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B60L,H02J,Y02T | 9,287,704 | 2016-03-15 | 1. A device for detecting a polarity reversal on a low voltage side of a DC voltage transformer in a dual-voltage vehicle electrical system, comprising: a controllable switching element for selectively enabling and interrupting a current flow in a connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer; a current sensor system for detecting the current in the connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer; and an evaluation unit for evaluating the direction of the detected current and for detecting a polarity reversal if the direction of the detected current deviates from an expected current direction; wherein, in a standby mode of the DC voltage transformer, the switching element is closed by the control unit at regular time intervals. |
G11C | 9,336,859 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A memory array, comprising: a first memory cell and a second memory cell aligned along a column direction, each of the first memory cell and the second memory cell comprising: a first data line along the column direction and over the first switch and the second switch; a first complementary data line along the column direction and over the third switch and the fourth switch; a second data line along the column direction and over the first switch and the second switch; and a second complementary data line along the column direction and over the third switch and the fourth switch. |
G03G | 9,367,007 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a rotating member configured to fix a toner image on a recording medium; a bearing configured to support the rotating member so that the rotating member is rotatable around a rotation axis; and a holding member configured to hold the bearing, wherein the holding member has: a restricting part configured to face an outside face in the rotation axis direction of the bearing at an interval; an inside part configured to hold the bearing; an outside part arranged outside of the inside part in the rotation axis direction; and a connecting part configured to connect the inside part and the outside part, and wherein the restricting part is configured to protrude from the outside part toward an inside in the rotation axis direction. |
A46B | 9,456,680 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A toothbrush comprising: a head having a head width and extending along a longitudinal axis; a handle extending along the longitudinal axis, and having a base and a center portion positioned between the base and the head; a first set of bristle tufts arranged along a first row and having a first height, all bristle tufts of the first set of bristle tufts attached to the head and oriented in a vertical position, the first row being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and substantially spanning the head width; a second set of bristle tufts arranged along a second row and having a second height, all bristle tufts of the second set of bristle tufts attached to the head and oriented at a first angle leftward of the vertical position, the second row being substantially parallel to the first row, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, substantially spanning the head width, and adjacent to the first row; a third set of bristle tufts arranged along a third row and having a third height, all bristle tufts of the third set of bristle tufts attached to the head and oriented in the vertical position, the third row being substantially parallel to the second row, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, substantially spanning the head width, and adjacent to the second row; and a fourth set of bristle tufts arranged along a fourth row and having a fourth height, all bristle tufts of the fourth set of bristle tufts attached to the head and oriented at a second angle rightward of the vertical position, the fourth row being substantially parallel to the third row, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, substantially spanning the head width, and adjacent to the third row, wherein the third row is located between the second row and the fourth row. |
A61B,A61C,A61L | 9,522,044 | 2016-12-20 | 1. A treatment chamber or treatment carrier for use in a device for treating a medical or dental instrument, comprising: a housing which at least partially surrounds the instrument, at least one conductor made of an electrically conductive material layer applied to a surface of the housing for converting electrical energy into thermal energy, and at least two electrical contacts connected to the at least one conductor to supply electrical energy to the at least one conductor, and a dielectric carrier layer positioned on an inside of the housing, the at least one conductor positioned on the dielectric carrier layer and a dielectric cover layer positioned on the at least one conductor. |
G03G | 9,372,430 | 2016-06-21 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a photosensitive member; and an exposure unit, including a lens array optical system in which a plurality of lenses are disposed along a predetermined direction, and a light-emitting unit having a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed so as to expose, through the lens array optical system, every Lth pixel in L scanning lines of the photosensitive member, wherein an interval of locations of adjacent lenses, corresponding to pixels of the photosensitive member, in a main arrangement direction is 2×L×n, where n is any integer greater than or equal to 1, using a pixel of the photosensitive member as a unit of the interval. |
B60R,G07C | 9,384,610 | 2016-07-05 | 1. An on-board apparatus control system, comprising: a portable device carried by a user; and an vehicle-mounted device that, by communication with the portable device, make a determination of whether or not the portable device exists in an authorized area, and carries out control of an on-board apparatus in accordance with a result of the determination, the vehicle-mounted device including: a request signal sender that causes a specific transmission antenna mounted on a vehicle to transmit a request signal to the portable device existing in the authorized area around the vehicle; and a determination signal sender that causes another transmission antenna, which is separate from the specific transmission antenna transmitting the request signal, to transmit a determination signal to the portable device existing in an unauthorized area around the vehicle, the determination signal having a high level period where a high level continues for a fixed period and a low level period where a low level continues for a fixed period, the portable device including: a received signal strength measurement unit that measures a received signal strength of the determination signal in the high level period and a received signal strength of the determination signal in the low level period separately; and a response signal sender that, when receiving the request signal, generates a response signal responding to the request signal so as to include received signal strength information representing the received signal strength of the determination signal in the high level period and received signal strength information representing the received signal strength of the determination signal in the low level period, and transmits the response signal to the vehicle-mounted device, the vehicle-mounted device including: a reception determination unit that determines whether or not the response signal has been received; a received strength determination unit that determines, based on the received signal strength information which is included in the response signal and which represents the received signal strength of the determination signal in the high level period, whether or not the received signal strength of the determination signal in the high level period is greater than a specified value; an on-board apparatus control unit that, when the reception determination unit determines that the response signal has been received and the reception strength determination unit determines that the received signal strength of the determination signal in the high level period is greater than the specified value, carries out the control of the on-board apparatus on assumption that the portable device exists in the unauthorized area; a noise level determination unit that determines, based on the received signal strength information representing the received signal strength of the determination signal in the low level period, whether or not a noise level around the vehicle is greater than a specified value; and a transmission level change command unit that, when the noise level determination unit determines that the noise level around the vehicle is greater than the specified value, commands the determination signal sender to transmit the determination signal to the portable device existing in the unauthorized area around the vehicle by increasing a transmission level of the determination signal. |
H02M | 9,343,959 | 2016-05-17 | 1. An interruption protection system for a supplied load, comprising: a power supply configured to provide power for the supplied load; a capacitor configured to provide buffer energy; a charge pump electrically coupled to the capacitor to charge the capacitor to a buffer voltage; a reference unit configured to provide a reference signal; a controller coupled to the power supply and to the reference unit and configured to receive the reference signal and to selectively control one or more supply paths from the power supply and from the capacitor to power the supplied load based on a comparison of the reference signal and a voltage level of the power supply; and at least one storage pass device coupled to the controller and to the capacitor, wherein the at least one storage pass device is coupled in the supply path between the capacitor and the supplied load, and wherein the controller is configured to control the at least one storage pass device to selectively control a current flow from the capacitor to the supplied load. |
A61K,A61P,C07D | 9,409,914 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A compound of the formula I in which R R R Ar denotes phenyl or naphthyl which is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted by Hal, A, [C(R Het denotes furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiazolyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyridazinyl, pyrazinyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, benzimidazolyl, indazolyl, quinolyl, 1,3-benzodioxolyl, benzothiophenyl, benzofuranyl, imidazopyridyl, dihydroindolyl, quinoxalinyl, benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazolyl or furo[3,2-b]pyridyl which is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted by Hal, A, [C(R Het A denotes unbranched or branched alkyl with 1-10 C-atoms, wherein one or two non-adjacent CH— and/or CH Cyc denotes cyclic alkyl with 3-7 C-atoms, which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted by [C(R A′ denotes unbranched or branched alkyl with 1, 2, 3 or 4 C-atoms, Hal denotes F, Cl, Br or I, n denotes 0, 1 or 2, m denotes 1, 2 or 3, p denotes 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, |
B05B,H04R | 9,503,798 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A water dancing speaker, comprising a housing assembly, a liquid spraying device, a driving device and an audio device, wherein the housing assembly comprises an upper housing and a lower housing connected with each other, the upper housing is made of a transparent material, an end cover is disposed on the top of the upper housing, the end cover is capable of being opened relative to the top of the upper housing to inject a liquid into the upper housing; and the liquid spraying device, the driving device and the audio device are disposed within the housing assembly; wherein colored ornaments are also injected into the upper housing after the liquid is injected into the upper housing; wherein the colored ornaments are colored resin balls, the colored resin balls become larger in volume and suspend in the liquid within the upper housing after absorbing a portion of the liquid within the upper housing, and the liquid spraying device drives the liquid within the upper housing to produce a liquid flow motion so that the colored resin balls move accordingly. |
G10L | 9,378,736 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A speech retrieval apparatus, comprising: a keyword acquisition unit configured to acquire a keyword designated by a character string, and a phoneme string or a syllable string, the keyword being stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; a segment detection unit configured to detect one or more coinciding segments by comparing a character string that is a recognition result of word speech recognition with words as recognition units performed for speech data to be retrieved and the character string of the keyword; an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value of each of the one or more coinciding segments by using the phoneme string or the syllable string of the keyword to evaluate a phoneme string or a syllable string that is recognized in each of the detected one or more coinciding segments and that is a recognition result of phoneme speech recognition with phonemes or syllables as recognition units performed for the speech data, wherein the phoneme string or the syllable string associated with each of the segments is a phoneme string or a syllable string associated with a segment in which a start and an end of the segment is expanded by a predetermined time; and a segment output unit configured to output a segment in which the calculated evaluation value exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
