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G06F,G11B,H05K | 9,398,728 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A drive canister coupled to a storage subsystem, the drive canister comprising: a connector board for coupling with a storage controller controlling the storage subsystem; a detachable storage drive coupled to the connector board and a detachable semiconductor memory adapter board; and a wind direction plate for controlling a direction of cooling wind toward the storage drive and the semiconductor memory adapter board; wherein the wind direction plate changes an inclination of the wind direction plate according to a mounting status of the semiconductor memory adapter board so as to change the direction of cooling wind to the storage drive and the semiconductor memory adapter board; the storage drive and the storage controller are coupled via a single signal line of a plurality of signal lines; the semiconductor memory adapter board is coupled to the connector board via multiple signal lines of the plurality of signal lines including two or more lines having redundancy; the semiconductor memory adapter board has a semiconductor memory, and data read from the storage drive is stored in the semiconductor memory as a read cache area. |
H01J,H01Q | 9,299,554 | 2016-03-29 | 1. A Lucent Waveguide Electromagnetic Wave Plasma Light Source (LUWPL) comprising: a fabrication of solid-dielectric, lucent material, the fabrication providing at least: a Faraday cage: at least partially inductive coupling means for introducing plasma exciting electromagnetic waves into the waveguide at a position at least substantially surrounded by solid dielectric material; whereby on introduction of electromagnetic waves of a determined frequency a plasma is established in the void and light is emitted via the Faraday cage; the arrangement being such that there is: wherein: the at least partially inductive coupling means for introducing plasma exciting electromagnetic waves into the waveguide extends out of the first region and into the second region. |
G06T,H04N | 9,330,436 | 2016-05-03 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a common outer lens; a plurality of cameras in a camera array, each camera including a plurality of lenses, an image sensor, and a housing securing the plurality of lenses and image sensor such that, for each camera of the plurality of cameras, light passing through the common outer lens and through an aperture of the camera is directed by the plurality of lenses to be incident upon the image sensor; wherein each camera in the plurality of cameras is oriented at a pitch, roll, and yaw such that an image captured by a first camera in the plurality of cameras comprises an overlapping portion with at least one other camera in the plurality of cameras when images are synchronously captured by the plurality of cameras, and such that each camera in the plurality of cameras faces in a direction that converges in at least one dimension with a direction faced by at least one other camera in the plurality of cameras, wherein the pitch is greater than 60 degrees and less than 80 degrees. |
G01N,H01J | 9,261,437 | 2016-02-16 | 1. An attached matter inspection device comprising: a transport unit that transports an inspection object; a sampling chamber defined by a pair of side walls and an upper wall enclosing a part of a transport route of the transport unit; an air nozzle that sprays a gas onto the inspection object transported into the sampling chamber so as to peel sample fine particles attached to the inspection object; a collector that aspirates air in the sampling chamber together with the sample fine particles; and a separation unit that separates the sample fine particles from the aspirated air, wherein the air nozzle is disposed on one of the side walls defining the sampling chamber, and the collector is disposed under the other side wall, and the other side wall includes a groove portion extending in an upper-lower direction, the groove portion being connected to an opening portion of the collector. |
A61B,A61L | 9,247,941 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A process for forming a medical device comprising: approximating a film layer comprising cellulose fibers and a porous layer comprising cellulose fibers; contacting the approximated film layer and porous layer with a solvent suitable for swelling cellulose to join the film layer and porous layer to form the medical device as a multi-layered substrate without the use of an adhesive, wherein the medical device is an implantable hemostat and the film layer is bound to a surface of the porous layer by intertwined cellulose fibers of the film layer and the porous layer. |
H01L | 9,431,477 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a patterned substrate having a plurality of spaced apart features separated by a space wherein said plurality of features have inclined sidewalls, wherein said plurality of features is above a surface of the substrate in said space; and a Group III-Nitride film formed on said patterned substrate wherein said Group III-Nitride film has a first crystal orientation in said space between said plurality of features and wherein said Group III-Nitride film has a second crystal orientation on said inclined sidewalls of said features wherein the second crystal orientation is different than the first crystal orientation, and wherein said first crystal orientation formed in said space is formed on and over said second crystal orientation formed on said inclined sidewalls of said features. |
A61B,G01N | 9,320,463 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A noninvasive apparatus for measuring glucose, the apparatus comprising: a housing having at least a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region separated by a space; an energy source emitting an optical signal, the energy source positioned in the first region of the housing; a first optical polarizing unit for polarizing at least a portion of the optical signal to provide a first polarized energy, the first optical polarizing unit positioned in the first region of the housing; a second optical polarizing unit for polarizing at least a portion of the first polarized energy to provide a second polarized energy, the second optical polarizing unit positioned in the second region of the housing; a first optical detection unit for detecting at least some of the first polarized energy, the first optical detection unit positioned in the second region of the housing, the first optical detection unit having an output; a second optical detection unit for detecting at least some of the second polarized energy, the second optical detection unit positioned in the second region of the housing, the second optical detection unit having an output; and a circuit interfaced with and receiving the outputs of the first and second optical detection units, the circuit determining a glucose concentration. |
G06Q | 9,378,502 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A device comprising: at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to: receive a first factor for authentication; determine whether the first factor is correct; responsive to a determination that the first factor is correct, request a second factor for authentication; receive the second factor; determine whether the second factor is correct; responsive to a determination that the second factor is correct, return a first signal required to permit a transaction for a requested amount; responsive to a determination that the second factor is incorrect, return a second signal causing the transaction to be permitted for an amount not exceeding a non-zero threshold amount, regardless of whether the requested amount is greater than the threshold amount; and responsive to a determination that the first factor is incorrect, deny the transaction, or return the second signal. |
G06T | 9,495,729 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A display method applied in a first electronic device, the first electronic device having a data connection with a second electronic device and being capable of receiving control from the second electronic device, the first electronic device having a first display unit, the first display unit having a first display content, the first display content having a first associated parameter, the first display unit having a first resolution, the second electronic device having a second display unit, the second display unit having a second display content, the second display content having a second associated parameter, the second display unit having a second resolution as its current display resolution, the method comprising: obtaining a third display content based on the first display content when the first electronic device is controlled by the second electronic device; and transmitting the third display content to the second electronic device to cause the second electronic device to display a fourth display content based on the third display content, the fourth display content being different from the first display content, wherein the fourth display content contains a number K of first display objects, and when the fourth display content is displayed by the second display unit, each of the K first display objects is associated with a trigger area having a size larger than a preset trigger threshold in a second touch sensitive unit associated with the second display unit, wherein the preset trigger threshold is an area occupied by each of the K first display objects on the second display unit, and wherein the first display content is dividable into T discrete pages of display contents based on the first resolution and the second resolution, the T pages of display contents are associated with respective areas in the first display content that do not overlap each other, each of the T pages of display contents contains a number Q of first display objects, where 0≦Q≦K, and the fourth display content is one of the T pages of display contents that contains the first display objects. |
G06Q,H04W | 9,532,166 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a location tracking services server, a tracking packet from an electronic device associated with a location owner, wherein the location owner is a provider of goods and/or services, wherein the tracking packet includes a locating device identifier information field and a temporary period information field at least one of which contains no data or incomplete data, and wherein the tracking packet includes a unique transaction identifier that uniquely identifies the tracking packet as being associated with one and only one transaction between the location owner and a location consumer; sending, from the location tracking services server, a link to the electronic device associated with the location owner, wherein the link includes pointing data that points to the tracking packet; receiving, at the location tracking services server, from the electronic device associated with the location owner locating device identifier information that uniquely identifies an electronic device associated with a location provider selected by the location owner to fulfill the transaction, wherein the electronic device associated with the location owner sends the information using the link; updating, in the location tracking services server, the locating device identifier information field of the tracking packet to include the locating device identifier information; providing to an electronic device associated with the location consumer access to location data contained within the location tracking services server, wherein the location data enables the electronic device associated with the location consumer to display the geographical location of the electronic device associated with the selected location provider, and wherein the access to the location data is accessible to the electronic device associated with the location consumer only for a temporary period defined by the temporary period information field of the tracking packet. |
G06F | 9,235,596 | 2016-01-12 | 1. Apparatus associated with multiple filer entities, at least one of which creates and exports to a cloud data store one or more structured data representations comprising a versioned file system, wherein filer entities do not interact with one another, comprising: a processor; and computer memory storing computer program instructions executed by the processor (a) to enable sharing, as a volume, of the one or more structured data representations created and exported by the at least one filer entity by at least one other of the filer entities; (b) after sharing is enabled with respect to the one or more structured data representations, to manage distribution of a single, shared version identifier among the at least one filer entity and the at least other of the filer entities such that one and only one of the filer entities sharing the volume are enabled to create a new version of the versioned file system having that version identifier; wherein managing distribution of the single, shared version identifier includes restricting a time period during which the filer entities operate under the single, shared version identifier such that multiple filer entities are enabled to export structured data representations to the cloud data store concurrently. |
