder to provide a desired amount of insulation. |
| US09854851B2 |
Thoracic compression bra
A thoracic compression bra (1) having an opening located between two portions, a front right portion (2) and a front left portion (3) that are secured together using strap clips (9) that allow pressure being exerted by the bra on a patient to be adjusted. A compression band (24) is located around a circumference of the bra along the lower edge (34) of the bra. |
| US09854848B1 |
Personal vaporizing inhaler with adjustable airway
A personal vaporizing inhaler having an airway that is adjustable without disassembly of the vaporizer device. Such a vaporizer may include a hollow shell having an opening at one end ending in a mouthpiece, and having at least one air passage in the side of the hollow shell; a rotatable rotary air valve disposed within the hollow shell having an air passage that can be brought into alignment with the air passage of the hollow shell and at least one rotary valve connector, and a build deck having a heating element and at least one build deck connector configured to interface with the rotary valve connector such that rotating the build deck rotates the rotary air valve. The alignment between the air passages of the rotary air valve and the hollow shell may be adjustable in order to allow more or less air into the vaporizer. |
| US09854845B2 |
Elongate aerosol-generating device and system
There is provided an elongate aerosol-generating device having at least a portion of its transverse external cross-section defined by a shape having at least five sides. The shape may be polygonal. The cross-sectional shape of the device confers stability against rolling. The elongate aerosol-generating device includes a substrate receiving cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, a heating element, and a power supply configured to provide power to the heating element. The external shape of the aerosol-generating device may be defined by a housing having at least two separable portions. The external shape may be defined by a polygon having convexly curved faces to minimize perceived misalignments between adjacent housing portions. |
| US09854842B2 |
Battery assembly and atomizing assembly of electronic cigarette, and electronic cigarette
The present application provides a battery assembly of an electronic cigarette which is adapted to form an electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly. An image identification device includes an image sensor and a microprocessor. The microprocessor matches an identifier to be identified collected by the image sensor with a preset identifier, and if the identifier to be identified matches with the preset identifier, the microprocessor controls a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to turn on, thus the electronic cigarette can work normally. That is, the electronic cigarette has an identification function that it can be normally used only when the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly of the electronic cigarette are matched, thereby avoiding damage to the connectors of the electronic cigarette caused by mismatching. In addition, the present application may further avoid the user having a poor experience due to use of the conventional battery assembly and atomizing assembly in any combination, mixed use of tobacco tars having different flavors, and mixed use of the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly from different manufacturers. Thus, the present application may facilitate the recognition of the user of the manufactures and brands, and is more beneficial for the user to quit smoking. |
| US09854841B2 |
Electronic smoking article and associated method
Electronic smoking articles, and methods are provided. An exemplary article comprises a control body portion having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion is removably engaged with the control body portion. The cartridge body portion includes a consumable arrangement having an aerosol precursor composition, a heating element, and a second control component. The consumable arrangement is configured to communicate with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions. The first control component is configured to send a challenge to the second control component, and to receive a response to the challenge therefrom. The first control component is further configured to authorize the consumable arrangement for use with the control body portion, if the response corresponds to the challenge. |
| US09854839B2 |
Electronic vaping device and method
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, and at least one air inlet operable to establish a predetermined resistance to draw under a prescribed test of said smoking article. |
| US09854838B1 |
Modular mouthpiece assembly for an electronic cigarette
A modular mouthpiece assembly is provided for an electronic cigarette with the assembly including a high density polymer insulator, a metal collar, and an acrylic mouthpiece. The assembly also includes an optional O-ring which may be mounted on the enlarged head portion of the insulator. The modular mouthpiece assembly is designed to fit most of the presently available electronic cigarettes. Three of the four components of the assembly will have different colors to create a novel appearing mouthpiece. |
| US09854835B2 |
Apparatus for cutting and storing a cigarette
An apparatus has a housing that has a first section and a second section. The first section has a first compartment for storing a cigarette and a second compartment for containing a cutting device having a blade. The first compartment is sealed from the second compartment. A slide button on the housing allows the user to move the cutting device within the second compartment. The second section has an opening and a hollow interior that are sized to allow a user to insert a portion of a cigarette through the opening and into the hollow interior. A user inserts the used portion of a cigarette into the opening and hollow interior and then uses the slide button to move the blade into the hollow interior to cut off the used portion of the cigarette. The user then places the remaining portion of the cigarette in the first compartment. |
| US09854830B2 |
Oral tobacco product
An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers. |
| US09854829B2 |
Three-dimensional printing method
A 3D printing device, which is adapted to print a second object on a first object. The 3D printing device includes a body, a 3D printing unit, a sensor unit, a storage unit, a control unit and a carrier plate. The control unit is electrically connected to the 3D printing unit, the storage unit and the sensor unit. The storage unit stores initial coordinates, and the initial coordinates correspond to an initial printing position of the 3D printing unit. The carrier plate is located at a bottom of the body and has a ocular mark. The first object is adapted to be placed on the carrier plate. The sensor unit senses a height of the first object relative to the carrier plate, and the control unit drives the 3D printing unit to print the second object on the first object according to the height and the initial coordinates. |
| US09854828B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for creating 3D-printed edible objects
According to one embodiment, a system of using a three-dimensional (3D) printer to include a cannabinoid comprising: one or more extruders; one or more processors; and a storage module communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the storage module comprises logic, upon execution by the one or more processors, that receives particulars of a 3D object; receives particulars of a cannabinoid dosage; and instructs the one or more extruders to print the 3D object based on the particulars of the 3D object and the particulars of the cannabinoid dosage, wherein at least a portion of the printed 3D object contains the type of cannabinoid described in the instructions of the particulars of the cannabinoid dosage, and the printed 3D object is edible is provided. |
| US09854827B2 |
Sweetener
A low or zero calorie sweetener composition with sweetness synergy, providing a reduction in off-taste and a desirable temporal profile. The sweetener composition is suitable for use as a substitute for high calorie sugars. The sweetener composition is for use in food and beverage products, pharmaceutical products, nutritional products, and cosmetic products. |
| US09854826B2 |
Oligosaccharide mixture and food product comprising this mixture, especially infant formula
The invention discloses an oligosaccharide mixture comprising at least one N-acetyl-lactosamine, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide, and at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide. Food product, especially infant formula, comprising said oligosaccharide mixture. |
| US09854825B2 |
Retort rice meal producing system
A retort rice meal producing system includes a pressurized steamer mechanism performing a steam heating process on raw rice under pressurizing, a steamed-rice single granulation mechanism removing surface-layer moisture from the steamed rice processed for single granulation as being conveyed by a conveyer, a quantitative filling mechanism of measuring the steamed rice subjected to single granulation for each pack and filling a container with the steamed rice, a packing mechanism further filling the steamed-rice-filled container filled with the steamed rice with at least an amount of a liquid such as a rice-cooking liquid required for soaking and moisture absorption and air for allocating a head space, and sealing the container, a soaking/moisture-absorbing mechanism reversing a package of the sealed container a plurality of times and causing the rice-cooking liquid to be absorbed into the steamed rice, and a retort sterilizing apparatus. |
| US09854824B2 |
Heating appliance
An iron generally includes a water tank and a steam generator in flow communication with the water tank. The steam generator includes a thin-film heater tube that receives water from the water tank to generate steam inside the heater tube. |
| US09854823B2 |
Method of processing animal skin
The present invention provides a method of processing animal skin, comprising the steps of: 1) providing dry animal skin containing 7-38 wt % water; 2) rehydrating and softening the said dry animal skin, and obtaining softened wet skin; 3) mixing the said softened wet skin with water, and grinding the mixture to a slurry; 4) obtaining a solid product through a crosslink of collagen proteins in the said slurry; wherein, rehydrating the said dry animal skin is performed through soaking the dry animal skin in 0-55° C. water till the animal skin contains 40-50 wt % water; and softening the said dry animal skin comprises a step of heating the rehydrated dry animal skin. |
| US09854822B2 |
Process for increasing the yield of Lactococcus lactis subsp, lactis and/or Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris bacteria cultures during aerobic fermentation
Microbial starter cultures. More specifically, a method for preparing a microbial starter culture wherein the microorganism is inoculated in a culture medium comprising at least one 5 yield enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of a purine base, a pyrimidine base, a nucleoside and a nucleotide. Such microbial starter cultures are useful in the manufacturing of food, feed and pharmaceutical products. |
| US09854817B2 |
Meat processing device incorporating an X-ray analyzer
A meat processing device comprises a meat processing unit and an external X-ray meat analyzer provided with a housing formed with an inlet connectable with an outlet of the processing unit. The housing provides complete shielding of personnel from X-rays except towards the inlet and is movable relative to the processing unit to a first position for analysis at which the unit outlet is collocated with the inlet and at which the processing unit completes the shielding of personnel from X-rays towards the inlet. |
| US09854811B2 |
Treatment of plants, fruits and vegetables to increase growth, eliminate insects and increase shelf-life with aloe vera gel
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of plants against pathogens, elimination of insects and to increase the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables that includes coating the plant with undiluted aloe vera gel. |
| US09854804B2 |
Antifungal composition comprising polycyclic peptide compound and method for preparing the same
Disclosed are a novel strain with antibacterial activity, identified as Streptomyces sp. AN1542 strain (Accession No.: KCTC 12113BP), an antibacterial composition comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or 2, or a strain producing the same as an active ingredient, and a method for producing the same. Exhibiting potent antibacterial activity against pathogenic microbes and antibiotic-resistant microbes, particularly, MRSA, QRSA, VRSA and VRE, the compound or the strain of the present invention can be applied to the treatment of infectious diseases caused by superbacteria. |
| US09854803B2 |
Noxious arthropod control agent containing amide compound
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having the controlling activity on a noxious arthropod, and a noxious arthropod controlling agent containing an amide compound of formula (I): wherein X represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group, p represents 0 or 1, A represents a tetrahydrofuranyl group or the like, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom or the like, n represents 1 or 2, Y represents an oxygen atom or the like, m represents any integer of 0 to 7, and Q represents a C1-8 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having a phenyl group or the like, has the excellent noxious arthropod controlling effect. |
| US09854800B2 |
Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and chlormequat chloride
Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising (a) 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) chlormequat chloride and methods of use. The compositions provide control of undesirable vegetation in crops such as cereal crops, like wheat and barley. |
| US09854799B2 |
Means and methods for rhamnolipid production
Provided is a host cell comprising a rhlA gene or an ortholog thereof, under the control of a heterologous promoter and a rhlB gene or an ortholog thereof, under the control of a heterologous promoter. The host cell is capable of achieving a carbon yield of more than 0.18 Cmol rhamnolipid/Cmol substrate. Provided is also a method of producing rhamnolipids, employing such a host cell. |
| US09854798B2 |
Water-soluble granule formulation of 2,4-D salt and preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a water-soluble granule formulation of 2,4-D salt, comprising components in the following weight percent: 5-80% 2,4-D salt (calculated as 2,4-D acid), and a water-soluble filler as the balance. The water-soluble granule formulation of 2,4-D salt has an outstanding control efficiency on annual or perennial Poaceae weeds and some broadleaf weeds in fields of soybean and other Fabaceae plants. The formulation is environment-friendly, and has the advantages of being free of organic solvents and dusts and being easy to measure in comparison to conventional emulsifiable formulation, wettable powder formulation and suspension formulation. The present invention also discloses the preparation method of the formulation. The production process is simple, economical and safe. The whole production process, without the use of dangerous chemicals, is easy to control and operate and has a high safety factor. |
| US09854797B2 |
Gibberellin granular formulations
The present invention relates to granular gibberellin formulations and methods of their use. |
| US09854795B2 |
Drift reduction compositions for agricultural use
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of agricultural chemicals and, more particularly, to compositions which can be added to agricultural chemicals for the purpose of improving efficacy and reducing drift of sprayed chemicals away from target areas. Further disclosed are processes for preparing combination water conditioning adjuvant and drift reduction compositions as well as methods of drift reduction utilizing such compositions. |
| US09854793B2 |
Surfcasting bag system
I disclose here a system of interchangeable surfcasting bags and surfcasting equipment storage units. A variety of storage units are selectively secured to a base bag, waist belt or shoulder strap by a standardized tandem locking means. An upper lock is engaged with a simple twist of even a wet, gloved hand. A lower, secondary, lower lock latches in place and ensures the storage unit remains attached to its base in the harshest conditions. Storage units have male twisting locks and latches. Base bags, waist belts or shoulder straps have corresponding female twisting locks and latches. A distancing tool template is provided to ensure consistent and standard distance between upper and lower lock and latch components on all system pieces at all times. |
| US09854792B1 |
Dugger's lightning sticks systems
A product line of specialty fishing floats—floats designed specifically for overcast days and for night-fishing, and designed to work in conjunction with chemically luminescent “light sticks” to illuminate the strike-indicating float and help ensure that the angler will hook the striking fish. |
| US09854787B1 |
Fecal matter collection device
A fecal matter collection device for sanitary collection of feces from a pet includes a rod. A tube is slidably positioned around the rod. A first plate is coupled to and extends transversely from a bottom of the rod. Each of a pair of lines is coupled to and extends between the tube and a respective corner of the first plate distal from rod. Each of a plurality of liners is substantially complementary to, positionable on, and selectively couplable to the first plate. Each opposing side of the liner is selectively couplable to a respective line. The first plate is configured to intercept fecal matter that drops from a squatting pet. The liner separates the fecal matter from the first plate. The lines are positioned to compel the liner to separate from the first plate as the tube is motivated from a midpoint toward a top of the rod. |
| US09854786B2 |
Production method for animal excrement treatment material and production device therefore
A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which a raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coating material is coated on the granular material. The step in which the coating material is coated on the granular material has: a step in which the coating material is arranged on the granular material; and a step in which a vibration is applied to the granular material having the coating material arranged thereupon. |
| US09854785B2 |
Sow feeding system
A system for individually feeding sows within a snuggery includes entry, feeder station and exit assemblies. The entry assembly includes an entry gate module for individually admitting a sow therein. The exit assembly includes an exit gate module. The feeder station assembly includes at least one feed dispenser for dispensing a selected amount of feed into a trough and a carrier for supporting said trough. The carrier is displaceable between an extended position wherein the trough is positioned within the snuggery to permit access by a sow and a retracted position wherein the trough is inaccessible to the sow and the trough is positioned for filling by the feed dispenser. Feed may be dispensed in individualized rations to the sow under the control of a computer-driven controller. Movement of the sow within the snuggery may be controlled by sequentially illuminating regions of the snuggery, under the control of the controller. |
| US09854784B2 |
Feeder system
An animal feeder system for dispensing feed onto a ground surface, including a tank configured for holding feed and having a bottom end for receiving a gravity flow of feed in the tank. A spreader mechanism is operably coupled with the bottom end of the tank, and is operable to receive a flow of feed from the bottom end of the tank and periodically dispense the feed onto a ground surface proximate the tank. A bulk dump system includes a discharge port positioned in the tank and configured for capturing feed in the gravity flow, and a feed valve coupled with the discharge port and selectively operable for dispensing the captured feed from the discharge port into a pile on the ground surface. |
| US09854782B2 |
Animal litter sand and animal toilet
An animal litter sand that effectively prevents scattering of particles without increasing the weight or density of the litter sand. The animal litter sand includes particulates each of which is configured in a manner so as to contain a particle substrate configured from an inorganic porous material, a hydraulic solidification material, and a water-soluble thickener. |
| US09854781B2 |
Threaded gear assembly and a hand-held applicator to clean teats of a milk-producing animal
Embodiments are directed to a threaded gear assembly and a hand-held applicator for cleaning a teat of a milk-producing animal. In an embodiment, a threaded gear is provided which comprises a disk-shaped member having a perimeter and a plurality of radiating teeth circumferentially arranged and integrated with the perimeter of the disk-shaped member, the plurality of radiating teeth being configured to impart torque. The threaded gear includes a bore hole in a center of the disk-shaped member, the bore hole including internal threading along a surface within the bore hole. |
| US09854777B1 |
Maize inbred PH2DY5
A novel maize variety designated PH2DY5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2DY5 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2DY5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2DY5 or a locus conversion of PH2DY5 with another maize variety. |
| US09854773B2 |
Soybean variety 01058444
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058444. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058444. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058444 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058444 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09854772B2 |
Soybean variety 01058360
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058360. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058360. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058360 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058360 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09854768B1 |
Maize inbred PH1DB7
A novel maize variety designated PH1DB7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH1DB7 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DB7 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH1DB7 or a locus conversion of PH1DB7 with another maize variety. |
| US09854767B1 |
Soybean variety XB39Q15R
A novel soybean variety, designated XB39Q15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB39Q15R, cells from soybean variety XB39Q15R, plants of soybean XB39Q15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB39Q15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB39Q15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB39Q15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB39Q15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB39Q15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB39Q15R are further provided. |
| US09854763B1 |
Canola inbred line CL1992625B
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL1992625A/B. Also included are seeds of canola CL1992625A/B, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL1992625A/B and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL1992625A/B with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL1992625A/B. |
| US09854762B2 |
Cotton variety 15R509B2XF
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 15R509B2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 15R509B2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 15R509B2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 15R509B2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods. |
| US09854760B2 |
Hybrid tomato variety 13N954317 designated 72-629 RZ
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-629 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-629 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-629 RZ. |
| US09854759B2 |
Pepper hybrid SV4856PB
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV4856PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV4856PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09854757B2 |
Position adjustable self-watering apparatus for controllably dispensing water and nutrients through capillary motion
A position adjustable self-watering apparatus controllably dispenses water and nutrients by transmitting water from a primary reservoir to a second end of a tube, and selectively dispensing the liquid over a desired region of the soil. Capillary motion through a dual action wick carries the water. The tube adjustably positions over a desired region of soil through multiple means. Anchor rods that support the primary reservoir can selectively couple with correlating reception apertures in the bottom wall of the primary reservoir. Repositioning of anchor rods enables the primary reservoir to move relative to the plant container. Additionally, the tube incrementally and fixedly reorients in multiple directions. Additionally, when the container edge wedges between the anchor rod and the sidewalls of the primary reservoir, the primary reservoir slides along the container edge to a desired region above the soil. A primary reservoir valve helps regulate the flow of the liquid. |
| US09854749B2 |
Plant growth lighting device and method
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for promoting plant growth that combine beam angle control with spectral control. In one embodiment, an optical device can be configured to emit multiple colors of light at particular wavelengths. The optical device may also be configured to generate an emission spectrum with multiple peaks. The spectrum can be selected based on stimulating biological processes of a plant. |
| US09854747B2 |
Clipper
Clipper for lemons and other fruits. The clipper can have a pair of operating arms, a pivot assembly for the operating arms, a lower central open-position abutment mechanism, hand grips with adjustable and alternative left and right-hand strap mounting, and an out-of-the-way abutment arrangement to define a clipper open position. The pivot assembly can include a dust-free rotation structure and an out-of-the-way torsion spring. Gripping handles for clippers and the like are also disclosed. |
| US09854745B2 |
Carbon dioxide supplementation product with delayed activation control
A consumer product for supplementing carbon dioxide is provided with delayed activation control in the form of a clamp. A bag, having a top and a bottom seal and a filter, contains a mycelial mass prepared under sterile laboratory conditions using aseptic techniques. The bag may be selectively clamped at various locations on its exterior. During manufacturing, the mycelial mass is sealed away from the air exchange portal by the clamp. The manipulation delays the optimized carbon dioxide generation and extends the product shelf-life significantly. The fungi are utilized on-demand by removal of the clamp and carbon dioxide flows from the product. Consumers will place the product near indoor plants. The precise clamping method delays the expiration of the product for storage and shipping optimization. The clamp is relocated to the top of the bag in order to provide a hanger for the carbon dioxide generator above plant level. |
| US09854742B2 |
Crop processing apparatus in a combine harvester
A combine harvester including a grain pan arranged to catch a crop stream from threshing or separating apparatus. The grain pan is driven in an oscillating manner to convey the crop stream rearwardly to a rear edge. A cleaning unit including a fan for generating a cleaning airstream which is directed under the rear edge of the grain pan. The grain pan comprises includes a transversely corrugated surface and longitudinal gullies having a curved profile for compensating for side-hill operation. |
| US09854739B2 |
De-grasser system
A de-grassing system having a body, a handle, and a cutter; the body having a longitudinal hollow chamber with an axis extending axially there through, with a top and bottom, the chamber further having a port permitting water to egress; the handle having a longitudinal hollow cylinder having a proximal and distal end, wherein the proximal end has a substantially perpendicular longitudinal hollow cylinder affixed thereto at the midpoint of the substantially perpendicular longitudinal hollow cylinder, wherein the substantially perpendicular longitudinal cylinder has a pair of ends providing means for rotating the system about the axis; the top connecting outwardly from the chamber for receiving the distal end of the handle; and the cutter forming the bottom, having a plurality of teeth extending axially outwardly from the chamber to engulf the sprinkler head. |
| US09854732B2 |
Metering system for an agricultural vehicle
A metering system for an agricultural vehicle includes a meter roller oriented substantially parallel to a direction of travel of the agricultural vehicle. The meter roller includes multiple protrusions, and each protrusion is configured to drive agricultural product downwardly in response to rotation of the meter roller. The metering system also includes a drive shaft configured to be driven in rotation. In addition, the metering system includes a gear assembly having an input coupled to the drive shaft and an output configured to drive the meter roller to rotate. A first rotational axis of the input is substantially perpendicular to a second rotational axis of the output. |
| US09854730B2 |
Seed inductor box for an agricultural implement having a fluidization chamber
A particulate material delivery system for an agricultural implement including, an inductor box configured to receive particulate material from a tank, the inductor box comprising at least one inductor segment configured to guide the particulate material and an airflow through the inductor box, wherein the at least one inductor segment comprises a particulate material fluidization chamber configured to establish a vortex that mixes the particulate material with the airflow. |
| US09854723B2 |
Guide for lift arm of header attachment apparatus
A header assembly is removably attached to lift arms of an agricultural harvester by lift pins on the header assembly received in upwardly facing cups on the ends of lift arms. Guides including target portions suspended lower than the lift pins receive the lift arms to position the cups below the lift pins. The guides are pivotally connected to the header assembly and are rotated by the lift arms engaging guide lift elements as the lift arms are raised to engage the cups with the lift pins. |
| US09854721B2 |
Share tip and tool combination having a share tip
A tool combination, including a share tip and an adjoining guide element, wherein the share tip and the guide element have threaded receptacles for fastening to a tine. An easy and secure fastening of both the share tip and the guide element is achieved according to this invention if the guide element has a threaded receptacle which is covered in the tool advancement direction by a cover portion of the share tip. |
| US09861013B2 |
Cooling system with integrated fill and drain pump
A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant circulation loop, one or more primary coolant pumps, and a fill and drain pump. The primary coolant pump(s) is coupled to facilitate circulating coolant through the coolant circulation loop, and the fill and drain pump facilitates selective filling of the cooling system with the coolant, or draining of the coolant from the cooling system. The fill and drain pump is integrated with the cooling system as a backup coolant pump to the primary coolant pump(s), and circulates the coolant through the coolant circulation loop responsive to an error in the primary coolant pump(s). The primary coolant pump(s) and fill and drain pumps may be different types of pumps, and the cooling system further includes a control system for automatically activating the fill and drain pump upon detection of an error in the primary coolant pump(s). |
| US09861012B2 |
Multifunction coolant manifold structures
A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant supply manifold, a multifunction coolant manifold structure, and multiple cooling structures. The multifunction coolant manifold structure includes a coolant-commoning manifold and an auxiliary coolant reservoir above and in fluid communication with the coolant-commoning manifold. The multiple cooling structures are coupled in parallel fluid communication between the coolant supply and coolant-commoning manifolds to receive coolant from the supply, and exhaust coolant to the coolant-commoning manifold. The coolant-commoning manifold is sized to slow therein a flow rate of coolant exhausting from the multiple cooling structures to allow gas within the exhausting coolant to escape the coolant within the coolant-commoning manifold. The escaping gas rises to the auxiliary coolant reservoir and is replaced within the coolant-commoning manifold by coolant from the auxiliary coolant reservoir. |
| US09861011B1 |
Stackable sleds for storing electronic devices
Described herein is a first system that includes sleds each having sidewalls, a mounting plate, and a first cover. The first cover is movable relative to the sidewalls between a closed position and an open position. The first cover includes at least one first opening. The system additionally includes at least one data storage device fixed to each mounting plate. A first air gap is defined between the at least one data storage device and the mounting plate, and a second air gap is defined between the at least one data storage device and the at least one first opening of the first cover. The sleds are stacked together such that the first covers of adjacent sleds are directly adjacent each other, and the at least one first opening of the first cover of one sled at least partially overlaps the at least one first opening of an adjacent sled. |
| US09861010B2 |
Protective louver assembly for air-moving assembly
Apparatuses and methods are provided for blocking removal of an air-moving assembly from a chassis when in operational state. The apparatus includes a protective louver assembly having a louver(s) and an interlock element(s). The louver(s) is disposed at an air inlet or an air outlet of the air-moving assembly, and pivots between an operational and a quiesced orientation, dependent on presence or absence, respectively, of airflow through the air-moving assembly. The interlock element(s) is associated with the louver(s) to pivot with the louver(s) between the operational orientation and the quiesced orientation. In the operational orientation, the interlock element(s) blocks, at least in part, access to at least one fastener securing the air-moving assembly within the chassis, and thereby prevents removal of the air-moving assembly from the chassis when in the operational state. |
| US09861004B2 |
Zero-U rack keyboard and monitor
In one general embodiment, a server rack is provided. The server rack includes a sidewall and an aperture in the sidewall. The server rack also includes a first fixed rail within the sidewall, and a second fixed rail within the sidewall. Moreover, the server rack includes a retractable terminal configured to extend through the aperture of the sidewall. |
| US09861000B2 |
Ventilation structure and ventilation member
A ventilation structure (10A) includes a housing (50) having an opening portion (50a) and a ventilation member (1A) formed of a porous resin and attached to the housing (50) so as to cover the opening portion (50a). In the ventilation structure (10A), the ventilation member (1A) is fitted to a side surface (50d) of a projecting portion (50b) provided on an outer surface of a wall portion (50g) of the housing (50), with at least one of the projecting portion (50b) and the ventilation member (1A) being elastically deformed. |
| US09860995B2 |
Solder supply system
A solder supply system that judges whether a solder cup is set on a solder supply device. In a case in which it is judged that the solder cup is set on the solder supply device, reading a barcode by a barcode reader is allowed. In contrast, in a case in which it is judged that the solder cup is not set on the solder supply device, reading a barcode by the barcode reader is restricted. That is, reading a barcode by the barcode reader before the solder cup is set inside an outer tube is restricted, while reading a barcode by the barcode reader is allowed when the solder container is set inside the outer tube. |
| US09860994B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board having a substrate, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a solder mask layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer with unequal surface areas spacedly arranged on the substrate and respectively providing a first solderable region and a second solderable region with equal surface areas. The solder mask layer having an opening and covered on the substrate, the first metal layer and the second metal layer to expose the first solderable region and the second solderable region. Besides, the first metal layer further provides a window abutted to the first solderable region, and the opening exposes a first blank region and a second blank region. Thus, the problem of unequal solder regions due to offset of the solder mask layer can be avoided, and improving the yield rate of the fabrication process. |
| US09860993B2 |
Grid and nanostructure transparent conductor for low sheet resistance applications
Transparent conductors and methods of forming same are provided. A transparent conductor can include a nanostructure layer and a low sheet resistance grid disposed on a transfer film surface having an acceptable level of surface roughness. The presence of the low sheet resistance grid lowers the sheet resistance of the transparent conductor to an acceptable level. After release of the transparent conductor from the transfer film, the surface roughness of the transparent conductor will be at least comparable to the surface roughness of the transfer film. |
| US09860991B2 |
Lighting apparatus
Of the various technological features disclosed in the present specification, a structure according to the one technological feature is as follows. A lighting apparatus changeable between an illuminating state and a non-illuminating state comprising: a non-contact motion sensor arranged to sense a movement of a hand near the lighting apparatus; and a controller arranged to control the lighting apparatus in the non-illuminating state to change from the non-illuminating state to the illuminating state in response to the movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor, and to control the lighting apparatus in the illuminating state to cause a change in illumination with the illuminating state kept in response to the same movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor. |
| US09860989B2 |
Electronic component module and method for manufacturing electronic component module
An electronic component module formed with the use of a copper particle paste which can ensure that even the inner part of a joint material is sintered, where copper particles are excellent in oxidation resistance, and a joint part is provided with high joint reliability; and a method for manufacturing the module. |