G02B,G02F,G03F | 9,291,894 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A colored photosensitive resin composition comprising 4%-45% of a pigment dispersion solution, 5%-40% of an alkaline soluble resin, a 1%-15% of a light polymerizable compound, a 0.1%-3% of a photoinitiator, 0.1%-1% of an adjuvant and 40%-70% of a solvent based on the total weight of the colored photosensitive resin composition, wherein the solvent consisting essentially of 60%-85% of propylene glycol methyl ether acetate and 15%-40% of a dibasic acid ester, based on the total weight of the solvent. |
H02M,Y02B | 9,484,829 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A power conversion device comprising a power conversion portion that switches a direct current voltage supplied by a positive line and a negative line with a semiconductor switching element, and outputs a converted voltage, the power conversion device comprising: a smoothing capacitor, connected between the positive line and the negative line, that smoothes the direct current voltage; and a snubber capacitor, connected between the positive line and the negative line, that suppresses a surge voltage generated when the power conversion portion switches, wherein at least one interline capacitor is connected between the positive line and the negative line and between the snubber capacitor and the power conversion portion such that the snubber capacitor and the at least one interline capacitor are not part of the power conversion portion, and wherein the at least one interline capacitor comprises two or more interline capacitors, values of capacitances of the two or more interline capacitors become smaller the nearer to the power conversion portion the position in which interline capacitors of the two or more interline capacitors are connected, and a capacitance of an interline capacitor among the two or more interline capacitors with the smallest value of capacitance is of a value greater than that of the capacitance between the main electrodes of the switching element when the direct current voltage is applied to the switching element used in the power conversion portion. |
G06F,G06Q | 9,269,090 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a recommended content item; determining a recommendation criteria associated with the recommended content item; determining to select a graphical symbol for presentation in association with the recommended content item, wherein the graphical symbol is indicative of the recommendation criteria associated with the recommended content item; determining to provide further information along with the indication of the recommendation criteria; and determining to display the graphical symbol in association with the recommended content item as a graphical overlay on the further information, wherein a graphic associated with an entity providing a recommendation of the recommended content item is selected, the selected graphic being at least one of an image of a person providing the recommendation and an advertisement associated with the entity. |
G01N,H01J | 9,239,279 | 2016-01-19 | 1. A differential mobility analyzer apparatus for analyzing a sample of aerosol particles or for separating and concentrating aerosol particles, the apparatus comprising: a housing serving as a conduit for the flow of aerosol particles, the housing defining a housing pathway for the flow of the particles along a longitudinal axis; an inlet providing the particles into the housing, the particles flowing downstream along the longitudinal axis; a first conduit located laterally inner of the housing, the first conduit defining a first pathway for the flow of the particles along the longitudinal axis; a second conduit located laterally inner of the first conduit, the second conduit defining a second pathway for the flow of the particles along the longitudinal axis; a first outer wall of the first conduit, the first outer wall separating the housing pathway from the first pathway wherein a voltage is applied to the first outer wall; and a first inner wall of the second conduit, the first inner wall separating the first pathway from the second pathway wherein a voltage is applied to the first inner wall; and a second outer wall of the first conduit located longitudinally downstream from the first outer wall, the second outer wall separating the housing pathway from the first pathway wherein a voltage is applied to the second outer wall. |
A61K,A61P,C07D | 9,315,500 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X1 is CR1; X2 is CH; Y is CH A is bicyclic hetereoaryl having from 8 to 10 ring atoms, wherein 1-3 of said ring atoms are heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and wherein said heteroaryl may be unsubstituted of substituted at a carbon atom by a R2 or at a nitrogen atom by a R3; R1 is H, Hal or C R2 is H, C R3 is H or alkyl. |
B23D,B25F,B27B,Y10T | 9,358,698 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A power tool comprising: an indicator comprising a light source for generating a marking; a holding device; wherein said indicator is releasably secured on said holding device; a grip pipe having a first section and a second section in a longitudinal direction of said grip pipe, wherein said grip pipe has a bend between said first and second sections in said longitudinal direction, said bend connecting said first and second sections; wherein said holding device is secured by positive fit on said bend of said grip pipe; wherein said holding device has a grip pipe receptacle having a shape matched to a shape of said bend of said grip pipe such that said holding device is securable in only one constructively predetermined position on said grip pipe. |
H01L | 9,401,431 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A method of forming thin film electronic circuits comprising the steps of: providing a substrate and designing the substrate with sufficient area to have fabricated thereon a selected one of a light emitting diode display, an image sensor array, a biosensor array, a pressure sensing array or a touch sensing array, the substrate having a front surface, and determining alignment and deformation tolerances of the substrate dictated by tools and process steps used during fabrication; incorporating at least one double self-aligned metal oxide TFT into the selected one of the active matrix liquid crystal display, the light emitting diode display, the image sensor array, the biosensor array, the pressure sensing array or the touch-sensing array, and fabricating the at least one double self-aligned metal oxide TFT on the substrate comprising the steps of: depositing opaque gate metal on the front surface of the substrate so as to define an opaque metal gate and a gate area for the TFT, depositing a gate dielectric layer overlying the substrate and the opaque metal gate and gate area, and depositing a metal oxide active layer overlying the gate dielectric layer; forming first self-aligning passivation material in a passivation area overlying the opaque metal gate and using the passivation material defining a channel area in the metal oxide active layer, the first self-aligning passivation material including one of an inorganic or organic dielectric material comprising oxygen; further defining an overlap area between the gate area and the first self-aligned passivation material wherein the overlap area is a portion of the gate area extending beyond horizontal limits of the passivation area on each side of the passivation area a distance equal to the alignment and deformation tolerances of the substrate, the gate area including the horizontal width of the channel area and overlap area distance on each side of the passivation area; and defining second self-aligning source/drain areas at a surface of the metal oxide active layer and positioning second self-aligned source/drain conductors therein, the second self-aligned source/drain conductors defining an overlap between each of the source/drain conductors and the first self-aligned passivation material with the width of the passivation area being larger than a distance between the overlap of the source/drain conductors. |
A01K | 9,497,936 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A floor for a modular basket, the floor comprising: a first floor module comprising a mesh floor extending between a plurality of edges, a first set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a first edge and a second set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a second edge, the second edge located opposite the first edge; a second floor module adjacent the first floor module, the second floor module comprising a mesh floor extending between a plurality of edges, a first set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a first edge and a second set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a second edge, wherein the second edge is adjacent to the first edge of the first floor module; and a first beam extending through a first set of hinge openings of the first floor module and a second set of hinge openings of the second floor module, thus connecting the first floor module and second floor module. |
G07F | 9,240,091 | 2016-01-19 | 1. A modularized vending machine, retail display, or automated retail store comprising: a central robotic gantry comprising an upright enclosure with a pair of sides and a front and a back, an internal elevator, means for vertically moving the elevator within the gantry, the elevator comprising a transverse conveyor for moving items laterally, wherein said conveyor comprises a pair of retractable, product collection wings that open when the elevator is in place to collect items that are dispensed from inventory area(s) in modules placed on either side of the dispensing gantry; at least one inventory cabinet attached to at least one gantry side; at least one door fitted upon the front or back of the gantry, the doors comprising a product vend area; at least one display module proximate said gantry, the display module containing items to be vended, the display module comprising a plurality of physical displays in which items to be vended are visibly housed; a computer for activating and controlling the gantry and the module; and, software for controlling the computer. |
G06F | 9,354,739 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A control method for a self-capacitive touch control apparatus, the self-capacitive touch control apparatus comprising a plurality of electrodes, the control method comprising: a) detecting capacitance changes in the electrodes to generate sensing results; b) calculating a total sensing amount according to the sensing results, and determining a number of touch points according to the total sensing amount; c) grouping the sensing results according to the number of touch points to generate a grouping result; and d) generating position information of one or more touch points corresponding to the number of touch points according to the grouping result and the sensing results, wherein the number of touch points is determined by comparing the total sensing amount to a predetermined upper threshold and a predetermined lower threshold. |
C01B | 9,365,421 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas derived from the gasification of coal, petroleum coke or biomass, said synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content ≧45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, comprising the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) supplying the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. to a shift vessel comprising a single bed of water-gas shift catalyst and passing the feed gas mixture adiabatically over the water-gas shift catalyst disposed in the shift vessel to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture containing steam at an outlet temperature, the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture containing steam having a carbon monoxide content ≦10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture containing steam leaving the bed of water-gas shift catalyst from the shift vessel at the outlet temperature ≦475° C., wherein 20 to 80% by volume, of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture containing steam leaving the single bed of water-gas shift catalyst is recycled to the feed gas mixture to control the temperature rise across the water-gas shift catalyst, wherein the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture containing steam that is not recycled is subjected to one or more further shift stages in one or more separate shift vessels. |
H04R | 9,253,576 | 2016-02-02 | 1. An apparatus comprising: first and second rigid elements; and a suspension element which couples the first rigid element to the second rigid element such that the first rigid element is movable in a reciprocating manner relative to the second rigid element, the suspension element comprising a concave surface, a convex surface facing away from an interior of an enclosure which can be coupled to the second rigid element, and at least first and second radial segments of opposite concavity, the first segment extending away from the concave surface and the second segment extending away from the convex surface. |
G06F,H04L | 9,229,755 | 2016-01-05 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processing device; and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the apparatus to: |
G02B,G03B,H04N | 9,454,068 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A projection-type image display apparatus comprising: a light source unit that emits light; an image generating unit that generates image light according to an input video signal; a light-guide optical system that guides the light from the light source unit to the image generating unit; and a projection optical system that projects the image light generated by the image generating unit, wherein the light source unit includes |
