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A61M,B01D,G01N
| 9,649,465 |
2017-05-16
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1. An oxygen concentrator apparatus, comprising: at least two canisters; separation material disposed in the at least two canisters, wherein the separation material separates at least some nitrogen from air in the canisters to produce oxygen enriched gas; a compression system coupled to at least one of the canisters, wherein the compression system compresses air during operation; an airway delivery device coupled to one or more of the canisters through one or more conduits and positionable on the face of a user; a pressure sensor coupled to the airway delivery device; wherein the pressure sensor is operable to detect a change in pressure at the airway delivery device; a processor coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the processor is operable to execute program instructions, wherein the program instructions are operable to:
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H04N
| 9,578,233 |
2017-02-21
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a first imaging unit; a second imaging unit; a still image capturing instruction unit configured to receive a still image capturing instruction to capture a still image by the first imaging unit; and a control unit configured to perform control, in response to the still image capturing instruction to capture a still image by the first imaging unit, to record a still image captured by the first imaging unit and a moving image captured by the second imaging unit after capturing the still image, in a recording medium, wherein the control unit performs control to record moving images captured by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit before capturing the still image and a moving image captured by the second imaging unit after capturing the still image.
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G06T
| 9,679,416 |
2017-06-13
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1. A server comprising: a processor-implemented content creation tool configured to: generate a content dataset based on the content identifier of the physical object, the virtual object content, and the selected template; and provide the content dataset to a second device, the second device configured to display the interactive feature corresponding to the selected template.
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H04N
| 9,609,177 |
2017-03-28
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1. A method comprising: sampling, by a system comprising a processor, a device color space to provide sampled color values in the device color space; transforming, by the system, the sampled color values to a device independent color space; gamut mapping, by the system, the transformed sampled color values using a source color gamut and a color separation color gamut as inputs to output color separation values, the gamut mapping being performed in an expansion mode and a compression mode, and the gamut mapping producing a link between the sampled color values of the device color space and the color separation values that span the color separation color gamut; and using, by the system, a result of the gamut mapping to produce a color output by a printing apparatus.
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H04B,H04W
| 9,602,963 |
2017-03-21
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1. A method of providing information, the method comprising: establishing a short-range wireless communication connection between a wearable device having a user identifier assigned thereto and a mobile host device having the same user identifier assigned thereto; receiving, at the wearable device, information content for a first location-specific information record from the mobile host device, the first location-specific information record being associated with a relevant location, the first location-specific information record being received responsive to the mobile host device detecting that a current location of the mobile host device matches the relevant location; presenting, by the wearable device, at least a portion of the received information content at an interface of the wearable device; detecting, by the wearable device, that a near-field communication (NFC) terminal is in proximity to the wearable device; transmitting, by the wearable device, an NFC signal representing at least a portion of the information content to the NFC terminal; receiving, at the wearable device, a location-change notification from the mobile host device while the short-range wireless communication connection between the wearable device and the mobile host device persists, the location-change notification indicating that a current location of the mobile host device no longer matches the relevant location; and in response to the location-change notification, ceasing to present the information content.
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G06F
| 9,594,909 |
2017-03-14
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1. A software update system comprising a software update apparatus and a server computer that are connected with each other, the software update apparatus comprising: the server computer executing: wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a series of steps including: wherein the server computer, if the result of the verifying received from the software update apparatus indicates that a first one of the simultaneously running install modules has the possibility of performing the malicious operations, sends a request for revocation to a second one of the simultaneously running install modules, and wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, in response to the request for revocation, revoke the first one of the simultaneously running install modules that has the possibility of performing malicious operations, by using the second one of the simultaneously running install modules.
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B41M,B44D,C09D,G03F
| 9,649,868 |
2017-05-16
|
1. A method of extending the color gamut of a 4-color process printing ink set having cyan, magenta, yellow and black primaries, comprising: shifting at least two of the cyan, magenta and yellow primaries, adding at least one additional primary process color.
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G06F,G06Q,H04L
| 9,684,917 |
2017-06-20
|
1. A method, comprising: receiving from a user, via a user interface, at least one user input pertaining to a question; based on the question, generating, by at least one processor, a new message and posting the new message in at least one web based forum, the new message based on the question, wherein the new message is automatically generated and posted by the processor without interaction of the user with the web based forum; monitoring, by the processor, responses to the new message posted in the web based forum; analyzing, by the processor, the responses to the new message posted in the web based forum to determine whether, for each response, the response pertains to a subject of the question; and responsive to determining that at least one response to the new message posted in the web based forum pertains to subject of the question, presenting to the user, by the processor, information contained in the response.
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H02K
| 9,722,467 |
2017-08-01
|
1. Armature windings of a rotating electrical machine, in which a 3-phase winding of two layers including upper and lower layers is constituted of phase belts having an electrical phase difference of 60° in between, comprising: pairs of upper coil pieces and lower coil pieces contained in slots of an armature core, the number of slots per pole per phase being a fractional number, and a denominator thereof being an integral number greater than or equal to 4, wherein coil arrangement is carried out such that only one of an upper coil piece and a lower coil piece included in the two layers of upper and lower layers in one phase belt is replaced with a coil piece in an adjacent different phase, wherein the rotating electrical machine has at least eight poles.
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G06F
| 9,710,288 |
2017-07-18
|
1. A method for loading an application, comprising: starting up, by a machine to machine (M2M) terminal module, an application manager after being powered up and initialized; receiving, by the application manager, a load application instruction and creating a load thread; and loading, by the load thread, the application according to the load application instruction and ending the load thread after execution of the application is completed; wherein after loading the application and before the execution of the application is completed, the method further comprises: when executing the application, triggering a soft interruption exception until a soft interruption instruction is executed and entering a soft interruption server program, wherein the soft interruption server program executes a secondary development interface function corresponding to the soft interruption instruction according to the soft interruption instruction and a locally stored correlation between the soft interruption instruction and the secondary development interface function, wherein the correlation of the soft interruption instruction and the secondary development interface function is based upon a soft interruption number corresponding to the secondary development interface function stated in a head file of the application; and returning to continue executing the application after the execution of the secondary development interface function is completed, wherein the secondary development interface function comprises functions corresponding to services comprising at least one of short message, voice, data transmission and customized communication protocol stack: or the secondary development interface function comprises functions corresponding to access and use of mirror system resources during execution of the application.
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B60J,B60R,E05D,E05F,E05Y,H02G
| 9,670,708 |
2017-06-06
|
1. A wire harness routing structure for a power supply system supplying power to a slide door via a wire harness, comprising: the wire harness; a groove-like slide door rail configured to guide a slide movement of the slide door; a base member to which the slide door rail is attached; a slide door arm connecting the slide door and the slide door rail; and an extra length absorbing portion configured to store an extra length portion of the wire harness produced by the slide movement of the slide door, wherein the extra length absorbing portion is disposed on the base member and adjacent to the slide door rail, wherein regardless of a position of the slide door, the wire harness is routed from the slide door arm along the slide door rail and through an end portion of the slide door rail to the extra length absorbing portion in a case.
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G06F,H04L
| 9,749,310 |
2017-08-29
|
1. A computing device for remote device authentication, the computing device comprising: a user authentication module to: a device capability module to: wherein the device capability module comprises an embedded technology access server of the computing device; wherein to retrieve the security assertion comprises to (i) issue an HTTP request to the embedded technology access server and (ii) retrieve, by the embedded technology access server, the security assertion in response to issuance of the HTTP request; and wherein the computing device further comprises a manageability engine to execute the embedded technology access server.
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F16D,Y10T
| 9,651,104 |
2017-05-16
|
1. A brake disc arrangement for disc brakes, comprising: a friction ring; a mounting adapter configured to mount the brake disc arrangement on a wheel hub; at least one connecting element configured to connect the friction ring and the mounting adapter; and at least one contour having a friction ring-side and an adapter-side contour region, wherein the at least one contour is shaped along a longitudinal axis by recesses in the friction ring and the mounting adapter extending at least one of perpendicular and transverse to a rotational axis of the brake disc arrangement; wherein the connecting element is brought from a first state into a second state by applying a same inner pressure within the friction ring-side contour region and the adapter-side contour region of the connecting element, wherein the inner pressure is applied by at least one of hydro forming and hydro-mechanical deep drawing; wherein the connecting element in the first state is configured such that the connecting element may be arranged inside the contour; wherein at least sections of an outer diameter of the connecting element in the second state is enlarged relative to the first state in at least one of perpendicular and transverse to the longitudinal axis, such that the connecting element is connected to at least one of the friction ring-side and the adapter-side contour region by at least one of form fit and friction fit; and wherein the at least one of form fit and friction fit of the connecting element with the contour is adjusted due to at least one of a wall thickness that is not constant along the longitudinal axis, a diameter that is not constant along the longitudinal axis of the at least one of the friction ring-side and the adapter ring-side contour region, different inner geometries that are not constant along the longitudinal axis of the at least one of the friction ring-side and the adapter-side contour region, and different material properties of the connecting element.