| US09860988B2 |
Solder contacts for socket assemblies
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations to provide solder contacts for electrical connection in socket assemblies. In one embodiment, a solder contact may be disposed on the bottom surface of a die package such that the solder contact is conductively coupled to electrical contacts of the die package. The solder contacts may be disposed to be coupled to pins of a socket assembly, to provide conductive coupling of the electrical contacts of the die package and the pins of the socket assembly. The solder may be selected to be sufficiently soft to provide for better electrical conduction. The pins may also be configured to penetrate the solder contact to provide for better electrical conduction. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US09860985B1 |
System and method for improving isolation in high-density laminated printed circuit boards
A system and method of isolating a layer-to-layer transition between conductors in a multilayer printed circuit board includes formation of a first ground via at least partially surrounding a first signal conductor in at least one layer of the printed circuit board and formation of a second ground via at least partially surrounding a second signal conductor in another layer of the printed circuit board. The first and second ground vias are plated with a conductive material. |
| US09860983B2 |
Method for producing silver nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, and silver coating composition
The present invention provides silver nano-particles with excellent stability and conductivity by low-temperature calcining, a producing method for same, and a silver coating composition. A method for producing silver nano-particles comprising: preparing an amine mixture liquid comprising: an aliphatic hydrocarbon monoamine (A) with an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and one amino group, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms in total; an aliphatic hydrocarbon monoamine (B) with an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and one amino group, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 or less carbon atoms in total; and an aliphatic hydrocarbon diamine (C) with an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and two amino groups, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms in total; mixing a silver compound and the amine mixture liquid to form a complex compound; and thermally decomposing the complex compound by heating to form silver nano-particles. |
| US09860982B1 |
Electrical connection of electrical wires to flexible conductive elements
A process makes electrical connections between electrical wires and flexible conductive elements, such as conductive fabrics. The process makes strong electrical connections that are mechanically flexible and can simultaneously create multiple electrical connections. The process involves creating an assembly that includes at least a TPE layer, an electrical wire, an insulating layer, and a flexible conductive element, and applying heat and pressure to the assembly. For example, a conductive fabric is disposed on an insulating layer, a wire is positioned onto a surface of the insulating layer, and a TPE layer is disposed over the wire and overlaps the conductive fabric element. When applying the heat and pressure, the wire melts through the insulating layer to make electrical contact with the conductive fabric element, and the TPE layer conforms to an exterior of the wire and bonds to the insulating layer. |
| US09860980B1 |
Circuit board element
A circuit board element includes a glass substrate, a first dielectric layer, and a first patterned metal layer. The glass substrate has an edge. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the glass substrate and has a central region and an edge region. The edge region is in contact with the edge of the glass substrate, and the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the edge region. The first patterned metal layer is disposed on the glass substrate and in the central region of the first dielectric layer. |
| US09860976B1 |
Flexible electronic device
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a flexible electronic device may include a unit structure including a substrate unit and a wiring structure. The substrate unit has slits to divide connecting portions between respective ends of two slits and wiring regions arranged outwardly from at least one unit center sequentially. The wiring structure is disposed on the substrate unit and includes wirings distributed in the wiring regions. Each wiring includes circumferential portions and radial portions connected between the circumferential portions. The radial portion connected to a first end of each circumferential portion extends toward the unit center from the first end. Each circumferential portion includes a first section and a second section. The first section is closer to the first end and has greater anti-stretching ability than the second section. |
| US09860973B2 |
Contactor with cable and wiring board
A contactor coupled to an electrode of a semiconductor package mounted on a mounting surface of a wiring board, the contactor includes: a cable including a core line; a connector attached to a front end of the cable, and to be inserted into a through hole that penetrates the wiring board in a thickness direction thereof; and a signal land formed on a front end surface of the connector, and electrically coupled with the core line. |
| US09860971B2 |
Shield can structure
An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, a printed circuit board arranged inside the housing and comprises a first surface, a second surface, and at least one side surface t, a first electronic component mounted on the first surface, a second electronic component mounted on the second surface, a first shield frame formed on the first surface and has a first opening, a second shield frame formed on the second surface and has a second opening, and a first shield cover comprising a first cover part and a first side part. The first cover part is supported by the first shield frame and covers the first electronic component. The first side part extends from the first cover part to the second shield frame and is covers the printed circuit board, the first opening, and a portion of the second opening. |
| US09860967B2 |
Target supply apparatus, extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus, and target supply method
A target supply apparatus configured to melt a target and supply a molten target into a chamber, the target generating extreme ultraviolet light when the target is irradiated with a laser beam in the chamber, may include: a pair of electrodes spaced from one another and configured to sandwich the target; and a power source configured to supply a current to a solid target sandwiched between the pair of electrodes via the pair of electrodes to melt the solid target to a core of the solid target. |
| US09860966B2 |
Radiation source
A radiation source for generating EUV radiation includes a laser configured to fire laser pulses at a target area to which is supplied a stream of fuel droplets, which may be tin droplets that emit EUV radiation when excited by the laser beam. The EUV radiation is collected by a collector. The tin droplets may be pre-conditioned by a laser pre-pulse before the main laser pulse to change the shape of the droplets so that the droplets are in an optimum condition for receiving the main laser pulse. Embodiments of the invention take into account the effect of the vaporization of one fuel droplet on succeeding droplets and allow the timing of the main and/or pre-pulse to be adjusted to take into account any delay in arrival of the subsequent droplet or oscillations in the shape of the subsequent droplet which may be caused by vaporization of the preceding droplet. |
| US09860962B2 |
Light emission power control apparatus and method
A system and method for adjusting light emitter output for a railway track inspection system based on data feedback from one or more sensors. |
| US09860960B2 |
Organic EL display device and method for production of the same
Disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescence display device including: a substrate; a plurality of lower electrodes formed thereon for each of a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of hole injecting/transporting layers capable of either hole injection or hole transportation which are formed on the lower electrodes for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of organic light emitting layers containing a low-molecular weight material which are formed on the hole injecting/transporting layers for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; an electron injecting/transporting layer capable of either electron injection or electron transportation which is formed over the entire surface of the organic light emitting layers; and an upper electrode formed on the electron injecting/transporting layer. |
| US09860959B2 |
LED tube lamp compatible with different sources of external driving signal
An LED tube lamp is provided. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube including a first pin at a first end of the lamp tube and a second pin at a second end of the lamp tube, for receiving an external driving signal; a light strip disposed in the lamp tube, comprising an LED module for emitting light; a driving circuit configured to drive the LED module; a rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit, for filtering the rectified signal in order to drive the LED module; a first capacitor coupled to the first pin at the first end of the lamp tube; and a second capacitor coupled to the second pin at the second end of the lamp tube. |
| US09860942B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; an OLED on the substrate in the display region; an encapsulation substrate bonded to the substrate via an adhesive layer such that the encapsulation substrate and the substrate face each other; and a step-difference compensation portion in the non-display region and configured to compensate for a step difference between the display region and the non-display region. |
| US09860939B2 |
Method and apparatus for assisted/coordinated intra-home communications
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide assistance across networks using different radio access technologies. A centralized gateway CGW (210, 710) may be provided to facilitate the assistance via client devices in the networks (220). The CGW (210, 710) and client devices may use a common protocol (311) and common interface to take actions relating to the assistance (780). |
| US09860932B2 |
Master device for using connection attribute of electronic accessories connections to facilitate locating an accessory
A connection-indicative signal can be received at a master electronic device from an electronic accessory. The connection-indicative signal can include a connection attribute indicative of a presence or characteristic of a connection between the electronic accessory and at least one other electronic accessory of the master electronic device. A location of the master electronic device can be determined at the master electronic device. The location can be stored at the master electronic device in association with the connection attribute. The master electronic device can detect a locate-accessory input that corresponds to a request to locate the at least one other electronic accessory; or that a locate-accessory condition is satisfied based on another connection attribute included in another connection-indicative signal received from the electronic accessory. The stored location can be retrieved in response to the detecting. A presentation that includes location information that corresponds to the stored location can be presented. |
| US09860930B2 |
Method to set up a wireless communication connection and electronic device utilizing the same
An electronic device includes a processor and a wireless communication module, The processor transmits one or more touch link messages via at least one transmitting electrode of a touch panel device to another electronic device in proximity to the electronic device and receives one or more touch link messages via at least one receiving electrode of the touch panel device from the other electronic device to obtain essential information for establishing a wireless communication connection with the other electronic device. The wireless communication module establishes a wireless communication connection with the other electronic device according to the essential information. |
| US09860924B2 |
Wireless communication terminal and method for wireless communication
The invention provides for a wireless communications terminal (502), and related system and method, for wirelessly communicating with a network (504, 506). The terminal (502) is arranged to transmit, as part of a wireless connection establishment procedure for forming a wireless connection between the terminal (502) and the network (504, 506), wireless-connection establishment signalling (510) including a small-data indicator to indicate to the network (504) that transmission of an amount of data below a threshold value is required from the terminal (502) by way of the wireless connection to the network (504, 506). |
| US09860922B2 |
Trunking user based message transmission method and device
A trunking user based message transmission method and device. The method comprises: receiving a request message from a user equipment (UE) by the wireless access device, and allocating a connection resource for the UE by the wireless access device, wherein the request message carries information indicating whether the UE is a trunking user; when the UE is a trunking user, and if the UE does not receive or send data within a preset period, triggering the UE to enter a CELL_PCH state by the wireless access device; and when the UE is not a trunking user, and if the UE does not receive or send data within a preset period, releasing the connection resource of the UE by the wireless access device. |
| US09860919B2 |
Method for transmitting signal for MTC and apparatus for same
The present invention relates to a method for transreceiving a signal in a wireless communication system supporting repeated transmission of a same signal, and an apparatus for same, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for same, the method comprising the steps of: repeatedly transmitting a first physical random access channel (PRACH) signal by using a first PRACH resource, wherein the number of transmissions equal a first repetition number; receiving a random access response (RAR) with respect to the first PRACH signal; and transmitting a second PRACH signal for requesting scheduling, wherein a plurality of PRACH resources are pre-established for transmitting the second PRACH signal, a second plurality of repetition numbers that are different are pre-established for the plurality of PRACH resources, wherein the second PRACH signal is repeatedly transmitted by using the first PRACH resource, wherein the number of transmissions equal a repetition number set for the first PRACH resource, when the first PRACH resource matches one of the plurality of PRACH resources, and wherein the second PRACH signal is repeatedly transmitted by using a PRACH resource corresponding to the first repetition number from among the plurality of PRACH resources, wherein the number of transmissions equal the first repetition number, when the first repetition number matches one of the second plurality of repetition numbers. |
| US09860918B1 |
Method for practicing carrier sense multiple access at the application layer
A system and method for controlling a aradio transmitter from the application layer is presented. The method includes monitoring an uplink state of a shared channel at a cell manager and processing the uplink state, at least in part, in the application layer in the cell manager to produce processed uplink state. The processed uplink state is then broadcast in a control packet on a downlink of the shared channel to a subscriber manager. The processed uplink state is then further processed, at least in part, at the application layer in the subscriber manager to produce transmitter control data. The transmitter control data is then used control the radio transmitter. |
| US09860914B2 |
Handling FDD and TDD timing offset in FDD and TDD CA in LTE
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for determining timing of uplink transmissions for UEs communicating with carrier aggregation involving both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers (CCs). A timing advance (TA) offset value for a user equipment (UE) to use for uplink transmissions is determined based, at least in part, on which of the CCs carries a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). |
| US09860908B2 |
Multi-user parallel channel access in WLAN systems
Methods and apparatuses are related to multi-user parallel channel access (MU-PCA). For example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is provided that is one of a plurality of WTRUs operable to simultaneously communicate via a plurality of channels managed by an access point (AP). The WTRU includes a receiver configured to receive, from the AP, over at least one channel of the plurality of channels, a group request-to-send (G-RTS) message that includes a resource allocation that indicates at least one assigned channel for the WTRU; a transmitter configured to transmit a clear-to-send (CTS) message, to the AP, over the at least one assigned channel of the plurality of channels; and the receiver further configured to receive a data message, from the AP, over at least one channel of the plurality of channels. |
| US09860904B2 |
Communication system and method for mitigating interference in hierarchical cell structure
A method for mitigating interference at a small base station in a hierarchical cell structure is provided. In the method, the small base station checks a sub-frame allocated to macro user equipment by using a downlink signal received from a macro base station when an interference candidate user equipment list is received. The interference candidate user equipment list contains information on the macro user equipment adjacent to a femto cell controlled by the small base station. Then the small base station allocates other sub-frame to femto user equipment located in the femto cell by avoiding the sub-frame allocated to the macro user equipment. |
| US09860902B2 |
Information processing method, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments provide an information processing method, user equipment, and a base station, where the information processing method includes: obtaining, by user equipment, a coverage enhancement requirement; and communicating, by the user equipment, with a base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement. The user equipment obtains the coverage enhancement requirement and communicates with the base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement. |
| US09860893B2 |
Frame structure with reduced signal field and method for high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) communication
Embodiments of a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) device and method for HEW communicating are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an HEW frame is configured with a reduced signal field. The HEW frame may include a HEW signal field (HEW SIG-A1) which may include a single bit to indicate whether the HEW frame is a single user (SU) HEW frame or a multi-user (MU) HEW frame. A legacy signal field (L-SIG) is not included in the HEW frame. Rate information may be included in one or more signal fields that follow the HEW SIG-A1 and length information may be included in either the HEW SIG-A1 or the one or more signal fields that follow the HEW SIG-A1. The HEW frame may improve overall system efficiency, particularly in high-density deployment situations. |
| US09860891B2 |
Effective method for transmitting control information during the combination of multiple carriers for wideband support
The present invention relates to wideband wireless access system, and more particularly to an effective method for transmitting control information during the combination of multiple carriers. As one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method by which a base station allocates a carrier to a terminal in a wideband wireless access system supporting multiple carriers, the method comprising: transmitting, to the terminal, a terminal specific or terminal group specific carrier allocation information that includes information about at least one of control information and data; and transmitting, to the terminal, a carrier combination control information that includes information about a change in the at least one candidate carrier available. |
| US09860888B2 |
UE category handling
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus performs LBRM. Before performing LBRM, the apparatus reports a plurality of UE categories to an eNB. In addition, the apparatus determines whether signaling in relation to the UE categories is received from the eNB. In addition, the apparatus selects a UE category from the plurality of UE categories based on the reported UE categories and the signaling in relation to the UE categories. In addition, the apparatus determines a total number of soft channel bits to use for LBRM at the UE based on the selected UE category. Subsequently, the apparatus performs LBRM based on the determined total number of soft channel bits. |
| US09860886B2 |
Methods and devices for transceiving/transmitting downlink data in wireless access system supporting new carrier type
The present invention relates to a wireless access system, and provides methods for transmitting downlink data with a new carrier type (NCT) by using transmission diversity and devices for supporting same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for user equipment receiving downlink data in the wireless access system supporting the new carrier type (NCT) comprises the steps of: receiving an upper layer signal comprising indication information indicating demodulation of downlink data into a user equipment-specific reference signal (URS), wherein the downlink data is transmitted by means of a distributed virtual resource block (DVRB) technique; receiving the downlink data and the URS transmitted using the DVRB technique by applying different precoding matrices to a first slot and a second slot in a subframe; demodulating the URS and estimating channel information with respect to the first slot and the second slot; and demodulating downlink data based on the channel information. |
| US09860883B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information
A method of receiving uplink control information is provided at a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell in a wireless communication system. A first set of one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) signals is transmitted within M downlink subframes through the first cell, where M≧1. A second set of zero or more PDSCH signals is transmitted within N downlink subframes through the second cell, where N≧1. The communication apparatus receives acknowledgment information on an uplink subframe, the acknowledgment information including acknowledgment information for the first set and acknowledgment information for the second set. |
| US09860881B2 |
Resource assignments for uplink control channel
A wireless communication method includes allocating physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data in first slot to a first orthogonal cover code (OCC). The method also includes allocating PUCCH data in a second slot of the same subframe to a different orthogonal cover code (OCC). Another method includes mapping PUCCH resources to physical resource blocks based on a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter (e.g., a resource index) and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe. |
| US09860879B2 |
Virtual radio networks
It is provided an apparatus, comprising radio side separating means for separating first uplink data of a first radio network received from a physical radio interface from second uplink data of a second radio network received from the physical radio interface; first uplink processing means configured to process, according to a higher layer uplink functionality, the first uplink data into first processed uplink data; second uplink processing means configured to process, according to the higher layer uplink functionality, the second uplink data into second processed uplink data; and aggregating means for providing the first processed uplink data to a first logical channel of a physical transport means and the second processed uplink data to a second logical channel of the physical transport means, wherein the first radio network is different from the second radio network; and the first logical channel is different from the second logical channel. |
| US09860877B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating transmission channel in wireless local area network system
According to one embodiment, a method for a wireless local area includes: generating a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a target station; generating a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) by attaching a PLCP preamble to the MPDU; selecting a transmission channel; and transmitting the PPDU to the target station over the transmission channel. Selecting the transmission channel includes: performing clear channel assessment (CCA) on a first channel to determine whether the first channel is idle; and only after it is determined that the first channel is idle, selecting the first channel and at least one idle second channel as the transmission channel. The PLCP preamble includes channel allocation information indicating a bandwidth of the transmission channel. |
| US09860872B2 |
In-band control signaling for integrated WLAN/3GPP RAT architectures
An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (“RAT”) architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (“PDCP”) layer, and/or at other layers (e.g., a layer between the PDCP layer and the Internet Protocol (“IP”) layer). When involving the PDCP layer, non-standard PDCP packets, including variable length PDCP packets, may be used. The integrated architecture may provide a network controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. |
| US09860871B2 |
Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The data processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal in which main service data and mobile service data are multiplexed, demodulating the broadcast signal to acquire fast-information-channel signaling information including reference time information for a system clock, and outputting demodulation time information of a specific position of a frame of the broadcast signal, decoding the fast-information-channel signaling information, and establishing the reference time information as the system clock at a demodulation time according to on the outputted demodulation time information and decoding the mobile service data according to the system clock. |
| US09860870B2 |
Wireless communications-dynamic coverage class update and aligning coverage class paging groups
Techniques are described herein that enhance the following: (1) how a wireless device conveys a change of its downlink (DL) coverage class (CC) to a network; and (2) how the network and the wireless device each perform a new paging group procedure to align coverage class paging groups within a given Extended Discontinuous Receive (eDRX) cycle for the wireless device. In addition, devices namely a wireless device, a radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem), and a core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node) that implement these techniques are described herein. |
| US09860864B2 |
Method of performing synchronization in distributed wireless communication system and terminal supporting the same
Disclosed herein are a method of performing synchronization in a distributed wireless communication system, and a terminal supporting the same. A distributed wireless communication system includes a plurality of networks. Time resources of each of a plurality of networks are divided into a synchronization slot, a discovery slot, a peering slot, and a data slot. A first terminal belonging to a first network determines whether a synchronization signal is received from a terminal belonging to a second network in the data slot of the first network. The first terminal detects whether it has met the second network that is out of synchronization with the first network if the synchronization signal is determined to have been received. |
| US09860862B1 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting a device to perform shared functionality in a deterministic and fair manner in a wireless data communication system
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for selecting a device to perform shared functionality in a deterministic and fair manner in a wireless data communication system. A wireless data communication system includes multiple wireless transceiver devices and certain functionality, such as the transmitting of a beacon used to synchronize the wireless transceiver devices, is distributed among the wireless transceiver devices. Each wireless transceiver device generates a device rank for a given time for itself as well as one or more other wireless transceiver devices in a deterministic and fair manner. Each wireless transceiver device determines the same device ranks for the wireless transceiver devices, and each wireless transceiver device selects the wireless transceiver device having a highest device rank at any given time as the wireless transceiver device that is to perform the functionality at that given time. |
| US09860860B2 |
Synchronization signals for device-to-device communcations
A user equipment (UE) may comprise a detector which is configured to detect a first sidelink synchronization signal. The UE may comprise a receiver which is configured to receive a physical sidelink channel. The physical sidelink channel may carry information specifying whether or not a source of the first sidelink synchronization signal is in-coverage. The first sidelink synchronization signal may be generated by using at least a first identity. |
| US09860859B2 |
Apparatus and method for aligning discovery channel intervals among cells in cellular communication system
In the instant disclosure a method includes selecting at least one UE located in the serving cell and operates in a RRC connected mode, transmitting, to the at least one UE, a request message requesting information related to a discovery channel of the neighbor cell, receiving, from the at least one UE, at least one of an ID of the neighbor cell, a temporally adjusted value obtained by shifting the discovery channel with respect to a frame reference time of the neighbor cell, or an NTD between the serving cell and the neighbor cell, and aligning the discovery channel interval of the serving cell to the discovery channel interval of the neighbor cell based on the at least one of the ID of the neighbor cell, the temporally adjusted value, or the NTD, by a serving eNB managing the serving cell. |
| US09860852B2 |
System and method to facilitate small cell uplink power control in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at a central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; and generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint. |
| US09860846B2 |
Rule-based device timeout and security access
Devices, methods and computer-readable media for controlling a device timeout parameter are disclosed. For example, a device receives a condition for modifying a timeout parameter and a modification. The device then detects the condition for modifying the timeout parameter and applies the modification to the timeout parameter in response to detecting the condition. A method determines a maximum time for a timeout parameter of a device and transmits a message to the device indicating the maximum time for the timeout parameter. A further method determines a condition for modifying a timeout parameter of a device and a modification. The method then transmits a message to the device indicating the condition for modifying the timeout parameter of the device and the modification. |
| US09860844B2 |
Method and apparatus of temperature control
A temperature control method is provided. The method may include determining a present state of a user interface of a terminal when a present temperature of the terminal reaches a predetermined temperature threshold, and performing a corresponding temperature control strategy on the terminal according to the present state of the user interface. The present state of the user interface may be an interacting state or a non-interacting state. |
| US09860842B2 |
Data processing method, terminal, subscriber identity module card, and system
A method for processing data, a terminal, a subscriber identity module card and a system are disclosed. The method includes: when a terminal is in a dormant state, keeping providing a working power supply for a subscriber identity module card and a specified electronic device within the terminal, so that the subscriber identity module card and the specified electronic device keep in a working state; the subscriber identity module card collecting working data of the specified electronic device and then storing the working data; and when the terminal quits from the dormant state, the terminal extracting the working data. |
| US09860839B2 |
Wireless transceiver
A low cost, robust, wireless sensor that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The wireless sensors are configured to communicate with a base unit or repeater. When the sensor unit detects an anomalous ambient condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The sensor unit receives instructions to change operating parameters and/or control external devices. |
| US09860835B2 |
Method for cell selection in multi-rat environment
The present invention provides a method for selecting a cell by a terminal which is capable of establishing a radio connection through a plurality of radio interfaces. The terminal comprises a signal transmitting/receiving unit and a processor connected to the signal transmitting/receiving unit. The processor may receive, from a base station, system information about pilot transmission power and an uplink reception power limit, estimate the amount of path loss on the basis of the pilot transmission power and measured pilot reception power, and determine whether to connect to the base station on the basis of the uplink reception power limit and the amount of path loss. |
| US09860834B2 |
Method for reselecting network node in charge of control plane
One embodiment of the present specification provides a method by which a user equipment (UE) reselects a network node in charge of a control plane. The method can comprise the steps of: retransmitting, by the UE, a non-access stratum (NAS) request message if the UE transmitted the NAS request message to a network node in charge of the control plane through a base station but has not received a response message; transmitting, by the UE, an access stratum (AS) message, which includes an indication showing no response from the network node, to the base station if the retransmission of the NAS request message has repeated by a preset value or more; and reselecting another network node in charge of the control plane instead of the network node in a disabled state if information indicating that the network node is in the disabled state is received from the base station. |
| US09860831B2 |
Terminal and method for idle handoff based on high rate packet data system
The present invention provides a terminal and method for an idle handoff based on a High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) system. The method includes, when the terminal switches from the HRPD system to a non-HRPD radio access technology system, an HRPD protocol stack of the terminal migrating from a non-tunnel state to a tunnel state. When the terminal is in a handoff area, and performs the idle handoff from the HRPD system to the non-HRPD radio access technology system, the terminal after the handoff is in the tunnel state, and the HRPD session information of the terminal is reserved. Thus, when the terminal switches back to the HRPD system, it is not necessary to perform the HRPD session negotiation again, thereby effectively avoiding the waste of air interface resources and system processing capabilities, and improving efficiency of interconnection and intercommunication between the HRPD system and other radio access technology system. |
| US09860830B2 |
Cell selection method and electronic device
A method for selecting a cell by an electronic device including a plurality of antennas includes obtaining first received power-related information for a reference signal received from a first cell of a first network through a first antenna of the plurality of antennas configured to transmit and receive signals, determining whether the first received power-related information meets a preset first condition, and when the first received power-related information meets the first condition, forming a connection with the first cell or transmitting at least a portion of the first received power-related information to the first cell or a second cell of the first network. |
| US09860828B2 |
Method for searching for service or advertising in direct communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and a method for executing a service search and an advertisement. To this end, the method by which a first wireless device performs a service search comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame which includes a hash value; receiving, from a second wireless device, a probe response frame which includes first service information corresponding to the hash value; transmitting a service search request frame which includes a search word to the second wireless device; and receiving, from the second wireless device, a service search response frame which includes second service information corresponding to the search word, wherein if a preset symbol is attached to the search word, the second service information can include at least one service name having the search word as a prefix. |
| US09860824B2 |
Method and user equipment for blocking network access by ACDC
A disclosure of the present specification provides a network access blocking method performed by a user equipment. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving application specific congestion control for data communication (ACDC) blocking information and access class barring (ACB) blocking information; determining the category of an application being executed according to a network access attempt by the application; performing an ACDC blocking check on the basis of the determined category and the received ACDC blocking information. Here, when the network access attempt by the application is not blocked as a result of the ACDC blocking check, an ACB blocking check on the basis of the ACB blocking information may be skipped. |
| US09860823B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing interference between wireless devices operating at different data rates in a wireless network
