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G06F,H04L | 9,407,728 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A method comprising: at a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors so as to perform the method: sending, to a first client device of the server, browser-executable instructions implementing a presentation application; receiving, from a second client device, that is not the first client device, of the server, a first navigation command to navigate a presentation of a content item at the first client device in a particular manner; in response to receiving the first navigation command, sending, to the first client device, a second navigation command to navigate the presentation of the content item at the first client device in the particular manner thereby causing the presentation of the content item at the first client device to be automatically navigated in the particular manner; wherein the presentation application is configured with a user navigation control for navigating the presentation of the content item at the first client device in the particular manner; wherein the particular manner is navigating the presentation of the content item at the first client device from a currently presented portion of the content item to another portion of the content item; wherein the user navigation control of the presentation application for navigating the presentation of the content item at the first client device in the particular manner is disabled in the browser-executable instructions sent to the first client device; wherein the server sends browser-executable instructions implementing the presentation application to the second client device; wherein the user navigation control of the presentation application for navigating the presentation of the content item at the first client device in the particular manner is enabled in the browser-executable instructions sent by the server to the second client device; and wherein the automatic navigation occurs while the user navigation control of the presentation application for navigating the presentation of the content item at the first client device in the particular manner is still disabled at the first client device. |
A61G | 9,474,665 | 2016-10-25 | 1. An electric wheelchair comprising: a foldable chair comprising an electrical power device detachably connected with the chair between the arm rest frames and comprising a foot stand mounted detachably on the arm rest frames; and a control device detachably mounted on one of the arm rest frames. |
G02B | 9,268,148 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A display apparatus, comprising: a light source; a light guide plate configured to receive light from the light source, the light guide plate comprising a plurality of scattering areas and a plurality of reflection areas arranged in an alternating pattern; a display panel configured to display an image based on light received from the light guide plate; and a backlight positioned on a first side of the light guide plate, wherein the display panel is positioned on a second side of the light guide plate, and wherein the light source is separate from the backlight and is configured to provide light to the light guide plate when the display apparatus is in a three-dimensional display mode. |
A47J,B26B,B26D | 9,486,098 | 2016-11-08 | 1. A tool ( 1 ) for preparing an avocado, comprising: a scoop ( a loop ( a slicer ( wherein the scoop ( |
A61F,A61H | 9,314,396 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A device comprising: a vessel having a first opening for receiving an organ, and a second opening for releasing fluid from within the vessel, the vessel including: a seal cap including an integral one-way valve fluidly connected to the second opening, the integral one-way valve allowing for release of fluid from within the vessel, wherein the seal cap includes an arcuate or semi-circular slit for allowing the fluid to release from within the vessel to ambient, wherein the seal cap includes a support member spanning a width of the arcuate or semi-circular slit, wherein the support member at least partially retains the seal cap in an axial direction of the vessel. |
H03M | 9,432,052 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A communication device comprising: a communication interface; and a processor, the processor and communication interface configured to: |
E21B,F16L,H05K | 9,353,889 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A modular subsea equipment assembly, comprising: a modular base frame; a plurality of modular superstructure devices configured for selective attachment to the modular base frame in a plurality of different possible configurations of two or more modular superstructure devices, each modular superstructure device comprising a mounting device for supporting or attachment to a respective component of an underwater system, and a base mount configured for attachment to the upper surface of the base frame; a cover member of trawl-resistant shape having a peripheral rim configured for attachment to the base frame and enclosing the superstructure devices on the base frame; the modular base frame comprising a frame member forming an outer periphery of the base frame, and a plurality of cross bars extending between opposite portions of the frame member in one or more directions, the frame member and cross bars having at least upper surfaces each having a plurality of connection points for attaching selected modular superstructure devices to the base frame in a plurality of different possible configurations, wherein the connection points on the frame member and cross bars together and independently form multiple arrays of connection points of different sizes and with different numbers of connection points; each base mount of the respective modular superstructure devices including an array of connection points configured for alignment with connection points of any selected array on the modular base frame of size matching the array of connection points on the respective base mount; a plurality of fasteners configured for attachment of respective base mounts of selected superstructure devices to the base frame via aligned connection points of the respective base mount and the selected matching array of connection points on the base frame; and wherein the cover member is of truncated square pyramid shape having two inclined side walls, two inclined end walls, a top wall, and an inwardly extending, peripheral rim extending around the lower ends of the end walls and side walls, the peripheral rim of the cover member being of shape and dimensions substantially matching those of the peripheral frame member and having a plurality of connection points configured for alignment with matching connection points on the peripheral frame member and for attachment to the base frame via fasteners at some or all of the aligned cover member and peripheral frame member connection points when the cover member is engaged over equipment mounted on the base frame with the inwardly extending peripheral rim seated on top of the peripheral frame member. |
H04L,H04W | 9,526,096 | 2016-12-20 | 1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to operate in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a first Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) indicating a downlink transmission at subframe ‘n’ from a network; processing the received first ePDCCH until subframe ‘n+m’, wherein ‘m’ is not equal to 0; and monitoring a second ePDCCH or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from subframe ‘n+Xrtt’, wherein ‘Xrtt’ corresponds to a value of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Round Trip Time (RRT) timer, and wherein, at subframe ‘n+m’, the UE considers that the HARQ RTT timer started from subframe ‘n’. |
G06F | 9,430,485 | 2016-08-30 | 1. An information processor coupled to a storage apparatus that stores information, comprising: a processer configured to execute a program; and a memory configured to store the program, wherein the processor performs, based on the program, operations to: read schedule information; check whether a snapshot flag in the schedule information is set; compare, when the snapshot flag is set, a current time with a start time corresponding to the snapshot flag in the schedule information; create, when it is determined that the start time corresponding to the snapshot flag has arrived based on a first comparison result, a snapshot of a file system without stopping an input and an output to and from the storage apparatus and output the snapshot to the storage apparatus; check, after creating the snapshot, whether a copy flag in the schedule information is set; compare, when the copy flag is set, a current time with a start time corresponding to the copy flag in the schedule information; write, when it is determined that the start time corresponding to the copy flag has arrived based on a second comparison result, second information stored in cache memory onto first information that is stored in the storage apparatus and is managed by the file system after the snapshot has been created; and instruct, after writing the second information, the storage apparatus to create a replication of the snapshot and the first information onto which the second information is written. |
H04W | 9,392,512 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A method to configure wireless circuitry, during one or more measurement gap time periods, in a wireless communication device connected to a long term evolution (LTE) wireless network, the method comprising: establishing a connection that uses a plurality of downlink carriers simultaneously for carrier aggregation between the wireless communication device and an access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network; providing an indication of a number of parallel radio frequency receive signal chains included in wireless circuitry of the wireless communication device to the access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network; obtaining a measurement gap configuration from the access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network; determining whether the measurement gap configuration indicates the wireless communication device is to suspend data communication on all carriers; when the measurement gap configuration indicates at least one carrier in the plurality of downlink carriers is usable for downlink communication from the access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network during the one or more measurement gap time periods: providing one or more measurement reports to the access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network based at least in part on the first set of signals received from the at least one additional access network subsystem; when the measurement gap configuration indicates the wireless communication device is to suspend data communication on all carriers thereby stopping downlink and uplink data communication during the at least a portion of the one or more measurement gap time periods: receiving a second set of signals from the plurality of downlink carriers, and providing a second measurement report to the access network subsystem of the LTE wireless network based on the second set of signals. |
H01L | 9,472,785 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An organic light-emitting device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a light efficiency-improvement layer disposed on a surface of the first electrode or the second electrode opposite to the organic layer, wherein the light efficiency-improvement layer comprises a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R L Ar A, B, C, and D represent, each independently, —CH═ or —N═, provided that A, B, C, and D are not all —CH═ at the same time; and m and n are, each independently, an integer of 0 to 3, provided that m and n are not both 0 at the same time. |
C08F,C08G,C08L,C09D | 9,303,181 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A process for making polyurethane/acrylic hybrid dispersions comprising the following continuous steps: i) adding at least one polyol consisting of polyether polyols, polyester polyols, polycarbonate polyols, or mixtures thereof into a reactor; ii) adding dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA) simultaneously with step i), or after step i) but before step iii), as water dispersibility enhancing agent at a temperature of from 115° C. to 140° C. to obtain a homogeneous solution; iii) adding at least one polyisocyanate at a temperature of from 75° C. to 95° C. until NCO content reaches a constant value to prepare a polyurethane prepolymer; iv) adding at least one acrylate monomer, at least one styrenic monomer, or a mixture thereof, as diluent to the polyurethane prepolymer, at a temperature of from 40° C. to 65° C.; v) adding a neutralizing agent; vi) dispersing the polyurethane prepolymer in the presence of the acrylate monomer, and/or the styrenic monomer of step iv); and vii) adding at least one ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer, and co-polymerizing it together with the acrylate monomer, and/or the styrenic monomer of step iv), to get the polyurethane/acrylic hybrid dispersion. |
G06F,H04L | 9,270,475 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A system for repairing multicast sessions, the system comprising: a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising: |