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G06F
| 9,600,419 |
2017-03-21
|
1. A computer program product for facilitating translation of memory addresses, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
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B65D
| 9,533,786 |
2017-01-03
|
1. A closing device for packaging, comprising: a wrapping material having a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material, the wrapping material further comprising a mesh layer on which the shape memory material and the non-shape memory material are deposited; at least one pair of clasp members attached to the wrapping material, a trigger source in communication with the shape memory material, the trigger source being configured to provide a stimulus to the shape memory material, wherein the wrapping material is configured to self-assemble between a memorized shape and a temporary shape around one or more objects in response to a stimulus from the trigger source, thereby bringing the at least one pair of clasp members closer to one another, and thereby facilitating the clasp of the at least one pair of clasp members, wherein the self-assembly of the wrapping material affixes around the one or more objects in a fixed manner, and wherein the clasp of the at least one pair of clasp members closes the wrapping material about the one or more objects.
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H01L
| 9,548,347 |
2017-01-17
|
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a polymer matrix composite substrate; a first insulating layer completely covering a surface of the polymer matrix composite substrate; an inductor formed over the first insulating layer; and an interconnect structure formed over the inductor and first insulating layer and configured to electrically and mechanically connect the semiconductor device to a second substrate.
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H04N
| 9,596,512 |
2017-03-14
|
1. A media device, comprising: a media content stream interface configured to receive a media content stream with a plurality of serially presented media content events therein; a memory that stores: a processor system, wherein the processor system is configured to: where in response to a selection of the content by the user, the content becomes accessible to the media device.
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A61N,G16H
| 9,630,017 |
2017-04-25
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1. A method for mitigating interference of an automated external defibrillator with operation of an implanted medical device (IMD) comprising: in response to an attachment of an automated external defibrillator to a living body having an implanted medical device embedded therein, herein referred to as an implantee, detecting of said implanted medical device (IMD) of the implantee by an IMD safety control module coupled with the automated external defibrillator, wherein performance of a shock function by the automated external defibrillator is known to have a potential to cause at least one adverse effect to at least one of a treatment provided by the implanted medical device and operation of the implanted medical device, wherein the implanted medical device is an active implanted medical device having wireless communication capabilities; establishing a communication pathway with the detected implanted medical device, wherein the communication pathway for wireless communication refers to any communication medium not requiring a dedicated physical wire between communication endpoints over which an information bearing signal is conveyed; disabling performance of the shock function of the automated external defibrillator, wherein the disabling automatically occurs by default responsive to a wireless communication between the automated external defibrillator and the implanted medical device via the established communication pathway and does not require visual inspection of the implantee by an operator of the automated external defibrillator for at least one of post-operation indicators for the implanted medical device and an indicia for the implanted medical device worn by the implantee; requesting resolution from the operator of the automated external defibrillator to accommodate the implanted medical device detected within the implantee; and upon receipt of said resolution, enabling performance of the shock function by the automated external defibrillator.
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B01D,C10K,Y02C,Y02P
| 9,550,151 |
2017-01-24
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1. A spiral-type acidic gas separation module comprising: a central tube in a tube wall of which through-holes are formed; a supply gas channel member, which becomes a raw material gas channel and is formed of at least one of woven fabric and unwoven fabric; an acidic gas separation layer which separates an acidic gas from a raw material gas flowing in the supply gas channel member and includes a facilitated transport film that contains a carrier reacting with the acidic gas and a hydrophilic compound for carrying the carrier and a porous support that supports the facilitated transport film and allows the acidic gas separated from the facilitated transport film to pass through; and a permeating gas channel member which becomes a channel from which the acidic gas that reacts with the carrier and permeates into the facilitated transport film flows into the central tube, wherein the porous support is obtained by laminating a porous film, which is on the facilitated transport film side, on an auxiliary support film which is formed of at least one of woven fabric and unwoven fabric on the permeating gas channel member side, the average value of the fiber diameter of the supply gas channel member is in a range of 100 μm to 900 μm, with respect to a surface of the auxiliary support film that is on the side opposite to the facilitated transport film, the area ratio of concave portions inscribed in a hemisphere having a diameter greater than or equal to three-quarters of the fiber diameter of the supply gas channel member is 5% to 50%, and at least one laminate which includes the supply gas channel member, the acidic gas separation layer, and the permeating gas channel member is wound around the central tube.
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A61G
| 9,724,257 |
2017-08-08
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1. An anti-bedsore bed comprising: a bed unit having a first mattress, and a bottom portion, which is coupled on a bottom surface of the first mattress, comprising six supporting units evenly arranged into three sets at positions configured to correspond to a user's upper, middle, and lower back, and each of the supporting units having a sliding block moveably mounted on an upper surface of the bottom portion; each of the sliding blocks having a supporting rod, and an abutting unit pivotally connected to an upper end of the supporting rod; each of first power units, which is secured on a bottom surface of the sliding block, engaged with the supporting rod while each of second power units, which is secured on the bottom portion, engaged with the sliding block such that the supporting rod configured to be driven by the first power unit to move upwardly or downwardly and the second power unit adapted to drive the sliding block to move in lateral directions; the positions of the supporting units configured to be adjustable according to a position of the back portion of a user; the first mattress having a plurality of through holes located at positions corresponding to the supporting units such that the abutting units respectively accommodated in the through holes before the supporting rods are moved upwardly or the abutting units respectively protruding out of the through holes when the supporting rods are lifted; a first bed body coupled with a second bed body side by side for use, and the first bed body having a bed stead configured to support the bottom portion of the bed unit; and the second bed body comprising a first frame, a second frame and a third frame, which are pivotally connected in sequence, and a second bed mattress positioned on an upper surface of the first frame, the second frame and the third frame, and at least two sliding wheels installed at a lower portion of the second frame to enable the second bed body to be movable; each of the first frame and the third frame having at least two bed legs pivotally assembled at a lower portion thereof, and the bed legs are configured to move between an unfolded position standing on the floor and a folded position received in the first frame or the third frame; the third frame and the first frame adapted to be respectively folded up and down relative to the second frame, and after securing pivots between the first frame and the second frame and between the second frame and the third frame, the second bed body is configured to be used as a wheelchair.
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G06F
| 9,569,439 |
2017-02-14
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1. A system comprising: a processor; circuitry for receiving a search query; circuitry for obtaining a first search result responsive to the search query, the first search result including a geographic identifier; circuitry for obtaining a second search result responsive to the search query, the second search result not including a geographic identifier; circuitry for determining a movement status of a first interface device; circuitry for indicating via the first interface device, a preference either for the first search result including a geographic identifier or for the second search result not including a geographic identifier responsive to the movement status of the first interface device; circuitry for determining from key press input from a first user whether or not the first user has apparently corroborated a configuration feature, the configuration feature being a search term related to the first search result and to the second search result; circuitry for expressing the search term related to the first search result and to the second search result at a first interface that includes a character sequence obtained from a second interface, the first interface being the first interface device, the preference either for the first search result or for the second search result being partly based on whether or not the first search result includes the character sequence obtained from the second interface and partly based on whether or not the second search result includes the character sequence obtained from the second interface; circuitry for associating a first device used by the first user with a second device used by a second user in response to an association request from the first user, the first device being the first interface device; circuitry for determining whether or not the first user has apparently assented to a structured dialog configured to initiate a search by which the first search result and the second search result may be identified; circuitry for generating a first coordinate and a second coordinate that jointly characterize a position of a portion of an appendage of a user within an image containing an informational element, the preference either for the first search result or for the second search result being partly based on the informational element and partly based on the first coordinate and partly based on the second coordinate; and circuitry for ranking a first component of a search result in relation to a second component of the search result partly based on a digital expression of a time of day and partly based on whether or not a confirmation of a search criterion has been received, the search criterion not being the first geographic identifier recognition criterion, the first component of the search result including the first search result, the second component of the search result including the second search result.
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G02B
| 9,715,053 |
2017-07-25
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1. A light guide comprising: an entrance portion which light emitted from a point light source enters; a light-splitting portion configured to split the light passing through the entrance portion into first light and second light; a first light guide portion and a second light guide portion configured to guide the first light and the second light, respectively, in a specified direction while total-reflecting the first light and the second light, respectively; and a first reflective portion and a second reflective portion provided in the first light guide portion and in the second light guide portion, respectively, the first reflective portion and the second reflective portion configured to reflect the first light propagating in the first light guide portion and the second light propagating in the second light guide portion, respectively; wherein the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion are configured to emit part of the first and second light to outside as a first linear light beam and a second linear light beam, respectively; wherein the light-splitting portion projects toward the entrance portion, and includes a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface and a connecting section, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface extending toward a first point on an optical axis of the point light source and being substantially symmetrical with each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, the connecting section connecting the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface near the first point; wherein the entrance portion includes a light-diffusing section opposed to the connecting section in a direction of the optical axis, the light-diffusing section configured to diffuse the light emitted from the point light source toward the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion; wherein each of the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion comprises a boundary surface with outside; and wherein each of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface is at an angle of θ to the optical axis,
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H01L,Y02E
| 9,537,021 |
2017-01-03
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1. A photovoltaic cell, comprising: a semiconductor stack comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; and an upper electrode comprising a plurality of grid electrodes formed on the semiconductor stack and comprising first group grid electrodes and second group grid electrodes, wherein the first group grid electrodes are closer to a center of the upper surface than the second group grid electrodes are to the center of the upper surface, and the second group grid electrodes surround the first group grid electrodes, wherein the first group grid electrodes comprise a pitch smaller than that of the second group grid electrodes, or each of the first group grid electrodes comprises a uniform width smaller than that of each of the second group grid electrodes, wherein the upper electrode comprises a plurality of collector electrodes and the plurality of grid electrodes is formed between the plurality of collector electrodes; wherein the plurality of collector electrodes and the plurality of grid electrodes are perpendicular to each other, and the grid electrodes are parallel to each other.
