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A63B,G01D,G01R,G08B,G09B | 9,564,062 | 2017-02-07 | 1. A device, comprising: a receiving surface for positioning at least one human body part on a first side of the receiving surface; a plurality of capacitive sensor elements disposed on a second side of the receiving surface, corresponding to at least one location on the first side; a sense circuit coupled to the capacitive sensor elements, the sense circuit configured to generate digital values representative of the capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor elements; a process circuit configured to compare the digital values to threshold values, wherein the threshold values indicate proximity of at least a portion of the at least one human body part to the capacitive sensor elements, the process circuit further configured to generate an indication signal when the digital values exceed the threshold values; and an indicator configured to receive the indication signal from the sense circuit and generate a notification when the position of the at least one human body part relative to the receiving surface corresponds with the at least one location on the receiving surface. |
H01L | 9,558,975 | 2017-01-31 | 1. A system for transferring articles between an atmospheric pressure environment and a vacuum pressure environment, the system comprising: a vacuum enclosure including a wall separating the atmospheric pressure environment from the vacuum pressure environment; a transfer shaft extending through the wall from the atmospheric pressure environment to the vacuum pressure environment, the transfer shaft having an atmospheric transfer port in communication with the atmospheric pressure environment, a vacuum transfer port in communication with the vacuum pressure environment, and an intermediate port disposed in communication with a channel in the wall; a transfer carriage disposed within the transfer shaft, the transfer carriage having an access port for providing access to an interior of the transfer carriage, the transfer carriage being movable within the transfer shaft; a first differential pumping region formed in the wall on a first side of the channel and a second differential pumping region formed in the wall on a second side of the channel opposite the first side, each of the first and the second differential pumping regions comprising a groove configured to draw gas out of a space between the transfer carriage and the transfer shaft; and an air bearing associated with the transfer carriage, the air bearing configured to maintain a gap between the transfer carriage and the transfer shaft. |
G06F,H04L | 9,654,340 | 2017-05-16 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing, by one or more computing systems of a configurable network service, a virtual computer network having multiple computing nodes for use by a customer of the configurable network service, the providing including assigning one of a plurality of virtual network addresses for the virtual computer network to represent a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (“LDAP”) service that is made available by the configurable network service externally to the virtual computer network; and initiating, by the one or more computing systems and for a communication that is sent by one of the multiple computing nodes to the assigned virtual network address for the LDAP service, providing functionality of the LDAP service to the virtual computer network by encoding the communication in a manner specific to a substrate network on which the virtual computer network is overlaid, and by forwarding the encoded communication over the substrate network to at least one LDAP computer server of the LDAP service that is external to the virtual computer network. |
H01L | 9,543,282 | 2017-01-10 | 1. A proximity sensor comprising: a first substrate having a first surface, a pad located on the first surface of the substrate; a processor die having a pad, the processor die coupled to the first surface of the first substrate; conductive connectors coupling the pad of the first substrate to the pad of the processor die; encapsulation material around portions of the processor die; a second substrate located over the processor die; a third substrate located over the processor die; a light-emitting diode die secured to a surface of the second substrate; a light-receiving diode die secured to a surface of the third substrate; a cap located around side surfaces of the light-emitting diode die and the light-receiving diode die, the cap having sidewalls and an innerwall, the innerwall optically separating the light-emitting diode die from the light-receiving diode die; and adhesive material coupled to the innerwall of the cap and the sidewalls of the cap, the adhesive material coupling the innerwall of the cap to the encapsulation material between the first and second substrates and coupling the sidewalls of the cap to the first surface of the first substrate. |
H01L | 9,685,633 | 2017-06-20 | 1. An organic light-emitting component comprising a substrate on which a functional layer stack is applied, the stack comprising a first electrode, an organic functional layer stack thereover comprising an organic light-emitting layer and a translucent second electrode thereover, and a translucent halogen-containing thin-film encapsulation arrangement over the translucent second electrode, wherein a translucent protective layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6 is arranged directly on a translucent second electrode between the translucent second electrode and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement, and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement is arranged directly on the translucent protective layer. |
H04B,H04J,H04L | 9,641,258 | 2017-05-02 | 1. A receiver, comprising: a receiver front end arranged to receive (a) a received signal, (b) a reference signal generated by a local oscillator laser, and to output a first intermediate signal; a carrier phase estimator that is arranged to receive the first intermediate signal and to generate a phase estimation signal that represents a phase difference between the received signal and the reference signal; wherein the carrier phase estimator comprises a multi-symbol-differential-detection module and a carrier phase demodulator; and an output circuit arranged to receive the phase estimation signal and to apply a slicing operation to provide an output signal of the carrier phase estimator. |
H04L | 9,628,373 | 2017-04-18 | 1. A method comprising: determining that first data is to be replicated, wherein determining the first data is to be replicated is based at least in part on: replicating, responsive to determining that the first data is to be replicated and by at least one computing device, the first data to generate second data; determining, by the at least one computing device, a first communication path to the destination of the first data; determining, by the at least one computing device, a second communication path to the destination of the first data, different from the first communication path; sending the first data via the first communication path and to the destination of the first data; and sending the second data via the second communication path and to the destination of the first data. |
G03F | 9,563,124 | 2017-02-07 | 1. A photoresist composition comprising: a resin which has no acid-labile group and which comprises a structural unit represented by formula (I): wherein R R L a structural unit represented by formula (a4): wherein R R a resin which has an acid-labile group; and a salt represented by formula (B1): wherein Q L wherein L L L L L L L * represents a binding position, * of the left side represents a binding position to —C(Q Y represents a C3-C18 alicyclic hydrocarbon group where a methylene group can be replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group and where a hydrogen atom can be replaced by a substituent, and Z1 |
H04L | 9,729,574 | 2017-08-08 | 1. A method performed by a network device for performing switchover of an anti-replay connection, the method comprising: receiving, at the network device, an ownership indication that a first network processor is currently serving the anti-replay connection; and in response to receiving the ownership indication, effecting a presetting in a second network processor of a current sequence number (SN) for the anti-replay connection to a first value that is greater than or equal to a re-key threshold value, wherein the network device comprises at least one of the first network processor and the second network processor, the re-key threshold value is a value beyond which an SN triggers re-keying of the anti-replay connection, and the second network processor utilizes the current SN upon beginning to serve the anti-replay connection. |
A01B,E02F,G06K,G07C | 9,670,649 | 2017-06-06 | 1. A tool for monitoring wear parts used on earth working equipment, the tool comprising at least one electronic sensor, a securement mechanism for securing the at least one electronic sensor to a first earth working wear part to monitor the first wear part and a second earth working wear part secured to the first wear part, a programmable logic device receiving information from the at least one electronic sensor and making a determination of at least one of presence, wear, impact, fill, and performance of the first wear part and the second wear part. |
G06F | 9,588,973 | 2017-03-07 | 1. A method for archiving to a single database table information located across multiple database tables, said single database table being an archive table, each table of said multiple database tables being an active table, said method comprising: receiving, by a processor from an end user, a threshold number of times specified by the end user and a period of time specified by the end user; identifying, by the processor, at least one archival data value in the archive table, said archive table being a set of data values organized using columns and rows, said set of data being only readable and not modifiable, said of data values including the at least one archival data value, each archival data value of said at least one archival data value corresponding to a unique data value of at least one data value residing in a table of said multiple database tables; determining, by the processor, that the specified threshold number of times has not been exceeded, within the specified period of time, by a number of times each archival data value has been moved within the multiple database tables; storing at least one archive file in said single database table, each archive file of said at least one archive file comprising said at least one archive data value; and removing from said multiple database tables each archival data value of said at least one archival data value. |
G02B,G02F | 9,588,373 | 2017-03-07 | 1. A surface light source device comprising: a first light source for emitting first light; a first light guide rod having a first light incident surface, and causing said first light to be incident from said first light incident surface and converting said first light into first linear light; a second light source for emitting second light having a greater divergence angle than said first light; a second light guide rod having a second light incident surface, and causing said second light to be incident from said second light incident surface and converting said second light into second linear light extended in the same direction as said first linear light; a reflecting bar being disposed on emission sides of said first light guide rod and said second light guide rod and having a reflecting region for reflecting part of said first linear light and part of said second linear light and a transmitting region for transmitting a residual part of said first linear light and a residual part of said second linear light; and a reflecting portion being formed in a box shape such that said first light guide rod, said second light source, said second light guide rod, and said reflecting bar can be accommodated, and having an opening portion with said emission side opened and a reflecting surface for reflecting said first linear light and said second linear light on an inside of said box shape, wherein said first light incident surface is an end face in a longitudinal direction of said first light guide rod, said first light source is disposed in an opposed position to said first light incident surface, said second light incident surface is a surface formed along a longitudinal direction of said second light guide rod at an opposite side to said emission side, said second light source is disposed in an opposed position to said second light incident surface, and part of said first linear light and part of said second linear light are reflected by said reflecting region of said reflecting bar and said reflecting surface, and a residual part of said first linear light and a residual part of said second linear light are transmitted through said transmitting region of said reflecting bar and are emitted from said opening portion. |
F16D | 9,587,694 | 2017-03-07 | 1. A method of operating a mechanically operated brake having an electric motor for operating an adjuster mechanism comprising the steps of: a) providing a brake rotor and friction material for selective engagement with the brake rotor; b) providing a target running clearance between the brake rotor and the friction material with an electronic controller; c) applying the brake by forcing the friction material into engagement with the brake rotor; d) determining with the electronic controller that the friction material is set in a compressed condition; e) releasing the brake; f) operating the electric motor with the electronic controller to operate the adjuster mechanism to adjust an instantaneous running clearance towards the target running clearance; and g) then applying the brake. |