H04N | 9,380,180 | 2016-06-28 | 1. An electronic apparatus having a plurality of functions for executing processes in the electronic apparatus by a plurality of programs and a particular program of the electronic apparatus, said electronic apparatus comprising: a central processing unit for processing a program installed in the electronic apparatus; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a screen based on screen information including a Web page for providing a cloud service, obtained via a network, for executing the plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus, said screen information including a first screen information to display the screen and a second screen information to execute the plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus, said second screen information including a script to execute a function of an image forming apparatus that is readable by an apparatus browser, said display control unit being further configured to store, in the storing unit, identification information of a Web application program for providing the cloud service, said Web application program being related to the Web page of the cloud service according to execution of the function of the electronic apparatus based on definition of the Web page of the cloud service, wherein, when a request from a screen displayed in the display unit is related to the first screen information, the display control unit causes the display to display a screen according to the request, and wherein, when the request is related to the second screen information, the display control unit stores, in a storing unit, identification information of a user of the electronic apparatus, identification information of a program of the plurality of programs that was executed corresponding to the screen information according to execution of the function of the electronic apparatus based on definition of the screen information, and identification information of the function that has been executed by executing the program of the plurality of programs based on an extended script, said identification information of the user, program and function being associated with each other in the storing unit, wherein the apparatus browser is configured to transmit an HTTP request including a result of execution of the electronic apparatus based on the extended script to a Web server unit, wherein the identification information of the program includes identification information of the apparatus browser, and wherein the storing unit further stores a distribution ratio of profit of the use of the electronic apparatus between the apparatus browser and the Web application program. |
B60K,B60W | 9,469,304 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A vehicular system used in a vehicle, the vehicular system comprising: a controller configured to (i) specify a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle, (ii) select one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications, and (iii) inhibit execution of applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, wherein the controller determines which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information. |
A47L,B08B,C11D | 9,234,161 | 2016-01-12 | 1. Dishwashing detergent, characterized in that it contains at least four nonionic surfactants A, B, C, and D, wherein i. surfactant A is described by the general formula R ii. surfactants B and C, which are different, are both described by the general formula R iii. surfactant D is described by the general formula R |
G06F | 9,292,572 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A method for determining costs for access plans for databases access, the method comprising: collecting profile data for each of a plurality of database indices of a database hosted across a plurality of storage devices, wherein the profile data at least indicates whether each of the plurality of database indices is clustered or non-clustered and a type of one of the plurality of storage devices that hosts each of the database indices; selecting weights for each of the plurality of database indices based, at least in part, on the profile data including whether each of the plurality of database indices is clustered and the type of the one of the plurality of storage devices; calculating a respective cost for each of the plurality of database indices using the selected weights; associating in storage the respective cost for each of the plurality of database indices with each of the database indices; and computing access plan costs for a plurality of access plans generated for a query responsive to receiving the query, wherein said computing the access plan costs uses the respective costs for those of the plurality of database indices that correspond to the plurality of access plans. |
G03G | 9,395,648 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A toner accommodating container attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus, the toner accommodating container comprising: an accommodation portion that contains toner; an opening portion; an opening-closing member movable to open and close the opening portion; and an urging member that urges the opening-closing member so that the opening-closing member closes the opening portion in a state in which the toner accommodating container is detached from the image forming apparatus, wherein the toner accommodating container is pulled into a main body of the image forming apparatus by using the urging force of the urging member in a case where the detached toner accommodating container from the image forming apparatus is attached to the image forming apparatus. |
G06F | 9,430,253 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A computer-implemented method for Extensible Markup Language (XML) data binding, the method comprising: a computer receiving an element class that is created for a non-atomic class from a program code used for creating objects to be serialized into an XML document, the element class comprising: the computer receiving an attribute class that is created for an atomic class, wherein the non-atomic class refers to the atomic class, and wherein the attribute class comprises a second constructor, a serializer, and a de-serializer; and the computer generating the XML document using the element class, the attribute class, and serializing code in the super element class, wherein the serializing code is executed when the decomposer and the serializer are invoked. |
H04L,H04W | 9,237,586 | 2016-01-12 | 1. An access method for E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel) Random Access Uplink Control Channel (E-RUCCH) of a mobile terminal, comprising: determining whether upload data authorization information has expired; determining whether an amount of buffer data in a logical channel of the mobile terminal is zero; starting a timer when it is determined that the upload data authorization information has expired and the amount of buffer data in the logical channel of the mobile terminal is zero; determining whether the timer is timed out; determining whether new upload data authorization is received by the mobile terminal; resetting the timer and initiating an E-RUCCH access if it is determined that the new upload data authorization information is received before the timer is timed out; resetting the timer and determining whether there is any buffer data in the logical channel if it is determined that the upload data authorization information is not received before the timer is timed out; and initiating the E-RUCCH access when the amount of the buffer data in the logical channel exceeds a threshold of the buffer data in the logical channel. |
H03B,H03L | 9,455,666 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A circuit, comprising: at least two LC voltage controlled oscillators (LCVCOs), wherein each LCVCO includes a switch configured to selectively turn on or off the each LCVCO, and at least one selected LCVCO of the at least two LCVCOs is configured to provide a differential LCVCO output having a voltage swing less than a full voltage swing; and a converter coupled to the at least two LCVCOs and configured to receive the differential LCVCO output, wherein the converter comprises a multiplexer coupled to a respective LCVCO output of each of the at least two LCVCOs, wherein the multiplexer is configured to provide an output signal with the full voltage swing, and wherein the multiplexer comprises a pair of PMOS transistors having diode connected gates. |
A61L,A61M,B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,Y10T | 9,492,595 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A medical tube catheter, comprising a PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) resin, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, and NBR (acrylonitrile butadiene rubber), wherein with respect to 100 parts of weight of the PVC resin, 80 to 120 parts of weight of the plasticizer, 1 to 3 parts of weight of the stabilizer, and 3 to 20 parts of weight of the NBR are included in the medical tube catheter. |
G01V | 9,250,344 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method to acquire seismic data to estimate reservoir characteristics in a shallow sea water environment, the method comprises: placing a seismic source in a body of ocean water; using the seismic source to generate a plurality of pressure wave shots in the water while varying a time delay and spacing between the plurality of shots; using a hydrophone and a three component geophone to detect the plurality of shots and thereby acquire four component ocean bottom cable (4C OBC) seismic data; applying a full acoustic modelling process and an elastic modelling process to the acquired 4C OBC seismic data to analyze the acquired 4C OBC seismic data to acquire a pressure data and an inline geophone data; estimating a horizontal component data and a reflected shear wave data from the acquired 4C OBC seismic data; performing a NMO-correction process on the estimated horizontal component data; and stacking the acquired horizontal component data obtained by varying sampling intervals to remove noise component in acquired seismic data; wherein the full acoustic modelling process is applied by setting a shear wave velocity to zero for all layers to perform 2D and 3D full waveform finite-difference modelling (FDM) to acquire both the pressure data and the inline geophone data, and further wherein the elastic modelling process is applied by using a 2D finite-difference grid with a size of 2.5 m ×2.5 m and a temporal sampling interval of 0.25 ms to avoid spatial aliasing and to ensure numerical stability. |
A61K,A61P,C12N,C12Y | 9,359,605 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method of treating solid tumour lung cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an antisense oligonucleotide comprising a sequence complementary to a mRNA encoding BRCA2, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide has the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. |
G06K,G06Q,G07G | 9,495,564 | 2016-11-15 | 1. An arrangement for assessing reading performance during reading of coded symbols associated with products, comprising: a reader for electro-optically reading the symbols by image capture to obtain read data; and a controller for processing symbol images of the symbols captured by the reader, for decoding the read data to obtain symbol data indicative of the associated products, for collecting time-to-decode metadata by determining the decode time periods that are taken for the symbol data to be successfully decoded, for associating the decode time periods with the symbol images, for storing the longest decode time period and its associated symbol image, and for displaying the stored symbol image associated with the stored longest decode time period to determine a cause of the reading performance. |
A45C | 9,462,862 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A shopping bag dispenser, comprising: a fabric storage and dispensing bag with an open end having a width and height of opening, and a length, implemented with a closure along one side for a portion of the length, allowing the fabric storage and dispensing bag to be opened to facilitate loading with a stack of shopping bags; a plurality of shopping bags having common dimensions, each formed from a material having a low coefficient of friction capable of forming permanent fold creases, each shopping bag formed with two flat panels joined along a bottom and opposite side edges, and open along a top edge, each bag thus exhibiting a height dimension from the bottom edge to the open top edge, and a width dimension across the opposite side edges, at a right angle to the height dimension, each bag having one or more vertical permanent fold creases from bottom to top parallel to the side edges, dividing the side panels into substantially equal portions, such that each bag when folded along the vertical permanent fold creases exhibits a folded dimension less than the length of the fabric storage and dispensing bag, and each bag further having three or more permanent horizontal fold creases from side edge to opposite side edge dividing the bag into substantially equal portions such that each bag when folded along the horizontal permanent fold creases exhibits a folded dimension less than the width of opening of the fabric storage and dispensing bag; and a wrapper implemented as a fabric panel having a width and a length, attachable at one end of the length to an inner surface of the storage and dispensing bag with the width of the wrapper in line with the length of the storage and dispensing bag, such that a stack of shopping bags may be wrapped in the wrapper within the storage and dispensing bag prior to closing, the wrapper having fastening elements providing fastening the wrapper around the stack of shopping bags once the stack of shopping bags is wrapped; wherein with the plurality of shopping bags each folded along both the horizontal and vertical permanent fold creases, stacked conformally, and placed in the fabric storage and dispensing bag, may be grasped and pulled from the fabric storage and dispensing bag one bag at a time, and opened along the permanent fold creases to be used as a shopping bag. |