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F02D,F02N,Y02T
| 9,739,249 |
2017-08-22
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1. An engine automatic stop and restart apparatus for stopping fuel injection into an engine to automatically stop the engine when an engine automatic stop condition is satisfied, and then restarting the engine when an engine restart condition is satisfied, the engine automatic stop and restart apparatus comprising: a crank angle sensor for detecting a crank angle of a crankshaft of the engine; a starter for cranking the crankshaft, thereby restarting the engine; and a starter drive inhibitor that inhibits, in a case where the engine restart condition is satisfied, a drive of the starter when a backward rotation of the engine is detected based on the crank angle detected by the crank angle sensor, and releases the drive inhibition of the starter when the stop of the engine is detected, wherein the starter drive inhibitor inhibits the drive of the starter when the backward rotation of the engine is detected, and releases the drive inhibition of the starter when a predetermined period has elapsed after the backward rotation of the engine is detected and the starter drive inhibitor sets the predetermined period based on the crank angle when the backward rotation of the engine is detected.
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H04W
| 9,648,660 |
2017-05-09
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1. A method of tracking area management in a femtocell network at a mobility management entity, the method comprising: receiving, from a plurality of femtocell base stations, physical cell identities (PCI) of neighbor macrocell base stations of each one of the femtocell base stations as macrocell tracking area information associated with each one of the femtocell base stations; generating an integrated tracking area list by extracting, based on the PCIs of neighbor macrocell base stations, at least one tracking area identity of a macrocell tracking area overlapping a femtocell tracking area of respective femtocell base station, and adding the extracted at least one tracking area identity of the overlapped macrocell tracking area into a tracking area list associated with the respective femtocell base station; storing and managing the generated integrated tracking area information; and controlling femtocell base stations and macrocell base station, which are only included in the integrated tracking area list, to transmit a paging message to associated user equipments for finding user equipments in an idle mode.
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G06F,H01B,H01R,Y10T
| 9,721,702 |
2017-08-01
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1. A computer-aided wire harness assembly system comprising: a) an automated wire cutting and prepping machine that is programmable to produce circuit elements having predetermined lengths; b) a circuit storage and transport structure comprising an array of tubes mounted to a movable frame, wherein each one of the tubes is able to receive one or more of the circuit elements produced by said automated wire cutting and prepping machine; c) a computer-controlled circuit indexing system comprising: d) a computer-controlled circuit retrieval system for conveying the circuit elements from their corresponding remembered locations in said circuit storage and transport structure, said computer-controlled circuit retrieval system comprising: e) said presentation system comprising:
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H04B
| 9,712,244 |
2017-07-18
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1. An apparatus for providing two-way optical communication, the apparatus comprising: a transmit element, coupled to a light pipe, configured to transmit a first optical signal through said light pipe; a receive element, also coupled to said light pipe, configured to receive a second optical signal through said light pipe; and a transceive processor, coupled to said transmit and receive elements, configured to direct said transmit element to suspend transmitting said first optical signal during a plurality of reception periods, and configured to direct said receive element to sample for said second optical signal during one or more sampling intervals within each of said reception periods, wherein: each of the plurality of reception periods lasts for a respective duration of time, and occurs in the first optical signal at a respective duty cycle; and the receive element is configured to sense an ambient light level of the surrounding environment during the reception periods, and the transceive processor is configured to adjust the durations of time and the duty cycles of the reception periods according to the sensed ambient light level.
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B32B,E04F,Y10T
| 9,567,756 |
2017-02-14
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1. A backing film for use in a resilient floor covering comprising at least a wear layer and a backing film, the backing film comprising: (a) first layer; and (b) a second layer,
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F01D,F05D,F23R
| 9,650,904 |
2017-05-16
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1. A transition duct system for delivering hot-temperature gases from a plurality of combustors in a combustion turbine engine to a first row of turbine blades in the combustion turbine engine, the transition duct system comprising: an exit piece for each combustor, wherein each exit piece comprises a straight path segment for receiving a gas flow from a respective combustor, wherein each straight path segment forms a closed perimeter starting at an inlet end of the straight path segment, wherein the closed perimeter of the straight path segment of the exit piece changes to an open perimeter that is in fluid communication with a corresponding portion of an annular chamber along a common plane between a convergence flow junction (CFJ) and an outlet end of the straight path segment, and the exit piece comprising: respective retainer structures disposed in the straight path segment of the exit piece to retain respective edges of the open liner perimeter in the straight path segment of the exit piece, wherein the respective retainer structures are disposed at respective edges of the open perimeter of the straight path segment of the exit piece, wherein each retainer structure comprises a body comprising a first flange and a second flange interconnected by a web, the body having a lengthwise dimension extending along a longitudinal axis of the straight path segment of the exit piece, wherein the first and second flanges interconnected by the web define a groove configured to receive a corresponding ceramic liner protrusion at a respective edge of the open liner perimeter in the straight path segment of the exit piece.
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A61K,A61P,B01J,C08F
| 9,655,921 |
2017-05-23
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1. A method for removing potassium from the gastrointestinal tract of a patient showing clinical signs of hyperkalemia or suspected of having hyperkalemia, comprising administering of a calcium salt of a potassium binding polymer, to the patient, wherein the crosslinked potassium binding polymer has the following structure: wherein the ratio of “m” and “n” provides a polymer having 1.6% to 1.9% cross-linking.
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H03K
| 9,647,664 |
2017-05-09
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1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: an output driver configured to output an internal signal to an external device, wherein the output driver comprises: a pad configured to couple with the external device; a pull-up driver having an end coupled to the pad; a first resistance element having an end coupled to the pull-up driver, and having the other end configured to receive a first source voltage; a pull-down driver having an end coupled to the pad; a second resistance element having an end coupled to the pull-down driver, and having the other end configured to receive a first ground voltage; and an input driver coupled to the pad, and configured to receive a signal transmitted from the external device.
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B23Q,Y10T
| 9,682,453 |
2017-06-20
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1. A tool changer for a machine tool, comprising: a spindle head supporting a spindle for rotation; a tool magazine provided with a plurality of grips configured to hold a tool on a periphery of the tool magazine; a magazine drive motor configured to turn the tool magazine about an indexing axis to index the tool; and a pivot pin about which the tool magazine pivots toward and away from the spindle head to set the tool magazine in a separated position and in a proximity position, respectively; wherein the tool magazine comprises a tool-magazine power transmission unit, the magazine drive motor comprises a magazine-drive-motor power transmission unit, the tool-magazine power transmission unit and the magazine-drive-motor power transmission unit are configured to engage with each other at all times between the proximity position and the separated position relative to the spindle head; the magazine drive motor is configured to be secured to an immovable portion of the machine tool, the magazine-drive-motor power transmission unit comprises a magazine-drive-motor-side gear secured to a shaft of the magazine drive motor, the tool-magazine power transmission unit comprises a tool-magazine-side gear secured to the tool magazine, said tool-magazine-side gear comprising a gear tooth surface meshing with the magazine-drive-motor-side gear, and a cross-section of the gear tooth surface of the tool-magazine-side gear taken along a plane containing the indexing axis of the tool magazine comprises a circular arc that constitutes a segment of an imaginary circle, wherein the pivot pin is located inside the imaginary circle.
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F23D,F23R
| 9,664,393 |
2017-05-30
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1. A burner (B) of a gas turbine extending along an axis (X) and comprising in axial order: a swirler section (SW), a mixing section (MX), an outlet section (OT), and a main combustion zone (CZ), wherein said swirler section (SW) comprises swirler vanes (SWV) made to swirl a stream of fuel (F) and oxygen containing gas (OCG) entering the swirler section (SW) in a circumferential direction, wherein said mixing section (MX) is configured to conduct a premix (MFOCG) of the fuel (F) and oxygen containing gas (OCG) to said outlet section (OT), wherein said outlet section (OT) is configured to discharge said premix (MFOCG) into said main combustion zone (CZ) expanding a flow of premix (MFOCG) from a smaller axial cross section of said mixing section (MX) to a larger cross section of said main combustion zone (CZ) which makes streamlines of said flow to diverge radially, wherein a surface of the outlet section (OT) facing the flow of said premix (MFOCG) is provided with first fuel nozzles (FN wherein said outlet section (OT) comprises an annular rim (R) protruding into said main combustion zone (CZ) comprising second fuel nozzles (FN wherein the outlet section (OT) further comprises one mutual channel for the first fuel nozzles (FN
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G10L,H04R
| 9,699,554 |
2017-07-04
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1. A method for audio processing in a communication device, comprising: based on the characteristics of a first acoustic signal, the first acoustic signal representing at least one captured sound and having a signal-to-noise ratio, automatically determining an adjusted signal-to-noise ratio; suppressing, using at least one hardware processor, a noise component of a second acoustic signal, the second acoustic signal representing at least one captured sound; and performing equalization on the noise-suppressed second acoustic signal based on the adjusted signal-to-noise ratio of the first acoustic signal.
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A63B,Y10T
| 9,623,293 |
2017-04-18
|
1. A golf club head having a hollow therein and a head volume of not less than 100 cc and less than 350 cc, and comprising a head main body and a substantially cup-shaped face member which are united with each other, wherein the face member integrally includes a face portion having a club face for hitting a ball, and a turnback extending backwardly of the head from a peripheral edge of the club face, an inner surface on the hollow side, of the face member is provided with a groove extending along the boundary of the turnback with the face portion, the face member is a press-formed part whose turnback is bent by press working, said groove is a sole-side groove extending along only a sole-side part of the boundary, and the sole-side groove extends in the toe-heel direction of the head by at least 5 mm toward the toe and toward the heel of the head from a position in the toe-heel direction corresponding to that of a sweet spot of the club face.