G06F,H04L | 9,401,879 | 2016-07-26 | 1. An adapter coupled to a host computing device for sending and receiving information, comprising: a port complex having a plurality of ports configured to operate at different operating speeds for sending and receiving frames complying with different protocols, where the plurality of ports send frames on behalf of the host computing device and receive frames from other devices; a processor complex having a plurality of processors for processing frames complying with different protocols and received by any of the plurality of ports; wherein each processor of the processor complex can process frames complying with any of the different protocols and originating from any of the plurality of ports; a message queuing system (MQS) interfacing with the port complex and the processor complex for managing messages for the plurality of processors regarding the received frames complying with different protocols such that any processor can process any message regardless of the protocol type; wherein each message includes a standard information regardless of frame protocol and protocol specific information; and a memory interface module that manages requests from any processor of the processor complex to access a local adapter memory and a host computing device memory for processing received frames and transmitting frames. |
A61B | 9,345,513 | 2016-05-24 | 1. An anchoring cannula comprising: a first cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the oppositely disposed distal end along the longitudinal axis, the first cannula including a slot defining an upper limit and a lower limit; a second cannula concentrically arranged within the lumen of the first cannula, the second cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending from the proximal end to the oppositely disposed distal end along the longitudinal axis and an expandable portion connected to the distal end, the expandable portion being configured to expand when the second cannula is advanced out of the distal end of the first cannula, and to return to an unexpanded configuration when retracted back into the distal end of the first cannula; an actuator attached to the proximal end of the second cannula, the actuator being adapted to advance the second cannula along the longitudinal axis toward the distal end of the first cannula, thereby defining a distal direction, and to retract the second cannula along the longitudinal axis toward the proximal end of the first cannula, thereby defining a proximal direction; and a locking mechanism having a first portion defined in the first cannula and a second portion defined in the second cannula, the locking mechanism having at least a first position and a second position, the first position being configured to allow advancement of the second cannula in the distal direction and to allow retraction of the second cannula in the proximal direction, the second position being configured to prevent retraction of the second cannula in the proximal direction. |
H01J | 9,431,207 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A rotating-anode X-ray tube assembly comprising: an X-ray tube comprising an anode target including a target layer which emits X-rays, an anode target rotating mechanism configured to rotatably support the anode target, a cathode disposed opposite to the target layer in a direction along an axis of the anode target and configured to emit electrons, and an envelope accommodating the anode target, the anode target rotating mechanism and the cathode; a stator coil configured to generate a driving force for rotating the anode target rotating mechanism; a housing comprising an X-ray radiation port opening in a direction perpendicular to the axis, and storing and holding the X-ray tube and the stator coil; an X-ray radiation window configured to close the X-ray radiation port and to take out the X-rays to an outside of the housing; and a coolant filled in a space between the X-ray tube and the housing and absorbing at least part of heat produced by the X-ray tube, wherein the housing includes a first divisional part which includes the X-ray radiation port and to which the X-ray tube is directly or indirectly fixed, and a second divisional part located on a side opposite to the anode target with respect to the anode target rotating mechanism and coupled to the first divisional part, and a coupling surface between the first divisional part and the second divisional part is located on one plane, and is inclined to the axis, with exclusion of a direction perpendicular to the axis. |
G02B,H02G,Y10T | 9,343,882 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A hybrid cable comprising: (a) a plurality of sheaths having axial ends coupled together by sheath connecting members to form an extended cable; (b) a plurality of insulated conductor having axial ends coupled together by conductor splice arrangements to form extended insulated conductors within the extended cable; (c) a plurality of fiber installation tubes having axial ends coupled together by tube connecting members to form a fiber installation conduit within the extended cable; and (d) a fiber pull arrangement disposed within the fiber installation conduit, the fiber pull arrangement including a plurality of optical fibers coupled to a strength member. |
H04L | 9,419,805 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first server computer, a command from a second server computer to update revocation data; generating, using computing resources of the first server computer separate from computing resources of the second server computer, updated revocation data in view of the command; generating, using the computing resources of the first server computer separate from computing resources of the second server computer, a certificate revocation list (CRL) in view of the updated revocation data; receiving a status request regarding the first server computer; transmitting a response for the status request, the response comprising data indicating whether the first server computer is not busy, a scheduled time for generating the CRL, an amount of time to generate the CRL and a time the CRL is last generated; receiving, by the first server computer, a command to override the scheduled time for generating the CRL in view of the response; providing, by the first server computer, the CRL to the second server computer to update certificate records stored in a data store that is coupled to the second server computer, wherein the update is to cause at least one of: a digital certificate to be generated in view of the CRL, the digital certificate to be issued, or the CRL to be published; receiving, by the first server computer, a command to update configuration data for the CRL stored in a cache memory that is separate from the second server computer, wherein the configuration data comprising a schedule to generate the CRL; and providing a status update comprising a time the cache memory is last updated. |
G06F | 9,465,846 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a data stream of continuous data; setting up an event pipe in which is stored a sliding window of events from the data stream using a sliding window function having a parameter, wherein each event of the sliding window of events is stored within the event pipe as a tuple that maps attributes to values, and wherein old events within the event pipe are moved out of the event pipe as new events arrive, the sliding window function buffering and continuously maintaining events within the sliding window of events from the data stream; in response to the parameter of the sliding window function being set to a first value, responding, by the sliding window function, to an information request by returning the sliding window of events stored in the event pipe; emptying the event pipe whenever the sliding window of events stored in the pipeline has been utilized; and in response to the parameter of the sliding window function being set to a second value, returning, by the sliding window function, a null value, while the sliding window function still buffers and continuously maintains events within the sliding window of events from the data stream, the null value being returned even though new events are being received from the data stream. |
G07F | 9,311,783 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; at least one display device including a designated display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including: at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: |
H04L,H04W | 9,413,501 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A method of allocating resources for communication between base stations (BSs), the method comprising: determining, neighboring BSs of a new BS based on position information of the new BS and position information of existing BSs in a network; determining a second resource allocation scheme for the new BS and the neighboring BSs based on a first resource allocation scheme applied to the existing BSs in the network and a number of resource configurations used by the neighboring BSs; and allocating, resources for communication between the new BS and the neighboring BSs by using the determined second resource allocation scheme. |
G06F,G11B | 9,354,797 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A progress adjustment method applied to an electronic device including a display unit on which data contents corresponding to first data are output in a chronological order, the method comprising: displaying a progress bar corresponding to the first data on the display unit, the progress bar having a length approximately the same as a first side of the display unit, and unit progress of the progress bar being a first unit progress; when obtaining a first input operation, controlling switching of the data contents of the first data with the first unit progress according to the first input operation; obtaining a second sliding operation; and generating a first sub progress bar based on a current progress unit that includes a progress identifier on the progress bar according to the second sliding operation; unit progress of the first sub progress bar being a second unit progress; the second unit progress being smaller than the first unit progress, so that when the electronic device obtains a second input operation on the first sub progress bar, switching of the data contents of the first data is executed with the second unit progress. |
E05F,E05Y | 9,290,979 | 2016-03-22 | 1. An adjustable bumper comprising a shape memory polymer (SMP) for maintaining an intended spacing between opposing surfaces of a vehicle body and a closure panel, the bumper being adapted for attachment to either of the vehicle body or the closure panel, the bumper comprising: a mounting portion for attachment of the bumper to the body or closure panel; a shape memory polymer (SMP) portion composed to exhibit a transition temperature and, when heated to a temperature greater than the transition temperature, to be deformable to a length predetermined to enforce the intended separation between the opposing vehicle body and closure panel surfaces; and an elastomer portion; the mounting feature serving as a base and supporting the SMP portion and the elastomer portion, each of the mounting feature, the SMP portion and the polymer portion having a central longitudinal axis for receiving a load, each of the mounting feature, the elastomer portion and the SMP portion being secured to one another and arranged one atop the other, mutually centered with their longitudinal axes commonly aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting portion. |
B60Q,F21K,F21Y,H05B,Y02B | 9,434,304 | 2016-09-06 | 1. An illuminated compartment for a vehicle, comprising: a light-producing assembly; a first luminescent portion disposed on the light-producing assembly configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light-producing assembly; a second luminescent portion disposed on a feature within a vehicle engine compartment configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light-producing; and a controller for controlling an activation state of the light-producing assembly in response to at least one vehicle related condition. |
A01M | 9,474,266 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A movable flotation platform for supporting and camouflaging a load above a top surface of a body of water, the movable flotation platform comprising: a frame, presented in a horizontal and planar orientation, comprising intersecting frame members and intersecting internal frame support members, and a top surface member affixed to top surfaces of the intersecting frame members and the intersecting internal frame support members; a closed cell polyurethane coating on the frame creating a stable buoyant deck with a generally planar upper surface and with an overall density less than that of water such that when deployed in a body of water, the stable buoyant deck can support users, equipment, and dogs adjacent to a top surface of a body of water; a coating of polyuria on the generally planar upper surface of the stable buoyant deck that protects and seals the closed cell polyurethane coating; at least two apertures that are oriented vertically and communicate through the stable buoyant deck such that a stake can be deployed through an aperture and into a portion of soil located under a body of water and over which the stable buoyant deck is positioned so as to hold the movable flotation platform against horizontal movement; an enclosure comprising wire mesh material distributed in a vertical orientation around a periphery of the generally planar upper surface of the buoyant stable deck and supported by vertical posts or a framed cage that are affixed to the generally planar upper surface of the buoyant stable deck, the wire mesh material having intersecting wire members which local weeds and tulles or other plant material can be woven around and/or affixed to with string or wire in order to cover and hide any users, dogs, and equipment on the generally planar upper surface of the buoyant stable deck as a form of camouflage; a dog box located on the generally planar upper surface of the buoyant stable deck comprising a covered structure that presents a horizontal opening communicating through a portion of the enclosure that, when deployed, permits hunting dogs positioned on an internal area of the generally planar upper surface of the stable buoyant deck defined by and hidden by the enclosure to exit the buoyant stable deck through the covered structure in order to retrieve fallen birds from a surrounding body of water and then re-enter the covered structure from the surrounding body water and travel through the covered structure back to the internal area of the generally planar upper surface of the stable buoyant deck defined by and hidden by the enclosure; a transom for attachment of a small electric outboard motor enabling re-positioning of the movable flotation platform to take advantage of changing wind and tide conditions, to optimize hunting location, and to bring the movable flotation platform to and from a convenient shore location for removal from and deployment in a body of water; and an entryway comprising a door and/or a removable ramp supported by posts or framed cage frame members in the enclosure, to permit users ingress through an opening in the enclosure and onto the generally planar upper surface of the stable buoyant deck. |