C08J,C08K,C08L | 9,279,041 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A vinyl aromatic polymer foam obtained from expanded vinyl aromatic polymer particles, wherein the expanded vinyl aromatic polymer particles are obtained from an expandable vinyl aromatic polymer comprising: a) a matrix of a vinyl aromatic polymer, b) 1-10% by weight, calculated with respect to the vinyl aromatic polymer (a), of a blowing agent embedded in the matrix, c) 0.1 to 5% by weight, calculated with respect to the vinyl aromatic polymer (a), of talcum having a D50 particle size, measured by sedigraph (ISO 13317-3), of between 2.3 and 5 μm and a BET specific surface area, measured according to DIN 66131/2, of between 4.2 and 9.5 m d) 0.1 to 6% by weight, calculated with respect to the vinyl aromatic polymer (a), of carbon black with a BET specific surface area, measured according to ASTM D-6556, of between 9 and 65 m e) 0.1 to 1% by weight, calculated with respect to the vinyl aromatic polymer (a), of polyethylene wax homogenously distributed in the matrix, wherein the vinyl aromatic polymer foam has i) a mean cell size between 80 and 200 μm, ii) a standard deviation of the mean cell size lower than 50 μm, iii) a thermal conductivity λ lower than 32 mW/mK (ISO 8301), and iv) a density lower than 22 g/L. |
B65D | 9,227,757 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A pallet comprising: a first deck having a first interior surface, an exterior surface and an edge; a second deck having a second interior surface facing the first interior surface of the first deck; a dampening device between the first interior surface of the first deck and the second interior surface of the second deck configured to contract to counteract a compression force when the first deck and the second deck are pressed together and further configured to deform to counteract an expansive force when the first deck and the second deck are pulled apart; a first shield including: a second shield including: |
A61B | 9,421,037 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A device for dispensing a series of fasteners to be implanted within a patient, the device comprising: a magazine defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal opening, said magazine sized and dimensioned to hold the series of fasteners, the series of fasteners insertable through said distal opening, said magazine comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a support having a splined guide bore aligned with said longitudinal axis of said magazine, said support connected to said magazine to be rotatable radially with respect to said longitudinal axis; a shaft slideably disposed within said support; a biasing element connected between said support and said shaft, said biasing element configured to urge said shaft along said longitudinal axis in a direction towards said distal end relative to a location of said support; and a ratchet connected to said shaft and engageable with said magazine to permit sliding of said shaft in a first direction towards said distal end, to prevent sliding of said shaft in a second direction away from said distal end in a first position, and to enable sliding of said shaft in said second direction in a second position, said ratchet movable from said first position to said second position when said support is rotated radially with respect to said longitudinal axis, said ratchet including one or more ratchet pawls, said ratchet pawls engageable with said magazine, said ratchet pawls movable in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis; wherein once a first of the series of fasteners is dispensed, the biasing element urges the shaft towards the proximal end to thereby position a second of the series of fasteners for dispensing, wherein the biasing element is a spring, wherein one or more projections extend inwardly at the distal end of the magazine, wherein the one or more projections are sized and shaped to engage one or more tool flanges of each of the fasteners such that tilting of the device causes portions of the one or more tool flanges to pass the one or more projections thereby allowing for dispensation of the fasteners. |
H01L,H04N | 9,293,486 | 2016-03-22 | 1. An image capturing device comprising: a pixel circuit region in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged in a matrix; a peripheral circuit region that is located on a periphery of the pixel circuit region and in which a peripheral circuit is arranged; and an intermediate region that is located between the pixel circuit region and the peripheral circuit region and that forms a boundary with the pixel circuit region and the peripheral circuit region, wherein the pixel circuit region, the peripheral circuit region, and the intermediate region are provided with a semiconductor layer, a first wiring layer located on the semiconductor layer, and a second wiring layer located away from the semiconductor layer relative to the first wiring layer, and the pixel circuits and the peripheral circuit are connected via one of at least the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer in the intermediate region, and wherein an area occupancy of the one wiring layer in the intermediate region relative to a total area of the intermediate region is between 0.5 times and 1.5 times an area occupancy of the one wiring layer in the pixel circuit region relative to a total area of the pixel circuit region. |
G06F | 9,275,147 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising: receiving a search string from a user device; selecting a plurality of candidate query suggestions based on the search string; determining, for each candidate query suggestion, a probability for the candidate query suggestion based on a count in a query log of the number of times that the plurality of candidate query suggestions were submitted as search queries and a count in the query log of the number of times that the candidate query was submitted as a search query; determining a measure of query completeness for the search string based on an aggregation of the determined probabilities, including determining a probability of receiving the N most probable query suggestions for the search string, wherein N is an integer greater than zero; comparing the measure of query completeness to a threshold measure of query completeness; and providing one or more specific query suggestions to the user device, selected from a plurality of specific query suggestions for the search string, when the measure of query completeness exceeds the threshold measure of query completeness; or providing one or more general query suggestions to the user device, selected from a plurality of general query suggestions for the search string, when the measure of query completeness does not exceed the threshold measure of query completeness. |
A61M,B29C,F16L,Y10T | 9,259,563 | 2016-02-16 | 1. An assembly, comprising: a first polymeric connector having a first passageway aligned in a first direction and a second passageway aligned in a second direction, wherein the first direction is fixed relative to the second direction; a first flexible, polymeric conduit having a conduit passageway in fluid communication with the first passageway of the first polymeric connector, wherein the first flexible, polymeric conduit includes an elastomer, a thermoplastic elastomer, an engineering thermoplastic elastomer, or any combination thereof; and a first polymeric member extending into a gap defined between the first polymeric connector and the first polymeric conduit and extending over said gap and at least portions of outer surfaces of the first polymeric connector and the first polymeric conduit, wherein the first polymeric member, the first polymeric conduit and the first polymeric connector are aligned to provide a substantially smooth, seamless transition between an inner diameter of the first polymeric connector and an inner diameter of the first polymeric conduit. |
F02B,F02P,H01T | 9,318,881 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A corona ignition system, comprising: a corona igniter receiving energy and emitting an electric field during a plurality of corona events, wherein each corona event extends continuously from a start time to a stop time; a driver circuit providing the energy to the corona igniter during the corona events; the driver circuit detecting any occurrence of an arc formation from the corona igniter and providing no energy to the corona igniter for a predetermined duration of time immediately after any occurrence of the arc formation; the driver circuit obtaining information about any occurrence of an arc formation during at least one of the corona events, the information including at least one of: timing of any occurrence of the arc formation relative to the start time of the corona event, duration between two consecutive occurrences of the arc formations, number of occurrences of the arc formations over a period of time during the corona event, timing of an occurrence of the arc formation relative to the stop time of the corona event, total number of occurrences of the arc formations during the corona event, and the voltage level provided to the corona igniter at the stop time of the corona event; a control unit receiving the information about any occurrence of the arc formation during the one corona event from the driver circuit, and the control unit adjusting the predetermined duration of time wherein no energy is provide to the corona igniter based on the information relating to the corona discharge; and the driver circuit applying the adjusted predetermined duration of time wherein no energy is provide to the corona igniter in at least one subsequent corona event and not before the stop time of the at least one corona event from which the information was obtained. |
B41J,H01L | 9,293,682 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A liquid jetting apparatus comprising: a first channel structure in which a first liquid channel is formed, the first liquid channel including a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles respectively; a piezoelectric actuator provided on the first channel structure to cover the plurality of pressure chambers; and a driving device configured to drive the piezoelectric actuator, wherein: the piezoelectric actuator comprising: the plurality of piezoelectric elements include a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element; a total length of a wire which connects the first piezoelectric element and the driving device and which includes the actuator wire is longer than a total length of a wire which connects the second piezoelectric element and the driving device and which includes the actuator wire, the piezoelectric actuator further comprising a capacitor that is connected to the actuator wire which connects the first piezoelectric element and the signal input portion or the actuator wire which connects the first piezoelectric element and the reference potential portion such that the capacitor is serially connected to the first piezoelectric element; and the capacitor includes an insulator formed of a piezoelectric material same as the piezoelectric material of the activators of the plurality of piezoelectric elements. |
G10L,H04N | 9,368,127 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method of determining a main speaker terminal that is performed by a first terminal participating in a distributed telepresence service, the method comprising: obtaining first feature information for determining a main speaker terminal of which a main speaker is participating in the distributed telepresence service and is speaking from an audio input signal that is generated in the first terminal; receiving second feature information for determining the main speaker terminal from a second terminal participating in the distributed telepresence service; and determining the main speaker terminal for providing a video and an audio of the main speaker based on the first feature information and the second feature information, wherein the main speaker terminal is the first terminal or the second terminal. |
H04N | 9,253,343 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A control method performed by an information processing apparatus configured to display a main display document generated from print data of all parts of a print document, the control method comprising: generating a temporary display document, to be displayed prior to the main display document, based on print data of at least one part fewer than all parts of the print document; displaying the generated temporary display document; determining whether all parts of the print document are acquired; generating, when it is determined that the all parts of the print document are acquired, the main display document including all pages of the print document based on the print data of the all parts of the acquired print document; changing a display from the temporary display document to the main display document when the main display document is generated; determining whether all parts of the print document have already been output before generation of the temporary display document is completed; and determining that the temporary display document should not be displayed when it is determined that all parts of the print document have already been output before generation of the temporary display document is completed. |