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G01B,G06F
| 9,542,355 |
2017-01-10
|
1. A method for measuring an object using a coordinate positioning apparatus comprising a platform, a measurement probe having a replaceable stylus, and a probe head for reorienting the measurement probe relative to the platform, the method comprising the steps of: (i) taking a first calibration data set for the coordinate positioning apparatus that comprises datum data for a plurality of orientations of the measurement probe, the first calibration data set defining a calibration of the coordinate positioning apparatus when the measurement probe comprises a first stylus, and the datum data including first datum data for a first nominal orientation of the measurement probe; (ii) replacing the first stylus of the measurement probe with a second stylus that is nominally identical to the first stylus; (iii) updating the first calibration data set to generate a second calibration data set that defines the calibration of the coordinate positioning apparatus when the measurement probe comprises the second stylus, the step (iii) comprising the steps of: (iv) using the coordinate positioning apparatus, with the second calibration data set, to measure an object.
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H04N
| 9,681,144 |
2017-06-13
|
1. A method for encoding a video bitstream, the method comprising: partitioning a picture in the video bitstream into a first portion and a second portion; generating a first slice header corresponding to the first portion of the picture in the video bitstream; generating a second slice header corresponding to the second portion of the picture in the video bitstream, wherein the second slice header is different than the first slice header and shares some slice attributes with the first slice header, and wherein the size of the second slice header is smaller than the size of the first slice header; setting a value of a flag corresponding to the first slice header to a first value to indicate that the first slice header is a regular slice header; setting a value of a flag corresponding to the second slice header to a second value to indicate that the second slice header is a partitioned slice header; encoding the first portion of the picture in the video bitstream to generate the first coded data using the first slice header; encoding the second portion of the picture in the video bitstream to generate the second coded data using the first portion of the picture, the first slice header and the second slice header; and entropy coding the first slice header, the second slice header, the first coded data, and the second coded data, wherein encoding the first portion of the picture comprises transforming a residual block in the first portion of the picture, and wherein the first value of the flag corresponding to the first slice header is 0.
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H01L
| 9,601,595 |
2017-03-21
|
1. A method for forming a multi-gate lateral-diffused-metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device having a centrally located LDMOS region and a peripherally located LDMOS region, comprising: providing a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure comprising a dielectric layer overlain by a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; forming a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer; forming the centrally located and the peripherally located LDMOS region substantially in or on the second semiconductor layer; forming a deep trench isolation (DTI) region in the first and second semiconductor layers, the DTI region extending to the dielectric layer and laterally bounding the peripherally located LDMOS region; forming a buried layer of a second, opposite conductivity type in the first semiconductor layer, the buried layer further laterally bounded by the DTI region; and wherein the buried layer is formed in the first semiconductor layer, and wherein the second semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown over the first semiconductor layer after the formation of the buried layer therein.
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B22F,B26B,B26D,B32B,C04B,C22C
| 9,718,197 |
2017-08-01
|
1. A composite knife, comprising: a middle layer of fibrous preform, a portion of said middle layer comprising a ceramic insert placed longitudinally at the periphery of said middle layer and being substantially coplanar with said fibrous preform, said ceramic insert including a top surface and a bottom surface, and an exposed cutting blade portion; a carrier structure to support said exposed cutting blade portion, said carrier structure comprising at least one top layer and at least one bottom layer of fibrous preform, said middle layer disposed between said at least one top layer and said at least one bottom layer and in contact thereto; a metallic material, said metallic material infiltrated within said middle layer said metallic material bonding said middle layer within said carrier structure, said metallic material bonding said top and bottom surfaces of said ceramic insert to said carrier structure, said metallic material extending outward to encapsulate said composite knife; and wherein said composite knife has a density of <4.7 gr/cc.
|
C07C,C08F,G03F,H01L
| 9,581,905 |
2017-02-28
|
1. A pattern-forming method comprising: applying a composition on an upper face side of a substrate to form a resist underlayer film; baking the resist underlayer film; forming a resist pattern on an upper face side of the resist underlayer film; and sequentially etching the resist underlayer film and a substrate using the resist pattern as a mask, wherein the composition comprises: a compound represented by formula (1); and a solvent, wherein in the formula (1), wherein in the formula (a),
|
G06F
| 9,535,806 |
2017-01-03
|
1. A computer-implemented method of providing user-defined failure detection and failover management, comprising executing, on at least one processor, the steps of: providing, by an active storage system, external storage to at least one application executing on a computer, the external storage provided to the application through a storage service provided by the active storage system to the computer over a network, the active storage system obtained by a customer from a storage system vendor, loading, into a memory of the computer detecting and processing a plurality of storage failure conditions by executing the user-defined storage system management functions and the vendor-defined storage system management functions on the computer to provide user-defined failure detection and failover management.
|
G10L
| 9,570,081 |
2017-02-14
|
1. A method comprising: providing a left audio channel signal and a right audio channel to an encoder, wherein the encoder is configured to determine a first encoded audio channel signal and a second encoded audio channel signal; combining, using a first audio codec of the encoder, at least one sub band component of the left audio channel signal with a respective sub band component of the right audio channel signal in order to determine a respective at least one sub band component of the first encoded audio channel signal and a respective at least one sub band component of the second encoded audio channel signal; providing, an audio codec indicator for the at least one sub band, wherein the audio codec indicator is indicative that the first audio codec is used for encoding the at least one sub band; selecting the first audio codec of the encoder; and bypassing the combining with the first audio codec, such that the first encoded audio channel signal is the left audio channel signal and the second encoded audio channel signal is the right audio channel signal, wherein the audio codec indicator provided for the at least one sub band indicates that the at least one sub band of the first and second encoded audio channel signal is determined based on combining a respective sub band component of the left audio channel signal with a respective sub band component of the right audio channel signal.
|
H04L,H04W
| 9,713,151 |
2017-07-18
|
1. A communication system comprising: a cellular communication network; and at least a communication device interacting with the cellular communication network; the cellular communication network comprising:
|
G01R,G06F
| 9,535,117 |
2017-01-03
|
1. An apparatus having an all-in-one port, the all-in-one port, comprising: a configuration channel; and a sideband channel, wherein the sideband channel is to default to a debug mode when the configuration channel is not communicatively coupled to an external device.
|
G11C
| 9,613,699 |
2017-04-04
|
1. A memory system comprising: a content addressable memory having an array of content addressable memory elements comprising a plurality of rows of content addressable elements and a plurality of columns of content addressable elements, wherein each of the array of the content addressable memory elements further comprising:
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H04N
| 9,549,180 |
2017-01-17
|
1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising: determining that a current prediction unit (PU) of a current view of video data is encoded using a motion vector, wherein the current PU is within a coding unit (CU); based on a determination that a neighboring PU to the current PU is also within the CU, retrieving a first set of motion information for a PU outside the CU and that neighbors the CU; based on a determination that the first set of the motion information for the PU outside the CU defines a disparity motion vector, adding a second set of motion information from a PU of a reference view to a candidate list for the current PU, wherein the PU of the reference view is determined using the disparity motion vector; selecting a motion vector predictor from the second set of motion information; and decoding the motion vector based on the motion vector predictor.
|
A61K,A61P,C07K
| 9,636,413 |
2017-05-02
|
1. A conjugate having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
|
G06F,G11C,H03M
| 9,576,620 |
2017-02-21
|
1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a register input selection circuit configured to receive input data of a serial type and output the input data as a first data set and a second data set of a parallel type, or receive register selection output signals and output the register selection output signals as the first and second data sets, in response to a shift control signal and a capture control signal; a first data register configured to receive and store the first data set and output stored data as first register output signals; a second data register configured to receive and store the first and second data sets and output stored data as second register output signals; a register output selection circuit configured to output ones of the first and second register output signals as the register selection output signals; and a data output selection circuit configured to serially output one of the first and second data sets as output data.
|
B62D
| 9,708,015 |
2017-07-18
|
1. A rear spoiler device for a vehicle equipped with at least one rear door, the rear spoiler device comprising: a lateral air direction element and a roof air direction element adjustable between a basic position and a travel position for contour extension and aerodynamic air direction with the at least one rear door closed; a link, the link having at least one first pivot joint for pivotably securing the link to the at least one rear door, the link being fitted for adjustment to the lateral air direction element via at least one second pivot joint; at least one locking device for locking the lateral air direction element to the link; and a coupling device for coupling an adjustment of the at least one locking device with an adjustment of the roof air direction element, wherein the at least one locking device is fitted to the link so as to be pivotable to lock with a front end region of the lateral air direction element, and wherein the at least one locking device includes at least two vertically spaced apart locking devices pivotably fitted to the link and coupled in a locking movement by a securing/coupling device.