H01L | 9,368,498 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A dual channel FinFET device having at least one channel subjected to a mobility enhancement strain, the device comprising: a substrate comprising at least two fin structures separated by an isolation region, wherein each of the at least two fin structures is in physical contact with a source region and a drain region, wherein each of the at least two fin structures comprise: wherein, for a first fin structure, compositions of the upper layer and the SRB are selected such that the upper layer of the first fin structure is subjected to a mobility enhancing strain in an as-grown state, the mobility enhancing strain being applied in a longitudinal direction from the source region to the drain region, and wherein at least a portion of the upper layer of a second fin structure comprises a strain-relaxed upper layer. |
A46B,B08B,F28G | 9,517,496 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A tube cleaner comprising, a machine housing defining space for mounting a tape reel, a tape attached to the tape reel for forward and reverse movement of the tape through a length of a tube, a drive train for imparting forward and reverse movement to the tape reel and the tape, the machine housing having a tape outlet member for directing the tape into the tube, means for removably securing a first end of the tape to the tape reel, a brush assembly attached to a second and opposite end of the tape, the brush assembly comprising a brush head, means for securing the second end of the tape to the brush head, the brush head comprising a brush subassembly comprising a brush and a brush post secured to the brush head, the brush subassembly having a first normal position wherein the brush encounters minimum resistance between the brush and an interior surface of the tube on forward movement of the tape and the brush through the tube, the brush subassembly having a second cleaning position wherein the brush fully engages and cleans the interior surface of the tube on reverse movement of the tape and the brush through the tube, and the brush head comprising an end socket, the brush post nested in the end socket and secured in the end socket by a pivot pin so the brush is free to move from the first normal position to the second cleaning position. |
A01N | 9,288,990 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A herbicidal composition comprising a synergistic herbicidally effective amount of (a) penoxsulam, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and (b) pethoxamid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 1:480 to 1:60. |
H04B,H04J,H04W | 9,345,003 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A method in a network node for assisting a first wireless terminal in cancelling an interfering signal from a received signal in a wireless communication network, which the first wireless terminal is located in a first coverage area of a first base station, and which the interfering signal originates from a second base station and is intended for a second wireless terminal located in a second coverage area of the second base station in the wireless communication network, the method comprising: providing the first wireless terminal with a configuration information related to a common control channel associated with the second base station from which the interfering signal originates, and assisting the first wireless terminal in cancelling the interfering signal by providing information to the first wireless terminal about one or more of: a scheduling of the interfering signal and an identity of the second wireless terminal, which information is provided through an order related to said common control channel. |
A61K,C07K | 9,402,876 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition for hair growth comprising: a hair growth peptide, wherein the hair growth peptide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 31 and SEQ ID NO: 37; and a phosphate salt. |
H04L,H04W | 9,338,654 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to control access to communication services by a roaming wireless device, the instructions comprising instructions to: receive a request for roaming wireless device service information related to a roaming user; determine, at a home network of the roaming wireless device, if the user is to have access to the requesting system based on an operator determined barring (ODB) service designator assigned to a subset of service restrictions, and the subset of service restrictions are determined from a class of service (COS) designator assigned to the user and stored in the home network; if the user is determined to have access to a requesting system, determine, by the home network, to which services the user has access for the requesting system; and transmit, by the home network, user service information concerning which services the user has access to regarding the requesting system, wherein the instruction to determine which services the user has access is performed based on capabilities of the requesting system. |
G06F | 9,495,468 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A system for aggregating data obtained from remote data sources and presenting the aggregated data in a data-carousel-based graphical user interface, the system comprising: a data-aggregation system that receives requests for data items from a user device, accesses one or more internal data servers to retrieve the requested data, and returns the requested data to the user device; and the user device having at least one processor, one or more memories, a network interface, an electronic display, and processor instructions, stored in one or more of the one or more memories that, when executed by the at least one processor, control the user device to |
H02K | 9,343,930 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A stator for an electrodynamic machine having a plurality of segments and a plurality of connectors that are members separate from the segments, each of the separate connectors being releasably attachable to and assemblable with two adjoining segments in a manner such that the adjoining segments are operatively connected sequentially next to one another with the connector in a ring shape to define a core for the stator, each of the segments comprising a plurality of laminations arranged side by side forming a lamination stack with axially opposite sides, the lamination stack having an end cap abutting an axial side of the lamination stack, the end cap having first and second posts extending axially outward from the end cap, at least one of the posts defining a wire path for wire wound around the stack, each of the connectors comprising a bridge portion, the bridge portion having openings dimensioned to receive the posts of the two adjoining segments in a manner such that the connector is removably attachable to and assemblable with the post of the end cap of a segment and the post of the end cap of the adjoining segment of the stator assembly, the connector having an insulator portion projecting from the bridge portion, the insulator portion extending between the adjoining segments with the connector assembled with and removably attached to the adjoining segments. |
G06K,G06T | 9,378,551 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method for non-invasive lesion candidate selection in a patient's body, the method comprising: obtaining a number of first medical images of the patient's body; identifying lesion-like geometrical regions inside the first medical images of the patient's body by applying image processing methods and based on at least one of pixel and voxel characteristics of the first medical images, wherein the identifying is at least partly controlled by a number of patient-specific context features which are not directly extractable from the first medical images; selecting a number of the identified lesion-like geometrical regions as lesion candidates; wherein the identifying lesion-like geometrical regions includes applying a number of random decision trees, at least one of the random decision trees including decisions that are based on at least one of the patient-specific context features; and wherein the decisions based on the at least one of the patient-specific context features are arranged relatively closer to a root node of the at least one of the random decision trees than decisions based on the first medical images. |
G06F,H04L | 9,342,415 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A method of providing a bypass fail open mode for an inline intrusion prevention system comprising the steps of: executing by one or more processors a primary process utilizing a first single logical core as a control plane, the primary process; configuring one or more logical core pools, two or more network ports, and a bypass option; starting one or more bypass threads on at least one logical core separate from the first single logical core, wherein the bypass threads provide a fail-open communications processing between the network ports; and spawning a secondary process; while the primary process owns and performs frame processing using one or more bypass data plane threads: opening an interprocess communication channel by a secondary process control plane with the primary control plane; initializing and invoking by the secondary process one or more intrusion prevention threads comprising an intrusion prevention system data plane, wherein the one or more intrusion prevention threads are executed by one or more logical cores separate from the first logical core to process frames between the network ports; and notifying the primary process by the secondary process via the interprocess communication channel of readiness of the intrusion detection threads; and responsive to receiving the notification, the primary process relinquishing ownership of the network ports and frame processing operations and entering into a quiescent state such that mutual exclusivity between the primary process and the secondary process is achieved in the first logical core. |
H02M,Y02B | 9,374,012 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A power supply, comprising: a direct current (DC) to DC converter supplying main power to a load, the DC to DC converter and the load each having two terminals; and a sub converter connected to the DC to DC converter and reducing output loss wherein the sub-converter includes two sub switching elements which switch the main power from the DC to DC converter; and wherein one of the two sub switching elements is turned on in a predetermined nominal mode, and the two sub switching elements are periodically turned on and turned off in a predetermined hold up mode. |
G11C | 9,460,792 | 2016-10-04 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first plurality of memory subblocks of a memory block; a second plurality of memory subblocks of the memory block; a first select gate control line associated with the first plurality of memory subblocks, the first select gate control line coupled to a first plurality of select gate switches of the first plurality of memory subblocks, the first plurality of select gate switches coupled to a source; a second select gate control line associated with the second plurality of memory subblocks, the second select gate control line coupled to a second plurality of select gate switches of the second plurality of memory subblocks, the second plurality of select gate switches coupled to the source; a first select gate drain control line associated with a first memory subblock of the first plurality of memory subblocks, the first select gate drain control line coupled to a select gate drain switch of the first memory subblock of the first plurality of memory subblocks; a second select gate drain control line associated with a second memory subblock of the first plurality of memory subblocks, the second select gate drain control line coupled to a select gate drain switch of the second memory subblock of the first plurality of memory subblocks; and a plurality of memory access lines, each memory access line of the plurality of memory access lines associated with each memory subblock of the first plurality of memory subblocks and each memory subblock of the second plurality of memory subblocks. |
F21K,F21V,F21Y,H01J,H05B,Y02B,Y10S | 9,277,607 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A light engine, comprising: a solid state source comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a lighting industry standard lamp base, including connectors arranged in a standard three-way lamp configuration, for providing electricity from a three-way lamp socket; a housing mechanically connected to the lamp base; and circuitry in the housing connected to receive electricity from the connectors of the lamp base as standard three-way control setting inputs and to drive the LEDs, wherein the circuitry is configured to detect the standard three-way control setting inputs and to adjust the drive to the LEDs to selectively produce a plurality of different outputs responsive to the three-way control setting inputs. |
H01L,Y10S | 9,418,997 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising an N well region having a first semiconductor fin protruding therefrom and a P well region having a second semiconductor fin protruding therefrom, the first semiconductor fin spaced apart from the second semiconductor fin, wherein the N well region is directly adjacent to the P well region in the semiconductor substrate: a trench isolation layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate between the first and second semiconductor fins, wherein the first and second semiconductor fins extend above the trench isolation layer; a gate dielectric layer disposed on the first and second semiconductor fins and on the trench isolation layer, wherein the gate dielectric layer is continuous between the first and second semiconductor fins; a p type metal gate layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer over the first semiconductor fin but not over the second semiconductor fin, wherein the p type metal gate layer is further disposed on a portion of but not all of the trench isolation layer; and an n type metal gate layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer over the second semiconductor fin, wherein the n type metal gate layre is further disposed over the trench isolation layer and over the p type metal gate layer. |