G01D,G08C,Y02B,Y04S | 9,601,004 | 2017-03-21 | 1. A computer implemented method for estimating energy consumption of an entire utility population of participants in a demand response program by sampling meters of statistically representative groups at different time intervals, the method comprising: a processor for organizing the entire utility population comprising energy consumers into a plurality of groups, wherein each member of a group has one or more similar features that relate to a single utility, each member having a meter for measuring consumption of the single utility and which is coupled only to a meter-based communications network in which each meter comprises an antenna for radio-frequency communications; a processor for calculating a distribution of energy consumption against the plurality of groups; a processor for forming the statistically representative groups based on the distribution of energy consumption and the plurality of groups, a total number of members for all of the statistically representative groups having a magnitude which is smaller than the total utility population of all participants in the demand response program, each statistically representative group is formed such that when energy measurements for members of the statistically representative groups are added together to produce a group total, an estimated performance for the entire utility population is calculated by the processor from the group total; a processor for collecting data from the statistically representative groups at predefined time intervals from the meters coupled to the meter-based communications network, the data collected from the meters of the statistically representative groups being less than collecting data from the entire utility population, the processor collects the data from each statistically representative group at a designated different single predefined time interval relative to each statistically representative group within all of the statistically representative groups, the processor collecting data from meters of each statistically representative group at a different predefined time interval and the processor collecting data from only meters of statistically representative groups instead of the entire utility population substantially reduces communications bandwidth consumed by the processor over the meter-based communications network while also reducing a number of calculations needed to estimate energy consumption of the entire utility population; and a processor for estimating energy consumption of the entire utility population based on the data collected from the meters of the statistically representative groups. |
H01F | 9,548,150 | 2017-01-17 | 1. A permanent magnet material containing the compound, Ce(Fe 12−x Si x ), having the tetragonal ThMn 12 crystal structure, space group I4/mmm, #139 and where x has a value in the range of one to four, the compound Ce(Fe 12−x Si x ), having been prepared from a melt consisting of cerium, iron, and silicon and the melt having been rapidly solidified at a cooling rate to form particles of a permanent magnet material containing the compound having the tetragonal ThMn 12 crystal structure, space group I4/mmm, #139, the particles of permanent magnet material having a magnetic moment value, 4πMs, in the range of 1.04 to 1.27 Tesla, the Ce(Fe 12−x Si x ) compound contains one or more of Ti, V, Cr, and Mo in combination with Si such that the combination provides a value of x in the range of 1-4 and Si comprises at least 0.1 x. |
G02B,G02F,G03H,H04Q | 9,547,276 | 2017-01-17 | 1. An LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) telecommunications light beam routing device employing polarization diversity, the device comprising: an optical input; one or more optical outputs; a first LCOS spatial light modulator (SLM) in an optical path between said input and said output, for displaying a kinoform; a second LCOS SLM; an optical system to selectively direct light of different polarizations to different respective of said first and second SLMs, each displaying a respective said kinoform, and to combine said light of different polarizations from said respective first and second SLMs to selectively provide the combined light to said one or more optical outputs; a data processor, coupled to said first and second LCOS SLMs, configured to provide kinoform data for displaying said kinoform on said first and second LCOS SLMs; wherein said kinoform data defines a kinoform which routes a beam from said optical input to a selected said optical output; wherein said data processor is configured to input routing data defining said selected optical output and to calculate said kinoform data for routing said beam responsive to said routing data; and wherein said data processor is configured to calculate said kinoform data by: determining an initial phase pattern for said kinoform; calculating a replay field of said phase pattern; modifying an amplitude component of said replay field to represent a target replay field for said beam routing, retaining a phase component of said replay field to provide an updated replay field; performing a space-frequency transform on said updated replay field to determine an updated phase pattern for said kinoform; and repeating said calculating and updating of said replay field and said performing of said space-frequency transform until said kinoform for display is determined; and outputting said kinoform data for display on said first and second LCOS SLMs. |
F21L,F21V,F21W,H05B,Y02B | 9,609,722 | 2017-03-28 | 1. A portable lighting device, comprising: a housing configured to be carried or worn by a user, including a compartment for storing one or more batteries and an on/off switch configured to activate and deactivate the portable lighting device; a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor connected to the housing, each of the first proximity sensor and second proximity sensor configured to sense a proximate object; one or more light sources mounted to the housing and configured to output a plurality of lighting modes; and a processor configured to: responsive to the input signal, cause the one or more light sources to output the appropriate lighting mode. |
H04N | 9,661,299 | 2017-05-23 | 1. A method for outlier detection for color mapping, the method comprising: retrieving a reference image and a test image; determining a set of pairs of corresponding feature points between the reference image and the test image, for each pair of the determined set there is a feature point in the reference image and a corresponding feature point in the test image; determining an initial color mapping model for each pair of corresponding feature points between the test image and the reference image; applying the initial color mapping model to the test image to generate an initial color-corrected test image; for each pair of corresponding feature points of the determined set of pairs, comparing color values of a spatial area around the feature point in the reference image with color values of a spatial area around the corresponding feature point the initial color-corrected test image; when said comparison of color values related to a given pair of corresponding feature points meets a threshold criteria, deleting the given pair of corresponding feature points to generate a reduced set of pairs of corresponding feature points; and processing the reduced set of corresponding feature points for transmission to a signal processor. |
G11C,H01L | 9,666,240 | 2017-05-30 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip having a first surface over which bonding pads are positioned, a second surface which faces away from the first surface, and a plurality of signal lines formed over the first surface, extending in a first direction; a plurality of redistribution lines formed over the first surface, having one set of ends electrically coupled to the bonding pads, and extending in a direction oblique to the first direction; and a plurality of redistribution pads disposed over the first surface, and electrically coupled with an other set of ends of the redistribution lines which face away from the one set of ends, wherein the redistribution pads comprise: one or more shared redistribution pads electrically coupled in common to two or more of the bonding pads; and a plurality of individual redistribution pads individually electrically coupled to the bonding pads which are not electrically coupled with the one or more shared redistribution pads. |
G01N,G02B | 9,726,871 | 2017-08-08 | 1. A method of sample examination, the method comprising: disposing at least a portion of a sample in an examination region, wherein the at least a portion of a sample is disposed in droplets, and wherein the droplets are disposed in a carrier phase; illuminating the examination region such that the sample emits light; concentrating emitted light from the examination region with a one-piece optical element; homogenizing the intensity of the concentrated light with the optical element by internal reflection; and detecting light of homogenized intensity received from the optical element. |
C01B,C23C,C23F,G03F | 9,690,190 | 2017-06-27 | 1. A method of manufacturing a pellicle, the method comprising: forming a membrane on a first surface of a substrate from a chemical reaction in which the substrate serves as a catalyst; forming a protective pattern on a second surface of the substrate; immersing the substrate in an etchant solution in a container, such that a portion of the substrate exposed through the protective pattern is removed to form a frame; replacing the etchant solution with a first solvent including water in the same container; and replacing the first solvent with a second solvent including alcohol to remove the protective pattern in the same container. |
F16H | 9,709,153 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A pulley for an alternator, comprising: an outer wheel, provided with an axle hole at the center; a clutch wheel, fixedly disposed in the axle hole of the outer wheel and having a pivot hole; a hollow connecting shaft, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is rotatably disposed in the pivot hole of the clutch wheel so that the hollow connecting shaft maintains a co-rotational relationship with the outer wheel in a first relative rotation direction by means of the clutch wheel, while in a second relative rotation direction, the hollow connecting shaft is disassociated from the co-rotational relationship with the outer wheel and presents an idling state; a hollow core shaft, having a first end and a second end, wherein the hollow core shaft is rotatably received in the outer wheel, and the hollow core shaft passes through the hollow connecting shaft; the first end of the hollow core shaft protrudes from the first end of the hollow connecting shaft, and the second end of the hollow core shaft is rotatably arranged on the second end of the hollow connecting shaft; an elastic element, disposed between the second end of the hollow connecting shaft and the second end of the hollow core shaft; and a tight-fit component, sleeved over an outer circumferential wall surface of the first end of the hollow core shaft in a tight-fit manner and tightly fit with an end surface of the first end of the hollow connecting shaft so that the hollow connecting shaft and the hollow core shaft corotate coaxially under a friction between the tight-fit component and the hollow connecting shaft and a friction between the tight-fit component and the hollow core shaft; wherein when an external force drives the outer wheel to rotate, the outer wheel rotates relative to the hollow connecting shaft in the first relative rotation direction and drives, through the clutch wheel, the hollow connecting shaft to rotate synchronously, and the hollow connecting shaft drives, through the tight-fit component, the hollow core shaft to rotate; and if the friction provided by the tight-fit component is insufficient to drive the hollow core shaft to rotate at this time, the second end of the hollow connecting shaft presses the elastic element, and while being pressed, the elastic element pushes the second end of the hollow core shaft, thereby driving the hollow core shaft to rotate; and when the external force decreases or stops driving the outer wheel to rotate, the hollow core shaft continues to rotate due to inertia and drives, through the tight-fit component, the hollow connecting shaft to rotate relative to the outer wheel in the second relative rotation direction; and if the friction provided by the tight-fit component is insufficient to drive the hollow connecting shaft to rotate at this time, the hollow core shaft stretches the elastic element, and while being stretched, the elastic element pulls the second end of the hollow connecting shaft, thereby driving the hollow connecting shaft to rotate relative to the outer wheel in the second relative rotation direction so that the hollow connecting shaft is disassociated from the co-rotational relationship with the outer wheel and idles in the clutch wheel. |