An access point including a transceiver having first and second physical layers to communicate at first and second data rates, respectively. The transceiver receives a request from a first client station to reserve first or second sub-channel of a channel for transmitting data at the first or second data rate. In response to receiving the request from the first client station, the transceiver transmits a response to allow the first client station to transmit data and prevent a second client station from transmitting data while the first client station transmits data to the access point. In response to the first client station receiving the response, the first physical layer receives data from the first client station without interference from the second client station. |
| US09860822B2 |
Method and network node for determining admittance based on reason for not achieving quality of service
Network node (110) and method (600) in a network node (110), for admission control of a request for a radio access bearer to be received from a user equipment (120). The method (600) comprises monitoring (601) the achievement of quality of service requirement of an admitted radio access bearer, detecting (602) when the quality of service requirement of the admitted radio access bearer is not achieved, assessing (603) a reason why the quality of service of the admitted radio access bearer is not achieved, and determining (604) admittance of a further request for radio access bearer, based on the reason why the quality of service of the admitted radio access bearer is not achieved. |
| US09860821B2 |
Method and apparatus for secure access controlling of terminal
Provided herein is an apparatus and method for secure access controlling of a terminal, and more particularly, to a method for secure access controlling of a terminal configured to analyze a behavior pattern of the terminal based on location tracking and path anticipating of the terminal, compare a current location and an anticipated path so as to restrict secure access when an abnormality is discovered from the behavior pattern, and an apparatus thereof, the method including inferring an anticipated path of the terminal based on location information of the terminal collected on a predetermined cycle; determining whether or not the terminal deviated from the anticipated path by comparing a current location of the terminal and the anticipated path of the terminal; and in response to determining that the terminal deviated from the anticipated path, rejecting a secure access request of the terminal. |
| US09860817B2 |
Method and apparatus for implementing tracking area update and cell reselection in a long term evolution system
The invention performs long term evolution (LTE) tracking area updates (TAUs), and tracking area code (TAC) and public land mobile network identification (PLMN-ID) assisted optimized wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) cell reselection. An evolved Node-B broadcasts system information including at least one system information block (SIB) based at least in part on an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) parameter response message sent by an evolved packet core (EPC) network. A WTRU generates a new TAC, which represents a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of a new cell, based on the system information, and compares the new TAC to an existing TAC, which represents a TA-ID of a previous cell. The WTRU transmits to the EPC network a TAU request message including the TA-ID of the new cell. The EPC network sends either a TAU accept message or a TAU reject message to the WTRU. |
| US09860814B2 |
Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system
The present disclosure relates to a method for managing inter-system interference performed by a network element (800; 900) in a victim cellular communication system (1) comprising a serving cell (3) serving a victim radio device (900A). The method comprises determining that the downlink (DL) reception quality of signals from the serving cell at the victim radio device is below a predetermined first threshold, implying poor DL radio signal quality. The method also comprises determining that the DL signal strength of signals from the serving cell at the victim radio device is above a predetermined second threshold, implying that the poor DL radio signal quality is due to either intra-system interference from DL signaling within said victim system, or to inter-system interference from UL signaling in an aggressor system. If the victim cellular communication system comprises at least one neighboring cell (5), then the method also comprises determining that the DL signal strength of signals from said at least one neighboring cell is below a predetermined third threshold at the victim radio device. The method then comprises determining that the poor DL radio signal quality is due to radio interference from uplink (UL) signaling in an aggressor cell (4) comprised in an aggressor cellular communication system (2). The method also comprises applying interference resolution for mitigating the inter-system interference from the aggressor cell (4). |
| US09860813B2 |
Seamless mobility in wireless networks
AP's associated with a communication network and any wireless devices desiring contact, operated according to a protocol in which each wireless device selects AP's with which to communicate. A system coordinator causes the AP's to operate so as to guide each wireless device to an AP selected by the system coordinator. This has the effect that, notwithstanding that the protocol involves having the wireless device make the selection of AP, functionally, the AP's make the selection for it. In a 1st technique, multiple AP's share an identifier, with the system coordinator directing one particular AP to respond to the wireless device, thus appearing to wireless devices as a “personal cell”. In a 2nd technique, AP's each maintain identifiers substantially unique to each wireless device, with the system coordinator directing only one particular AP to maintain any particular wireless device's identifier, thus appearing to wireless devices as a “personal AP”. |
| US09860811B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data through inter-eNB carrier aggregation in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting data to user equipment through not only a current base station cell but also a neighboring base station cell via inter-eNB CA in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting data though carrier aggregation in the wireless communication system, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: a first base station transreceiving data with a terminal through at least two PDN connections; the first base station transmitting a carrier aggregation request message to a second base station for aggregating carriers, when the first base station determines to carry out inter-eNB carrier aggregation; the first base station receiving a carrier aggregation reply message from the second base station in response to the carrier aggregation request message; the first base station performing an RRC reconfiguration process with the terminal to notify to the terminal of the determination to perform the inter-eNB carrier aggregation; and the first base station transmitting a path change request message to a mobile management entity to correct a data transreceiving path, so that data on at least one PDN connection from among the PDN connections is transreceived through the second base station. |
| US09860805B2 |
Device of handling energy detection in unlicensed band
A communication device comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise detecting energy of a set of subcarriers in an unlicensed band; obtaining a value according to a statistical function of the energy; and transmitting a report comprising the value to a network. |
| US09860803B2 |
Communication system
A UE in an idle state selects any of a group A, to which a cell of which coverage its own device is in, belongs and a group different from the group A, for example, a group B, and then measures cells belonging to the selected group for selecting a cell being a re-selection destination. A UE in a connected state selects any of the group B to which a cell connected with the UE belongs and a group different from the group B, for example, the group A, and measures cells belonging to the selected group for handover. |
| US09860801B2 |
Methods and apparatus for maintaining information regarding the movement of user terminals
A method of operating a user terminal when attempting to move from one of a cell of a 3GPP network and an AP of a WLAN to the other of a cell of a 3GPP network and an AP of a WLAN, is provided. The method comprises identifying the 3GPP network and the 3GPP cell to the WLAN, and identifying the WLAN and a WLAN AP to the 3GPP network. |
| US09860799B2 |
Method for signaling in wireless communication system and apparatus supporting same
Provided is a signaling method carried out by user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: starting a prohibit timer regarding the transmission of a first UE-originated indicator; and restarting the prohibit timer when a handover indication message is received from a network. |
| US09860790B2 |
Mobile service routing in a network environment
A data flow is received from a mobile network relating to a mobile subscriber. Subscriber data is received for the subscriber identifying a service path corresponding to the subscriber and at least one service policy corresponding to the subscriber, the service path including a set of network service nodes in a plurality of network service nodes. Packets of the data flow are routed according to the service path, the packets corresponding to a request for a resource. At least one packet is appended with service header data identifying the service policy. Each service node performs at least one service based on received request data, each service node in the set of service nodes performing a service defined in a service subscription of the subscriber. At least one particular service node in the set of network service nodes performs a particular service based at least in part on the service policy. |
| US09860785B2 |
Apparatus and methods for control frame and management frame compression
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating frames having a plurality of types are described herein. In some aspects, the frames include a compressed frame, such as a compressed management frame or a compressed control frame. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a control frame including an identifier, the identifier comprising a portion of a frame check sequence and a service field of a frame that elicited the control frame. The method further includes transmitting the control frame. |
| US09860783B2 |
Congestion state reporting method and access network device
A congestion state reporting method and an access network device are provided by the present invention. The method comprises: obtaining, by an access network device, an identifier of a gateway device corresponding to bearers, and reporting to the gateway device congestion state information of a cell covered by the access network device via part of bearers from the bearers corresponding to the identifier. The method mentioned above can avoid the problem in the prior art that the congestion state is further aggravated, so that the gateway device can process the problem of cell congestion more rapidly, and can reduce the processing complexity of the gateway device in the prior art. |
| US09860779B2 |
Systems and methods for making and disseminating local policy decisions in a software programmable radio network
A described embodiment includes a method for managing operational components on wireless base station including providing a base station. The base station includes a software defined network (SDN) configured to support at least one virtual machine. A computing platform is provided that is in communication with the base station. The computing platform includes at least one virtual machine management unit. The virtual machine management unit configures the at least one virtual machine on the base station to perform at least one function of a base station. |
| US09860777B2 |
Channel status information feedback method and apparatus for a distributed antenna mobile communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel status information in a mobile communication system including a distributed antenna system. The channel status information feedback method of the present invention includes transmitting, to a base station, received signal strengths of reference signals transmitted through at least one of antennas distributed in a service area of the base station and transmitting, to a base station, channel status information corresponding to at least one antenna selected by the base station. |
| US09860776B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing self-jamming of transmissions on adjacent carriers
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for multi-carrier transmissions over adjacent channels that reduce self-jamming due to asymmetric interference. In an aspect, a large bandwidth load-base equipment (LBE) carrier may be provided such that CCA is performed jointly over the entire bandwidth. In another aspect, additional CCA timeslots may be used to synchronize the two carriers. In a further aspect, an extended CCA may be performed on a primary unlicensed carrier while a simple CCA may be performed on a secondary unlicensed carrier. In yet another aspect, LBE may be deployed on some carriers while frame-base equipment (FBE) may be deployed on other carriers. |
| US09860772B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining connection relationship between an antenna feeding port of base station and an antenna port
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for determining a connection relationship between an antenna feeding port of a base station and an antenna port. The method includes: receiving, via one antenna port, a signal sent by a base station, and acquiring the signal via a Smart Bias-Tee in an antenna and a port of a remote control unit in the antenna, where the antenna port, the Smart Bias-Tee, and the port of the remote control unit are in a one-to-one correspondence; determining, according to the Smart Bias-Tee and the port of the remote control unit that acquire the signal, the antenna port that receives the signal; and sending, to the base station, identification information of the antenna port that receives the signal, and/or identification information of an antenna corresponding to the antenna port. Then accuracy and convenience in determining the connection relationship can be improved. |
| US09860771B2 |
Apparatus and method for base transceiver redundancy in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are provided for connecting Digital Units (DUs) and Radio frequency Units (RUs) of base transceivers in a wireless communication system. The method includes identifying a failed DU of a base transceiver; and linking an RU corresponding to the failed DU to a DU of a different base transceiver which operates normally. |
| US09860769B2 |
Optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof
Systems and methods for optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method, which may be implemented on a system, for identifying a network accessed by mobile traffic at a mobile device, identifying an operator of the network, and/or determining whether the mobile traffic is directed towards a private or public network. In response to determining that the mobile traffic is directed towards a private network, determining whether the private network is owned by or operated by the operator. Optimization of the mobile traffic is performed based on policies set by the operator. In general, the system maintains and/or enforces different sets of policies regarding mobile traffic optimization set by different and multiple operators. |
| US09860760B2 |
Scalable radio frequency communication system
A device implementing the subject scalable radio frequency communication system includes one or more primary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) and at least one secondary RFIC. Each of the one or more primary RFICs is configured to receive an intermediate frequency (IF) signal from a baseband processor, upconvert the IF signal to a radio frequency (RF) signal, and transmit the RF signal to one or more secondary RFICs. The secondary RFICs under each of the one or more primary RFICs are configured to receive the RF signal from the corresponding primary RFIC, phase shift and amplify the RF signal, and transmit the RF signal via a plurality of antenna elements. |
| US09860755B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting operation channel in white space for contiguous TV channels
The present invention relates to a method for setting operating channels in a white space region and to an apparatus therefor. In particular, the method for a device to set operating channels in a white space region includes the steps of: obtaining information on available TV channels from a geolocation database; and setting operating channels including multiple bandwidths in a plurality of consecutive TV channels, wherein the central frequencies of signals that are transmitted over two consecutive TV channels included in the plurality of consecutive TV channels, respectively, can be moved by as much as a first offset (m) and a second offset (n) in the direction of the center of the two consecutive TV channels, respectively. |
| US09860751B2 |
Secure short message service (SMS) communications
Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing secure messaging communications are disclosed. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving an encrypted message and a key from a sender associated with a first computing device where the encrypted message is generated by the first computing device, verifying the received key at least in part based on a comparison with a pre-determined key, processing one or more unique factors associated with the sender in view of verifying the received key, decrypting the encrypted message, re-encrypting a result of the decrypting using a key of a receiver associated with a second computing device, and sending the re-encrypted result to the receiver associated with the second computing device. |
| US09860748B2 |
Automatic communication protocol selection for limb worn devices
A method of selecting a communication protocol to encode a message wirelessly transmitted from a limb worn device to a wirelessly controllable apparatus. The method comprises analyzing an output of at least one motion sensor installed in a limb worn device having an MMI to detect a human routine limb motion performed by a user wearing the limb worn device while the user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses, automatically selecting for an operation period, according to the detected human routine limb motion, one of a plurality of communication protocols, automatically detecting a user input performed by the user using the MMI during the operation period, and automatically generating and transmitting a message indicative of operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor associated with the selected wirelessly controllable apparatus and correlated with the user input. |
| US09860742B2 |
Bandwidth estimation-based streaming content processing method and apparatus of terminal
A bandwidth estimation-based streaming content processing method and apparatus of a terminal is provided. The streaming content processing method includes establishing a communication channel with a network selected among a plurality of cellular communication networks and a short range communication network, detecting a playback request signal for playing a streaming content received through the communication channel, configuring a fixed bandwidth corresponding to the selected network as an available bandwidth of the streaming content, transmitting a download request for a data version corresponding to the fixed bandwidth to a server providing the streaming content, downloading the requested data from the server, and playing the streaming content of the downloaded data. |
| US09860736B1 |
Providing network resource access based on a purpose identifier
A system is disclosed that provides network resource access to applications and/or services based on a purpose or intent. Network resources may be assigned one or more purpose identifiers that indicate the network resource can handle a defined type of data transfer and/or use. Applications request connections based on the purpose required for the connections by including a corresponding purpose identifier in the request. In response to the request, the applications receive connection profiles which abstract the specific configurations for connection to the network resources. The applications connect to the network resources via the connection profiles but without knowledge of the configuration data. |
| US09860735B2 |
Methods and apparatus for use in communicating supplemental non access stratum (NAS) information
Techniques for use in the communication of supplemental non access stratum (NAS) information in a network are described. In one illustrative example, a mobile device operates to send to a network an initial NAS message associated with a NAS procedure. The mobile device further operates to send to the network a supplemental NAS message associated with the NAS procedure, where the supplemental NAS message includes supplemental NAS information. Several related and alternative techniques are provided. |
| US09860734B2 |
Method and device of supporting group mobility
A communication method is provided. The communication method includes receiving, by a Mobile Management Entity (MME), information accessed by a User Equipment (UE) through a Relay Node (RN), and sending, by the MME, a Tracing Region Identification (TAI) list of an RN cell where the UE is located to the UE. A network device and an access network device are further provided. By sending a TAI list of an RN cell to the UE, when TAI(s) of the cell are contained in the TAI list of the relatively stationary UE, the UE does not need to initiate an uplink TAU process, and thereby unnecessary signaling and network jamming can be reduced, and at the same time, paging efficiency and network performance can be improved. |
| US09860732B2 |
User equipment and method for packet based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods for packet based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, UE may be enabled for proximity services and may be configured to receive signaling from an enhanced node B (eNB) indicating resources allocated for D2D discovery. The UE may configure a discovery packet in accordance with a predetermined configuration to have at least a discovery payload and a cyclic-redundancy check (CRC). The discovery payload may include discovery-related content. The UE may be configured to transmit the discovery packet on at least some of the indicated resources for receipt by a receiving UE. In some embodiments, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) may be selected to indicate a payload size and/or MCS of the discovery packet's payload. |
| US09860727B2 |
Method and apparatus for communicating to and from a motorcycle
Methods and systems for motorcycle communication are disclosed, including a) storing contacts, vertical angle limit (VAL), and/or a timer in memory; b) monitoring; c) determining detection of impact; d) if detected, then determining motorcycle condition, turning on visual and audible indicators, determining location, and communicating location and/or condition to a contact; e) if not detected, then determining if exceeded VAL; f) if exceeded, then beginning timer, concurrently monitoring timer and VAL, and determining whether timer has completed; g) if not completed, then continue concurrent timer and VAL monitoring until timer has completed; h) if completed, then determining if VAL exceeded; i) if not exceeded, then returning to step (b); j) if exceeded, then determining the motorcycle condition, turning on the visual and audible indicators, determining location, and communicating location and/or condition to a contact; and k) if not exceeded, then returning to step (b). Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09860726B2 |
Low power chaining
A group of low power transceiver devices may create a private wireless network. In a private communication network, each device may monitor neighboring devices and transmit a low power signal on a periodic basis. At any time, if a device breaks away from the private communication network, the device determines its location and then transmits its location to one or more devices in the group at a high transmit power level. The policy governing communication and alerts of the group of low power transceiver devices may change based on location. |
| US09860722B1 |
Converting location information into public safety answering point (PSAP) signaling
An Internet Protocol (IP) router provides location information for an emergency communication session. The IP router receives a base station identifier associated with a request for the emergency communication session. The IP router selects a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) based on the base station identifier. The IP router determines a PSAP type and a network type for the selected PSAP. The IP router transfers a location request for delivery to a location control system and receives location information transferred from the location control system. The IP router converts the location information into PSAP signaling used by the selected PSAP based on the PSAP and network type. The IP router transfers the converted location information for delivery to the selected PSAP. |
| US09860721B2 |
Intelligent emergency signal transmission system using mobile phone and method thereof
An intelligent emergency signal transmission system using a mobile phone and a method thereof are disclosed. According to the intelligent emergency signal transmission system using a mobile phone and the method thereof, even though the user does not separately perform a key operation, the information indicating that the user is in the emergency situation can be transmitted to the mobile phone of the third party by determining whether a pre-registered voice is input. In addition, a call connection with mobile phones to a plurality of third parties registered with the mobile phone of the user can be automatically performed to transmit the emergency signals. Therefore, the third parties can rapidly recognize the emergency situation of the user. In addition, the help request signal can be rapidly transmitted to the third party positioned near the user who is in the emergency situation so that the emergency situation can be effectively overcome. |
| US09860719B2 |
Group call management
A method of setting up a call group for participation in a group call by a number of mobile devices in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile telecommunications network includes a serving node in communication with the mobile devices. The method includes the serving node receiving data indicative of a group identifier from a given mobile device registered with the mobile telecommunications network. The method also includes defining a group call area using the received group identifier, and the serving node discriminating one call group registered with the telecommunications network from another call group registered with the telecommunications network based upon the defined group call area. |
| US09860718B2 |
Secure broadcast beacon communications
Using various embodiments, methods and systems for secure Bluetooth Low Energy communications, in an unconnected state, are described herein. In one embodiment, conventional BLE transmitting device data can be supplemented with authentication information, including a message authentication field which enables receivers to determine if the received beacon/transmitted BLE peripheral data is genuine. In another embodiment, the authentication data can also include a time varying value field in order to prevent unintentional acceptance of transmitting device data from unauthorized replicated BLE peripherals. In one embodiment, the transmitting device computes an authentication tag using at least a secret key known to the receiving device and transmits the authentication tag to the receiving device. The receiving device can compute an authentication value using the secret key and other transmitting device information and determine if the transmitting device data is genuine by comparing the computed authentication value and the received the authentication tag. |
| US09860715B2 |
Data transmission method, apparatus, and system
The present invention relates to a data transmission method, apparatus, and system, where the method includes: receiving, by a base station, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service MBMS service transmission request and MBMS service data that are sent by a core network device; after receiving the MBMS service transmission request or the MBMS service data, sending, by the base station, an MBMS service paging message in a cell served by the base station; and sending, by the base station, the MBMS service data to user equipment UE according to the MBMS service transmission request. According to the present invention, a dynamic notification message initiated by a network can be received, and when the network needs to send MBMS service data, a UE can receive the MBMS service data in time. |
| US09860714B2 |
Early multicast-broadcast multimedia service (MBMS) announcement
The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system (200) comprising one or more Radio Base Stations (220), RBSs, associated to a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (210), MBSFN, the one or more RBSs associated to the first MBSFN being arranged to broadcast transport blocks by using a first communications resource (f1), the transport blocks transporting a service (A) to one or more wireless devices (231, 232, 233) in the wireless communication system (200), the wireless communication system (200) also comprising at least one further RBS (250) not associated to the first MBSFN (210), the at least one further RBS (250) being arranged to broadcast information relating to the first communications resource (f1) used for broadcasting service (A) in the first MBSFN. |
| US09860713B2 |
Method of discovering and informing of service in wireless LAN system and apparatus for supporting same
The present invention relates to a method of informing of a service that is performed by a first station (STA) in a wireless LAN system. The method includes receiving a second service informing frame from a second STA, wherein the second service informing frame includes second service information that is the information on a service served by the second STA; and transmitting a first service informing frame. The first service informing frame includes first service information that is the information on a service served by the first STA, and the second service information. |
| US09860711B2 |
Relay techniques suitable for user equipment in downlink
The present invention provides a solution to improve coverage and cell edge performance in a mobile user communication system is the use of fixed relays, which are pieces of infrastructure without a wired backhaul connection. The relays transmit or “relay” downlink messages between the base station (BS) and mobile stations (MSs) through a multi-hop communication. The present invention is a method and system for supporting a multiple user mobile broadband communication network that includes relay techniques suitable for user equipment in the downlink communication to the user equipment. |
| US09860706B2 |
Beacon placement suggestion based on target region
One embodiment provides a system for suggesting placement of beacons within a venue. The system performs operations including receiving a floor plan for a venue, receiving user-specified input identifying a defined area within the floor plan to target, and determining an arrangement of beacons for providing beacon coverage for the defined area. A total number of beacons to include within the defined area is determined. For each beacon, a corresponding location within the defined area to position the beacon at is also determined. The arrangement of beacons is determined based on historical location data for the venue, user-specified preferences for the venue, signal strength of the beacons, and available power levels for the beacons. |
| US09860698B1 |
Methods and apparatus for determining the locations of computing devices
In some implementations a method includes receiving a first message from a computing device via a first network. The first message may indicate that the computing device is unable to communicate with a second network. The method also includes determining whether a beacon operator has requested tracking of the computing device. The method further includes transmitting a second message to the beacon operator when the beacon operator has requested tracking of the computing device. The second message may include a first geographical location identified by the first network. |
| US09860694B2 |
Computing platform method and apparatus for transmitting data communication via radio access point
A computing platform, comprising at least one computing device including a plurality of device applications; a command server disposed at a first location and configured to provide data communication to the at least one computing device by way of a radio access point and to receive data communication from the at least one computing device; a first radio device communicably coupled to the at least one computing device and the command server, the first radio device being coupled to the radio access point to enable data communication between the at least one computing device and the command server. At least one device application of the at least one computing device is configured to transmit a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location. |
| US09860693B2 |
Method and apparatus for sending a request to locate an individual via a text message
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for processing a text message are disclosed. For example, the method receives the text message, analyzes the text message for an indication that a sender of the text message is requesting location information of an individual that the text message is addressed to, receives a permission to provide the location information of the individual receiving the text message, and transmits the location information of the individual to an endpoint device of the sender, wherein the location information of the individual is continually updated and sent to the endpoint device of the sender. |
| US09860691B2 |
Nodes and methods for enhancing positioning
The present disclosure relates to a positioning node, a core network node, a radio network (RN) node, and a user equipment (UE) of a wireless network, and to a related method of supporting UE positioning. The method comprises transmitting UE radio access capability information and/or radio network node capability information to the positioning node. The transmission of UE radio access capability information is either unsolicited or triggered by a request. The UE radio access capability information may be transmitted from the CN node, from the RN node or from the UE, and the RN node capability information is received from the RN node itself. The positioning node supports positioning of the UE based on the received UE radio access capability information and/or the radio network node capability information. |
| US09860688B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for asset status determination
A system for determining real time location of leaf node device, the system including at least one battery-powered Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled leaf node device, wherein the at least one leaf node device is associated with a corresponding monitored asset; and at least one beam forming reader node in communication, via BLE, with the at least one leaf node, the reader node creating a plurality of sectorized beams in a plurality of sectors and collecting data related to the at least one leaf node device from at least one of the plurality of sectors, wherein a location processing facility determines the real-time location of the at least one leaf node device based on the data collected by the beam forming reader node. |
| US09860686B2 |
User-selectable environments for mobile communications devices
At a mobile communications device, a communication is received from a communication source. An indication of an environment type associated with the communication source is obtained, and a check is made as to whether the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches a current environment type of the mobile communications device. An initial notification (and optionally a leave-behind notification) of the communication is presented only if the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches the current environment type of the mobile communications device. |
| US09860681B2 |
System and method for selecting a cell carrier to connect an IOT hub
A platform, apparatus and method for Internet of Things Implementations for selecting a cellular carrier. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) hub comprising a network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service through a cellular (cell) carrier, the IoT hub further comprising a local communication interface to communicatively couple the IoT hub to a plurality of IoT devices over local communication channels; cell carrier selection logic on the IoT hub to implement a set of rules to select between two or more cell carriers through which to connect the IoT hub to the IoT service, the rules being based, at least in part, on a cost associated with connecting to each of the two or more cell carriers and connectivity data associated with cell connections between the IoT hub and each of the two or more cell carriers. |
| US09860680B2 |
Automatic connection of bluetooth human interface devices
A Bluetooth controller associated with a host device can be configured to automatically configure and setup a Bluetooth LE HID without the use of hidden menus or other setup options involving multiple steps (or other input devices). The Bluetooth controller executes background scan operations to detect at least one Bluetooth LE HID to connect to the host device. Each Bluetooth packet received at the Bluetooth controller is analyzed to determine whether the received Bluetooth packet is a predefined Bluetooth LE HID packet type transmitted by the Bluetooth LE HID. In response to determining that the received Bluetooth packet is a predefined Bluetooth LE HID packet type transmitted by the Bluetooth LE HID, the received Bluetooth packet is provided to a Bluetooth LE HID module of the Bluetooth controller. Otherwise, the received Bluetooth packet is provided to a Bluetooth HCI module of the Bluetooth controller. |
| US09860679B2 |
System and method for situational awareness
A system for determining the location of a person relative to a vehicle. In one embodiment, the system includes a first device comprising a first Bluetooth transceiver in the vehicle, a portable second device comprising a second Bluetooth transceiver and a first application program. The first application program identifies a first condition in which a link based on Bluetooth RF transmission exists between the first device and the second device when the person is in a first position close to or in the vehicle. The application program determines when the link is broken based on drop in signal level and provides notification through a network to a computer system when a determination is made that the link is broken. The notification is indicative of the person having moved farther away from the vehicle to a second position. |