C12N,C12Q,C12Y,G01N | 9,255,258 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A system comprising: a polymerase which is bound with a template nucleic acid molecule that is bound to a polymerization initiation site, and a nucleotide which is transiently bound to the active site of the polymerase in a template-dependent manner, and a cation that inhibits nucleotide incorporation by the polymerase, where the cation is present at a concentration that inhibits nucleotide incorporation by the polymerase, and where the polymerase is a mutant RB69 polymerase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5. |
H04L | 9,325,554 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A receiving device comprising: circuitry configured to accumulate the second preamble signal when the first preamble signal is detected; process the data signal based on the control information contained in the second preamble signal accumulated, the data signal being contained in the same frame as the second preamble signal accumulated; correct a detected carrier frequency error contained in the frame signal; estimate a guard interval (GI) length of the symbols forming the corrected frame signal based on part of the frame signal; determine the data amount of the P2 symbol based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size indicated by information contained in the P1 symbol and the GI length estimated by the circuitry; and read a signal having the determined data amount as the signal of the P2 symbol. |
H04L,H04W | 9,363,138 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method for bridging communications, the method comprising: for an individual cell tower: identifying a failed communications link between a first high speed gateway and a second packet gateway of a telecommunications system; bridging the first high speed gateway and the second packet gateway with a replacement gateway; communicating any data that is to be communicated from the first high speed gateway to the second packet gateway to the replacement gateway such that the data is communicated to the second packet gateway from the replacement gateway; identifying a reestablished communications link between the first high speed gateway and the second packet gateway; ceasing communication of data from the first high speed gateway to the replacement gateway; and resuming communication of data from the first high speed gateway to the second packet gateway. |
A01D | 9,345,195 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A soft fruit picking device, comprising: a fan comprising a motor, an inlet pipe configured to take in outside air, and an outlet channel to transport air away from the fan, a pulsator in connection with the outlet channel configured to receive air from the channel, the pulsator comprising a second motor and a rotor, wherein the rotor comprises a swivel pipe wherein the longitudinal axis of the pipe is oriented perpendicular to the direction of airflow entering the pulsator, the swivel pipe having i) a first pair of parallel openings, ii) a second pair of parallel openings located at a longitudinal distance from the first pair, and iii) a partition at a point along the longitudinal axis of the swivel pipe; and, a director channel configured to receive air from the pulsator comprising at least a first and second sub-channel through which the air flows, the first sub-channel being physically separated from the second sub-channel, wherein the first and second sub-channels each have at least one opening, the first sub-channel opening being positioned higher relative to the second sub-channel opening, wherein the air received by the pulsator is directed through the rotor such that the air is discharged out of one or both of the first sub-channel opening and the second sub-channel opening. |
A61B,A61F,A61G,G06K,G06Q,H01Q | 9,414,973 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A monitoring system configured to detect a surgical sponge having an RF tag, the system comprising: a handheld wand comprising an antenna and configured to be placed into proximity with a surgical patient; a mat comprising an antenna and configured to be placed into proximity with the surgical patient; and a control circuitry disposed in electronic communication with the handheld wand and with the mat, the control circuitry configured to selectively operate the handheld wand and the mat such that one or the other of the handheld wand and the mat emit a detection field, the same one or the other of the handheld wand and the mat further configured to detect a response signal of the RF tag, and the control circuitry further configured to initiate an alarm in response to detecting the response of the RF tag. |
H01G,Y10T | 9,251,957 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A multilayer ceramic condenser, comprising: a multilayer main body having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, the multilayer main body including: a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode formed on the first side and the third side of the multilayer main body; and a first side part and a second side part formed on the second side and the fourth side of the multilayer main body covering the dielectric layer of the main body, the first side part and the second side part being formed by a second ceramic dielectric powder having a smaller mean particle diameter than that of the first ceramic dielectric powder, wherein a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (“BET”) specific surface area of the second ceramic dielectric powder is set to be larger by 1 to 50 m |
G02B | 9,261,690 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A phase-contrast microscope system that observes a specimen comprising: an illumination optical system that illuminates the specimen with an illumination light from a light source; an imaging optical system that forms an image of the specimen from a light from the specimen; a first spatial modulation element that is disposed in a position of a pupil of the imaging optical system and changes an amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen; an image sensor that detects the image of the specimen by the imaging optical system and outputs a picture signal; a calculation section that calculates the amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen for observing the specimen on the basis of the output data detected by the image sensor and the amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen formed by the first spatial modulation element, wherein the first spatial light modulation element forms the amplitude distribution of the light from the specimen in different shapes sequentially, and wherein the calculation section calculates an optimum amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen to be used for observation of the specimen based on comparison of the output data for each of the different shapes. |
G03B | 9,482,933 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A projection apparatus, comprising: a light source module, comprising: a light source control module, comprising: an optical engine module, receiving the color beams to generate an image beam, wherein the control unit selects one of the color beams as a reference color beam, calculates a plurality of light intensity ratios between the color beams with the other colors and the reference color beam, and turns off the light source when any one of the light intensity ratios exceeding a predetermined ratio range is determined. |
G06K,G06T | 9,424,640 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A pathological diagnosis support apparatus which outputs a diagnostic region that is to be used as a target for diagnosis in a specimen image representing a specimen that is a target for pathological diagnosis, the pathological diagnosis support apparatus comprising: a target obtainment unit configured to obtain the specimen image and specimen information related to a scheme for preparing the specimen; a criterion obtainment unit configured to obtain, from a database, a criterion corresponding to the specimen information obtained by the target obtainment unit, the database associating, for each of a plurality of specimens, specimen information related to a scheme for preparing each of the plurality of specimens with a criterion indicating a condition of a positive rate which is to be satisfied by a region that is a target for diagnosis in a specimen image representing each of the plurality of specimens; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the specimen image obtained by the target obtainment unit, whether or not a positive rate calculated for each of regions in the specimen image satisfies a condition indicated by the criterion obtained by the criterion obtainment unit; and an output unit configured to output, as the diagnostic region, each of one or more regions having the positive rate determined by the determination unit to satisfy the condition indicated by the criterion, wherein the criterion associated in the database with the specimen information related to the scheme for preparing each of the plurality of specimens indicates an upper limit of a ratio of a total size of regions selected in descending order of the positive rate calculated for each of the regions in the specimen image representing the plurality of specimens, relative to a size of an entire region of the specimen image, and wherein the determination unit is configured to determine that a positive rate of each of one or more regions having a total size smaller than or equal to the upper limit indicated by the criterion satisfies the condition, the one or more regions being selected in descending order of the positive rate calculated for each of the regions in the specimen image. |
G01R,H02H | 9,316,671 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A method for sensing a fault in a protected unit included in a power system the protected unit being adapted to convey power from a first position in the protected unit to a second position, different from the first position, in the protected unit, or vice versa, wherein on a condition that a fault occurs in the protected unit at least one travelling wave is generated in the protected unit, wherein any distortion, attenuation and/or delay of the waveform of a wave due to propagation of the wave in the protected unit can be modeled by means of a propagation function, the method comprising: sensing at least one first current and at least one first voltage, respectively, in the first position; sensing at least one second current and at least one second voltage, respectively, in the second position; determining at least one first travelling wave current in the first position based on the at least one first current and the at least one first voltage; determining at least one second travelling wave current in the second position based on the at least one second current and the at least one second voltage; estimating at least one of the at least one first travelling wave current and the at least one second travelling wave current by applying the propagation function to the at least one second travelling wave current or to the at least one first travelling wave current, respectively; on a condition that the at least one first travelling wave current is estimated, comparing the estimated at least one first travelling wave current with the determined at least one first travelling wave current; on a condition that the at least one second travelling wave current is estimated, comparing the estimated at least one second travelling wave current with the determined at least one second travelling wave current; and based on the comparison or comparisons, determining whether there is a fault in the protected unit, on a condition that the at least one first travelling wave current is estimated: for each of the at least one first current and the at least one first voltage, determining a time when the respective current or voltage was sensed; and determining time information associated with the at least one first travelling wave current based on the time when the at least one first current and/or the at least one first voltage was sensed; on a condition that the at least one second travelling wave current is estimated: for each of the at least one second current and the at least one second voltage, determining a time when the respective current or voltage was sensed; determining time information associated with the at least one second travelling wave current based on the time when the at least one second current and/or the at least one second voltage was sensed, determining a time-shift function based on at least the determined time information and a propagation time period of a wave travelling from the first position to the second position, or vice versa; and prior to estimating at least one of the at least one first travelling wave current and the at least one second travelling wave current, applying the time-shift function to the propagation function so as to modify the propagation function, which subsequently is used in estimating at least one of the at least one first travelling wave current and the at least one second travelling wave current. |
