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G02B | 9,411,131 | 2016-08-09 | 1. An optical image capturing system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with a refractive power; a second lens element with a refractive power; a third lens element with a refractive power; a fourth lens element with a refractive power; a fifth lens element with a refractive power; and a sixth lens element with a negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface adjacent to an optical axis, and at least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface has at least one inflection point; wherein the optical image capturing system comprises the six lens elements with refractive powers, at least one of the first through fifth lens elements has a positive refractive power, the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the first lens element and the sixth lens element are aspheric, correspondingly, focal lengths of the first through sixth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, and f6, respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturing system is TDT, and the following relation is satisfied: |
G09B | 9,368,046 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A tactile display writer unit, comprising a cap, a probe on a first side of the cap and having a contact tip, and at least a first actuator, a second actuator and a third actuator at first, second and third sites in a triangular arrangement on a side of the cap opposite the probe, whereby activations of the first actuator, the second actuator and the third actuator result in displacements of the probe in directions having vectors in a z-direction and vectors in an x-y plane. |
F01N,F23C,F23D,F23G | 9,243,531 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A burner for an exhaust gas purification device comprising: a base unit; a first tube, which includes: a second tube, which includes a basal portion and a distal portion, wherein the basal portion and the distal portion are fixed to the base unit, wherein the first tube includes an extendable portion that can be extended and contracted in a direction parallel to a central axis of the first tube, and the first tube and the second tube are radially overlapped to have a multilayer tube structure, wherein at least one of the first tube and the second tube further includes a swirling flow generating portion, and the extendable portion includes a circumferential wall, which extends in a swirling direction of a swirling flow and is bellows-shaped. |
G06F | 9,250,976 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, from a first thread, a lock command that specifies a resource; if tier status in a nodal lock indicates the nodal lock is currently owned on global data, adding an identifier of the first thread to a nodal waiters list in the nodal lock, and if a lock wait indicator in the first thread indicates that the first thread owns the nodal lock on the global data, waiting until a next tier wait indicator in the nodal lock indicates that any thread owns a global lock on the resource and then returning a successful completion status for the lock command to the first thread; if the tier status indicates no thread holds the nodal lock on the global data, changing the tier status to indicate the nodal lock is owned, and if a global waiters and holder list in the global data is empty, adding an identifier of a first node at which the first thread executes to the global waiters and holder list, and returning the successful completion status for the lock command to the first thread; if the tier status indicates no thread holds the nodal lock on the global data, changing the tier status to indicate the nodal lock is owned, and if the identifier of the first node at which the first thread executes is in the global waiters and holder list, adding the identifier of the first node at which the first thread executes to a global pending waiters list in the global data, and returning the successful completion status for the lock command to the first thread; and if the tier status indicates no thread holds the nodal lock on the global data, changing the tier status to indicate the nodal lock is owned, and if the identifier of the first node at which the first thread executes is not in the global waiters and holder list, adding the identifier of the first node at which the first thread executes to the global waiters and holder list, and returning the successful completion status for the lock command to the first thread. |
G06F,G11C,H01L | 9,324,397 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A configurable die comprising: a logic element configured to communicate a control and address (CA) signal and a data (DQ) signal; and a first generic physical interface (PHY) and a second generic PHY in communication with the logic element, wherein each of the first generic PHY and the second generic PHY is configurable either as a CA PHY or as a DQ PHY, and wherein the logic element is configurable to communicate the CA signal and the DQ signal to different ones of the first and second generic PHYs. |
H04B,H04L | 9,455,809 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A method of transmitting downlink control information by a base station in a radio access system supporting an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) transmitted in a state of being multiplexed with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the method comprising: precoding the downlink control information using a precoding matrix set in a user equipment (UE); transmitting the precoded downlink control information to the UE via the e-PDCCH which is multiplexed with the PDSCH in a first slot of a subframe, and transmitting to the UE a second slot of the subframe with a greater modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level than a MCS level of the first slot, wherein a first codeword is allocated to the downlink control information when the downlink control information includes information related to uplink, wherein a second codeword is allocated to the downlink control information when the downlink control information includes information related to downlink, and wherein a null symbol or a predetermined reference modulation symbol is inserted to a modulation symbol having a smaller symbol length such that modulation symbols from the first codeword and the second codeword have equal bit sizes before the precoding. |
H01L,Y02E,Y02P | 9,324,879 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A display device comprising: a thin film transistor including: a first electrode connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the thin film transistor; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a display layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
G06F,H04L | 9,298,457 | 2016-03-29 | 1. A data processor, comprising: an execution unit configured to execute single instruction multiple data (SIMD) instructions, the execution unit including logic responsive to a first SIMD instruction (V_EXPMAX) that includes a multiple data identifier that identifies multiple operands to determine a maximum exponent value of the multiple operands identified by the multiple data identifier, the execution unit including logic to pack a number of bits from each of the plurality of operands based on the maximum exponent value determined in response to the first SIMD instruction to form the compressed data group, wherein the compressed data group represents the plurality of operands. |
G06F,H04M,Y10T | 9,465,414 | 2016-10-11 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a chassis comprising at least one chassis latching member and an outward facing, protruding portion comprising a camera; and a user-removable cover comprising an opening that encompasses the protruding portion of the chassis and at least one cover latching member that interfaces with the chassis latching member, wherein the cover is slidably disengagable from the chassis by applying a first force on the protruding portion of the chassis in a first direction and applying a second force on the cover in a second direction. |
C07C,C08F,C08G,C09K | 9,475,894 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A dendritic polymer, having a structure denoted by Z-(Q)n-Y, wherein Z represents a group that can have condensation reaction with an acyl halide, Q represents a dendritic constitutional repeating unit of the dendritic polymer, n represents a generation number of the dendritic polymer, and is an integer within a range of 2-6, and Y represents a group containing SO 3 − and COO − . |
A63C,B62D,B62M,Y10T | 9,358,999 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A control bar for removable attachment to a traction mechanism, the control bar resulting from a first end-to-end assembly of a first selection of detachably interconnectable unique bar segments; the first end-to-end assembly having a first configuration adapted for manoeuvring the traction mechanism by a user on a first transport means selected from a group consisting of roller skates, a skateboard, a snowboard, a wakeboard, skis and a bicycle; whereby a second end-to-end assembly of a second selection of the detachably interconnectable unique bar segments results in another control bar having a second configuration adapted for the user on a second transport means that is selected from the group consisting of roller skates, a skateboard, a snowboard, a wakeboard, skis and a bicycle; each of the first and second selections of unique bar segments including at least three bar segments selected from a same group of bar segments; each of the at least three bar segments including a curved portion separating two straight portions having different lengths; a first one of the bar segments of each of the first and second end-to-end assemblies having a straight portion and being removably attached to the traction mechanism via the straight portion; a second one of the bar segments of each of the first and second end-to-end assemblies having a hand receiving portion that is registered with the straight portion of the first bar segment. |
B32B,C08J,Y10T | 9,517,608 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A curable prepreg ply comprising: a layer of resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers having a top surface and a bottom surface; two resin films applied to the top surface and the bottom surface of said layer, respectively, wherein said layer of resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers comprises reinforcement fibers impregnated with a first curable resin matrix, and said resin films comprises a second curable resin matrix, said second curable resin matrix comprises at least one thermoset resin, and a mixture of two different types of particles: (i) insoluble toughening particles, and (ii) partially soluble toughening particles, and said first curable resin matrix comprises at least one thermoset resin, but is void of said insoluble toughening particles and said partially soluble or swellable toughening particles, and wherein said insoluble toughening particles are insoluble in the second resin matrix upon curing of the prepreg ply, and said partially soluble toughening particles are thermoplastic particles that decrease in volume by more than 5% upon curing of the prepreg ply, but remain as discreet particles after curing. |
G02B,G03B,G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04N | 9,378,501 | 2016-06-28 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an electronic device including a processor, a memory, and a camera, wherein the electronic device is to perform a biometric authentication to determine whether a person is authorized to use the electronic device, the biometric authentication to: |
G06F,G06T | 9,235,452 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method for transmitting data from a server computer to a client computing device, the method comprising: receiving, from a screen capture process, bitmap data representing a full client screen associated with a virtual machine session; determining metadata including at least one primitive to assist in rendering the client screen, wherein the metadata includes information indicating which portions of the full client screen are user priority areas; determining a portion of the bitmap data to be transmitted, wherein the portion of the bitmap data includes less than all of the bitmap data representing the full client screen; and transmitting the portion of the bitmap data and the metadata to the client computing device, wherein a combination of the portion of the bitmap data and the metadata is usable to render the full client screen on the client computing device. |
