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H04W | 9,451,494 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A method for reporting minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements by a mobility management entity (MME), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a cell traffic trace message; determining whether anonymization of MDT data is required based on the cell traffic trace message; and transmitting, to a trace collection entity (TCE), a type allocation code (TAC) of a terminal if the anonymization of the MDT data is required; wherein the cell traffic trace message includes information indicating an immediate MDT or a logged MDT. |
F02N,H02K | 9,231,460 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A DC electric rotating machine including: a stator forming an inductor having at least four poles distributed uniformly over the circumference of the stator, at least two geometrically opposed poles of the at least four poles being salient poles, each of the salient poles comprising at least one slot, at least one pole of the at least two salient poles being a consecutive pole not having an inductive winding and comprising at least two slots; a rotor disposed inside the stator, the rotor comprising an armature winding formed by armature wires wound in notches; a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the armature winding of the rotor; and a magnet disposed in the at least one slot in each of the salient poles; the magnet being magnetized in a direction transverse to a direction of an inductive flux of the salient pole so as to be perpendicular to a radius of the electric machine and parallel to a direction of an armature flux; the at least one slot disposed in a middle of each of the salient poles and extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor; the at least one of the at least two slots in the at least one consecutive pole not having a magnet. |
A63F,G07F | 9,235,956 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method of operating a wagering game system, the method comprising: electronically initiating, via an electronic processing unit of the wagering game system, play of a wagering game presented via an electronic display device of the wagering game system, wherein the wagering game is associated with a player wagering account, wherein the wagering game system includes a value input device attached to a housing of the wagering game system, wherein the value input device is configured to receive a first monetary value for placement of wagers, wherein the wagering game system includes a value output device attached to the housing of the wagering game system, wherein the value output device is configured to provide, in response to user input, a second monetary value related to play of the wagering game, and wherein the play of the wagering game is associated with placement of at least one of the wagers; automatically accessing, via a network communication interface of the wagering game system, the player wagering account via a network; automatically selecting, based on analysis by the electronic processing unit of social network contact accounts stored in the player wagering account as social contacts, at least one social contact identifier of one of the social network contact accounts for presentation in place of a game play element of the wagering game in response to electronically determining that the one of the social network contact accounts has a higher percentage of completion of group tasks than others of the social network contact accounts; electronically providing the at least one social contact identifier for presentation via the electronic display device in place of the game play element of the wagering game; automatically determining, via the electronic processing unit, that the one of the social network contact accounts is eligible to be a member of a task-performance group according to the automatically selecting the at least one social contact identifier for presentation in place of the game play element of the wagering game; automatically assigning, via the electronic processing unit, the one of the social network contact accounts and the player wagering account as members of the task-performance group in response to the automatically determining that the one of the social network contact accounts is eligible to be the member of the task-performance group; automatically determining, via the electronic processing unit, one or more tasks to be performed by any one of the members of the task-performance group; and electronically providing an indication of the one or more tasks for presentation via the electronic display device. |
H03K | 9,312,839 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A buffer circuit comprising: a buffer circuit section which includes a plurality of transistors, receives an input clock, and outputs an output clock by wave-shaping the input clock; a measurement circuit section which measures a first pulse width at a first potential level of the output clock and a second pulse width at a second potential level of the output clock; and an adjustment circuit section which keeps changing a combination of first transistors to activate among the plurality of transistors regardless of a measurement result of the measurement circuit section until the adjustment circuit section activates all combinations of the plurality of transistors and the measurement circuit section completes measurement of the first pulse width and the second pulse width in all the combinations to be activated, detects a first combination by which a ratio between the first pulse width and the second pulse width becomes closest to a target ratio among all the combinations to be activated on the basis of the measurement result of the measurement circuit section after the measurement circuit section completes the measurement, and adjusts the ratio by varying a drive capability of the buffer circuit section by activating second transistors being included in the first combination and deactivating a third transistor being excluded from the first combination. |
H04L | 9,253,172 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method for enhancing capabilities of a key server computer to dynamically disseminate rekeying information to mobile devices, the method comprising: a key server computer registering a first network address associated with a mobile device, and upon finishing the registering of the first network address, deleting a security association established for the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device, an update message comprising both the first network address and a second network address of the mobile device; in response to receiving the update message, the key server computer replacing the first network address with the second network address in storage at the key server computer without creating a new security association for the mobile device; the key server computer determining whether rekeying information is needed for the mobile device; the key server computer generating the rekeying information and sending the rekeying information to the second network address of the mobile device in response to determining that rekeying information is needed. |
A61K,A61P,C07D,G01N | 9,333,270 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A method of optical imaging of a biological tissue that expresses a folate receptor, the method comprising: (a) contacting the biological tissue with a composition comprising a compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or isotopes thereof, wherein: X is an single amino acid or a single amino acid derivative thereof, wherein the single amino acid or single amino acid derivative contains an —OH, —NH Y is a dye that has a fluorescence excitation and emission spectra in the near infra red range, wherein Y is represented by the formula: wherein, X′ is independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and C, and R′ is independently selected from the group consisting of CH and the compound maintains or enhances the fluorescence of the dye, Y; (b) allowing time for the compound in the composition to distribute within the biological target; (c) illuminating the tissue with an excitation light of a wavelength absorbable by the compound; and (d) detecting the optical signal emitted by the compound. |
A01G,F21K,F21Y,H01L,H05B,Y02P | 9,516,818 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A horticultural light, comprising: at least two Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) emitting light including far red light in a wavelength range from 700 nm-800 nm and reducing green light below the light intensity in each of the bands adjacent to the green light, the emitted light including spectral emission peaks matching carotenoid and chlorophyll absorption peaks, the at least two LEDs having first spectral characteristics with maximum 50 nm full width of half maximum and a peak wavelength in a range of 400 to 500 nm; and at least one adjustable dial configured to adjust at least one peak wavelength of the first spectral characteristics. |
B32B,H01L,Y10T | 9,259,895 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A flexible substrate, comprising: a substrate; a first buffer layer on the substrate, the first buffer layer having a plurality of first buffer segments; a second buffer layer on the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer having a plurality of second buffer segments; and a third buffer layer on the second buffer layer, wherein the third buffer layer is connected to the first buffer layer via a contact hole between two adjacent second buffer segments, wherein the first buffer layer and the third buffer layer are silicon nitride (SiN |
B05B,C23C,H05H | 9,315,888 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A thermal spray gun system comprising: an electrode housing an electrode; a thermal spray gun body having a fore portion and an aft portion, the thermal spray gun body housing a thermal spray gun nozzle at the fore portion and coupled to the electrode body at the aft portion, the thermal spray gun nozzle having a discharge end, a body end, and a tapered interior face extending therebetween, wherein a cross-sectional area of the thermal spray gun nozzle at the discharge end is greater than a cross-sectional area of the thermal spray gun nozzle at the body end; and a removable nozzle insert in circumferential contact with the tapered interior face of the thermal spray gun nozzle and configured to transfer heat thereto, the removable nozzle insert including an axial passage configured to communicate a plasma discharge from within the thermal spray gun body; wherein the electrode body is configured to generate an electrical arc between the electrode and the thermal spray gun body, for converting a feedstock into the plasma discharge. |
A61F | 9,498,392 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; a first waist edge and a second waist edge; and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising: 1.) a topsheet; 2.) a backsheet; 3.) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and 4.) a leg gasketing system, wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff; wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge, and the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge, such that at least one web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge, wherein the leg gasketing system is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region, and the inner cuff has an air permeability of less than about 50 m |
H02K | 9,450,461 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A rotary electrical machine comprising: a rotor ( a stator ( wherein the body ( wherein the conductors ( |
B64C | 9,517,840 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A system for a vehicle comprising: an airfoil wherein fluid is configured to flow over a top surface of the airfoil at a first speed and fluid is configured to flow below on a lower surface of the airfoil at a second speed on a return path; a safety cover configured to be positioned over the top surface of the airfoil, the safety cover including a plurality of openings; a containment body having a first end and a second end, the first end being positioned over a front end of the airfoil and below the safety cover, the second end being positioned over a rear end of the airfoil and below the safety cover, wherein a portion of the containment body wraps around the airfoil, wherein a first distance between the safety cover and the top surface of the airfoil is less than a second distance between the containment body and the lower surface of the airfoil; a plurality of duct fans positioned with the containment body between the rear end of the airfoil and the containment body. |