|
G06K,G06T,H04N
| 9,659,380 |
2017-05-23
|
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: tracking position of at least one object in a plurality of video frames, the tracking comprising:
|
B81C,B82B,B82Y,C23C
| 9,574,263 |
2017-02-21
|
1. A soft-landing (SL) method for depositing or patterning one or more ions, ionized nanoclusters, metal-ligand complexes, polymers, biopolymers, or combinations thereof, for liquid crystal formation, for controlled deposition of lubricants into MEMS devices, and for preparing catalytic surfaces comprising the steps of: providing a SL instrument comprising a drift tube and a split-ring ion optic, wherein the SL instrument comprises: a four-way and reducing cross housing with one or more standard conflat (CF) flanges; a SL chamber housed in the four-way and reducing cross housing wherein the chamber comprises: an opening or a quartz view-port attached to the four-way and reducing cross, wherein a laser pulse or a radiation enters the chamber through the opening or the view-port; and a linear/rotational feed through line directly opposite the opening or the view-port, wherein the feed through line is inline with an incident radiation or pulse and may optionally be attached directly to the sample, a sample holder or the target; a drift tube comprising: one or more steel rings coupled by a series of vacuum resistors; one or more thread rods isolated by alumina spacers attached to two outer guard rings; and one or more sapphire sphere spacers placed in between the steel rings; two split rings placed at the two ends of the drift tube, wherein the split rings direct an ion cluster beam emanating from the drift tube; a rail system to hold and adjust a detector that monitors the ion beam and collects a drift tube spectra and the landing surface for depositing or patterning the one or more ions; and a quick door (CF) flange to remove or replace the detector, the landing surface, and the sample; ionizing a target, a sample, a composition, or any combinations thereof comprising at least one component capable of generating one or more ions by laser ablation in the SL instrument; separating and thermalizing the one or more ions in the drift tube of the SL instrument by collision with a high pressure inert bath gas or a gas mixture contained in the drift tube; directing the thermalized ions using the split-ring ion optic from the drift tube to a detector or to a landing surface; and soft-landing the ions on the landing surface.
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H01L
| 9,705,029 |
2017-07-11
|
1. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising: providing a first substrate; providing a semiconductor stack on the first substrate, the semiconductor stack comprising a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the light-emitting layer, wherein the semiconductor stack is patterned and comprises a plurality of blocks of semiconductor stack separated from each other, and wherein the plurality of blocks of semiconductor stack comprise a first block of semiconductor stack and a second block of semiconductor stack; performing a separating step to separate the first block of semiconductor stack from the first substrate, and the second block of semiconductor stack remained on the first substrate; providing a permanent substrate comprising a cavity having a first surface which exposes an inner area of the permanent substrate, a second surface, which is non-coplanar with the first surface of the cavity, and a third block of semiconductor stack on the first surface; and bonding one of the first block of semiconductor stack and the second block of semiconductor stack to the second surface.
|
H02M,Y02B,Y02P
| 9,608,513 |
2017-03-28
|
1. A method of improving load transient response in an inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) converter, said method comprising: providing a transformer that includes a primary side for receiving voltage output by a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, a secondary side for generating output voltage, and an isolation barrier that isolates the primary and secondary sides, the primary side including a resonant capacitor coupled thereto; coupling a current sensing circuit to the resonant capacitor on the primary side of the LLC converter; indirectly sensing, by the current sensing circuit, load current across the resonant capacitor on the primary side of the LLC converter; automatically transmitting, by the current sensing circuit, the sensed load current to a boost controller before output voltage of the LLC converter begins to sag upon sensing a change in the load current; and increasing, by the boost controller, a setpoint voltage for the PFC circuit output based solely on the indirectly sensed load current to operate the LLC converter at approximately a resonant frequency of the LLC converter.
|
H01R,H02K
| 9,543,672 |
2017-01-10
|
1. A terminal block device comprising: a terminal block body made of an insulating material; a cover that is made of an insulating material and covers the terminal block body; a shaft member that is held by the terminal block body to engage a terminal of a first wire and a terminal of a second wire; a cylindrical relay terminal through which the shaft member is inserted and which is inserted through the cover; and a fastening member that is mounted on the shaft member to fasten the terminal of the first wire and the terminal of the second wire to the relay terminal, wherein the relay terminal includes a first seat surface that is contactable with the terminal of the first wire between the terminal block body and the cover and a second seat surface that is contactable with the terminal of the second wire outside the cover.
|
G06K,G08B,G09F,Y10T
| 9,704,092 |
2017-07-11
|
1. A security sealing device comprising a sealing element, an integrated circuit and an antenna connected to said integrated circuit, said integrated circuit and said antenna forming a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) circuit, wherein the device comprises a housing containing said integrated circuit and a portion of the antenna forming a partial antenna, that said sealing element is conductive and is connected to said partial antenna and forming a part of said antenna and that at least a part of said sealing element extends outside of said housing, wherein said partial antenna is made of a conductive path with two free ends forming respectively a first and a second connecting point, said sealing element furthermore comprising a first and a second end, each of said first and second end being adapted to be directly or indirectly connected to one respective connecting point.
|
G06F
| 9,710,192 |
2017-07-18
|
1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory array; a buffer coupled to the memory array and configured to store data to the memory array; and a memory control unit coupled to the array and the buffer, the memory control unit configured to cause the buffer to store the data responsive, at least in part, to a first write command, the memory control unit further configured to cause the data to be stored in the memory array responsive, at least in part, to a flush command, the memory control unit further configured to interrupt the flush command to prepare for a read command or a second write command and resume the flush command once the read command or the second write command is performed.
|
F24D,F24F,G05D,Y02B
| 9,702,569 |
2017-07-11
|
1. Method for the temperature control of a component, for which a temperature-control system ( 1 ) is provided, which comprises: a) a temperature-control device ( b) at least two, i.e. (n≧2) temperature-control assemblies ( c) a controller ( wherein the temperature-control method is characterised in that: i) no feed temperature sensors being used; ii) a TARGET temperature ( iii) an initial temperature window ( iv) the controller (
|
H01L
| 9,691,855 |
2017-06-27
|
1. An apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor structure that includes:
|
G01S,H04W
| 9,596,575 |
2017-03-14
|
1. A method for traffic density estimation and user localization, the method comprising: sending, from a network component, a request to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) to participate in reporting training data, the training data including location and/or fingerprint data; receiving, from at least a portion of the plurality of UEs, a plurality of reports for training data including no-satellite-lock reports and the training data from the at least the portion of the plurality of UEs, wherein the no-satellite-lock reports indicate indoor UEs among the at least the portion of the plurality of UEs; discarding at least some of the training data that includes a noise level higher than a pre-determined threshold; associating, by the network component, the indoor UEs with corresponding buildings in a service area of the network component in accordance with the training data and the no-satellite-lock report to produce building associations; building a radio map in accordance with the training data and the no-satellite-lock report to produce a non-uniform bin grid; and using a soft decision approach for performing traffic density estimation, without performing hard localization, in accordance with the radio map, the non-uniform bin grid, and the building associations.
|
A01N
| 9,578,875 |
2017-02-28
|
1. A fungicidal composition comprising cyazofamid and an organic base selected from the group consisting of Hexamethylene tetramine.
|
A47C,B60N
| 9,693,633 |
2017-07-04
|
1. An adjustment system for adjusting a position of a first component of a seat with respect to a second component of the seat, comprising: a set of bearing elements providing reduced frictional contact between the first and second components, being arranged on boundaries between the first and second components; an adjustment mechanism configured such that the set of bearing elements applies a substantially evenly distributed frictional contact between the first and second components, the adjustment mechanism comprising: a locking assembly for locking the position of the first component with respect to the second component, wherein:
|
A61K,A61P,C07C
| 9,668,988 |
2017-06-06
|
1. A method of treating multiple sclerosis comprising the administration, to a patient in need thereof, of an enterically-coated, delayed-release oral pharmaceutical dosage form comprising methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG).
|
A47L
| 9,549,650 |
2017-01-24
|
1. A cleaning appliance comprising a cyclonic separating apparatus for separating dust from an airflow, the cyclonic separating apparatus having at least one cyclone, a support structure housing a motor and fan assembly for creating an airflow through the separating apparatus, the cyclonic separating apparatus comprising a duct which directs air from the at least one cyclone towards the support structure, the support structure or duct comprising at least one mesh screen through which air from the cyclonic separating apparatus must pass before reaching the motor and fan assembly, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus comprises a cleaner located in the duct that is configured to sweep or wipe the at least one mesh screen.
|
B06B,E21B,G01V
| 9,534,492 |
2017-01-03
|
1. An apparatus for interrogating a subsurface material, the apparatus comprising: a carrier configured to be conveyed through a borehole penetrating the earth; an array of acoustic transducers disposed on the carrier and configured to be compensated for ambient pressure in the borehole; and electronics coupled to the array and configured to operate the array to interrogate the subsurface material, wherein each acoustic transducer in the array comprises: a substrate; a bottom electrode disposed on the substrate; a top electrode disposed above the bottom electrode, an insulation layer disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode and defining a cavity into which the top electrode may deflect; and a pressure compensating fluid disposed in the cavity and in pressure communication with ambient pressure of the array.
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G01N,G02F,G06N,H01J,H01S
| 9,645,417 |
2017-05-09
|
1. A preparation cell system, comprising: a laser coupled to a fiber bundle comprising a plurality of fibers, wherein the fiber bundle separates the plurality of fibers that are utilized for a plurality of ion traps; a preparation cell to prepare a state of laser light of each fiber of the fiber bundle, wherein the state of laser light is prepared is prepared for each fiber by at least one of setting a frequency, setting a polarization, or shuttering the laser light passing through each of the separated fibers; and an exiting fiber bundle coupled to the preparation cell.