G06F,Y02D | 9,417,667 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A touchscreen controller comprising: a touch input interface for connecting to a touch-sensitive overlay of a touchscreen display; a touch output interface, the touch output interface providing an output, to a main processor, in dependence on touch input received via the touch input interface; an orientation sensor control output interface for connecting to one or more orientation sensors; and an embedded processor coupled with the touch input interface, the touch output interface and the orientation sensor control output interface, the embedded processor configured to: wherein the embedded processor is distinct from the main processor, wherein the first period of time is a predetermined period of time. |
H04J,H04L,H04W | 9,419,760 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A radio communication system comprising a plurality of base station apparatuses that transmit desired signal measurement reference signals for measuring a channel state, and interference estimation reference signals, and a user terminal that connects with the plurality of base station apparatuses via radio links, wherein: each base station apparatus comprises: a determining section configured to determine resources where the desired signal measurement reference signals and the interference estimation reference signals are allocated; and a reference signal generating section configured to apply scrambling sequences and generate the interference estimation reference signals; and wherein, when at least the determining section allocates the interference estimation reference signals and interference estimation reference signals transmitted from another transmission point or from a plurality of other transmission points to the same resources, the reference signal generating section controls the scrambling sequence so that varying scrambling sequences are applied between a plurality of transmission points or transmission point groups where the interference estimation reference signals are allocated to the same resources, and wherein the determining section determines the resources such that the interference estimation reference signals are randomly arranged in a downlink data channel region. |
A61B,H01Q,Y10T | 9,379,444 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method of constructing a dipole antenna, comprising: providing a pair of mold halves; placing a feedline and a radiating portion within a cavity formed by the pair of mold halves, the radiating portion including a proximal portion and a distal portion separated from the proximal portion; mating the pair of mold halves together to house the feedline and radiating portion within the cavity; and injecting a polyimide material through at least one inflow slot disposed through the mold halves into the cavity to adhere the distal portion to the proximal portion. |
E21B | 9,303,494 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A hydro-mechanical slot-type perforator comprising: a casing; an upper piston movable within the casing; a lower piston movable within the casing; a cutting unit located below the upper piston and above the lower piston; said cutting unit includes: cutting tools, and an extension mechanism for extending and retracting said cutting tools; said extension mechanism includes: an upper shackle having an upper movable part, and a lower shackle having a lower movable part; wherein: said cutting tools are mounted on the upper movable part and on the lower movable part; said upper shackle is configured to rotate around an axle during a downward stroke of said upper piston enabling the upper piston to act upon the upper shackle; said lower shackle is configured to rotate around an axle during an upward stroke of said lower piston enabling the lower piston to act upon the lower shackle; and the lower piston is moved by pressurized fluid supplied thereto through at least one hydraulic channel made in the casing, or through a hydraulic system. |
G06F | 9,400,717 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A system for processing data, comprising: a deduplicating system for storing data segments, wherein the deduplicating system stores a copy of data stored in a data storage system by storing a set of segments that is able to reconstruct the data stored in the data storage system; an interface for receiving an indication to revert data stored in the data storage system to a state of data at a snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system; and a processor configured to: |
B60K,B60Q,B62D,Y10T | 9,308,856 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A steering apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a steering grip configured for gripping to facilitate control of a vehicle, the steering grip being rotatable; a light element associated with a PCB (printed circuit board); the PCB mounted to the steering grip; and a processor disposed on the PCB and in electrical communication with the PCB, the processor configured to direct at least a portion of the operation of the light element in response to receiving information that the vehicle is on, an autonomous driving system is off, and a human touch detection sensor associated with the steering grip does not detect human touch. |
G03F,H01L | 9,280,049 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A pattern formation method comprising: forming a resist film on a treatment target material, the resist film being a positive resist film; processing the resist film into resist patterns; coating a cross-link film or a coating agent, which protects the resist film from a self-organizing material, onto the resist film; applying the self-organizing material onto the resist film having the cross-link film or the coating agent coated thereon; thermally treating the self-organizing material to achieve phase separation; and removing a part of the self-organizing material which has been phase-separated. |
G06F | 9,268,831 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A system for receiving extracted data from a source database without a need for a data warehouse for subsequent analysis comprising: (a) an application server comprising at least one physical processor, the application server configured to: (b) a set of measures for interrogating the data tables, each measure of the set of measures having associated therewith one or more dimensions for filtering the transformed data, wherein each of the one or more dimensions can be referenced by each of the plurality of data tables using a node key associated with each of the one or more dimensions, and wherein a given data table can be filtered by joining the single hierarchy table to the given data table using the existing attribute associated with the node key and filtering the hierarchy table by a portion of the node key; and (c) a user controllable interface configured to receive a user selection of one or more dimensions to be used to filter a measure from the set of measures and provide an output representative of the filtered measure; wherein the notation for a child node comprises an identifier of a parent node and an identifier of the child node, wherein the identifier of the parent node and the identifier of the child node are separated by at least one separating character that is not an operator. |
A61K,A61P | 9,364,432 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method of treating a delayed complication of a brain injury that deposits blood in a subarachnoid space of the brain, wherein the brain injury is mediated by decreased cerebral perfusion, comprising: a) providing a microparticulate composition comprising (i) a microparticulate suspension comprising a therapeutic amount of at least one therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a calcium channel antagonist, an endothelin (ET) receptor antagonist, and a transient receptor potential (TRP) channel antagonist, wherein the microparticulate formulation comprises a plurality of microparticles of a uniform distribution of microparticle size, and wherein each microparticle comprises a matrix, (ii) and a pharmaceutical carrier comprising an agent that affects viscosity of the suspension, b) administering the composition locally into a cerebral ventricle so that the microparticulate suspension flows from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the cerebral ventricle into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the subarachnoid space before releasing the therapeutic agent in the subarachnoid space without entering systemic circulation in an amount to cause unwanted side effects. |
H04L,H04W | 9,516,663 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method for operating a communications apparatus, comprising: mapping a Rank Indicator (RI) control signal to a first symbol; mapping an ACK/NACK control signal to a second symbol; mapping a reference signal (RS) control to a third symbol, wherein the first, second and third symbols are consecutive in time; and transmitting a sequence of symbols wherein the Rank Indicator (RI) control signal is mapped to the first symbol, the ACK/NACK control signal is mapped to the second symbol and the reference signal (RS) control signal is mapped to the third symbol. |
F16L,G05D,Y10T | 9,353,899 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A water hammer recognizing and energy saving water hammer prevention system comprising: a plurality of contact switches or a level sensor part mounted inside an air chamber so as to sense a level variation ΔH and a pressure sensor part mounted inside the air chamber so as to sense a pressure variation ΔP; and a controller adapted to compare the level variation ΔH and the pressure variation ΔP with reference values ±Hr, ±Pr and set values ±Hs, ±Ps inputted through a control panel so as to recognize the occurrence of water hammer and thus to control an air compressor and an exhaust valve in accordance with the recognized result so as to reduce the water hammer in a main pipe, wherein under the control of the selective on/off operations of a plurality of pumps so as to control the capacity of the main pipe in accordance with the change of the use environment, if the pressure variation ΔP and the level variation ΔH sent from the pressure sensor part and the level sensor part are within the ranges of the reference values ±Pr, ±Hr during set time T, a normal mode is recognized through the controller, and if the pressure variation ΔP and the level variation ΔH are within the ranges of the set values ±Ps, ±Hs during the set time T, a safe mode is recognized through the controller, so that in case of the normal mode or the safe mode, the exhaust valve and the air compressor connected to the air chamber are operated to a set state, and in case of the deviation from the safe mode, if the pressure variation ΔP is higher than the set value Ps and the water hammer is recognized by comparing pressure wave reaching time μ with the set time T, the operation of the exhaust valve or the air compressor stops to adjust the pressure and level of the air chamber. |
H04L,H04W | 9,369,258 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method for coordinating transmissions between devices, comprising: associating a first set of devices with a first group, the first group representing devices with a peer-to-peer connection and that are associated with a first access point, a second set of devices associated with a second group, the second group representing devices with a peer-to-peer connection and that are associated with a second access point; receiving, from a first device in the first set of devices, a peer request to send message requesting a first time for transmissions with a second device in the first set of devices; reserving the first time for transmissions between the first device and the second device and a second time different than the first time for communications with the first access point; transmitting a coordination message to the first set of devices and the second set of devices, the coordination message indicating that the first time is reserved for transmissions between the first set of devices and between the second set to devices; and transmitting a first data packet to a third device in the first set of devices during the second time, the first device transmitting a second data packet to the second device during the first time. |
A23B,A23L,A47J,H05B | 9,247,841 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method of preparing food comprising: providing an electrically conductive vessel to prepare food, said vessel including a rectification circuit comprising: said rectification circuit transforming a high frequency AC signal received at said coil into a rippled, rectified AC current; and supplying said rippled, rectified AC current between said first and second connection points so as to create a reducing environment of available electrons for absorption by the food. |
A63F,F41A,G10H | 9,364,748 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A system for detecting aspects of motion related to moving a hand-held device, the system comprising: a processing system having at least one processor, the processing system configured to: |
A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,C12Y,G01N | 9,315,794 | 2016-04-19 | 1. An isolated polynucleotide that encodes an aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (DRS) polypeptide which consists of a sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:16 or 14, or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:16 or 14 which is 220 or more contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:16 or 14, wherein the polynucleotide is selected from (a) a cDNA polynucleotide and (b) a modified mRNA polynucleotide. |