| US09860678B2 |
Methods for performing machine type communication for the purpose of coverage enhancement, apparatuses and systems for performing the same
A method of performing a downlink machine type communication from a base station to a MTC (machine type communication) terminal includes, at the base station, transmitting at least one of a system information—the system information excluding a Master Information Block (MIB)—, a control information and data to the MTC terminal using a system bandwidth having a predetermined size. The base station performs frequency hopping using a frequency hopping pattern in a unit of narrow band on the at least one of the system information—the system information excluding a Master Information Block (MIB)—, the control information and the data to transmit to the MTC terminal, and the narrow band is less than the system bandwidth. |
| US09860677B1 |
Internet-of-things gateway coordination
An Internet of Things (IoT) system and method including IoT sensors to measure data and forward the data to gateway devices, the gateway devices to receive the data and provide the data to a cloud infrastructure, and a coordinator to assign ownership of the IoT sensors to the gateway devices. |
| US09860673B2 |
Managing activities performed by a plurality of collocated mobile devices
Systems and methods for managing activities among two or more mobile devices that are collocated include means for determining a set of tasks to be performed collectively by at least a first mobile device comprising a first set of subsystems and a second mobile device comprising a second set of subsystems, while the first and second mobile device are collocated during a period of time in the future; means for assigning a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by the first mobile device based on the first set of subsystems; and means for assigning a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by the second mobile device based on the second set of subsystems. The first and second sets of subsystems are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem. |
| US09860672B2 |
Network control of applications using application states
Application states of applications associated with a communication device can be network controlled. An application agent, associated with an application used by the communication device, controls transitioning the application between application states based on network indicators received or network events detected from a communication network. The application states include active state or doze state. An application management component associated with the communication network at least partially controls transitioning the application between application states to facilitate controlling network traffic or reducing network congestion. The application agent or application management component can map application states to various factors, including radio states, congestion level, application performance indicators, network policies, or user policies, to facilitate determining which application state to apply to an application at a given time. The application agent can be in a centralized location, or at a same or different location as the application source. |
| US09860668B2 |
Audio signal processing method and device
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesizes an object signal and a channel signal and effectively binaural-render the synthesized signal.To this end, the present invention provides a method for processing an audio signal, including: receiving an input audio signal including a multi-channel signal; receiving filter order information variably determined for each subband of a frequency domain; receiving block length information for each subband based on a fast Fourier transform length for each subband of filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal; receiving Variable Order Filtering in Frequency-domain (VOFF) coefficients corresponding to each subband and each channel of the input audio signal per block of the corresponding subband, a total sum of lengths of the VOFF coefficients corresponding to the same subband and the same channel being determined based on the filter order information of the corresponding subband; and filtering each subband signal of the input audio signal by using the received VOFF coefficients to generate a binaural output signal and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same. |
| US09860664B1 |
System for dynamically adapting calibrated multi-channel non-coherent signals
A system for dynamically adapting calibrated multi-channel non-coherent signals. The system comprises a physical simulation environment, a plurality of synthesizers for generating a corresponding plurality of signals, a plurality of filters for band-pass filtering the plurality of generated signals, and a plurality of loudspeakers positioned on a wall of the physical simulation environment for playing the plurality of filtered signals inside the physical simulation environment. The system comprises a noise sensor positioned inside the physical simulation environment for measuring a physical simulation environment signal amplitude and transmitting the physical simulation environment signal amplitude to a channel configurator. The system comprises the channel configurator for configuring each synthesizer to generate the corresponding signal according to a calibrated amplitude spectrum of the signal. The calibrated amplitude spectrum is determined based on a reference amplitude spectrum of the signal and an adjusted global signal amplitude. The adjusted global signal amplitude is calculated based on a target global signal amplitude and the physical simulation environment signal amplitude. |
| US09860663B2 |
Binaural audio processing
A transmitting device comprises a binaural circuit (601) which provides a plurality of binaural rendering data sets, each binaural rendering data set comprising data representing parameters for a virtual position binaural rendering. Specifically, head related binaural transfer function data may be included in the data sets. A representation circuit (603) provides a representation indication for each of the data sets. The representation indication for a data set is indicative of the representation used by the data set. An output circuit (605) generates a bitstream comprising the data sets and the representation indications. The bitstream is received by a receiver (701) in a receiving device. A selector (703) selects a selected binaural rendering data set based on the representation indications and a capability of the apparatus, and an audio processor (707) processes the audio signal in response to data of the selected binaural rendering data set. |
| US09860661B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing augmented reality service using sound
A method and an apparatus are provided for providing additional information service in a mobile communication terminal. A microphone receives a sound signal including an audible frequency band and an inaudible frequency band. Additional information related to the service is detected in the inaudible frequency band included in the sound signal. The detected additional information is extracted from the sound signal. Data for providing the service is acquired based on the extracted additional information. A service screen is displayed based on the acquired data. |
| US09860659B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying foreign substances in connectors
An electronic device comprising: a memory; a headphone jack; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an impedance of a first portion of the headphone jack; and detect whether a foreign substance is present in the headphone jack based on the impedance of the first portion of the headphone jack. |
| US09860656B2 |
Hearing system comprising a separate microphone unit for picking up a users own voice
A hearing system for communication with a mobile telephone comprises a hearing device and a separate microphone unit adapted for picking up a voice of a user. The microphone unit comprises a) a multitude M≧2 of input units for picking up or receiving a signal representative of a sound from the environment; b) an adaptive multi-input unit noise reduction system for providing an estimate Ŝ of a target signal s comprising the user's voice, the multi-input unit noise reduction system comprises a multi-input beamformer filtering unit configured to determine filter weights w(k,m) for providing a beamformed signal, wherein signal components from other directions than a direction of a target signal source are attenuated, whereas signal components from the direction of the target signal source are left un-attenuated; and c) antenna and transceiver circuitry for transmitting said estimate Ŝ of the user's voice to another device. |
| US09860655B2 |
Wireless binaural hearing system
A binaural healing system includes a left-ear hearing device, a right-ear hearing device and an auxiliary device. The auxiliary device has a connected mode wherein it transmits data messages and a disconnected mode wherein it does not transmit data messages, and the auxiliary device is adapted to enable the connected mode in dependence on receiving beacon messages, to synchronize its transmission of data messages with received beacon messages and to enable the disconnected mode in dependence on not receiving beacon messages. To avoid disconnection of the auxiliary device S during gaps, the left-ear hearing device and the right-ear hearing device are adapted to alternatingly transmit the beacon messages. |
| US09860654B2 |
Method for synchronizing the reproduction of a digital signal sent by a transmitter to a plurality of mobile audio terminals
A method for synchronizing the reproduction of a digital signal sent by a transmitter to a plurality of mobile audio terminals. The transmitter sends the digital signal as a multiplicity of data packets at a data rate that is constant as an average over time. A signal receiver of each mobile audio terminal receives at least a subset of the multiplicity of data packets and generates a time reference signal. A FIFO signal with information on an occupancy level of a FIFO memory of the mobile audio terminal at specific time points is generated, an instantaneous reproduction speed is set on the basis of the time reference signal and the FIFO signal, the audio reproduction unit reproduces at the instantaneous reproduction speed samples corresponding to the digital signal. The occupancy level of the FIFO memory is thereby kept constant as an average over time. |
| US09860653B2 |
Hearing aid device with positioning guide and hearing aid device system
A hearing aid device configured to be partly or fully inserted into the ear canal of a user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a receiver (loudspeaker) adapted to generate and send an air-borne acoustic signal towards the eardrum when the hearing aid device is partly or fully inserted into the ear canal. The hearing aid device further comprises a microphone configured to receive acoustic signals. The hearing aid device comprises a processing unit configured to determine if the hearing aid device is positioned in a correct position in the ear canal on the basis of the acoustic signals received by the microphone. |
| US09860652B2 |
Test apparatus for binaurally-coupled acoustic devices
A test apparatus for binaurally-coupled acoustic devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a lid, a primary speaker, and a binaural test fixture. The lid is coupled to the base and movable between a closed position in which the lid and base cooperate to form a closed sound chamber that is symmetric about a vertical mirror plane, and an open position. The primary speaker is coupled to one of the base and the lid, and faces a direction that lies on the mirror plane. The binaural test fixture is positioned inside the sound chamber, and includes first and second acoustic coupler mounts. The vertical mirror plane extends symmetrically between the first and second acoustic coupler mounts. A binaural test fixture, an acoustic coupler assembly, and a method of testing binaurally-coupled acoustic devices are also disclosed. |
| US09860647B2 |
High sound quality piezoelectric speaker
A high sound quality piezoelectric speaker includes a moving coil speaker, a support frame, a vibration plate, and a piezoelectric ceramic plate. The support frame is arranged on the moving coil speaker and the vibration plate is positioned on the support frame. With the piezoelectric ceramic plate being positioned on the vibration plate, the moving coil speaker and the piezoelectric ceramic plate may collaboratively and better handle both high-frequency and low-frequency sounds, exhibiting relatively wide playback band and making sound quality better, to thereby reach the standard of high sound quality and provide users with improved enjoyment of sound perception. |
| US09860644B1 |
Limiter for bass enhancement
A dry audio signal may be received. An envelope of the dry audio signal may be compared to a threshold of the playback device to determine a dry excess. A filter may be applied to the dry audio signal to generate a wet audio signal. An envelope of the wet audio signal may be compared to the threshold to determine a wet excess. Based on the dry and wet excess, a dry gain may be determined for the dry audio signal and a wet gain may be determined for the wet audio signal. The wet audio signal and the dry audio signals may be mixed in proportion to respective gains. The mixed audio signal may avoid exceeding an operational limit associated with audio playback on the playback device. |
| US09860643B1 |
Audio systems and method for acoustic isolation
Audio systems and methods for providing acoustic isolation. In one example, an audio system includes an audio source, a first speaker positioned proximate a first seating position, a second speaker positioned proximate a second seating position, the second speaker configured to provide acoustic energy to the second seating position based on an audio signal from the audio source, a third speaker positioned proximate a third seating position, the third speaker configured to provide acoustic energy to the third seating position, during a first mode of operation, and at least one cancellation filter interposed between the audio source and the third speaker, the at least one cancellation filter configured to provide a filtered audio signal to the third speaker, during a second mode of operation, to cancel at the first seating position at least a portion of the acoustic energy provided by the second speaker. |
| US09860640B2 |
Amplifier and frequency response correction method
The invention relates to amplifiers of audio power which operate with loudspeaker systems. The main technical result is significant extension of the reproducible frequency range without reduction of the loudspeaker system fundamental resonance frequency. This result can be obtained by means of adding only one low power resistor and one low capacitance capacitor to a typical power amplifier. In the described embodiment this is achieved by means of a rise of the amplifier FR at low frequencies using positive feedback and the quasi-resonance effect. |
| US09860637B1 |
Vehicle use of microphones of user'S smart wearables
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating communication within vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle includes a passenger cabin, a receiver, and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive signals, within the passenger cabin, from one more electronic device microphones inside the passenger cabin. Each of the electronic device microphones comprises a microphone of an electronic device of a user inside the passenger cabin. The processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to at least facilitate generating one or more zones of communication using the received signals from the electronic device microphones inside the passenger cabin. |
| US09860635B2 |
Microphone array, monitoring system, and sound pickup setting method
When a microphone array apparatus sound-picks up voice in a prescribed sound volume or higher, which is output from a sound source, and sends voice data on the voice to voice processing apparatus, a sound source direction detection unit causes sound source marks, each of which indicates a directivity direction, to be displayed on a display, and urges a user to make a selection among the sound source marks and to input camera information. A voice processing apparatus transmits the camera information that is input, and the directivity direction, to the microphone array apparatus. The microphone array apparatus stores the camera information and the directivity direction, as a preset information table, in a storage unit. Accordingly, where a positional relationship between the camera and the microphone array is unclear, directionality is formed in a determined image capture position, and voice in the predetermined image capture position is output clearly. |
| US09860634B2 |
Headset with end-firing microphone array and automatic calibration of end-firing array
In one invention embodiment two microphones are attached to the ear cup and are configured as an end-firing array. The end-firing array suppresses unwanted sounds using an adaptive spectral method and spectral subtraction. According to a second embodiment, Automatic Calibration of an end-firing Microphone Array is provided. |
| US09860629B2 |
Speaker assemblies for passive generation of vibrations and related headphone devices and methods
Speaker assemblies for a headphone device may include an audio speaker configured to produce audible sound in response to receiving an audio signal at the audio speaker. A tactile bass vibrator distinct from the audio speaker may be operatively connected to the audio speaker. The tactile bass vibrator may be configured to produce tactile vibrations in response to receiving the audio signal at the tactile bass vibrator. A current divider may be operatively connected to the audio speaker and the tactile bass vibrator, the current divider providing greater electrical resistance to flow of current to the audio speaker than to flow of current to the tactile bass vibrator. |
| US09860625B2 |
Control method of mobile terminal apparatus
A mobile device system that includes left and right earphones, and a mobile device connectable to the left and right earphones. Each of the left and right earphones includes at least one of an acceleration sensor and a geomagnetic sensor. The mobile device includes a controller that monitors a wearing state of the individual left and right earphones by a user on a basis of output from the least one of the acceleration sensors and the geomagnetic sensors, and controls a behavior of the mobile device connected to the left and right earphones according to the monitored wearing state of the left and right earphones by the user. |
| US09860622B2 |
Wrist and finger communication device
A wrist and finger communication device (10) includes a strap (12), a communication module (14) connected with the strap (12) and a watch head (26). The communication module (14) includes a voice module (18) having a microphone (20), and a speaker (22) or a bone conduction actuator (24). The bone conduction actuator (24) may be provided on the communication module (14) or on a ring-shaped member (30) to be worn on the user's finger. The speaker (22) may be provided on the communication module (14) and extendible to a palm region of the user's hand cupped over the user's ear. |
| US09860619B2 |
Loudspeaker box arrangement and loudspeaker box
This invention refers to a loudspeaker box arrangement with at least two loudspeaker boxes, each comprising at least a mid-range loudspeaker device and a high-range loudspeaker unit arranged at a distance therefrom; with a mechanical connecting device for mechanically connecting the loudspeaker boxes; with an electrical connecting device for the electrical supply of the mid-range loudspeaker device and high-range loudspeaker unit, wherein the mechanical connecting device comprises a pair of spaced-apart guide grooves on a top surface of a loudspeaker box and a compatible pair of guide bases on a mating surface of a neighboring loudspeaker box, which in the mounted state engage each other, and that the electrical connecting device comprises a first pair of electrical contacts in the guide grooves, or the guide grooves are designed as contacts, which are contacted in the mounted state of the mechanical connecting device. Furthermore, the invention refers to a loudspeaker box. |
| US09860618B2 |
Upstream wavelength calibration in optical networks
An optical line terminal (OLT) comprises a processor configured to designate an extended quiet window having a start time and a stop time. The processor may be further configured to suspend upstream transmission during the extended quiet window. The OLT further comprises a transmitter that transmits a serial number (SN) grant to an optical network unit (ONU) during the extended quiet window. Upon receiving the SN grant, the ONU may transmit a plurality of calibration request messages during the extended quiet window. Each of the calibration request messages correspond to a different attempt wavelength. The OLT may receive one of the calibration request messages at a successful attempt wavelength. The OLT transmits a calibration response message identifying the successful attempt wavelength. |
| US09860613B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for presenting highlights of a media content event
Systems and methods are operable to present summaries of a media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives a media content stream having at least one media content event, receives a summary feed stream having at least one media content event summary segment associated with the received at least one media content event, receives a user request for presentation of the media content event summary residing in the received at least one media content event summary segment, ends or pauses presentation of the media content event on a media presentation device, and presents the media content event summary of the media content event summary segment on the media presentation device. |
| US09860612B2 |
Manifest generation and segment packetization
A method includes receiving, at a media server from a computing device, a first request for a manifest associated with media content. The method also includes generating, at the media server, the manifest based on a manifest type and a content segmentation type. The manifest identifies one or more segments of one or more adaptive streaming renditions. The method further includes sending the manifest from the media server to the computing device. The method includes receiving a second request from the computing device, where the second request identifies a requested segment of an adaptive streaming rendition identified by the manifest. The method also includes sending the requested segment from the media server to the computing device in response to the second request. |
| US09860611B2 |
Broadcast service transmitting method, broadcasting service receiving method and broadcast service receiving apparatus
A method of receiving a broadcast service is provided. The method includes receiving uncompressed audio or video content, obtaining information regarding a channel of the uncompressed audio or video content on the basis of a part of the uncompressed audio or video content, and obtaining content and trigger information for the broadcast service by using the obtained information. |
| US09860599B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for providing sample content
Methods, systems, devices, and products provide sample content. One such device includes a processor that receives an electronic programming guide including a listing of available content. The processor also receives an ancillary stream of including samples of content listed in the electronic programming guide. The processor receives a subscriber input that selects a particular content from the electronic programming guide. The processor filters unselected samples of content from the ancillary stream of data to produce a sample of the selected particular content. The processor processes the sample as a video signal, thus producing a preview of the selected particular content. |
| US09860598B1 |
Methods and systems for controlling presentation of media streams
Methods and systems for selecting a media stream for display based on reducing a time duration required to consume a media asset are presented herein. A first media stream, where the presentation of the media asset began at a first time, is generated for display. A second media stream, that started presenting the media asset at a second time, is stored in memory. The first media stream is generated for display for a time period and the stored second media stream is generated for display after this time period. |
| US09860591B2 |
Passive multi-port entry adapter and method for preserving downstream CATV signal strength within in-home network
A cable television (CATV) entry adapter interfaces to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an in-home network for passively communicating multimedia content or information from the CATV network and between subscriber devices connected to the ports of the CATV entry adapter, using CATV signals in a CATV frequency band and network signals in a different in-home network band. |
| US09860589B2 |
Systems and methods for networked music playback
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate connection to a multimedia playback network are disclosed. An example method provides content to a local playback network. The example method includes identifying multimedia content from a content provider. The example method includes passing information regarding the multimedia content to a local playback system including one or more multimedia playback devices in response to a trigger. The example method includes facilitating play of the multimedia content via a local playback network associated with the local playback system. |
| US09860586B2 |
Customer associated profile for accessing audio and video media objects
A method is disclosed for transferring a received media object to remote devices in accordance to attributes in a user profile. The profile information additionally determinates the versions of the media object that are available to such remote devices and whether the media object may be stored in such remote devices. |
| US09860582B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information to one or more client devices from a broadcaster that is not a client device, which one or more client devices utilize presentation rates to present audio in broadcast information at various presentation rates using time-scale modification, and which method includes: (a) the broadcaster broadcasting the information; and (b) the broadcaster broadcasting guidance information used to determine presentation rates for use by the one or more client devices in presentation of audio in the broadcast information using time-scale modification; wherein the guidance information is transmitted at or not at a time of broadcast of the broadcast information. |
| US09860581B2 |
Correlating timeline information between media streams
A system is provided for enabling correlating timeline information between a first media stream and a second media stream, with the first media stream and the second media stream being both associated with a common play-out timeline. The system comprises at least two content monitors, each arranged for providing a persistent identification of one or more media samples of a media stream. The system further comprises a correlation subsystem arranged for receiving a first persistent identification related in time with a second persistent identification, receiving a first timestamp value of the first media stream related in time with a second timestamp value of the second media stream, matching the first persistent identification to a first play-out time on the common play-out timeline and the second persistent identification to a second play-out time, and generating correlation information based on a comparison of the first play-out time with the second play-out time for enabling correlating the first timestamp value with the second timestamp value and thereby correlating the first timeline information with the second timeline information. |
| US09860580B1 |
Presentation of streaming content
Described herein are systems and methods for presenting network media streaming content. A user interface is presented to the user in which content is presented soon after activation of the presentation device such as a television or sound system. The user interface may be configured to accept an input such as the user activating a “channel up” or a “channel down” button on a remote control after which different content is presented. The content presented may be determined randomly or may be selected. |
| US09860579B2 |
Targeted online, telephone and television advertisements based on cross-service subscriber profile
A system for targeted advertising is disclosed having with a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having a computer program stored therein, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to map each of N channel numbers to the new and unique channel number at a set top box when a subscriber selects one of the N channel numbers, wherein each of the N channel numbers is the same in each of the K advertising groups, and wherein each of the N channel numbers is mapped to a different new channel number in each of the K advertising groups. |
| US09860576B2 |
Location based user aware video on demand sessions
A system and a method are described herein for enabling a user with a location-aware mobile device to have at least partial control of a closest set top box associated with a closest television. The closest set top box does not need to be associated with the user's home television but instead can be any set top box that is associated with a television located for instance at a stranger's house, an airport, a bar, or wherever. |
| US09860568B2 |
World view window
Arrangement and method in which at least one server is coupled to imaging sources that obtain high resolution videos of scenic locations, a series of images constituting a video. Stream controllers are located at user sites and coupled to the server. The stream controllers are controlled, e.g., by user interfaces, to select one of the imaging sources to provide high resolution streaming video to the stream controller via the server. A display system is coupled to each stream controller and configured to display streaming video from the selected imaging source. |
| US09860565B1 |
Low cost rate-distortion computations for video compression
An apparatus including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to transform an image block into a plurality of transform coefficients. The second circuit may be configured in each of a plurality of modes to (i) quantize the transform coefficients to calculate a plurality of quantized coefficients, (ii) translate a number of non-zero values of the quantized coefficients to a rate value, where the translation is a non-linear translation, (iii) calculate a distortion value (a) based on the transform coefficients and (b) independent of a plurality of inverse quantized coefficients corresponding to the quantized coefficients, and (iv) calculate a score of a current mode of the plurality of modes to encode the image block based on the rate value and the distortion value. |
| US09860563B2 |
Hybrid video coding supporting intermediate view synthesis
Hybrid video decoder supporting intermediate view synthesis of an intermediate view video from a first- and a second-view video which are predictively coded into a multi-view data signal with frames of the second-view video being spatially subdivided into sub-regions and the multi-view data signal having a prediction mode is provided, having: an extractor configured to respectively extract, from the multi-view data signal, for sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, a disparity vector and a prediction residual; a predictive reconstructor configured to reconstruct the sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, by generating a prediction from a reconstructed version of a portion of frames of the first-view video using the disparity vectors and a prediction residual for the respective sub-regions; and an intermediate view synthesizer configured to reconstruct first portions of the intermediate view video. |
| US09860556B2 |
Method of determining motion vectors for bi-predictive image block
In one embodiment, the method includes determining a motion vector of a current image block equal to a motion vector of an image block based on a reference picture index indicating a reference picture for the image block. For example, the motion vector of the current image block may be equal to the motion vector of the image block if the reference picture index indicates a long-term reference picture for the image block. |
| US09860554B2 |
Motion estimation for uncovered frame regions
In a motion estimation for a group of at least one image element in a frame of a video sequence, a global motion is determined between the frame and a reference frame. Uncovered groups present in an uncovered region of the frame are identified based on the determined global motion. The global motion is assigned as motion representation for these identified uncovered groups. The assigned motion representation is useful for constructing new frames in the sequence in a frame rate up-conversion. |
| US09860547B2 |
Sample array coding for low-delay
The entropy coding of a current part of a predetermined entropy slice is based on, not only, the respective probability estimations of the predetermined entropy slice as adapted using the previously coded part of the predetermined entropy slice, but also probability estimations as used in the entropy coding of a spatially neighboring, in entropy slice order preceding entropy slice at a neighboring part thereof. Thereby, the probability estimations used in entropy coding are adapted to the actual symbol statistics more closely, thereby lowering the coding efficiency decrease normally caused by lower-delay concepts. Temporal interrelationships are exploited additionally or alternatively. |
| US09860546B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding block information using quad tree, and device for using same
Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit. |
| US09860543B2 |
Rate control for content transcoding
The disclosed subject matter relates to rate control aspects for content transcoding. A rate control scheme for transcoding is disclosed that is considerate of quantization parameters related to an encoded input content stream and when transcoding the input content stream into an output content stream. Quantization parameters can be determined for an encoded input content stream by parsing the stream. These can be combined with a rate-distortion model for transcoding to determine transcoding quantization parameters. Further, iteratively applying the derived rate-distortion model to windows of frames during transcoding can facilitate real-time two-pass transcoding. Window size can be based on buffer constraints. Moreover, a sliding window buffer check scheme can be employed to avoid buffer constraint violations. |
| US09860542B2 |
Transcoder device and client-server architecture comprising the transcoder device
A transcoder device. The transcoder device includes an input portion for receiving at least two encoded camera image streams and for decoding the at least two encoded camera image streams, the two camera image streams displaying different sub-sections of a monitored region, an output portion for encoding a video image stream and for outputting the encoded video image stream, and a processing portion for generating the video image stream on the basis of the at least two camera image streams. The video image stream displays a selecting portion of the monitored region, the selecting portion 15 including a sub-region of the one sub-section of the monitored region and a sub-region of the other sub-section of the monitored region which does not overlap the former sub-region. |
| US09860537B2 |
Multi-focus image data compression
Systems and methods for converting multi-focus image data into a compressed video format. Multi-focus image data of a scene may be sampled to generate a stack of images spanning multiple focal depths. Each image focal distance is mapped to a time stamp and a video encoder is employed to generate a compressed video stream of scene information. In further embodiments, the video encoded scene information is decoded and frames from the stream selected for display based on the focal distance-time stamp mapping. In further embodiments, multi-focus video data is encoded with consecutive frames spanning different focal distances defining a Group of Pictures (GOP), and/or spanning different hierarchical layers. |
| US09860533B2 |
Cross-layer cross-channel sample prediction
Systems, apparatus and methods are described including operations for video coding including cross-layer cross-channel sample prediction. |
| US09860532B2 |
Method and apparatus for motion compensation prediction
The invention relates to a motion compensation performed under an inter-frame prediction. A fractional sample interpolation is applied on retrieved samples to generate fractional samples. The fractional sample interpolation comprises a plurality of filtering operations, and all of filtered results from the filtering operations are truncated down to a predetermined bit depth independent of the bit depth of the samples stored in the reference picture memory. |
| US09860531B2 |
Encoding/decoding method and apparatus with vector derivation mode
An encoding method, a decoding method, an encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus, for a video image. The encoding method includes: determining an optimal integrated candidate block for a current block based on a motion vector integration technology; determining, based a prediction direction of the optimal integrated candidate block, a motion vector derivation mode that needs to be used by a decoder; correcting a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector derivation mode; and determining a residual between a predicted value and an original value of the current block based on the corrected motion vector, thereby encoding the current block. According to the technical solutions, a more accurate predicted value is obtained by correcting the motion vector, and a smaller residual is generated, thereby improving encoding efficiency, avoiding an increase in data bandwidth, improving decoding quality, and reducing calculation complexity. |
| US09860530B2 |
Method and apparatus for loop filtering
A method and apparatus for loop processing of reconstructed video in an encoder system are disclosed. The loop processing comprises an in-loop filter and one or more adaptive filters. The filter parameters for the adaptive filter are derived from the pre-in-loop video data so that the adaptive filter processing can be applied to the in-loop processed video data without the need of waiting for completion of the in-loop filter processing for a picture or an image unit. In another embodiment, two adaptive filters derive their respective adaptive filter parameters based on the same pre-in-loop video data. In yet another embodiment, a moving window is used for image-unit-based coding system incorporating in-loop filter and one or more adaptive filters. The in-loop filter and the adaptive filter are applied to a moving window of pre-in-loop video data comprising one or more sub-regions from corresponding one or more image units. |