H01M,Y02E | 9,530,992 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a casing that defines a first side and a second side relative to an axial direction of a plurality of batteries and that is configured to contain the plurality of batteries; a battery holding member provided to have a plurality of battery holding holes and configured to bind the respective batteries in such a state that the respective batteries are parallel to one another in the axial direction of the batteries, by insertion of ends on the first side into the respective battery holding holes; a first bus bar arranged to electrically connect with battery terminals on the first side; a second bus bar arranged to electrically connect with battery terminals on the second side opposite to the first side; a bus bar holding member that is configured to hold the second bus bar and constitute a wall surface on the second side, and that has a projection protruded from a surface on the first side toward a space between the respective batteries; and a sealing sheet member placed between end faces on the second side and the bus bar holding member and configured to have a plurality of terminal exposing holes formed corresponding to the respective batteries and cause peripheries of the respective terminal exposing holes to come into contact with the end faces of the respective batteries, so as to prevent leakage of a gas from inside of the casing toward the second bus bar, wherein the sealing sheet member has a deformation dividing part provided around at least part of the plurality of terminal exposing holes, the deformation dividing part is a breaking part formed as a perforation that remains in a perforated state prior to assembly of the sealing sheet member to the bus bar holding member and is broken during assembly of the sealing sheet member to the bus bar holding member. |
A61M | 9,402,947 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A portable nasal irrigator, comprising: (a) a main canister comprising at least one air exit port, wherein the air exit port extends beyond a rim of the canister; and (b) an insert with a base that fits within the canister, wherein the insert comprises at least one fluid channel that fits over the air exit port, and further wherein the fluid channel is larger in diameter than the air exit port, thereby providing a small space between the outer surface of the air exit port and the inner surface of the fluid channel, wherein the insert comprises an extension protruding outwardly to the canister, wherein the fluid channel comprises a groove extending vertically along the exterior of the fluid channel to an aperture in the extension, said aperture creating a channel to the canister; and (c) a pressurized air supply source contiguously attached without tubing to the canister for introducing pressurized air through the air exit port such that the fluid is expelled as a mist through an exit hole in the fluid channel, said pressurized air supply source comprising therein an airflow regulating system comprising: an air outlet, a pump, a motor, a filter for filtering incoming air, and a circuit board to control the motor; the pump in communication with the main canister and the motor, and the filter connecting to the pump, wherein the motor is driven by one of: a battery contained within the pressurized air supply source or an external power supply source. |
G01C,G01S,G02B | 9,341,474 | 2016-05-17 | 1. A rotation unit for a surveying device for optically scanning an environment, wherein the rotation unit comprises: a rotation body implemented as a cylinder having a beveled, free end, which is provided to be rotatably mounted in the surveying device about its cylinder axis; and a rotation mirror disposed on the beveled, free end of the rotation body, and arranged inclined in relation to the cylinder axis is provided for deflecting an emission light beam and a reception light beam; wherein the rotation body is implemented as a hollow cylinder having a cavity delimited by a cylinder bottom and a cylinder wall protruding therefrom, which is beveled on its free end opposite to the cylinder bottom, and by the rotation mirror fastened in the region of the free end on the cylinder wall, and wherein the hollow cylinder is connectable, coaxially with respect to its cylinder axis, in a rotationally-fixed manner to a motor-driven shaft of the surveying device via its cylinder bottom. |
H04W | 9,363,647 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device, the method comprising: determining whether a wireless charging event occurs in the car, wherein the wireless charging event occurs automatically or at a user's request, the mobile device determined whether a short-range wireless communication is established, and the mobile device is placed on a wireless power transmitter in the car for identifying information received from a short-range wireless communication device to support by an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface the wireless charging event that occurs; and running at least one application automatically which is associated between the car and the mobile device, which is related to the car if the identified information includes information from the mobile device that is related to the car. |
G09G,H04N | 9,424,768 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A method for controlling a shutter of a universal viewing device used to view alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material presented on a rendering device, comprising: selecting from a library of signal format definition data a signal format definition data for use by an intermediate device in decoding received signals wherein the received signals comprise encoded synchronization data appropriate for the rendering device; using the signal format definition data selected from the library of signal format definition data by the intermediate device to decode the encoded synchronization data in the received signals and causing the intermediate device to control the shutter of the universal viewing device as a function of the encoded synchronization data in the received signals as decoded by use of the signal format definition data selected from the library of signal format definition data to thereby allow the universal viewing device to be used to view alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material presented on the rendering device. |
G06F,G06K | 9,298,996 | 2016-03-29 | 1. A biometric authentication device comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: |
G01R | 9,494,616 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A socket device for testing a semiconductor device, comprising: a socket body provided with a plurality of first receiving holes for receiving a plurality of contacts therein, respectively, and provided with a hinge pin with which a latch is combined; a lower plate provided inside a lower part of the socket body wherein the lower plate is provided with a plurality of second receiving holes communicating with the first receiving holes so that lower contact portions of the contacts electrically contact leads of a printed circuit board (PCB); a floating plate supported by a plurality of elastic materials at a position above the socket body so that the floating plate can move vertically, wherein an upper surface of the floating plate serves as a surface to seat a semiconductor device, wherein the floating plate is provided with a plurality of through holes so that upper contact portions of the contacts go through the floating plate to be held in the plurality of through holes; a plurality of contacts inserted into the first receiving holes and the second receiving holes, wherein the lower contact portions of the contacts contact the leads of the PCB, and the upper contact portions of the contacts go through the through holes to contact leads of the semiconductor device; a guide plate provided on the floating plate, the guide plate having an inclined guide surface so that the semiconductor device can be seated on the floating plate; a socket cover supported by a plurality of cover springs, the socket cover combined together by a plurality of hooks with the socket body so as to move vertically above the socket body, and the socket cover having a plurality of latch driving pins and an opening so that the semiconductor device is led along the inclined guide surface to be loaded on the floating plate; and a latch elastically supported by a torsion spring and rotating on the hinge pin, the latch comprising a latch arm applying pressure to an upper surface of the semiconductor device, a roller capable of rotating freely at a front end of the latch arm, and a cam integral to the latch arm, the cam contacting the latch driving pins. |
C12Q | 9,447,463 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A method of amplifying a nucleic acid sequence in a parallel sequencing technique, said method comprising: a) hybridizing a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences with a plurality of first linear primers which contain (i) a terminal 3′ region having a first random sequence and (ii) a 5′ region having a first universal sequence, b) forming a plurality of extended linear primer products by extending the first linear primers that are hybridized to the target nucleic acid sequence; c) hybridizing the plurality of the extended linear primer products to a plurality of second linear primers which contain (i) a terminal 3′ region having a second random sequence and (ii) a 5′ region having a second universal sequence, d) forming a plurality of double-extended linear primer products by extending the plurality of second linear primers that are hybridized to the plurality of the extended linear primer products. |
A63F,G07F | 9,495,830 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A game play system comprising: an arcade game machine installed at a retail location of a company and integrated into a loyalty program offered by the company; a card reader communicatively connected to the arcade game machine, the card reader comprising: the game play server configured to: the remote server configured to: wherein the game play server is further configured to: wherein the card reader further comprises an activation module configured to: wherein the patron earns loyalty points for the loyalty program from playing the arcade game machine, and wherein the loyalty points are reflected in the patron account information sent from the card reader to the remote server via the game play server. |
H04J,H04W | 9,439,222 | 2016-09-06 | 1. A method for accessing a physical random access channel (PRACH), the method comprising: determining a PRACH sequence group used by multiple base stations, wherein the multiple base stations use a same cell identity and comprise a macro base station and at least one pico base station, the PRACH sequence group based on two root sequences, a first root sequence associated with the macro base station and a second root sequence associated with the pico base station, the PRACH sequence group comprises k sending an indication parameter of the PRACH sequence group to a user equipment UE for the UE to randomly access a network, wherein the indication parameter is used for indicating the first PRACH sequences to the sixth PRACH sequences. |
F41A,F41G | 9,429,380 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A firearm suppressor with a heat anodization treatment, the firearm suppressor comprising: a firearm suppressor housing comprising an outer surface, an inner cavity that accommodates a baffle insert, and an attachment mechanism that is configured to attach the firearm suppressor housing to a barrel of a firearm, wherein the firearm suppressor housing is treated with a heat anodization process to create a design that is a part of the firearm suppressor housing, wherein the heat anodization process is completed using a plasma welding process and not using an open flame. |
A01H | 9,456,573 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A plant of soybean cultivar S140155, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122244. |
F16N | 9,371,963 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A lubricant distributor for conveying and distributing lubricant from a lubricant source via one or more lines to one or more lubricant supply points, the lubricant distributor comprising at least one removable or exchangeable modular rupture monitor and a basic distributor comprising at least one distributor outlet and a connection element assigned to each distributor outlet; wherein the basic distributor and the at least one line rupture monitor are removably connected to provide a rigid unit; wherein the at least one line rupture monitor comprises at least one line rupture monitor module, the line rupture monitor module removably connected to a connection element, for ease of combination of modules and retrofitting of modules, the rupture module removably assigned to a distributor outlet of the basic distributor and each of the at least one line rupture monitors comprises a detection device comprising electrical components, optical components, or both electrical and optical components and is configured and adapted to detect a pressure drop in the connection element, wherein each line rupture monitor module is operatively connected to a connection element, the connection element is configured in such a way that the lubricant is guided out of the distributor outlet via a bypass fluid path which is formed by an opening on the wall of the connection element, a hole section and a relief hole provided in the line rupture monitor module, the hole section is connected at one end to the opening and connected at another end to the relief hole. |