A45C,B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,B65D,C08L,G02B,G02C | 9,492,951 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic device, comprising: (a) providing at least one unmodified water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer and wherein the at least one unmodified water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer is a vinyl alcohol copolymer essentially free of ethylene units; (b) using the at least one unmodified water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer to form at least one of a first mold member and a second mold member, the first mold member comprising a molding surface configured to mold an anterior surface of the ophthalmic device and the second mold member comprising a molding surface configured to mold a posterior surface of an ophthalmic device, the first mold member and the second mold member configured to form an ophthalmic device-shaped cavity therebetween when combined as a mold assembly; (c) placing a polymerizable composition comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer in the first mold member or the second mold member; (d) assembling the mold assembly by contacting the first mold member and the second mold member so as to form the ophthalmic device-shaped cavity therebetween with the polymerizable composition contained in the ophthalmic device-shaped cavity of the mold assembly; and (e) curing the polymerizable composition in the mold assembly to form a cast-molded polymerized reaction product in the ophthalmic device-shaped cavity of the mold assembly, the polymerized reaction product comprising a polymeric ophthalmic device body. |
H04W | 9,313,642 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A method for distributing of user equipment context in an evolved packet system, including a plurality of user equipment, at least one eNodeB, at least a first mobility management entity and a second mobility management entity, and at least one serving gateway connected to at least the first and second mobility management entities, the plurality of user equipment being connected via one of the eNodeBs to the second mobility management entity and to the at least one serving gateway, a user equipment context for each of the plurality of user equipment each being stored at the second mobility management entity, the method comprising: a) transferring in bulk all user equipment contexts of the plurality of user equipment contexts stored at the second mobility management entity to the first mobility management entity within a first transfer time, each user equipment context including, for each user equipment, a mobility management entity code; b) reconfiguring the mobility management entity codes by and in the first mobility management entity; c) storing said transferred user equipment contexts of the plurality of user equipment in the first mobility management entity; and d) transferring the reconfigured mobility management entity codes to the at least one eNodeB. |
G02B,G06T,G08B,H04B,H04W | 9,342,966 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by a computer processor of an eyewear based computing system, that a user is in possession of a restricted apparatus restricted based on a specified geographical location, wherein said eyewear based computing system comprises an optical eyewear mounted display used by said user for displaying information and images to said user, and wherein said eyewear based computing system comprises a video retrieval apparatus and global positioning system (GPS) apparatus internal to said eyewear based computing system; executing, by said computer processor via said video retrieval apparatus, a video based process associated with said restricted apparatus and a location associated with said user, wherein said executing said video based process comprises: determining that said video retrieval apparatus is enabled; retrieving, from said video retrieval apparatus, video data associated with said location associated with said user, wherein said location comprises a current geographical location of said user; analyzing said video data; and generating, based on results of said analyzing, a visual indication specifying general restrictions associated with said location, wherein said visual indication is derived from a visual sign, at said location, presenting said general restrictions; executing, by said computer processor via said GPS apparatus, a GPS based process associated with said restricted apparatus and said location associated with said user; determining, by said computer processor based on results of said video based process and said GPS based process, specified restrictions associated with said restricted apparatus with respect to said location associated with said user; and presenting, by said computer processor, said specified restrictions to said user, wherein said visual sign comprises an indicator selected from the group consisting of a sign comprising text defining said restrictions, a sign comprising a visual indicator defining said restrictions, and a sign comprising text and a visual indicator defining said restrictions. |
B60R,B60W,B62D,G08G,G09G,H04N | 9,495,876 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A vehicular camera system, comprising: a rear backup camera comprising a lens and having a field of view that encompasses a rear bumper of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular camera system; wherein said rear backup camera comprises an image sensor and a housing; wherein the lens and the image sensor are mounted within the housing at a selected position relative to each other, and wherein the image sensor receives raw images from the lens and captures image data; a controller, wherein for at least one raw image, the controller is operable to (i) compare captured image data of the rear bumper present in the field of view of said rear backup camera to a known shape of the rear bumper of the vehicle, (ii) responsive to the comparison, determine a distortion correction that is indicative of distortion of the rear bumper in the raw image relative to the known shape of the rear bumper and (iii) apply the distortion correction to the raw image to generate a dewarped image by stretching and compressing portions of the raw image so that the rear bumper in the dewarped image corresponds to the known shape of the rear bumper; a display screen disposed in the vehicle and operable to display dewarped images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle while the driver is operating the vehicle; wherein the controller is operable to identify a portion of a trailer in the captured image data and, responsive at least in part to identifying the portion of the trailer, is further operable to determine the position of the portion of a trailer in the field of view of the rear backup camera and rearward of the vehicle, and wherein the controller, responsive to the determined position of the portion of the trailer, is operable to apply a first overlay at the portion of the trailer in a first displayed dewarped image to produce an initial displayed dewarped image, and wherein the controller is operable to thereafter maintain the first overlay in a fixed position in subsequent displayed dewarped images, and wherein the portion of the trailer in subsequent displayed dewarped images is movable relative to the first overlay; and wherein the controller, responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, is operable to display a second overlay in displayed dewarped images, and wherein the controller is operable to thereafter move the second overlay in subsequent displayed dewarped images relative to the fixed first overlay as the vehicle is driven to assist the driver of the vehicle in reversing the vehicle towards the trailer. |
H04W | 9,420,599 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A mobile communications device, comprising: a clock source; a first radio module communicating with a communications device in compliance with a first protocol; a second radio module communicating with a base station in compliance with a second protocol; and a Co-Located Coexistence (CLC) radio manager, comprising a processing circuit, receiving a traffic pattern from the first radio module indicating a first traffic allocation for the first radio module, obtaining timing information of the base station, obtaining a native reference clock from the clock source, converting values of the traffic pattern into the native reference clock counts, aligning the converted traffic pattern with the timing information of the base station, converting the aligned traffic pattern into a plurality of OFDMA frames or OFDMA sub-frames of the timing information, generating one or more CLC bitmaps for the first radio module, and transmitting the generated CLC bitmaps to the base station via the second radio module to recommend a second traffic allocation of the OFDMA frames or the OFDMA sub-frames, wherein the second traffic allocation is an OFDMA traffic allocation and the timing information of the base station is a OFDMA frame clock or a OFDMA sub-frame clock; wherein the traffic pattern comprises information indicating whether the traffic pattern is for reception or for transmission, a duration indicating the length of time required by the traffic pattern for each repetition thereof, and a repeating interval of the traffic pattern. |
G06T,H04N | 9,373,150 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A projector which projects an image together with another projector connected thereto, comprising: an accepting unit which accepts an operation by a user and a command from the other projector; a storage unit which stores mode information indicating a control mode of the projector; and a processing executing unit, in the case where mode information indicating that the projector operates interlocking with the other projector is stored in the storage unit, the processing executing unit executes processing corresponding to the command irrespective of the operation when the command is accepted by the accepting unit and executes processing corresponding to a predetermined startup operation accepted by the accepting unit irrespective of the command in response to the startup operation being accepted by the accepting unit, wherein the projector retains a slave status and the other projector retains a master status. |
H04R | 9,456,280 | 2016-09-27 | 1. An electromagnetic transducer comprising, a frame including a receiving space, an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; an assistant member made of metal material and including a base body attached on the upper surface, and at least two first connecting arms extending from the base body in a direction toward the lower surface and penetrating the frame from the upper surface to the lower surface; a suspension received in the receiving space, and assembled with the frame via connected to the first connecting arms; a magnetic circuit unit suspended in the receiving space by the suspension, and including a magnetic gap; a diaphragm facing the magnetic circuit unit and mounted on the frame; a voice coil partially received in the magnetic gap for driving the diaphragm to vibrate and generate sound. |
G06F | 9,477,447 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A method comprising: causing, in a first system, display of a plurality of semantic representations of software extension components for an application of a second system; generating, using one or more hardware processors, a new semantic representation of a software extension for the application based on at least two of the plurality of semantic representations of software extension components selected by a user; generating an adaptation object comprising the new semantic representation of the software extension and at least one associated software object; identifying, using the one or more hardware processors, the at least one associated software object based on an adaptation type of the adaptation object; and exporting the adaptation object from the first system based on receiving a user request. |
A61B,A61F,A61L,A61M | 9,375,315 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A system for resurfacing at least one carrying contacting surface of the joint, the system comprising: a mould adapted to be introduced into a joint of a human patient for receiving material for resurfacing at least one carrying contacting surface of the joint, and a material adapted to be injected into said mold, when implanted, and wherein said mould comprises a mould material adapted to chemically react with the injected material such that said mould melts or is resorbed by the human body after having received the injected material and thus served its purpose. |
B25J,Y10S | 9,457,477 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A suction gripper comprising: a contacting pillow comprising a plurality of particles inside a non-rigid membrane that allow the contacting pillow to conform to a shape of an object when the contacting pillow is pressed against the object; a plurality of suction cups arranged on the non-rigid membrane of the contacting pillow; and a vacuum system coupled to the contacting pillow and to the plurality of suction cups, wherein the vacuum system is configured to: |