| US09860525B2 |
Method, device, and system for testing video quality
A method and apparatus that tests video quality includes a superimposing of at least one code to a video that is to be transmitted by a communication device to another communication device. The at least one code is transmitted such that the superimposed at least one code is extractable and readable from the decoded video by the device that receives the transmitted video. The extracted at least one code may then be read to determine the quality level of the transmitted video. The determination of quality for the received video may be based upon one or more tests performed using at least one code extracted from the received video. |
| US09860522B2 |
Head-mounted light field display
A head-mounted light field display device, the device comprising at least one multiplexed light field display module adapted to face an eye of a viewer wearing the device, the multiplexed light field display module comprising a light field view image generator and a waveguide with a set of shutters, the light field view image generator operable to generate, over time, a set of beams of light from a different one of a set of light field view images, the shuttered waveguide operable to transmit the set of beams and to open, over time, a different subset of the set of shutters, the subset corresponding to a position associated with the view image, thereby to emit the set of beams via the subset, thereby to display to the viewer a time-varying optical light field representative of the set of view images. |
| US09860521B2 |
Image processing system
An image processing system is provided, the image processing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure being configured to generate an accurate depth image even in a low light level by obtaining RGB images and/or IR images. |
| US09860520B2 |
Method, system, apparatus, and computer program for 3D acquisition and caries detection
A system and apparatus for obtaining images of an object, a method for operating an optical camera system to obtain images of the object, and a computer program that operates in accordance with the method. The system includes an optical system and at least one processing system. The optical system is arranged to capture at least one first image of the object while the optical system operates in an imaging mode, and is also arranged to capture at least one second image of the object while the optical system operates in a diagnostic mode. The at least one processing system is arranged to combine the first and second images. |
| US09860517B1 |
Power saving approaches to object detection
Various embodiments provide a method for determining conditions associated with the presence of a user in order to perform object detection. For example, various heuristic tests can be used to identify movement within a sequence of images or to identify user engagement therewith and, if movement or user engagement is identified, stereo disparity can be computed in an attempt to detect an object within a predetermined distance of the computing device. Accordingly, if the distance of the object is within the predetermined distance, object detection is performed. If the object is beyond the threshold distance, however, object detection is not performed in order to conserve battery life of the computing device. |
| US09860507B2 |
Dynamic frame skip for auto white balance
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for dynamically configuring frame skip for AWB calculations. For example, if RGB gains are deemed to be stable across a number of frames, the frame skip value used for AWB calculations can be increased. Changing RGB gains are indicators of image changes such as a changing scene and/or changing illuminant, which can indicate a need for updated AWB calculations, and accordingly the frame skip value can be set to zero or a low number of frames. |
| US09860506B2 |
Color processing apparatus and method therefor
This invention converts input color data into output color data using a table which has been created based on spectral data generated by an appropriate generation method and indicates the correspondence between an input chromaticity and an output chromaticity. To do this, an input color data acquisition unit converts input color data into input chromaticity data. An output chromaticity data calculating unit converts the input chromaticity data into output chromaticity data by referring to an LUT indicating the correspondence between an input chromaticity and an output chromaticity. An output color data calculating unit converts the output chromaticity data into output color data using a conversion coefficient calculated from the input color data. The table indicating the correspondence is created based on spectral data generated by a generation method different for each of a low chroma color and a high chroma color. |
| US09860502B2 |
Method and device for processing a video
A method for processing a video is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a type and an angle of a template for each picture of the video independently, each template defining a portion of harmonious color values; temporally filtering the types and angles over the video; processing each picture of the video, wherein processing the picture comprises mapping the colors of the picture into the template associated with the picture and defined by the filtered type and the filtered angle. |
| US09860501B2 |
Projection system and projection method
A projection method includes sending an identification signal, receiving an identification response signal corresponding to the identification signal, acquiring a display information from a database according to the identification response signal, acquiring a plurality of angles of a plurality of projection devices relative to an orientation of the first device and a plurality of distances between the projection devices and the first device according to the orientation of the first device and the location of the first device, and controlling a first projection device of the projection devices to project the display information according to the angles of the projection devices relative to an orientation of the first device and the distances between the projection devices and the first device. |
| US09860500B2 |
Projector device, portable device and wearable projector system
A wearable projector system includes a projector device and a portable device communicated with the projector device. The wearable projector system includes at least one signal generator, a projector and a control unit. The signal generator transmits wireless signals. The projector outputs projection contents. The portable device includes a plurality of sensors and an operation unit. The sensors detect a position of the signal generator and generate a position signal. The operation unit determines an adjustment displacement of the projector device according to the position signal and generates an adjustment displacement signal representing a displacement between the projector device and the portable device. The control unit adjusts a projecting direction and a projected frame shape of the projector according to the adjustment displacement signal. |
| US09860499B2 |
Image display apparatus
A projector includes a light source, liquid crystal panels that modulate light emitted from the light source, a dichroic prism that combines modulated light fluxes modulated by the liquid crystal panels with one another into video light and outputs the video light, and a pixel shift device that changes the optical path of the video light output from the dichroic prism. The pixel shift device includes a glass plate on which the video light is incident and an electromagnetic actuator that causes the glass plate to swing. The electromagnetic actuator is arranged in a position outside the dichroic prism and different from the positions of the liquid crystal panels when viewed along the optical axis of the video light. |
| US09860497B2 |
Illumination device and projector
An illumination device includes a diffusion element and a light source device that emits a beam bundle including a first unit beam bundle to be incident on the diffusion element along a first direction and a second unit beam bundle to be incident on the diffusion element along a second direction. An angle formed by the first unit beam bundle with an optical axis of the beam bundle is greater than an angle formed by the second unit beam bundle with the optical axis, and the illumination device satisfies I2 |
| US09860494B2 |
System and method for calibrating a display system using a short throw camera
This invention overcomes disadvantages of the prior art by providing a system and method that allows for the calibration of a display system using one or more cameras whose lenses are not modeled, or are modeled with limited accuracy, and are potentially incapable of imaging the entire projector system. The illustrative system and method generally relies on well-established models of the projectors, rather than well-established models of the cameras. Illustratively, the cameras serve mainly to map the projectors into one coordinate system, where the overlap between the projectors can be established very precisely using a camera, even if the model of the camera lens properties is not known, or known only minimally. |
| US09860485B2 |
Radio power saving techniques for video conference applications
In video conferencing over a radio network, the radio equipment is a major power consumer especially in cellular networks such as LTE. In order to reduce the radio power consumption in video conferencing, it is important to introduce an enough radio inactive time. Several types of data buffering and bundling can be employed within a reasonable range of latency that doesn't significantly disrupt the real-time nature of video conferencing. In addition, the data transmission can be synchronized to the data reception in a controlled manner, which can result in an even longer radio inactive time and thus take advantage of radio power saving modes such as LTE C-DRX. |
| US09860480B2 |
Method for processing information and electronic device
A method for processing information and an electronic device are provided. The method is applicable in a first electronic device, including: receiving an operational instruction; transmitting the received operational instruction to a second electronic device which is wirelessly coupled to the first electronic device; receiving information corresponding to the operational instruction, wherein the information is processed by the second electronic device; and generating, by the first electronic device in response to the information, light to display in a predetermined region. |
| US09860478B2 |
Electronic device and broadcasting signal receiver
An electronic device and a broadcasting signal receiver including the same are disclosed. The electronic device includes a power supply unit supplying electric power and a connector including a plurality of pins. When a jack of a first external device having a self power source is connected to the connector, the power supply unit does not supply the electric power to the first external device through the connector. When a jack of a second external device not having a self power source is connected to the connector, the power supply unit supplies the electric power to the second external device through the connector. |
| US09860475B2 |
Video processing apparatus, video processing method, and storage medium
A video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire annotation information corresponding to at least one associated video, which is associated with a video that is to be processed, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display, on a display screen for displaying the video that is to be processed, both the annotation information corresponding to the associated video acquired by the acquisition unit and the video that is to be processed. |
| US09860471B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A CMOS sensor has unit pixels each structured by a light receiving element and three transistors, to prevent against the phenomenon of saturation shading and the reduction of dynamic range. The transition time (fall time), in switching off the voltage on a drain line shared in all pixels, is given longer than the transition time in turning of any of the reset line and the transfer line. For this reason, the transistor constituting a DRN drive buffer is made proper in its W/L ratio. Meanwhile, a control resistance or current source is inserted on a line to the GND, to make proper the operation current during driving. This reduces saturation shading amount. By making a reset transistor in a depression type, the leak current to a floating diffusion is suppressed to broaden the dynamic range. |
| US09860469B2 |
Pixel unit cell having conversion circuit
A circuit includes a signal line and a pixel unit cell. The pixel unit cell includes one or more light sensing elements, a conversion circuit, and a selection switch between the conversion circuit and the signal line. In the pixel unit cell, the conversion circuit is configured to convert charge carriers from the one or more light sensing elements to a voltage signal at an output node of the conversion circuit. |
| US09860468B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup device which provides for enhanced image quality
A solid-state image pickup device includes: a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in matrix; and an Analog-Digital converter. The Analog-Digital converter converts pixel signals, which are generated in the pixel portion, from analog signals into digital signals. The Analog-Digital converter includes: a comparator; and a counter. The comparator compares the analog signals, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of pixels, with a reference signal. The comparator includes: a first differential transistor to which the reference signal is input; a second differential transistor to which the analog signals are input; a first load transistor; a second load transistor; and a current source transistor. A fluctuation of a voltage between a gate and a source of the first differential transistor is suppressed. This fluctuation follows a voltage fluctuation of a node connected commonly to the second differential transistor and the second load transistor. |
| US09860467B2 |
Image sensor having different substrate bias voltages
An image sensor having different bias voltages is provided. The image sensor may include a plurality of pixels configured to output pixel signals based on a received optical signal, and logic circuits configured to output the pixels signals as image data. The pixels may be formed on a first region of a semiconductor substrate, the first region being substrate biased to a first voltage. The logic circuits may be formed on a second region of the semiconductor substrate different from the first region, the second region being substrate biased to a second voltage different from the first voltage. A full-well capacitance (FWC) of the photodiode may be increased by applying the first voltage, which is a negative (−) voltage, to a photodiode of a pixel to reduce (or, alternatively prevent) a blooming effect. |
| US09860465B2 |
Imaging device and electronic device
Provided is an imaging device operated at high speed and low power consumption. The imaging device includes a pixel and a first circuit. The pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The first circuit is configured to compare a first signal which is output from the pixel on the basis of imaging data obtained by the first photosensitive conversion element to a second signal which is output from the pixel on the basis of imaging data obtained by the second photosensitive conversion element for determining whether there is a difference between the first signal and the second signal. Thus, edge detection can be performed without a periphery device for edge detection outside the imaging device. |
| US09860461B2 |
Systems and methods for a digital image sensor
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for generating an image stack. In use, one or more exposure parameters for an image stack are configured. Next, a capture command is received. Further, a pixel array is initialized within an image sensor of the camera module. Moreover, one or more ambient images are sampled within one or more corresponding analog storage planes. Next, if it is determined whether a strobe unit is enabled, where, if it is determined that the strobe unit is enabled, one or more strobe images are sampled within the corresponding analog storage planes. |
| US09860460B2 |
Image sensors, image acquisition devices and electronic devices utilizing overlapping shutter operations
An image sensor can include a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels and a row driver arranged in a matrix form that includes a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Respective ones of the unit pixels may convent an incident light to an electric signal and may store the electric signal. The row driver may sequentially scan the plurality of rows and may sequentially perform an electronic shutter operation and read-out operation. The electronic shutter operation may reset the stored electric signal in each unit pixel and the read-out operation may read-out the stored electric signal in each unit pixel. The electric shutter operation can include a preliminary shutter operation and a main shutter operation which are sequentially performed on one row. The row driver may overlap the main shutter operation on a first row and the preliminary shutter operation on a second row. |
| US09860459B2 |
Signaling device for an obscured environment
A portable signaling device for use in a reduced visibility environment. The signaling device includes a housing for carrying the signaling device into the reduced visibility environment, the housing having a signaling side and an attachment side, the signaling side configured to transmit an infrared signal and the attachment side configured to be secured to a structure within the environment, and an infrared energy source located within the housing, the infrared energy source including a power source, an emitter connected to the power source, and a switching mechanism connected to the power source and the emitter. The signaling device also includes a control circuit coupled to the infrared energy source, the control circuit configured to receive an input representing a message to be transmitted to a thermal imaging camera being carried by a first responder, the message providing a visual indication of a firefighting operation, and operate the infrared energy source to transmit the infrared signal representing the message to the thermal imaging camera. |
| US09860455B2 |
Object information acquiring apparatus and signal processing method
An object information acquiring apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive an acoustic wave propagating from an object; a distribution acquiring unit configured to acquire a distribution of object information by acquiring pieces of object information relative to respective positions in an object from a received acoustic wave; a resolution information acquiring unit configured to acquire a distribution of resolution information that is based on pieces of resolution information of object information relative to each of the positions; and an intensity correction processor configured to correct an intensity of each piece of object information included in a distribution of object information on the basis of a distribution of resolution information. |
| US09860452B2 |
Usage of first camera to determine parameter for action associated with second camera
In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a first camera accessible to the processor, a second camera accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input from the first camera and, based at least in part on the input from the first camera, determine at least one parameter for at least one action associated with the second camera. |
| US09860450B2 |
Method and apparatus to correct digital video to counteract effect of camera shake
The effect of camera shake in digital video is corrected using signal processing techniques. The digital video is a sequence of digital images. When the sequence of digital images are being captured, movement of the imaging device causes the images to shift on the image sensor of the imaging device and affects the quality of the eventual video. Movement of the imaging device is detected while the video is being captured, and a motion information representing the motion is recorded. A processor determines a correcting filter based on the motion information and user input. The processor modifies the sequence of images captured according to the correcting filter and obtains a final corrected video. Corrected video is displayed in a viewfinder. |
| US09860449B2 |
Image acquisition method and device to divide integration time for image stabalization
The invention relates to a method wherein at least one output signal of a movement sensor (105; 505) is taken into account for the potential division of an integrating period (T; T″) of an image sensor (101; 501) into a plurality of sub-periods (Ti; Ti′). |
| US09860448B2 |
Method and electronic device for stabilizing video
A method of stabilizing a video in an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes determining shaking compensation areas corresponding to a respective plurality of frames acquired through an image sensor in entire areas of the respective plurality of frames based on shaking information of the plurality of frames and information on the magnification, generating output frames corresponding to the respective plurality of frames by enlarging the shaking compensation areas at the magnification, and providing a video including the output frames. |
| US09860441B1 |
Tile-based digital image correspondence
A computing device may obtain a first captured image of a scene and a second captured image of the scene. For a plurality of m×n pixel tiles of the first captured image, the computing device may determine respective distance matrixes. The distance matrixes may represent respective fit confidences between the m×n pixel tiles and pluralities of target p×q pixel tiles in the second captured image. The computing device may approximate the distance matrixes with respective bivariate surfaces. The computing device may upsample the bivariate surfaces to obtain respective offsets for pixels in the plurality of m×n pixel tiles. The respective offsets, when applied to pixels in the plurality of m×n pixel tiles, may cause parts of the first captured image to estimate locations in the second captured image. |
| US09860436B2 |
Changing display images of a camera timer remote control
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to control a camera from a wearable mechanism device, such as a watch, pendant or other device with its own limited display. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a wearable mechanism device for remotely controlling a camera with an intuitive user interface and sequencing of interface options. In one embodiment, the display on the wearable mechanism changes before a picture or video is taken with the electronic camera. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to partially control a camera from the wearable mechanism device, providing split control. |
| US09860435B2 |
Image capture device with rotatable lens unit
Provided is an image capture device including a lens unit that includes a lens, a supporting member that supports the lens unit and rotates in a predetermined rotating direction with the lens unit, a rotation regulating member that regulates rotation of the supporting member by coming into contact with the supporting member while the supporting member is rotating, and a move permitting part that permits the rotation regulating member being in contact with the supporting member to move a predetermined amount in the rotating direction in a manner that the supporting member is rotatable 360 degrees or more in the rotating direction. |
| US09860434B2 |
Auto-focus in low-profile folded optics multi-camera system
An image capturing system and a method of autofocusing are disclosed such that, for example, when a folded optics configuration is used, a field corrector lens can be placed on the image sensor of the system and a plurality of lenses can be placed perpendicular to the image sensor. The plurality of lenses can be movable relative to the image sensor such that acceptable MTF curve performances can be obtained when the image capturing system is focused at reference distances. |
| US09860432B2 |
Lens driving apparatus and camera module including function of shaking compensation
Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes: a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens assembly; an elastic member in at least one of the housing and the lens barrel; a driving unit moving the lens barrel relative to the housing; and a sensor unit fixed to the housing. |
| US09860430B1 |
Emblem cover assembly
A sensor system assembly for a grille of a motor vehicle includes a camera, a cover assembly, and a radar unit covered by the cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a first thermoplastic layer having an outer edge and an inner edge defining a first opening for receiving the camera, a second thermoplastic layer having an outer edge and an inner edge defining a second opening for receiving the camera, the second opening being aligned with the first opening, the outer edge of the second thermoplastic layer being interlocked with outer edge of the first thermoplastic layer, and the inner edge of the second thermoplastic layer being interlocked with the inner edge of the first thermoplastic layer, and an emblem between the first thermoplastic layer and the second thermoplastic layer. |
| US09860429B1 |
Scaling of image data in sensor interface based on detection of defective pixels
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sensor interface circuit that performs scaling of image data in a Bayer pattern without spreading defective pixels across multiple pixels. The sensor interface circuit may include a register circuit storing operating parameters of the sensor interface circuit. The sensor interface circuit includes a scaling circuit with a first defect pixel detection circuit to detect a first defective pixel in an input image by analyzing pixels in a line of an input image data along a first direction. A first scaling circuit is coupled to the first defect pixel detection circuit and generates a scaled line of pixels representing the line of the input image scaled along the first direction according to the operating parameters. |
| US09860428B1 |
Signal correction method and apparatus, and terminal
The present invention discloses a signal correction method and apparatus, and a terminal, and relates to the signal processing field. The method includes: receiving an input signal, where the input signal is an audio signal or an image signal, the input signal includes signals that are corresponding to multiple units respectively, and any one of the units is a sampling point of the audio signal or a pixel unit of the image signal; performing texture detection on a target unit to obtain a first signal; extracting a high frequency component of a signal of the target unit to obtain a second signal; performing multiplication processing and non-linear processing on the first signal and the second signal to obtain a sharpness correction signal of the target unit; and performing sharpness correction on the signal of the target unit according to the sharpness correction signal. |
| US09860427B2 |
Digital image attribute plane compression
An example embodiment may involve obtaining an m×n pixel cell from an input image. Each of the m×n pixels in the m×n pixel cell may be associated with at least one color value. An m×n attribute cell may be determined, elements of which may be associated in a one-to-one fashion with respective pixels in the m×n pixel cell. The m×n pixel cell may be compressed in a lossy fashion, and the m×n attribute cell may be compressed in a lossless fashion. Compression of the m×n pixel cell may be based on at least part of the m×n attribute cell. An interleaved representation of the compressed m×n pixel cell and the compressed m×n attribute cell may be written to an output medium. |
| US09860426B2 |
Multi-mode image capture systems and methods
Systems and methods to generate a multi-mode image containing different modes such as color, grayscale, and black and white to minimize digital file size while retaining the desired modes for selected portions of the image. |
| US09860423B2 |
Image processing device and method, printing system, halftone process determination method, and program
There are provided image processing device and method, a printing system, a halftone process determination method, and a program capable of determining a processing rule of an appropriate halftone process appropriate for characteristics of a printing system. An image processing device (20) according to the present invention includes characteristic parameter acquisition means (52) for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system, and halftone process generation means (58) for generating halftone processing rules that define the processing contents of two or more kinds of halftone processes of which balances of priority for a plurality of requirements required in the halftone process are different based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition means (52). |
| US09860422B2 |
Correction method for image forming apparatus
A correction method for an image forming apparatus including a light source including light emitting points, a photosensitive member configured to rotate in a first direction, and a deflecting unit configured to deflect light beams emitted from the light source in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the correction method includes: a first correction step of correcting sparseness and denseness of density in the first direction by moving a predetermined pixel in the first direction, and causing a pixel value of the predetermined pixel to be output or not to be output in accordance with movement of the predetermined pixel; and a second correction step of correcting the pixel value of the predetermined pixel by moving the pixel value of the predetermined pixel in the second direction so that a pixel value is caused to be output or not to be output with a plurality of continuous pixels. |
| US09860420B2 |
Decoloring apparatus
A reading apparatus includes a paper feed section that feeds a sheet on which an image is formed with decolorable material to a conveyance path. A reading section positioned on the conveyance path reads the image formed on the sheet and generates image data corresponding to the read image. A paper discharge section discharges the sheet after the reading section has read the image. If the reading section reads a portion of the image formed on the sheet due to an error, the sheet is conveyed to the reading section again to read a remainder portion of the image that was not initially read in the reading section and to generate image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image. The image data corresponding to the read portion of the image is combined with the image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image. |
| US09860418B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory computer readable information recording medium
An information processing unit determines, when receiving information through a reading process from a recording medium, whether a user identified by the information has transition authority for a transition from an energy saving mode to a normal mode of carrying out information processing; sends a transition request for carrying out a transition from the energy saving mode to the normal mode to a power supply control part when determining that the user has the transition authority; and carries out the transition to the normal mode in response to the transition request and, when authentication of the user is successful, displays on a user interface part a display screen page for receiving an operation concerning the information processing. |
| US09860415B2 |
Method and device for picture-based barcode encoding and decoding
A method for picture-based barcode encoding and decoding is provided herein. The method for picture-based barcode encoding includes: transforming an original data into an original data bitstream; performing an error correction on the original data bitstream for translating the original data bitstream into an error corrected bitstream; selecting all or part of the picture as an encoded area; calculating a data storage capacity of the encoded area; adjusting a size of the error corrected bitstream or a size of the encoded area for equalizing a data storage capacity of an encoded data bitstream and the data storage capacity of the encoded area; and adjusting a pixel value of the encoded area according to the encoded data bitstream. |
| US09860412B2 |
Image processing apparatus, audio recording method, and recording medium storing an audio recording program
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to obtain audio data of audio collected through a microphone, determine whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result, record the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold, and add the recorded audio data to image data. |
| US09860411B2 |
Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same
A mobile terminal including a camera; a touch screen configured to continuously display images captured by the camera; a memory; and a controller configured to in response to a first touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a first touch-applied time point, store a first image displayed on the touch screen at the first touch-applied time point in the memory, display a first thumbnail image corresponding to the first image on the touch screen, in response to a second touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a second touch-applied time point, store a second image displayed on the touch screen at the second touch-applied time point in the memory, by grouping the second image with the first image in the memory. |
| US09860410B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a document supporter, a guide, a carriage, and a reader. The carriage has a recessed portion. A first protrusion, a second protrusion, a third protrusion, a fourth protrusion, a fifth protrusion, and a sixth protrusion are provided on the recessed portion. Each of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, and the fourth protrusion has a distal end portion in a protruding direction thereof, and the distal end portion is in contact with the guide when the carriage is mounted on the guide. A protruding amount of each of the fifth protrusion and the sixth protrusion in a protruding direction thereof is less than that of each of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, and the fourth protrusion. |
| US09860409B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus
Provided is an optical scanning apparatus, including: a deflector which deflects light beams with first and second deflection surfaces to scan first and second scanned surfaces in a main scanning direction; first and second imaging optical systems which guide the deflected light beams to the first and second scanned surfaces; and an incident optical system which allows the light beam to obliquely enter the first deflection surface in a sub-scanning section, in which the first imaging optical system includes a first optical element having an absolute value of curvature radius of incident surface smaller than an absolute value of curvature radius of exit surface in the sub-scanning section including an optical axis, and the incident surface of the first optical element reflects the light beam entering the incident surface toward a direction of separating from a main scanning section including the deflector in the sub-scanning section including the optical axis. |
| US09860403B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus, and reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
When a sheet fed by a feed rotating member passes through a detection area of a leading edge detecting portion, the feed rotating member is moved to a retract position based on the detection. When the fed sheet does not pass through the detection area, the feed rotating member is moved to the retract position after a predetermined time elapses since the sheet starts to be fed by the feed rotating member. |
| US09860401B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus comprises a sensor, a base, a clamping section and a limiting section. The sensor includes a hook having a claw section. The sensor is held on the base. The clamping section and the limiting section are arranged on the base. The claw section is clamped with the clamping section. The limiting section is elastically deformable when the sensor is mounted on the base. When the claw section is clamped with the clamping section, the limiting section faces the hook from the opposite side of the clamping section so as to limit the position of the hook. |
| US09860398B2 |
Information processing apparatus that creates other documents from read document
An information processing apparatus is provided capable of creating images of a plurality of question sentences and answer columns from a document. A document reading unit reads a document to which marking has been applied by a plurality of different patterns and acquires document image data. A marking pattern detection unit recognizes in each different pattern the marking in a marking region to which the marking of the document image data has been applied and detects a pattern of the marking. A question sentence creation unit creates, in each different pattern, question sentence image data in which partial image data in the marking region is deleted from the document image data. An output unit outputs the question sentence image data created by the question sentence creation unit. |
| US09860397B2 |
Image processing device and image processing system
A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing. |
| US09860396B2 |
Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing device and a controller configured to obtain data identification information, receive definition data identified by the data identification information, display a definition screen based on the received definition data, receive a designation operation, further obtain the data identification information defined in the screen definition data, control the image processing device to execute image processing defined in the operation definition data, when the obtained data identification information is first identification information for identifying first definition data stored in a first server, determine whether the first identification information coincides with the specific identification information, prior to receiving the definition data, and when the first identification information coincides with the specific identification information, receive second definition data identified by second identification information associated with the specific identification information from a second server. |
| US09860390B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for policy event record generation