E06B,F16B,F16M | 9,255,444 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A storm protection system for covering an opening of a building with a material to protect the opening from damage, the opening having two spaced apart and opposite edges, the system comprising: a planar bracket having a first end and a second end, the planar bracket made of a resilient material, the planar bracket having a planar surface; a first aperture disposed at the first end of the planar bracket, the first aperture of the first end of the planar bracket operable to attach to one of the edge of the opening of a building or the material; a second aperture disposed at the second end of the planar bracket, the second aperture of the second end of the planar bracket operable to attach to the other of the edge of the opening of the building or the material thereby allowing the material to indirectly connect to the edge of the opening of the building; a support panel connected to the planar bracket, the support panel having a planar surface, the support panel connecting to one of the first aperture or the second aperture of the planar bracket, the support panel mounted to the planar bracket so that the planar surface of the planar bracket is parallel to and in contact with the planar surface of the support panel. |
G01C,G01S,G06F,H04W | 9,335,181 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A method comprising: determining a present location of a mobile platform; receiving a desired location for the mobile platform; determining directions from the present location to the desired location; translating the directions into control signals provided to one or more haptic feedback elements positioned in one or more regions of the mobile platform that are proximate to a facial region of a user while the user holds the mobile platform to an ear; and producing haptic signals to the facial region of the user by the one or more haptic feedback elements in response to the control signals to provide the directions from present location to the desired location, wherein the haptic signals are produced by interaction of the facial region of the user with a localized electric field produced by the one or more haptic feedback elements on a display of the mobile platform. |
G06F,H01M,H02J,H02M,Y02E | 9,461,487 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A battery powerable device comprising: i. at least two (2) rechargeable batteries; ii. both: iii. a power management circuit that: whereby during battery powered operation of the device the boost DC-DC converter operates more efficiently in comparison with operation thereof that is energized by the batteries connected in parallel. |
A61K | 9,517,278 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A compound represented by any one of formula (1) to formula (6): wherein, in the formula (1), A wherein, in the formula (2), A wherein, in the formula (3), A wherein, in the formula (4), A wherein, in the formula (5), A wherein, in the formula (6), A wherein, in the formula (7) and in the formula (8), the symbol * represents a bond with any one of L wherein, in the formula (7) and in the formula (8), Z forms a cyclic aromatic ring composed of a benz[e]indole ring, benz[f]indole ring, or benz[g]indole ring together with a hydrogen atom, a sulfonate group, or an indole ring bonded to Z, and furthermore, a hydrogen atom of the cyclic aromatic ring may be substituted with an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a sulfonate group, wherein, in the formula (7) and in the formula (8), R wherein, in the formula (7) and in the formula (8), a represents an integer of 1 to 10 and s represents 2 or 3, and wherein, in the formula (8), R |
H01L | 9,514,940 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method for forming a plurality of FETs in a substrate, comprising: forming at least one PMOS FET; and forming at least one NMOS FET, the forming at least one NMOS FET includes: forming trench isolation structures to electrically isolate the plurality of FETs from one another. |
F24D,F25B | 9,383,126 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A heat pump that heats or cools a space and also heats water, the heat pump comprising: an outdoor heat exchanger that transfers heat between refrigerant and outdoor air or a heat source/sink; an indoor heat exchanger that transfers heat between the refrigerant and indoor air; a water heat exchanger that transfers heat from the refrigerant to water; a compressor; an outdoor expansion device; an indoor expansion device; a refrigerant management valve; a reversing valve; a first refrigerant conduit connecting the outdoor heat exchanger to the outdoor expansion device; a second refrigerant conduit connecting the indoor heat exchanger to the indoor expansion device; a third refrigerant conduit connecting the outdoor expansion device to the indoor expansion device; a fourth refrigerant conduit connecting a discharge port on the compressor to the water heat exchanger; a fifth refrigerant conduit connecting the water heat exchanger to the refrigerant management valve; a sixth refrigerant conduit connecting the refrigerant management valve to the reversing valve; a seventh refrigerant conduit connecting the reversing valve to the outdoor heat exchanger; an eighth refrigerant conduit connecting the reversing valve to the indoor heat exchanger; a ninth refrigerant conduit connecting the refrigerant management valve to the third refrigerant conduit; a tenth refrigerant conduit connecting the reversing valve to an inlet port on the compressor; and a digital controller comprising programming instructions configured to manage refrigerant charge during conditions under which a particular heat exchanger is not needed for transferring heat by: |
G06F | 9,501,270 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A mobile device, comprising: a memory; an application package data structure stored in the memory, the application package data structure comprising: wherein the processor is operatively coupled to the memory and is operable to: |
C12Q,G16B | 9,447,474 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A method for determination of the presence or absence of an individual's DNA in a sample comprising a DNA mixture having the DNA of two or more contributors, the method comprising: a) starting with determining, for each SNP to which a DNA molecule in the array corresponds (SNP in the array), whether the minor allele of the SNP is present in the DNA mixture sample, by detecting the hybridization between the DNA molecules in the array and the DNA of the DNA mixture sample; b) for each SNP in the array, determining whether the minor allele of the SNP is present in the individual's DNA sample, by detecting the hybridization between the DNA molecules in the array and the DNA of said individual's DNA sample; and c) concluding that the individual's DNA is present in the DNA mixture sample based solely on whether the number of minor alleles that are present in the individual's DNA sample that are also present in the DNA mixture sample is above a predetermined threshold. |
B01J,C07B,C07C | 9,376,357 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method for preparing zeaxanthin comprising adopting lutein crystals or its fatty acid esters as raw materials and utilizing an isomerization reaction to obtain zeaxanthin, wherein a mixed catalyst consisting of an organic base catalyst and a cocatalyst is used in the isomerization reaction, and the cocatalyst is palladium carbon. |
H01L | 9,252,083 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a frontside surface and a backside surface, the backside surface being coupled to a ground; a functional circuit in the semiconductor substrate at the frontside surface, the functional circuit electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate; a through silicon via (TSV) having a front-end surface, a back-end surface, and a lateral surface, the back-end surface and lateral surface of the TSV being in the semiconductor substrate, and the front-end surface of the TSV being substantially parallel to the frontside surface of the semiconductor substrate; an antifuse material deposited between the back-end and lateral surfaces of the TSV and the semiconductor substrate, the antifuse material being configured to insulate the TSV from the semiconductor substrate; and a functional ground layer insulated from the semiconductor substrate, and electrically coupled with the TSV, and the functional circuit, wherein the functional ground layer is configured to conduct a program voltage to the TSV to cause a portion of the antifuse material to migrate away from the TSV, thereby electrically connecting the functional circuit to the ground. |
G06T | 9,390,522 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A system for creating an object image of an object under investigation, comprising: a computing device being configured for creating the object image by using first tomography data of the object provided by a first tomography system and second tomography data of the object provided by a second tomography system, wherein the computing device is configured for calculating a first forward model describing the first tomography data using the second tomography data, performing a first inversion of the first forward model, calculating a parameter set using the first inversion, and performing a second inversion using the parameter set to obtain the object image to be created. |
H04N | 9,432,583 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A method comprising: providing a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera, wherein each configuration comprises specific settings for a set of parameters of the digital camera; determining an initial representation of the view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of said set; sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display; identifying a first subset of images of said set, each image of said first subset being captured using a same setting as the first image for at least one parameter of said set of parameters of the digital camera and a different setting than the first image for at least one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters, and the remaining images of said set, not being images of the first subset, are images of a second subset; associating each image of said first subset and no images of said second subset with a different user command; determining the image of said first subset which is associated with a received user command, wherein the determined image is selected as a second image; providing a secondary image based on image data of at least the selected second image, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and sending the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display. |
G06F,G06N | 9,367,821 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method for profiling a request in a service system with kernel events comprising, obtaining kernel event traces from the service system; pre-processing the kernel event traces in order to determine starting and ending communication pairs of a request path for the request; learning pairwise relationships between the starting and ending communication pairs of training traces of sequential requests; generating communication paths for the request path from the starting and ending communication pairs of testing traces of concurrent requests using a heuristic procedure that is guided by learned pairwise relationships; and generating the request path for the request. |
B01J,C01B,C07C,C10G,Y02P | 9,446,997 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A method for producing BTX (benzene, toluene, and xylenes), the method comprising the steps of: thermally cracking a raw material to produce an effluent comprising heavy oil and ethylene; separating the effluent to obtain the heavy oil; hydrogenating the heavy oil to obtain a feedstock comprising 8 mass % or less of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more rings and 50 mass % or more of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wherein the feedstock has a distillation end point temperature of 400° C. or lower; and contacting the feedstock with a cracking reforming catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate to produce BTX, wherein the contacting of the feedstock with the cracking reforming catalyst is carried out under a pressure of 0.1 MPaG to 1.5 MPaG and a contact time between the feedstock and the catalyst is within a range of 5 seconds to 300 seconds. |