B01D | 9,393,529 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A method of forming a hydrophilic membrane comprising: providing a hydrophobic porous substrate, wherein the porous substrate comprises polypropylene; applying a solution to the hydrophobic porous substrate, the solution consisting essentially of removing at least a portion of the first solvent from the porous substrate at a temperature no greater than 40° C. to provide the hydrophilic membrane, wherein the hydrophilic membrane has a surface energy greater than 60 dynes/centimeter. |
A47J | 9,480,366 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A lid holding device, comprising: a pair of J-shaped elongated rods each having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of said pair of elongated rods are horizontally disposed and comprise a space therebetween in order to receive an inverted lid thereon; a mount having an upper side and a lower side, wherein said mount is secured to said second end of each of said pair of elongated rods; a pair of channels disposed on said upper side of said mount, wherein an upper end of each of said pair of channels is exposed and configured to receive respective ones of said second end of the pair of elongated rods therethrough; wherein said mount comprises one or more apertures adapted to receive a fastener therein in order to secure said mount to a horizontal support surface; wherein said one or more apertures are disposed on said upper side of said mount; wherein said one or more apertures comprises an open upper end disposed on said upper side of said mount and an opposing closed lower end. |
H01L | 9,368,375 | 2016-06-14 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a base portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface being opposite the upper surface; a first sidewall portion having a first upper portion distal the upper surface of the base portion; a second sidewall portion having a second upper portion distal the upper surface of the base portion; a first slanted surface facing in a direction toward the second sidewall portion and extending from the first upper portion of the first sidewall portion toward the upper surface of the base portion at a first angle; a second slanted surface facing in a direction toward the first sidewall portion and extending from the second upper portion of the second sidewall portion toward the upper surface of the base portion at a second angle, the first slanted surface and the second slanted surface being configured to form a reservoir therebetween to accommodate a first chip package portion and cause the first chip package portion to align with respect to a center of the reservoir based on a relationship between the first chip package portion, the first angle, the second angle, and a fluid accommodated by the reservoir; and a first drain region between the first slanted surface and the second slanted surface configured to enable the fluid to egress from the reservoir. |
G06F,H02J | 9,329,653 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method for replacing or repairing a non hot swappable component, the method comprising: supplying power to a first motherboard partition, a first storage partition, a second motherboard partition, and a second storage partition concurrently, wherein the first motherboard partition comprises a first motherboard and a first processor capable of accessing a first memory in the first storage partition, wherein the second motherboard partition comprises a second motherboard and a second processor capable of accessing a second memory in the second storage partition, wherein the first motherboard partition and the first storage partition are part of a first system, wherein the second motherboard partition and the second storage partition are part of a second system, the second system being external to the first system and connected to the first system via an external connection extending between the first system and the second system: wherein the first processor is capable of accessing the second memory, and wherein the second processor is capable of accessing the first memory; accessing and utilizing the first storage partition with the second motherboard partition; selectively severing the power to the first motherboard partition; removing a non hot swappable component that has failed from the first motherboard partition: replacing the non hot swappable component in the first motherboard partition with a functioning component; and restoring power to the first motherboard partition. |
G06F,G11B | 9,235,266 | 2016-01-12 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a reproduction section for reproducing a content item; a panel member to be touched by a user for changing a reproduction position of the content item; and a vibrating section for vibrating the panel member, wherein the vibrating section varies the vibration of the panel member depending on whether or not the reproduction position which has been changed through a touch operation by the user on the panel member is a specified reproduction position, and wherein when the reproduction section changes the reproduction position of the content item by the touch operation by the user accepted by the panel member, the vibrating section vibrates the panel member if a reproduction position corresponding to a position on the panel member indicated by the touch operation by the user is a specified reproduction position. |
A61P,C07D | 9,394,279 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is cyclopropyl, and is optionally substituted with one or more R L A is selected from or B is selected from or Z D is C Y is —C(R Z is —C(R R R R R T is each independently selected at each occurrence from bond, -L R R R R R R L R |
H02K | 9,461,509 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A motor comprising: a rotor housing; a stator assembly located inside the rotor housing; a first core located inside the stator assembly; a second core located at a center of the rotor housing; and a coil housing being symmetrically located inside of the rotor housing, the coil housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an outside wall and an inside wall, wherein a space portion is formed at an inside portion of the coil housing thereof, wherein the first core is fixed to a first core holder coupled to a coupling portion bushing of the stator assembly. |
H04N | 9,271,012 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a stream representative of at least one coded image; identifying, from the stream, a predetermined plurality of groups of blocks; providing each group of blocks to a first decoding unit; and processing, by the first decoding unit, a first block in a given group of blocks, wherein the processing of the first block comprises: processing, by the first decoding unit, a second block in the given group of blocks, wherein the processing of the second block comprises: |
F16C,F16N | 9,429,270 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A bearing lubrication tool comprising: a) supply means for delivering a controlled amount of grease, the supply means including a detachable grease cartridge and air cylinder assembly located remotely of the support means, the grease cartridge being installed in the air cylinder and adapted to be emptied of grease when a supply of compressed air displaces a piston in the cylinder that moves the grease to the grease delivery inlet of the support means, b) support means mounted on top of a work bench for locating a bearing in a position where a bearing cage and rollers of the bearing may be lubricated with the grease delivered by the supply means, the supply means having a grease delivery outlet communicating with a grease delivery inlet of the support means by a grease flow passageway, and c) means for controlling the passage of grease through the inlet to the bearing cage and rollers of the bearing, the means for controlling including a valve assembly comprising a cup and a retainer, wherein relative movement between the cup and the retainer causes the valve assembly to assume an open condition for allowing grease to pass through the inlet to the bearing cage and rollers of the bearing. |
B25J,G05B,Y10S | 9,233,468 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method of operating a robot, the method comprising: receiving image data from an image capture device of the robot, the image data representative of a glyph viewed by the image capture device on a display of a computing device within a field of view of the image capture device; determining, at a controller, a command message based on the glyph represented in the image data; and issuing a command to at least one resource or component of the robot based on the command message, wherein determining the command message includes determining network configuration data indicating a network identifier and/or a network password based on the image data, and wherein issuing the command includes configuring a network connection of the robot based on the network configuration data. |
B60K,B60L,B60W,H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10S | 9,428,174 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A method of forcibly charging a high-voltage battery using a motor and a Hybrid Starter Generator (HSG), comprising: sensing, by a controller, speeds and temperatures of the motor and the HSG; calculating, by the controller, maximum chargeable power using three dimensional (3D) maximum charging power maps based on speeds, and torque (power), and torque applying times of the motor and the HSG; adjusting, by the controller, maximum charging power using energy integration during the forced charging; executing, by the controller, a first excessive temperature prevention logic for the motor and the HSG to continuously perform the forced charging by one of the motor and the HSG, during the forced charging of the high-voltage battery using the motor and the HSG simultaneously; and executing, by the controller, a second excessive temperature prevention logic for adjusting current temperatures of the motor and the HSG below an operating power limiting temperature to maximize a time of an Electric Vehicle (EV) driving mode in which a vehicle is driven through motor-only operation, in response to the forced charging of the high voltage battery being completed. |
E05B | 9,428,941 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A padlock with a removable shackle, comprising: a housing, having a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover is pivoted at the front cover and capable for pivotably opening and closing relative to the front cover, a cavity is defined by the front cover and the rear cover while they are closed together, one side of the rear cover corresponding to the front cover has a sliding groove, an outer wall of one side of the rear cover corresponding to the sliding groove has a through hole and a locking hole which are communicated with the sliding groove, a penetrating groove is formed at a side wall of the sliding groove connected with the cavity and the penetrating groove is fluidly communicated with the sliding groove; a shackle, having a pivoting portion and a locking portion connected with each other, the pivoting portion is passing through the through hole and moved toward the cavity, and the locking portion is separated from or locked at the housing through moving the pivoting portion; a locking member, having a hook portion and a locking end, the locking member is slidably arranged in the sliding groove, and the locking end is limited by or separated from the locking portion of the shackle; and a limiting set, having a limiting member and a releasing member, the limiting member includes an entry slot, an embedded end, and an inclined surface, the inclined surface is connected with a side wall of the entry slot, the limiting member is slidably arranged in the sliding groove, the embedded end is limited by or separated from the pivoting portion of the shackle, a pushing inclined plane is arranged at the releasing member corresponding to the inclined surface, the releasing member is slidably arranged in the penetrating groove and inserted into the entry slot of the limiting member; wherein the pushing inclined plane is against the inclined surface and then the limiting member is pushed by the pushing inclined plane to separate from or limit the pivoting portion. |
G01V | 9,395,457 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A method for source directivity compensation of seismic data d with a given source directivity related to a subsurface, the method comprising: obtaining directional operators r, wherein a directional operator converts a desired zero-phase wavelet to a source signature, for a given shot; calculating with a computing device a model u with a modified source directivity based on (1) the seismic data d, and (2) an operator that is a combination of the directional operators r and a reverse transform operator L; using the model u to obtain seismic data d generating an image of a geophysical structure in the subsurface using seismic data d |