H01L | 9,536,986 | 2017-01-03 | 1. A method of forming and electrically isolating a fin of a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET), the method comprising: forming at least one fin from a semiconductor material; forming, under a first set of conditions, an upper portion of said at least one fin by inserting at least one element into said upper portion of said at least one fin; forming, under a second set of conditions, an electrically isolated region from a lower portion of said at least one fin; wherein said forming under said first set of conditions is spaced in time from said forming under said second set of conditions; and controlling said first set of conditions separately from said second set of conditions; wherein said controlling said first set of conditions comprises controlling a first temperature. |
A61B,G06K,G06Q,G06T,G09B,G16H | 9,710,920 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A motion information processing device for supporting a rehabilitation, the motion information processing device comprising: obtaining circuitry configured to obtain image information of a subject carrying out a predetermined motion in the rehabilitation and surroundings of the subject, the image information including photographic image information and depth image information; and specification circuitry configured to calculate positions of joints of the subject from the photographic image information and the depth image information included in the image information obtained by the obtaining circuitry, and to specify motion information of the subject carrying out the predetermined motion on the basis of a feature represented by the calculated positions of joints. |
G09G | 9,728,128 | 2017-08-08 | 1. A pixel circuit, comprising: a first transistor, configured to respond to a first scanning line signal and to transmit a first signal voltage to a first electrode of a first capacitor; the first capacitor, configured to store the first signal voltage, wherein a second electrode of the first capacitor is connected to a gate electrode of a second transistor; an organic light emitting diode arranged between a sixth transistor and a second power supply voltage; the second transistor, configured to provide a drive current to the organic light emitting diode through the sixth transistor according to a potential at the gate electrode of the second transistor; wherein the second transistor is arranged between a first power supply voltage and the sixth transistor; a third transistor, configured to respond to a second scanning line signal and to transmit a first potential signal on the second scanning line signal to the second electrode of the first capacitor, wherein a gate electrode of the third transistor is configured to receive the second scanning line signal, a second electrode of the third transistor is connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor, and a third electrode of the third transistor is connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor; a fourth transistor, configured to respond to the first scanning line signal and to electrically connect a first electrode of the second transistor to a third electrode of the second transistor to form a diode connection of the second transistor, wherein the first power supply voltage is transmitted to the second electrode of the first capacitor through the second transistor; a fifth transistor, configured to respond to a third scanning line signal and to transmit a second signal voltage to the first electrode of the first capacitor, wherein the potential at the second electrode of the first capacitor changes in response to the second signal voltage being transmitted to the first electrode of the first capacitor; and the sixth transistor, configured to respond to a light emitting scanning line signal, to receive the drive current of the second transistor, and to output the drive current to the organic light emitting diode. |
G09G,H01L | 9,634,079 | 2017-04-25 | 1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising: a first transistor; a power supply line layer connected to one current terminal of the first transistor; a capacitive element including a first capacitive electrode connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second capacitive electrode; a second transistor; a scanning line connected to a gate of the second transistor; a signal line connected to one current terminal of the second transistor; and a pixel electrode connected to the other current terminal of the first transistor, wherein the first capacitive electrode is provided on a layer over the gate of the first transistor, and the power supply line layer is provided on a layer between the first capacitive electrode and the signal line. |
G06K,G06Q | 9,704,157 | 2017-07-11 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a mobile wallet computer system, a request for a code to provide to a merchant; generating, by a code generator of the mobile wallet computer system, the code, wherein the code generator is configured to embed in the code a transaction identification number, a geographic location of the merchant, and a timestamp; providing, by network interface logic of the mobile wallet computer system, the code to the merchant for subsequently providing to a mobile device; receiving, by the network interface logic of the mobile wallet computer system from the mobile device, an amended code comprising authentication information to transfer funds to the merchant from an account held by an account holder associated with the mobile device, the authentication information including a geographic location of the mobile device; facilitating a sending of the funds, by the mobile wallet computer system, to the merchant upon verifying the geographic location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the geographic location of the merchant. |
A61B,A61N | 9,743,912 | 2017-08-29 | 1. An ultrasound calibration phantom, comprising: a first fiducial structure having a selected geometric arrangement corresponding to a transverse plane and a second fiducial structure corresponding to a sagittal image plane; a portion configured to mechanically couple the ultrasound calibration phantom to a trans rectal ultrasound (TRUS) stepper; and a guide for at least one surgical instrument; wherein the first fiducial structure, the second fiducial structure, and the guide are mechanically coupled together in a unibody structure; wherein the first fiducial structure, the second fiducial structure, and the guide are disposed at a selected relative pose in a three dimensional space. |
A01H,C12N | 9,532,529 | 2017-01-03 | 1. A seed of soybean variety AR1112922, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety AR1112922 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121930. |
G01R,H01M,H02J,H04Q,Y02E | 9,553,460 | 2017-01-24 | 1. A battery management system comprising: a computing device comprising: a first battery unit monitoring module coupled with a first battery unit and comprising: wherein computing device sends a data request to the output data request port that is converted into a wireless signal by the wireless computer signal transmitter; wherein said data request is received by the wireless module signal receiver and provided to the input data request port; a second battery unit monitoring module coupled with a second battery unit and comprising: wherein the first battery unit monitoring is a master to said second battery unit monitoring module and the second battery unit monitoring module is a slave to the first battery unit monitoring module, wherein the first battery unit monitoring module responds to a data request signal from the output data request port of the computing device b transmitting data of the first battery unit to the input data port of the computing device and subsequently transmits a data request to the second battery unit monitoring module through said module connection; and wherein the second battery unit monitoring module responds to the data request from the output data request port the first battery unit monitoring module by transmitting data of the second battery unit to the input data port of the computing device; wherein the computing device receives data from the first and second battery unit monitoring modules sequentially after sending a single data request signal to only the first battery unit monitoring module; and wherein the computing device receives data from the second battery unit monitoring module automatically after receiving data from the first battery unit monitoring module. |
B41J | 9,597,887 | 2017-03-21 | 1. A pen housing to provide ink to a printer, the pen housing, comprising: a first chamber including a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture to be coupled to an ink supply; a second chamber fluidly coupled to the first chamber at the second aperture, the second aperture to flow ink from the first chamber to the second chamber, the second chamber to flow ink to a printhead of the printer; a filter to cover the second aperture, the filter to deter contaminants from passing from the first chamber to the second chamber, the filter to deter gas from flowing from the second chamber to the first chamber; and a third chamber including a first regulator and a second regulator, the first regulator to control fluid flow between the second chamber and the third chamber, the second regulator to control fluid flow between the third chamber and the first chamber, the first regulator to actuate to enable gas within the second chamber to flow from the second chamber to the third chamber, the second regulator to actuate to enable the gas received from the second chamber to flow from the third chamber to the first chamber. |
G06K,H04N | 9,635,247 | 2017-04-25 | 1. A method of displaying a photographing mode, the method comprising: generating input images; determining scene information by recognizing scenes in the input images; obtaining lens information related to a lens of an electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is turned on or when there is a change in the lens attached to the electronic apparatus, wherein the lens information comprises at least one of aperture information, focal distance information, information about whether three-dimensional (3D) images are taken, aperture shape information, or distortion correction information; determining setup information by using both the scene information and the lens information to determine a list of setup values of photographing conditions which comprises at least one of white balance, exposure value compensation (EVC), color correction, flash amount adjustment, sensitivity adjustment, aperture adjustment, or shutter speed adjustment; searching for a photographing mode of the electronic apparatus which comprises the determined setup information; and displaying the searched photographing mode on a display unit of the electronic apparatus. |
H04L | 9,667,567 | 2017-05-30 | 1. A relay device comprising: a plurality of line cards which communicates a frame with outside; and first and second fabric cards which relay a frame between the plurality of line cards, wherein each of the plurality of line cards includes: an external port; a frame processing unit which, when a frame is received at the external port, learns an address table and retrieves a destination of the frame based on the address table; a fabric path monitoring unit which monitors communicability between its own line card and the first and second fabric cards, and when there is abnormality in the communicability with the first fabric card, detects the abnormality and configures settings to switch a frame transmitted to the first fabric card so as to be directed to the second fabric card as a result of the detection of the abnormality within a first period; a path selection unit which selects a fabric card based on the settings of the fabric path monitoring unit and transmits a frame to the selected fabric card; a first communicability test unit of the line card which generates a test frame at every second period, transmits the generated test frame to the fabric card selected by the path selection unit through the path selection unit, the fabric card transmits the received test frame by return to the line card, and the first communicability test unit receives the test frame returned from the fabric card; and a second communicability test unit which generates a second test frame at regular intervals, transmits the second test frame to the fabric card selected by the path selection unit through the first terminal and the path selection unit, and receives the second test frame returned from the fabric card, the second period is longer than the first period, the first communicability test unit evaluates presence or absence of fault in its own line card based on a reception result for the test frame generated first and a reception result for the test frame generated second after an elapse of the second period, wherein the first communicability test unit evaluates that its own line card has no fault when the first communicability test unit cannot receive the test frame generated first within a predetermined period and can receive the test frame generated second within a predetermined period, and evaluates that its own line card has a fault when the first communicability test unit cannot receive both of the test frames generated first and second within a predetermined period, wherein the first communicability test unit is provided in the frame processing unit, the frame processing unit further includes: first and second terminals to connect the frame processing unit and the path selection unit; and an address table synchronization unit which generates a learning frame to reflect update information of its own address table on other line cards, the first terminal is a terminal which transmits a frame received at the external port of its own line card to another line card and receives a frame received at the external port of another line card and transmitted from another line card, the second terminal is a terminal which transmits the learning frame generated in its own line card and receives the learning frame generated in another line card, and the first communicability test unit transmits and receives the test frame through the second terminal, and wherein the first communicability test unit in the frame processing unit transmits and receives the test frame generated by receiving the second test frame and copying the second test frame through the second terminal, thereby evaluating presence or absence of a fault of a path running through the second terminal. |