A01K | 9,510,576 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A spinning reel for forwardly casting a fishing line, comprising: a reel body unit; a spool shaft having a distal end and being supported by the reel body unit so as to be movable longitudinally; a spool including a line winding cylinder part having a front side, and a front flange disposed on the front side of the line winding cylinder part and being attached to the spool shaft, the line winding cylinder part being configured to have the fishing line wound to an outside thereof, the front flange comprising a flange portion and a connecting portion, and at least one of the flange portion and the connecting portion comprising a projection, a distal end portion of the projection being bent toward the spool shaft; a drag mechanism comprising a braking member housed inside of the spool and being configured to brake a rotation of the spool, and a drag adjuster attached to the distal end of the spool shaft and being configured to adjust a frictional coupling force of the braking member; and a seal member having a drag adjuster side and being configured to be elastically deformed, the seal member protruding from the drag adjuster side toward the front flange so as to seal a space formed between the front flange and the drag adjuster, and being configured to abut the front flange. |
B81B,H01G,H01L,H03F | 9,473,078 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A circuit comprising: an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and generate an output signal; and a tuning network configured to tune frequency response of the amplifier, the tuning network comprising at least one tunable capacitor, wherein the at least one tunable capacitor comprises at least one micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) capacitor; wherein: the amplifier comprises a first die; the at least one MEMS capacitor comprises a second die; and the first die and the second die are integrated in a single package; wherein the at least one MEMS capacitor comprises multiple MEMS capacitors disposed along multiple sides of the amplifier. |
B60R | 9,266,499 | 2016-02-23 | 1. An ON/OFF detecting buckle switch comprising: a case in a housing shape; a slider insertion port equipped in an upper face of the case; a support portion equipped in an inner side face of the case; a fixed terminal provided with a notched portion in one end in a strip shape and the other end fixed to the inner side face of the case; a movable terminal in a strip shape having one area fixed to the support portion; a slider provided with a terminal press portion that projects inside the case penetrating through the slider insertion port of the case and the notched portion of the fixed terminal, and when pressed down, presses down an end of the movable terminal; a spring that biases the slider upward; and bent portions in a hook shape in the notched portion of the fixed terminal and an end of the movable terminal on a free end side, wherein when the slider is not pressed down, slopes of the bent portions of the fixed terminal and the movable terminal are contact surfaces, and the fixed terminal and the movable terminal make contact conductively, and when the slider is pressed down, the fixed terminal and the movable terminal are separated to be in an insulated state. |
H04L | 9,461,831 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A packet forwarding system, comprising: a control apparatus; a group of first relay apparatuses that are connected to each other, the group of first relay apparatuses being centrally and externally controlled by the control apparatus; and a second relay apparatus that comprises a plurality of ports and that is connected to each of the first relay apparatuses, the second relay apparatus not being controlled by the control apparatus; wherein the control apparatus configures a trunk(s) serving as a virtual logical link(s) by using physical links among the first and second relay apparatuses; wherein the control apparatus determines a designated port from ports of the first relay apparatuses included in the trunk; and wherein, when a relay apparatus included in the group of first relay apparatuses receives a predetermined control target packet, the control apparatus controls the group of first relay apparatuses to transmit the received control target packet via a relay apparatus having the designated port. |
G08C,H04L,H04M,H04W | 9,473,617 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A control system comprising an information terminal as a controlled device, a mobile terminal as a controlling device, and a server apparatus, wherein the controlled device, the controlling device, and the server apparatus are communicatively connected to one another, and wherein: the server apparatus comprises: the controlling device comprises: the controlled device comprises: |
A61B,G01S,G16H | 9,247,927 | 2016-02-02 | 1. An ultrasound system, comprising: a vector flow imaging processor that processes ultrasound data representing structure flowing through a tubular object and generates vector flow imaging information for a region of interest of the tubular object that is indicative of the structure flowing through a tubular object based thereon; a peak flow identifier that identifies a peak velocity flow within the region of interest based on the vector flow imaging information; a Doppler gate, sample volume size, steering, spectrum invert, and angle correction determiner that places a Doppler gate about the identified peak velocity flow on a displayed image representing the tubular object, wherein the image is generated from the ultrasound data; and processing circuitry that determines at least one parameter from Doppler imaging data of a region defined by the Doppler gate based on the vector flow imaging information. |
C08F,C09D | 9,527,942 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A multiphase emulsion polymer for coating compositions, said multiphase emulsion polymer comprising at least one hard phase polymer having a glass transition temperature of from 0 to 100° C. and at least one soft phase polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C. and at least 20 to 100° C. lower than the glass transition temperature of the hard phase polymer, wherein the hard phase polymer is a copolymer of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and one or more oxyalkylene-containing (meth)acrylate corresponding to formula (I) or (II) or a mixture thereof: wherein R wherein the soft phase polymer is a copolymer of monomers selected from the group consisting of C1-C18 alkyl(meth)acrylates, halo- and hydroxyl substituted alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid, vinyl esters of linear and branched caboxylic acids, having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, unsaturated C3-C6 monocarboxylic acid, monoesters of unsaturated C4-C6 dicarboxylic acids, unsaturated C4-C6 dicarboxylic acids, (meth)acrylonitrile, cycloalkyl(meth)acrylates, aryl and alkaryl esters of (meth)acrylates, acetoacetate-containing acrylate monomers, olefins, dienes, wherein the at least one hard polymer phase is formed as a first stage polymer and the at least one soft polymer phase is subsequently polymerized in the presence of the first stage polymer, and wherein the multiphase emulsion polymer is in the form of latex particles and wherein the latex particles comprise an inner phase comprised of the soft phase polymer and an outer phase comprised of the hard phase polymer. |
F04D,F24F,H05K | 9,267,701 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A temperature control system for a controlled environmental vault including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit having a fan of a split-type room air conditioner, comprising: a shroud component comprising a first border member, a second border member, and a base member, the single continuous bulge element protruding from the base member and generally semi-circular in shape, wherein the shroud component is assembled to the outdoor unit such that the single continuous bulge element is positioned directly in front of a blade portion of the fan of the outdoor unit; a shroud cover component comprising a first periphery member, a second periphery member, a third periphery member and a fourth periphery member, the periphery members defining a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the shroud cover component is installed on the outdoor unit such that the shroud cover component and the shroud component divert exhaust air from the outdoor unit to outside the controlled environmental vault; and a mounting component comprising a first border, a second border, a third border and a fourth border, the borders defining a first face and a second face, wherein the mounting component is assembled to the indoor unit. |
H05B | 9,277,595 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A heating lamp for use in a semiconductor process chamber, comprising: a heating lamp envelope having a filament disposed within the heating lamp envelope; a base having a first surface from which the heating lamp envelope is cantilevered, a second surface parallel to and opposing the first surface, and two third surfaces that are parallel to and oppose each other, the two third surfaces extending between the first surface and the second surface; and one or more recesses extending into the two third surfaces to provide an improved grip for a user, wherein the one or more recesses have linear axes that are parallel with each other and substantially perpendicular to a primary axis of the heating lamp envelope. |
H01M,Y02E | 9,325,004 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A magnesium secondary battery comprising, a cathode comprising a cathode active material; an anode; and an electrolyte comprising magnesium, wherein the cathode active material comprises a composite transition metal oxide which is expressed by Chemical Formula 1 and intercalates and deintercalates magnesium: wherein 0≦x≦1, 0.05≦y<0.5, and −0.3≦d<1, and Ma and Mb are each independently a metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 5 to 12 of the Periodic Table. |
G06F,G06N | 9,471,280 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A method of generating a random bit string, the method comprising: receiving, from a min-entropy source, a binary input string; creating copies of the binary input string received from the min-entropy source; providing each of the copies of the binary input string to one of a plurality of randomness extractors, each randomness extractor configured to perform a different randomness extraction on the received copy of the binary input string to produce a respective extracted output binary string; for each randomness extractor, providing the respective extracted output binary string to one of a plurality of quantum devices, where each of the plurality of quantum devices is configured to (i) receive the extracted output binary string as a locally random input signal string, random only to that respective quantum device, and (ii) transform the received locally random input string into a globally random output signal string, random to each other of the plurality of quantum devices; and combining the plurality of globally random output signal strings from the plurality of quantum devices to generate the random bit string. |
E21B | 9,500,030 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A rock drilling apparatus comprising: a carrier; a drilling boom attached at a first end to the carrier; a feed beam attached turnably to a second end of the drilling boom; a drilling unit attached movably along the feed beam; a support attached to the feed beam for supporting the drilling boom on the ground; and an arrangement for controlling the orientation of the boom and feed beam, wherein the arrangement is configured, on the basis of parameters affecting the orientation, to define the orientation change caused by forces resulting from driving the support onto the ground, the apparatus being configured to automatically adjust the orientation of the boom and feed beam so that the feed beam is in a desired direction before applying drilling force to compensate for the orientation change from the desired direction caused by forces resulting from supporting the drilling boom onto the ground. |