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H04L
| 9,749,343 |
2017-08-29
|
1. A security system, comprising: a computer system; a memory accessible to the computer system; a data store comprising a cyber threat intent dictionary and a technology dictionary; an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the computer system: a computer system interface to provide the report and the cyber threat progression vectors.
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B60J,B60K,B60R,G06F,G06K,H04N
| 9,712,741 |
2017-07-18
|
1. An automotive visualization system comprising: a plurality of cameras; a display apparatus comprising a display screen, wherein said display apparatus is mounted on or configured to be mounted on a vehicle sun visor such that when said sun visor is deployed, the display screen of said display apparatus faces toward a user of the sun visor; a computer processor; non-volatile computer memory storing computer instructions configured to:
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H04L,H04N
| 9,537,779 |
2017-01-03
|
1. A method by a network component for real-time traffic delivery, the method comprising: detecting, at a radio node, a frame of a real-time traffic flow; upon determining that a transmission deadline associated with a rate for the real-time traffic flow does not support a size of the frame, setting an extended transmission deadline associated with the rate for the real-time traffic flow to be at least twice a length of the transmission deadline; and scheduling for forwarding the frame and a next frame within the extended transmission deadline.
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B22D,C01B,C30B
| 9,617,160 |
2017-04-11
|
1. A method, comprising: pouring molten silicon into a mold; forming a solid layer of silicon on a top surface of the silicon, and placing flux material on the solid layer; placing a top heater over the mold to melt the solid layer of silicon, wherein the flux material remains floating on the molten silicon; directionally solidifying the molten silicon, from a bottom of the mold towards the top surface of the silicon; and reacting the flux with impurities at the interface between the top surface of the silicon and the flux.
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B60T,F02B,F02M,F16K,Y02T
| 9,732,871 |
2017-08-15
|
1. A valve assembly, comprising: an evacuator having a suction port that selectively applies a vacuum; a variable relief valve having at least an open position and a closed position, the variable relief valve comprising: a vent valve fluidly connected to the pressurized chamber, wherein the vent valve varies an amount of vacuum in the pressurized chamber to control a position of the piston within the pressurized chamber.
|
E04D
| 9,540,823 |
2017-01-10
|
1. A vent system including a plurality of vent panels, each vent panel comprising: a body having first and second inclined sidewalls and first and second end walls, wherein each of the first and second end walls includes a first set of lateral vents and a second set of lateral vents, wherein the first set of lateral vents is disposed at a first angle relative to the first end wall and a second set of lateral vents is disposed at a second angle relative to the second end wall, wherein the first and second sets of lateral vents are at least partially co-planar with the respective first and second end walls; a first arcuate vented portion extending from an outer edge of the top surface of the body to a top edge of the first inclined sidewall; a second arcuate vented portion extending from another outer edge of the top surface of the body to a top edge of the second inclined sidewall, wherein the first and second arcuate vented portions each include laterally-extending vent supports that define a plurality of vent openings that support the flow of air therethrough; a plurality of flexure vanes disposed on each of the first and second inclined sidewalls, wherein a flexure channel is disposed adjacent to each of the plurality of flexure vanes that allow for some flexure of the vent panel; a plurality of primary buttresses disposed in a parallel arrangement on an underside of the plurality of vent panels, wherein each of the plurality of primary buttresses is disposed substantially normal to the body; a plurality of secondary buttresses disposed parallel to the plurality of primary buttresses on the underside of the plurality of vent panels, the primary and secondary buttresses disposed in an alternating arrangement to provide increased flexibility to the first and second arcuate vented portions and the plurality of flexure vanes, wherein the secondary buttresses are linear members positioned solely within the body portion and are free of engagement with the first and second arcuate vented portions; and a plurality of weep holes disposed on each of the first and second inclined sidewalls.
|
C03C,C08J,C08K,C09D,F03D,Y02E
| 9,708,460 |
2017-07-18
|
1. A composite material comprising a resin or a rubber and an oxide glass, wherein the resin or the rubber is dispersed in the oxide glass, or the oxide glass is dispersed in the resin or the rubber; the oxide glass contains Ag and at least two of Te, P, and V; the oxide glass is a lead-free glass; the temperature difference between the softening point of the oxide glass and the glass transition point of the resin or the rubber is within 100° when the resin or rubber comprises an amorphous portion and not a crystalline portion; the temperature difference between the softening point of the oxide glass and the melting point of the resin or the rubber is within 100° C. when the resin or the rubber comprises a crystalline portion; and the resin comprises one of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl acetate, ABS resin, AS resin, polyacetal resin, polyimide, polycarbonate, modified polypheylene ether (PPE), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyarylate, polysulfone, polyphenvlene sulfide, polyether ether ketone, polyimide resin, fluoro resin, polyamideimide, polyether ether ketone, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, polyester, and polyvinyl ester.
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A61K,A61P,C07F,C07H,Y02A
| 9,566,290 |
2017-02-14
|
1. A method of treating a human having onychomycosis of a toenail caused by Trichophyton rubrum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes , the method comprising: topically administering to the toenail a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of 1,3-dihydro-5-fluoro-1-hydroxy-2,1-benzoxaborole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, effective to inhibit an aminoacyl tRNA synthetase in the
|
H05K,Y10T
| 9,668,393 |
2017-05-30
|
1. A substrate fixing apparatus comprising: a back-up member located between a pair of conveying members arranged at a distance from each other and below a film-like substrate conveyed along a conveyance path, the film-like substrate being supported from below by the pair of conveying members; and a substrate pressing member, an elevation driver moving at least one of the back-up member and the substrate pressing member upward and downward, the elevation driver elevating the back-up member and/or lowering the substrate pressing member, thereby separating the film-like substrate from the pair of conveying members while supporting the film-like substrate from below by the back-up member and pressing a surface of an outer peripheral part of the film-like substrate downward by the substrate pressing member to correct warpage of the outer peripheral part of the substrate.
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H04N
| 9,578,223 |
2017-02-21
|
1. A method of capturing an image with an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels, comprising: providing a first well capacity via a first light sensing element of a pixel of the plurality of pixels; providing a second well capacity via a second light sensing element of the pixel of the plurality of pixels, wherein the second well capacity is greater than the first well capacity; determining a first integration time for the first light sensing element of the pixel; and determining a second integration time for the second light sensing element of the pixel, where the second integration time is different than the first integration time; and sharing one or more transistors between the first light sensing element and the second light sensing element of each pixel, the shared one or more transistors being integrated within the pixel comprising the first light sensing element and the second light sensing element.
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B01D,G01N
| 9,744,497 |
2017-08-29
|
1. A denuding apparatus comprising: a duct configured to receive a denuding gas flow; a solid denuding surface positioned at least partially within the duct and configured to concentrate a gas-phase species from the denuding gas flow on the denuding surface; a drive system connected to the solid denuding surface, the drive system being configured to move the solid denuding surface relative to the duct while the solid denuding surface is concentrating the gas-phase species from the denuding gas flow on the denuding surface; and a sensor configured to sense quantities of the gas-phase species concentrated on the denuding surface while the drive system moves the solid denuding surface relative to the duct and while the solid denuding surface is concentrating the gas-phase species from the denuding gas flow on the denuding surface.
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G02B,G02F
| 9,684,194 |
2017-06-20
|
1. A method of fabricating an electro-optic device, comprising: on a substrate forming a first structure comprising a first insulating layer, a first layer, a second layer, and a light carrying layer, wherein the light carrying layer is deposited or grown atop the first insulating layer, and the first layer and the second layer are subsequently deposited or grown atop the first insulating layer; depositing or growing a second insulating layer atop the first structure, and depositing one or more first masks atop the second insulating layer; doping the first and the second layers through a window created by the one or more first masks; wherein the first layer is doped with a first dopant and the second layer is doped with a second dopant; wherein the first dopant and the second dopant are of an opposite type, thus forming a p-n junction between the first layer and the second layer; etching the first mask, and then depositing or growing a third insulating layer thus thickening the second insulating layer; etching two portions of the second insulating layer entirely through the second insulating layer and further partially through the first layer, thus creating a first channel and a second channel; depositing a second mask over the second channel; doping the first channel, abutting a region formed by the second insulating layer and the second mask, with the first and the second dopants; wherein the first dopants are directed perpendicular relative to a top plane of the device and wherein the second dopants are directed at a non-zero angle relative to the first dopants; depositing a third mask in the first channel, and then doping the second channel, abutting a mask formed by the second insulating layer and the third mask, with the second dopants in two cycles, the first cycle comprising the second dopant being directed perpendicular relative to the top plane of the device, and the second cycle comprising the second dopant being directed at an non-zero angle relative to a direction of said first cycle; depositing a fourth mask in at least the second channel, and increasing a doping concentration of the first layer abutting said portion of the first channel by doping the first channel with an increased concentration of the first dopants through said window created by the fourth mask; depositing a fifth mask in at least the first channel, and increasing a doping concentration of the second region abutting said portion of the second channel by doping the second channel with an increased concentration of the second dopants through said window created by the fifth mask; depositing one or more additional insulating layers, and then re-etching the first channel and the second channel; depositing a first contact layer and a second contact layer into the first and the second channels, respectively; depositing electrical contacts atop said first and second contact layers; forming a waveguide rib, said waveguide rib projecting from the light carrying layer, said waveguide rib guiding optical signals propagating through the device; wherein the light carrying layer, the first and the second contact layers, and the first and the second layers form a light carrying stratum; and wherein the p-n junction comprises at least three portions of an n-type layer, the first portion of the n-type layer being on a top surface of a p-type layer, a second portion of the n-type layer being connected to the first portion of the n-type layer, the second portion of the n-type layer being disposed on a first side of the p-type layer, the second portion of the n-type layer contacting a first side of the p-type layer, the second portion of the n-type layer extending below the top surface of the p-type layer, and the third portion of the n-type layer being disposed on a second side, opposite the first side, of the p-type layer, the third portion of the n-type layer extending below the top surface of the p-type layer, the third portion of the n-type layer contacting the second side of the p-type layer, the third portion of the n-type layer further extending into the waveguide rib and contacting the first insulating layer.