C12Q | 9,303,282 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A method for direct detection of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in a biological sample that comprises a mixture of different bacterial strains, said method comprising the following successive steps: a) inoculating a culture medium with said sample, wherein the culture medium comprises a single antibiotic and at least one chromogenic agent wherein said chromogenic agent is sensitive to the activity of at least one enzyme selected in the group consisting of β-D-glucuronidase, β-galactosidase, β-D-glucosidase, and a deaminase, and wherein the antibiotic is meropenem at a concentration between 0.25 and 2 mg/L, b) incubating said culture medium under conditions allowing the growth of carbapenem-resistant bacteria, and c) detecting colonies formed on said culture medium corresponding to carbapenem-resistant bacteria, wherein said method does not include a preliminary isolation step of the different bacterial strains present in said biological sample; wherein said chromogenic agent is hydrolysed into a chromophore selected from a group consisting of O-nitrophenyl, P-nitrophenyl, ChloroNitrophenyl, Hydroxyphenyl, Nitroanilide, Phenolphthalein, Thymophthalein, Hydroxyquinoline, Cyclohexenoesculetine, Dihydroxyflavone, Catechol, Resazurin, Resofurin, VBzTM, VLM, VLPr, VQM, Indoxyl, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoxyl, 5-bromo-6-chloro-3-indoxyl, 6-chloro-3-indoxyl, 6-fluoro-3-indoxyl, 5-lodo-3-indoxyl, and N-Methylindoxyl; and, said carbapenem-resistant bacteria are selected from the group consisting of the following genera: |
C12N | 9,476,060 | 2016-10-25 | 1. A method of generating genotypic variation in a genome of a plant, the method comprising introducing into a gamete or a gamete producing tissue of the plant at least one Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) expression vector encoding at least one chimeric nuclease which comprises a meganuclease or a zinc finger binding domain, a nuclease and a localization signal to a DNA-containing organelle, wherein said meganuclease or said zinc finger binding domain mediates specific targeting of said nuclease to the genome of the plant, wherein said introducing is performed such that said gamete or gamete producing tissue expresses said chimeric nuclease but not all plant tissues express said chimeric nuclease, thereby generating genotypic variation in the genome of the plant. |
A61M,G01F,G01N | 9,255,830 | 2016-02-09 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of light sources disposed and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward a container; a plurality of sensors optically coupleable to the plurality of light sources, each sensor of the plurality of sensors disposed and configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least two of the plurality of light sources; and at least one processor configured to receive data representative of the detected electromagnetic radiation from each of the plurality of sensors, the at least one processor operable to combine the received data into a signal signature representative of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the plurality of sensors, the at least one processor further configured to associate the signal signature with at least one reference signature, the at least one reference signature being representative of a property of the container. |
G02B | 9,304,307 | 2016-04-05 | 1. A Light scanning microscope, comprising: an illumination module, which generates several illumination beams and moves them, in each case as a spot, in a predefined region of a sample for the purpose of exciting sample radiation; a detector module to confocally detect the sample radiation excited by each spot, the detector module comprising a first detector, an imaging lens system, having an optical axis, for imaging the predefined region along an imaging beam path running from the sample as far as the first detector, and a rotatable diaphragm with several pinholes which are located in a pinhole plane, wherein the diaphragm, upon rotation, is located at least partially in the imaging beam path for confocal detection; a second detector disposed outside of the imaging beam path; and a first beam splitter disposed in the imaging beam path between the sample and the diaphragm, wherein the first beam splitter is configured to direct sample radiation, reflected by the diaphragm, onto the second detector. |
G03G | 9,429,898 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A developing cartridge comprising: a casing configured to accommodate developer therein; a developing roller including a developing roller shaft extending in a first direction; a first protrusion positioned at an outer surface of the casing, the first protrusion being rigid and protruding outward from the outer surface in the first direction; and an electrode positioned at the outer surface, the electrode configured to be electrically connected to the developing roller shaft, the electrode including a second protrusion protruding outward in the first direction and the second protrusion having an inner space extending in the first direction, the inner space being positioned in the second protrusion, wherein the first protrusion is positioned in the inner space, and wherein the second protrusion covers a distal end of the first protrusion. |
G08B,H04N | 9,451,217 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A method for providing video surveillance, said method comprising: providing digital television services to a customer via middleware, the middleware including digital rights management services; providing digital surveillance services to the customer via the middleware; and in providing digital surveillance services to the customer, enabling the customer to access surveillance signals via a set-top box, from a remote location, using a telecommunications device, the telecommunications device being authorized to access the surveillance signals by the digital rights management services; authorizing the set-top box to receive the surveillance signals; sending, in response to authorizing the set-top box, via the middleware, a set-top box digital rights management key to the set-top box; providing, in response to authorizing the set-top box, the surveillance signals from surveillance equipment to the set-top box, the surveillance signals being encoded and accessible with the set-top box digital rights management key; establishing, via the middleware, the telecommunications device as an authorized device to access the surveillance signals based on a telephone number associated with the telecommunications device; sending, in response to authorizing the telephone number, via the middleware, a wireless phone digital rights management key to the telecommunications device associated with the telephone number; receiving, at the middleware, a request for the surveillance signals from the telecommunications device; receiving, at the set-top box, a request for encoded surveillance signals from the middleware; encoding, with the set-top box, in response to receiving the request, the surveillance signals to generate the encoded surveillance signals; and providing the encoded surveillance signals from the set-top box to the telecommunications device, wherein the encoded surveillance signals are encoded to be viewable by the telecommunications device and accessible with the wireless phone digital rights management key. |
F02D,Y02T | 9,416,735 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A diagnostic method for indicating correct operation of a cam profile switching system of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders with some of the cylinders in a first group and others of the cylinders in a second group, the method comprising: operating the engine with both groups in a first condition of the cam profile switching system; sampling first exhaust gas constituents associated with the first group in said first condition; sampling second exhaust gas constituents associated with the second group in the first condition; determining a first ratio by relating the first exhaust gas constitients to the second exhaust gas constituents; forcing the cam profile switching system of the second group to a second condition of the cam profile switching system while making a corresponding adjustment to fuelling for the second group; sampling third exhaust gas constituents associated with the second group in said second condition; determing a second ratio by relating the first exhaust gas constituents to the third gas constituents; comparing the first and second ratios; and either (i) determining whether the camshaft switching system of the second group has operated correctly based on a difference between the first and second ratios when the difference is less than or equal to 5% or greater than of equal to 15%, or (ii) obtaining an indeterminate result when the difference is between 5% and 15%. |
A61K,A61P,C12N,G01N | 9,233,102 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method for reducing the number of renal cell carcinoma cells within a mammal, wherein said method comprises administering, to said mammal, an inhibitor of an SCD1 polypeptide and an inhibitor of an mTor polypeptide under conditions wherein the number of viable renal cell carcinoma cells present within said mammal is reduced. |
A21B,A47J,F24C | 9,353,954 | 2016-05-31 | 1. An apparatus for preparing food comprising: a housing; a food preparation chamber, in the housing, comprising: a fan configured to move a flow of hot air successively through the air entry aperture, the food receiving space and the air discharge aperture, and an air guide passage for returning the flow of air from the air discharge aperture towards the air entry aperture separate from the food receiving space, wherein the housing comprising: a cooling air channel; and a hot air vent configured to exhaust hot air from the food preparation chamber outside the housing, said hot air vent comprising: the constricted section comprises: |
G10L | 9,269,364 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A method of encoding a parametric spectral representation (f) of auto-regressive coefficients (a) that partially represent an audio signal, said method comprising: encoding a low-frequency part (f encoding a high-frequency part (f |
A24C,A24D,G06K,G06T | 9,402,416 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A system for assessing the acceptability of product filter rods, filters or filter elements which comprise a longitudinally extending core of filtering material including a longitudinal channel extending from an end of the core; the system comprising: (a) means for advancing a flow of product filter rods, filters or filter elements such that each filter rod, filter or filter element in the flow is oriented with the end of the filter rod, filter or filter element from which the longitudinal channel extends exposed; (b) means for capturing an image of an exposed end of a filter rod, filter or filter element in the advancing flow; (c) means for comparing the captured image with a stored image of a standard rod, filter or filter element; (d) means which determines, from differences between the captured image and the stored image of the standard rod, filter or filter element, a value for one or more of: and compares the or each determined value with a predetermined value to thereby assess whether the filter rod, filter or filter element is acceptable, wherein the value is or values are determined based on portions of the captured image which are different when the captured image is compared to the stored image of the standard rod, filter or filter element. |
B60H,G05G | 9,395,742 | 2016-07-19 | 1. A control unit for a functional device of a motor vehicle, comprising: a holding element; a rotary adjuster that is mounted in a rotatable manner on the holding element, to rotate in a direction of rotation, the rotary adjuster comprising three encoding elements; a latching device to produce a plurality of latching positions for the rotary adjuster along the direction of rotation; and a detecting device to produce a digital output signal for two of the three encoding elements, to produce an analog output signal for a third of the three encoding elements, to detect a current latching position of the rotary adjuster and to detect an absolute angle of rotation between the rotary adjuster and the holding element, the absolute angle of rotation being an absolute angle of rotation between at least two of the latching positions, the current latching position and the absolute angle of rotation being detected based on an encoding of the encoding elements. |
A61J,B65B,G01N,G07C | 9,241,872 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A containment system for a plurality of products that are to be accessed in a predetermined timed sequence, the containment system comprising: a substrate with a plurality of product compartments, each of said product compartments having a volume sufficient to receive at least one of a plurality of products, said substrate further including a plurality of atmospheric gas conduits each leading from one of the product compartments to a gas sensitive indicator window chamber; a plurality of gas sensitive indicators having a gas reactive material that changes appearance at a predetermined time after exposure to ambient air, said gas sensitive indicators being located within a gas sensitive indicator window chamber; and a plurality of gas seals each sealing one of the plurality of the product compartments against atmospheric gases so that disrupting the gas seal to access a product in the product compartment allows atmospheric gas to enter the product compartment and from there to flow through one of the plurality of atmospheric gas conduits to expose at least one of the gas sensitive indicators, the one gas sensitive indicator exposed to ambient air being arranged to change appearance in a manner that indicates at least one next product in the predetermined sequence to be accessed after the predetermined time after exposure has elapsed. |