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for generating a policy event record (PER). The method includes receiving one or more policy event attributes (PEAs) and using the received PEAs to select one or more policy definitions that are associated with a communication session. The method also includes analyzing the selected one or more policy definitions and initiating one or more associated policy actions. The method further includes generating a policy event record that includes information that identifies the one or more selected policy definitions. |
| US09860382B2 |
Systems and methods for predictive personalization and intelligent routing
Systems and methods for intelligently routing a member of an organization to a single point-of-contact within an optimized, secure network to address all the member's healthcare needs are described. The disclosed intelligent routing configurations transform and process, in real-time, vast amounts of member data to generate specialized effort scores specific to each member's household. The effort scores, among other things, are used to determine an appropriate tier within the organization to route the member, and its account file containing real-time member and household level data. |
| US09860379B2 |
Recording user communications
A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller, collects data points based on the caller's interaction with an interactive voice response module, and computes an experience score for the caller using the data points. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction. The call handling platform determines whether an option is enabled for recording screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by a human agent. Upon determining that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent. Based on determining that the option for recording screen captures is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by the human agent. |
| US09860376B1 |
Call screening device
Devices and methods are disclosed herein which allow a telephone call screening device to be connected in parallel to the remaining extensions within a home. |
| US09860373B2 |
Caller identification apparatus, caller identification method, and recording medium on which caller identification program has been stored
A caller identification apparatus, in order to make, with higher precision, a sharp distinction between a call from a fraud and a call from a person who is not a fraud, comprises a storage means and a voice characteristic analysis means. The storage means stores both a white list with which first voice characteristic information, which is the voice characteristic information of closely related persons of a call recipient, is registered and a black list with which second voice characteristic information, which is the voice characteristic information of frauds, is registered. The voice characteristic analysis means acquires the voice data of a call, obtains third voice characteristic information, which is the voice characteristic information of the voice data, and determines whether the third voice characteristic information matches the first voice characteristic information or the second voice characteristic information. If the third voice characteristic information matches neither the first voice characteristic information nor the second voice characteristic information, the voice characteristic analysis means determines whether the third voice characteristic information includes the voice characteristic information of any multiple persons. If the third voice characteristic information includes the voice characteristic information of any multiple persons, the voice characteristic analysis means obtains a first determination result that the call is probably a call from said frauds. |
| US09860366B2 |
Selectively providing content to users located within a virtual perimeter
A present physical location of a mobile device can be identified based on wireless communication between the mobile device and at least one beacon. Responsive to determining that the mobile device is located at a particular physical location, location rules associated with the particular physical location can be retrieved, content assigned to the particular physical location can be identified, content that the mobile device is authorized to access via a network maintained for the physical location while the mobile device still is located at the particular physical location can be selected, and a message can be communicated to the mobile device. The message can specify an authorization for the mobile device to access the selected content using at least one application installed on the mobile device while the mobile device still is located at the particular physical location. |
| US09860363B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services
Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system. |
| US09860360B2 |
System, device, and method of wirelessly controlling electronic devices and appliances
Devices, systems, and methods of wirelessly controlling appliances and electronic devices, such as ceiling fans, air conditioners, garage doors, or the like. A receive-only ceiling fan is wirelessly controlled by a proprietary remote control unit. A cloning unit is able to clone or duplicate the proprietary wireless signal, and to replay it or re-generate it in response to a triggering command that a user submitted via a smartphone or tablet; thereby enabling to control such appliances via mobile electronic devices. The cloning unit utilizes recording of the wireless signal payload and carrier frequency; wireless signal analysis; image analysis of the appliance or of the remote control unit; queries to a remote server to obtain properties of the proprietary wireless signal; or other techniques of signal analysis or duplication. |
| US09860359B2 |
Method for communicating with neighbor device, electronic device, and storage medium
A method in which a second electronic device communicates with a neighbor device is provided. The method includes connecting to a first electronic device, receiving first information for a third electronic device from the first electronic device, and controlling the third electronic device using the first information, wherein the first information includes control right information for the third electronic device. |
| US09860357B2 |
Establishing an authenticated wireless connection between short-range wireless terminals more conveniently
A method for establishing a wireless connection based on a touch screen of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a slide-out processing section for determining, in response to a slide-out from an edge of the touch screen, a first slide-out parameter for determining by the other wireless device an object to be connected, and broadcasting the first slide-out parameter. The wireless device further includes a slide-in processing section for determining a slide-in parameter in response to a slide-in from the edge of the touch screen and reception of a second slide-out parameter directionally transmitted from the other wireless device. Furthermore, if the determined slide-in parameter matches the second slide-out parameter, then the slide-in processing section establishes a wireless connection between the wireless device and the other wireless device. As a result, an authenticated wireless connection between short-range wireless terminals can be established more conveniently. |
| US09860354B2 |
Electronic device with camera-based user detection
A speakerphone system integrated in a mobile device is automatically controlled based on the current state of the mobile device. In one implementation, the mobile device is controlled based on an orientation or position of the mobile device. In another implementation, the control of the speakerphone includes automatically controlling one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the speakerphone system. |
| US09860351B1 |
Tool-free interchangeable phone cover
The disclosed device is a cover for a telephone that requires no tools to install. The cover includes multiple penetrations to provide access to buttons, displays, or speakers beneath the cover. A sidewall connects to all or substantially all of the perimeter of the cover. One or more locking teeth on the sidewall latch into a gap in the phone, locking the cover to the phone without the use of tools. Correspondingly, the cover is readily removable without the use of tools. |
| US09860348B2 |
System and method for exchanging information among exchange applications
In a system and method for performing message-based business processes among a plurality of applications, configuration data is stored in a data store in a gateway, the configuration data including information defining one or more simple transactions that can be performed by the gateway. A gateway message is received at the gateway, the gateway message including a gateway message header and a payload, the gateway message header including a routing slip block providing a template of a complex transaction in which the gateway message is participating, the complex transaction comprising one or more simple transactions performed in a defined order. The gateway executes at least one simple transaction in accordance with the template in the routing slip and the configuration data defining the one or more simple transactions. |
| US09860344B2 |
Self-management of local resources allocated remotely
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with persisting information concerning per-user, per-connection display configuration control are described. One example method includes identifying services that provide outputs to be displayed to an identified user on displays available to the identified user. Services are provided by remotely located computers. The example method may also include establishing a display control parameter based on a stored mapping that persistently relates services, outputs, displays, and users. The mapping stores information concerning the parameter as configured by the identified user during a previous session. The example method may also include controlling the display of the output on the display based on the parameter. |
| US09860342B2 |
Systems and methods for protecting an identity in network communications
In some embodiments, a method includes sending a first data unit, received from a source device, to a destination device via a first data unit path. The first data unit path includes (1) a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine that are included in a first network, and (2) a third virtual machine that is included in a second network. Furthermore, the first data unit path includes the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine, and the third virtual machine in a first order. The method includes sending a second data unit, received from the source device, to the destination device via a second data unit path from the source device to the destination device. The second data unit path includes each of the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine, and the third virtual machine in a second order different from the first order. |
| US09860341B2 |
Tailoring content to be delivered to mobile device based upon features of mobile device
A method, system and computer program product for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device. A shim application is provided to the mobile device by a content server after the mobile device visits the content server for the first time. The shim application detects the capabilities of the mobile device, such as the screen size, screen resolution, memory size, browser capabilities, etc. The shim application then includes such information in the header of the requests, such as a request for content, sent from the mobile device to the content server. The content server then generates the requested content in the appropriate format based on the information provided in the header. In this manner, the content server will now be able to ensure that the content provided by the content server for a particular mobile device will be appropriately displayed on the mobile device. |
| US09860336B2 |
Mitigating service disruptions using mobile prefetching based on predicted dead spots
An approach to downloading content to a mobile device based on predicted service disruptions to avoid a loss of access to content. The service disruptions to wireless network connectivity can occur due to network dead spots, such as those occurring on a highway, in a tunnel, under a bridge or in a building. Embodiments monitor current and historical mobile device usage and historical wireless service data to form a history and generate a predictive model that makes predictions regarding anticipated dead spots and the types and quantity of content that will be requested during the dead spots. Decisions based on the predictive model can be made automatically by embodiments, such as when to start downloading content prior to entering a dead spot and how much content and what types of content will be downloaded based on predicted user requests. |
| US09860333B2 |
Scalable caching of remote file data in a cluster file system
A system facilitates access to data in a network. One implementations includes a caching layer function that is configured to integrate into a local cluster file system, to cache local file data in a cache based on fetching file data on demand from a remote cluster file system, and to operate on a multi-node cache cluster. The cache is visible to file system clients as a Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant file system, applications execute on the multi-node cache cluster using POSIX semantics via a POSIX compliant file system interface, and data cache is locally consistent for updates made at the multi-node cache cluster using distributed locking for the data cache. |
| US09860324B1 |
Rapid establishment of a connection from multiple address locations
A first computing device receives a first token with a first request for data from a second computing device located at a first network address, the first token being associated with a second network addresses previously associated with the second computing device during previous communications with the first computing device. The first computing device determines that the first token is not associated with the first network address, and generates a second token for the computing device. The second token is associated with the first network address and the second network address. The first computing device then provides the second token to the computing device for use in establishing future network communications from the first network address and from the second network address. |
| US09860316B2 |
Routing network traffic based on social information
A technology for routing traffic from similar users to a same server cluster to improve data center efficiency is disclosed. When a traffic routing server receives a request from a user, the traffic routing server determines an identifier of a partition to which the user is assigned. The user and many other users with whom the user shares a social attribute are co-located in the same partition. The traffic routing server then computes a hash of the identifier using a hash function and locates a server cluster on a consistent hash ring using the computed hash. The traffic routing server then sends the request from the user to that server cluster. By consistently sending requests from users assigned to the same partition to the same server cluster, the technology improves cache hit rates and reduces data duplication across the server clusters, which in turn improves datacenter efficiency. |
| US09860313B2 |
Maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices as well as maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications without requiring perioidic synchronization
A method, system and computer program product for maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices and maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications. A server receives a request from a client device to access a shared state scope. A shared state scope is a data store that physically resides on the server, where the data store stores state information. The state information stored in these scopes can be shared among multiple instances of an application residing on multiple client devices. Furthermore, the state information may include common information that is shared among different applications. Upon the server providing access to the requested scope, the server receives an update to the state information stored within the requested scope from the requesting client device. The server then notifies other client devices regarding the update to the state information that have access to the shared state scope. |
| US09860307B2 |
System and method for virtual desktop infrastructure user level virtual channel
Embodiments for provided for using virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) user level virtual channels (VCs) which allows client data prioritization within a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection to a client. An embodiment method includes establishing a communication module at a user level of operation of a server, and establishing a TCP connection between the server and a client device. Additionally, the server establishes, at the user level of operation, a plurality of VCs for a plurality of respective services provided to the client device. The communication module at the user level communicates with service modules running at the server for executing the services. The data of the VCs are arranged into a plurality of respective priority queues according to priority of the services. The communication module exchanges the data of the services in the VCs on the TCP connection with the client device according to the priority queues. |
| US09860305B2 |
Mobile interactive kiosk method
An information exchange system includes a mobile electronic device and a stationary electronic device. The mobile electronic device generates a transient or mobile information cloud around the user and includes a range selector module associated that receives input from the user regarding a physical range to extend the mobile information cloud around the user. The stationary electronic device generates a stationary information cloud. At an intersection of the mobile information cloud and the stationary information cloud, information is exchanged between the mobile electronic device and the stationary electronic device. |
| US09860300B2 |
Fast file server methods and systems
The invention provides, in one aspect, an improved system for data access comprising a file server that is coupled to a client device or application executing thereon via one or more networks. The server comprises static storage that is organized in one or more directories, each containing, zero, one or more files. The server also comprises a file system operable, in cooperation with a file system on the client device, to provide authorized applications executing on the client device access to those directories and/or files. Fast file server (FFS) software or other functionality executing on or in connection with the server responds to requests received from the client by transferring requested data to the client device over multiple network pathways. That data can comprise, for example, directory trees, files (or portions thereof), and so forth. |
| US09860298B2 |
Providing access via hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request methods to services implemented by stateless objects
An aspect of the present disclosure provides access via HTTP verbs to services implemented by stateless objects. In one embodiment, the list of services implemented by a stateless object deployed on an application server is displayed to a user/administrator. Upon receiving (from the user/administrator) an input data indicating selection of some of the services (from the displayed list), only the selected service are provided access via a corresponding HTTP verb. In other words, a first service that is included in the selection is provided access via a HTTP verb, while a second service not included in the selection is not made accessible via HTTP verbs. Thus, a user/administrator is facilitated to provide access via HTTP verbs to only services of interest among those implemented by a stateless object at or after the deployment of the stateless object. |
| US09860293B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing streaming content using representations
A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of media content are provided. The media content may include a sequence of one or more periods. Each of the periods may include one or more representations. The metadata may include information used to describe a relationship between the representations, and include information for terminals having different display bit depths. |
| US09860291B2 |
Redundant media packet streams
This invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of digital media packets, such as audio and video channels and lighting instructions. In particular, the invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of redundant media packet streams. Samples are extracted from a first and second media packet stream. The extracted samples are written to a buffer based on the output time of each sample. Extracted samples having the same output time are written to the same location in the buffer. Both media packet streams are simply processed all the way to the buffer without any particular knowledge that one of the packet streams is actually redundant. This simplifies the management of the redundant packet streams, such as eliminating the need for a “fail-over” switch and the concept of an “active stream”, The location is the storage space allocated to store one sample. The extracted sample written to the location may be written over another extracted sample from a different packet stream previously written to the location. These extracted samples written to the same location may be identical. |
| US09860286B2 |
Associating a captured image with a media item
Examples disclosed herein include a computing system receiving a first data set representing (i) an image and (ii) an event associated with the image; receiving a second data set representing (i) a media item and (ii) the event; associating the media item with the image; and storing data indicating the association. The examples may also include a computing device capturing an image while the computing device is at an event location; sending, to a computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an event associated with the image and the event location; receiving, from the computing system, a second data set representing a media item that is played back by a media playback system at the event location; causing display, by the display, of the image; and providing an indication of the media item. |
| US09860284B1 |
Parallel multimedia conferencing
A method, server, and media are provided for providing parallel multimedia conferences. A multimedia conference server enables a user to participate in several multimedia conferences simultaneously. The server receives a request to establish parallel multimedia conferences from a user. In turn, the server generates a data stream for the content of the each of the multimedia conferences associated with the user. The data stream may include transcriptions and notifications for the user. The multimedia conference server transmits the data stream and notifications to the user. |
| US09860282B2 |
Real-time synchronous communication with persons appearing in image and video files
Systems and methods are provided for enabling real-time synchronous communication with persons appearing in image or video files. For example, an image or video file is displayed on a display screen of a computing device. The computing device detects a user selection of a person present in the displayed image or video. A request is sent from the computing device to a service provider for profile information associated with the user-selected person. The computing device receives from the service provider profile information associated with the user-selected person, wherein the profile information includes a communications address of the user-selected person. The communications address is utilized to initiate a communications session on the computing device with the user-selected person present in the displayed image or video. |
| US09860281B2 |
Social-graph aware policy suggestion engine
Systems, devices and methods are disclosed to assist in configuring devices and policies to protect a regional network (e.g., home network) and its users. Users on the network are monitored to determine appropriate configuration settings and preferences by utilizing a combination of internally configured information and externally gathered information for each user. For example, externally gathered information may include information obtained about a user from one or more social media Internet sites. Automatically obtained information may be used to provide or augment policy information such that a user's preference relative to internet content (e.g., content blocking software configuration) may be achieved without requiring an administrator to individually prepare each users security profile and configuration. |
| US09860280B1 |
Cognitive authentication with employee onboarding
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for onboarding a new employee to an organization. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, employee data comprising an employee group associated with the new employee of the organization. Identifying other employees that belong to the employee group and obtaining a set of permissions associated with each of the other employees. Determining a set of group permissions based on a combination of the set of permissions of each of the other employees. Aspects also include calculating an access score for each of the set of group permissions, and determining a set of suggested access permissions for the new employee based on the set of group permissions and the access score. |
| US09860274B2 |
Policy management
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the operation of a threat management facility, wherein the threat management facility may provide for a plurality of computer asset protection services to a corporate computer network. The threat management facility may provide a policy management service as one of the plurality of protection services, wherein the policy management service may be adapted to provide corporate policy updates to a plurality of computer facilities associated with the corporate computer network. In addition, the corporate policy updates, and a related corporate policy, may relate to the acceptability of an operation of a computer application. |
| US09860270B2 |
System and method for determining web pages modified with malicious code
Disclosed are a system and method for determining web pages modified with malicious code. An example method includes: intercepting an attempt to access a website; selecting, by a processor, one or more malicious software configuration files based on the intercepting of the attempt to access the website; creating a verification web page based on one or more code fragments from the selected one or more malicious software configuration files; opening the verification web page; and determining, by the processor, whether malicious code has been injected into the opened verification web page. |
| US09860266B2 |
Preventing messaging attacks
Systems, methods, and software can be used to prevent messaging attacks. In some aspects, a scanning short message is sent to a UICC associated with a mobile device. A response short message is received in response to the scanning short message. The UICC is determined to be at risk to attacks based on the response short message. In response to determining that the UICC is at risk to attacks, a notification is generated. In some cases, the notification is sent to a DMS. Alternatively or in combination, the notification is displayed on the mobile device. In response to determining that the UICC is at risk to attacks, a firewall application is installed on the mobile device. The firewall application is configured to process an incoming short message addressed to the UICC. |
| US09860259B2 |
Reassembly free deep packet inspection for peer to peer networks
The present disclosure relates to a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for deep packet inspection scanning at an application layer of a computer. A method of the presently claimed invention may scan pieces of data received out of order without reassembly at an application layer from a first input state generating one or more output states for each piece of data. The method may then identify that the first input state includes one or more characters that are associated with malicious content. The method may then identify that the data set may include malicious content when the first input state combined with one or more output states matches a known piece of malicious content. |
| US09860250B2 |
Systems and methods for use in indexing applications based on security standards
Systems and methods are provided for assigning scores to target applications, based on one or more security standards, whereby the scores are indicative of the applications' relative security maturity. One exemplary method generally includes receiving an identification of a target application, the target application associated with access to a payment network and soliciting, by a computing device, a response to at least one inquiry regarding a security aspect of the target application. The at least one inquiry is related to at least one standard for data security. The exemplary method further includes assigning, by the computing device, a score to the target application based on the response, as received from a user and publishing the score as associated with the target application to said user or a different user. |
| US09860249B2 |
System and method for secure proxy-based authentication
A system and method for secure authentication facilitates improving the security of authentication between a client and a target by using an innovative authentication module on a proxy. The client can connect to the proxy using a native protocol and provides client credentials to the proxy. The proxy uses an authentication module to authenticate the client and then to provide target access credentials for proxy-target authentication, thereby giving the client access to the target through the proxy. The invention facilitates connection between the client and the target without requiring the client to be in possession of the target access credentials. The proxy can optionally be connected to a privileged access management system which can provide and/or store target access credentials. Proxy-provided target access credentials facilitate preventing a client security breech from exposing target access credentials. |
| US09860248B2 |
Computer implemented method, communications system and computer programs products for securing operations in authentication and authorization systems using biometric information
The computer implemented method comprising controlling the access to different resources and actions defined for a user by a first server, reducing the exposure time at which such operations are available, establishing a dual channel verification through the use of a second server and reinforcing an authentication factor mechanism by including a biometric identity verification of biometric information of the user. |
| US09860247B2 |
CAPTCHA systems and methods
Systems and methods for verifying human users through cognitive processes that computers cannot imitate are described herein. Human cognitive language processing techniques may be used to verify human users. Visual patterns and tests may be used to distinguish between humans and computers because computer-based visual recognition is fundamentally different from human visual processing. Persistent plugins and tests may be used to continuously verify human users. |
| US09860245B2 |
System and methods for online authentication
A method of authenticating a network client to a relying party computer via a computer server comprises the computer server receiving a transaction code from a token manager via a first communications channel. The network client is configured to communicate with a token manager which is configured to communicate with a hardware token interfaced therewith. The network client is also configured to communicate with the relying party computer and the computer server. The computer server also receives a transaction pointer from the relying party computer via a second communications channel that is distinct from the first communications channel. Preferably, the transaction pointer is unpredictable by the computer server. The computer server transmits an authorization signal to the relying party computer in accordance with a correlation between the transaction code and the transaction pointer. The authorization signal facilitates authentication of the network client to the relying party computer. |
| US09860244B2 |
Server and/or client device authentication
Embodiments of systems and methods for client and/or server authentication are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes sending information from a mobile network device to a server, wherein the information comprises a seed that is used by both the mobile network device and the server to compute a series of one time passwords. The method also includes receiving, by the mobile network device, a succession of one time passwords generated by the server throughout a session. And the method further includes comparing the received one time passwords generated by the server throughout the session to corresponding one time passwords generated at the mobile network device. In this manner, the server can be authenticated. In various embodiments, the process may be reversed to facilitate client, e.g., mobile network device, authentication. |
| US09860243B2 |
Authenticating applications using a temporary password
A mobile device can receive, from an application installed on a wearable device, an authentication query. Based upon the authentication query, an application installed on the mobile device can be determined to have been authenticated. In response to determining that the application installed on the mobile device has been authenticated, a temporary password can be generated at the mobile device and converted into a vibration pattern. The vibration pattern can be vibrated at the mobile device. The temporary password can be transmitted from the mobile device to the wearable device for use in authenticating the application installed on the wearable device. |
| US09860240B2 |
Multi-ring encryption approach to securing a payload using hardware modules
Disclosed are systems and methods of employing a multi-ring encryption approach to secure a data payload. Each ring of encryption may be encrypted from a key derived from a password, such that each subsequent ring of protection is protected by a key derived from the key used to encrypt the previous ring of protection. Further, hardware-based encryption may be employed in one or more of the rings of protection to bind the encrypted payload to the hardware. Such systems and methods may be used to reduce the ability to parallelize an attack on encrypted data while also permitting password-related data to be synchronized across a network. |
| US09860239B2 |
System and method for utilizing behavioral characteristics in authentication and fraud prevention
A behavioral characteristics authentication system and method (“BCA system”) that facilitates authentication of the identity of a user, registrant, or applicant of a website, application, or other accessible computer resource using a verification process that incorporates behavioral characteristics. In operation, the BCA system compares a single user's behavior with their previous behavior, a user's behavior with behavior generally attributed to non-fraudulent behavior, or a user's behavior with behavior generally attributed to fraudulent behavior. The population of other users that a user's behavior is compared with may be selected to have similar demographic or other characteristics as the user. By analyzing various behavioral characteristics associated with legitimate or fraudulent multi-factor authentication attempts, the BCA system adds another layer of security to online transactions. |
| US09860234B2 |
Bundled authorization requests
A framework, which conforms to the OAuth standard, involves a generic OAuth authorization server that can be used by multiple resource servers in order to ensure that access to resources stored on those resource servers is limited to access to which the resource owner consents. Each resource server registers, with the OAuth authorization server, metadata for that resource server, indicating scopes that are recognized by the resource server. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when requesting consent from a resource owner on behalf of a client application, so that the consent will be of an appropriate scope. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when constructing an access token to provide to the client application for use in accessing the resources on the resource server. The OAuth authorization server uses this metadata to map issued access tokens to the scopes to which those access tokens grant access. |
| US09860233B2 |
Comprehensive authentication and identity system and method
A comprehensive authentication and identity system and method are disclosed. A central profile is created for a user which includes user information that can be passed back or otherwise utilized by websites (e.g. for registrations, logins, etc.) The user information may include the user's username, password, contact information, personal information, marketing preferences, financial information, etc. For website registrations, the user may provide a mobile communication number that is utilized to perform a type of mobile communication device verification process. As part of a website login, the user may provide identifiable information (e.g. a username) that is looked up by the system or website to determine a mobile communication number for the user, which is used for a verification process. If the verification process is completed successfully, the user may be logged into the website. For accessing the system directly, a user may go through a mobile communication device verification process. |
| US09860229B2 |
Integrated data extraction and retrieval system
A first computing device connected to an internal network de-anonymizes data. A record including a surrogate key is received from a second computing device connected to an external network to the internal network. Each identity data record includes a second surrogate key, an entity identifier field value, a record type field value, and a de-identified field value. The second surrogate key uniquely identifies the respective record. The surrogate key is compared to the second surrogate key to identify a matching record. The matching entity identifier field value is selected and compared to the entity identifier field value of the plurality of records to identify a master record for the surrogate key. The record type field value includes an indicator indicating whether the record is the master record. The de-identified field value included in the identified master record is selected. The received record is supplemented with the selected de-identified field value. |
| US09860223B2 |
Mapping the network file system (NFS) protocol to secure web-based applications