B60K,B60Q,B60R,B62D,G01C,G06F | 9,267,809 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A control apparatus for controlling an operation target device in a vehicle, comprising: a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel, the touch sensor including a first area, a second area and a third area, the first area located in an area where a palm of the driver makes contact, the second area located on an upper side of the first area and located in an area where a thumb or an index finger of the driver makes contact, the third area provided as an operation invalid area where an operation input is invalid and located between the first area and the second area; a first detector configured to detect a state where the first area is touched; a second detector configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on the second area, the particular input operation being a sliding pattern by the thumb or the index finger on the second area; and a controller configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the sliding pattern when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched by the palm and the second detector detects the state where the sliding pattern was performed on the second area by the thumb or the index finger. |
H04B,H04W | 9,392,599 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A communication system comprising a movable terminal device and a plurality of communication devices configured to perform radio communication with said terminal device, wherein said plurality of communication devices include a large-scale communication device having a first range in which communication between said large-scale communication device and said terminal device is possible and a small-scale communication device having a second range in which communication between said small-scale communication device and said terminal device is possible, the first range being larger than the second range, said large-scale communication device and said small-scale communication device are configured to communicate with each other and are installed such that at least parts of said first and second ranges overlap each other, said small-scale communication device is configured to receive an uplink resource transmitted to said large-scale communication device from said terminal device and, upon receipt of said uplink resource, transmit a reception signal regarding said uplink resource to said large-scale communication device, and said large-scale communication device combines a reception signal regarding said uplink resource transmitted from said terminal device and the reception signal regarding said uplink resource transmitted from said small-scale communication device to produce a combined reception signal, and said large-scale communication device decodes information from the combined reception signal, and an uplink transmission power and an effective period of the uplink transmission power of said terminal device are set based on a moving speed of said terminal device, said effective period of the uplink transmission power indicating an elapsed time after which use of the uplink transmission power is ended, and said terminal device performs an uplink transmission with the small-scale communication device having the uplink transmission power until the effective period of the uplink transmission power ends, and thereafter, said terminal device performs an uplink transmission with the large-scale communication device having an increased uplink transmission power that is greater than the uplink transmission power set based on the moving speed of said terminal device. |
H01L | 9,425,150 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A method comprising: providing a bonded structure having a first semiconductor chip having a first substrate bonded to a second semiconductor chip having a second substrate, the first substrate having one or more first dielectric layers thereon and a first pad in the one or more first dielectric layers, the second substrate having one or more second dielectric layers thereon and a second pad in the one or more second dielectric layers, the first substrate being bonded to the second substrate such that the first dielectric layers face the second dielectric layers, wherein the first semiconductor chip is a first technology node chip and the second semiconductor chip is a second technology node chip, the first technology node chip being a different technology node than the second technology node chip; forming a first opening extending through the first substrate; forming a second opening extending from the first opening to the first pad; forming a third opening extending from the first pad to the second pad; and simultaneously forming a first multi-via interconnect structure and a redistribution layer with a conductive material, wherein the first multi-via interconnect structure is formed in the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening, wherein the redistribution layer provides an external electrical connection to the first multi-via interconnect structure. |
A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N | 9,387,234 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A method comprising administering Stromal-Derived Factor-1 (SDF-1) to ischemia damaged tissue of a subject to thereby treat the ischemia damaged tissue by stimulating angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis, wherein the ischemia damaged tissue is myocardium. |
G01R | 9,423,441 | 2016-08-23 | 1. An integrated circuit, comprising: circuitry to sample an input signal according to a sampling clock, to generate data samples; a clock source to generate the sampling clock; circuitry to compare expected data values with the data samples and to generate an error indication in dependence on whether the expected data values match the data samples; and circuitry to inject jitter into the sampling clock to simulate jitter in the input signal; wherein the clock source comprises a clock recovery circuit operable to generate a recovered clock in dependence on transitions in the input signal, the sampling clock being dependent on the recovered clock. |
B05B,B05C,B05D,B25J,B41J,G05B | 9,446,426 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A device for painting a curved outer surface of an aircraft comprising: a plurality of different base color supply units containing polyurethane aircraft paint; a paint applicator having a plurality of spray painting heads each assigned to one of the plurality of different base color supply units, each of the plurality of spray painting heads having an aperture of 0.5 to 1.2 mm and the polyurethane aircraft paint ejected from the apertures having a maximum particle size of 0.1 mm, each of the plurality of spray painting heads being configured to eject the particles in a flowing fashion; a spatially adjustable positioning device configured to move the paint applicator relative to the curved outer surface; at least one sensor device configured to determine a three-dimensional geometry of the curved outer surface, the sensor device including a laser measuring head disposed on the paint applicator; and a control unit coordinating a movement of the positioning device with a paint output of the paint applicator, wherein the control unit is configured to alternately activate each of the plurality of spray painting heads so as to produce a picture motif and to derive a two-dimensional driving geometry based on the three-dimensional geometry determined by the at least one sensor device, said two-dimensional geometry to be used by a secondary control unit of the paint applicator while driving the positioning device according to said three-dimensional geometry, wherein the laser measuring head is connected to an input side of the control unit and specifies current distance values to be used by the control unit as actual values in order to coordinate the movement of the positioning device with respect to a nominal distance from the outer surface of the aircraft that lies within the range of a desired paint application quality, and wherein the control unit coordinates movement the movement of the positioning device using the feed pressure for the spray painting heads, a nozzle cross section of the spray painting heads, and the viscosity of the polyurethane aircraft. |
A01K | 9,433,199 | 2016-09-06 | 1. A fishing float comprising: a housing having top, a base, a tube extending downwardly from said base and having an open end; a cap removably engaged with said open end of said tube, said cap having lock tab and a slip tab; and a line arrestor received within said open end of said tube and secured by said cap, said line arrestor cooperating with said lock tab to capture a fishing line between said line arrestor and said lock tab to secure said fishing line to said fishing float without slipping, and said line arrestor cooperating with said slip tab to capture a fishing line between said line arrestor and said slip tab to secure said fishing line said fishing float allowing said fishing float to slip on said fishing line. |
A61B | 9,339,252 | 2016-05-17 | 1. An X-ray CT imaging device, comprising: a revolution section that causes an X-ray generation source and an electric X-ray detector, facing each other while having a subject therebetween, to revolve about a revolution shaft as a center of revolution; a revolution driving section that drives driving the revolution section to revolve with respect to the subject; an X-ray radiation area setting section that accepts a setting of a local area of the subject as an X-ray radiation area; a control section that controls at least the revolution driving section; and a high sensitivity site specification section to specify a high sensitivity site in a biological body that is highly sensitive to an X-ray; wherein the revolution section is revolved with respect to the X-ray radiation area to perform CT imaging; and wherein, when radiation of an X-ray flux in a revolving movement is performed during the CT imaging in accordance with the X-ray radiation area accepted by the X-ray radiation area setting section, the control section controls at least one of an X-ray revolution plane formed by the X-ray flux along with the revolution of the revolution section, and a revolution range of the revolution section, such that an amount of X-ray radiation toward the high sensitivity site is decreased. |
G06F,H04L | 9,355,246 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A method of collecting behaviors of a suspicious file, said method comprising: receiving said suspicious file on a host computer, said suspicious file including executable code and suspected of being malicious, and wherein said suspicious file is a file in portable executable format; analyzing said executable code before execution and identifying a packing program that has packed said executable code, and wherein said executable code has been compressed or encrypted by said packing program; disabling a software hook in an emulator of said host computer based upon said identified packing program; executing said suspicious file within said emulator of said host computer after said disabling; and collecting behaviors of said suspicious file while said suspicious file is executing within said emulator, said executing suspicious file not prematurely terminating by virtue of not detecting use of said software hook in said emulator. |
C07C | 9,260,377 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A continuous process for the preparation of nitrobenzene by the nitration of benzene, comprising: a) reacting a benzene-containing stream (a.1) in a reactor with a mixture of sulfuric acid (a.2) and nitric acid (a.3) under adiabatic conditions, wherein the benzene is used in a stoichiometric excess, based on nitric acid (a.3), and the quantity M′ of the benzene-containing stream (a.1) fed into the reactor per hour is increased over a period of time t from the beginning of the nitration until a preset target value for M′ is achieved, b) separating the process product obtained in step a) in a phase separation apparatus into an aqueous phase (b.1) comprising sulfuric acid and an organic phase (b.2) comprising nitrobenzene, c) concentrating the aqueous phase (b.1) obtained in step b) by evaporation of the water in an evaporation apparatus to give an aqueous phase (c.1) comprising sulfuric acid and having a higher sulfuric acid concentration than (b.1), wherein the phase (c.1) is recycled into step a) via a sulfuric acid tank and used as a component of (a.2), and d) working up the organic phase (b.2) obtained in step b) to pure nitrobenzene (d.1), wherein at least during the period of time t, only a sulfuric acid stream (a.2) having a content of organic compounds of less than 1.0 mass percent, based on the total mass of (a.2), is fed into the reactor. |