G10L | 9,520,126 | 2016-12-13 | 1. A voice recognition system, comprising: a mobile terminal receiving a voice recognition target word from a user; and a voice recognition server dividing a search space for voice recognition into a general domain search space and a specific domain search space and storing the spaces, and performing voice recognition for the voice recognition target word in link with the general domain search space and the specific domain search space, wherein the specific domain search space is selected by the user, wherein when a predetermined specific domain search space is selected by a user, the voice recognition server performs the voice recognition for the voice recognition target word through linkage of the selected specific domain search space and the general domain search space when the selected specific domain search space is present. |
B64D | 9,233,756 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A method for controlling a degree of oxygen/nitrogen shift of incoming air in response to a partial pressure of oxygen in areas of an aircraft, said method comprising: separating oxygen from ambient air onboard the aircraft to establish a high-concentration oxygen supply and separating nitrogen from the ambient air onboard the aircraft to establish a high-concentration nitrogen supply; determining that an increased oxygen concentration is desired in an occupant cabin, and dispensing an oxygen flow from the high-concentration oxygen supply to the occupant cabin of the aircraft to increase a level of oxygen concentration within the occupant cabin to a level greater than a naturally-occurring partial pressure of oxygen at an experienced internal cabin pressure; dispensing a nitrogen flow from the high-concentration nitrogen supply to a fire-susceptible, internal non-habitable region of the aircraft to decrease a capability for an atmosphere therein to support combustion; and determining that reduced oxygen concentration is desired in the occupant cabin; and dispensing into the occupant cabin nitrogen from the high-concentration nitrogen supply, thereby diluting the oxygen concentration in the occupant cabin. |
H03F,H04B,H04L | 9,515,698 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method for modulating a digital signal for transmission, comprising: generating a plurality of tones, each tone being centered at a different frequency, generating at least second and third order intermodulation terms by driving the plurality of tones through a power amplifier at a power level that drives the power amplifier into saturation, said tones and said second and third order intermodulation terms being the elements of a frequency position modulation constellation having a plurality of symbols, each symbol comprising said tones and said second and third order intermodulation terms, such that the positions of each of the tones and their associated second and third order intermodulation terms form the symbols of the constellation, with a Hamming distance across the frequency position modulation constellation being greater than the number of tones. |
H04N | 9,473,680 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging device body; a hinge connected to the imaging device body; and a display part connected to the hinge, wherein |
A61K,A61P,G01N | 9,335,332 | 2016-05-10 | 1. A method for treating glioblastoma multiforme, wherein the said method comprising administrating to the patient suffering from glioblastoma multiforme cancer the compound 3-amino-2-benzyl-7-nitro-4-(2-quinolyl)-1,2-dihydroisoquinolin-1-one represented by formula A. |
E05B,F16C,F16P | 9,347,609 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A system, for selectively actuating a safety mechanism, using a transformable material, to protect against an unwanted condition, comprising: a body; a first connection point connected mechanically to the body and including a first pulley device configured to accommodate one or more strands of the transformable material; and a second connection point connected mechanically to the safety mechanism, in operation of the system, and including a second pulley device configured to accommodate the one or more strands of transformable material; wherein the transformable material is arranged in mechanical connection to the safety mechanism by way of the second connection point so that change in the transformable material in operation of the system causes movement of the safety mechanism between a protecting position for the safety mechanism and a non-protecting position for the safety mechanism. |
H04B,H04L,H04W | 9,363,058 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method for transmitting multiple types of Reference Signals (RSs) in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) system, the method comprising: transmitting, by a base station to a user equipment, configuration information of second type RSs; transmitting, by the base station to the user equipment, M number of RSs in at least one first type subframe, wherein the M number of RSs include first type RSs for N number of antenna ports and the second type RSs for M−N number of antenna ports, where N<M; and transmitting, by the base station to the user equipment, the first type RSs for the N number of antenna ports other than the second type RSs in at least one second type subframe, wherein the configuration information of the second type RSs includes configuration information indicating which subframe is the at least one first type subframe in which the second type RSs are transmitted. |
B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,Y10T | 9,254,595 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A decorative sheet comprising: an image layer and an image running prevention region in order on a resin sheet, wherein the image layer is a cured image of an ink composition containing (a) a polymerizable compound, (b) a polymerization initiator, and (c) a coloring agent, the image running prevention region is a cured layer of a composition for running prevention containing (a) a polymerizable compound, and (b) a polymerization initiator, the composition for running prevention contains inorganic particles, the inorganic particles being alumina, and the image running prevention region is superior in heat resistance to the image layer. |
A41D,A61M,A62B | 9,320,923 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A face mask, comprising: a generally cup shaped mask body comprising an interior surface, an opening having a peripheral edge shaped to generally follow a contour of a human face extending around at least the nasal and oral areas, a recess shaped to receive oral and nasal features of a human face, and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, the peripheral edge having a plurality of fenestrations formed to connect both internal and external sides of the mask body; a first semi-pliable or metal strip on the exterior surface of the peripheral edge; a second semi-pliable or metal strip on the interior surface of the peripheral edge; a heat-activated thermoplastic member coupled to the peripheral edge, the heat-activated thermoplastic member extending over and through the plurality of fenestrations connecting both internal and external sides of the peripheral edge, thereby coupling the thermoplastic member to the mask body, and the heat-activated thermoplastic member extending around at least a portion of the peripheral edge and extending over the first semi-pliable or metal strip, over the second semi-pliable or metal strip and onto the exterior and interior surfaces of the mask body, respectively; valves comprising at least one exhalation valve disposed on the mask body and having a first orifice that allows exhaled air to pass from an interior gas space to an exterior gas space during an exhalation, and at least one inhalation valve disposed on the mask body and having a second orifice that allows inhaled air to pass from an exterior gas space to an interior gas space during an inhalation, wherein said valves each comprise a filter element; and at least one retention member attached to said mask body. |
G06F | 9,348,659 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A computing system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more storage medium having stored executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, implement a method for processing commands received from one or more application hosts in a manner that is suitable for addressing potential lock conflicts with instances stored in an instance store, the method comprising: |
G06F,G06Q,G07C | 9,361,738 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A diagnostic tool for a vehicle, comprising: a processor configured to control functions of the diagnostic tool; a memory that stores a software to operate the diagnostic tool and a database of parts information, the memory communicates with the processor; a connector interface configured to connect the diagnostic tool to a data link connector in the vehicle, the connector interface communicates with the processor; a signal translator configured to allow the diagnostic tool to communicate with the vehicle in at least one communication protocol, the signal translator communicates with the processor; a display configured to display information including the part information, the display communicates with the processor; an imaging device configured to take an image of the part and communicates with the processor; a housing surrounding the processor, the memory, the connector interface, the signal translator, and the display; a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with a part supplier's database to determine availability and pricing of the part; and an input device configured to communicate with the processor. |
B60J,B61D,E05B,E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T | 9,403,422 | 2016-08-02 | 1. A plug door device comprising: a slide base installed on a fixed base that is fixed to a body of a vehicle, slidably in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a vehicle length direction; a door drive mechanism that is installed on the slide base and has a drive portion including an electric motor, a drive wheel member to which a driving force from the drive portion is input, at least one follower wheel member provided in association with the drive wheel member, and an endless member that is looped around the drive wheel member and the follower wheel member so as to circle therearound, the door drive mechanism being installed on the slide base within an opening range of an entrance of the vehicle and in a range from a front end portion of an entrance of the vehicle to a rear end portion on the entrance of the vehicle as viewed in the vehicle width direction and performing an opening and closing operation for the door along the vehicle length direction, and wherein at least part of the driving force from the drive portion is used to move the slide base and door drive mechanism in a plugging operation of moving the door in a vehicle width direction. |
B81C,G01N,G01R,G09G,H01L | 9,366,720 | 2016-06-14 | 1. Method for manufacturing a sensor chip, comprising the steps of providing a substrate with a front side and a back side, arranging a sensing element at the front side, arranging a spacer at the front side, etching holes into the substrate, and filling the holes with a conducting material for building vias extending through the substrate between the front side and the back side, wherein the sensor chip is arranged on a chuck with the spacer facing the chuck for electrically contacting contact pads arranged at the back side with electrodes, wherein the substrate is provided in form of a wafer for building multiple sensor chips from, and wherein sensing elements and conductors for multiple sensor chips are arranged at the front side of the wafer, wherein multiple spacers for multiple sensor chips are arranged at the front side of the wafer, wherein the step of etching holes through the wafer and filling the holes for building vias for multiple sensor chips is applied prior to or after the spacers are arranged at the wafer, and wherein the previous four steps are implemented prior to separating the wafer into multiple sensor chips. |
A01B,A01D | 9,326,443 | 2016-05-03 | 1. An arrangement for the automatic transfer of agricultural crops from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle with a transfer device of the harvesting machine, the transfer device being adapted and operated to discharge crops from the harvesting machine into a loading container of the transport vehicle, the arrangement having: an image capture device of the harvesting machine, being adapted and operated to optically detect one or more features of the transport vehicle; and, a computer, which, with a transfer of signals, is connected to the image capture device and programmed to control at least one actuator to at least one of adjust the transfer device relative to the harvesting machine and change the position of the loading container relative to the harvesting machine on the basis of signals of the image capture device in such a way that the crops arrive at the loading container; wherein the computer is programmed, with the use of the signals of the image capture device, to continuously set up a virtual movement model of the loading container, and in the case that the signals of the image capture device are no longer sufficient to recognize the transport vehicle because of an impairment of the visibility conditions, to control the actuator with the aid of extrapolated data for an expected position of the loading container derived from the movement model, until after a specific time period has elapsed since the last virtual movement model was set up, then the automatic transfer discontinues and an error message is given for the operator to undertake manual control. |