G06K | 9,418,303 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method of traffic sign recognition that analyzes and classifies image data provided by a sensor in an information processing unit, wherein an initial image detail that sufficiently probably contains an image of an entire actual traffic sign belonging to a particular class of traffic signs is determined from results of an analysis of the image data, a class-specific feature of the entire actual traffic sign is identified in the initial image detail at a location away from a geometric center of the entire actual traffic sign relative to an outer border of the entire actual traffic sign that extends around an outer perimeter of the entire actual traffic sign, the initial image detail is modified by shifting the class-specific feature so as to thereby produce a modified image detail that contains an image of an entire modified traffic sign, which corresponds to the image of the entire actual traffic sign except that the class-specific feature has been shifted to a geometric center of the entire modified traffic sign relative to the outer border thereof in the modified image detail and thereby replaces what is at the geometric center of the entire actual traffic sign in the initial image detail, and except that at least one adjacent image region is padded with filler pixels, wherein the at least one adjacent image region is adjacent to the class-specific feature in the entire modified traffic sign in the modified image detail, and the modified image detail is submitted to a classificator which evaluates the image of the entire modified traffic sign with the class-specific feature at the geometric center of the entire modified traffic sign in the modified image detail by a learning-based algorithm to recognize the entire modified traffic sign. |
B23Q,Y02P,Y10T | 9,339,908 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A machine tool, comprising: a table on which a workpiece is to be placed; a column comprising a spindle to which a tool for machining the workpiece is attached; a bed on which the table and the spindle are disposed; and covers which include wherein each of the side bottom parts connecting the bed to the respective lower ends of the side covers comprises a slope that is gradually inclined outward from the bed and downward to the respective lower end of the respective side cover. |
H01Q | 9,413,072 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A method for installing an antenna device comprising: one dipole antenna exciter including a first columnar sub-conductor, a second columnar sub-conductor and a first main columnar conductor; and another dipole antenna exciter including a second main columnar conductor and a U-shaped conductor bent into a U-shape; wherein the method comprises: a lower-side-columnar-conductor installing process including: a lower-side-columnar-conductor electrical connecting process of connecting electrically the first columnar sub-conductor and the second columnar sub-conductor with the first main columnar conductor; an upper-side-columnar-conductor installing process of fastening a base end portion of the second main columnar conductor to an opposite surface of an upper center dielectric spacer, mounted on a tip portion of the first main columnar conductor, to a surface mounted on the tip portion of the first main columnar conductor, and of setting up the second main columnar conductor; an upper-dielectric-spacer mounting process of mounting a first upper dielectric spacer on a tip portion of the first columnar sub-conductor, and mounting a second upper dielectric spacer on a tip portion of the second columnar sub-conductor; an U-shaped-conductor fastening process in which, an one end of the U-shaped conductor bent in the U-shape is fastened to an opposite surface of the first upper dielectric spacer to a surface mounted on the tip portion of the first columnar sub-conductor, another end of the U-shaped conductor is fastened to an opposite surface of the second upper dielectric spacer to a surface mounted on the tip portion of the second columnar sub-conductor, and a center portion of the U-shaped conductor is fastened to a tip portion of the second main columnar conductor; and a wiring process of connecting electrically one line of a power feeding portion to the second main columnar conductor, and connecting electrically another line of the power feeding portion to the first main columnar conductor. |
G09B | 9,299,264 | 2016-03-29 | 1. A computing device for providing sound assessment and remediation for a plurality of sounds caused by a user, the computing device comprising: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: a graphical user interface displayed by a screen associated with the computing device, wherein: a microphone, wherein: |
G06F,H01R,H05K | 9,313,913 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A stacked connector alignment system, comprising: a base member that defines a board connector channel and that includes at least one board mounting feature that is configured to mount the base member to a board that includes a board connector such that the board connector is located immediately adjacent the board connector channel; a plurality of first alignment members that extend from the base member on opposite sides of the board connector channel, wherein the plurality of first alignment members define a first alignment channel that is configured to align a primary first component connector on a first component with the board connector along a first axis when the base member is mounted to the board; and a plurality of second alignment members that extend from the base member in a spaced apart relationship from the plurality of first alignment members, wherein the plurality of second alignment members define a second alignment channel that is configured to align a second component connector on a second component with a secondary first component connector on the first component along the first axis when the primary first component connector on the first component is connected to the board connector. |
B64D,G06F,G08G,G09G,H04L | 9,483,949 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A system for universal management, control and operation of a plurality of different avionics devices, comprising: (a) a plurality of communications links, each coupled to a different one of the plurality of different avionics devices so as to communicate therewith according to a communications protocol associated with the one of the plurality of different avionics devices to which it is coupled; (b) a front panel including a display device and a plurality of user input components; and (c) a processor that is coupled to each of the plurality of communications links, the processor configured to display data from each of the different avionics devices on the display device so that the data from each of the different avionics devices is shown in a different graphical user interface on the display device and so that each graphical user interface conforms to a common display format, the processor further configured to receive user input for a selected one of the avionics devices through at least one of the plurality of user input components and to transmit the user input to the selected one of the avionics devices through one of the plurality of communication links that is coupled to the selected one of the avionics devices. |
C12N | 9,228,206 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A method of transferring a foreign gene into a target cell using a retroviral vector, the method comprising the following steps (a) to (e): (a) immobilizing a retrovirus-binding substance on an inner surface of a bag for cell culture; (b) placing a liquid containing a retroviral vector carrying a foreign gene in the bag obtained by step (a), followed by incubation with shaking at a temperature of less than 25° C. for 8 to 48 hours to obtain the bag to which the retroviral vector is bound; (c) adding a target cell into the bag obtained by the step (b), followed by incubation for 1 to 4 hours; (d) turning the bag obtained by step (c) upside down; and then (e) incubating the bag obtained by step (d) while upside down. |
H03K,H05B | 9,468,069 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method comprising: generating a first pulse sequence using a first pulse-width modulator, the first pulse sequence having a first pulse period corresponding to a high frequency; generating a modulating pulse sequence using a second pulse-width modulator, the modulating pulse sequence having a second pulse period corresponding to a low frequency, wherein generating each modulating pulse in the modulating pulse sequence includes perturbing a width of the modulating pulse by a perturbation amount, the perturbation amount being in a range corresponding to the first pulse period, and wherein different modulating pulses in the sequence are perturbed by different amounts; and modulating the pulse train using the sequence of modulating pulses to produce an output electrical signal. |
G06F | 9,372,840 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a document having a plurality of pages from a repository; dividing a job to convert the plurality of pages to a plurality of page images into a plurality of created job chunks, each created job chunk specifying a range of increasing page numbers that correspond to a subset of the plurality of pages; dispatching a first created job chunk to convert a first subset of pages in a first range of increasing page numbers to a first subset of page images; storing the first subset of page images in the repository; dispatching a second created job chunk to convert a second subset of pages in a second range of increasing page numbers to a second subset of page images; storing the second subset of page images in the repository, wherein the first subset of page images are stored in the repository before the second subset of page images are stored in the repository, and the first subset of pages appear in the document before the second subset of pages appear in the document; receiving a real-time user request to convert a specific page to a page image; creating and dispatching a third job chunk to convert a third subset of pages, in a third range of increasing page numbers which ranges from at least one page before the user-requested specific page to at least one page after the user-requested specific page, to a third subset of page images, which ranges from at least one page image before the page image to at least one page image after the page image, before dispatching a previously created fourth job chunk to convert a fourth subset of pages in a fourth range of increasing page numbers comprising the specific page to a fourth subset of pages images; and storing the third subset of page images in the repository, wherein the first created job chunk specifies the first range of increasing page numbers, the second created job chunk specifies the second range of increasing page numbers, the third created job chunk specifies the third range of increasing page numbers, the second range of increasing page numbers directly follows the first range of increasing page numbers, and at least one page number exists between the second range of increasing page numbers and the third range of increasing page numbers. |
B62M,Y10T | 9,499,234 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A bicycle component control apparatus for controlling a plurality of bicycle components, the bicycle component control apparatus comprising: a user operating device that is a single device; an electric actuating unit controlled in response to operation of the user operating device to selectively control the plurality of bicycle components; an electric control unit configured to be operable by the user independently from the user operating device; an electrically controlled valve configured to be connected to the electric control unit and controlled by user operation of the electric control unit, the electrically controlled valve further being configured to be attached to the plurality of bicycle components, the electrically controlled valve having a plurality of component operating positions each corresponding to one of the plurality of bicycle components to alternatively select one of the plurality of bicycle components to be operated, the component operating positions of the valve being set by the electric control unit in response to user operation of the electric control unit; and a hydraulic unit configured to be simultaneously attached to the plurality bicycle components by the electrically controlled valve and fluidly connected to the plurality of bicycle components based on a selected one of the plurality of component operating positions, the hydraulic unit fluidly controlling one of the plurality of bicycle components corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of operating positions in response to actuation of the electric actuating unit by the user operating device. |
H04L | 9,240,929 | 2016-01-19 | 1. A computer-implemented method for network duplication, comprising: under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving a request to duplicate a first network that includes one or more virtual devices and that overlays one or more physical networks, the request having one or more parameters that each specifies a condition for how closely a duplicate network should match the first network, the first network including one or more devices selected from a group consisting of servers, storage volumes, switches, hubs, firewalls, bridges, and gateways; processing the request to create the duplicate network by creating, in accordance with the one or more parameters, a plurality of virtual duplicate devices each corresponding to a device in the first network and arranging the created virtual duplicate devices in the duplicate network to overlay the one or more physical networks in accordance with a manner in which the first network overlays the one or more physical networks; and providing access to the duplicate network. |
H04M,H04W | 9,374,800 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A method of determining location of a user of a mobile device, the method comprising: determining data in Call Detail Records (CDRs) related to current user; determining base stations associated with communication locations of the current user and corresponding statistical data about communication frequency according to the determined data in the CDRs; and determining location of the current user based on at least three determined base stations and the corresponding statistical data about communication frequency as well as physical coordinates of the three base stations. |