C07C,C11B,Y02W | 9,738,852 | 2017-08-22 | 1. A method of separating oil from a composition comprising an oil and water emulsion, which comprises adding a separation additive to the composition and performing at least one oil separation step, wherein the separation additive comprises a fatty ester of alkoxylated glycerol. |
E21B | 9,677,379 | 2017-06-13 | 1. A method of completing a well, comprising: maintaining a minimum radial dimension of at least one valve at no less than a minimum radial dimension of a tubular when the at least one valve is positioned within the tubular; preventing exposure of a portion of the at least one valve from a dissolving environment until after shifting of a sleeve of the at least one valve; closing the at least one valve; pressuring up against the closed at least one valve in a first direction; actuating a tool or treating a formation; opening the at least one valve without intervention; flowing fluid past the at least one valve in a second direction; and removing a movable portion of the at least one valve. |
G01C,G01S,G06F,H04K,H04M,H04W,Y02D | 9,574,890 | 2017-02-21 | 1. A method for improving user experience when using a mobile navigation device to navigate along familiar routes, comprising: determining a current position associated with the mobile navigation device; determining whether a road segment corresponding to the current position associated with the mobile navigation device is familiar based at least in part on historical travel data; and reducing presentation of media playing in an environment surrounding the mobile navigation device in response to determining that the road segment corresponding to the current position associated with the mobile navigation device is not familiar, wherein reducing the presentation further comprises: |
H04J,H04W | 9,615,303 | 2017-04-04 | 1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a receiver and a processor configured to detect a signal of a cell for cell reselection on a frequency, wherein the signal includes an intra-frequency reselection indicator; the processor is further configured to determine from the signal whether the cell is a barred cell; the processor is further configured to, on a condition that the cell is a barred cell, determine that the barred cell is not a candidate for cell reselection; and the processor is further configured to determine whether the barred cell is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and is further configured to allow intra-frequency cell reselection to a different cell on the frequency regardless of the value of the intra-frequency reselection indicator on a condition that the barred cell is a CSG cell and that the different cell meets reselection criteria. |
G01F | 9,658,095 | 2017-05-23 | 1. Capacitive fill level sensor ( 10 ) for measuring the fill level (H 1 , H 2 ; H 1 ′, H 2 ′) of a medium ( 16 ) in a container ( 14 ), having an electrode unit ( 12 ), which has a strip-shaped measurement electrode ( 22 ), a strip-shaped counter electrode ( 24 ) and a strip-shaped first shielding electrode ( 26 , 28 , 40 ), wherein the first shielding electrode ( 26 , 28 , 40 ) surrounds the measurement electrode ( 22 ) at least partially, wherein a first AC voltage source ( 60 ) having a predefined frequency and amplitude is present, which is applied to the ground ( 62 ) and to which the first shielding electrode ( 26 , 28 , 40 ) is connected such that a shielding capacitor ( 54 , 56 , 58 ) formed between the first shielding electrode ( 26 , 28 , 40 ) and the measurement electrode ( 22 ) has a shielding capacitance that is proportional to the length of the first shielding electrode ( 26 , 28 , 40 ), wherein a second AC voltage source ( 66 ) of the same frequency and with predefined second amplitude is present, wherein the second amplitude is in phase opposition to the first amplitude, which is applied to the ground ( 62 ) and to which the counter electrode ( 24 ) is connected such that a measurement capacitor ( 52 ) formed between the counter electrode ( 24 ) and the measurement electrode ( 22 ) has a measurement capacitance, which is proportional to the fill level (H 1 , H 2 ; H 1 ′, H 2 ′) and wherein the measurement electrode voltage ( 72 ) applied to the measurement electrode ( 22 ) in relation to the ground ( 62 ) is used to determine the fill level (H 1 , H 2 ; H 1 ′, H 2 ′). |
F01D,F02C,F05D,Y02E | 9,605,597 | 2017-03-28 | 1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a compressor including a combustor adjacent the compressor; a turbine adjacent the combustor, the turbine including a shaft coupled to the compressor rotor assembly and at least one turbine disk assembly; a motor coupled to the shaft; a variable frequency drive electrically connected to the motor and to an AC power source and configured to slow roll the gas turbine engine at shutdown, the variable frequency drive including an AC to DC voltage converter and a DC to AC voltage converter; a stored energy source; and a ride thru unit electrically connected to the variable frequency drive, the AC power source and the stored energy source, the ride thru unit including at least one DC to DC voltage converter, operable to monitor an AC power of the AC power source, and provide power from the stored energy source to the variable frequency drive through the ride thru unit when an interruption or loss of the AC power is detected while the shaft is turned with the motor for a predetermined amount of time after shutdown of the gas turbine engine; and a lube oil system including wherein the lube oil variable frequency drive is electrically connected to the ride thru unit and the ride thru unit is further configured to provide power from the stored energy source to the lube oil variable frequency drive through the ride thru unit up to a second predetermined amount of time when an interruption or loss of the AC power is detected during operation of the gas turbine engine, and shut down the gas turbine engine when the interruption or loss of the AC power lasts longer than the second predetermined amount of time. |
H04L,H04W | 9,706,564 | 2017-07-11 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a shared memory separate from and accessible by each of a Media Access Control (MAC) scheduler and a hardware based priority value calculation coprocessor, wherein the MAC scheduler is a software process executing on a processor that generates a priority value calculation request with a specified formula and a list of metrics that is written to the shared memory, wherein the list of metrics includes priority parameters of channel conditions, wait-in-queue time and timing efficiency; and the hardware based priority value calculation coprocessor is a hardware device separate from the processor that accesses the priority value calculation request from the shared memory and is operative to service the priority value calculation request by using the specified formula to combine the list of metrics to compute a single priority value that is written to the shared memory for processing by the MAC scheduler. |
G01R | 9,684,017 | 2017-06-20 | 1. Current measurement device for measuring a current through a primary conductor, the current measurement device comprising: a current transducer, the current transducer comprising a conductor winding connected to a pair of transducer terminals and adapted to induce there between a measurement voltage indicative of a current through the primary conductor; a pair of calibration terminals adapted for providing a calibration current to a calibration current path, so that the calibration current induces a calibration response voltage component between the pair of transducer terminals, wherein the current transducer is of the Rogowski type, and the calibration current path is conforming to the primary conductor by running parallel, up to a tolerance of 20°, to the primary conductor and by being arranged sufficiently near to the primary conductor so that a current running along the calibration current path creates a flux in the current transducer that has a known relation, up to a tolerance of 20%, to the flux that the same current carried by the primary conductor would induce; and in that the current measurement device further comprises a control circuit comprising a calibration current generator for generating the calibration current and connected to the pair of calibration terminals for providing the calibration current via the pair of calibration terminals to the calibration current path, and a voltage analyzer connected to the pair of transducer terminals for receiving the calibration response voltage component induced between the pair of transducer terminals. |
A63F,G02B,G06F,H04N | 9,746,984 | 2017-08-29 | 1. A method comprising: sending interactive data for rendering on a head mounted display (HMD), the HMD configured for attachment to a head of a user for playing a game; receiving image data associated with a body part of the user while the HMD is worn by the user and the HMD renders interactive content; tracking a spatial position associated with the body part of the user from the image data associated with the body part of the user; and for a state of rendering by the HMD and for the spatial position associated with the body part, controlling a position of a remotely-controlled device (RCD) to fly and place the RCD proximate to the spatial position associated with the body part, wherein the placement of the RCD at the spatial position associated with the body part of the user is rendered in the HMD as virtual contact with an object in the interactive content. |
B05D,C08K,C09D,C11D,Y10T | 9,604,253 | 2017-03-28 | 1. An organometallic layer which is formed from a treatment formulation comprising: (a) an organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities, wherein the multi-chelating functionalities are selected from carboxylic, anhydride precursors, or phosphonic acid groups; (b) a metallic agent which is selected from an oxide, hydroxide or salt of silver, copper, nickel, strontium, thallium, tin, titanium, vanadium, zinc, tungsten or zirconium and which forms an organo metallic complex with the organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities; and (c) a solvent, wherein the molar ratio (Z:A) of metallic agent (Z) to the chelating functionality (A) of the organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities is in the range of 1:1 (Z:A) to 1:10 (Z:A); the treatment formulation having a solid concentration in the range of 1% to 10% based on the total weight of the formulation; and the organometallic layer having a dry thickness in the range of 5 microns or less and being located between a coated substrate and at least one post coating layer of a coating system and capable of being disrupted with an alkaline stripping agent. |
B64D,G06F,G07C,H04L | 9,563,580 | 2017-02-07 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a) means for receiving data; b) means for recording data; c) at least one of a Quick Access Recorder (QAR) Board and a Multi Function Data Acquisition Unit (MFDAU); d) and a means of autonomous transmission of data from the QAR board or the MFDAU to a removable device in an aircraft which can retransmit the data autonomously when removed from the aircraft, wherein the data comprises: data acquired from a Cockpit Voice and Video Recorder (CV2R) Ethernet feed; data from an Ethernet Vibration feed; data from a Multi Function Data Acquisition Unit (MFDAU) Data Feed; and aircraft flight data. |
B60C,B64C,H01F,H01R | 9,707,807 | 2017-07-18 | 1. An assembly for forming an inductive telemetry connection comprising: a first side connector including: a second side connector including: wherein the first inductor and the second inductor form an inductive telemetry connection between the first side connector and the second side connector; and wherein the first physical connecting element includes a plurality of lugs extending radially from the first protective housing, and the rotating portion of the second physical connecting element includes a plurality of slots configured to engage the plurality of lugs and physically connect the first side connector to the second side connector in the bayonet-style engagement. |
H01G,H01L | 9,673,271 | 2017-06-06 | 1. A method of making a capacitor with reduced variance in value, the method comprising: providing a bottom plate in a first metal layer; |
G11B | 9,685,181 | 2017-06-20 | 1. A method of operating a data storage apparatus, the data storage apparatus comprising a sensor head and a recording medium comprising a data layer and a servo layer provided under the data layer, the method comprising: writing a data signal into a portion of the data layer; reading a servo signal from the servo layer; determining a data layer coupling response in the servo signal; calculating, based on the data layer coupling response in the servo signal, a data coupling interference value due to interference from the data layer provided in between the sensor head and the servo layer in reading servo data; and writing the data layer coupling interference value into the recording medium. |