H04L,H04W,Y02D | 9,356,831 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A method comprising: under control of a node of a network configured with computer-executable instructions: selecting, by the node, a first mode of communication for the node of the network; communicating, by the node, via the first mode of communication; responsive to determining, by the node, a first condition, selecting, by the node, a second mode of communication for use by the node to communicate, wherein the selecting, by the node, the second mode of communication comprises: communicating, by the node, via the second mode of communication; searching, by the node, a predetermined priority listing to determine a higher priority mode of communication, the predetermined priority listing including a mesh network mode being designated higher priority than a star network mode, the star network mode being designated higher priority than a mobile mode; determining whether the higher priority mode of communication has a lower cost of communication than the second mode of communication; and upon determining that the higher priority mode of communication has a lower-cost of communication than the second mode, communicating, by the node, via the higher priority mode of communication. |
H04R,H04W | 9,277,308 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A signal receiving structure of a wireless microphone comprising: a host controlled by a RS485; and a plurality of RS485 receivers connected to the host via plural signal cables, wherein the plurality of RS485 receivers have signal receiving ranges which are overlapped to expand a total receiving range, wherein any one of the plurality of RS485 receivers transmits at least one microphone signal back to the host through RS485 remote-control communication interface after receiving the at least one microphone signal, and wherein power is supplied to the plurality of RS485 receivers via plural signal cables from the host, to expand a using range of at least one wireless microphone. |
G11C | 9,361,952 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A storage controlling apparatus, comprising: a decision portion configured to decide whether or not a number of bits of a specific value from between binary values is greater than a reference value at one of two portions of input data to a memory cell, which executes rewriting to one of the binary values and rewriting to the other one of the binary values in order in a writing process, to generate decision data indicative of a result of the decision, wherein the reference value is the number of bits of the specific value at the other one of the two portions; and a write side outputting portion configured to output, when it is decided that the number of bits is greater than the reference value, the input data, wherein the one portion, but not all, of which is inverted as write data to the memory cell together with the decision data, wherein the decision portion is further configured to decide whether a first count of the number of bits of the specific value in odd-numbered bit columns of the input data is greater than a second count of the number of bits of the specific value in even-numbered bit columns of the input data and to generate the decision data indicative of the result of the decision. |
G06F,G11C | 9,274,888 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A system comprising: a system memory comprising an error detection circuit, the system memory comprising volatile memory; a memory controller coupled to the system memory; a processor; a re-mapper coupled to the processor and to the memory controller, the re-mapper to store mappings of physical page addresses; a non-volatile memory; and a memory comprising stored instructions, wherein in response to the error detection circuit detecting a multiple-bit error in a page residing in the system memory, the page having a first physical page address, the stored instructions when executed by the processor cause the system to perform a procedure comprising: |
G06T | 9,355,489 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A graphics processing system, comprising: a texel cache to store predetermined texel color values; a coefficient cache to store predetermined filter coefficient values; an execution unit to provide an input texture address; and texture sampler logic circuitry communicatively coupled to the execution unit, to the texel cache, and to the coefficient cache, the texture sampler to return filtered texture data to the execution unit based on the input texture address and cached values, wherein the texture sampler is further to generate a sequence of texel sub-sample addresses based on the input texture address and a filter footprint identifying one or more texel sub-sampling position within a bounding region, and wherein the sequence comprises groupings of a predetermined number of sub-samples associated with a set of neighboring texels that contain at least one contributing texel. |
H02M | 9,413,223 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A boost apparatus adapted for providing a direct-current output voltage to a load, the boost apparatus comprising: a boost power conversion circuit configured to receive a direct-current input voltage and provide the direct-current output voltage to the load in response to a pulse-width-modulation signal, wherein the boost power conversion circuit comprises: a control chip coupled to the boost power conversion circuit, the control chip being configured to: generate the pulse-width-modulation signal to control an operation of the boost power conversion circuit; and stop outputting the pulse-width-modulation signal and enter into a shutdown state when the diode is open-circuited, so as to protect the boost apparatus and/or the load from being damaged, wherein if the boost apparatus is in a normal operation, and if the diode is open-circuited, a voltage drop across the third resistor is lower than a preset voltage, and thus the control chip continues outputting the pulse-width-modulation signal with a maximum duty cycle in response to the diode being open-circuited, and wherein if the voltage drop across the third resistor is kept lower than the preset voltage, and the pulse-width-modulation signal with the maximum duty cycle continues being output concurrently, then the control chip stops outputting the pulse-width-modulation signal and enters into the shutdown state. |
A61N | 9,242,099 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A system, comprising: two or more electrostimulation electrodes configured to be associated with a first heart chamber; a sensing circuit coupled to the two or more electrostimulation electrodes, the sensing circuit configured to detect from each of the two or more electrostimulation electrodes a respective detection timing at which each of the two or more electrostimulation electrodes receives a first cardiac depolarization of the first heart chamber; and a controller coupled to the sensing circuit, the controller configured to: |
G06K,H04B,H04K | 9,509,436 | 2016-11-29 | 1. A transmitter for protecting a first near-field communication (NFC) signal transmitted by a mobile device, the transmitter comprising: a first transmit circuit configured to generate the first NFC signal; a second transmit circuit configured to: an NFC antenna: a second antenna: |
G01C,G01R | 9,229,073 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A sensor system comprising: a cell system comprising a pump laser configured to generate a pump beam to polarize alkali metal particles enclosed within a sensor cell; a detection system comprising a probe laser configured to generate a probe beam, the detection system being configured to calculate at least one measurable parameter based on characteristics of the probe beam passing through the sensor cell resulting from precession of the polarized alkali metal particles in response to an applied magnetic field; and an AC Stark shift control system configured to frequency-modulate the pump beam and to control a center frequency of a frequency-modulated pump beam based on the characteristics of the probe beam passing through the sensor cell to substantially stabilize and mitigate the effects of AC Stark shift on the at least one measurable parameter. |
B61L,G01S | 9,266,543 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A train protection device that decides a position of an own train on a track by using GPS satellites, the train protection device comprising: a GPS reception unit that identifies a position of the own train based on a GPS signal received from GPS satellites and outputs the identified position of the own train with information of a reception state value indicating a reception state of the GPS signal from GPS satellites at a time when the GPS signal is received; a tachogenerator unit that detects a running distance from a reference position of the own train and a current speed of the own train based on number of wheel rotations of the own train and outputs the running distance and the current speed; a track-information storage unit that associates a latitude and a longitude with information of a track on which the own train runs and stores therein associated information; and a position decision unit that decides a position of the own train based on the GPS signal, the reception state value, the running distance from the reference position, the current speed, and the information of a track on which the own train runs, and the position decision unit compares the reception state value to a threshold for determining accuracy in the position of the own train based on the GPS signal, wherein when the reception state value is equal to or larger than the threshold, the position decision unit decides a position as a current train position by adding, with respect to a forward direction of the track on which the own train runs, a correction value calculated based on a state of the own train to the position of the own train based on the GPS signal, and when the reception state value is smaller than the threshold, the position decision unit decides a position as a current train position by adding, with respect to the forward direction of the track on which the own train runs, the correction value to a position obtained by accumulating the running distance with respect to the reference position. |
A61B,A61N | 9,415,215 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method for treating sleep apnea, the method comprising: receiving a modulation signal at an implant unit implanted at an internal location on an underside of a subject's chin; applying the modulation signal to at least one pair of electrodes associated with the implant unit to generate an electric field; and causing modulation of a hypoglossal nerve of the subject in response to the electric field generated by the at least one pair of electrodes, wherein the modulation of the hypoglossal nerve is confined to a medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve and initiated from a single modulation site along the medial branch. |
H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02D | 9,338,725 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A mobile end-user device for use in a dynamic and stochastic asynchronously updated wireless ad-hoc network comprising: a. a wireless communication portal for wirelessly connecting to neighboring wireless end-user devices that are part of the dynamic and stochastic asynchronously updated wireless ad-hoc network; b. one or more processors; and c. a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform at least the following steps: |
H04J,H04L,H04W | 9,294,311 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A method for performing resource specific channel estimation at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving one or more RSs in a specific subframe from a serving cell; and performing channel estimation for a control region of a corresponding downlink subframe, based on the one or more RSs, wherein the channel estimation for the control region is performed based on one or more reference signals included in a data region of the corresponding downlink subframe, and wherein a difference between a cell ID of the serving cell which is an interfered cell and a cell ID of an interfering cell is a multiple of 3. |
H01L | 9,461,271 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A light-emitting element comprising: an anode; a cathode; a first layer comprising an organic material between the anode and the cathode; and a second layer comprising a metal oxide and an electron injecting material between the cathode and the first layer, wherein the second layer is in contact with the cathode, and wherein the first layer is in contact with the second layer. |
F16D,F16H,Y10T | 9,394,985 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A flexible externally toothed gear of a strain wave gearing comprising: a boss fastened to a fastening-target member; a boss-side fastening surface formed on the boss, the boss-side fastening surface making contact with a member-side fastening surface formed on the fastening-target member; and a plurality of engaging protuberances of a predetermined size formed at a predetermined pitch on the boss-side fastening surface; the engaging protuberances being integrally photo-etched into the boss-side fastening surface; a hardness of the boss-side fastening surface and the engaging protuberances being at least HRC45; the engaging protuberances being tapering protuberances protruding perpendicularly from the boss-side fastening surface; tips of the engaging protuberances being flat peak surfaces parallel to the boss-side fastening surface; and cross-sectional shapes of the engaging protuberances orthogonal to a direction of protrusion thereof are circular, square, or triangular; a pitch of adjacently arranged engaging protuberances is 0.2 to 0.5 mm; a maximum diameter or maximum width of peak surfaces of the engaging protuberances is 0.01 to 0.05 mm; and a height of the engaging protuberances is 1.0 to 1.2 times the maximum diameter or maximum width of the peak surfaces of the protuberances. |