C03B | 9,487,428 | 2016-11-08 | 1. A powder-in-tube preform manufacturing process, comprising: sealing a bottom of a thin-walled silica tube, the silica tube having a wall thickness of approximately 7 millimeters (mm), the silica tube having an inner diameter that is between approximately 35 mm to approximately 90 mm, the silica tube having a tube length of approximately 1.2 meters (m); inserting a core rod into the silica tube, the inserted core rod being substantially centered within the silica tube; coating the silica tube with a layer of a nucleating compound selected from the group consisting of: aluminum containing salts, calcium, magnesium, and barium; filling the silica tube with mesoporous silica grains, the mesoporous silica grains being substantially monodisperse in size; applying a vapor-phase purification process to the mesoporous silica grains, the vapor-phase purification process being applied at a temperature that is less than approximately 1300 degrees Celsius (° C.); applying a vacuum to the silica tube to decrease the pressure within the silica tube; sintering the mesoporous silica grains in the presence of the vacuum and at a temperature that is greater than approximately 1000° C.; consolidating the silica tube to form a preform; and cooling the preform to below approximately 280° C. |
H04N | 9,350,991 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A method of signal processing, the method comprising: dividing, by a processor, a given sub-band of a wavelet transform of a signal into non-overlapping regions; measuring, by a processor, the wavelet transform coefficient residing inside each of the non-overlapping regions; and sending a data packet comprising the measured wavelet transform coefficients to a device, the measured wavelet transform coefficients configured to be used to reconstruct the signal in accordance with a spatial clustering property of the wavelet transform coefficients, wherein the spatial clustering property corresponds to a statistical correlation between the magnitudes of wavelet transform coefficients positioned at neighboring spatial locations in a wavelet domain of the signal. |
G06F,G06Q | 9,396,261 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A method for serving data that matches content related to a search results page, comprising: receiving a query from a user through a user interface displayed on a user device; retrieving a first number of search results related to the query; retrieving a second number of sponsored advertisements related to the query from a sponsored search server; determining an amount of available space for additional advertisements on a display screen of the user device using the first number of search results and the second number of sponsored advertisements; determining a third number of additional advertisements that may be displayed on the user device based on the amount of available space on the display screen; retrieving the third number of additional advertisements from a content match server based on a contextual analysis of the search results and sponsored advertisements; consolidating the search results, sponsored advertisements, and additional advertisements to form a consolidated set of results to display on the display screen of the user device; and displaying the consolidated set of results on the display screen of the user device. |
G02B | 9,310,597 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A method for correcting parcentricity in an optical zoom system, said optical zoom system including an object positioning stage and providing for a zoom range of a current optically effective configuration comprising a currently active objective, the method comprising: detecting a positional difference in an image of an object between at least two different zoom positions of said current optically effective configuration; determining a zoom center in the image which remains stationary during zooming; calculating the travel lengths of the object positioning stage required to correct the zoom-dependent parcentricity error; and providing said calculated travel lengths as a control variable for the appropriate positioning of the object positioning stage, such that a target position appears stationary in the image during zooming throughout said zoom range. |
B60L,B62J,B62M,G05B,H01M,Y02E,Y02T | 9,385,357 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A battery assembly for fitting a battery pack to a frame of a cycle, the battery assembly comprising: a battery holder for fitting to the frame, wherein the battery holder is configured to hold the battery pack; a connector portion configured to form an electrical connection between wiring for connecting to at least one component of the cycle and the battery pack when the battery pack is held by the battery holder, wherein the connector portion is slidable within part of the battery holder in a linear direction with respect to the battery holder between an open position providing clearance for the battery pack to be inserted into or removed from the battery holder, and a closed position in which the connector portion engages with a mating portion of the battery pack to form the electrical connection with the battery pack; and a clamping mechanism configured to clamp the battery pack into the battery holder when the connector portion is in the closed position, wherein the connector portion comprises a rotating part rotatable with respect to the battery holder, and the clamping mechanism comprises at least one cam portion provided on one of the rotating part and the battery holder; and at least one engaging portion provided on the other of the rotating part and the battery holder, wherein the at least one cam portion and the at least one engaging portion are configured such that rotation of the rotating part relative to the battery holder causes the at least one engaging portion to slide with respect to the at least one cam portion to force part of the connector portion towards the battery pack to clamp the battery pack into the battery holder. |
B64G | 9,399,528 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A method for stationing a satellite, characterized in that it comprises: a first step of determining a predefined trajectory used for said stationing of said satellite based on a model of movement of said satellite; a second step of determining parameters of a predefined control law of approximation of said predefined trajectory and minimizing an impact of said predefined control law on a deviation from a real trajectory followed by said satellite using said parameters of the predefined control law, with respect to said predefined trajectory; and the following iterative steps: a third step of determining a state vector of said satellite; a fourth step of determining a deviation between said state vector of said satellite and said predefined trajectory; a fifth step of determining Lagrange multipliers based on a current state vector of said satellite, on a deviation between said current state vector and the predefined trajectory and on said parameters of the predefined control law; a sixth step of determining the parameters of a current control law of engines based on said Lagrange multipliers and by derivation of a parameter representative of an effect of the engines on said real trajectory; and a seventh step of controlling the engines based on said parameters of the current control law, wherein the predefined trajectory is not modified while the satellite is being stationed. |
H04L | 9,350,706 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A method of data scrubbing network traffic, the method comprising: assigning a first anycast Internet Protocol (“IP”) address to each of a plurality of servers; assigning a second anycast IP address to each of one or more data scrubbing appliances in an at least one data scrubbing appliance network; establishing, in a routing table at one or more network elements, a first route directing traffic that is addressed to the first anycast IP address to at the least one data scrubbing appliance network; receiving, at the one or more data scrubbing appliances of the at least one data scrubbing appliance network, network traffic addressed to the first anycast IP address; filtering, with the one or more data scrubbing appliances, the network traffic to block undesirable network traffic; transmitting, with the one or more data scrubbing appliances, filtered network traffic from the one or more data scrubbing appliances to at least one data scrubbing router; establishing one or more tunnels, via the at least one data scrubbing router, to at least one server router; transmitting, via the one or more tunnels, the filtered network traffic to the at least one server router; identifying, at the at least one server router, a respective unicast address for each of one or more servers of the plurality of servers assigned to the first anycast IP address; load balancing the filtered network traffic between the one or more servers, via the at least one server router, wherein the filtered network traffic is routed directly to one or more of the respective unicast addresses of the one or more servers. |
H01L | 9,337,098 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A method of singulating semiconductor die from a semiconductor wafer comprising: providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of semiconductor die formed on the semiconductor wafer and separated from each other by spaces, wherein the semiconductor wafer has first and second opposing major surfaces, and wherein a layer of material is formed along the second major surface; placing the semiconductor wafer onto a first carrier substrate, wherein the layer of material is adjacent the first carrier substrate; singulating the semiconductor wafer through the spaces to form singulation lines, wherein singulating includes stopping in proximity to the layer of material; and separating portions of the layer of material proximate to the singulation lines using a fluid jet emitted from a nozzle at an applied pressure, wherein separating comprises: |
A01H,C12N | 9,510,541 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A canola variety 45S56, representative seed of the variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-122031. |
H04L,H04W | 9,363,658 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A data transmission method, comprising: receiving, by a mobility management entity, a small data transmission parameter sent by a home subscriber server (HSS) or a user equipment, wherein the small data transmission parameter comprises an indication of whether the user equipment supports small data transmission; determining, by the mobility management entity, a small data transmission policy according to the small data transmission parameter; sending, by the mobility management entity, the small data transmission policy to the user equipment; and performing, by the mobility management entity, the small data transmission with the user equipment according to the small data transmission policy, wherein performing, by the mobility management entity, the small data transmission with the user equipment according to the small data transmission policy comprises: |
G06T | 9,384,566 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A method for reconstructing an image using a medical imaging system, the steps of the method comprising: a) acquiring data from a subject with the imaging system; b) initializing an image matrix having columns that each corresponds to a different image; c) reconstructing at least one image of the subject from the data acquired in step a) by: wherein each subset of the acquired data contains data that are consistent only with other data in that subset of the acquired data and are otherwise inconsistent with data in other subsets of the acquired data. |