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G10L,H03G,H04N,H04R,H04S
| 9,691,408 |
2017-06-27
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1. A system for processing audio data comprising: a plurality of gain adjustment devices, each gain adjustment device having an associated audio input frequency band; a plurality of control signal processing systems, each control signal processing system configured to receive audio input data for one of the associated audio input frequency bands and to generate a gain adjustment device control signal; a clipping system configured to receive the audio input data and to generate a clipped audio input signal; a high pass filter coupled to the clipping system and configured to receive the clipped audio input signal and to generate high-pass filtered clipped audio data; a scaler multiplier coupled to the high pass filter and configured to multiply the high-pass filtered clipped audio data by a predetermined value; and a table coupled to the scaler multiplier and configured to receive a difference signal and to select the predetermined value as a function of the difference signal, wherein the gain adjustment device control signal is configured to decrease a gain setting of an associated gain adjustment device for a predetermined period of time as a function of a transient in the associated audio input frequency band.
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F04B,F16H
| 9,618,107 |
2017-04-11
|
1. A pump unit comprising: a drive having a drive motor; a toothed gearing, wherein the toothed gearing has a toothed wheel comprising teeth and a rotational axis; a pump cam and a pump positive-displacement body, wherein each tooth comprises: wherein the toothed wheel having the first and second sections of the teeth rotationally drives the pump cam to move the pump positive-displacement body, the first section of each tooth being separated from the first section of the adjoining teeth by slits, wherein the teeth of the first section are configured as resilient tongues, each of the teeth of the first section being independently movable radially inward with respect to the rotational axis, wherein the first section is movable in a radial direction, the first section extending in an axial direction from the second section, the slits extending parallel to the axial direction, the first section extending in the radial direction beyond an outer circumference of the second section; and wherein the respective teeth are configured such that that the first section of each tooth radially protrudes relative to the adjacent second section of the tooth, the first section having a first section tip diameter, the second section having a second section tip diameter, wherein the second section tip diameter is less than the first section tip diameter.
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H04L,H04W
| 9,729,618 |
2017-08-08
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1. A method for monitoring a building management system, comprising: monitoring a plurality of attributes of a building; wherein the plurality of attributes of the building comprise: monitoring a plurality of operator activities performed by an operator; analyzing how the plurality of operator activities are related to the plurality of attributes; indicating how the plurality of operator activities changes the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of attributes based on at least one of the plurality of operator activities, and wherein the recommendation is based on a deviation of at least one of the plurality of attributes and at least one of the plurality of operator activities; and publishing the plurality of operator activities, the plurality of attributes of the building, the analysis, and the indication.
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G03B,G03H,H04N
| 9,661,300 |
2017-05-23
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1. A dynamic stereo and holographic display, comprising: an image acquisition lattice, an encoder, a display panel, and a light shielding matrix; wherein the image acquisition lattice comprises a plurality of acquisition points arranged in an array, and the image acquisition lattice acquires an image at each acquisition point; the image acquired by the image acquisition lattice at each acquisition point is provided by the encoder to the display panel for display, wherein the image acquired at each acquisition point is provided to a block corresponding to said acquisition point of the display panel for display; a corresponding image is displayed in each block on the display panel; and the light shielding matrix is disposed in front of the display panel, wherein emission of light in a specified block on the display panel is restricted by the light shielding matrix under the control of the encoder, wherein the light shielding matrix is a lattice panel having a light shielding state and a light transmission state.
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A47L,B01D
| 9,554,688 |
2017-01-31
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1. A method of cleaning a rotating filter located within a liquid circuit of a household appliance such that liquid flows through the rotating filter to effect a filtering of the liquid, the method comprising: passing of liquid through the liquid circuit of the household appliance; rotating the filter during the passing of the liquid; and scouring the rotating filter by introducing a granular agent into the liquid circuit during the passing of the liquid and the rotating of the filter such that the granular agent becomes entrained within the passing liquid and is carried by the passing liquid into contact with the rotating filter and where the granular agent is maintained adjacent the rotating filter during the scouring.
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H04W
| 9,596,659 |
2017-03-14
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1. A multi-radio device comprising: a cellular controller to control communication of a cellular radio; and a Bluetooth (BT) controller to control a transmission power of a BT radio according to a first power level, said BT controller is to receive from said cellular controller an indication of a cellular downlink period, and, during said cellular downlink period, to restrict a transmission power of at least one BT discovery packet to no more than a second power level, which is less than said first power level, wherein said cellular controller is to determine said second power level, and to send to said BT controller an indication of said second power level.
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B08B,B23K,F24F
| 9,604,266 |
2017-03-28
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1. An extractor system comprising: a single blower having an inlet and an outlet; a motor configured to drive the blower; a positive pressure conduit fluidly coupled to the outlet of the blower and configured to convey a positive pressure gas stream towards a work area; a negative pressure conduit fluidly coupled to the inlet of the blower and configured to convey a negative pressure gas stream from the work area, wherein the positive pressure conduit and the negative pressure conduit are disposed concentrically, comprising an arm; a manifold coupled to the positive pressure conduit and to the negative pressure conduit, wherein the manifold is configured to permit rotation of the arm while channeling the positive and negative pressure gas streams, wherein the manifold comprises: a hood coupled to receive the positive pressure gas stream and to direct the positive pressure gas stream into a region around the work area and to draw airborne components from the work area into the negative pressure gas stream.
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B60R,F16B,G06F,Y10T
| 9,557,768 |
2017-01-31
|
1. A shock absorbing device for essentially isotropic resiliency, comprising: an upper part comprising an interface orifice and at least one upper attachment element that is disposed at a top surface of said upper part, wherein a central axis of said interface orifice is in a horizontal Y direction; at least one lower part, each comprising: a hinge secured to said hinge securing element, wherein said hinge is substantially coaxial with said interface orifice and said hinge securing element; and a flexible interface element comprising: wherein said flexible interface element is positioned within said interface orifice to flexibly couple said upper part to said at least one lower part with essentially isotropic resiliency.
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H01L
| 9,620,369 |
2017-04-11
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1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: providing a dummy gate with a poly-silicon gate electrode and a passive device having a poly-silicon element layer, wherein a top surface of the poly-silicon gate electrode and a top surface of the poly-silicon element layer are coplanar; forming a first spacer on sidewalls of two opposite sides of the dummy gate; forming a second spacer on sidewalls of two opposite sides of the passive device; after forming the first spacer and the second spacer, forming a hard mask layer conformally on the first spacer, the second spacer, the dummy gate and the passive device; performing a first etching process to remove a portion of the hard mask layer and a portion of the poly-silicon element layer to form a recess in the passive device exposing a remaining portion of the poly-silicon element layer; forming an inner layer dielectric (ILD) on the dummy gate and the poly-silicon element layer; flattening the ILD by using the hard mask layer as a polish stop layer; performing a second etching process to remove the poly-silicon gate electrode; and forming a metal gate electrode on the location where the poly-silicon gate electrode was initially disposed.
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H01L
| 9,620,515 |
2017-04-11
|
1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a semiconductor pillar extending in a first direction in a first region; a first electrode film provided on a second direction side of the semiconductor pillar and extending in a third direction in the first region and in a second region adjacent to the first region in the third direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, the third direction being different from the first direction and the second direction; a second electrode film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first electrode film in the first region; a first insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the second electrode film; a second insulating film provided between the second electrode film and the first electrode film; a third insulating film provided between the second insulating film and the first electrode film; a fourth insulating film provided between the third insulating film and the first electrode film; and a contact provided in the second region and connected to the first electrode film, a film thickness in the first direction of the first electrode film in the first region being smaller than a film thickness in the first direction of the first electrode film in the second region.
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G06F
| 9,747,365 |
2017-08-29
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1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a search query from a remote device, wherein the search query includes one or more query terms; generating, by the processing device, a collection of one or more analyzed tokens based on the search query, wherein the collection of one or more analyzed tokens indicates at least a subset of the one or more query terms; analyzing, by the processing device, the collection of one or more analyzed tokens with a plurality of different parsers, wherein: generating, by the processing device, a retrieval query based on the parsed queries output by the plurality of different parsers, wherein: identifying, by the processing device, a consideration set of records based on the plurality of retrieval leaf nodes, wherein each record of the consideration set of records includes state data related to at least one of (i) a function of a corresponding application and (ii) a state of the corresponding application resulting from performing the function; determining, by the processing device, for each record in the consideration set of records, a result score for the record, wherein the result score for the record is determined based on a matching between the retrieval leaf node and the state data of the record; generating, by the processing device, search results based on a subset of the consideration set of records, wherein the subset is selected based on the result scores of the consideration set of records; and providing, by the processing device, the search results to the remote device.