H01L | 9,397,081 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A fabrication method of a semiconductor package, comprising the steps of: providing a carrier having opposite first and second surfaces; forming at least an opening on the first surface of the carrier, wherein the opening has a bottom portion; forming a plurality of conductive traces on the first surface of the carrier, and the bottom portion and side walls of the opening; disposing a first semiconductor element in the opening, wherein the first semiconductor element has a first active surface with a plurality of first electrode pads and a first inactive surface opposite to the first active surface, and the first active surface faces the bottom portion of the opening so as for the first electrode pads to be electrically connected to the conductive traces; disposing a second semiconductor element on the first semiconductor element, wherein the second semiconductor element has a second active surface with a plurality of second electrode pads which are exposed from the opening, and a second inactive surface, opposite to the second active surface, attached to the first inactive surface of the first semiconductor element; and forming a redistribution layer structure on the first surface of the carrier and the second active surface of the second semiconductor element for being electrically connected to the conductive traces and the second electrode pads on the second active surface of the second semiconductor element. |
H04L | 9,401,826 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A signal processor comprising: circuitry configured to receive a plurality of receive signals, and estimate, from the plurality of receive signals, frequency-domain channel vectors of transmission channels based on an iterative blind channel estimation algorithm, which exploits cross-relations between pairs of the receive signals and which is modified by a term considering a change in a sparseness measure obtained from the estimated frequency-domain channel vectors, wherein each said receive signal is assigned to another one of the transmission channels and originates from a same transmit signal. |
G10L,H04R | 9,402,131 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A buffer coupled to an acoustic motor, the buffer having an input and an output, the input having an input voltage and the output having an output voltage, the buffer being coupled to a load, the buffer comprising: an input transistor having a gate, a source, and a drain, the input transistor having a gate-to-drain capacitance, the input transistor also having an area; push-pull transistor circuitry coupled to the input transistor; wherein under a first set of operating conditions, a gate to source voltage of the input transistor remains constant and the output voltage is a buffered copy of the input voltage; wherein under a second set of operating conditions, the push-pull transistor circuitry selectively sinks or sources additional current to the load so that linearity of buffer operation is provided; such that the gate-to-drain capacitance of the input transistor is buffered allowing the area of the input transistor to be increased without reducing the gain of the motor. |
G06F | 9,317,444 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A method to perform direct memory access (DMA) operations, the method comprising: initializing a ring of descriptors, the descriptors to index respective buffers for storing, in a first memory, data to be transmitted by an output device; and causing prefetching of a first address translation for a second descriptor in the ring of descriptors to be performed after a first DMA operation is performed to retrieve, for transmission by the output device, first data from a first buffer indexed by a first descriptor in the ring of descriptors, and before second data that is to be retrieved, for transmission by the output device, from a second buffer indexed by the second descriptor is determined to be ready for transmission by the output device, the first address translation being associated with a second DMA operation for retrieving the second data from the second buffer indexed by the second descriptor, wherein the second descriptor is a next descriptor in the ring of descriptors relative to the first descriptor, the first address translation is for translating a guest physical address of the second descriptor to a host physical address of the second descriptor, and causing prefetching of the first address translation to be performed comprises initiating a third DMA operation to retrieve the second descriptor from the ring of descriptors, the third DMA operation to cause the first address translation to be prefetched and cached before the second data is determined to be ready for transmission and before the second DMA operation is to be performed. |
G02F | 9,383,595 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A microwave frequency component comprising: a layer of dielectric material, formed by at least one thin layer, laid out between a ground electrode and a control electrode for controlling a microwave frequency electrical signal, such that: the ground electrode extends on a first face, called a lower face, of the layer of dielectric material, the control electrode extends longitudinally on a second face, called an upper face, of the layer of dielectric material; and a set of at least two coplanar electrodes extending all along the control electrode on either side of and at equal distance from the control electrode, wherein a distance G between the control electrode and each of said coplanar electrodes and a thickness h of the layer of dielectric material satisfy the following inequality: 1.2≦G/h<2. |
G02B,H01L | 9,293,448 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A three-dimensionally integrated semiconductor system, comprising: a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate comprising: at least one photoactive device formed on the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate; and at least one optical interconnect comprising a portion of the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate, the at least one optical interconnect operatively coupled to the at least one photoactive device; at least one current/voltage converter formed over the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate; at least one electrical pathway extending between the at least one photoactive device and the at least one current/voltage converter; at least one semiconductor device directly bonded over the SeOI substrate by a direct bonding process, wherein the at least one semiconductor device and the at least one photoactive device are disposed on opposing sides of the layer of electrically insulating material of the SeOI substrate; and at least one electrical pathway extending between the at least one current/voltage converter and the at least one semiconductor device bonded over the SeOI substrate. |
G01C,G01S | 9,476,714 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A system for providing improved augmentation for a global positioning system, the system comprising: a stationary global positioning system device associated with an operating object located along a route, wherein the stationary global positioning system device is configured to: a stationary communication device, associated with the operating object, configured to receive the error correction from the stationary global positioning system device and communicate the error correction to a communication device associated with a global positioning system enabled device in a vehicle as the vehicle travels within a predetermined distance of the operating object, the error correction to cause the global positioning system enabled device to use the error correction to augment for global positioning system calculations performed by the global positioning system enabled device. |
H04B,Y02D | 9,467,204 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A transmitter for a near field communication (NFC) device, comprising: a current detector that is configured to detect a first current that flows into an output node of a regulator and to output a current detection signal that is proportional to the detected first current; an antenna driver which controls an output voltage output to an antenna in response to a control signal, a control circuit which is configured to compare the current detection signal to a reference current and to output the control signal to a voltage control circuit and the antenna driver based on the comparison; and wherein the regulator includes: a feedback voltage generator which is configured to receive the first current and to generate the feedback voltage, and a voltage control circuit which is configured to control a voltage of the output node in response to the control signal that is received from the control circuit. |
G06F,G06Q,H04L | 9,336,525 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a request to modify an analytics configuration file comprising instructions for analytics data collection, which instructions are stored at a location remote from a computing device executing an application; modifying the instructions in the analytics configuration file without modification to the application, thereby enabling dynamic analytics configuration on the computing device; and receiving, from the application executed at the computing device, analytics data collected by the application at the computing device according to the instructions in the analytics configuration file. |
H04W | 9,232,362 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A method for programming communication devices associated with groups of users arranged into a hierarchy comprising: determining a group of users having a similar role within an organizational hierarchy; assigning a primary communication group to the users having the similar role within the organizational hierarchy; determining a communication device assigned to a user in the group of users; assigning the primary communication group to the communication device said communication device associated with the user for communication using a network; determining a secondary communication group for the communication device based on the user's status as a superior, peer, or subordinate within the hierarchy, wherein the secondary communication group is a primary communication group for at least one other user within the hierarchy; and programming the communication device with the determined primary and secondary communication groups. |
G01B,G06F | 9,304,604 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A motion detector, comprising: a) cavity having an opening therein; b) a source of illumination, comprising at least one light source, in said cavity, said source of illumination being capable of activation and providing said illumination when so activated; c) a light diffusion plate covering said opening in said cavity, said light diffusion plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and said light diffusion plate being irradiated on said lower surface by light from said source of illumination when said source of illumination is activated; and, d) a light detector in said cavity configured to detect variations in intensity of reflected light from said diffusion plate; whereby a movable pointing device, when movably contacting said upper surface of said light diffusion plate, causes a portion of said light from said source of illumination irradiating said lower surface of said light diffusion plate to be reflected onto said light detector and to be detected by said light detector; and, whereby said portion of light reflected from said diffusion plate varies in amount as said pointing device moves and wherein motion of said pointing device is thereby determined by an evaluation of the amount of reflected light from said diffusion plate detected by said light detector while said light diffusion plate is movably contacted by said pointing device. |
G06F,H04L | 9,473,362 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a software defined infrastructure mechanism (SDIM) residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor to operate in a cloud computing environment; and a software defined infrastructure (SDI) created and managed by the SDIM, wherein the SDI comprises a logical resource pool having resources from a plurality of physical servers including a subset of physical resources available from each of the plurality of physical servers to provide the logical resource pool to a workload in the cloud environment wherein the physical resources available on a physical server are divided into more than one SDI wherein the logical resource pool comprises a plurality of virtual input/output servers (VIOS) including at least one VIOS from a plurality of physical servers where the at least one VIOS from the plurality of physical servers comprises a subset of the VIOSs available on the physical server where the VIOSs of the physical server are divided into more than one SDI. |