G06F,H01Q,H03G,H04B,H04R,H04S | 9,748,647 | 2017-08-29 | 1. A playback device comprising: a network interface; a processor; a plurality of speaker drivers; at least one orientation sensor; and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory including instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the playback device to perform functions comprising: |
H01R | 9,666,960 | 2017-05-30 | 1. A power connector comprising: a circuit board; a conductive wire; an insulation base; and at least one conductive terminal having a pair of first connecting end portions electrically connected with the circuit board, a second connecting end portion electrically connected with the conductive wire, and a pair of intermediate connecting portions spaced apart from and opposed to each other, the pair of first connecting end portions respectively connected to the pair of intermediate connecting portions, the at least one conductive terminal fixed into the insulation base such that a top end of each of the pair of first connecting end portions protrudes from a bottom surface of the insulation base to electrically connect to the circuit board. |
B64D,H01Q,Y10T | 9,680,198 | 2017-06-13 | 1. A lightning protection system for an antenna radome, the antenna being able to radiate, toward an inner wall of the radome, electrical field having a predetermined rectilinear polarization direction, the system comprising: at least one lightning protection strip positioned on an inner wall of the radome, the lightning protection strip defining, on the inner wall of the radome, a curve, such that at any point on the curve, the curve is substantially perpendicular, to the electrical field radiated by the antenna as the electrical field intersects the curve at each of those points. |
A61F | 9,572,669 | 2017-02-21 | 1. An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising: a web structure comprising a plurality of struts joined at nodes to form a space truss comprising a plurality of planar truss units, wherein the web structure is configured to interface with bone tissue, and wherein the plurality of planar truss units are coupled to one another such that one or more planar truss units lie in a plane that is not substantially parallel to a plane of a planar truss unit that shares at least one strut with the one or more planar truss units; wherein a diameter and/or length of the struts and/or density of the web structure are predetermined such that when the web structure is in contact with the bone at least a portion of the struts create a microstrain in adhered osteoblasts, bone matrix, or lamellar tissue; and wherein one or more angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more of the planar truss units are different than one or more corresponding angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more other planar truss units, wherein connecting exterior surface struts couple the nodes of the non-equivalent angle planar truss units to each other such that the implant has a varied height. |
B29D,C03B,G02C | 9,676,157 | 2017-06-13 | 1. A manufacturing method for a mold die used in a molding process for obtaining a mold used to form an eyeglass lens having at least first and second reference points and having an area where power continuously changes, wherein, in the molding process, a glass material placed on a molding surface of the mold die is softened by heat to form an upper surface of the glass material by letting a lower surface of the glass material closely contact the molding surface, the manufacturing method comprising: a design data making step of making design data for the molding surface of the mold die based on predetermined prescription information; a molding surface creation step of creating the molding surface in accordance with the design data; an error amount specifying step of specifying error amounts at first and second corresponding points defined on the created molding surface respectively corresponding the first and second reference points, with respect to design values by the design data; a first correction surface defining step of defining a first correction surface based on an error amount specified at the first corresponding point; a second correction surface defining step of defining a second correction surface based on the first correction surface and an error amount specified at the second corresponding point, wherein power of the second correction surface at the first corresponding point is substantially zero; a design data correction step of combining a design surface by the design data, the first correction surface and the second correction surface, and correcting the design data based on combined data after the combining; and a corrected surface creation step of creating the molding surface in accordance with the corrected design data, wherein, in the second correction surface defining step, the second correction surface is defined such that: a power at the second corresponding point is defined as a value obtained by subtracting a power at the second corresponding point on the first correction surface from the error amount at the second corresponding point; and the entire second correction surface is offset so that the power at the first corresponding point becomes substantially zero. |
H03F,H03K,H04B | 9,647,649 | 2017-05-09 | 1. A spurious signal rejection (SSR) direct digital synthesizer (DDS) comprising: a) a first DDS circuit comprising: b) a second DDS circuit comprising: c) a tracking logic module having a first input and a second input and an output, the first input of the tracking logic module coupled to the second output of the first modulo-M counter, the second input of the tracking logic module coupled to the second output of the modulo-Y counter. |
G06F,H04L | 9,712,402 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A method performed by a cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the method comprising: receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component by the cloud controller: identifying by the cloud controller a policy the associated with the application, wherein the policy the defines at least one segment for the application within the cloud and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment, wherein a segment is a grouping of components available for the application within the cloud: selecting the first segment for establishment of the component by the cloud controller; selecting a location for establishment of the component by the cloud controller, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; establishing the component at the selected location; receiving, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application; selecting a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component; and selecting a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and establishing the additional component at the selected location, wherein selecting the second segment comprises selecting the second segment for establishment of the additional component based on the policy file definition of the at least one segment and system-state information reflecting the establishment of the component within the first segment. |
G11B | 9,564,150 | 2017-02-07 | 1. A magnetic read apparatus comprising: a substrate; and an isolation circuit including a bias resistor and a capacitor residing on the substrate, the bias resistor including a first end and a second end, the capacitor including a first plate, a second plate and an insulator between the first plate and the second plate, the first end being connected to the first plate by at least one conductive line, the second end being connected to the second plate through the substrate and free of another conductive line connecting the second end to the second plate such that the bias resistor and the capacitor are connected in parallel through the substrate. |
G01W,G08G | 9,709,698 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A computer method for determining potential wake turbulence for a first aircraft resulting from a wake generated by a second aircraft, the computer method comprising; receiving a signal generated by the second aircraft at the first aircraft; transforming the signal to a wake turbulence boundary representing the wake generated by the second aircraft; selecting an intersection volume associated with the first aircraft and representing a zone of dangerous turbulence interactions for the first aircraft, wherein the intersection volume at least partially surrounds the first aircraft and has a shape that extends away from the first aircraft to provide a safe spatial distance for wake turbulence avoidance; determining an intersection of the wake turbulence boundary and the intersection volume; displaying, with an altimeter of a Heads-Up-Display, an altitude of the first aircraft; and positioning a wake turbulence bar on the altimeter of the Heads-Up-Display to indicate the altitude of the wake turbulence boundary, whereby the positioning of the wake turbulence bar on the altimeter of the Heads-Up-Display causes a reduced cognitive load by the operator to determine the altitude of the wake turbulence boundary relative to the altitude of the first aircraft with comparison to a separate map. |
H02M,H05B,Y02B | 9,621,031 | 2017-04-11 | 1. A circuit, comprising: a load coupled between a first node and a second node; a current regulating circuit coupled to the second node and configured to regulate a current flowing through the load; a tunable voltage regulator having an output configured to generate a variable voltage applied to the first node, said tunable voltage regulator having input configured to receive a trimming signal for controlling the output variable voltage; a control circuit having a first input configured to sense the variable voltage at the first node, a second input configured to sense a drop voltage at the second node, and having an output configured to generate the trimming signal, said control circuit configured to operate to: |
A61B,G01N | 9,636,052 | 2017-05-02 | 1. A noninvasive system for measuring glucose, the system comprising: a light source emitting light in one of a red wavelength, near infrared wavelength, and an infrared wavelength, the light being capable of penetrating body tissue; a first polarizer proximal to the light source for receiving all or at least a portion of the light emitted directly from the light source; a second polarizer spaced apart from the first polarizer and positioned in a manner to receive polarized light provided by the first polarizer after the all or at least a portion of the light passes through the first polarizer, such that the second polarizer provides a second polarized light; a first detector positioned in a manner to detect at least some or all of the polarized light, in which the polarized light is polarized only from the first polarizer; and a second detector positioned in a manner to detect at least some or all of the second polarized light, in which the second polarized light is provided by a first polarization with the first polarizer followed by a subsequent polarization with the second polarizer; the first detector being position proximal to the second detector, and one or more of the first detector and the second detector being so adjusted that the polarized light to the first detector is of a similar intensity as that of the second polarized light to the second detector. |
G11C,H01L | 9,666,640 | 2017-05-30 | 1. A method of forming a memory cell comprising: forming a select unit on a substrate, wherein the select unit comprises a transistor having forming a dielectric layer on the substrate covering the select unit, wherein the dielectric layer includes storage pad coupled to the first S/D region; forming a storage unit on the storage pad, wherein forming the storage unit comprises forming a bitline coupled to the top electrode layer. |
B29C,B29K,C08J,C08K | 9,708,462 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A method of fabricating a plastic article of preselected color, comprising: a. preparing a blend comprising solid plastic resin pellets and liquid color of a hue and in an amount to impart the preselected color to the article to be fabricated; b. the liquid color comprising cottonseed oil; c. forming the blend under pressure and heat into the plastic article; wherein the liquid color comprises at least one additive to facilitate fabrication of the plastic article and the additive is selected from the group comprising lubricants, blowing agents, light stabilizers, nucleating agents, antistatic agents, and antioxidants. |
A61K,A61P,C07K,G01N | 9,695,234 | 2017-07-04 | 1. An anti-STAT3 single domain antibody (sdAb), wherein the anti-STAT3 sdAb comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3. |
C09K,E21B | 9,562,184 | 2017-02-07 | 1. A method for cleaning out a wellbore, comprising: inserting a conduit into a wellbore; pumping a fluid composition through the conduit inserted into the wellbore, the fluid composition comprising an effective amount of an amphiphilic chemical combined with an effective amount of a friction reducer in an aqueous solution of a base liquid wherein the amphiphilic chemical comprises polydimethylsiloxane copolymer, and a remainder of the composition comprising the base liquid; receiving the fluid composition with debris entrained therein at the surface from an annular space between the conduit and a wall of the wellbore. |