H04B | 9,362,979 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method of improving an ultra wideband digital receiver's sensitivity comprising the steps of: receiving a digital signal stream having multiple identical modulated pulses representing each data bit and having a constant time interval therebetween; applying the received signal stream to a plurality of simultaneous signal processing groups; duplicating the signal stream having multiple identical modulated pulses for each data bit in each signal processing group forming two signal streams of identical modulated pulses each having multiple identical modulated pulses for each data bit in each signal processing group; delaying each said duplicate signal stream in each of said plurality of signal processing groups by a predetermined time to align each first modulated pulse in the same bit of modulated pulses of each of said signal processing group duplicate signal stream with one modulated pulse of the original signal stream, each said first modulated pulse in the same data bit of modulated pulses of each said signal processing group aligning with a different modulated pulse of the original signal stream from that of the other of said plurality of digital processing groups; correlating each of said two signal streams of identical modulated pulses in each signal processing group to produce an output therefrom; magnitude summing the output of each said signal processing groups; summing together each of said magnitude summed signal streams to form a final signal stream; and detecting said summed magnitude signal stream; thereby improving the sensitivity of a receiver. |
G11C | 9,368,173 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A circuit of a semiconductor memory device, comprising: a delay unit suitable for delaying a column pulse signal, and sequentially generating a first strobe source signal, a column source signal, and a second strobe source signal at predetermined time intervals; and an input/output strobe signal generation unit suitable for generating an input/output strobe signal which is activated during a period in which both of the first and second strobe source signals are activated. |
C07D | 9,409,912 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A process for the preparation of sitagliptin phosphate anhydrous of Formula (I′) or monohydrate of Formula (I), the process comprising: (a) coupling (3R)—N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-3-amino-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butanoic acid of Formula (V), with 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazolo-[4,3-a]pyrazine or its hydrochloride of Formula (IV), in the presence of a coupling agent O-benzotriazol-1-yl-1,1,3-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate and a base in one or more first solvents to obtain (R)-tert-butyl 4-oxo-4-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl)-1-(2,4,5-trifluoro phenyl)butan-2-ylcarbamate of Formula (III); (b) deprotecting the compound of Formula (III) with an acid in one or more second solvents to obtain sitagliptin free base of Formula (II) by removal of solvent; and (c) treating the sitagliptin free base of Formula (II) with at least 1.4 mole equivalent of phosphoric acid in one or more of the second solvents and recovering sitagliptin phosphate anhydrous of Formula (I′) having more than 19.0% phosphate content by ion chromatography (IC); or (d) treating the sitagliptin free base of Formula (II) with at least 1.4 mole equivalent of phosphoric acid in one or more of the second solvents optionally in the presence of seed crystals and recovering sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate of Formula (I) having more than 18.0% phosphate content by IC. |
A61K,A61P,A61Q,C12Q,G01N,Y02A | 9,360,471 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method of identifying or detecting an agent as a drug candidate for preventing or treating an age-related disease or disorder, the method comprising screening one or more compounds or compositions for their anti-aging activity using a mutant yeast comprising a dysfunctional telomere as senescence model system, said screening comprising the steps of: (i) incubating said one or more compounds or compositions with yeast cells for a period of time under conditions where a cell cycle is arrested by telomere dysfunction; (ii) removing the conditions under which the cell cycle is arrested and measuring the number of survived yeast cells; and (iii) comparing the number of survived yeast cells obtained in step (ii) with the number of survived yeast cells obtained in a control experiment under the same conditions as in step (i) but in the absence of said one or more compounds or compositions, whereby the ability to increase the number of survived yeast cells obtained in step (ii), as compared with the corresponding control experiment, would indicate that the tested compound or composition is capable of maintaining or extending G0 phase in a cell of the senescence model system and possesses anti-aging activity, and such tested compound or composition would be a useful agent as a drug candidate for preventing or treating an age-related disease or disorder. |
H02M,Y02B | 9,246,396 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A power supplying device with low standby power consumption electrically connected to an alternative power (AC) supplier and an electronic system, the power supplying device with low standby power consumption receiving an AC electric power outputted by the AC supplier and outputting a converted electric power to the electronic system, the power supplying device with low standby power consumption comprising: a rectifier comprising a power factor correction circuit, the rectifier used for converting the AC electric power into a direct current (DC) electric power, the power factor correction circuit correcting the rectified DC electric power for decreasing the inputting current; a power converter electrically connected to the rectifier and comprising a first electric power outputting terminal and a standby electric power outputting terminal, the electronic system electrically connected to the standby electric power outputting terminal, the power converter receiving the DC electric power decreasing the inputting current and outputted from the rectifier; a controller electrically connected to the power converter; a power manager electrically connected to the controller and the electronic system; and a switch component electrically connected to the first electric power outputting terminal, the power manager, and the electronic system, the switch component conducting or cutting-off an electric power outputted from the first electric power outputting terminal according to controls of the power manager, wherein when the electronic system is operated in a standby mode, the power manager makes the switch component open, such that the electric power outputted from the first electric power outputting terminal does not transmit to the electronic system. |
G06F | 9,280,332 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A computer-implemented method for processing a programming language able to describe data conversion of data input by an iterator, said method comprising: converting iterator code of the programming language to a generator code in an intermediate programming language including a generator as an operator, wherein the intermediate programming language differs from the programming language, and wherein the generator code comprises one or more yield statements, and wherein the conversion comprises recursively processing a subexpression of said iterator code; reading a consumer code in the programming language; selecting at least a part of the consumer code to be overwritten by the generator code in response to the at least a part of the consumer code comprising a series of operators that are linked; overwriting the at least a part of the consumer code by substitution with said generator code converted from the iterator code, wherein one or more states embedded in the iterator are mapped to one or more program points of a program obtained from the overwriting; and compiling the program obtained from the overwriting, wherein said generator code is compiled using a compiler for the intermediate programming language, which is different from a compiler for the programming language for optimization of the generator code. |
G06F | 9,418,166 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method comprising: determining a plurality of hyperlink physical links among a plurality of web pages of a web site, where the hyperlink physical links are defined by hyperlinks among the web pages, and where each web page is in a markup language format; determining a plurality of non-hyperlink semantic links among the web pages, where the non-hyperlink semantic links are defined by a directory structure of a storage device on which the web pages are actually stored within a hierarchy of directories, including a root directory and at least one level of nested directories thereunder, such that for each directory of the hierarchy, there is a non-hyperlink semantic link between a primary web page stored within the directory and each secondary web page of one or more secondary web pages stored within the directory regardless of whether there is a hyperlink physical link between the primary web page and each secondary web page, such that the non-hyperlink semantic links are independent of the hyperlink physical links in that a structure of the hyperlink physical links do not dictate a structure of the non-hyperlink semantic links; combining the hyperlink physical links and the non-hyperlink semantic links, which are independent of one another, among the web pages to generate a structural diagram of the web site having a plurality of structural links among the web pages, including generating one or more structural links for each web page as a target web page by considering both the hyperlinks of the web pages and the directory structure in which the web pages are stored, by: displaying the structural diagram, wherein the hyperlink physical links among the web pages are different types of links as compared to the non-hyperlink semantic links among the web pages, wherein determining the non-hyperlink semantic links among the web pages comprises conducting a directory structure search in relation to a current level target web page by: |
G06F | 9,329,843 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method for a communication stack for software-hardware co-execution on heterogeneous computing systems with processors and reconfigurable logic, comprising: generating a hardware user code corresponding to a task to be relocated to the reconfigurable logic; instantiating a crossbar operable to function as a platform independent communication layer, the crossbar instantiated with associated parameters comprising one or more routes and associated data widths, the crossbar residing in hardware and operable to isolate the hardware user code from low-level platform-specific details and provide multiple virtual routes over which different types of payload can be transferred between a host processor and the hardware user code running on the reconfigurable logic; connecting the hardware user code to the crossbar and assigning a unique virtual route in the crossbar to the hardware user code, wherein communication to the hardware user code is performed via the unique virtual route; communicating data between hardware user code running on one or more of the processors and the hardware user code running on the reconfigurable logic via the assigned unique virtual route using an input-output control interface implementing a set of procedures; instantiating a physical interface interfacing to the reconfigurable logic; and instantiating a physical interface bridge to connect to the crossbar and the physical interface, the physical interface bridge comprising a platform specific translation layer connecting the crossbar and the physical interface via a platform specific translation layer specific to the reconfigurable logic. |