B60G,B62K | 9,284,012 | 2016-03-15 | 1. A motorcycle suspension component operable to improve the ride of a motorcycle comprising: a first plate member, said first plate member being planar in manner and rigid, said first plate member having a first end and a second end, said first plate member having an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein said upper edge and said lower edge of said first plate member include an arcuate portion so as to allow for clearance of components; a second plate member, said second plate member being of similar size and shape as said first plate member, said second plate member being planar in manner and rigid, said second plate member having a first end and a second end, said second plate member having an upper edge and a lower edge, said upper edge and said lower edge of said second plate member including an arcuate portion so as to allow for clearance of components said first plate member and said second plate member include a plurality of apertures, said plurality of apertures being in alignment so as to receive a mechanical fastener, said first end of said first plate member and said first end of said second plate member further include an edge that is angular in configuration having a first portion and a second portion, wherein said second end of said second plate member and said second end of said first plate member include an edge that is operable to mateably couple with a gear differential; a shock receiving member, said shock receiving member being intermediate said first plate member and said second plate member and perpendicular therewith; and wherein the motorcycle suspension component is operably coupled intermediate a gear differential and an engine block. |
H01L,Y10T | 9,245,779 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A method of preparing a thin film, comprising: coating a thin film-forming composition on a substrate; and heat-treating the coated thin film-forming composition under a pressure less than 760 Torr to form a hetero-structure thin film, the hetero-structure thin film including a first layer and a second layer on the first layer, wherein the thin film-forming composition includes a solvent, wherein the first layer has a refractive index of less that 1.85 and is more porous than the second layer, and wherein the method increases a thickness of the second layer having a refractive index in the range of about 1.85 to about 2.0 by increasing an evaporation rate of the solvent from the surface of the thin film-forming composition. |
G01R | 9,279,833 | 2016-03-08 | 1. An online alternating current detection device, comprising: an alternating signal sampling circuit; a power frequency alternating amplifying circuit; a detecting circuit; a calibrating circuit and a signal indicator; wherein the alternating signal sampling circuit comprises a micro-normal sampling circuit and disposed with a segment of wire and two sampling points along the wire; the power frequency alternating amplifying circuit comprises two inputs connected to the sampling points (PP′) for amplifying the voltages of the inputs and then output from a median port( wherein the detecting circuit comprises: an operational amplifier (U a filtering network, in which: the positive pole of a diode (D |
G06Q,G07F | 9,466,060 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A system comprising of: a payment card configured for electronically storing thereon a biometric identifier; biometric verification means positioned on the payment card, configured for validating a cardholder's biometric sample by comparing the biometric sample with the biometric identifier stored on the payment card; and an electronic card case, including location determining means disposed within, enabled for orienting and determining the absolute location of the electronic card case for pre-authorizing use of the payment card, and including communication means for electronically transmitting to the issuing bank, the absolute location of the electronic card case as determined for a proposed payment card transaction, authorizing use of the payment card before the payment card is read for payment for the card transaction. |
B60H,G01N | 9,322,774 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A gas-sensor arrangement for measuring a target-gas concentration, the arrangement comprising: a variable-power infrared-radiation emitter that can project radiant energy in a first operating mode at a low power and in a second operating mode at a high power from one side of a space containing the target gas and through the space to the other side thereof; a infrared-radiation receiver on the other side of the space and positioned to be irradiated by the radiant energy projected by the emitter through the space for emitting a signal corresponding to radiation received; a filter between the receiver and the space and permeable only to radiation of a wavelength range that corresponds to the target gas; and a controller connected to the radiation receiver for calculating the target-gas concentration on the basis of the signal from the receiver and for, when in the first operating mode, switching the emitter from the first operating mode to the second operating modes in dependence on detector signals detected in the controller. |
B60K,G01S,G08G | 9,274,224 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A global positioning system speedometer comprising: a housing; a circuit board located in the housing; a microprocessor located on the circuit board; protection circuitry located on the circuit board, and in signal communication with the microprocessor, and a power connector configurable to be in physical communication with a power supply external to the global positioning system speedometer; an entire global positioning system receiver located inside the housing, the global positioning system receiver comprising: a readable speedometer display located on the housing and in signal communication with the microprocessor, wherein the readable speedometer display is configured to display the current speed of the vessel or vehicle calculated by the microprocessor based on data from a global positioning system; wherein the global position system speedometer has only one physical power connection or physical data connection with any component outside of the global position system speedometer housing when in operation, the one physical power connection or physical data connection being the power connector configurable to be in physical communication with a power supply. |
G01D,G05B | 9,494,923 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A steering mechanism having an interface for converting rotational motion to electrical signals, the interface comprising: a shaft which is rotationally moveable in a first direction and in a second direction; a first and a second electrical component mounted on the shaft and arranged so that rotation of the shaft in the first direction causes changes in electrical properties of the first electrical component and rotation of the shaft in the second direction causes changes in electrical properties of the second electrical component; the first and the second electrical components being connected to one or more electrical circuits so that rotation of the shaft in the first and the second directions causes changes in the one or more electrical circuits; and the first and the second electrical components are free to rotate with respect to the shaft in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation causing a change in the electrical properties of the corresponding component. |
A61M | 9,433,757 | 2016-09-06 | 1. An infusion set, comprising: a base; an inserter removably connected to said base and rotatable to initiate operation of said infusion set; a catheter movable from a first catheter position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter to a second catheter position upon rotation of said inserter in which a free end of said catheter is disposed externally of said base; an introducer needle located within said catheter and movable with said catheter between a first introducer needle position disposed substantially entirely within said inserter and a second introducer needle position upon rotation of said inserter in which a free end of said introducer needle is disposed externally of said base; and a spring member for moving said catheter from said first to said second catheter position and said introducer needle from said first to said second introducer needle position to facilitate insertion of said catheter, said spring member being disposed substantially entirely within said base when said catheter is in said second catheter position. |
G06Q,G07F | 9,361,608 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method of providing transaction information to a user of a Self-Service Terminal (SST), comprising: aborting a user initiated transaction at an SST subsequent to an error occurring during the transaction; and displaying an optical device-readable code in a display of a user interface of the SST for identifying at least one parameter associated with the aborted transaction; wherein the optical device-readable code contains information for facilitating communication of the error by a mobile device following scanning of the optical device-readable code, and wherein the optical device-readable code includes an embedded Short Message Service that when scanned by a mobile device of the user from the user interface an SMS application is automatically launched on the mobile device and sends an SMS message from the mobile device to a remote dispute resolution node, wherein the SMS message includes notification of the error and a user contact telephone number for the mobile device. |
A45D | 9,226,560 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A hair styling device comprising: a core element; and a wrapping element wherein the wrapping element wraps around the core element in a spiral shape creating a continuous channel along the length of the core element wherein the wrapping element has a cross-sectional shape where a portion of the wrapping element that contacts the core is more narrow than another portion of the cross-section of the wrapping element and thus forms a continuous channel with space where a tress of hair can be placed said tress of hair being secured therein and affixed therein in a curled shape solely by way of compressive force between the hair and said portions of the wrapping element. |
B60S | 9,290,158 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A window and/or lamp washer system for a vehicle comprising; a washer fluid container; a washer fluid pump arranged in fluid communication with the washer fluid container; a washer fluid pressure tank for storing pressurized fluid, arranged in fluid communication with the washer fluid pump, and comprising a fluid inlet for receiving pressurized fluid from the washer fluid pump, at least one fluid outlet for providing pressurized fluid in the form of a washer fluid jet, and a compressible air pocket or a spring assembly; a sensor arranged to provide a signal representing measured pressure within the washer fluid pressure tank; and a control unit for receiving the signal; wherein the control unit is configured to operate the washer fluid pump based on the signal, whereby, when the signal indicates a pressure below a predetermined value, the control unit is configured to operate the washer fluid pump to pump washer fluid from the washer fluid container to the washer fluid pressure tank and increase the pressure in the washer fluid pressure tank. |
A01H | 9,474,218 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A cauliflower plant comprising a long stem trait resulting in a plant comprising at maturity a stem with an average internode length of at least 1.25 cm, wherein the long stem trait responsible for said stem structure is obtained from said line 03P001, representative seed of line 03P001 having been deposited under accession number NCIMB 41228. |
G11C,H03L | 9,449,660 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A sampling circuit module, comprising: a delay-locked loop, comprising: a control circuit, configured to receive a reference clock signal to output a first control signal; and a delay circuit, coupled to the control circuit and comprising: a sampling circuit, coupled to the delay-locked loop and configured to receive the third delay clock signal and sample a data signal according to the third delay clock signal to obtain sampled data, wherein a first delay stage of the first delay line circuit is changed from a first stage to a second stage when the first delay line circuit is in an idle state and the third delay clock signal is outputted, wherein a second delay stage of the second delay line circuit is changed from a third stage to a fourth stage when the second delay line circuit is in the idle state and the third delay clock signal is outputted. |
G02B,H01S | 9,454,004 | 2016-09-27 | 1. Apparatus for coherent beam combining in an array of laser beam collimators, comprising: an array of a plurality collimating lenses, each lens intercepting a respective one of a plurality of divergent laser beams, each divergent laser beam having a Gaussian profile, wherein each collimating lens is joined with adjacent collimating lenses such that an output aperture is formed with a common vertex of the adjacently joined collimating lenses; a concave mirror positioned a distance from the common vertex for receiving a fraction of each of the collimated laser beams that passed through a portion of each of the collimating lenses that are adjacent to the common vertex, and providing reflected fractional collimated laser beams; and a sensor for intercepting the reflected fractional collimated laser beams so as to provide a signal that is applied to synchronize the phase of each of the collimated laser beams. |