C21D,G21C,Y02E | 9,324,463 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A water jet peening method comprising the steps of: preparing a water jet peening apparatus having a supporting member, a first divider plate mounted on one end of the supporting member, a nozzle support body formed by disposing a jet nozzle around the supporting member, and a second divider plate mounted on the supporting member, the jet nozzle being disposed between the first divider plate and the second divider plate; inserting the water jet peening apparatus into a piping in which a structure or electronic device is mounted that is susceptible to damage by a jet of water discharged from the jet nozzle or by shock waves; disposing either the first divider plate or the second divider plate between the jet nozzle and the structure or electronic device; filling water into an internal area formed in the piping between the first divider plate and the second divider plate; subjecting the inner surface of the piping to water jet peening by allowing the jet nozzle to discharge a jet of water into the water in the internal area; discharging uncollapsed cavitations outside the internal area through a scoop formed in the first divider plate, on its surface facing the second divider plate and connected to an air emission route formed in the supporting member, the uncollapsed cavitations being included in the jet of water discharged from the jet nozzle into the water; and discharging the water in the internal area through the water discharge route formed in the second divider plate, wherein |
G06F | 9,268,801 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A computer-implemented method for determining data structure and field types of a data source that is to be processed by an application, the method being executed using one or more processors and comprising: receiving the data source; providing base data associated with the data source; determining, by the one or more processors, a number of fields of the data source and, for each field, a field type based on the data source and the base data, wherein determining the number of fields of the data source comprises: generating, by the one or more processors, data structure data, the data structure data comprising the number of fields and field types; and providing, by the one or more processors, the data structure data to the application. |
A61B | 9,370,301 | 2016-06-21 | 1. An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising: an acquiring part configured to acquire a first front image of the fundus of an eye; a first optical system configured to scan the fundus by signal light and detect interference light of returned light of the signal light from the fundus and reference light, the first optical system comprising: a light source unit configured to generate the signal light and the reference light and a sensor configured to detect the interference light; a forming part configured to repeatedly form both a second front image of the fundus and a cross sectional image showing a cross section perpendicular to the cross section shown by the second front image based on the detection results repeatedly obtained by the first optical system; and a controller configured to display the first front image on a display means, display, as a moving image, the second front images repeatedly formed by the forming part over the first front image, and display, as a moving image, the cross sectional images repeatedly formed by the forming part on the display means. |
G01C | 9,429,447 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A method of utilizing an image based on location information of the image in an electronic device, the method comprising: displaying an image; setting a region of interest (ROI) on the image; obtaining location information associated with the ROI; and storing the obtained location information together with an image of the ROI, wherein the storing of the obtained location information together with the image of the ROI comprises: |
G06F | 9,250,922 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method for booting a user equipment, comprising: performing a device boot of the user equipment; determining whether profiles for peripherals associated with the user equipment are available at the user equipment; upon determining that a profile for one of the peripherals is not available at the user equipment but is available at a location external to the user equipment, the location being managed by a manufacturer associated with the one of the peripherals, retrieving the profile for the one of the peripherals from the location; configuring the peripherals and associated drivers for the user equipment by at least updating the profile for the one of the peripherals based on the retrieved profile; and booting a high-level operating system (HLOS), wherein the configuring makes information related to at least one driver associated with each of the peripherals available to the HLOS, and the configuring occurs before the booting of the HLOS. |
H04L | 9,455,864 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A system for creating, distributing, and managing of shared compression dictionaries, comprising: a compressor configured to generate at least one shared compression dictionary based on a context of data streams flow between a client web browser and an origin server, wherein the context being derived from data streams is of at least one request and a corresponding response between the client web browser and the origin server; an origin accelerator communicatively connected to the origin server and configured to encode an encountered data stream to a compressed form based on the at least one shared compression dictionary; an edge accelerator communicatively connected to the client web browser and configured to decode the compressed form of the data stream to an uncompressed form using the at least one shared compression dictionary; and a dictionary database accessible to each of the edge accelerator, the origin accelerator and the compressor, wherein the compressor is configured to generate and save the at least one shared compression dictionary in the dictionary database developed as part of an offline process. |
G06Q | 9,245,280 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A method for predicting effectiveness of video advertising, the method comprising: sending videos to one or more client devices, wherein video ads are sent to the one or more client devices and viewed during ad slots in the videos by one or more users during the playing of the videos; identifying, by a computing device, attributes of a set of previously viewed video ads by automatically analyzing video data of the set of previously viewed video ads, wherein the set of previously viewed ads are from the video ads played in the ad slots; measuring, by the computing device, a video ad metric for the set of previously viewed video ads based on data received in response to the sending of the set of previously viewed video ads to the one or more client devices; generating, by the computing device, a machine learning algorithm to predict the video ad metric for new video ads using the attributes of the set of previously viewed video ads and the measured video ad metric for the set of previously viewed video ads; identifying, by the computing device, attributes of a new video ad by automatically analyzing video data in the new video ad using an attribute identification algorithm; using, by the computing device, the machine learning algorithm to determine correlation coefficients for features of the set of previously viewed video ads, wherein the features represent different combinations of the attributes, and wherein the machine learning algorithm comprises: where and where ŷ inputting, by the computing device, the features of the new video ad into the machine learning algorithm to estimate the predicted video advertising metric of the new video ad based on the correlation coefficients and the features of the new video ad. |
A61B | 9,439,693 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A steerable cannula assembly comprising: an outer cannula having a central lumen extending therethrough, the outer cannula including an articulating portion that curves in response to a force applied to a proximal end of the outer cannula; an inner cannula having a central lumen extending therethrough, the inner cannula being sized and configured to extend into a portion of the central lumen of the outer cannula, and coupled to a distal end of the outer cannula, wherein a tube-shaped sealing barrier covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the inner cannula; wherein the steering cannula assembly further includes an opening extending through a wall of the outer cannula and a wall of the inner cannula, the opening configured to provide access to the central lumen of the inner cannula. |
E04B,E06B,Y10T | 9,359,806 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A framed and glazed door or wall panel, comprising: a glass panel; a frame surrounding the glass panel comprising a pair of vertical marine glaze frame members and a plurality of setting blocks; each vertical marine glaze frame member includes an inward facing unitary surface with a longitudinal detent forming a u-shaped channel that receives a corresponding vertical edge of the glass panel and seats the corresponding vertical edge of the glass panel against a corresponding one or more setting blocks of the plurality of setting blocks; a first and second horizontal stop glaze frame members positioned on opposing horizontal edges of the glass panel and secured between each vertical marine glaze frame member of the pair of vertical marine glaze frame members; and the first and second horizontal stop glaze frame members each include a pair of glazing stops comprising longitudinally positioned removable rigid frame sections each with cushioning material positioned against corresponding opposing faces of the glass panel. |
G06F | 9,529,820 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A method comprising: associating, via a computing device and within a memory accessible by a content monitoring device that separately monitors security of content copy and paste operations performed by the computing device, source file type information of a source file with source file content copied from the source file in response to a copy operation of the source file content from the source file by the computing device; forwarding over a network, in response to determining that a content copy tracking rule created within the memory by remote operation of the content monitoring device specifies that a content copy alert feature has been enabled within the computing device by the content monitoring device, an automated content copy tracking alert to the content monitoring device that identifies at least the source file and that documents that the copy operation of the source file content from the source file was performed using the computing device; performing an automated conversion of the source file content copied from the source file to a form compatible with a target file type of a target file based upon differences between the source file type information and target file type information of the target file in response to a paste operation; forwarding over the network, in response to the paste operation of the source file content copied from the source file and in response to determining that a content paste tracking rule created within the memory by remote operation of the content monitoring device specifies that a content paste alert feature has been enabled within the computing device by the content monitoring device, an automated content paste tracking alert to the content monitoring device that identifies at least the source file and the target file to document that the paste operation was performed using the computing device; determining that the paste operation was to an email message; and including the email message itself within the automated content paste tracking alert forwarded to the content monitoring device. |
B43K,B43L | 9,469,151 | 2016-10-18 | 1. An application tool for applying a coating material to a substrate surface, comprising a shaft, by which the tool is grippable, a reservoir accommodated in the shaft for supplying the coating material, a tool head which has an applicator by which the coating material is adapted to pass onto the substrate surface, and a valve arranged between the reservoir and the tool head with a valve body which is actuatable from a closed position into an open position and, in the open position, discharges a quantity of the coating material from the reservoir to the applicator for application to the surface, a carrier part ( 13 ) arranged between the shaft ( 2 ) and the tool head ( 4 ) in a longitudinal extent of the application tool ( 1 ), said carrier part ( 13 ) receives the valve body ( 11 ) of the valve ( 8 ) and the carrier part ( 13 ) is formed by a sleeve and is provided such that it is releasably connectable to the shaft ( 2 ) and the tool head ( 4 ) of the tool ( 1 ), a radially extending annular flange is located on the valve body and covers one axial end of the sleeve facing the tool head in a use position of the valve body, and an end of the valve body that extends toward the reservoir is located within the sleeve. |
H01M,Y02E,Y10T | 9,412,990 | 2016-08-09 | 1. A battery system comprising: a plurality of cells arranged in a row; a cell connector electrically connecting a pole of a first cell from among the cells to a pole of a second cell from among the cells; an electronic unit to detect the voltage of the cells; a first pin protruding from the cell connector; a second pin protruding from the electronic unit; and a conductor electrically connecting the first pin to the second pin, the conductor comprising: |
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