F16H,Y10T | 9,488,273 | 2016-11-08 | 1. A neutral locking system for a vehicle, comprising: a park release shaft operatively connected to a transmission of the vehicle such that rotation of the park release shaft in a first rotatable direction places the transmission in a neutral state, the park release shaft located adjacent an aperture of a transmission case housing the transmission; and a neutral locking tool for rotating the park release shaft, the neutral locking tool including: a fixture element for positioning over the aperture of the transmission case, a plunger element disposed on the fixture element, the plunger element radially movable between a retracted position wherein relative rotation of the rotatable element is allowed and a locking position wherein the plunger element inhibits relative rotation of the rotatable element, and a rotatable element rotatably received within the fixture element and having one end configured to nonrotatably and removably couple to the park release shaft such that rotation of the rotatable element within the fixture element rotates the park release shaft, wherein the rotatable element includes an aperture into which the plunger element is received when the plunger element is in the locking position and the rotatable element is rotated to thereby rotate the park release shaft and place the transmission in the neutral state. |
B29C,B29K | 9,409,320 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A mandrel, said mandrel comprising a plurality of expandable particles configured to expand responsive to a threshold condition, wherein said mandrel is configured to crack responsive to a triggering condition, wherein the triggering condition is related to the expansion of the plurality of expandable particles, wherein the plurality of expandable particles include a variable coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion is below a first threshold value in the absence of the triggering condition; and wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion raises above a second threshold value responsive to the triggering condition. |
A47D | 9,504,337 | 2016-11-29 | 1. A child carrier system for simultaneously carrying two children of the same or different sizes, the carrying being by only a first person in a first configuration and the carrying being by the first person and a second person in a second configuration, the system comprising: a first child carrier portion comprising a first carrier pouch attached at its bottom to a waist support; a second child carrier portion comprising a second carrier pouch attached at its bottom to the waist support in the first configuration; shoulder straps; and second shoulder straps independent of any child carrier portions in the first configuration and independent of any waist support such that the second shoulder straps are not directly connected to any waist support in either the first or second configuration; wherein the first child carrier portion and the second child carrier portion are configured to be secured to and between the shoulder straps and to be directly opposite one another when both are secured to the shoulder straps in the first configuration; wherein at least one of the first child carrier pouch and the second child carrier pouch is configured to extend behind the shoulder straps, such that a heavy weight in the opposite child carrier that presses the shoulder straps tightly against a wearer does not compress a child therein against the wearer in the first configuration; and wherein each of the first and second carrier pouches is curved towards a wearer to prevent a child inserted therein from facing away from the wearer and is configured to hold a child in a seated straddle position, wherein the second child carrier portion is configured for complete removal from the shoulder straps; and wherein the second child carrier portion is configured for attachment to the second shoulder straps to create an independent child carrier worn by the second person in the second configuration. |
A61K | 9,314,524 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A topical composition for exterior treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis comprised of flucytosine, a carrier, and poly(lactic acid), wherein the flucytosine is selected from the group consisting of flucytosine, a flucytosine salt or a mixture thereof and is capable of forming ionized flucytosine; wherein the poly(lactic acid) reduces permeation of flucytosine across skin and mucosal membrane; wherein the carrier comprises a pH modulator suitable to establish a pH of the composition of between about 1 to about 5 to control the ratio of ionized flucytosine to unionized flucytosine within the composition and wherein the topical composition is configured to minimize systemic absorption of the ionized flucytosine in the treatment environment. |
H04L | 9,497,021 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A device configured to generate a message authentication code for authenticating a message, wherein the message is divided into a plurality of blocks with a specified block length, the device comprising: a first round configured to perform an exclusive disjunction on a first block of the plurality of blocks with a first key and send a first result into a cipher block to produce a first round output; a last round configured to perform an exclusive disjunction on a last block of the plurality of blocks with a second key and an output from a prior round, and send a second result into the cipher block to produce a last round output; and a security device configured to perform an exclusive disjunction on the last round output with a third key to produce the message authentication code. |
G06F | 9,471,587 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An electronic-device-implemented method for enumerating a directory that includes a set of content items located in an other electronic device, wherein the method comprises: providing, by the electronic device, a request for information associated with the set of content items to the other electronic device; and receiving a response from the other electronic device with access information and finder information for each content item in the set of content items in the directory, wherein the access information summarizes access rights and privileges of a user logged in to the other electronic device and the finder information specifies a hierarchical arrangement of the set of content items in the directory; wherein providing the request comprises providing a single instance of a request to the other electronic device, and wherein receiving the response involves receiving a single instance of a response from the other electronic device. |
H01L,H05B | 9,265,091 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A filament lamp for heating a disk-shaped workpiece in such a way that the filament lamp radiates light onto the disk-shaped workpiece while the filament lamp and the disk-shaped workpiece rotate relative to each other, the filament lamp comprising: an arc-shaped emitting part extending in a circumferential direction of the relative rotation; and an auxiliary emitting part disposed inside a circle extending along the arc-shaped emitting part and extending from the arc-shaped emitting part in a direction crossing the circle. |
A61K,A61P,C07K | 9,522,196 | 2016-12-20 | 1. An antibody, or a fragment thereof, capable of immunologically and specifically binding to a folate receptor α and a folate receptor β, in which the amino acid sequences of CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3 of a heavy chain variable region (VH) are the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, and 6, respectively, and the amino acid sequences of CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3 of a light chain variable region (VL) are the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 10, 12, and 14, respectively. |
H02P | 9,270,223 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A control device for controlling an alternating current (ac) machine, comprising: a processor configured to, |
H01P,H01Q | 9,515,365 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A device for conducting an EHF electromagnetic signal, comprising: a first electrically conductive body having a first major surface, the first electrically conductive body defining a first elongate recess in the major surface, the first elongate recess having a floor; a first dielectric body disposed in the first elongate recess and configured to conduct the EHF electromagnetic signal; and a surface overlay disposed on the first major surface of the first electrically conductive body and covering at least a portion of a length of the first dielectric body; wherein: the first electrically conductive body includes a second major surface opposite the first major surface; the floor of the first elongate recess defines a first aperture through the first electrically conductive body, the aperture extending from the recess floor to the second major surface adjacent a first end of the first elongate recess; and the device further comprising a first dielectric end member disposed at a first end of the first elongate recess and extending through the first aperture in the first electrically conductive body. |
H01L | 9,396,949 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A method of adjusting a threshold voltage of a multi-gate structure device, the channel of which includes a channel surface and a channel body spaced from the channel surface and having a higher carrier concentration than that of the channel surface under a full depletion, comprising: preparing the multi-gate structure device to form the channel surface and the channel body with a lower impurity doping concentration than that of the channel body, wherein, a process of preparing the multi-gate structure device comprises the steps of: 1) impurities doping to form an ultra-shallow impurity distribution of a 1 nm thickness; 2) depositing a passivation layer to reduce the loss of the doped impurity in a subsequent annealing process; 3) annealing to form an ultra-shallow junction of a 1˜2 nm thickness. |
H04L | 9,386,077 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, load information associated with one or more mobile gateways and one or more server devices provided in each cloud network of a plurality of cloud networks, wherein the load information includes bandwidth usage information associated with loads on the one or more mobile gateways and associated with loads on the one or more server devices, information associated with media content stored in the one or more server devices, and information associated with applications stored in the one or more server devices; receiving, by the device, functionality information associated with the one or more mobile gateways and the one or more server devices, wherein the functionality information includes information identifying whether the one or more mobile gateways include functionalities of: a packet data serving node (PDSN), a home agent (HA), a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN), a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN), a serving gateway (SGW), a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW), a multimedia broadcast multicast system gateway (MBMS-GW), or a broadcast multicast service control (BMSC); receiving, by the device and from a user equipment, a request for a resource stored in two or more of the cloud networks; selecting, by the device, one cloud network of the two or more of the cloud networks to serve the request based on a comparison of the load information and the functionality information associated with the one or more mobile gateways and the one or more server devices provided in each of the two or more of the cloud networks; and providing, by the device and to the user equipment, an indication of the selected cloud network, wherein, in response to the indication, the user equipment connects to the selected cloud network via a first base station and receives the resource when the user equipment is in a first location, wherein the user equipment connects to the selected cloud network via a second base station, and wherein an interface moves from between the first base station and the selected cloud network to between the second base station and the selected cloud network without an Internet Protocol handover, when the user equipment moves from the first location to a second location. |
A61D,A61F,A61H,A63B | 9,492,258 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A system for assisting the motion of or supporting a body of a mammal having a body weight during a treatment procedure, such system comprising: (a) a pressure-tight suit made from flexible fabric adapted to being worn over all or a portion of one or more of the mammal's body parts consisting of the torso, leg, or arm, the pressure-tight suit having at least one opening adapted to be positioned around the mammal's torso, leg, neck, or arm for accommodation by the pressure-tight suit of the covered body parts; (b) each opening of the pressure-tight suit having connected adjacent thereto a pressure-tight seal for operative engagement of the body part surface of the mammal; (c) inlet means in the suit for introduction of at least one source of positive pressure to an interior of the suit between the mammal body parts and the suit to create a differential pressure condition therein between the positive pressure condition inside the suit, and a pressure condition existing outside the suit; (d) rigid support means incorporated into the suit for accommodating the movements of the mammal's body, while counteracting a downwards force applied to the suit when it is placed under the differential pressure condition; (e) whereby the differential pressure condition exerts an upwards force upon the body to offload a portion of the weight of the body to the support means. |