B60L,H02J,H05K,Y02T,Y04S | 9,365,124 | 2016-06-14 | 1. An EVSE kit, comprising: (A) an EVSE cord, comprising: (B) an interface tool, comprising: |
G06F,H04L | 9,294,340 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions configured to: receive JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format data from a first device configured to monitor or control a first condition associated with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) properties in a home or office environment; receive tag-length-value (TLV) format data from a second device configured to monitor or control a second condition in the home or office environment; identify a first bucket in a storage element based on the JSON format data, wherein the storage element comprises a first plurality of buckets associated with the first device and a second plurality of buckets associated with the second device, wherein each bucket of the first and second pluralities of buckets is defined according to a JSON protocol and is associated with a data type that groups two or more data objects together according to a common field; write the JSON format data into the first bucket; translate the TLV-format data into an equivalent JSON format data, wherein translation of the TLV-format data into the equivalent JSON format data includes: identify a second bucket of the second plurality of buckets in the storage element based on the bucket value; write the equivalent JSON format data into the second bucket; and adjust the HVAC properties in the home or office environment by adjusting an operation of the first device based on the JSON format data written in the first bucket and the equivalent JSON format data written in the second bucket. |
H01M,Y02E | 9,502,722 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A heating device for an end plate of a fuel cell stack, the device comprising: a coolant circulator disposed within the end plate; and a coolant outlet manifold through which a high temperature coolant flows through the coolant circulator to transfer thermal energy of the coolant to the end plate and unit cells adjacent to the end plate, wherein the coolant circulator includes: wherein one or more multiple coolant inlets is integrally formed with a vane for guiding the flow of the coolant, and wherein the vane at the coolant inlet is configured to extend into the coolant outlet manifold and an extending end of the vane is spaced away from the bottom of the coolant outlet manifold to allow only a portion of coolant flowing through a coolant outlet manifold into the coolant circulator. |
A61B | 9,456,793 | 2016-10-04 | 1. An odontological x-ray apparatus comprising an x-ray source and a means for receiving x-ray imaging information, said x-ray apparatus further comprising a patient support arranged to a patient support station of said x-ray apparatus or to be positioned into functional connection with said patient support station, said patient support station being configured to receive a standing or sitting patient, said x-ray source and means for receiving x-ray images being configured for at least computed tomography and arranged to the apparatus with respect to said patient support station such that the x-ray source and the receiver means of x-ray imaging information are positionable on opposite sides of the patient support station and rotatable around the patient support station such that three-dimensional imaging of at least one cranial anatomy can be performed, characterized in that the patient support includes a substantially uniform, substantially curved or bendable to be curved band structure for a forehead of a patient, which extends substantially at least from one patient's temple to the other, and includes a plurality of holes, the material and layer thickness of which band structure being chosen such that the band structure is soft, elastic and flexible and its density with respect to attenuation of x-radiation is substantially lower than that of cranial soft tissues, and at least two support bars connected or connectable to said holes arranged to said band structure, and wherein said plurality of holes comprise through holes facilitating adjustment of a height position of the band structure relative to said support bars, and wherein said holes are configured to allow attachment of the band structure to said at least two support bars in an asymmetrical configuration. |
H04B,H04W | 9,455,768 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A communications device, comprising: a housing; a user interface carried by the housing; radio frequency (RF) circuitry comprising Bluetooth circuitry and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the user interface and RF circuitry; a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit positioned in the housing and connected to the processor for communicating using an NFC communications protocol; and a magnetic sensor supported by the housing and connected to the processor for sensing a magnetic field from a NFC enabled device and generating a signal to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to switch on the NFC circuit and activate the NFC circuit and transmit or receive Bluetooth configuration data with the NFC enabled device using the NFC communications protocol in response to the signal to establish Bluetooth communications with the NFC enabled device, wherein the NFC circuit is in a lower power state when not switched on, the Bluetooth circuitry being activated after the NFC circuit receives the Bluetooth configuration data and receives into the processor from the NFC enabled device data regarding remote operation of the NFC enabled device using NFC communications, and the processor is operative with the Bluetooth circuitry to control the NFC enabled device using the Bluetooth communications, wherein the control of the NFC enabled device by the processor is based on priority rules that identify a first task of a first application of the communications device that is to be performed prior to a second task of a second application of the NFC enabled device. |
G08B,G16H,G16Z | 9,368,014 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method for analyzing a condition of a patient: generating, by an electronic computer processor, at least one progressively established patient activity signature in connection with previously observed activity or movement of a patient derived at least in part from at least one electronic sensor; collecting, by the processor, current movement data associated with the patient; comparing, by the processor, the current patient movement data against the at least one progressively established patient activity signature; and, generating, by the processor, at least one notification in association with comparing the current patient movement data to the at least one progressively established patient activity signature. |
G06F,G10L | 9,460,708 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A system, comprising: a language model generated from language model seed text, the language model seed text comprising first entries that correctly utilize a first word and second entries that correctly utilize a second word, wherein the second word shares a pronunciation with the first word and has a different spelling than the first word; a dictionary of available data substitutions, the available data substitutions including a substitution of the second word for the first word; a transducer configured to process speech recognition data utilizing the language model and the dictionary, wherein, to process the speech recognition data, the transducer is further configured to: establish probabilities including a first probability of a first alternative that replaces an occurrence of the first word in the speech recognition data with the second word, and a second probability of a second alternative that leaves the occurrence of the first word in the speech recognition data without modification, the probabilities being established based on a third word that appears in sequence with the occurrence of the first word in the speech recognition data; and when the first probability exceeds the second probability, applying the first alternative by replacing the occurrence of the first word in the speech recognition data with the second word that shares the pronunciation with the first word and has a different spelling than the first word; and a computing device configured to execute at least the transducer. |
D21F,D21H,D21J | 9,273,429 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A method of treating a wet or moist lignocellulosic material at a moisture content in a range from above the Xfsp value of the lignocellulosic material down to about 0.1 kg water/kg dry below the Xfsp value, where Xfsp is the lignocellulosic material fibre saturation point, comprising the step of rapid warming the material so that the temperature of lignocellulosic material is brought up thereby changing the micropore structure of the material improving the properties of the lignocellulosic material. |
A44C,B23P,Y10T | 9,402,450 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A setting and a mounting for holding a grooved gemstone invisibly to said setting, the mounting having a first end with extensions to receive the gemstone and protrusions extending inwardly from said extensions to fit within respective mounting grooves of the grooved gemstone, the mounting further comprising a holding configuration at a second end opposite said first end for lockingly holding said mounting to said setting, wherein the holding configuration is connected to said extensions to press said protrusions via said extensions inwardly onto said grooves when said holding configuration is distorted about said setting, wherein said holding configuration is pressed against contouring of said setting. |
B60K,B60Y | 9,321,346 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A fuel tank system for use with a tractor of a tractor trailer truck or other heavy truck, the fuel tank system comprising: at least one fuel tank provided proximate frame rail members of the tractor, a first portion of the at least one fuel tank extending between an extension of a vertical axis of each of the frame rail members and a second portion of the at least one fuel tank extending outside the space defined by the vertical axes of the frame rail members; a support structure which protects the at least one fuel tank during an impact, the support structure including mounting members and rails mounted to the mounting members, the mounting members being mounted to the frame rail members; and the rails having a nonlinear cross-section to provide additional strength to the rails which provides integrity to the system and provides crush resistance for the at least one fuel tank, the nonlinear cross-section of the rails allowing for forces applied to the rails to be dissipated over a surface of the rails, thereby protecting the at least one fuel tank from impact forces during the impact; wherein the at least one fuel tank is disposed below a top side of the frame rail members and is adapted to be horizontally positioned relative to the underside of the tractor, such that a top wall of the at least one fuel tank and a bottom wall of the at least one fuel tank are essentially parallel to a horizontal plane of a longitudinal axis of the frame rail members of the tractor and essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a drive shaft of the tractor. |
H05K | 9,420,726 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A container-type data center comprising: a container that includes an electronic device; a first fan that takes in outside air to the container and sends the taken-in outside air to the electronic device; a second fan that is built into the electronic device, cools down a heat-producing component provided in the electronic device, and rotates at a first rotation speed when a temperature of the heat-producing component is a first threshold or more, and rotates at a second rotation speed which is higher than the first rotation speed when the temperature of the heat-producing component is a second threshold or more which is higher than the first threshold; a differential pressure sensor that measures a differential pressure between a pressure in an intake air side and a pressure in an exhaust air side of the second fan; and a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the first fan and a rotation speed of the second fan based on a temperature of the heat-producing component and, when the second fan rotates at the first rotation speed or at the second rotation speed and a pressure in the exhaust air side is higher than a pressure in the intake air side, repeats controlling the rotation speed of the first fan so that the temperature of the heat-producing component increases by a predetermined temperature to make the pressure in the intake air side higher than the pressure in the exhaust air side, based on a measurement result of the differential pressure sensor. |