B65B | 9,371,145 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A control device for a tubular material package, comprising a relay ( 30 ) for a feeder, a relay ( 31 ) for a open end fixer, a relay ( 32 ) for a lift of an open end fixer, a relay ( 33 ) for a sealer, a relay ( 34 ) for a sealer and cutter, a relay ( 35 ) for a holder, a relay ( 36 ) for a supporting plate, a relay ( 37 ) for a connector, a relay ( 38 ) for a conveyor belt, a relay ( 39 ) for a lift of the clamp, a relay ( 40 ) for clamping of the clamp, a relay ( 41 ) for a forward of tube feeder, a relay for the backward of tube feeder ( 42 ), a relay ( 43 ) for a bar code printer, a detector ( 28 ), and a controller ( 60 ); wherein all of relays ( wherein said detector ( wherein said controller ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of said relay ( wherein the normal state of the relay ( wherein the normal state of the relay ( wherein the normal state of sensor z ( |
A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N | 9,308,249 | 2016-04-12 | 1. An immunogenic composition comprising at least one Norovirus antigen and an effective amount of at least one adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist that is not a bacterial exotoxin, wherein said antigen comprises Norovirus virus-like particles (VLPs), and wherein the composition is formulated as a stable dry powder, wherein the percent aggregation of VLPs in the composition remains constant or decreases when measured over a twelve month period. |
C07K,G01N | 9,310,369 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A method for determining the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a liquid sample, the method comprising: (a) applying the liquid sample to a porous test strip, wherein the porous test strip defines a liquid flow path, the porous test strip comprising: wherein the binding agents are essentially free of antibodies that bind proteins of a C-polysaccharide antigen of (b) allowing said sample to flow laterally along the flow path of the test strip, mobilizing the binding agents; (c) binding, in the presence of the C-polysaccharide antigen of |
B64D,G01C,G08G | 9,404,767 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A method for accessing information on an electronic version of a navigation information display said method comprising: displaying navigation information in a first portion of a display of a device, the device incorporating a touch screen; sensing a user touch on the touch screen; determining, by the device, a location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred; correlating the location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred with a selected location in the navigation information; displaying a magnified area of a portion of the navigation information corresponding to the selected location, wherein the magnified area is displayed at a position proximate to and above the location on the touch screen where the user touch occurred, and wherein a displayed size of the magnified area is based on at least one user preference; and displaying textual information related to the magnified area in a second portion of the display device, wherein the textual information includes a latitude and longitude corresponding to the selected location in the navigation information, and wherein the second portion does not overlap the first portion of the display device. |
H01M,Y02E,Y02P | 9,306,233 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A method of preparing an anion binder for a solid alkaline fuel cell, the method comprising: (A) mixing an electrolytic monomer of quaternary ammonium salts having a cation group, a bisacrylicamide crosslinking agent having a tertiary amino group, and water together by stirring; (B) mixing the mixture with a photoinitiator; (C) interposing the solution between polyethylene terephthalate films and irradiating the solution with ultraviolet light for crosslinking and polymerization; and (D) pulverizing crosslinked polymerized resin to a nano size, wherein (D) comprises: |
B05D,G01N | 9,291,620 | 2016-03-22 | 1. An in vitro diagnostic tool configured to quantitatively or qualitatively detect a suspected substance in a test solution, the tool comprising: a first porous layer having a first surface and a second surface; a second porous layer bonded to the second surface; and a labeling reagent configured to react with the suspected substance and carried in at least a part of the second porous layer; and a detecting reagent configured to immobilize a conjugate of the labeling reagent and the suspected substance, the second porous layer having: a first reagent holding portion; and a second reagent holding portion disposed away from the first reagent holding portion, the first reagent holding portion configured to carry the labeling reagent, the second reagent holding portion configured to carry the detecting reagent, the first porous layer having a matrix structure of first nanofibers, the second porous layer having a matrix structure of second nanofibers, and a fiber diameter of the second nanofibers being smaller than a fiber diameter of the first nanofibers. |
A47J,B02C | 9,522,399 | 2016-12-20 | 1. A cutting assembly for a food processing device, comprising: a first disk member having a planar body portion with plurality of slots disposed therethrough and an upper surface; a second disk member having a plurality of cutting teeth that extend through the plurality of slots defined in the first disk member, each cutting tooth having a cutting edge that defines an opening in the cutting tooth; an adjustment assembly operably coupled to the first disk member for adjusting a vertical position of the first disk member relative to the second disk member; and wherein (i) the cutting edge of each cutting tooth has a tip positioned above the upper surface of the first disk member, (ii) a distance is defined between the upper surface of the first disk member and the tip, and (iii) vertical movement of the first disk member adjusts the distance between the upper surface of the first disk member and the tip to produce cut food items of varying thicknesses. |
G01N | 9,528,964 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A method of detecting a state of a coated gel coated on an ultrasound probe, the method comprising: coating a gel on the ultrasound probe; scanning and generating a scanned image; dividing the scanned image into a strong echo area and a weak echo area; and detecting signal variation in the strong echo area of the scanned image to determine the state of the coated gel coated on the ultrasound probe. |
B23K,H05K,Y02P | 9,468,994 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A sensor unit comprising: a first sensor device provided with a first electrode disposed on an outer surface and a second electrode disposed on the outer surface; and a board having: the first board side surface abuts the outer surface of the first sensor device so that the outer surface is divided into first and second divided outer surfaces, the first and second electrodes are disposed on the first and second divided outer surfaces, respectively, the first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second conductive terminals via first and second conductive bodies, respectively, the second electrode and the second conductive terminal are electrically connected to each other via the second conductive body and a connection member, and the connection member is at least one of a chip resistor and a chip capacitor, and a first projection length of the first divided outer surface that is projected out from a side of the first board surface is smaller than a second projection length of the second divided outer surface that is projected out from a side of the second board surface. |
G06T | 9,472,001 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An image reconstruction method comprising: acquiring a first image of an object by performing a back projection of a raw image data; performing a forward projection of the first image of the object to obtain a first projection data, by applying a line integral-based value to a first area of the first image; performing a forward projection of the first image of the object to obtain a second projection data, by applying a point spread function (PSF)-based value to a second area of the first image, wherein the second area is identical to the first area to which the line integral-based value is applied; combining the first projection data and the second projection data to acquire a forward projection data value; and performing the back projection of the raw image data using the forward projection value to acquire a second image of the object. |
A63H | 9,409,098 | 2016-08-09 | 1. An aerodynamic toy for use with moving air comprising: a body defined by a top surface, a bottom surface and a wall, wherein the wall comprises a cavity wall that extends above the top surface of the body and defining a cavity; wherein the body further comprises a leash opening that passes through the body from the top surface to the bottom surface; a finger strap configured to attach to a finger of a user; a cord that runs through the leash opening and is attached to the body, thereby connecting the finger strap to the body; and a stiffener disposed within the cavity of the body of the toy, wherein the stiffener is attached to the body to provide stiffness to the body of the toy. |
G10L | 9,478,216 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A method for speech recognition implemented as a plurality of computer processes functioning in a computer processor, the method comprising: in one or more computer processes: |
B06B,H02K,H04M | 9,467,033 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A vibration motor comprising: a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, and first to fourth side surfaces joining the top surface to the bottom surface, the first to fourth surfaces defining an inner circumferential surface of the housing; a coil provided in the housing; a moving portion provided in the housing, the moving portion being configured to reciprocate between the first and third side surfaces arranged opposite to each other; an elastic member provided between the moving portion and the housing; and a roller member provided in the housing and arranged to come into rolling contact with the top or bottom surface of the housing, the roller member having a cylindrical body and shaft coupling portions respectively protruded from both ends of the cylindrical body, wherein a diameter of the cylindrical body is greater than a thickness of the moving portion, wherein the roller member is coupled to the moving portion, wherein the elastic member comprises: a first elastic member located between the moving portion and the first side surface; and a second elastic member located between the moving portion and the third side surface, and wherein an elastic coefficient of the first elastic member is different from an elastic coefficient of the second elastic member. |
G06F,G06K | 9,436,862 | 2016-09-06 | 1. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a body; a human-machine interface device disposed on the body, wherein the human-machine interface device comprises a display; a small-width biometrics sensor disposed on the body; and a processing module, which is disposed on the body, is electrically connected to the small-width biometrics sensor and the human-machine interface device, and cooperates with the human-machine interface device and the small-width biometrics sensor to utilize the human-machine interface device to guide different physical portions of a finger of a user to directly contact or approach the small-width biometrics sensor according to indications of the human-machine interface device, so that the small-width biometrics sensor senses the finger to capture partial physical patterns of the finger, wherein the processing module cooperates with the display to display a global virtual pattern on the display, to calculate a position of each of the partial physical patterns mapping to the global virtual pattern, and to display a partial virtual pattern corresponding to each of the partial physical patterns on the display to guide the user. |
G11C,H01L | 9,406,397 | 2016-08-02 | 1. An One-time programmable (OTP) semiconductor memory cell comprising: a layer of a first conductivity type formed in an active area in a region of a second conductivity type, a dielectric layer formed on said layer of the first conductivity type, a gate conductor layer of the second conductivity type formed on said dielectric layer, dielectric spacers formed on the sidewalls of said gate conductor layer, silicide formed on said layer of the first conductivity type and gate conductor layers, and contacts formed to said layer of the first conductivity type to provide access to each bit cell with metal interconnects, wherein said layer of the first conductivity type is the bit line diffusion, metal interconnect connected to said layer of the first conductivity type through a contact is the bit line and said gate conductor layer is the word line. |
A47J,A61F,B65D,F24V | 9,278,796 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A container comprising: a first web comprising a laminate of a first film layer and a second film layer, wherein the first film layer is adhered via an adhesive layer to the second film layer; a second web peripherally sealed to the first web so as to form a compartment therebetween; and an air-activated material disposed within the compartment, wherein at least a portion of the first film layer of the first web is configured to be separated from the second film layer to reveal a plurality of openings in the first film layer so as to allow air to enter the compartment, wherein the air-activated material is configured to react with the air entering the compartment via the openings to activate the material, and wherein prior to separation of the second film layer from the first film layer, the container is configured to allow ingress of oxygen into the compartment at a rate less than approximately 3 cc per 100 in |
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