H04L,H04N | 9,338,402 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A videoconferencing control system, the system comprising: a multipoint controller signaling layer module, configured to provide signaling services for establishing and conducting a videoconferencing session between two or more videoconferencing endpoints; and a plurality of multipoint controller application layer modules, each configured to control the videoconferencing session between the two or more endpoints, wherein the videoconferencing session employs the multipoint controller signaling layer module and one or more of the multipoint controller application layer modules. |
G06K,G06T,H04N | 9,367,766 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by a processor, text components in an image, each of the text components comprising a different respective portion of the image identified as likely containing text; generating, by the processor, text lines between pairs of the text components; matching, by the processor, a first text line of the text lines with a set of the text components based on features of the text components of the set and based on reducing a total number of matched text lines; and recognizing, by the processor, text from the set of the text components based on the first text line. |
A61K,A61P,A61Q | 9,408,857 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A method of causing fat cell atrophy by decreasing the size of a small fat deposit comprising the steps of: identifying a small fat deposit of an individual to be decreased; and administering, to the individual, an amount of an injectable composition comprising a corticosteroid and a physiological acceptable medium; said amount sufficient to cause a decrease in the size of the small fat deposit; wherein the step of administering comprises injecting a sufficient amount of the composition, using a needle, into the small fat deposit of the individual, to cause a decrease in the size of the small fat deposit; wherein the composition comprises 0.1 mL of triamcinolone acetonide at a concentration of 40 mg/mL as the corticosteroid; 0.2 mL of a solution of 0.02 g/mL of lidocaine; and a vasoconstriction agent selected from the group consisting of phenylephrine or epinephrine; in a saline or physiological pH solution as the physiological acceptable medium. |
G06F | 9,274,835 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A method of orchestrated shuffling of data in a non-uniform memory access device that includes a plurality of processing nodes, the method comprising: running an application on a plurality of threads executing on the plurality of processing nodes, wherein running the application includes dividing data on each thread into partitions according to a target thread on which the data is to be processed; identifying, by the threads, data to be shuffled from source threads running on source processing nodes among the processing nodes to target threads running on target processing nodes among the processing nodes; generating a plan for orchestrating shuffling of the data among the a plurality of memory devices associated with the plurality of processing nodes, the plan including utilizing a data-shifting table to identify an order in which the data partitions are to be transferred from the source threads of the source processing nodes to the target threads of the target processing nodes; shuffling the data among the plurality of memory devices associated with the plurality of processing nodes based on the plan by transmitting data partitions from the plurality of source threads to the plurality of target threads according to the data-shifting table, wherein the data is transmitted simultaneously among the plurality of processing nodes; shifting the data-shifting table to associate each source thread with a different target thread; and transmitting another set of data partitions from the plurality of source threads to the plurality of target threads based on shifting the data-shifting table. |
A01H | 9,474,220 | 2016-10-25 | 1. Hybrid pepper seed designated as ‘Evergreen 6203’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121139. |
H03M,H04B,H04L,H04W | 9,485,000 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A wireless communication system comprising a transmitting device and a receiving device each including a plurality of antennas, wherein a plurality of transmission streams are subjected to spatial multiplexing and are transmitted in a downlink in which blocks are transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device, wherein the transmitting device comprises: a bit separation unit configured to divide a plurality of transmission data series into blocks, wherein each block includes a bit-series item and each block is assigned to a respective one of N power levels, wherein N is an integer number equal to or more than 2; wherein, for each block, the transmitting device comprises: a first encoder to an N-th encoder configured to encode the bit-series item according to an assigned encoding rate; a first modulator to an N-th modulator configured to modulate the plurality of encoded items encoded by the encoders in accordance with an assigned modulation method; and a weighting unit configured to weight, using weight factors, the plurality of modulated items modulated by the modulators in accordance with at least the assigned power level, wherein the plurality of weighted items are subjected to at least one synthesizing process to generate the plurality of transmission streams, and wherein the plurality of transmission streams are spatially multiplexed and transmitted. |
C08F,C08L,C09D,D21H | 9,481,785 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A sizing agent comprising a finely divided, cationic or amphoteric, aqueous polymer dispersion obtained by emulsion polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of a cationic or amphoteric protective colloid, wherein first the cationic or amphoteric protective colloid is prepared by polymerizing a monomer blend in the presence of at least one first polymerization initiator in an organic solvent in a pressurized reactor at a pressure of at least 1720 kPa and at a temperature of between 170° C. and 220° C., and wherein the monomer blend comprises an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising an amine group, to obtain a resin, then combining the resin with an acid and water to obtain the cationic or amphoteric protective colloid, thereafter performing an emulsion polymerization by introducing a monomer mixture into an aqueous medium comprising the cationic or amphoteric protective colloid and a second polymerization initiator, wherein the monomer mixture comprises an ethylenically unsaturated water insoluble monomer. |
G06F | 9,292,587 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A method for managing a change notification of a table in a database, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a database manager executing on a device, a request to register an application to be notified when a first table of a plurality of tables in a database is changed, the request comprising a schema name, a table name, a notification type and an application bit as input; (b) establishing, by the database manager, a notification table comprising copies of fields included in one or more entries of the first table and one or more additional fields for managing a notification, an additional field of the one or more additional fields comprising a bit-mask identifying one or more applications registered for notification of one or more tables, the notification table further comprising an update identifier including information corresponding to a particular update event corresponding to an update made to at least one entry of the first table and a transaction sequence field including a sequence of bits to record a sequence of update events occurring in a single transaction that caused the update made to at least one entry of the first table; (c) establishing, by the database manager, a trigger on the first table to invoke a trigger procedure to copy a changed row of the first table to the notification table; and (d) creating, by the database manager, a rule to notify the registered application when a new row is inserted into the notification table. |
G01N | 9,518,941 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A PGNAA (Prompt-Gamma, Neutron-Activation Analysis) substance analyzer comprising: a source of neutrons; an opening arranged with respect to the source of neutrons to receive a substance; a gamma ray detector arranged with respect to the opening to detect gamma rays emanating at least from the substance in response to absorption of neutrons by the substance; and one or more computational devices configured to |
A47F,A47G,B65D | 9,462,906 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A bra storage device comprising a plurality of storage modules, each storage module comprising: a base wall provided with a bra support member onto which the cups of a bra can be placed; at least one side wall extending from the base wall, wherein the at least one side wall has edges remote from the base wall and adjacent the base wall; at least one first connector provided on edges of the side walls remote from the base wall; and at least one second connector provided on edges of the side walls adjacent the base wall; wherein the first connectors of the storage module are connectable to the second connectors of an adjacent storage module. |
A61N | 9,242,104 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A method performed by an implantable medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient, the method comprising: delivering the therapy to the patient; detecting a therapy interruption trigger that is controlled by the patient; automatically interrupting the therapy in response to the detected therapy interruption trigger; automatically restoring the therapy after a defined restoration period after the detected therapy interruption trigger; counting a number of detected therapy interruption triggers over a defined therapy interruption trigger count period, the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers over the defined interruption trigger count period being greater than one, and each of the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers corresponding to an automatic interruption in the therapy; and when the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers over the defined trigger count period reaches a defined number of detected therapy interruption triggers greater than one trigger, automatically interrupting the therapy in response to the detected therapy interruption trigger includes automatically interrupting the therapy until an authorized individual resets the therapy. |
B01D | 9,233,342 | 2016-01-12 | 1. An organic-inorganic porous membrane comprising metal organic silica nano-particles impregnated in a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises a property of generating porous membrane using a phase inversion technique. |
F21L,F21V,F21Y | 9,347,656 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A portable light comprising: a generally rectangular light body having first and second opposing broad generally rectangular surfaces, having first and second generally rectangular sides and having first and second generally rectangular ends; a source of electrical power disposed in said generally rectangular light body; a flexible bendable stalk extending generally perpendicularly from the first generally rectangular side of said generally rectangular light body and supported thereby; a light head supported at an end of said flexible bendable stalk distal said generally rectangular light body, said light head including a light source for producing light, wherein said light head is movable relative to said generally rectangular light body for directing light in different directions; a switch actuator on the first generally rectangular end of said generally rectangular light body for selectively actuating an electrical switch to selectively energize said light source; and an electronic circuit disposed in said light body, said electronic circuit being electrically connected to said source of electrical power and to said light source for controlling operation of said light source responsive to said electrical switch. |
C08G,C08K,C08L,C09D | 9,249,314 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A coating composition for use as a coating to prevent fouling in a marine environment, comprising: a) a curable polysiloxane polyoxyalkylene block copolymer; and b) a catalyst of general formula |