A47B,H05K | 9,629,459 | 2017-04-25 | 1. A slide rail assembly, comprising: a first rail including a blocking feature; a second rail movably connected to the first rail and longitudinally displaceable relative to the first rail from a retracted position to a first extended position and a second extended position, the first extended position being disposed intermediately between the retracted and second extended positions; an engaging member attached to the second rail, the engaging member having an engaging portion displaceable between locking and releasing positions, the engaging portion in the locking position locking the first and second rails against displacement relative to one another; and an operation member mounted to the second rail, the operation member being displaceable to selectively block the engaging portion to remain in the locking position and thus retain the second rail at the first extended position. |
B01D,B01J,C01B,F01N | 9,656,238 | 2017-05-23 | 1. An Fe (II)-substituted beta-type zeolite having an SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of equal to or more than 7 but less than 10 and obtained by being subjected to ionic exchange with Fe(II) ions, and wherein an Fe(II) loading amount is 0.001 to 0.25 mmol/g with respect to the Fe (II)-substituted beta-type zeolite, a BET specific surface area is 300 to 600 m2/g, a micropore specific surface area is 270 to 500 m2/g, and a micropore volume is 0.14 to 0.25 cm3/g. |
A41D,A42C,A43B,A43D,B32B,C09J,D06Q | 9,695,548 | 2017-07-04 | 1. A method of manufacturing a soft goods product, comprising: preparing a transfer by: |
C10G | 9,550,945 | 2017-01-24 | 1. A system for removing BS&W from crude oil at the local production or storage site comprising: a low shear pump functionally connected via a first pipe to a heat exchanger for introducing incoming crude oil containing BS&W into the heat exchanger where the crude oil is heated to form preheated crude oil, the heat exchanger functionally connected to an oil-water separator via a second pipe for transferring the preheated crude oil from the heat exchanger to the oil-water separator where the preheated crude oil is further heated and where BS&W is separated and removed from the crude oil to form heated dehydrated crude oil, the oil-water separator functionally connected to the heat exchanger via a third pipe for transferring the heated dehydrated crude oil to the heat exchanger where the heated dehydrated crude oil is cooled before being stored, and a firetube provided internally in the oil-water separator that further heats preheated incoming crude oil. |
G06F,H01L | 9,640,533 | 2017-05-02 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a set of fins of a first transistor, said set of fins comprising a first outer fin, an inner fin, and a second outer fin; performing an oxide deposition process for depositing an oxide material upon said set of fins and within spaces between said fins; performing a first recess process for removing a portion of the oxide material, leaving a portion of the oxide material on inside walls of said first and second outer fins; performing a spacer nitride deposition process for depositing a spacer nitride material upon said set of fins and on outer walls of the first and second outer fins; preforming a spacer nitride removal process, leaving spacer nitride material on a first portion at the outer walls of the first and second outer fins; performing a second recess process for removing said oxide material from the inside walls of said first and second outer fins; and performing an epitaxial layer deposition process upon said set of fins and said outer walls of said first and second outer fins, wherein any lateral over-growth of epitaxial layer on said outer walls of said first and second outer fins is suppressed by said spacer nitride material at the first portion, and wherein lateral overgrowth of the epitaxial layer occurs on a second portion of the outer walls of said first and second outer fins. |
H04L | 9,614,870 | 2017-04-04 | 1. A method of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and hacking protection for internet-based servers using a private network of Internet servers by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises the steps of: providing proxy software on a computing device; providing an edge server and a global private network (GPN) comprising a plurality of GPN servers; establishing a network connection between the computing device and the edge server through the proxy software; transmitting a user data stream from the computing device to the edge server through the network connection; analyzing incoming traffic to the edge server to determine whether the incoming traffic constitutes malicious activity, wherein the incoming traffic includes the user data stream; blocking, the incoming traffic at the edge server, if the incoming traffic is determined to be malicious activity; routing the user data stream from the edge server through at least one data-type relevant server from the plurality of GPN servers, if the incoming traffic is determined to not be malicious activity, wherein the user data stream is characterized by at least one of latency-sensitivity, non-latency sensitivity and exclusivity from rerouting through the plurality of GPN servers; routing the user data stream through at least one low-latency server from the plurality of GPN servers as the at least one data-type relevant server, if the user data stream is latency-sensitive; routing the user data stream through at least one high-bandwidth server from the plurality of GPN servers as the least one data-type relevant server, if the user data stream is non-latency sensitive; and transmitting the user data stream from the GPN to a destination server after the user data stream is routed through the at least one data-type relevant server, wherein the destination server is obfuscated from the computing device by the GPN. |
H02J,Y02E,Y04S | 9,722,452 | 2017-08-01 | 1. A system for integrating a wireless charging device with a display, comprising: a data store comprising a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for the integrating; a processor that executes the program of instructions; an information receiver to receive information from the wireless charging device; an information processor to process the information, and the processed information being about a wireless charging device or an electronic device on the wireless charging device; and an information communicator to communicate the processed information to a display coupled to the system, wherein the wireless charging device is configured to employ a first type of wireless charging and a second type of wireless charging, the received information identifies which of either the first type of wireless charging or the second type of wireless charging the electronic device is configured to receive wireless charge, and the system is further configured to switch the wireless charging device to the identified one of the first type of wireless charging or the second type of wireless charging. |
A63B | 9,636,541 | 2017-05-02 | 1. A heel-lifting elliptical machine comprising: a foundation comprising: two linkage assemblies mounted on two sides of the foundation respectively, staggered from each other, and joined to the driving shaft, each of the linkage assemblies comprising: two pedal assemblies mounted securely on the cranks of the two linkage assemblies respectively, and being movable in a vertical ellipse route with movements of the cranks. |
G08G,H04W | 9,723,430 | 2017-08-01 | 1. A method for vehicle to vehicle communication, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, at a second vehicle, a first message from a first vehicle, wherein the first message includes information of one or more hazards on the second vehicle; querying, by one or more processors, a transmission control unit of the second vehicle to verify a first portion of the first message, wherein the first portion of the first message includes a first hazard verifiable by the transmission control unit of the second vehicle; verifying, by one or more processors, the first portion of the first message, wherein the first hazard exists or is intermittent on the second vehicle; and storing, by one or more processors, the first portion of the first message. |
G01C,H03K | 9,614,513 | 2017-04-04 | 1. A vibration generation apparatus for driving a test body to vibrate in response to a PWM drive signal, the vibration generation apparatus comprising: a magnitude detection part for detecting a magnitude of vibration of the test body; a drive part for determining a duty ratio of the PWM drive signal in accordance with the magnitude of vibration so that the magnitude of vibration becomes a predetermined magnitude and outputting the PWM drive signal having the determined duty ratio, wherein the drive part includes a control circuit and a drive signal generation circuit, the control circuit outputting a control value corresponding to the duty ratio, and the drive signal generation circuit measuring time corresponding to the control value by using a gate delay time, generating the PWM drive signal having a pulse width corresponding to the control value, and outputting the PWM drive signal. |
H04L,H04W | 9,686,065 | 2017-06-20 | 1. A communication system comprising: a mobile station apparatus; and a base station apparatus configured to notify the mobile station apparatus of a measurement configuration specifying measurement using a reference signal, wherein |
G06F | 9,569,368 | 2017-02-14 | 1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that when executed by at least one processing unit processes packets, the program comprising sets of instructions for: generating and installing flows in a cache, wherein each flow is generated using at least one rule, from a flow table, which specifies performing a set of actions on incoming packets; validating one or more of the flows that are installed in the cache by determining whether a set of actions in each flow matches a corresponding rule in the flow table, wherein each flow is assigned to a separate execution thread to be validated; and removing or modifying each flow that has a different set of actions than a corresponding rule in the flow table in order to improve a performance of packet processing, wherein said generating and installing flows are executed in a first set of execution threads and said validating, removing, and modifying are executed in a second, different set of execution threads. |
B65G,B66F | 9,731,949 | 2017-08-15 | 1. An elevating apparatus comprising: a mast extending in a vertical direction; a lift platform configured to be lifted or lowered along the mast; a pair of connecting plates fixed to both side surfaces of the mast, and including flat surfaces facing each other; a pair of frames respectively fixed to surfaces of the pair of connecting plates opposite to the mast; a hanging belt including a first end fixed to an upper portion of the lift platform, and a second end fixed to a lower portion of the lift platform; an upper pulley supporting the hanging belt, the upper pulley being arranged in an upper position; a driving pulley configured to move the hanging belt in a positive direction and a negative direction; at least one idler pulley arranged in front of, in back of, or on both sides of the driving pulley; a lower pulley arranged between the pair of connecting plates, arranged lower than the upper pulley, located at least partially on a lift platform side of the mast, and supporting the hanging belt; and a supporting member arranged between the pair of connecting plates, and configured to pivot around a fulcrum spaced away from a rotation center of the lower pulley in a horizontal direction relative to the pair of connecting plates, and to be fixed, the supporting member including a first end, which extends from the fulcrum in the horizontal direction and supports the lower pulley such that the lower pulley is pivotable, and a second end, which extends from the fulcrum in the horizontal direction, is fixed to one of the pair of connecting plates, and is located on a side of the fulcrum that is opposite to the rotation center of the lower pulley. |
A45C,A45F,H04B | 9,571,147 | 2017-02-14 | 1. A portable storage apparatus comprising: a wrapping unit comprising two lateral straps for wrapping an external object; a buckling unit comprising: a holder for holding a portable electronic device; and a clawing unit attached to the holder and made with a cavity and recesses in communication with the cavity in a radial direction, wherein the recesses are adapted for receiving the movable tongue and the stationary tongue, wherein the movable tongue is at a distance from the stationary tongue larger than a diameter of the cavity in the extended position, wherein the movable tongue is at a distance from the stationary tongue smaller than the diameter of the cavity in the withdrawn position. |
A61B,A61C | 9,615,894 | 2017-04-11 | 1. A method of placing an implant, the method comprising: positioning a surgical template at a surgical site; positioning a guide sleeve with a guide surface in the surgical template; inserting a drill having a cutting edge through the guide sleeve; drilling a recess in the bone while the drill is guided by the guide sleeve; inserting a thread forming tool into the guide sleeve, wherein the thread forming tool has a thread forming section, the thread forming section having at least one thread for forming at least one corresponding thread in the bone, and a guide section, the thread forming section comprising an apical portion including the at least one thread, and a coronal portion, the thread forming tool having a maximum diameter of the at least one thread of the apical portion of the thread forming section that is smaller than or equal to a maximum diameter of the cutting edge of the drill; guiding the guide section of the thread forming tool with the guide surface of the guide sleeve before the thread forming section of the thread forming tool starts forming the corresponding thread in the recess; forming the corresponding thread in the bone while the guide section of the thread forming tool is guided by the guide surface; and inserting the implant in the threaded recess, wherein the implant has a bone tissue apposition surface comprising an apical portion and a coronal portion, and wherein a maximum diameter of the thread forming section of the thread forming tool is smaller than a maximum diameter of the bone tissue apposition surface of the implant. |