H04W | 9,516,559 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method comprising: assigning dedicated resources of a serving cell to a mobile station for a circuit switched call; and sending to the mobile station a command that instructs the mobile station to perform a cell change during the circuit switched call to an identified target cell and that instructs the mobile station to re-establish the circuit-switched call within the identified target cell without performing a preparation phase reserving target cell resources needed for re-establishing the circuit switched call within the identified target cell, the command containing no description of resources for the circuit switched call in the identified target cell. |
G01C,G01W | 9,395,201 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting a route calculator, a time estimation module, a route segmentation module and a weather data processing engine; a map database comprising geospatial data; the route calculator arranged to calculate, when in use, a route between a first location and a second location; the time estimation module arranged to estimate a time at which a user will be present at a location along the route; the route segmentation module arranged to divide the route into a plurality of route parts and to obtain from the time estimation module at least one time of presence associated with at least one of the plurality of route parts; the weather data processing engine arranged to provide weather data associated with a route part of the plurality of route parts in respect of the time of presence associated with the route part for a plurality of journey start times, the providing of the weather data comprising partitioning weather data for two or more areas on the route based at least in part on corresponding radii or curves in a pattern in a corresponding weather front; and a user interface module arranged to communicate to the user the weather data in respect of a number of the plurality of route parts and at respective times of presence associated with the number of the plurality of route parts, the weather data being communicated graphically in combination with a map to show weather conditions outside the route than have been or will be missed at the respective times of presence associated with the number of a plurality of route parts; wherein the user interface is arranged to receive an instruction to re-calculate the route after communicating the weather data by changing the journey start time, and is further arranged to request updated weather data associated with a route part of the plurality of route parts in respect of the time of presence associated with the route part and to communicate the updated weather data to the user in combination with a map to show weather conditions outside the recalculated route than have been or will be missed at the respective times of presence. |
G02B | 9,285,569 | 2016-03-15 | 1. An optical imaging lens assembly comprising, in order from an object-side to an image side: a first aspherical positive lens element comprising an object-side surface and an image-side surface; and a second aspherical negative lens element comprising an object-side surface and an image-side surface; wherein elements of the optical imaging lens assembly are configured to satisfy the relations: T<1.2f; 1.1<f/f1<1.5; −1.5<f/f2<−0.6; 0.2<R1/f<0.5; and −0.25<K1<−0.05; and wherein f is focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly, f1 is focal length of the first lens element, f2 is focal length of the second lens element, R1 is radius of curvature on the object-side surface of the first lens element, K1 is conic of the object-side surface of the first lens element, T1 is thickness of the first lens element, T2 is distance between the image-side surface of the first lens element and the object-side surface of the second lens element, T3 is thickness of the second lens element, T4 is distance between the image-side surface of the second lens element and an image surface, and T is total track length of the optical lens assembly such that T=T1+T2+T3+T4; and wherein T1, T2, T3 and T4 are distances measured between points of intersection of respective lens surfaces and optical axis of the optical lens assembly. |
B60K,G01F | 9,453,753 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A method for measuring pressurized liquid fuel level in a fuel tank used on an industrial vehicle comprising: measuring the pressure of the fuel to generate a pressure signal; measuring the temperature of the fuel to generate a temperature signal; determining a fuel level signal from said pressure signal and said temperature signal by doing one of: subtracting the temperature signal from the pressure signal (P−T) and subtracting the pressure signal from the temperature signal (T−P); detecting changes in said fuel level signal over time; identifying a first point of said fuel level signal indicating approaching emptying of the tank when said pressure signal and said temperature signal become uncorrelated so that changes in said fuel level signal exceed a given value; and signaling said approaching emptying of the tank to an operator of the vehicle in response to identifying said first point. |
A61K,A61N,A61P,C07D | 9,328,105 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method for treating breast cancer, the method comprising: administering to a patient in need thereof a β2 integrin agonist having the formula reducing tumor growth. |
B60R,H02G | 9,331,460 | 2016-05-03 | 1. An electric wire sheathing protection tube which is formed from an insulation resin into a tubular shape, which accommodates an electric wire in an interior thereof and which is fixed to a predetermined position by a fixing member, wherein bendable portions which constitute bendable sections and non-bendable straight tube portions which constitute sections which are held into a straight tube shape are provided continuously and alternately along a longitudinal direction of the electric wire sheathing protection tube, a fixed attaching portion to which the fixing member is fixedly attached is provided integrally on at least one section in the non-bendable straight tube portions, and a slidable attaching portion to which the fixing member is attached so as to slide in the longitudinal direction is provided integrally on at least one section in the non-bendable straight tube portions. |
H03M,H04N | 9,484,952 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A method of initializing a context used to code video data in a context adaptive entropy coding process, the method comprising: determining a first initialization parameter index value as x>>4, where x is an 8-bit parameter; determining a second initialization parameter index value as x&15, where x is the same 8-bit parameter; setting a slope parameter of a linear model equal to an output of a first function, the first function being a linear function of the form c0*m+c1, where m is the first initialization parameter index value and c0 and c1 are parameters of the linear function; setting an intersection parameter of the linear model equal to an output of a second function, the second function being a function of the second initialization parameter index value; and initializing, based on the slope and intersection parameters, a state of the context used to code video data in the context adaptive entropy coding process. |
B01D,B01J,C10G,G01N | 9,353,317 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: establishing a hydrocarbon into and as part of a first solvent mobile phase, said hydrocarbon including saturates, asphaltenes, a resins fraction that includes highly polar aromatic components and additional resins components, and an aromatics fraction that includes aromatics that are not highly polar; passing said first solvent mobile phase over an inert stationary phase; precipitating substantially all of said asphaltenes within said inert stationary phase to generate precipitated asphaltenes; subsequently passing said first solvent mobile phase over a non-porous, high surface energy, adsorptive stationary phase to reversibly adsorb substantially all of said highly polar aromatic components of said resins fraction from said first solvent mobile phase onto said non-porous, high surface energy, adsorptive stationary phase, thereby preventing irreversible adsorption of said substantially all of said highly polar aromatic components onto a porous, active stationary phase established downflow of said non-porous, high surface energy, adsorptive stationary phase; subsequently passing said first solvent mobile phase over said porous, active stationary phase; reversibly adsorbing substantially all of said aromatics fraction onto said porous, active stationary phase; eluting substantially all of said saturates; passing an asphaltene solvent over said inert stationary phase; and eluting at least a portion of said asphaltenes, wherein said first solvent mobile phase is without said precipitated asphaltenes during performance of said step of subsequently passing said first solvent mobile phase over a non-porous, high surface energy, adsorptive stationary phase. |
H04L,H04M | 9,456,076 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A method for handling at least one of an audio path failure and a non-conformant quality of service (QoS) for a call being conducted between a contact center agent and a remote party, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a first audio path connected to a first telephony device being used by the contact center agent; bridging the call onto the first audio path in which the call involves streaming audio from the first telephony device over the first audio path that is routed to a second telephony device being used by the remote party and receiving audio at the first telephony device originated from the second telephony device and streamed over the first audio path; monitoring the first audio path by a computer processor to detect at least one of the audio path failure and the non-conformant QoS, wherein the audio path failure comprises a situation in which at least one of the audio from the first telephony device can no longer be streamed over the first audio path and the audio originated from the second telephony device can no longer be streamed over the first audio path and the non-conformant QoS comprises a situation in which quality of the audio being streamed over the first audio path from or to the first telephony device is at a level considered to negatively affect the contact center agent and remote party conversing on the call; and in response to detecting at least one of the audio path failure and the non-conformant QoS, bridging the call onto a second audio path connected to an interactive voice response system (IVR) so that the call is not disconnected from the second telephony device and the IVR can stream audio over the second audio path that is routed to the second telephony device. |
G01C,G08G | 9,478,138 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A method for warning in case of wrong-way travel of a vehicle on a directional carriageway by an on-board unit carried by the vehicle, said on-board unit determining its position and direction of movement in a satellite-assisted manner, comparing the latter with a target direction of movement stored in a digital road map for this position and outputting a warning message when detecting a wrong-way travel, comprising: for a temporary change in course of a section of the directional carriageway, providing a radio beacon arranged upstream of said section and having a local radio coverage range; when the on-board unit enters the radio coverage range of the radio beacon, receiving a message sent by the radio beacon concerning the change in course in a transceiver of the on-board unit; and detecting the wrong-way travel depending on the received message, wherein the on-board unit suspends the detection of the wrong-way travel once for a limited period of time or stretch of road on account of the received message. |
B82Y,C01G,C01P,C30B,H01M,Y02E,Y10T | 9,487,883 | 2016-11-08 | 1. Trimanganese tetraoxide particles comprising trimanganese tetraoxide primary particles which have an average primary particle size of at most 2 μm and which are agglomerated, the pore volume of pores being at least 0.5 mL/g, wherein the pore volume ratio of pores having a diameter of at least 10 μm as measured by a mercury intrusion technique is at most 20%. |