H04L,H04W | 9,237,575 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: a controller which, in operation, allocates a communication band to a user equipment, the communication band including a first component carrier and a second component carrier added to the first component carrier, in which a synchronization signal is mapped around a center of each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier, and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits in the first component carrier on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), to the user equipment, information including both: (i) first information, based on which the user equipment is operative to set a reference frequency of the communication band, and (ii) second information, based on which the user equipment is operative to acquire a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the second component carrier, whereby the user equipment is operative to perform communication simultaneously on the first component carrier and the second component carrier, wherein the second information includes a downlink frequency bandwidth of the second component carrier, a number of antennas for use in the second component carrier, and resources used to transmit a response signal in the second component carrier responsive to an uplink data signal. |
H01R | 9,236,671 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A wire-to-board connector for connection to a board-to-wire connector that includes a plastic body having a raised portion and two coupling portions disposed at two opposite sides of the raised portion, wherein the raised portion defines multiple channels extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, each of the coupling portions is formed at its front with an upright support having an enlarged top end, and multiple conductive terminals are fitted through the multiple channels along the longitudinal direction, wherein each of the conductive terminals has a fixed section disposed within a corresponding one of the channels, a solder section extending backwardly from the fixed section to be soldered onto a circuit board, and a connecting section extending forwardly from the fixed section and protruding beyond the plastic body; the wire-to-board connector comprising: a dielectric housing having a top surface and a bottom surface and formed with two engaging holes, which pass through the top and bottom surfaces and disposed at two opposite sides of the dielectric housing in a manner corresponding to the upright supports, and multiple positioning recesses corresponding to the connecting sections; and multiple conductive terminals disposed within the multiple positioning recesses for electrical connection to the connecting sections, wherein each of the engaging holes is formed with a protrusion corresponding to the enlarged top end. |
F21S,G02B,G03B,H04N | 9,304,382 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A projector comprising: a light source device including at least one excitation light source emitting excitation light; a phosphor disk on which a phosphor that converts the excitation light into fluorescence is continuously formed in a circumferential direction of the phosphor disk; a motor unit rotating the phosphor disk in the circumferential direction around an axis that runs through a center of the phosphor disk; a light modulation device generating an image light through modulation of light including at least the fluorescence; and a projection optical system projecting the image light, wherein if the number of rotations of the phosphor disk reaches a predetermined number that is smaller than a target number, wherein the number of rotations is determined from a revolutions per minute (rpm) of the phosphor disk, the excitation light source is turned on, and if the rpm of the phosphor disk is increased after reaching the predetermined number, an output of the excitation light source is increased. |
H01F,H02J | 9,368,974 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method of transferring energy between a source coil and a drain coil, comprising: setting an initial resonant frequency of said source coil as a first condition; setting said source coil and said drain coil in positions relative to each other to define an initial coupling coefficient therebetween, said initial coupling coefficient defining a second condition; and adiabatically changing at least one member of the group consisting of a value of said first condition and a value of said second condition while pumping energy into said source coil, thereby to transfer said pumped energy to said drain coil; and varying said resonant frequency of said source coil by an amount of up to ten percent over a period of between one and three milliseconds. |
A61B,G16B | 9,514,273 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A detection device for detecting at least one blood picture parameter of a blood constituent of blood in a blood vessel, comprising: a transmitter mode exciter positioned proximal to a first end of a segment of the blood vessel, wherein the transmitter mode exciter is a means for coupling a first transmission signal with a first frequency and a second transmission signal with a second frequency into the blood vessel such that the first and second transmission signals propagate within the segment of the blood vessel as a waveguide; a receiver mode exciter positioned proximal to a second end of the segment of the blood vessel at a distance from the transmitter along the length of the segment of the blood vessel parallel to a blood flow direction, wherein the receiver mode exciter is a means for receiving a first reception signal at the first frequency and a second reception signal at the second frequency from the segment of the blood vessel at the second end of the segment of the blood vessel; a loss detector configured to: a processor configured to ascertain a relaxation time constant ( |
G06F,H04L,H04W | 9,407,640 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server security component, a request to access services from a mobile communications device for a specific task; determining, at the server security component, whether a security state for the mobile communications device is acceptable for access to the services, based on the security state for the mobile communications device being determined to be acceptable for access to the services, granting access, by the server security component, to the services, and determining, at the server security component, whether the security state for the mobile communications device is acceptable for access to the specified task requested; and based on the security state for the mobile communications device being determined to be acceptable for access to the specified task requested, granting access, by the server security component, to the specific task requested. |
H04B,H04J | 9,485,015 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving, by circuitry of an optical node adapted for wavelength multiplexing and wavelength switching, a signal over an optical control channel, the signal conforms to an optical carrier (OC-N) frame format, and the signal includes a transport overhead portion of a synchronous transport signal frame format, the transport overhead portion including D receiving, with the interfaces, wavelength division multiplexed optical signals; wherein the optical carrier frame format comprising a first synchronous transport signal frame, a second synchronous transport signal frame, and a third synchronous transport signal frame, the synchronous transport signal frames having a synchronous transport signal frame format; wherein the terminating, by circuitry of the optical node, the signal at the optical node; and notifying, by circuitry of the optical node, software of the status of the optical layer in the optical transport network based on at least one of the D |
G02B | 9,389,423 | 2016-07-12 | 1. An apparatus for providing adjustable transparency to an optical element of a head wearable display, the apparatus comprising: an electro-chromic film disposed across the optical element of the head wearable display to adjust a transparency of the optical element to ambient light; a transparency controller coupled to control the electro-chromic film with a drive signal to decrease the transparency of the optical element as the brightness of the ambient light increases, the transparency controller including: |
F24D,F24F,F24H,F25B,Y02B,Y02P | 9,500,375 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A method for controlling a heat pump including an outdoor unit including a compressor and a first heat exchanger, an indoor unit including a second heat exchanger and an expansion valve to perform air stream cooling and heating operations, and a hydro unit connected among the compressor, the first heat exchanger, and the expansion valve, to change a flow direction of refrigerant in accordance with cold water and hot water operations, the method comprising: determining by a controller whether the hot water operation and the air stream heating operation are simultaneously selected; controlling, by the controller, an adjusting of an opening degree of a valve included in the hydro unit when the hot water operation and the air stream heating operation are determined by the controller to be simultaneously selected, to adjust amounts of refrigerant respectively supplied from the compressor to the hydro unit and the indoor unit; wherein controlling, by the controller, the adjusting of the opening degree of the valve included in the hydro unit comprises: identifying by the controller a capacity of the indoor unit; selecting by the controller an opening degree of the valve such that the selected opening degree corresponds to the identified capacity of the indoor unit; compensating, by the controller, the selected opening degree, based on a detected outdoor temperature; and, controlling, by the controller, the adjusting of the opening degree of the valve such that the adjusted opening degree corresponds to the compensated opening degree. |
B01L,C12Q,G01N | 9,273,353 | 2016-03-01 | 1. An instrument comprising: an apparatus configured to hold a plurality of spaced-apart reaction regions; a light source configured to direct an excitation beam toward the apparatus; a detector configured to receive emission beams from the apparatus; an excitation beam path disposed from the light source to the apparatus; an emission beam path disposed from the apparatus to the detector; and a lens disposed along the excitation beam path and along the emission beam path, the lens configured to direct the excitation beam to more than one of the reaction regions simultaneously. |
H05K | 9,370,090 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A circuit card assembly comprising: a first printed circuit board; at least one electronic component mounted on said first printed circuit board at a predetermined location; a frame coupled to said first printed circuit board; and a heat transfer assembly coupled to said frame, wherein said heat transfer assembly comprises: |
H04L | 9,369,242 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving an uplink grant for a plurality of pending hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes waiting to perform a retransmission; selecting each pending HARQ process that has not received a negative acknowledgment (NACK); and terminating an oldest selected HARQ process when an uplink transmission power identified in the uplink grant is insufficient to perform the retransmission for the plurality of pending HARQ processes. |
F21K,F21Y,G02B | 9,285,086 | 2016-03-15 | 1. A light emitting apparatus comprising: a base; a transparent or translucent enclosure affixed to the base; a light diffusing optical fiber comprising a coiled filament enclosed within the enclosure, wherein: a light source at least partially enclosed by the base, wherein the light source is optically coupled to the light diffusing optical fiber, such that at least a portion of light emitted by the light source enters the light diffusing optical fiber and is scattered away from the glass core and through the outer surface of the coiled filament by the plurality of light scattering structures. |
B22F,B23K,B32B,C22C,C23C,F01L,Y10T | 9,340,856 | 2016-05-17 | 1. An engine valve welded or coated with a Ni—Fe—Cr alloy consisting of 0 to 20.0 mass % of Mo, 8.0 to 40.0 mass % of W, 20.0 to 40.0 mass % of a total amount of Mo and W, 20.0 to 50.0 mass % of Fe, 12.0 to 36.0 mass % of Cr, 1.0 to 2.5 mass % of B, 10.4 mass % or more of Ni, and unavoidable impurities. |
G02B,G03B,H04N | 9,360,654 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A lens device comprising: a barrel body which movably holds a focus lens in an optical axis direction; a focus ring provided on an outer circumferential part of the barrel body and having a regulated rotation range; a rotation position detecting unit which detects a rotation position in the rotation range of the focus ring; a touch sensor provided on the outer circumferential part of the barrel body so as to be adjacent to the focus ring; and a control device which performs absolute position control of moving the focus lens to an absolute position corresponding to the rotation position detected by the rotation position detecting unit and relative position control of moving the focus lens to a relative position corresponding to a sliding amount on the touch sensor on an outer circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, wherein the control device has an autofocus control function of moving the focus lens to a position where a subject is automatically focused, and starts an operation of autofocusing of the focus lens if a touch has been detected at the touch sensor. |
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