B64C,B64D | 9,676,488 | 2017-06-13 | 1. A system for controlling a tail-sitter aircraft, comprising a fuselage having a plurality of rotors; a first turbine engine associated with a first rotor of the plurality of rotors; a second turbine engine associated with a second rotor of the plurality of rotors, wherein said first turbine engine is larger than said second turbine engine; a processor; and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: |
B01D,F17C | 9,557,009 | 2017-01-31 | 1. A reservoir for storing and supplying a portion of a reservoir gas into a gas-filled tube, comprising: a first vessel having a thermally conductive surface; a meshed vessel having a lid, and placed inside the first vessel to form a cavity between the meshed vessel and the first vessel; at least one tray placed inside the meshed vessel to divide an inner space of the meshed vessel into a plurality of compartments; a sorbent material placed inside the plurality of compartments in the meshed vessel; a temperature control device positioned such that a first portion of the temperature control device is in physical contact with at least a portion of the thermally conductive surface, and a change in the temperature of the temperature control device changes the temperature of the sorbent material; wherein the reservoir gas is retained by the sorbent material at the storage temperature. |
G11C | 9,697,877 | 2017-07-04 | 1. A compute memory, comprising: a memory array; and a controller that provides, for a read operation, N-ary weighted access pulses for a set of word lines of the memory array, wherein a width of an access pulse of the N-ary weighted access pulses is based on its N-ary weight. |
F25B | 9,746,223 | 2017-08-29 | 1. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a refrigeration cycle device including a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor that sends a zeotropic refrigerant mixture containing tetrafluoropropene and R32, a refrigerant flow switching device for switching a passage through which the refrigerant circulates, a heat source side heat exchanger for exchanging heat of the refrigerant, a refrigerant expansion device for controlling pressure of the refrigerant, and a heat exchanger related to heat medium that is capable of exchanging heat between the refrigerant and a heat medium different from the refrigerant are connected by pipes, circulating the refrigerant, the refrigeration cycle device further including a circulating refrigerant composition detection circuit having a low-pressure side pressure detection device for detecting low-pressure side pressure corresponding to pressure of the refrigerant that is to be suctioned by the compressor, a high-low pressure bypass pipe connecting a pipe on a discharge side of the compressor and a pipe on a suction side of the compressor, a bypass expansion device disposed in the high-low pressure bypass pipe, a high-pressure side temperature detection device for detecting high-pressure side temperature corresponding to temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the bypass expansion device, a low-pressure side temperature detection device for detecting low-pressure side temperature corresponding to temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the bypass expansion device, and a heat exchanger related to refrigerant that exchanges heat between the refrigerant flowing into the bypass expansion device and the refrigerant discharged from the bypass expansion device; a heat medium side device including a heat medium circuit in which a heat medium sending device for circulating the heat medium to be used for the heat exchange performed by the heat exchanger related to heat medium, a use side heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium and air in a space to be conditioned, and a heat medium flow switching device that switches to pass the heat medium having flowed through the heat exchanger related to heat medium toward the use side heat exchanger are connected by pipes; a first controller that detects a circulation composition of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture in the refrigeration cycle device on the basis of at least the low-pressure side pressure, the high-pressure side temperature, and the low-pressure side temperature, and changes a driving frequency of the compressor based on, and in response to, a detected circulation composition data of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture that corresponds to circulation composition of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture; and a second controller disposed at a position away from the first controller and connecting to be capable of communicating to the first controller with wire or no wire, the second controller performing, in a heat medium relay unit including the heat exchanger related to heat medium, at least one of a calculation of evaporating temperature of the heat exchanger related to heat medium that functions as an evaporator and degree of superheat on a refrigerant outlet side of the heat exchanger related to heat medium that functions as an evaporator and a calculation of condensing temperature of the heat exchanger related to heat medium that functions as a condenser and degree of subcooling on the refrigerant outlet side of the heat exchanger related to heat medium that functions as a condenser, on the basis of the circulation composition received through the communication with the first controller, wherein at least the compressor, the refrigerant flow switching device, the heat source side heat exchanger, and the circulating refrigerant composition detection circuit are accommodated in an outdoor unit, at least the heat exchanger related to heat medium and the refrigerant expansion device are accommodated in the heat medium relay unit, the outdoor unit and the heat medium relay unit are provided separately and are installable at separate positions to be away from each other, the first controller is provided in or near the outdoor unit, the second controller is disposed in or near the heat medium relay unit, and the heat exchanger related to heat medium is one of a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, including at least a first heat exchanger related to heat medium and a second heat exchanger related to heat medium; the air-conditioning apparatus further comprising: a first refrigerant temperature detection device, connected to an inlet end of the first heat exchanger related to heat medium, for detecting temperature on a refrigerant inlet side when the heat exchanger related to heat medium is functioning as a condenser; a second refrigerant temperature detection device, different from the first temperature detection device, and connected to an outlet end of the second heat exchanger related to heat medium, for detecting temperature on the refrigerant outlet side when the heat exchanger related to heat medium is functioning as a condenser; a first refrigerant pressure detection device connected to an outlet end of the first heat exchanger related to heat medium and to the first refrigerant temperature detection device, and disposed directly between the heat exchanger related to heat medium and the refrigerant flow switching device, for detecting pressure of the refrigerant flowing into the first heat exchanger related to heat medium; and a second refrigerant pressure detection device, different from the first refrigerant pressure detection device, and connected to an inlet end of the second heat exchanger related to heat medium, the inlet end of the second heat exchanger related to heat medium being opposite to the outlet end of the first heat exchanger related to heat medium to which the first refrigerant pressure detection device is connected, and to the second refrigerant temperature detection device, for detecting pressure of refrigerant discharged from the second heat exchanger related to heat medium when functioning as a condenser; wherein the second controller is configured to determine the pressure of the refrigerant discharged and entered from at least one of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium irrespective of a current operational mode, as the first refrigerant pressure detection device and the second refrigerant pressure detection device are located on opposite sides of their respective heat exchangers, calculate the degree of superheat of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium functioning as an evaporator on the basis of the detected circulation composition data of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture, the pressure detected by the first refrigerant pressure detection device, and the temperature detected by the first refrigerant temperature detection device, and calculate the degree of subcooling of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium functioning as a condenser on the basis of the detected circulation composition data of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture, the pressure detected by the first refrigerant pressure detection device, and the temperature detected by the second refrigerant temperature detection device. |
G08G | 9,613,536 | 2017-04-04 | 1. A distributed flight management system, comprising: a control station, including: |
G06T | 9,659,389 | 2017-05-23 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a scatter simulation processor configured to use single-scatter simulation, SSS, for processing measured sinograms generated from imaging data acquired for an imaging subject by an imaging apparatus to produce a single-scatter scatter sinogram that represents a shape of scatter contribution; a scatter scaling processor configured to utilize a short Monte Carlo simulation to determine a scatter fraction based on a ratio of a total number of scattered event pairs to a total number of event pairs in a Monte Carlo simulated sinogram and to scale the single-scatter scatter sinogram to generate a scaled scatter sinogram that matches the scatter contribution in the measured sinogram; and a reconstruction processor configured to reconstruct the imaging data into an image representation using the scaled scatter sinogram for scatter correction. |
G06F | 9,594,656 | 2017-03-14 | 1. A computing device implemented method, comprising: receiving a plurality of context switch records and a total number of logical cores in a processing system, the context switch records are generated by recording context switches developed from executing a plurality of threads of at least one selected process in a concurrent application; extracting from the context switch records a number of the logical cores used to perform the at least one selected process over a course of time; separating the course of time into periodic intervals; determining a representative number of logical cores executing the selected process for each of the periodic intervals; presenting the representative number of logical cores executing the selected process for each of the periodic intervals against the total number of logical cores over the course of time to display contention for processor resources and how the contention for processor resources varies with time identifying varying degrees of parallelism in the at least one selected process; and identifying corresponding sections of code executing the selected process for modification. |
H01L,H05B | 9,722,209 | 2017-08-01 | 1. An organic light emitting device comprising: a substrate having light transmissivity; a first electrode that is disposed on the substrate; one or more organic material layers that include a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode that is disposed on the organic material layer; and a high refractive index layer that is provided on at least one side of a lower portion of the first electrode and an upper portion of the second electrode, wherein the high refractive index layer includes a light reuse pattern therein, wherein the light reuse pattern is uniformly distributed in a horizontal direction of the high refractive index layer, such that the high refractive index layer is divided by the light reuse pattern, wherein the light reuse pattern comprises first and second disconnected segments, wherein a first material of the first disconnected segment is the same as, or different from, a second material of the second disconnected segment, and wherein the first and second materials are different from a material of the high refractive index layer, and wherein the first and second disconnected segments of the light reuse pattern are separated by a portion of the high refractive index layer present between the first and second disconnected segments, such that the first and second disconnected segments are not in contact with each other, wherein an interface between the light reuse pattern and the high refractive index layer is vertical or inclined with respect to a surface of the substrate, wherein the light reuse pattern has at least one function selected from scattering, absorption, and re-emission, light refraction and reflection, and wherein ratio a:c is 0.01 or more, “a” being a thickness of the high refractive index layer including the light reuse pattern in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and “c” being an average width, measured parallel to the substrate, of the portion of the high refractive index layer that is present between the first and second materials of the light reuse pattern. |