A61L,C21D,C22C,C22F | 9,464,344 | 2016-10-11 | 1. Thermomechanical treatment process for a titanium alloy including between 23 and 27% niobium, between 0 and 10% zirconium, and between 0 and 1% oxygen, nitrogen and/or silicon, the ratios being expressed in atomic proportions, process wherein the following steps are performed: a) an increase in temperature of a sample of the alloy to a temperature higher than 900° C., b) a fast quench, c) a cold strain higher than a true strain of 3, d) an ageing treatment at a temperature included between 200 and 600° C., the ageing treatment time being included between 10 seconds and 10 minutes. |
G08G | 9,406,233 | 2016-08-02 | 1. An apparatus for warning of dangerous passing of a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle information collector configured to collect vehicle information containing one or more of vehicle speed, traveling direction, and location; a vehicle information transmitter/receiver configured to transmit the vehicle information collected through the vehicle information collector, and receive other vehicle information transmitted from other vehicles; a controller configured to determine the direction of a lane change signal when the lane change signal is inputted, and determine whether to output a warning based on the vehicle information collected through the vehicle information collector and the other vehicle information received through the vehicle information transmitter/receiver; and a warning output unit configured to output a warning according to the determination of the controller, wherein the controller calculates a distance required for passing a forward vehicle when the forward vehicle is sensed through the other vehicle information, and outputs the warning when a vehicle on another lane is sensed within the calculated passing required distance. |
E01C | 9,303,370 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A vacuum system for capturing airborne particulates, above a traffic way comprising: vacuum hood, a material storage area, at least one vacuum generating means, and a filter unit such that a. said vacuum hood comprises an inlet and an outlet, b. said vacuum generating means having an inlet and an outlet, and being capable of c. said material storage area comprises an inside and an outside, a front and a back, a longitudinal axis, a width perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and is d. said filter unit comprising an inlet, an outlet, and filter media, in which |
A61P,C07D | 9,403,847 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A method of treating a disease selected from breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, brain cancer, bladder cancer, skin cancer, cancer of the uterus, ovary cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, renal cancer, gastric cancer, acute myeloblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and B cell lymphoma, in a patient, comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: the symbol Z is O, S, or NR U is N; and V is C; or U is C; and V is N; X is N or CR X is absent; and Y is S or O; Ar is a purine ring, substituted with n independently selected R Cy is cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, each substituted with m independently selected R R each R each R R each R or any R R each Cy each R or any R each R each R or any R each R or any R r is 0 or 1; wherein treating refers to inhibiting or ameliorating the disease. |
B01D,Y02C | 9,446,346 | 2016-09-20 | 1. An acidic gas absorbing agent comprising: an amino acid salt represented by general formula (1) or (2): wherein COOMe represents a carboxylate group; Me represents an alkali metal; and R 1 and R 2 each independently represent an alkylene chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and a carboxylate group and/or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms may be bonded to any of the carbon atoms in the alkylene chain, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in the alkylene chains indicated by R 1 and R 2 is 1 to 5; and an amine compound represented by general formula (3): wherein R 3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms; R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R 5 represents a hydroxyalkyl group. |
H04N | 9,241,160 | 2016-01-19 | 1. A method for processing a reference picture, comprising: i) performing motion estimation on an original picture to be encoded, based on a reconstructed reference picture, and a processed reference picture estimate to provide motion model parameters; ii) further processing the motion estimated picture to obtain a further processed reference picture estimate; and iterating the motion estimation and the further processing to provide a processed reference picture, wherein: the reconstructed reference picture is divided into a plurality of regions, the performing of the motion estimation provides motion model parameters for the plurality of regions, and for at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture in the plurality of regions, the performing of the motion estimation comprises applying a plurality of motion models to the at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture to provide motion model parameters associated with the at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture, wherein each motion model among the plurality of motion models is applied to the at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture separately, the motion model parameters associated with the at least one region being an average or weighted average of motion model parameters provided by applying each of the plurality of motion models to the at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture separately, wherein the applying a plurality of motion models to the at least one region of the reconstructed reference picture comprises: applying a first motion model on the at least one region to generate a first set of motion model parameters; and applying a second motion model on the at least one region to generate a second set of motion model parameters, wherein the motion model parameters associated with the at least one region is obtained by an average or a weighted average of the first set of motion model parameters with the second set of motion model parameters. |
H01S | 9,496,685 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A laser emitting apparatus comprising: a semiconductor laser; a grating positioned relative to the semiconductor laser to form a resonator structure therebetween; and an optical system positioned between the semiconductor laser and the grating, the optical system configured and arranged so that confocal points are formed on both a light emitting surface of the semiconductor laser and a reflection surface of the grating, wherein the optical system includes a relay lens, wherein the relay lens includes a plurality of spherical lenses, and wherein the spherical lenses are configured such that a lateral movement of only one of the lenses in any direction perpendicular to an optical axis of light emitted from the semiconductor laser changes an inclination angle of the optical axis between the relay lens and the grating relative to the optical axis of the emitted light. |
G01R | 9,377,489 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A system, comprising: a light source configured to generate a source of light; a fiber optic current sensor (FOCS) configured to detect the source of light; a decoding circuitry communicatively coupled to the FOCS, wherein the decoding circuitry is configured to receive the source of light as an indication of a measurement of an electrical current and to generate a first signal and a second signal based thereon; and a health monitoring circuitry communicatively coupled to the decoding circuitry, wherein the health monitoring circuitry is configured to: |
H05B | 9,277,616 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A light emitting device driver circuit for driving a light emitting device circuit which is operative according to a rectified input voltage, the light emitting device circuit including a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series and a diode circuit, wherein the diode circuit includes at least one diode or a light emitting diode (LED), and wherein the light emitting device circuit and the diode circuit are connected in series, the plural light emitting devices being divided into a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes at least one light emitting device, the light emitting device driver circuit comprising: a first switch circuit, which includes a plurality of first switches, wherein each first switch is connected to a corresponding one of the groups in parallel; a second switch circuit, which includes a plurality of second switches, wherein each forward end and each reverse end of each diode or LED in the diode circuit is coupled to a corresponding one of the second switches; a current source circuit, which is coupled to the second switch circuit, for providing a light emitting device current when at least one of the light emitting devices is conductive, wherein the second switch circuit determines whether to electrically connect the forward end or the reverse end of the at least one diode or LED in the diode circuit to the current source circuit according to voltages of the forward end and the reverse end; and a control circuit, which is coupled to the first switch circuit, for generating an operation signal according to an adjustment signal, to operate at least one first switch of the first switch circuit to determine which of the light emitting devices is conductive. |
G01C | 9,410,818 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A navigation device which is provided with a route guider that generates route information on the basis of position information of a host vehicle and map data, to thereby perform route guidance for a user who drives the host vehicle, the route information indicating the host vehicle's route, comprising: a route identifier that extracts a turning position of the host vehicle on the basis of the route information acquired from the route guider, to thereby prepare, as a recognition region, a predetermined range of the host vehicle's route after the turning position; a vehicle recognizer that acquires the recognition region from the route identifier to thereby detect within the recognition region, one or more nearby vehicles with respect to the host vehicle on the basis of an image captured ahead of the host vehicle in traveling, and that informs of a vehicle trajectory and a vehicle image of the one or more nearby vehicles, as a recognition result, the route identifier determining a preceding vehicle from the one or more nearby vehicles traveling on the route that is the same as that of the host vehicle, on the basis of the recognition result acquired from the vehicle recognizer; and a guide information generator that generates preceding vehicle information for providing to the user a presentation of the preceding vehicle determined by the route identifier, wherein the route guider, at the time of performing the route guidance, provides the presentation of the preceding vehicle to the user by a predetermined presentation method, on the basis of the preceding vehicle information generated by the guide information generator. |
G06K,G06T | 9,384,421 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A method for ascertaining a drowsiness level of a driver in a vehicle, comprising: modifying, by a control unit of a driver assistance system having a processor, a predefined reference circadian curve characterizing a drowsiness level of the driver during a 24-hour period of a day, wherein the predefined reference circadian curve is modified as a function of an environmental brightness by (i) decreasing a current course of the circadian curve with respect to the reference circadian curve when an environmental brightness detected by a sensor exceeds a predefined brightness boundary value, and (ii) raising the current course of the circadian curve with respect to the reference circadian curve when the environmental brightness detected by the sensor lies below the predefined brightness boundary value; and ascertaining, by the control unit of the driver assistance system having the processor, the drowsiness level of the driver using the modified circadian curve for a specific point in time of the day. |