Users on a client system access files served by a web application through the Network File System (NFS) protocol using common web authentication mechanisms while still honoring constraints imposed by the application's authorization rules. To this end, the client system is modified to include an NFS server. Following authentication of the NFS server with the web application, NFS-based requests (from a local NFS client) directed to the application are received at the NFS server instead of being sent to the application directly. The NFS server, in turn, maps those requests to the web application preferably using standard HTTP. Because the web application's normal security model is enforced as intended at the web application, the approach enables individual users of the client system to operate under different visibility constraints dictated by the web application. Thus, fine-grained permissions may be enforced at the web application for different users. |
| US09860222B2 |
Device, method, and system for staging account setup
A device, method and system for staging account setup are provided. An account identifier indicative of an account is transmitted from a device to a server. An indication that the account is of a given type is received at the device from the server. At a display of the device, staged prompts for information associated with the account are provided, the staged prompts depending on the indication, each staged prompt provided at successive screens of the display, wherein different staged prompts for different account types are provided in a same application. |
| US09860215B2 |
Firewall interface configuration to enable bi-directional VoIP traversal communications
Methods and systems for an intelligent network protection gateway (NPG) and network architecture are provided. According to one embodiment, a firewall provides network-layer protection to hosts of a private network against unauthorized access by hosts of an external network by performing network address translation (NAT) processing of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The firewall also provides application-layer protection on behalf of the hosts and supports Voice over IP (VoIP) services by processing signaling protocols associated with VoIP sessions. An external VoIP interface of the firewall receives incoming VoIP packets each associated with a VoIP port of the external interface. The packets are directed to an appropriate host by the firewall performing port address forwarding based on a mapping of VoIP ports to private addresses of the hosts. |
| US09860212B2 |
Filtering hidden data embedded in media files
Systems and methods for filtering unsafe content by a network security device are provided. According to one embodiment, a network security device captures network traffic and extracts a media file from the network traffic. The network security device then determines the presence of a hidden data item embedded in the media file in a machine-readable form. When such a hidden data item is identified, the network security device performs one or more actions on the media file based on a predefined security policy. |
| US09860209B2 |
Stateful connection processing in a security device cluster
A method operable in a security device cluster having a plurality of security devices each configured to receive respective data flows. The method includes receiving a first segment of a flow at a first security device of the plurality of security devices, sending the first segment of the flow toward a destination node without the first security device of the plurality of security devices asserting ownership over the flow, receiving, from the destination node, a second segment of the flow at a second security device of the plurality of security devices, the second segment of the flow being responsive to the first segment, asserting, by the second security device of the plurality of security devices, ownership over the flow, and forwarding, from the first security device, packets of the flow subsequently received by the first security device to the second security device. |
| US09860206B2 |
Method and apparatus for distributing content
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of media content instances, where each media content instance of the plurality of media content instances comprises origination information, identifying a common event from the origination information of each media content instance of the plurality of media content instances, determining a plurality of viewing perspectives of the plurality of media content instances responsive to identifying the common event, and sending an alert to a social network to enable access to a viewing perspective of the plurality of viewing perspectives. |
| US09860205B2 |
Managing for-sale group postings
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and method for managing social networking system for-sale groups. For example, systems and method described herein identify sale listings within social networking system for-sale groups and aggregates the identified sale listings into a personal town square for a particular social networking system user. Furthermore, systems and methods can reorder the personal town square based on likes and interests of the social networking system user. |
| US09860203B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for generating a unique electronic communications account based on a physical address and applications thereof
A unique electronic communications account is generated and linked to a physical address of a user. A network of electronic mail addresses linked to physical addresses can be used for the transmission of information in electronic or physical form. Users can send information to a single recipient or multiple recipients by selecting the recipient or an area of recipients on a map generated by the system. A plurality of users can use a single e-mail address linked to a physical address through creation and storage of user profiles. Users can deactivate and transfer their unique electronic mail address upon relocation to a new physical address. The communication platform can overcome technical problems and limitations of electronic mail existing today. The communication platform can create a transparent global communication that can be achieved via an electronic communications account that can be created for every physical address in the world. |
| US09860201B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof
An information processing system includes a register module, a determining module, and a transfer module. The register module is configured to store event data corresponding to a specific QR code. The determining module is configured to obtain the event data, and to communicate with a mobile device, so as to determine whether application programs on the mobile device includes a first application program which is corresponding to any one of the event data. If yes, the determining module transmits launch information to make the mobile device lunch the first application program. If not, the determining module transmits install information to make the mobile device install the first application program. The transmitting module is configured to transmit a message corresponding to the first application program to the mobile device, so that the first application program launched by the mobile device displays the message. |
| US09860200B1 |
Message suggestions
A method implemented at least in part on a head-mountable device (HMD) may involve: for each of one or more messages that are selected from a plurality of messages from an account: (a) extracting one or more phrases from a respective selected message; (b) determining that a conversation includes the selected message and one or more other messages from the plurality of messages; (c) generating a first feature vector based on the conversation; and (d) generating one or more training-data sets that include one or more of the phrases and the first feature vector. The method also includes training a machine-learning application with at least a portion of the one or more training-data sets, and applying the trained machine-learning application to process an incoming message and to determine one or more reply messages corresponding to the incoming message. The method may display the reply message(s) on a graphic display of the HMD. |
| US09860192B2 |
Distributed computing architecture
A system includes a plurality of servers and a border server. The border server receives a request for a transaction that can be accomplished by performing tasks, identifies a first task of the tasks, identifies an initial server of the servers to perform the first task by consulting, based on a type of the first task, routing data stored in memory of the border server, and requests that the initial server perform the first task. Each of the servers will, in response to receiving a task from the border server, perform the received task using related data stored exclusively on the server, determine whether the received task requires an additional task, identify a next server to perform the additional task by consulting routing data stored in memory of the server, and request that the next server perform the additional task. |
| US09860191B2 |
Method for constructing optimal time-controlled paths in a large computer network
Embodiments of the invention relate to the dynamic creation of TT paths in a large computer network having computer nodes, communication channels, and distribution modules (DMs), which all have access to a global time base, wherein a scheduling instance, aimed at establishing a time-controlled path with specified path time characteristics from a transmitting to a receiving node along an existing virtual connection (VC), requests from each DM in the VC all the TT path descriptor lists (TTPDLs) confirmed by said DMs, then transmits the specified path time characteristics and all confirmed TTPDLs to a dynamic scheduler that creates a new TTPDL for each DM in the VC, the existing reserved TTPDLs of the DMs affected remaining unchanged, wherein the corresponding new TTPDLs are transmitted to each DM in the VC, and wherein each DM in the VC reserves the TT path requested and confirms the reservation to the scheduling instance. |
| US09860190B2 |
Adaptive algorithm for cloud admission policies
Disclosed is a novel system and method for managing requests for an additional virtual machine. The method begins with operating at least one virtual machine accessing at least one computer resource associated with at least one physical machine within a computing cluster. One or more non-deterministic virtual machine requests for the computer resource are received. An over-utilization of the computer resource as a probability distribution function is modeled. In one example, the probability distribution function is a Beta distribution function to represent a one of a plurality of probability distribution functions. Next, an additional virtual machine on the physical machine associated with the computer resource is added in response to a probability of a utilization of the computer resource being greater than a probalistic bound on the over-utilization of the computer resource. Otherwise, the additional virtual machine is not added. |
| US09860188B2 |
Flexible and scalable enhanced transmission selection method for network fabrics
IEEE 802.1Q and Enhanced Transmission Selection provide only eight different traffic classes that may be used to control bandwidth in a particular physical connection (or link). Instead of relying only on these eight traffic classes to manage bandwidth, the embodiments discussed herein disclose using an Enhanced Transmission Selection scheduler that permits a network device to set the bandwidth for an individual virtual LAN. Allocating bandwidth in a port based on a virtual LAN ID permits a network device to allocate bandwidth to, e.g., millions of unique virtual LANs. Thus, this technique may increase the granular control of the network fabric and its performance. |
| US09860183B2 |
Data redirection in a bifurcated communication trunk system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving return data of a dataflow on a first gateway of a first wired communication trunk within a communication platform. If corresponding forward data of the dataflow was not received on the first gateway, a determination is made concerning which gateway within the communication platform received the corresponding forward data, thus defining a second gateway of a second wired communication trunk within the communication platform. The return data is forwarded to the second gateway of the second wired communication trunk. |
| US09860182B2 |
Data transmission device, data transmission method, and program therefor
A data transmission device, method, and program therefor that effectively increase throughput even when a delay increase occurs due to a cause other than congestion in the network. The data transmission device (11) is provided with a transmission unit (60) which transmits to a user terminal (30) data requested over a network (20). The data transmission device includes a transmission rate control element (51C) which controls the transmission rate on the basis of the degree of congestion detected by a congestion detection element (51B) during delay measurement by a delay measurement processing unit (40), and a reference value correction processing element (51D) which temporarily corrects the detection criteria used by the congestion detection element; when it has been determined that the delay has increased due to a cause other than congestion. This reference value correction element increases the accuracy of detection processing by the congestion detection element, thereby improving throughput. |
| US09860180B2 |
Multi-level flow table search method and apparatus
A multi-level flow table search method includes extracting matching information of a data packet when the data packet is received and selecting a keyword from the matching information of the data packet according to flow-table match-field configuration information. The method also includes searching for a match field of each-level flow table in a multi-level flow table starting from a first-level flow table in the multi-level flow table by using the keyword as a search keyword, and matching the search keyword with the match field. If matching of a match field of a current-level flow table is completed, the method includes executing a corresponding instruction, and if the current-level flow table is not a last-level flow table or there is an instruction for executing an action, executing a corresponding action. |
| US09860174B2 |
Methods and apparatus for acknowledgment of multi-user uplink wireless transmissions
Methods and apparatus for acknowledgment of multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving a first wireless message from a first station at least partially concurrently with receiving a second wireless message from a second station, generating a first acknowledgment message in response to receiving the first wireless message, generating a second acknowledgement message in response to receiving the second wireless message, and transmitting the first acknowledgment message to the first station at least partially concurrently with transmitting the second acknowledgement message to the second station. |
| US09860172B2 |
Supporting access control list rules that apply to TCP segments belonging to ‘established’ connection
Embodiments presented herein provide a TCAM-based access control list that supports disjunction operations in rules. According to one embodiment, a numeric range table is tied to the access control list. Each entry in the numeric range table includes an encode field that provides for scanning TCP flags in a TCP header of an incoming Ethernet frame. Further, each entry provides a first mask and a second mask used to test for desired set and unset TCP flags in a given frame. Each entry also provides an operation field that performs a disjunction operation that compares the first mask, the second mask, and set TCP flags in a given frame. |
| US09860170B2 |
Method, device, and system for packet routing in a network
A method for packet routing in a network is disclosed. The network includes a network controller, a first switch connected to the network controller, a first server directly connected to the first switch, and a second server. The network controller obtains network connection information of the two servers. The network connection information indicates that the first server belongs to a first subnet and the second server belongs to a second subnet, the first subnet and the second subnet are two different subnets, and the two different subnets are configured on a same router. The network controller sends configuration information to the first switch. The configuration information configures the first switch to modify a packet header of a packet sent from the first server to the second server, and forward the modified packet to the second server. |
| US09860163B2 |
MPLS traffic engineering for point-to-multipoint label switched paths
A source edge router initiates point-to-point (P2P) label switched paths (LSPs) to multiple receiver edge routers, sends one or more PATH messages to one or more nodes downstream of the source edge router for the P2P LSPs, wherein each one of the set of PATH messages includes a same identifier of a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) LSP that includes a session object that contains a tunnel identifier and a P2MP identifier, and receives from each of those nodes downstream of the source edge router, a set of one or more RESV messages, wherein each one of the received RESV messages received from a respective node downstream of the source edge router includes the identifier of the P2MP LSP and a label allocated by that node downstream of the source edge router. |
| US09860160B2 |
Multipath switching using per-hop virtual local area network classification
A method and apparatus for multipath switching using per-hop virtual local area network (VLAN) remapping is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, a data packet is forwarded for transmission over one of a first port and a second port. The device identifies a VLAN ID of the data packet as a second VLAN ID and changes the second VLAN ID to a first VLAN ID. Then one or more criteria of a classification set entry for forwarding the data packet over the second port are evaluated. The data packet is forwarded over the second port if the criteria are met and the data packet is associated with the second VLAN ID. Alternatively, the data packet is forwarded over the first port and is associated with the first VLAN ID if a dynamic entry specifies the data packet is to be forwarded over the first port. |
| US09860159B1 |
Multi-path routing
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically routing packets using multi-flow and multi-path multiplexing connections. A first computing device and second computing device communicate via a plurality of data flows, which may be routed across various network paths. Each flow is defined by a set of network addresses, a set of ports, and a protocol specification, such as UDP. The second device sends information to the first device regarding the various data flows. The first device may send probing packets to facilitate collecting data flow information. Information may include latency, packet loss, and other values. Based on the information received, the first device may select or prioritize data flows to mitigate congestion, and address performance criteria. The first device may also transmit information regarding selected data flows to other devices, allowing the other devices to utilize a selected data flow even if they lack multiplexing capability. |
| US09860157B2 |
Zero configuration approach for port forwarding cascaded routers
Transmission of an open systems interconnection (osi) network protocol packet to at least one routing device between a computing device and a public network is repeated to learn a number of routing devices and an internet protocol (ip) address of each at least one routing device between a computing device and a public network. A routing device discovery protocol request is sent to each at least one routing device. A routing device discovery protocol response is received. A port forwarding instruction is sent to each at least one routing device based upon the routing device discovery protocol response to allow incoming content from the public network. |
| US09860154B2 |
Streaming method and system for processing network metadata
An improved method and system for processing network metadata is described. Network metadata may be processed by dynamically instantiated executable software modules which make policy-based decisions about the character of the network metadata and about presentation of the network metadata to consumers of the information carried by the network metadata. The network metadata may be type classified and each subclass within a type may be mapped to a definition by a unique fingerprint value. The fingerprint value may be used for matching the network metadata subclasses against relevant policies and transformation rules. For template-based network metadata such as NetFlow v9, an embodiment of the invention can constantly monitor network traffic for unknown templates, capture template definitions, and informs administrators about templates for which custom policies and conversion rules do not exist. Conversion modules can efficiently convert selected types and/or subclasses of network metadata into alternative metadata formats. |
| US09860132B2 |
Multiple petabit-per-second switching system based on orthogonal formations of sets of access nodes
A switching system having a number of nodes interfacing with external network elements and interconnected through independent switches is disclosed. The network may serve as a large-scale data center or a geographically distributed network. The nodes are arranged into a number of formations. Within each formation, the nodes are divided into a number of disjoint sets of nodes. The nodes of each set of nodes are interconnected through a respective switch and are selected so that each set of nodes of any formation is orthogonal to each set of nodes of each other formation. With such a structure, each node has a set of routes to each other node, each route of which traversing at most two switches. The switching system may grow in both capacity and coverage without disturbing an already installed configuration. A switching system of an access capacity of multiple petabits/sec and large coverage is thus realizable. |
| US09860130B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, system, related computer program product for routing and processing policy requests related to group subscription
Methods, apparatuses, system and a related computer program product for processing policy requests are disclosed. The method comprises receiving (410) a policy request for establishment of a session for a subscriber; determining (420) if the subscriber belongs to a group subscription; verifying (430) if a binding exists between at least one policy engine among a plurality of policy engines and the group subscription, if the subscriber belongs to the group subscription; and routing (440) the policy request to the at least one policy engine based on the binding for processing the policy request if the result of verification is positive. |
| US09860125B2 |
Network system, node, network management method, and computer-readable recording medium
A network system (500) includes a node (100). The node (100) includes a path table storage unit (114) that stores path table information for specifying connection destinations thereof and limiting the number of connection destinations, and a path table operation unit (113) that rewrites the content of the path table information. If the node (100) enters the network, if a node to be directly connected to the node (100) entered the network, and if a node directly connected to the node (100) exited the network, the path table operation unit (113) updates the path table information and constructs a new path in the network system. |
| US09860123B2 |
Role and proximity-based management of networks
Various embodiments manage computing networks. In one embodiment, a set of network management data associated with one or more users is analyzed. The set of network management data includes at least electronic scheduling information associated with the one or more users. A concentration of users is predicted for a given location based on the analyzing. At least one network characteristic associated with the given location is performed based on at least the predicted concentration of users. |
| US09860122B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic adaptive machine
A Dynamic Adaptive Machine (DAM) classifies a received packet into a packet group and selects an initial level of processing for that group based on, at least in part, a measure of load of the system for processing the packet. The DAM continues to monitor the system load and re-computes the load measure, and increases or decreases the processing level according to the load measure. The DAM considers one or more processing states and, after an increase in the processing level, ignores for a certain grace period any errors generated at the higher level of processing, to minimize false positive errors. |
| US09860121B2 |
System and method for processing bank notes
A system and a method for processing value documents comprises a multiplicity of bank-note processing machines connected and arranged to communicate with each other via a communication network, and which respectively have stored therein configuration data defining the operating configuration of a respective bank-note processing machine. At least a first bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a first local access service module, and at least a second bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a second local access service module. The system comprises a central master access service module having configuration data stored therein and in communication via the communication network with the first local access service module and the second local access service module. A change of the configuration data stored in the central master access service module leads to the configuration of the first bank-note processing machine and of the second bank-note processing machine being changed. |
| US09860117B2 |
Automatically generated virtual network elements for virtualized packet networks
Systems, methods, and software for providing a virtualized communication networking environment are provided herein. In one example, a method includes identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a network interface of a virtual machine based on at least a communication network indicator in a MAC address associated with the network interface of the virtual machine. If the virtual network element has not been generated for handling IP traffic associated with the network interface of the virtual machine, then generating the virtual network element and associating the virtual network element with the network interface of the virtual machine based on at least the communication network indicator in the MAC address. When the virtual network element has been generated, then configuring the virtual network element for the IP traffic associated with the network interface of the virtual machine based at least the communication network indicator in the MAC address. |
| US09860115B2 |
System and method of controlling surrounding devices, based on topology
A system and method of controlling surrounding devices, based on a topology are provided. The method of controlling sub surrounding devices, which is performed by a main surrounding device, includes receiving a plurality of pieces of surrounding device information about the sub surrounding devices from a host device; receiving context information about a context of the host device from the host device; obtaining topology setting information about topology configuration standards; determining a sub surrounding device to be comprised in a topology from among the sub surrounding devices, based on the context information and the topology setting information; connecting the main surrounding device with the host device and the sub surrounding device; and controlling the sub surrounding device, based on control information received from the host device. |
| US09860111B2 |
Method and apparatus for diagnosing and configuring a broadband connection via an alternate communication path
An alternate communications device is coupled to a broadband CPE in broadband customer premises equipment (CPE). The broadband CPE is coupled to a broadband communication network management device via a primary communication path. The alternate communications device is further coupled to the broadband communication network management device via an alternate communication path. The alternate communications device is to provide diagnostic and configuration information about a broadband connection to the broadband communication network management device via the alternate communication path when the broadband CPE is unable to provide such via the broadband connection. The broadband communication network management device is to perform analysis on this information. The alternate communications device is to receive from the broadband communication network management device, via the alternate communication path, new diagnostic information and new configuration information about the broadband connection responsive to the broadband communication network management device performing the analysis. |
| US09860107B2 |
Computer network system and a method for monitoring and controlling a network
Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools. |
| US09860105B2 |
Management device, management method, and recording medium
A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. |
| US09860099B1 |
Support of frequency diversity mode for block code based transmission in OFDMA
Transmitting a frame may include determining a numerology according to a channel bandwidth, indicating the numerology in a field of a frame, and transmitting the frame using the numerology. Receiving a frame may include receiving a preamble of a frame, determining a numerology using the preamble, and receiving later portions of the frame using the numerology. Transmitting a frame may include, for a transmission time slot, determining a value of a first subcarrier of a first Space-Time Stream (STS), determining a value of a second subcarrier of the first STS, and determining, according to complex conjugates or negative complex conjugates of the values of the first and second subcarriers of the first STS, respective values of second and first subcarriers of a second STS. Transmitting a constellation point of a frame may be performed using an orphan subcarrier pair. |
| US09860097B2 |
Transmitting device, receiving device, and transmitting and receiving system
A transmitting device includes: a compressing unit configured to generate and output a compressed digital signal that has been compressed, by converting an input digital signal by use of a Walsh function and extracting a specific frequency component. |
| US09860096B1 |
Systems and methods for carrier frequency offset and drift cancellation based indoor position estimation
Embodiments described herein provide a method for carrier frequency offset and frequency drift cancellation based indoor position estimation. A wireless signal including a plurality of data samples is received at a receiving antenna and from a mobile device. Information relating to an antenna switching pattern for transmitting or receiving the wireless signal may then be obtained from the wireless signal. A phase difference is calculated associated with each data sample of plurality of data samples. Carrier frequency offset and frequency drift cancellation may be applied to the phase difference to obtain a compensated phase difference. A direction estimate of the mobile device may then be generated based at least in part on the compensated phase difference. |
| US09860093B2 |
Frequency shift keying modulation and demodulation
A communications adaptor comprises a receiver circuit, which can comprise a signal input configured to receive a frequency shift keyed (FSK) signal; a delay circuit in communication with the signal input and including a delayed signal output; a multiplier circuit in communication with the signal input and the delayed signal output, and the multiplier circuit can be configured to produce a serial bit steam from at least the signal input and the delayed signal output, the serial bit stream corresponds to one or more bits encoded with frequency shift keying in the FSK signal; and a signal output configured to output the serial bit stream. The communications adaptor also can comprise a transmitter circuit and a processor in communication with the receiver circuit and the transmitter circuit. |
| US09860092B2 |
Asymmetric cross-connect system
An asymmetric cross-connect system, constituted of: a cross-connect circuitry; and a control circuitry, wherein the cross-connect circuitry comprises a plurality of adaptive equalizers and a plurality of fixed equalizers, wherein the plurality of adaptive equalizers are in electrical communication with a multi-purpose port of a user device and each of the plurality of fixed equalizers are in electrical communication with a respective output of a processor of the user device, and wherein the cross-connect circuitry is arranged, responsive to the control circuitry, to provide a communication path between one of the outputs the processor and the multi-purpose port. |
| US09860087B1 |
Low power speculative decision feedback equalizer
Embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability for reducing power consumption in a speculative decision feedback equalizer by powering up the speculative path that is going to take the next decision based on the previous decision, and holding other paths in a reset low-power condition. For example, a Speculative Decision Feedback Equalizer may comprise a plurality of speculative paths, circuitry to provide power to a speculative path that will take the next decision based on the current decision, and circuitry to keep at least one other speculative path in a reset state with low or reduced power consumption. |
| US09860085B1 |
Signal estimator
A Least Mean Squares (LMS) polynomial estimator is disclosed. The LMS polynomial estimator may be a LMS moving window polynomial estimator capable of performing real-time polynomial estimation and evaluation of successive time derivatives of a function of a single variable up to a specified polynomial order. The estimator makes a unique use system memory that allows for the evaluation of the least squares normal equations with a very low computational footprint. This allows the estimator to be realizable in computationally-constrained environments such as embedded systems. The LMS polynomial estimator may be implemented in a frequency estimator for estimation of the phase, frequency, Doppler, delta Doppler, and/or higher order time derivatives of phase. Estimates may be performed in real time, running at the same rate as the inbound signal. |
| US09860084B2 |
Techniques for managing sounding intervals of a wireless communications device
Various aspects are provided for managing a sounding interval of a wireless communications device, which may include setting a timing of one or more channel sounding operations performed by the communications device. For instance, a method is provided for channel sounding management. This example method may include obtaining information regarding a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) or a throughput degradation gradient associated with one or more transmissions. In addition, the example method may include determining a timing of one or more sounding operations based on the information regarding the MCS or the throughput degradation gradient. Additionally, apparatuses and computer-readable media are provided for channel sounding management in a communications device, which are configured to perform, or store computer-executable code to perform, the disclosed example methods. |
| US09860077B2 |
Home animation apparatus and methods
Computerized appliances may be operated by users remotely. A learning controller apparatus may be operated to determine association between a user indication and an action by the appliance. The user indications, e.g., gestures, posture changes, audio signals may trigger an event associated with the controller. The event may be linked to a plurality of instructions configured to communicate a command to the appliance. The learning apparatus may receive sensory input conveying information about robot's state and environment (context). The sensory input may be used to determine the user indications. During operation, upon determine the indication using sensory input, the controller may cause execution of the respective instructions in order to trigger action by the appliance. Device animation methodology may enable users to operate computerized appliances using gestures, voice commands, posture changes, and/or other customized control elements. |
| US09860076B2 |
Home automation via voice control
Methods and systems are described for setting operation rules for use in controlling aspects of a home automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for establishing operation rules in a home automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by the processor to receive a spoken command having a plurality of rule setting terms, establish at least one operation rule for the home automation system based on the spoken command, and store the at least one operation rule for later use by the home automation system. |
| US09860068B2 |
Signature with pseudonym for chip card
The invention relates to a method of signature with pseudonym σ of a message m by a user device storing a secret signature key sk dependent at least on a first part of key f, on a second part of key x and on a third part of key A equal to (g1hf)1/(x+y) and comprising the following steps: —generation of a pseudonym nym equal to hf dpkx, with dpk a public domain parameter, —determination of random numbers a, r_a, r_f, r_x, r_b, r_d, —calculation of signature coefficients R1 equal to hr_Jdpkr_x, R2 equal to nymr_ah−r_ddpk−r_b, R3 equal to Zr_x Va−r_x−r_f−r_b W−r_a, with Z, V and W respectively equal to e(A, g2), e(h, g2) and e(h,w), —obtaining of a first signature parameter T equal to Aha, —calculation of a second signature parameter c by applying a cryptographic hash function H, to the public domain parameter dpk, to the pseudonym nym, to the first signature parameter T, to the signature coefficients R1, R2, R3 and to the message m, —calculation of signature parameters s_f, s_x, s_a, s_b, s_d, respectively equal to r_f+c.f, r_x+c.x, r_a+c.a, r_b+c.a.x and r_d+c.a.f, —generation of said signature with pseudonym σ of said message m on the basis of said signature parameters. |
| US09860064B2 |
Encrypted password transport across untrusted cloud network
A computer in an untrusted cloud network functions as a cloud-based enterprise application store via which a client computer (client) establishes a connection to an enterprise application in a trusted enterprise network. User authentications are performed in both a login phase and subsequent application launch phase, each authentication receiving from the client and transmitting to the enterprise network an encrypted password and encrypted key, the encrypted password being a user password encrypted under a first one-use symmetric key, the encrypted key being the first symmetric key encrypted under a public key of a private/public key pair of the enterprise network. The enterprise network decrypts the encrypted key and encrypted password to obtain the user password for authenticating the user. The launch-phase authentication includes use of a login ticket including a second one-use symmetric key under which the user password is encrypted and stored in encrypted form in the enterprise network. |