B60L,G01R,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T | 9,702,940 | 2017-07-11 | 1. A method to determine a state of charge of a battery and charge the battery, wherein the battery includes at least two terminals, the method comprising: selecting a first relationship of an open circuit voltage to an amount of charge in the battery based on or using a state of health of the battery during a first charge cycle; measuring a voltage at the terminals of the battery to generate a first measured voltage; calculating an open circuit voltage of the battery to generate a calculated open circuit voltage using the first measured voltage; determining a first state of charge of the battery based on or using (i) the calculated open circuit voltage and (ii) the first relationship of the open circuit voltage to the amount of charge in the battery; and using the determined state of charge to adjust a charge signal and apply the adjusted charge signal to charge the battery. |
H04L | 9,544,165 | 2017-01-10 | 1. A remote terminal unit for integration and connection of a slave process in a station control system, wherein the remote terminal unit is configured to exchange data with at least one master communication unit, and is connected with the slave process, wherein the remote terminal unit comprises functional units integrated in the remote terminal unit, the functional units being interfaces for connecting the slave process to the at least one master communication unit according to the IEC 61850 standard, wherein the functional units include: wherein the remote terminal unit comprises a configurable filter function coordinating the data exchange between the functional units. |
G06F | 9,569,429 | 2017-02-14 | 1. A method performed by a system comprising one or more computers, the method comprising: receiving a query for electronically published news articles, the query being in a presentation language; identifying at least one particular cluster of a plurality of clusters matching the query, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprises one or more electronically published news articles and wherein the one or more news articles in each cluster are in the same presentation language; obtaining data characterizing the particular cluster of news articles in the presentation language, wherein the data characterizing the particular cluster of news articles comprises one or more terms in the presentation language and region data identifying at least one first geographical region associated with the particular cluster; identifying one or more region languages corresponding to the at least one first geographical region; determining whether each of the one or more region languages differs from the presentation language; when a particular region language differs from the presentation language: |
H01L | 9,680,051 | 2017-06-13 | 1. A light emitting diode, comprising: a sapphire substrate; a n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the sapphire substrate; an active layer having a defect density DD, wherein DD≧2×10 a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is disposed on a portion of the n-type semiconductor layer, and the second electrode is disposed on a portion of the p-type semiconductor layer, wherein the doping concentration of the each of the k quantum barrier layers counting sequentially from the n-type to the p-type semiconductor layer side are C |
A61B,Y10T | 9,622,726 | 2017-04-18 | 1. A biopsy instrument driver, comprising: an instrument drive member coupled to a support structure and having a laterally extending catch arm, the drive member being movable relative to the support structure between a distal, fired position and a proximal, armed position; a motor coupled to the support structure and having a rotatable output; a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the support structure, the drive shaft comprising or otherwise being operatively connected to the motor output such that activation of the motor rotates the drive shaft; a translating member threadably coupled to the drive shaft, such that rotation of the drive shaft causes axial translation of the translating member along the drive shaft relative to the support structure; a latch base movably coupled to the support structure and operatively associated with the translating member; and a latch arm movably coupled to the latch base, the latch arm having a distal portion configured to selectively engage and retain the instrument drive member catch arm, and a proximal portion operatively coupled to the translating member, such that movement of the translating member along the drive shaft relative to the latch base moves latch arm distal portion. |
H04L | 9,722,889 | 2017-08-01 | 1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a system comprising a processor, a metric of communication between a network access point device and a device; determining, by the system, an instance for which the metric satisfies a condition defined by a communication function, wherein the determining the instance comprises determining whether a report of a channel quality indicator satisfies an interference condition, defined by a network interference function, associated with an increasing wireless resource requirement at the network access point device in conjunction with maintaining a selected quality metric for provision of content for the device; determining, by the system, a network service for the provision of the content for the device; transmitting, by the system, a message to the network service related to modifying a resource usage parameter of the network service in response to the metric being determined to satisfy the condition defined by the communication function, in response to the transmitting, modifying, by the system, the content or a delivery of the content in accordance with a value of a tiered transmission parameter, wherein the modifying comprises progressively obtaining a next lower value, than the value, of the tiered transmission parameter; and in response to a determination that a restoration condition has been determined to have been satisfied, restoring, by the system, the tiered transmission parameter to a next higher value, than a current value, of the tiered transmission parameter. |
G06F | 9,600,469 | 2017-03-21 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method for detecting grammatical errors, the program, when executed by a processor included in an apparatus for detecting grammatical errors, causing the processor to execute: breaking up an input sentence into units of morphemes; generating morpheme sequences by binding the broken-up morphemes in a preset window size set by the processor, the generated morpheme sequences comprising forward morpheme sequences and backward morpheme sequences; determining frequencies of appearance of morpheme sequences identical to forward morpheme sequences and backward morpheme sequences of the generated morpheme sequences by searching an example-based index database (DB); and detecting grammatical errors in the input sentence by combining the determined frequencies of appearance. |
H01L,H02M,Y02B,Y10T | 9,627,972 | 2017-04-18 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of power blocks, each of which comprises: the regulator controller coupled to the plurality of power blocks. |
H02P | 9,647,586 | 2017-05-09 | 1. A signal amplifier for a phase detector generating a phase information signal, based on plural sensor signals having amplitude levels in accordance with a rotational position of a rotor of a motor having a plural-phase coil to detect the rotational position thereof, comprising: an amplitude detector configured to detect or estimate, for each sensor signal amongst the plural sensor signals, a peak level of the sensor signal, for each signal amplification section amongst plural signal amplification sections into which a phase of the sensor signal is divided by a predetermined number in accordance with a number of poles of the motor, based on a signal level of the sensor signal, to produce a result signal; and a signal amplification unit configured to adjust an amplitude level of each of the sensor signals, for said each signal amplification section amongst the signal amplification sections, such that the detected or estimated peak level of the sensor signal for said each signal amplification section amongst the signal amplification sections has a specified amplitude level corresponding to the signal amplification section. |
G06F,H04L | 9,552,345 | 2017-01-24 | 1. A method at a computing device comprising: rendering, by an application that at least one of reads or writes documents, a document at a display device, the application executing on the computing device or at a remote computing entity in communication with the computing device; receiving sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring user annotation events associated with the rendered document, whilst also, |
B82Y,H01L,Y10S | 9,722,151 | 2017-08-01 | 1. A quantum dot (QD) glass cell, comprising: a glass cell and QD fluorescent powder material, the glass cell comprising a receiving chamber, and the QD fluorescent powder being encapsulated within the receiving chamber; wherein the QD fluorescent powder material comprises gel material and QD fluorescent powder mixed together with the gel material, and the gel material is UV gel or IR gel. |
F24F | 9,651,271 | 2017-05-16 | 1. A method of controlling power consumption in a plurality of climate control appliances, each of which is connected to a plurality of neighbouring appliances and has a running cycle of predetermined length, each appliance having an active state in which it is actively controlling a climate parameter and an inactive state in which it is not actively controlling the climate parameter, each appliance being able to communicate with its neighbouring appliances in both the active and inactive states, the method including the steps of: setting a cap for the power consumption of each group of appliances comprising an appliance and its neighbours; setting a threshold value for the climate parameter separating values for said parameter into a preferred side of said threshold value and a non-preferred side of said threshold value; and when a first of said climate control appliances reaches the end of its running cycle: if so, said first appliance being placed in an inactive state for its next running cycle; if not, the first appliance: |
B24B,D06N | 9,707,663 | 2017-07-18 | 1. A polishing pad comprising a laminate including a polishing pad base and a porous polyurethane layer, the polishing pad base comprising a nonwoven fabric impregnated with a polyurethane based elastomer, the nonwoven fabric being formed of bundles of ultrafine fibers with an average monofilament diameter of 3.0 μm or more and 8.0 μm or less and the polyurethane based elastomer being present in an amount of 20 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less relative to the mass of the polishing pad base, and the porous polyurethane layer containing polyurethane as a primary component, wherein the porous polyurethane layer has openings with an average opening diameter of 10 μm or more and 90 μm or less in its surface and the compression elastic modulus is 0.17 MPa or more and 0.32 MPa or less. |
H01L | 9,536,753 | 2017-01-03 | 1. A packaged integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a substrate comprising a first substrate pad on a first side of the substrate; an IC die on the first side of the substrate, the IC die comprising a first die pad on a side of the IC die opposite from a side of the IC die adjacent to the first side of the substrate; a first insulating layer over the IC die and the substrate, the first insulating layer comprising: a third substrate pad on the first side of the substrate; a third die pad on the first side of the IC die; and a wire bonded to the third substrate pad and the third die pad, wherein the wire is within the first insulating layer. |
G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W | 9,584,641 | 2017-02-28 | 1. A portable messaging device configured to display visual messages and communicate with additional messaging devices via a local area network, the portable messaging device comprising: a display panel having an inner surface and an outer surface, the display panel including an LED array; a control unit configured to communicate with the display panel; a first lateral side wall and a second lateral side wall, the first lateral side wall and the second lateral side wall, and the inner surface of the display panel configured to define at least part of a recessed opening; a lid having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lid configured to pivot with respect to the first lateral side wall and the second end of the lid configured to contact an edge of the second lateral side wall; a connector disposed in an inner wall of the recessed opening, wherein the connector faces into the recessed opening; and the control unit configured to receive input via a user interface of the portable messaging device and, responsive to the input, provide a visual message to the LED array for display from the outer surface of the display panel. |
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