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G06F,G06K,H04N
| 9,544,621 |
2017-01-10
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer system from a first device, a request to identify a video; receiving, by the computer system from the first device, a video stream captured by the first device, the video stream capturing a second device displaying the video; identifying, by the computer system from the video stream, a plurality of candidate edges, the plurality of candidate edges including more than four edges; responsive to identifying the plurality of candidate edges, selecting, by the computer system from the plurality of candidate edges, four edges enclosing a display area in the video stream corresponding to the second device, each of the four edges selected based on brightness levels of a plurality of pixels corresponding to the edge; creating, by the computer system, a fingerprint for the video based on content included in the display area; identifying, by the computer system, video information based on the created fingerprint; and transmitting, by the computer system to the first device, instructions to display the video information.
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B63B
| 9,630,688 |
2017-04-25
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1. A lateral flex sports board comprising: an elongated load supporting board having a top surface, wherein the elongated load supporting board comprises a lateral flex portion, wherein the lateral flex portion flexes laterally within a plane of the top surface, and wherein the elongated load supporting board further comprises a backbone, wherein the backbone comprises the lateral flex portion, wherein the elongated load supporting board further comprises at least one slot on each side of the lateral flex portion.
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G09G,G11C,H03K
| 9,729,146 |
2017-08-08
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1. A gate driving circuit, comprising: first through (N)th stages connected to each other, the first through (N)th stages being configured to output first through (N)th gate output signals, respectively, where N is an integer greater than 1, wherein an (M)th stage of the first through (N)th stages, where M is an integer which is larger than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to N, comprises: a pull-up control part configured to apply a second node signal applied to a second node to a first node and to generate a first node signal of the first node in response to the second node signal, the second node being provided with a carry signal of an (M−1)th stage or a vertical start signal; a pull-up part configured to output a clock signal as an (M)th gate output signal in response to the first node signal; a carry holding part configured to apply the (M)th gate output signal to the second node in response to the (M)th gate output signal; a carry part configured to output the clock signal as an (M)th carry signal in response to the first node signal; and a first pull-down part configured to pull down the (M)th gate output signal to a first off voltage in response to a carry signal of an (M+1)th stage, wherein the carry holding part includes a carry holding transistor and the carry holding transistor includes a control electrode to which the (M)th gate output signal is applied, an input electrode to which the (M)th gate output signal is applied, and an output electrode connected to the second node, wherein the pull-up control part includes a first pull-up control transistor and a second pull-up control transistor that are connected to each other in series, wherein an output electrode of the first pull-up control transistor is exclusively connected to an input electrode of the second pull-up control transistor, and wherein a control electrode of the first pull-up control transistor and a control electrode of the second pull-up control transistor are configured to receive the (M)th gate output signal from the carry holding part.
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G06F
| 9,542,021 |
2017-01-10
|
1. A substrate for a touch screen sensor, comprising: a plurality of sensing units, each of the sensing units including electrodes that are connected to each other in a pattern on one side of a base; sensing connecting units, each of the sensing connecting units including electrodes that are connected to each other in a pattern that is the same as the pattern of the sensing units, each of the sensing connecting units connecting adjacent sensing units; a plurality of dummy units, each of the dummy units being disposed adjacent to corresponding sensing units and including electrodes that are connected to each other in a pattern that is the same as or similar to the pattern of the sensing units; and a black layer configured to reduce visibility of the sensing units, the dummy units, and the sensing connecting units, wherein the pattern of a corresponding one of the sensing units is disconnected on a boundary between the corresponding one of the sensing units and an adjacent dummy unit such that the pattern has an edge that corresponds to the boundary and is opened.
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B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,C08J
| 9,662,811 |
2017-05-30
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1. A method comprising: providing a composite material comprising tubes comprising pressure activated resin; forming the composite material such that the resin within the tubes begins to cure; holding the composite material in a formed state; removing the composite material from the formed state; and curing the composite material.
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E06B
| 9,598,895 |
2017-03-21
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1. A door sealing system comprising: an outer housing, a door seal partially disposed within the outer housing, the door seal comprising a sealing element, the sealing element having a sealing position for sealing between one of a lower side and an upper side of a building door wing and a respective one of a floor and a ceiling, and an air duct which, when the sealing element is in the sealing position, permits air to circulate from a first longitudinal side of the door seal to a second longitudinal side of the door seal, the second longitudinal side being opposite to the first longitudinal side, wherein the air duct runs along at least a part of the first longitudinal side and at least a part of the second longitudinal side, and wherein at least one fan is disposed in the air duct to move air through the air duct from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side when the sealing element is in the sealing position, wherein the at least one fan is disposed in the outer housing between a top wall of the door seal and a top wall of the outer housing and between side walls of the outer housing, and wherein the at least one fan includes an arcuate flow duct with an inlet on the first longitudinal side of the door seal and an outlet on the second longitudinal side of the door seal.
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H04L,H04W,Y02D
| 9,596,190 |
2017-03-14
|
1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; a first interface to communicate with end-points operationally connected to the apparatus, the end-points comprising one or more resources, the first interface being configured to receive from an end-point a registration comprising information on the address and the resources of the node, and whether the end-point is non-continuously available; a second interface for receiving requests regarding the resources and for responding to the requests; a first component for storing: a second component for: wherein the first component and the second component are storable in the memory and executable by the processor.
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B41J,H01L
| 9,707,758 |
2017-07-18
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1. A micro-fluid ejection head for use in a micro-fluid ejection device, comprising: an ejection chip that expels fluid toward a print media, the ejection chip comprising a fluid feed slot; and a laminate construct that supports the ejection chip, the laminate construct comprising:
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F02C,G05B,H02P
| 9,709,979 |
2017-07-18
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1. A method of monitoring an actuator system comprising a control device, a torque motor having a voltage Umc across terminals of the torque motor and actuating a servo-valve, and an actuator controlled by the servo-valve, the control device being suitable for delivering to the torque motor a control current Icmd as a function of a current setpoint I_c and of a measured current Imes, the monitoring method comprising: comparing, using the control device, the control current Icmd with a predetermined threshold current Iinhib; inhibiting any signaling of a servo-valve failure, only when the control current Icmd is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold current Iinhib; comparing, using the control device, the voltage Umc measured across the terminals of the torque motor with a predetermined threshold voltage Vthresh, only when the control current Icmd is greater than the predetermined threshold current Iinhib; and raising an alarm and indicating a failure of the servo-valve, only when the voltage Umc measured across the terminals of the torque motor is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold voltage Vthresh, wherein the predetermined threshold current is determined using the following formula: with Zmin being a minimum impedance of the torque motor, and dUmc and dIcmd being inaccuracies in the respective measurements of the voltage Umc across the terminals of the torque motor and the current Icmd.
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A01B,A01C
| 9,585,302 |
2017-03-07
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1. A row unit for an agricultural implement comprising: at least one closing disc configured to move soil into a trench; a coupling configured to support the at least one closing disc; a first arm having a first end coupled to a center portion of the coupling and a second end configured to rotatably couple to a support structure of the row unit; and a second arm having a first end rotatably coupled to an outer portion of the coupling and a second end configured to rotatably couple to the support structure of the row unit, wherein the outer portion of the coupling includes a bracket having a plurality of openings, and each opening of the plurality of openings is configured to receive an attachment element to rotatably couple the first end of the second arm to the bracket, wherein the outer portion of the coupling is rotatable relative to the center portion of the coupling, and rotation of the outer portion relative to the center portion drives a rotational axis of the at least one closing disc to revolve about a longitudinal axis of the center portion to enable the at least one closing disc to maintain a desired toe angle relative to a direction of travel or a desired camber angle relative to a surface of the soil as the row unit travels across a field.
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F21V,F21Y,H05B
| 9,615,414 |
2017-04-04
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1. A power supply device comprising: a first case that houses: a second case that houses: the component being electrically connected to a power supply included in the first case via the signal input, the power supply comprises the second case has a box shape having an open surface, the second case includes a pair of side walls and a pair of fitting portions provided on the pair of side walls, into which respective peripheral portions of the print wiring board inserted from the open surface are fitted, and the second case is mounted to the first case to overlap and close the open surface of the second case by the first case, the first mounting mechanism is provided on first portions of the pair of side walls, the pair of side walls are configured to provide a gap between the first portions of the pair of side walls in the parallel direction of the print wiring board that is smaller than a gap provided between second portions of the pair of side walls provided on the pair of fitting portions, a step structure is provided at a portion of each of the side walls disposed between the fitting portion and the first mounting mechanism, and the pair of side walls are configured such that gaps are formed between the first portions, which are provided on the first mounting mechanism, and the second portions, which are provided on the fitting portion, by the step structures.
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G06F,G11C
| 9,594,690 |
2017-03-14
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1. An apparatus for providing configuration data to an integrated circuit, the apparatus comprising: a device programmer, coupled to a semiconductor fuse array disposed on a die, configured to program said semiconductor fuse array with compressed configuration data for a plurality of cores disposed on said die; and a stores, coupled to said plurality of cores, said stores comprising a plurality of sub-stores that each correspond to each of said plurality of cores, wherein one of said plurality of cores is configured to access said semiconductor fuse array upon power-up/reset to read and decompress said compressed configuration data, and to store a plurality of decompressed configuration data sets for one or more cache memories within said each of said plurality of cores in said plurality of sub-stores, and wherein, following a power gating event, one of said each of said plurality of cores subsequently accesses a corresponding one of said each of said plurality of sub-stores to retrieve and employ said decompressed configuration data sets to initialize said one or more caches.
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