| US09860058B2 |
Secret computation system, arithmetic unit, secret computation method and program
Each of at least three arithmetic units includes: a random number generator determining shared value [r] obtained by performing secret sharing of random number r; a randomizator using shared value [a0], . . . , [aM−1] obtained by performing secret sharing of value a0, . . . , aM−1 and shared value [r] to generate randomized shared value |
| US09860056B2 |
Instruction for performing a pseudorandom number seed operation
A machine instruction is provided that has associated therewith an opcode to identify a perform pseudorandom number operation, and an operand to be used by the machine instruction. The machine instruction is executed, and execution includes obtaining a modifier indicator. Based on the modifier indicator having a first value, performing a deterministic pseudorandom number seed operation, which includes obtaining seed material based on information stored in the second operand. A selected hash technique and the seed material are used to provide one or more seed values, and the one or more seed values are stored in a parameter block. |
| US09860050B1 |
Dynamic antenna tuning for frequency division duplex
Dynamic tuning of antennas towards a receive channel carrier frequency, a transmit channel carrier frequency, or between the receive channel and transmit channel carrier frequencies in frequency division duplex (FDD) communications systems is disclosed. A user device, such as a mobile communications device may be configured to dynamically tune its antenna based at least in part on the amount of data to transmit, data to receive, a receive channel quality, and/or a transmit channel quality. The antenna may be tuned to one of the transmit or receive channels or a frequency between the transmit and receive channels based at least in part on which channel, if any, may benefit from greater antenna efficiency. |
| US09860047B1 |
User equipment relay selection
Wireless devices with similar air-interface conditions (e.g., signal strength, modulation and coding scheme, etc.) can be configured to function as relays. To select which wireless device(s) to pick to function as a relay on behalf of an access node, the type of data traffic going to/from these devices is examined. This examination is used to determine which wireless device to select as a relay. In other words, when several wireless devices are situated so that they have similar radio frequency (RF) conditions, the type and/or amount of traffic they are sending or receiving is used to determine which of the wireless devices to select to function as a relay. |
| US09860043B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving channel quality information in a communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme
A method and Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) are provided for transmitting Channel Quality Information (CQI) in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting first information including a value related to CQI for at least one of bands; and transmitting second information including a differential CQI for the at least one of the bands, wherein each band comprises a plurality of adjacent subcarriers. |
| US09860035B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding multi-user multiple-input multiple output wireless signal
A method of an RFC chip for a station, the RFC chip including a WLAN communication module to decode a DL MU-MIMO wireless signal, the method including: determining an FS layer column based on a product of a channel matrix of the station and an estimate of a steering matrix of the station; ordering columns of a sub-matrix of an effective channel matrix of the station to determine one or more SS layer columns from the sub-matrix, the sub-matrix being determined by removing, from the effective channel matrix, a column corresponding to the determined FS layer column; configuring a modified effective channel matrix based on the determined FS layer column and the ordered columns of the sub-matrix, the determined FS layer column being determined as an FS layer column of the modified effective channel matrix; and determining a symbol of the station based on the modified effective channel matrix. |
| US09860030B2 |
Transmission of system information for low cost user equipment
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting from a base station and for receiving from a low cost user equipment (UE) system information and for the low cost UE to determine subframes to receive repetitions of a transmission from the base station or to transmit repetitions of a transmission to the base station. |
| US09860028B2 |
Systems and methods for hybrid content delivery
Systems and methods which provide data communication content delivery through a hybrid network implementation are disclosed. A hybrid network configuration may utilize a broadcast communication technique to deliver large amounts of data communication content to one or more mobile communication device via uni-directional network links and a uni-cast communication technique via bi-directional network links with the one or more mobile communication device to facilitate delivery and utilization of the data communication content. Data content delivery loss recovery techniques implemented according to embodiments of the invention utilize network links of the hybrid network other than or in addition to the uni-directional network links to implement loss recovery techniques such as a hybrid repeat technique, a hybrid retransmission technique, hybrid statistical feedback technique, and/or combinations thereof. |
| US09860024B2 |
Transmission control protocol in long term evolution radio access network
A system, a method, a device, and a computer program product for transmission of data packets between a user device and a server. A communication link between the user device and the server is established in accordance with a transmission control protocol for transmission of a data packet between the user device and the server. The data packet is transmitted utilizing the transmission control protocol. |
| US09860019B2 |
Base station apparatus, wireless communication system, and communication method
A base station apparatus includes at least one remote unit apparatus including at least one antenna; and a central unit apparatus connected to each remote unit via a transmission path. The remote antenna receives a wireless transmission signal from at least one wireless terminal including at least one antenna. The remote unit includes a channel estimation unit functioning between the terminal antenna and the remote antenna, using a reception signal received by the remote unit antenna; a reception signal processing unit that detects a reception signal corresponding to the transmission signal, using the channel information estimated by the channel estimation unit; a decoding unit that decodes each signal detected by the reception signal processing unit; and an inter-unit transmission unit that transmits each signal decoded by the decoding unit to the central unit. The central unit is provided with an inter-unit receiving unit and a signal selection unit. |
| US09860017B2 |
Method of generating data
A method of generating data is provided. The method includes providing, by a peak comparator, a searcher enable signal and peak comparator output data based on result values that are generated by multiplying an input signal having a plurality of levels and a predetermined convolution pattern, providing by a start pattern searcher, a data determiner enable signal by comparing the peak comparator output data and a predetermined start pattern according to the searcher enable signal; and providing, by a data determiner, result data corresponding to the input signal based on the data determiner enable signal, the input signal and a predetermined filter mask pattern. |
| US09860015B2 |
Electronic countermeasures transponder system
A system is provided that has an ECM (electronic counter measures) system and a transponder monitor connected to or forming part of the ECM system. The system monitors for a transponder signal from a remote transponder. The system determines information, such as transponder location, based on the transponder signal and makes use of the information in the ECM system and/or the system extracts encoded information contained in the transponder signal, such as information about a transponder owner, such as status of consumables, medical status. The ECM system may have a reactive jammer that is used both for a reactive jamming function, and as the transponder monitor function. |
| US09860011B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting wavelength in hybrid passive optical network system
Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for selecting a wavelength in a hybrid Passive Optical Network (PON) system. The method of selecting a wavelength by a wavelength selecting apparatus in a hybrid passive optical network system includes: performing synchronization with any one of a plurality of downstream wavelengths; when the synchronization is succeeded, determining whether to select the synchronized downstream wavelength for a registration to an optical line terminal; and when it is determined to select the synchronized downstream wavelength, performing the registration to the optical line terminal through the synchronized downstream wavelength. |
| US09860010B2 |
Transmission device, control card, and transmission method
A transmission device includes: a calculation unit to detect abnormal traffic based on a traffic volume collected for the route and to calculate a traffic increase/decrease time and a traffic increase/decrease volume of the abnormal traffic; a normal prediction graph generation unit to generate a normal prediction graph based on the traffic volume in normal time in which the abnormal traffic is not detected; a prediction graph generation unit to generate an abnormal prediction graph based on the traffic increase/decrease time and the traffic increase/decrease volume of the abnormal traffic in detection of the abnormal traffic; an order determination unit to determine a line order that is a priority order of line allocation for the route based on the normal prediction graph or the abnormal prediction graph; and an optimization unit to determine lines that are to be allocated to the route based on the line order. |
| US09860008B2 |
Channel estimation for interference cancellation
A method of a wireless communication device for a cellular communication system is disclosed. According to the method, a signal comprising a first known signal sequence and a second known signal sequence for each of one or more first cells of the cellular communication system is received, and the first and second known signal sequences of each of the one or more first cells are detected based on the received signal. For at least one of the one or more first cells, one of the first known signal sequence, the second known signal sequence, and a combination of the first and second known signal sequences is selected for channel estimation. The selection is based on the detected first and second known signal sequences of the one or more cells. Channel estimation of the at least one of the one or more first cells is performed based on the signal sequence selection. In some examples, the method may further comprise performing interference cancellation of at least one of the first and second known signal sequences of the at least one of the one or more first cells based on the channel estimation and detecting one or more second cells of the cellular communication system after the interference cancellation. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and wireless communication device are also disclosed. |
| US09860006B1 |
Multiplexer, high-frequency front-end circuit, and communication device
A multiplexer includes filters connected to each other at a common terminal, a low-frequency filter with a first pass band, and a high-frequency filter with a second pass band that is higher than the first pass band. The low-frequency filter includes an initial-stage filter section including at least one first elastic wave resonator located on the common terminal side among at least two elastic wave resonators, and a subsequent-stage filter section that includes a second elastic wave resonator other than the at least one first elastic wave resonator. A reflection coefficient in the second pass band when the initial-stage filter section is viewed from the common terminal side as a single component is larger than a reflection coefficient in the second pass band when the subsequent-stage filter section is viewed from the common terminal side as a single component. |
| US09860005B2 |
Method for operating mobile platforms
A method for operating mobile platforms in a three-dimensional environment, wherein the mobile platforms are set up for propagation-delay-based distance measurement and/or position measurement, includes the mobile platforms being assigned differently timed timeslots for the distance measurement and/or the position measurement by a central switching center. |
| US09860000B2 |
Identification of changed broadcast media items
Small changes in a broadcast version of a base media item can be identified by performing a multi-level comparison of digital fingerprints. A fingerprint of a base media item is compared to a fingerprint of a media broadcast to determine whether a media item embedded in a broadcast is likely, to a first level of certainty, to be the base media item. A second, more stringent, match between the fingerprint of the base media item and loosely matched items can be used to identify potentially-altered versions of the base media item. Potentially-altered versions can be compared against each other, and resulting matches are flagged as altered base media items, which can be fingerprinted and tested against broadcast fingerprints in the same manner as the base media item. |
| US09859999B2 |
Shielding attenuation measurement
A system for measuring the attenuation of electromagnetic shielding of an infrastructure as a function of the frequency, including a transmitter of a white noise signal with a constant power over a frequency band between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency, a signal receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being capable of sending a signal and receiving a signal across the infrastructure, the receiver including a filter module capable of applying sliding filter on the received signal between the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency, and a double synchronous detection module capable of double synchronous detection on a signal output by the filter module. |
| US09859994B2 |
Method and device for the adjustment of contactless data links
A test setup for testing a contactless digital rotary joint integrated in a device requiring data transmission between a rotating part and a stationary part, the rotary joint further comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter amplifier, which is coupled to a pair of transmission lines, which are terminated by a pair of terminations. The transmission lines are differential transmission lines comprising a pair of conductors which is driven by differential signals from the transmitter amplifier. The receiver has a receiver antenna comprising a pair of antenna sections which are differentially operated and feed a differential signal to the receiver amplifier. A transmitter ground and a receiver ground are coupled to a common mode signal generator generating a common mode signal. A data source is coupled to the transmitter amplifier feeding a test signal into the transmitter amplifier, and a data sink is coupled to the receiver amplifier for receiving the test signal and generating a test result value. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting a contactless data link integrated in a device requiring data transmission between a rotating part and a stationary part. |
| US09859993B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of communicating filter information
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating filter information. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to perform the functionality of a first station (STA) to communicate with a second STA, the wireless communication unit is to communicate filter information including Transmit (Tx) filter information, the Tx filter information representing one or more Tx filter parameters of one or more Tx filters utilized by at least one STA selected from the group consisting of the first STA and the second STA. |
| US09859991B2 |
Radiofrequency communication device using a TORP signal
Radiofrequency communication device comprising at least one TORP signal generation circuit, the TORP signal corresponding to oscillations trains periodically repeated at a frequency FPRP for which the oscillation frequency is FOL>FPRP and for which each oscillations train lasts for a duration of less than 1/FPRP, and at least one multiplier circuit for which an input is coupled to an output of said at least one TORP signal generation circuit such that it is capable of multiplying the TORP signal with a baseband signal comprising at least one of information intended to be transmitted by the radiofrequency communication device and a radiofrequency signal intended to be received by the radiofrequency communication device. |
| US09859987B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for underwater signaling of audio messages to a diver
Embodiments of the invention provide a system, apparatus and methods for underwater voice communication between a diver and an underwater electronic device. In many embodiments, the system includes a dive computer which generates audio signals corresponding to spoken messages and a mouthpiece apparatus having an acoustic transducer that conducts sound via conduction through the diver's teeth and skull to the cochlea so as to allow the diver to hear the messages and other sounds and a microphone for sensing the diver's voice. The mouthpiece is adapted to be easily attached to portions of a SCUBA or other underwater breathing apparatus. It may also be attached or integral to a snorkel or similar apparatus. |
| US09859984B2 |
Frequency domain multiplex optical transmission
A transmitter comprises a complex mixer to generate a single I analog drive signal and a single Q analog drive signal, and a single multi-dimensional optical modulator configured to modulate an optical carrier light using the single I analog drive signal and the single Q analog drive signal to produce a modulated optical signal for transmission. Alternatively, a transmitter comprises a complex mixer to generate two I analog drive signals and two Q analog drive signals, and a single multi-dimensional multiple-electrode optical modulator configured to modulate an optical carrier light using the analog drive signals to produce a modulated optical signal for transmission. In both transmitters, the optical carrier light is produced by a single laser, and frequency components of the first data signal are located in a different portion of a spectrum of the modulated optical signal than frequency components of the second data signal. |
| US09859983B2 |
External cavity laser based wavelength division multiplexing superchannel transceivers
A technique relates to a superchannel. Laser cavities include a first laser cavity, a next laser cavity, through a last laser cavity. Modulators include a first modulator, a next modulator, through a last modulator, each having a direct input, an add port, and an output. A concatenated arrangement of the laser cavities is configured to form the superchannel, which includes the last laser cavity coupled to the direct input of the last modulator, and the output of the last modulator coupled to the add port of the next modulator. The arrangement includes the next laser cavity coupled to direct input of the next modulator, and the output of the next modulator coupled to add port of first modulator, along with the first laser cavity coupled to direct input of the first modulator, and the output of first modulator coupled to input of a multiplexer, thus forming the superchannel into multiplexer. |
| US09859982B2 |
Distributed antenna system
A distributed antenna system includes a headend device for generating a downlink transmission signal by combining a plurality of downlink RF signals in different frequency bands, received from a plurality of base stations, and converting the downlink transmission signal into a downlink optical signal, a main remote device for receiving the downlink optical signal from the headend device, converting the downlink optical signal into the downlink transmission signal, and amplifying the plurality of downlink RF signals included in the downlink transmission signal, and a sub-remote device for receiving the downlink transmission signal distributed from the main remote device, and amplifying the plurality of downlink RF signals included in the received downlink transmission signal. |
| US09859981B2 |
System and method for communication using orbital angular momentum with multiple layer overlay modulation
A system includes first signal processing circuitry to transmit a signal including a plurality of data streams over a link. The first signal processing circuitry generates a plurality of composite data streams by overlaying at least one first data signal of the plurality of data signals in a first data layer with at least one second data signal of the plurality of data signals in a second data layer. Second circuitry processes the plurality of composite data streams to associate with each of the plurality of composite data streams a function to provide minimization of a time-bandwidth product of the plurality of composite data streams to enable transmission of each of the plurality of composite data streams on the link at a same time. |
| US09859979B2 |
Lighting device, lighting system, and method for registering lighting device
A lighting device, according to one embodiment, comprises: a control unit for generating an on and off signal on the basis of information on a unique address; and a light source which emits light by the on and off signal generated through the control unit, and which emits visible light including the address information. According to the present embodiment, a user can arrange, under a desired lighting device to be registered, a device having map information on a place at which the lighting device is installed, and can receive a unique address transmitted by the lighting device by using visible light communication (VLC) according to the arranged device, thereby enabling the unique address of the lighting device to be easily confirmed even without the need for dismantling the lighting device installed on the ceiling. |
| US09859978B2 |
Self-adaptive receiving method, device, and system for radio signal
The present application relates to a self-adaptive receiving method, device, and system for a wireless signal, where the receiving method is characterized by: detecting an electric signal, and recording and storing a duration of each level of the electric signal; determining a decision time interval according to the duration of each level, where the decision time interval is used to determine a location of the spacing level between the electric signal groups of the electric signal; comparing the duration of each level with the decision time interval to recognize each electric signal group; when the duration of the level is less than the decision time interval, determining the level as the intragroup time interval and recording the data of the electric signal groups; and when the duration of the level is greater than or equal to the decision time interval, determining the level as the intergroup time interval and confirming an end of the electric signal groups. |
| US09859975B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting uplink optical signal
An apparatus and a method for detecting an uplink optical signal. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor, where the processor is configured to determine a remaining bandwidth in a target uplink frame as a test window, where the remaining bandwidth in the target uplink frame indicates an unallocated bandwidth in the target uplink frame, and detect an uplink optical signal in the determined test window. Therefore, a remaining bandwidth obtained after bandwidth allocation in a target uplink frame is used to detect an uplink optical signal, which can effectively use a resource without the need of independently opening a test window and using an extra resource to detect the uplink optical signal, thereby avoiding waste of a resource and improving test efficiency. |
| US09859973B2 |
Hybrid space system based on a constellation of low-orbit satellites working as space repeaters for improving the transmission and reception of geostationary signals
Satellite telecommunications system comprises a transmitting/receiving surface terminal associated with a user substantially on a surface of the Earth, a geostationary satellite configured to receive/transmit signals from/to a predefined coverage area with a line of sight to the geostationary satellite, and a traveling satellite moving above the surface of the Earth. The traveling satellite repeats signals received from the surface terminal towards the geostationary satellite and/or repeat signals received from the geostationary satellite towards the surface terminal. The same frequency band is used to communicate between the surface terminal and the traveling satellite and between the traveling satellite and the geostationary satellite. The tracking/telemetry and command signals of the traveling satellite are relayed by the geostationary satellite. |
| US09859970B2 |
Parent device allocation of retransmit slot to child network device on behalf of peer child device in a deterministic network
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a parent network device in a wireless deterministic network, a retransmit capabilities message from a first child device attached to the parent network device, the retransmit capabilities message specifying that the first child device can detect a data packet transmission to the parent network device by a second child device attached to the parent network device and that is a peer of the first child device; and allocating, by the parent network device, a peer retransmit timeslot to the first child device from within a channel distribution chunk appropriated by the parent network device, the peer retransmit timeslot enabling the first child device to retransmit a data packet on behalf of the second child device to the parent network device. |
| US09859969B2 |
Relay apparatus and method of controlling relay apparatus
A relay apparatus of the present disclosure is a relay apparatus which is connected to a host apparatus by a first communication method and to a terminal apparatus by a second communication method, and which transmits data to the terminal apparatus and receives data from the terminal apparatus in accordance with an instruction from the host apparatus, the relay apparatus including a communication quality measuring unit which extracts communication quality of the second communication method, a packet processor which detects an error in connection with the terminal apparatus, and an error transmission determining unit which changes timing of notifying the host apparatus of the error detected in the packet processor in accordance with the communication quality extracted in the communication quality measuring unit. |
| US09859965B2 |
Telecommunication terminal
A telecommunication terminal that integrated with a wireless access point is provided. According to one embodiment, a telecommunication terminal comprising a phone unit, a wireless access point unit, a local area network (LAN) port that is capable of connecting to a computer network and a housing that encloses said phone unit, said wireless access point unit and said LAN port. |
| US09859962B2 |
Method for determining precoding matrix indicator, user equipment, and base station evolved nodeb
The present invention relates to a method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, a user equipment UE, a base station eNB, and a system. The method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of two matrices W1 and W2, where W1 is a block diagonal matrix, where each block matrix is a Kronecker product of a matrix Ai and a matrix Bi; and sending a precoding matrix indicator PMI to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, so that the base station obtains the precoding matrix according to the PMI. |
| US09859961B2 |
Method for spatially multiplexing a plurality of data designated for a plurality of user terminals using MU-MIMO
A terminal apparatus can be notified whether an MU-MIMO signal transmitted from a base station apparatus is linear-precoded or nonlinear-precoded by using effective signaling. According to the present invention, the base station apparatus decides whether the nonlinear precoding is used in an own cell, includes the decided nonlinear precoding setting information in system information or a layer 3 message, and notifies the terminal apparatus of the decided nonlinear precoding setting information by using a physical broadcast channel, a physical downlink share channel, or the like. The terminal apparatus performs a demodulation process for user data destined for the own terminal apparatus based on the nonlinear precoding setting information acquired from the notified system information or layer 3 message. |
| US09859959B2 |
Method for alignment of multi-beam antennas in a non line-of-sight scenario
The present invention relates to a method for alignment of a first node with at least one secondary node in a wireless communication network. The first node includes first node antenna beams with corresponding designated pointing angles. For each such beam, the method comprises the steps of, for each secondary node: directing a first node antenna beam in its designated pointing angle; using a secondary node antenna beam where objects can generate signal reflections/diffractions; and detecting at least one signal property of reflected/diffracted signals. The method further comprises the steps: exchanging information between the nodes, regarding beam angles resulting in said signal property exceeding a corresponding threshold level; and selecting a first node beam angle and a secondary node beam angle from the beam angles for communication between the first node and each secondary node. |
| US09859951B2 |
Power over data lines detection and classification scheme
A PoDL system includes a PSE connected via a wire pair to a PD, where differential data and DC power are transmitted over the same wire pair. Typically, low voltage/current detection and classification routines are required upon every powering up of the system to allow the PD to convey its PoDL requirements to the PSE. Various techniques are described that simplify or obviate such start-up routines or enable increased flexibility for the PoDL system. Such techniques include: ways to specify a particular PD operating voltage; ways to disable the PD's UVLO circuit during such routines; using opposite polarity voltages for the two routines; using voltage limiters or surge protectors to convey the PoDL information; detecting loop resistance; using a PSE memory to store previous results of the routines; and powering the PD communication circuit using the wire pair while the PD load is powered by an alternate power source. |
| US09859949B2 |
Blind uplink interference cancellation in wireless networking
Blind interference cancellation is described for wireless networks in which a subject base station or cancellation apparatus obtains semi-static information for at least one of its neighboring cells. The base station measures the noise level of each of the neighboring cells based on samples it takes of uplink transmissions in each of the neighboring cells. The neighboring cells are then ranked for interference cancellation based on their relative noise levels. The base station performs discontinuous transmission (DTX) detection to identify at least one interfering user equipment (UE) in the neighboring cell and cancels interference attributable to those identified interfering UEs. The DTX detection and cancellation are then repeated for the remaining neighboring cells in the order they are ranked. |
| US09859947B2 |
Terminal eliminating harmonic components and intermodulation distortions component
A terminal is disclosed by the present specification. The terminal may comprise: an antenna; a diplexer for compounding a carrier of a first band and a carrier of a second band and for connecting or disconnecting the same to the antenna; a filter connected to the diplexer, a first duplexer connected to the filter for separating transmissions and receptions in the carrier of the first band; and a second duplexer connected to the diplexer for separating transmissions and receptions in the carrier of the second band. To this end, the filter can eliminate harmonic components and intermodulation distortions (IMD) that occur when transmission in the carrier of the first band and transmission in the carrier of the second band are simultaneously performed. |
| US09859946B2 |
Broadband distributed antenna system with non-duplexer isolator sub-system
Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system. |
| US09859943B2 |
Tunable RF diplexer
A first RF diplexer, which includes a first RF highpass with tunable notch filter and a first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter, is disclosed. The first RF diplexer has a first main port, a second main port, and a first common port. The first RF highpass with tunable notch filter is coupled between the first main port and the first common port. The first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter is coupled between the second main port and the first common port. The first RF highpass with tunable notch filter has a first highpass notch frequency, which is tunable. The first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter has a first lowpass notch frequency, which is tunable. |
| US09859942B2 |
Protective cover and portable electronic device assembly employing the same
A protective cover for portable electronic device includes a main body, a display module and a connecting module. The main body includes a first cover and a second cover that is foldable relative to the first cover. The second cover is configured to detachably attach the portable electronic device. The display module is attached to the first cover. The connecting module is attached to the second cover and electronically coupled to the display module. The connecting module is configured to receive display information from the portable electronic device and output the display information to the display module. |
| US09859940B1 |
Phone holder
An apparatus for holding a cell phone or a mobile device in a vehicle that includes a phone enhancer and a cradle to hold the cell phone in the vehicle, a keypad wirelessly connected to the phone enhancer, and a phone enhancer application installed and operated on the cell phone. The keypad includes a Bluetooth connection for wireless connection of the keypad to the phone enhancer. The keypad receives one or more keypad instructions that include one or more of the following: answer the cell phone, hang up the cell phone, pause and play music from the cell phone, adjust the volume of a phone call on the cell phone, adjust the volume of the music on the cell phone, and dial a phone number for a phone call on the cell phone. The phone enhancer application determines a driver of the vehicle when multiple users are in the vehicle. |
| US09859938B2 |
Public safety smart belt
A smart belt system includes a belt having a plurality of holders for holding a plurality of devices including a firearm, a baton, and an electroshock weapon, a GPS component disposed within the belt configured to track the location and movement of the belt, a microprocessor disposed within the belt, logic instructions executing by the microprocessor configured to monitor and regulate the activities of the plurality of devices and location and movement data generated by the GPS component, a wireless data communications system wirelessly communicating with an external data communications system, a data storage component accessible by the microprocessor for storing activity data of the plurality of the devices and the location and movement data of the belt generated by the GPS component. |
| US09859937B2 |
Child's intelligent watch with video call function
A child's intelligent watch with a video call function includes a shell, watchbands, a battery, a mainboard assembly, a display screen assembly, a battery cover, a power button and a Home button and further comprises a camera module, wherein the watchbands are arranged on the two sides of the shell, the battery and the mainboard assembly are arranged in the shell, the display screen assembly is embedded in the front surface of the shell and connected with the mainboard assembly, the battery cover is embedded in the back side of the shell, and the power button and the Home button are arranged on the surface of one side of the shell; the camera module is arranged in the shell and electrically connected with the mainboard assembly, and the front end of the camera module is located in the front surface of the shell. |
| US09859936B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a sensor disposed inside the housing, a tray for receiving a storage medium, the tray being detachably coupled to the inside of the housing, and a shared hole for providing a path for operating the tray to be discharged to the outside of the housing and for connecting the sensor to the outside of the housing. |
| US09859929B2 |
Noise variance estimation circuit and method for wireless communication
The present invention includes a noise variance estimation circuit for wireless communication. An embodiment of the noise variance estimation circuit includes: a first estimation unit operable to generate a first estimation signal according to a reception signal and a reference signal in which the reception signal is derived from the equivalent of the reference signal; a first noise reduction unit operable to generate a first noise reduction signal by performing a first noise reduction process to the first estimation signal; a second estimation unit operable to generate a second estimation signal according to the difference between the first estimation signal and the first noise reduction signal; and a second noise reduction unit operable to execute a noise reduction adjustment according to the second estimation signal and perform a second noise reduction process to the first estimation signal in which the noise reduction adjustment affects the second noise reduction process. |
| US09859928B1 |
Method and apparatus for detecting EMI signals using a common mode sense at the differential pins of a chip
In aspects of a common mode sense circuit for use at a chip's differential pins, a common mode sense circuit sums signals from a pair of connections comprising a twisted-pair cable differential connection. Differential connections are at an input of a chip, such as at an input to a receiver. Summed signals represent sensed common mode signals and may be further processed, such as summing the sensed common mode signals together, and supplied as a reference signal to an adaptive interference canceller. |