H04W | 9,258,755 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A method comprising: a communication device being served by a first access network and receiving packet data from a remote endpoint via the first access network, wherein a first bearer extends from a packet gateway via the first access network to the communication device, and wherein the packet data flows from the remote endpoint to the packet gateway and via the first bearer to the communication device; while receiving the packet data from the remote endpoint via the first access network, the communication device being served by a second access network and beginning to receive a duplicate of the packet data from the remote endpoint via the second access network, wherein a second bearer extends from the packet gateway via the second access network to the communication device, and wherein the duplicate of the packet data flows from the packet gateway via the second bearer to the communication device; detecting, by the communication device, that the packet data that the communication device is receiving from the remote endpoint via the second access network is duplicative of the packet data that the communication device is receiving from the remote endpoint via the first access network; and responsive to the detecting, the communication device discontinuing being served by the first access network, wherein discontinuing being served by the first access network comprises transmitting a detach request to the first access network. |
A61M | 9,440,031 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A drug delivery device comprising: a housing having a distal end comprising a needle holder having an outer surface with an outer diameter, where the outer surface is configured with a connector that engages a needle unit such that the needle unit is attached to the outer surface of the housing, where the needle unit has an outside diameter greater than the outer diameter of the needle holder and a reusable cap having an inner surface and configured to cover the distal end of the housing and comprising a retaining member configured to engage and re-engage a corresponding mating member located proximate to the needle holder on the housing to secure the cap to the housing repeatedly when the needle unit is not attached to the housing, where the cap has a protruding element on the inner surface that extends radially inward a distance such that it contacts the needle unit when a user attempts to the replace the cap on the distal end of the housing to prevent the retaining member from engaging the corresponding mating member when the needle unit is attached to the needle holder thereby providing feedback to a user to remove the needle unit before the cap can be replaced on the housing, wherein the at least one protruding element is formed as either (i) a step along the inner side wall of the cap or (ii) at least one rib on the inner side wall of the cap, the at least one rib being arranged along a longitudinal axis being arranged between the distal end and the proximal end. |
G06F,G10L | 9,423,870 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A method comprising: de-activating voice control of a voice-controlled device located remotely from a user, wherein the voice-controlled device comprises a gaze tracking component and an indicator component; determining, using the gaze tracking component of the voice-controlled device, and while the voice control is deactivated, whether a gaze of a user is in a direction of a gaze target, wherein the gaze target comprises a portion of the voice-controlled device in which the indicator component and the gaze tracking component are positioned; in response to determining that the gaze of the user is not in the direction of the gaze target, and while the voice control is deactivated, providing, using the indicator component and at the gaze target, a first human-perceivable indication that indicates no gaze of the user in the direction of the gaze target is detected and that the voice control is deactivated; subsequent to providing the first human-perceivable indication that indicates no gaze of the user in the direction of the gaze target is detected, and while the voice control is deactivated, determining, using the gaze tracking component of the voice-controlled device, that the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target; responsive to the subsequent determination that the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target, and while the voice control is deactivated, switching from providing the first human-perceivable indication that indicates no gaze of the user in the direction of the gaze target is detected to providing, to the user using the indicator component and at the gaze target, a second human-perceivable indication that indicates that: the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target, the voice control is deactivated, and maintaining the gaze in the direction of the gaze target for a predetermined time period will activate the voice control; subsequent to switching from providing the first human-perceivable indication that indicates no gaze of the user in the direction of the gaze target is detected to providing the second human-perceivable indication that indicates that the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target, and while the voice control is deactivated, determining, using the gaze tracking component of the voice-controlled device, that the predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target; responsive to determining that the predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze of the user is in the direction of the gaze target: determining that a voice command that is received after switching the voice input component to the on-state is an input for the voice-controlled device. |
C09K | 9,512,360 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A liquid crystal composition that has a positive dielectric anisotropy and contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (1) as a first component, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (2) as a second component: wherein, in formula (1), R in formula (2), R |
H01L | 9,437,723 | 2016-09-06 | 1. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device, the method further comprising: forming an electron transit layer, an electron supply layer, and an upper surface layer in order on a substrate by epitaxial growth; implanting ions of an impurity element of a first conductivity-type in regions immediately below where a source electrode and a drain electrode are to be formed in the electron supply layer and the upper surface layer; forming a heat-protective film on the upper surface layer after the implanting the ions of the impurity element of the first conductivity-type; and applying heat to activate the implanted ions so that the regions with the implanted ions become first conductivity-type regions; removing the heat-protective film and all of the upper surface layer; forming the source electrode and the drain electrode on one of the electron supply layer, and the electron transit layer; and forming a gate electrode on the electron supply layer, wherein the electron supply layer is formed of a nitride semiconductor including In, wherein the upper surface layer is formed of a material including a nitride of one or more elements selected among B, Al, and Ga. |
F21V,F21Y | 9,423,105 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a housing and multiple light sources arranged in the housing, the light sources emitting light of a first wavelength range; a wavelength converting member arranged at a distance from the light sources, and comprising a first wavelength converting material for converting light of the first wavelength range into light of a second wavelength range, wherein the light sources are arranged to generate several discrete spots of light on the wavelength conversion member; and an electrically switchable optical member, arranged between the light sources and the wavelength converting member, wherein the switchable optical member is switchable to perform an adjustment of a light pattern made by the light sources on the wavelength converting member, the light pattern comprising the discrete spots of light, and the adjustment comprising adjustment of the area of the discrete spots of light. |
A24C,A24D,A47B,A47F,B65D | 9,380,807 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A modified feeding tray comprising: a rectangular bottom; opposing first and second sidewalls coupled to corresponding first and second edges of the rectangular bottom; a third sidewall coupled to a third edge of the rectangular bottom and extending between the first and second sidewalls; a shelf extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall at an intermediate location along a length of each of the first and second sidewalls and thereby defining an open compartment formed by the first and second sidewalls, the shelf, and the bottom, and a closed compartment defined by the first, second, and third sidewalls, the shelf, and the bottom; a support within the closed compartment that operably connects to and extends from the bottom along at least a portion of a depth of the shelf; and an elongated slot in the bottom corresponding to the support such that the support is moveably coupled to the bottom along the elongated slot using one or more mechanical fasteners. |
G07B,G07C,H04W | 9,402,174 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device, customer input associating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses of portable devices with driver identifiers; storing, by the network device and in a memory, the MAC addresses associated with the driver identifiers; receiving, by the network device and from a vehicle telematics unit, a vehicle identifier of a vehicle connected to the vehicle telematics unit; receiving, by the network device and from the vehicle telematics unit, a MAC address of a particular portable device; associating, by the network device and based on the MAC address of the particular portable device, a particular driver identifier and the vehicle identifier; receiving, by the network device and from the vehicle telematics unit, a signal indicating that the particular portable device is no longer discoverable by the vehicle telematics unit; and disassociating, by the network device and in response to receiving the signal, the particular vehicle driver and the vehicle identifier. |
B64G,G01D | 9,296,496 | 2016-03-29 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an optical sensor comprising one or more thermally sensitive components, the optical sensor configured to be mounted to a space or air-borne vehicle via a gimbal, the optical sensor including a heat sink component thermally coupled to the one or more thermally sensitive components via at least one heat strap, the heat sink component configured to passively receive and store thermal energy from the one or more thermally sensitive components through the at least one heat strap without use of a motorized thermal energy transfer device; and a radiator configured to dissipate the thermal energy to an ambient environment, the radiator disposed on a first side of an optical path of the optical sensor opposite a second side of the optical path on which the heat sink component is disposed such that the heat sink component at least partially balances a center-of-gravity of the optical sensor with respect to the gimbal; wherein the heat sink component is thermally coupled between the radiator and the one or more thermally sensitive components, and wherein the radiator is configured to receive the thermal energy from the heat sink component. |
B60W | 9,505,408 | 2016-11-29 | 1. An automated method for adjusting a drive-off torque while driving off in a vehicle from a stopped state, comprising: limiting, by an electronic stability control system of the vehicle, a rate of rise of an effectively acting actual drive torque in the vehicle to a maximum rate of rise, wherein the maximum rate of rise of the actual drive torque depends on a road incline, the maximum rate of rise being decreased with an increasing of the road incline; wherein a torque curve rises from zero to a maximum value that corresponds to an input by a driver input, wherein until a first drive level, located below the maximum value, is reached, the driver input is implemented without restriction, and wherein the first drive torque level corresponds to a drive torque which is necessary to hold the vehicle on the road incline on which the vehicle is located. |
G06F,Y10T | 9,367,188 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A touch screen comprising: a first element of a plurality of elements, the first element coupled to a first sense connection; a second element of the plurality of elements, the second element coupled to a second sense connection; first dummy routing coupled to the first sense connection, the first dummy routing overlapping one or more elements of the plurality of elements; and second dummy routing coupled to the second sense connection, wherein the first and second sense connections and the first dummy routing are configured such that a load presented by the first sense connection and the first element is substantially equal to a load presented by the second sense connection and the second element, and the first dummy routing and the second dummy routing are configured such that a first capacitance presented by the first sense connection is substantially equal to a second capacitance presented by the second sense connection. |
B22F,B23K,C08K,C09J,H01B,H01L,H05K,Y10T | 9,247,652 | 2016-01-26 | 1. An adhesive composition, comprising electroconductive particles (A) and a binder component (B), wherein the electroconductive particles (A) comprise a metal (a1) having a melting point equal to or higher than a reflow temperature and containing no lead, and a metal (a2) having a melting point lower than the reflow temperature and containing no lead, and the binder component (B) comprises a thermosetting resin composition (b1) and an aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid (b2), wherein the thermosetting resin composition (b1) comprises an epoxy resin, and the aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid (b2) is an aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R wherein the content of the aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid (b2) is 0.1 part or more by weight and 20 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the metal (a2) having the melting point lower than the reflow temperature and containing no lead. |