H04N | 9,363,465 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A data processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a clock signal to a recording medium; a communication unit configured to transmit a command to the recording medium and receive data output from the recording medium in response to a timing signal obtained by delaying the clock signal; and a control unit configured to control said communication unit to transmit a transmission command for requesting the recording medium to transmit a predetermined data string having a predetermined pattern and receive the predetermined data string output from the recording medium, and wherein said control unit performs an adjustment process for adjusting a delay amount of the timing signal based on a result that said communication unit has received the predetermined data string, and said control unit has a plurality of modes including a first mode in which the delay amount of the timing signal is adjusted based on a result that said communication unit has received the predetermined data string in response to a plurality of timing signals each has a delay amount in a first range and a second mode in which the delay amount of the timing signal is adjusted based on a result that said communication unit has received the predetermined data string in response to a plurality of timing signals each has a delay amount in a second range narrower than the first range. |
G06F,H04L | 9,398,087 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A computer-implemented method for secure deployment of an application across deployment locations, comprising: providing an application for analysis wherein the application is capable of being divided into processing nodes which can be deployed in different locations, and wherein the application processes messages based on message models having annotations defining constraints on deployment of data in given data aspects, wherein data aspects include: an entire message or data fields, data elements or data structures of the message; analyzing the application to identify processing nodes that reference the given data aspects having deployment constraints; determining a restriction for a processing node based on the deployment constraints of the referenced data aspects; and deploying each processing node of the application according to the determined restriction. |
B60W,G06K,G06T,G08G,H04N | 9,443,163 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A detection system for a vehicle, the system comprising: at least one camera configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, the area including a curb separating a road surface from an off-road surface; a data interface; and at least one processing device programmed to: |
G03B,H04N | 9,338,333 | 2016-05-10 | 1. An image collector device comprising: a sensor arranged on a circuit board; a lens; and a lens holder; said lens being mounted in said lens holder; wherein a sensor space, in which said sensor is arranged, is formed between said lens and said circuit board; said image collector device further comprising a sealing device comprising: wherein said sealing device is arranged in said sensor space, said circumferential wall portion of said sealing device being arranged around said sensor and sealing said sensor space; wherein said circumferential wall portion is compressed in a direction along said sensor space between said lens and said circuit board; wherein said opening in said end wall sealingly encloses said lens; and wherein said lens comprises an outer thread, and said lens holder comprises an inner thread, said lens being threadedly engaged in said lens holder, wherein said end wall portion surrounding said opening is arranged between two adjacent flanks of said outer thread. |
B21D,B21F,B21H,F16B,Y10T | 9,511,413 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method of making a strip formed by a plurality of parallel wires wherein a sheet-metal strip is first grooved on one or both sides to form wires interconnected by webs, characterized in that, for the subsequent conversion of the webs into thin and easily separated webs that when separated form smooth and burr-free edge faces, the strip is subjected to a bending process during which each web is subjected to multiple bends along the longitudinal axis of the strip, wherein the strip is alternated between an inclined position and a declined position with respect to the lateral width of the strip as the strip is subjected to the multiple bends and in such a way that incipient cracks form due to fatigue fracture at the webs, and thereby a separation web is created. |
G02B,G02F | 9,310,648 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A liquid crystal panel assembly comprising: a light source which generates light; a liquid crystal panel which displays the light generated from the light source as an image; at least one optical film which is disposed at a rear of the liquid crystal panel; a reflector sheet which is disposed at a rear of the optical film and reflects the light generated by the light source toward the optical film; a reflector which concentrates the light generated by the light source; an upper chassis and a lower chassis which house the light source, the liquid crystal panel, the optical film, the reflector sheet, and the reflector therebetween; and a middle chassis which is separate and distinct from the upper chassis and the lower chassis, and is installed between the upper chassis and the lower chassis, wherein the reflector and the middle chassis together form a single body, and wherein the reflector, the light source and a support reflector cooperatively form a substantially smooth parabolic surface. |
E21B,F04D,H02K | 9,476,425 | 2016-10-25 | 1. An apparatus to determine a direction of rotation of a motor and pump of an electrical submersible pump, comprising: an electrical submersible pump assembly including a motor, a pump, a housing, and at least one sensor positioned to measure a rotational rate; and a processing system being configured to determine a direction of rotation of the pump, the motor, or both the pump and the motor responsive to a signal output from the at least one sensor to thereby determine if the pump, the motor, or both the pump and the motor of the electrical submersible pump assembly is rotating in an intended direction, wherein the processing system is configured to determine whether the signal output from the at least one sensor indicates one or more values exceeding a first threshold and one or more values exceeding a second threshold; and wherein the first threshold is set at a first percentage above a maximum rotation rate detected during a time period, and the second threshold is set at a second percentage below a maximum negative rotation rate detected during the time period. |
G06K | 9,465,999 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method, comprising: Maintaining, with a processor, a history of instances in which a person is detected by a first image sensor and by a second sensor different than the first image sensor at approximately a same time, respective ones of the instances including: in response to first image data captured by the first image sensor including a second person at the first coordinate, determining, with a processor, whether second image data captured by the second image sensor includes the second person without comparing the first image data to the second image data; and eliminating, with the processor, the second person from a count of people. |
H01M,Y02E,Y02T | 9,236,636 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, comprising a lithium salt and a liquid composition, wherein the liquid composition comprises: the proportion of the mass of the fluorinated solvent (α) to the total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is from 40 to 80 mass %, N (N the lithium salt comprises LiPF the fluorinated solvent (α) comprises the fluorinated ether compound, and the proportion of the mass of the fluorinated ether compound to the total mass of the fluorinated solvent (α) is at least 30 mass %. |
C12N,C12Q | 9,340,828 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A method for purification of nucleic acid comprising: adding a sample comprising a nucleic acid to a polymer having neutral charge; reversibly binding said nucleic acid to said polymer by hydrogen bonding under pH conditions <5 in the presence of a binding solution that does not contain polyoxyethylene based detergents; washing said polymer with a washing solution; and eluting said nucleic acid from said polymer under conditions of pH >5. |
A61K | 9,254,250 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A method of treating a patient afflicted with Diabetes Mellitus to reduce HbA1c of said patient in which energy is provided to energy deprived cells of said patient, said method consisting of administering, to said patient afflicted with said Diabetes Mellitus, a therapeutically effective amount of methyl pyruvate and ethyl pyruvate together with at least one additional agent, so as to provide said energy to said energy deprived cells via a citric acid cycle and so as to reduce said HbA1c of said patient; wherein said at least one additional agent is selected from the group consisting of acetyl L-carnitine, taurine, inosine, magnesium chloride, magnesium L-threonate, alpha lipoic acid, vitamin E in the form of alpha and gamma tocopherol, vitamin D3 and niacin. |
B01J,C07D | 9,302,997 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A copper catalyzed process for preparing a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole comprising: contacting a solution of an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of catalytic Cu(I) ion to form a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole, wherein the source of Cu(I) ion comprises Cu(II) and a metal capable of reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I). |
G06F,G06T | 9,336,603 | 2016-05-10 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, acquiring images which includes a target object, and the images captured by a plurality of cameras on a time series basis; calculating a plurality of distance from the plurality of each cameras to a feature point of the target object by using the images; correcting, in a case where the target object has reached a predetermined x-y plane that is a projection surface and a difference in an area of the target object between the images is equal to or less than a predetermined first threshold, the distance that has been calculated to a reference distance from the cameras to the x-y plane; and determining that, in a case where the plurality of distance from the plurality of each cameras to the target object is equal to the reference distance from the plurality of each cameras to the x-y plane, the target object remains placed on the x-y plane and that display information projected on the x-y plane has been selected, and determining that, in a case where the plurality of distance from the plurality of each cameras to the target object is less than the reference distance from the plurality of each cameras to the x-y plane, the target object has been moved away from the x-y plane and that the display information has not been selected. |
G06F | 9,436,721 | 2016-09-06 | 1. A method for workload scheduling, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, first lock trace data associated with a plurality of workloads, the first lock trace data relating to a first set of objects; replaying, by the processor, the first lock trace data associated with the workloads to identify first data access conflicts between a first one of the workloads and a second one of the workloads; determining by the processor, based upon the identified first data access conflicts associated with the first lock trace data, a subset of the first set of objects; obtaining, by the processor, second lock trace data associated with the workloads, the second lock trace data relating to the subset of objects; replaying, by the processor, the second lock trace data associated with the workloads to identify second data access conflicts between the first one of the workloads and the second one of the workloads; decomposing by the processor, based at least in part upon the identified second data access conflicts, at least the first one of the workloads into a plurality of shorter duration execution units; and scheduling, by the processor, at least one of the shorter duration execution units at a first time window that at least partially overlaps a second time window of at least the second one of the workloads. |
A61F,A61M | 9,327,065 | 2016-05-03 | 1. An apparatus to provide suction to a wound site through a drape covering the wound site, the apparatus comprising: an applicator configured to be positioned over an opening in the drape, the applicator comprising: a bridge comprising: wherein the flexible layer of the applicator is coupled using an adhesive to the enlarged distal end of the bridge. |
H04L | 9,461,964 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A system, comprising: an interface configured to: a processor configured to: a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. |
B62B | 9,308,928 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A collapsible cart for attaching to a transportable person carriage, comprising: a cargo basket defining an interior and including at least one opening; a cart frame mounting the cargo basket, the cart frame including: at least one linking member extending from at least one of the base frame, the side frame and the cargo basket. |
G11B | 9,257,143 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A host in communication with at least one Data Storage Device (DSD), the host comprising: an interface for communicating with the at least one DSD; and a processor configured to: |
C07C | 9,409,839 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A process for separating a phase (A) comprising at least one ionic liquid from a phase (B) comprising at least one hydrocarbon, phase (A) having a higher viscosity than phase (B), comprising the following steps: a) providing a stream (S b) introducing stream (S c) separating the dispersed phase (A) from phase (B) in the phase separation unit (PT d) discharging a stream (S e) discharging a stream (S |
G06M | 9,378,454 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A portable counter for counting cups stacked upon each other, the counter comprising: a handle for traversing the counter along the stacked cups, a means for sensing a brim portion of each of the cups stacked upon each other; a display for indicating a number representative of the sensed brim portions of the cups stacked upon each other; a processor and memory in communication with the means for sensing and the display for processing and storing data related to the sensed brim portions of the cups stacked upon each other; a battery in communication with the processor and memory for powering the processor and memory. |
G09B | 9,378,649 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method of displaying digital document data with partial text data therein replaced with mask data, the method comprising: acquiring, on a computer, digital document data; accepting, on the computer, a selection of an instance of partial text data to be replaced, the partial text data located within the digital document data; generating, on the computer, replacement document data that comprises a copy of the digital document data in which the instance of the partial text data is replaced with an identification information uniquely associated with said instance of the partial text data; storing, by the computer, a replaced document data, which comprises the replacement document data and an identification of a region of the replacement document data that includes the identification information corresponding to the instance of the partial text data, wherein the replacement document data comprises more than one region; accepting selection of one of a plurality of rule information pieces, which comprises a replacement information that associates the identification information with a mask pattern; and replacing, based on the replacement information, the identification information of the instance of the partial text data included in the replaced document data with the mask pattern. |
A61B | 9,510,741 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A camera hand-piece ( 1 ) for medical use, comprising: at least one lighting system ( at least one optical window ( a fixed part ( an external part ( a system determining a relative angular position of the mobile part relative to the fixed part, the relative angular position corresponding to each working position, the system generating for each working position a control signal automatically changing at least one of the lighting system, the settings of the processing unit, or optical parameters. |
F02C,F23R | 9,528,444 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A system, comprising: an end cover assembly; and a multi-tube fuel nozzle, comprising: a first plate; a plurality of premixer tubes supported in a floating arrangement between the end cover assembly and the first plate, wherein each premixer tube comprises a forward end adjacent the end cover assembly and an aft end adjacent the first plate, the forward end of each premixer tube is disposed about a fuel injector, each premixer tube extends through the first plate into a combustor chamber, and each premixer tube is configured to receive fuel and air and deposit a fuel-air mixture into the combustion chamber and a radial spring disposed about at least one premixer tube of the plurality of premixer tubes, wherein the radial spring is circumferentially disposed relative to a longitudinal axis of the multi-tube fuel nozzle about the fuel injector, and a portion of the radial spring contacts an inner surface of the at least one premixer tube and an outer surface of the fuel injector and is radially disposed relative to the longitudinal axis between the inner surface of the at least one premixer tube and the outer surface of the fuel injector. |
G06F | 9,519,703 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A computer-implemented method for refining search results, the method comprising the actions of: receiving, by one or more computer processors, a search query; determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the search query is a compound search query, wherein a compound search query includes at least two search queries separated by at least one logical operator; in response to determining the search query is a compound search query, parsing, by one or more computer processors, the compound search query into at least a first sub-query and a second sub-query; performing, by one or more computer processors, a search for each of the sub-queries and the compound search query; receiving, by one or more computer processors, a set of results from each search; determining, by one or more computer processors, a selection is made of a received result from the search of the first sub-query; creating, by one or more computer processors, a new search query that includes text from the selected received result and the second sub-query; performing, by one or more computer processors, a second search using the selected received result and the second sub-query; and determining, by one or more computer processors, a ranked order for each set of received results, wherein the ranked order is determined based on a weight assigned to each search result obtained, wherein the weight is determined based on a preference of a user, the preference being set prior to entering the search query and including a preference for social media data, geographic location data, and a preference based on a prior history of the user's searches, and one or more of: a relevancy to the search query, and a timeliness of the received result. |
G06K | 9,342,775 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A dual mode detection device comprising: a dual mode microchip including a logic circuit and a non-volatile memory, wherein the dual mode microchip has an electronic article surveillance (EAS) mode and a radio frequency identification (RFID) mode; an antenna operatively coupled to the microchip for operation of the RFID mode; a coil separate from the antenna operatively coupled to the microchip; and a capacitor, comprising a ferroelectric dielectric material is integrated into the microchip that resonates with the coil at a specific frequency wherein exceeding a breakdown voltage of the capacitor alters a state of a memory location in the non-volatile memory in which the capacitor and coil form a resonance circuit in which the capacitor and coil form a resonance circuit. |
H04R,H04S | 9,313,599 | 2016-04-12 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: accessing at least two audio signals captured using at least two omnidirectional microphones and corresponding to a received sound, wherein the at least two omnidirectional microphones are effective for capturing the at least two audio signals coming from all directions; determining a directional estimation based on subbands between the at least two audio signals and wherein one or more dominant sound source directions are determined, each of the one or more dominant sound source directions being dependent on a direction of the received sound, where the received sound can come from potentially all directions; determining a first signal based at least in part on the directional estimation wherein the determined first signal comprises emphasized subbands having the one or more dominant sound source directions relative to subbands that deviate from the one or more dominant sound source directions, wherein the subbands that deviate from the one or more dominant sound source directions are attenuated, and wherein the emphasized subbands include a mid signal of the received sound; determining a second signal wherein an ambience component is introduced for a sound image, wherein the ambience component includes a side signal of the received sound; and creating a resultant audio signal for the sound image using the first and second signals wherein the resultant audio signal is at least one multichannel signal having the ambience component including the side signal, the emphasized subbands having the one or more dominant sound source directions including the mid signal and the attenuated subbands that deviate from the one or more dominant sound source directions. |
G06F | 9,430,542 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A system for user initiated replication in a synchronized object replication system in a computing environment, comprising: a processor device operable in the computing environment, wherein the processor device is adapted for: |
G01N,G06T | 9,269,138 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A method for preparing a sample on a substrate, the method comprising: obtaining an image of a sample applicator in proximity to the substrate, the image comprising a direct image region corresponding to the sample applicator and a first reflected image region corresponding to an image of the sample applicator reflected from a surface of the substrate; determining a position of an edge of the sample applicator in the direct image region; determining a position of a reflected edge of the sample applicator in the first reflected image region; determining a distance between the edge of the sample applicator and the reflected edge of the sample applicator; determining the position of the sample applicator relative to a surface of the substrate based on the distance between the edges; and dispensing the sample onto the substrate using the sample applicator, wherein during the dispensing the position of the sample applicator relative to the substrate is maintained. |
G06F | 9,459,885 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A smart card module adapted to a first peripheral platform to be function as a first electronic system, wherein the first peripheral platform has a plurality of first interface connectors for respectively electrically connecting to a plurality of first peripheral devices, the first interface connectors respectively correspond to a plurality of first predetermined operating functions, and the first peripheral platform includes a first transmitting port, the smart card module comprising: a connecting port corresponding to the first transmitting port; and a processing unit electrically connected to the connecting port and having a plurality of functional chips; wherein when the connecting port is electrically connected to the first transmitting port, the processing unit receives a first identification data provided by the first peripheral platform through the connecting port, the first identification data corresponds to the first predetermined operating functions, the processing unit determines the first predetermined operating functions required by the first interface connectors, and executes some of the functional chips according to the first predetermined operating functions to enable the first interface connectors, and the executed functional chips respectively correspond to the first predetermined operating functions. |