E21B | 9,410,414 | 2016-08-09 | 1. An environmentally sealed apparatus for fracturing subterranean systems, comprising: an environmentally sealed proppant hopper comprising a variable proppant regulator; an environmentally sealed blender comprising a blender inlet and a blender outlet; a high pressure pump comprising a high pressure pump inlet and a high pressure pump outlet; said blender inlet comprising a fracturing fluid inlet, a fracturing vapor outlet, and a proppant inlet; said environmentally sealed proppant hopper connected to said blender inlet through a proppant transfer connection; and said blender outlet fluidically connected to said high pressure pump inlet. |
F21K,F21S,G02F | 9,341,320 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A cover bottom comprising: at least two or more light emitting diode (LED) frames, each LED frame having an LED array; and at least two or more reinforcing frames coupled to the at least two or more LED frames in a lattice type. |
A63B | 9,308,430 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A golf club comprising: a striking face; a top portion; a sole portion opposite the top portion; a shaft assembly including a shaft having a butt end and a tip end, and a shaft sleeve located at the tip end, the shaft sleeve including indicia; and a hosel extending from the top portion, the hosel including a sidewall, a tip end, an internal bore for receiving the shaft assembly, a hosel axis, and an aperture extending through, and circumscribed by, the sidewall such that the indicia of the shaft sleeve corresponds with the aperture, wherein the aperture has a width greater than or equal to 2 mm and less than 4 mm, wherein the aperture has a top portion and a bottom portion such that at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion, in its entirety, follows a semi-circular path, and wherein the sidewall circumscribing the aperture includes an inner surface having a first thickness T |
G06Q | 9,483,806 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A computer-system-implemented method for identifying a subset of individuals in a cohort of individuals, the method comprising: using the computer system, calculating significance metrics for the individuals in the cohort based on attributes in profiles of the individuals and behaviors of a group of individuals, which includes the cohort, when interacting with the profiles, wherein a significance metric for a given individual in the cohort includes a number of views of a profile of the given individual, by a group of individuals, during a time interval, wherein the cohort is identified by identifying successful individuals who have achieved one or more milestones, wherein the cohort is determined based on matches between career milestones specified in a request with attributes in profiles of the individuals; and identifying notable individuals by identifying the subset of the successful individuals in the cohort based on the significance metrics, wherein the individuals in the subset have achieved career milestones exceeding those of the other individuals in the cohort, wherein the subset includes individuals having significance metrics exceeding one or more threshold; and presenting the subset of the individuals to a user along with second attributes, wherein the second attributes comprise at least one of: a company where a given individual in the subset works, the given individual's title, and a year the given individual graduated from a school. |
G11B | 9,514,782 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method for activating an optical article comprising: deriving an unlock code for the optical article with a cryptographic module of a detoggler by applying a cryptographic algorithm to data provided by a point of sale (POS) machine operatively coupled to the optical article and to data input from an encrypted medium; deriving a detoggling signal from the unlock code with a detoggler interface, wherein the detoggling signal comprises a set of values, wherein each value corresponds to a respective state of one of a plurality of marks disposed on a surface of the optical article, the plurality of marks comprising an optical-state change material in an initial state that prevents the optical article from being read by a player; applying the detoggling signal to the plurality of marks via connectors of the detoggler, wherein applying the detoggling signal comprises setting the optical state-change material of a portion of the plurality of marks to a final state, based on the corresponding values of the detoggling signal, such that the optical article can be read by the player; and removing a protective layer from the surface of the optical article, wherein the protective layer is initially disposed on the surface of the optical article to protect the optical state-change material of one or more of the plurality of marks from being set to a final state by an external stimulus, wherein the optical article is rendered readable by the player when the protective layer is removed after applying the detoggling signal, and wherein the optical article is rendered unreadable by the player when the protective layer is removed before applying the detoggling signal. |
A61B,A61F,A61K | 9,492,312 | 2016-11-15 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a housing passageway configured to receive an insertion member, the housing defining a vacuum channel and a vacuum chamber, the vacuum channel in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber; an actuator at least partially disposed within the vacuum chamber such that movement of the actuator within the vacuum chamber produces a vacuum; and a head coupled to the housing, the head defining a head passageway in fluid communication with the vacuum channel of the housing, the head including a circular contact portion, the head passageway being centered in the circular contact portion, the circular contact portion configured to contact a surface associated with a cervix of a uterus, the contact portion configured to circumscribe an opening to a bodily cavity associated with the cervix, a side wall of the contact portion defining a volume that is configured to at least partially circumscribe the opening to the bodily cavity such that when the contact portion contacts the surface, the side wall and a portion of the surface substantially enclose the volume, a first end portion of the side wall disposed a first distance from the head passageway, a second end portion of the side wall disposed a second distance from the head passageway, the first distance being different than the second distance, the first end portion of the sidewall being a first point at the most distal end of an outermost circumferential edge of the sidewall and the second end portion of the sidewall being a second point at the most distal end of the outermost circumferential edge of the sidewall, the volume in fluid communication with the head passageway such that when the actuator is moved a vacuum source is exerted on the portion of the surface. |
G02F | 9,442,328 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A method for manufacture manufacturing a display device, the method comprising: forming a first subpixel electrode on a substrate; forming a sacrificial layer on the first subpixel electrode; forming a common electrode material layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a first insulating material layer on the common electrode material layer; forming a first roof layer and a second roof layer on the first insulating material layer, the first roof layer and the second roof layer including an organic material and being spaced from each other; etching the first insulating material layer using the first roof layer as a mask to form a first insulating layer; etching the common electrode material layer using the first roof layer as a shield to form a first common electrode member; forming a second insulating material layer on the first roof layer after the etching of the common electrode material layer; removing the sacrificial layer to form a first cavity between the first subpixel electrode and the first common electrode member; providing a first liquid crystal set into the first cavity through a space between the first roof layer and the second roof layer; and forming an encapsulation layer to confine the first liquid crystal set, wherein a first portion of the second insulating material layer is disposed on the first roof layer and a second portion of the second insulating material layer is disposed on the sacrificial layer, and wherein the second portion of the second insulating material layer is removed when performing the removing the sacrificial layer. |
G01H,H04R | 9,372,111 | 2016-06-21 | 1. An acoustic sensor comprising: a plate having a first distal end opposite a second distal end, the plate configured to rotate about an axis disposed between the first distal end and the second distal end; and a detector configured to detect a torque of the plate about the axis in response to received acoustic energy and to indicate a direction of a source of the acoustic energy relative to the sensor; and a first spring attached to the plate, wherein at least a portion of the first spring contains piezoelectric material. |
H03M | 9,236,878 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method comprising: sampling an analog signal at a sample and hold circuit to form a sample value; converting the sample value to form a first digital result; converting the sample value to form a second digital result; performing a full conversion when converting the sample value to form the first digital result; and using a reduced range when converting the sample value to form the second digital result. |
B21D,B21J,B21K,B23P,F16B,F16F,Y10T | 9,394,934 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A fastening method for fastening a nut to a bolt by screwing, the fastening method comprising: preparing a nut including a tool mounting portion formed on a side of a seat surface, and an annular thin portion formed on the tool mounting portion opposite to the seat surface, supporting the bolt at a position of the bolt opposite to where the nut is attached using a work support base which is configured to be movable along an axial direction of the bolt, and swaging a plurality of places of the thin portion with punches from an outer circumferential direction in a state where the nut is fastened to the bolt, wherein the swaging causes a thickness of the thin portion to plastically deform so as to extend to a front end of the bolt partially in a circumferential direction to be closely adhered to a screw portion of the bolt, and wherein the work support base and the bolt move in a direction opposite to the front end of the bolt in accordance with a progress of the swaging. |
G01R,H01L | 9,513,330 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method, comprising: setting a voltage level of a first through-body-via to a first voltage level; setting a voltage level of a second through-body-via to a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level; allowing charges on the first and second through-body-vias to redistribute between them to provide a common, third voltage level on the first and second through-body-vias, said third voltage level being between the first and second voltage levels and a function of the respective capacitances of the first and second through-body-vias; and determining whether the one or both of the first and second through-body-vias has a defect as a function of the common, third voltage level wherein the determining includes comparing the common, third voltage level to a first threshold level lower than the first voltage level, and comparing the common, third voltage level to a second threshold level higher than the second voltage level, wherein said second threshold level is higher than said first threshold level. |
A61K,A61P | 9,271,948 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A method for treating detrusor sphincter dyssynergia in a patient in need thereof, comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of 3-(15-hydroxypentadecyl)-2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one, a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof to said patient. |
H01L | 9,293,434 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A device, comprising: a substrate; and a functional element mounted on the substrate, the functional element including a plurality of electrodes disposed between a bottom surface of the functional element and a top surface of the substrate, wherein: |
G06F | 9,275,037 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A method for managing textual content of phrases, the method comprising the steps of: determining, by one or more processors, if a phrase is entered into a first field in a display, wherein the phrase contains textual content; determining, by one or more processors, a user name associated with the phrase entered into the first field of the display; querying, by one or more processors, a directory for information associated with the determined user name, wherein the information includes at least a list of titles and associated responsibilities of the determined user name; determining, by one or more processors, if a portion of the textual content of the phrase is present in a phrase dictionary, wherein the phrase dictionary contains textual content of one or more topics; and responsive to determining that the portion of the textual content of the phrase is not present in the phrase dictionary, determining, by or more processors, to not enter the portion of the textual content of the phrase in a second field of the display. |
G02F | 9,235,085 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: first and second substrates facing each other, the first substrate having a display region, a non-display region, and a seal pattern region disposed therebetween; a protection layer on the first substrate and having a first seal pattern groove in the seal pattern region; first and second dams on the second substrate and respectively disposed at both ends of the seal pattern region, the first and second dams configured to form a second seal pattern groove corresponding to the first seal pattern groove; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a common electrode on one of the first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and a seal pattern having one end inserted into the first seal pattern groove and the other end inserted into the second seal pattern groove, wherein the protection layer has a first thickness in the display region and in the non-display region, and the protection layer has a second thickness, which is non-zero and smaller than the first thickness, across the entire width of the seal pattern between the display region and the non-display region such that the seal pattern contacts an upper surface of the protection layer in the seal pattern region, and wherein an entire width of a portion of the protection layer having the second thickness is equal to an entire width between the first and second dams. |
A63B,H02K | 9,276,455 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A magnetic reluctance device, comprising: a casing comprising a metallic pipe, a first cover, and a second cover, the metallic pipe having a first end and a second end, the first cover being disposed at the first end of the metallic pipe and having a penetrating hole, and the second cover being disposed at the second end of the metallic pipe; an inner pipe rotatably disposed in the casing; a lead screw slidably disposed in the inner pipe and penetrating the penetrating hole; a magnet disposed on an outer wall surface of the inner pipe; at least a protruding unit protrudingly disposed on an inner wall surface of the inner pipe and abutting against a thread of the lead screw; at least a metallic element disposed in the metallic pipe and positioned proximate to the magnet; and an adjustment unit slidably disposed in the casing and connected to the metallic element to drive the metallic element to slide relative to the metallic pipe such that the position of the adjustment unit relative to the metallic pipe is fixed by the at least a through hole, wherein the metallic pipe comprises at least a through hole disposed on a lateral wall surface of the metallic pipe, the metallic element being annular and disposed in the metallic pipe. |
H04N | 9,479,837 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a television receiving system, a request to tune to a first channel of a plurality of television channels including one or more local channels and one or more satellite channels; determining whether the first channel is one of the one or more local channels; if it is determined that the first channel is one of the one or more local channels, then tuning to the first channel, using a tuner selected from one or more local tuners and one or more satellite tuners according to a hierarchy that prioritizes the one or more local tuners over the one or more satellite tuners, by: |
H04R | 9,232,296 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A method for transmitting wireless audio streams, the method performed by an audio system comprising a first transmitter unit, the method comprising: transmitting a first audio block in a first audio frame, the first audio block comprising a first primary audio package having a transmitter unit address of the first transmitter unit; transmitting a first primary pilot package, the first primary pilot package comprising the transmitter unit address of the first transmitter unit, a first primary time offset, and a channel identifier of a first primary audio package of a second audio block in a second audio frame; and transmitting the first primary audio package of the second audio block at a start time depending on the first primary time offset and the channel identifier. |
H04L,H04W | 9,432,831 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A method, implemented in a telecom node of a communications system, for controlling a grace period associated with a licensed capacity usage in the telecom node, wherein the licensed capacity usage is associated with a capacity license limit, the method comprising: measuring, in the telecom node and over a specific amount of time, the capacity usage overshooting the capacity license limit; when the measured capacity usage exceeds a preset value of an allowed capacity usage overshoot, triggering a grace period of the licensed capacity usage at the expiry of the specific amount of time, during which grace period capacity usage overshoot is allowed; and upon expiry of the grace period, enforcing the licensed capacity usage of the telecom node according to the capacity license limit unless the licensed capacity usage is increased. |
A61B | 9,351,757 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A catheter for removing material from a body lumen comprising: a tubular body having proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis, a side opening adjacent the distal end of the tubular body, and a lumen extending along the longitudinal axis of the tubular body; a rotatable shaft disposed within the lumen of the tubular body and having proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal axis extending between its proximal and distal ends; a ramp coupled to the tubular body adjacent the distal end of the tubular body and having an angular surface generally opposite the side opening; a flexible cutting element having proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis extending between its proximal and distal ends, and an axis of rotation extending between its proximal and distal ends, the proximal end of the cutting element being coupled to the rotatable shaft for imparting rotation of the cutting element about its axis of rotation, and the distal end of the cutting element having a cutting edge adapted to cut material from the body lumen; a cam follower fixedly secured to the rotatable shaft adjacent to the proximal end of the rotatable shaft and configured for coupling with a cylindrical cam of a handle for use with the catheter; a handle attached to the tubular body adjacent the proximal end of the tubular body, the handle including a motor, and a cylindrical cam coupled to the motor and to the cam follower, wherein the cutting element and the rotatable shaft are longitudinally moveable within the tubular body between a stored position, in which the cutting element is received in the tubular body, and a cutting position, in which the cutting element engages the angular surface of the ramp and is deflected along its longitudinal axis such that at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of the cutting element is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body and at least a portion of the cutting edge extends through the side opening, wherein the motor is configured to transmit rotation to the cylindrical cam to both impart translation to the cam follower to move the cutting element from the stored position to the cutting position and impart rotation to the cam follower when the cutting element is in the cutting position to rotate the cutting element about its axis of rotation. |
H04J,H04L,H04W | 9,253,787 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method for mitigating inter-cell interference by a base station in a cellular communication system, the method comprising: detecting cells to which same frequency resources are allocated; determining a starting time slot, at which resource allocation to each of the cells starts, as a different time slot for each of the cells based on a number of the detected cells and time slots constituting time resources of a related cell; in response to receiving a call setup request from a terminal, selecting a time slot based on the starting time slot and interference information of each of the time slots; and allocating a resource based on the selected time slot to the terminal. |
B65B,G01N,G06K,G06T,G07C | 9,366,639 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method for setting up or presetting a testing device for the optical testing of test objects during the production and/or packaging of cigarettes, the method comprising: a) displaying on a display means of the testing device a set of feature values for at least one visual feature characterizing the test object , the at least one visual feature being selected from the group consisting of physical, surface, and optical features of the test objects, and the set of feature values previously being stored in a data memory; b) selecting at least one of the displayed feature values by means of an input device of the testing device; c) in accordance with the selected at least one of the displayed feature values, using a computer to automatically select at least one test method that is suitable for the test object to be tested from a number of test methods that are stored in the data memory and by which the test objects are to tested with the testing device; d) using the computer to automatically set up or preset at least one testing element of the testing device, the testing element being selected from the group consisting of an evaluating device, an illuminating device, and a suitable light detector, for subsequent testing operations on the test objects, wherein the selection of the at least one of the displayed feature values influences the setting up or presetting of the testing device; and e) testing the test objects with the set-up or preset testing device, wherein the test objects are at least one of a cigarette pack and blank for a cigarette pack. |
G06F | 9,355,103 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A method, comprising: intercepting, by a storage server, write data comprising a request to change storage data in a server computing device, wherein the write data comprises one or more data blocks; dividing, by the storage server, the write data into at least one write data portion; generating, by the storage server, at least one write hash for each of the at least one write data portion, wherein the granularity of the generated at least one write hash is based at least in part on the size of the one or more data blocks in the write data; comparing, by the storage server, each of the generated at least one write hash to each of at least one cached hash, wherein each of the at least one cached hash corresponds to at least one portion of the storage data in the server computing device; and sending, by the storage server, a write request to the server computing device for the storage data corresponding to each of the compared at least one write hash that does not match the at least one cached hash. |
A61B,G16H,G16Z | 9,339,219 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A method for selectively displaying features of a first analyte monitoring device and a second analyte monitoring device, comprising: coupling a first analyte monitoring device or a second analyte monitoring device to a computer via a communication interface, wherein the first analyte monitoring device comprises a first plurality of analyte monitoring features selected from performing blood glucose measurements, performing blood ketone measurements, performing carbohydrate measurements, performing bolus insulin calculations, performing basal insulin calculations, and performing device personalization; and the second analyte monitoring device comprises a second plurality of analyte monitoring features selected from performing blood glucose measurements, performing blood ketone measurements, performing carbohydrate measurements, performing bolus insulin calculations, performing basal insulin calculations, and performing device personalization; receiving, with a processor of the computer, an indication that the first analyte monitoring device is communicatively coupled to the computer via the communication interface; determining, with the processor, a first plurality of application features corresponding with the first plurality of analyte monitoring features for the first analyte monitoring device; initiating, with the processor, a user interface application and display the first plurality of application features on a display of the computer; receiving, with the processor, an indication that the second analyte monitoring device is communicatively coupled to the computer via the communication interface; determining, with the processor, a second plurality of application features corresponding with the second plurality of analyte monitoring features for the second analyte monitoring device, and the second plurality of application features: modifying, with the processor, the user interface application to display on the display the application feature that is absent from the first plurality of application features, if a determination is made that the second plurality of application features include an application feature that is absent from the first plurality of application features, or modifying, with the processor, the user interface application to no longer display on the display the application feature that is present in the first plurality of application features but not in the second plurality of application features, if a determination is made that the second plurality of application features does not include the application feature present in the first plurality of application features. |
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