H03K,H04J,H04L | 9,312,838 | 2016-04-12 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: first and second clocks operable to generate first and second input clock signals, respectively, wherein the first and second input clock signals are asynchronous in relation to one another; a first edge detector configured to receive the first input clock signal, the first edge detector operable to detect a rising edge of the first input clock signal and to generate a first enable signal; a second edge detector configured to receive the second input clock signal, the second edge detector operable to detect the rising edge of the second input clock signal and to generate a second enable signal; a first divider configured to receive the first enable signal and operable to generate a first adjusted enable signal based on a first predetermined factor; and a dual clock generator configured to receive the first adjusted enable signal and the second enable signal, and in response operable to generate a reference clock signal and transmit the reference clock signal over a single conductor. |
B05D,Y10T | 9,308,551 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A housing comprising: a substrate; a metallic coating formed on the substrate; a protecting layer formed directly on the metallic coating, the protecting layer comprising material having a chemical formula of wherein the R1 is an alkyl group having at least one epoxy group; a Si—O—M (M may be metal ion in the metallic coating a painting layer formed directly on the protecting layer. |
F01D,F05D,Y02E | 9,341,073 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A system for controlling thrust in a turbine, the system comprising: a packing seal housed within a packing seal casing and positioned radially distal to a thrust fitting mounted circumferentially on a rotor of the turbine; a controller communicatively coupled to the packing seal such that the controller is configured to move the packing seal to a selected clearance position in response to a thrust pressure against the rotor exceeding a target pressure; and a sensor coupled to the controller and configured to detect the thrust pressure against the rotor. |
A43B | 9,526,298 | 2016-12-27 | 1. An article of footwear comprising: an upper; an outer sole assembly; the outer sole assembly having a length extending in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a width extending between a lateral side and a medial side; the outer sole assembly comprising: |
H04L | 9,467,482 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method of delegating prefixes comprising: determining a home network having a data gateway configured to facilitate Internet signaling with an Internet service provider (ISP) network, the Internet signaling requiring data addresses derived from a data Internet protocol (IP) prefix provided to the data gateway from an ISP delegator; determining the home network having a video gateway configured to facilitate video signaling with a video network, the video signaling requiring video addresses derived from a video IP prefix provided to the video gateway from an video delegator; determining the home network having customer premise equipment (CPE) operating according to a plurality of restrictions, the restrictions including: (a) the CPE being prevented from being delegated data and/or video addresses directly from more than one of the data gateway and the video gateway and (b) the CPE being required to use the video addresses for the video signaling and the data addresses for data signaling; (c) translation of video addresses used for video signaling being prohibited; and (d) video signaling with the CPE being required to pass between the video network and the CPE through the video gateway; identifying the video IP prefix provided to the video gateway from information included within a routing delegation message transmitted from the video gateway to the data gateway; deriving the data and video addresses for the CPE at the data gateway using the data IP prefix provided thereto from the ISP delegator and the video IP prefix provided thereto from the video gateway within the routing delegation message, including deriving the data and video addresses such that each CPE is associated with a different one of the data addresses and a different one of the video addresses; delegating with the data gateway the data and video addresses derived for each CPE to the corresponding CPE through communications carried over a common link, the common link being sufficient to facilitate direct communications between each of the data gateway, the video gateway and the CPE; generating a routing table sufficient for use at the data gateway to route Internet signaling carried over the common link having one of the data addresses associated with the CPE to the ISP network and to route video signaling carried over the common link having one of the video addresses associated with the CPE to the video gateway such that the video gateway thereafter routes the video signaling to the video network; simultaneously routing the Internet and video signaling associated with one of the data addresses and the video addresses delegated to the CPE through the gateway, the gateway interfacing the corresponding Internet signaling with the ISP network through a first interface and the corresponding video signaling with the video gateway through a second interface; and interfacing through the first interface using a wireline interface and the second interface using a wireless interface sufficient for communicating over the common link with the video gateway. |
G01C,H04L,H04W | 9,319,835 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A mobile device for securely managed location-and-tracking service (LTS) access, the mobile device comprising: a communications hub arranged to send and receive wireless communications signals; and a trusted execution environment (TEE) arranged to: |
C07C | 9,227,926 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A process for synthesizing an azo compound, comprising the successive steps of: a) reacting hydrogen peroxide with an aqueous solution of a hydrazo compound containing at least one organic or inorganic acid, at least one alkali metal bromide or hydrogen bromide, and at least one water-soluble compound selected from the group consisting of salts and acids based on a catalytic metal chosen from molybdenum and tungsten, so as to form a solution containing an azo compound; b) adding the solution obtained in step (a) to at least one reducing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrazine, sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, or mixtures thereof to obtain a reaction mixture; c) recovering all or part of the reaction mixture, wherein the part of the reaction mixture not recovered may be optionally recycled into step (a), to obtain a recovered reaction mixture; d) separating the recovered reaction mixture into a fraction containing the azo compound and a mother liquor fraction; and e) optionally, washing the fraction containing the azo compound to isolate the azo compound. |
G01C,G06F | 9,411,822 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A navigation system comprising: a processor; data storage that is operatively coupled to the processor; open sky data entities stored in the data storage and accessible by the processor, wherein each open sky data entity represents a visibility rating of open sky at a respective position; road-network data entities stored in the data storage and accessible by the processor, wherein each road-network data entity represents a road network at the respective position, and wherein the open sky data entities and the road-network data entities are associated based on position; and program instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor for receiving a route request including a starting location, a destination, a visibility preference, and responsive thereto, using the road-network data entities to generate a route based on the visibility preference and the visibility rating of open sky for the road-network data entities; wherein the route is generated by calculating a path between the starting location and a destination using the visibility preference to select road-network data entities. |
A61F,A61L,B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,D04H,Y10T | 9,446,163 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A stand-alone, hydroengorged nonwoven web, the nonwoven web being impressed with a first pattern of bond impressions, the first pattern of bond impressions defining a second pattern of unbonded raised regions, wherein the raised regions have a Laminate Measured Height relative the bond impressions of at least 280 μm; and wherein the nonwoven web: is formed of spunlaid fibers comprising polyolefin and up to 3.0% by weight TiO has a basis weight of 30 gsm or less; has an Opacity of 42 or greater; has Bond Area of at least 10%; has a Tensile Strength in the cross direction of at least 300 gf/cm; and wherein the first pattern of bond impressions comprises at least two adjacent, parallel, straight paths defined by the bond impressions, wherein a line exists along each path, along which there are bonded lengths separated by unbonded lengths, and the ratio of total bonded length to total unbonded length (Bond Length Ratio) is between 35% and 65%. |
A01G | 9,307,704 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A tree trimming apparatus comprising: a transport vehicle; an aerial boom having a boom axis and attached to the transport vehicle at a near end of the aerial boom; a cutter head assembly comprising one or more hydraulic couplings; an actuator assembly connected to the cutter head assembly and connected to a far end of the aerial boom, the actuator assembly comprising a first axial rotator for turning the cutter head assembly relative to the boom axis, the first axial rotator comprising a rotating swivel for carrying hydraulic fluid; and a plurality of hydraulically powered tree maintenance accessories interchangeably connected to the cutter head assembly and connected to at least one of the one or more hydraulic couplings, wherein the plurality of hydraulically powered tree maintenance accessories are controlled by the hydraulic fluid via an associated one of the one or more hydraulic couplings; wherein the plurality of hydraulically powered tree maintenance accessories interchangeably connected to the cutter head assembly are separately detachable and attachable to the cutter head assembly; and wherein the plurality of hydraulically powered tree maintenance accessories comprise at least one clamp and at least one cutter. |
G06F,H04W | 9,286,473 | 2016-03-15 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a management device, data indicating that one or more nodes in a shared-media communication network are under attack by an attacking node; and communicating a quarantine request packet to the one or more nodes under attack, the quarantine request packet providing instructions to the one or more nodes under attack to alter their frequency hopping schedule without allowing the attacking node to learn of the altered frequency hopping schedule by encrypting the frequency hopping schedule. |
G01D,G01K,G02B | 9,347,797 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A sensor for measuring an environmental effect, comprising a waveguide having a core, the core having a grating in a segment of the core, the waveguide further having a coating comprising a polymeric sensor material, the polymeric sensor material having internal mechanical stress as a consequence of being in a deformed shape, which sensor material is configured to at least partially relax under the influence of the environmental effect by which relaxation the material changes shape from the deformed shape to a memory shape, the sensor further comprising a detection unit for indirectly or directly detecting said relaxation, wherein the grating is a fiber bragg grating. |
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