Patents Assigned to Solutions
  • Patent number: 9591150
    Abstract: A pull printing system according to one aspect of the disclosure includes a server computer, a manager image forming apparatus, and a client image forming apparatus. The manager image forming apparatus includes a manager-side print execution unit that executes a print job received to a first port number, a job management unit that manages the print job received to a second port number different from the first port number in association with the user, and a job transmitting unit. The job transmitting unit transmits the print job associated with a user authenticated by the server computer to the client image forming apparatus among the print job managed by the job management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oguma, Masafumi Sato, Zhenyu Sun
  • Patent number: 9588018
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for a vehicle, includes a computer storing software on a computer readable media, configurable for setting up recording of vehicle operations, selecting from a plurality of customizable triggering operations according to Boolean logic, and a vehicle communication interface detachably connected to the computer, being setup by the computer for recording of vehicle operation while the vehicle is operating and recorded information stored in a computer readable media of the vehicle communication interface being reviewed by the computer, and detachably connected to the vehicle for recording of the vehicle operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Olav M. Underdal, Harry M. Gilbert, Alex Portyanko, Randy L. Mayes, Gregory J. Fountain, William W. Wittliff, III
  • Patent number: 9591161
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that adjusts a thin character, a thin line, or the like, which are read in a manuscript, to become identifiable. The blank paper removing part, when the function is set to ON, removes the image data corresponding to the manuscript detected as a blank paper by the blank paper detecting part. The faint character mode part extract a character from the image data and performs faint character adjustment for the data of the extracted character. The control part, in case that the blank paper removing part is set as OFF, if detected a blank paper by the blank paper detecting part, makes perform image processing accompanied with the faint character adjustment by the faint character mode part to the image processing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yuya Tagami
  • Patent number: 9588230
    Abstract: A representative positron emission tomography (PET) system includes a positron emission tomography detector having one or more silicon photomultipliers that output silicon photomultipliers signals. The PET system further includes a calibration system that is electrically coupled to the silicon photomultipliers. The calibration system determines a single photoelectron response of the silicon photomultipliers signals and adjusts a gain of the silicon photomultipliers based on the single photoelectron response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Grazioso, Debora Henseler, Nan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9590614
    Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) switches and devices provide improved switching performance. An RF switch includes at least one field-effect transistor (FET) disposed between a first node and a second node, each of the at least one FET having a respective source, drain, gate, and body, and a compensation circuit connected to the respective drain of the at least one FET that compensates a non-linearity effect generated by the at least one FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Haki Cebi, Fikret Altunkilic
  • Patent number: 9586711
    Abstract: An automated seed packet handling machine is provided for use on research plot seed planters. The seed packet handling machine includes a tray for holding a box containing seed packets. A first actuator has suction cups for lifting a single seed packet out of the box and moving the seed packet to a cutter mechanism for cutting off a top portion of the seed packet. A second actuator has suction cups for holding the seed packet after the top portion has been cut off, and for flipping the seed packet upside down to dump seeds from the packet into a seed chute. A computer controller controls the sequence of operations of the first actuator, the cutter mechanism, and the second actuator. An RFID reader is provided to read RFID tags on the seed packets to keep track of where each seed packet is planted in the research field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seed Research Equipment Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Stacy L. Unruh
  • Patent number: 9589395
    Abstract: A vehicular diagnostic tool interface device that may be connected to a vehicular diagnostic tool, typically through an available port thereof, that enhances the functionality of the overall tool. The interface device is configured in such a manner as to provide physical protection to more sensitive components such as, for example, wireless transceivers. The interface device is also configured to minimize the distance that it protrudes from the diagnostic tool. Also, a method of operating such a vehicular diagnostic tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Jardine, Charles Warren Beal
  • Patent number: 9585540
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a spray detection sensor and a variable speed pump. Based upon signals from the spray detection sensor, a speed of the variable speed pump is changed. By changing the speed of the variable speed pump, a trajectory of wash fluid from a spray assembly of the dishwasher appliance is also changed such that the wash fluid is directed towards a detergent dispenser of the dishwasher appliance. A related method for operating a dishwasher appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Leo Edward Hodapp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9588469
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, an exciting coil and a belt guide. The pressuring member comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The exciting coil is provided at an outer diameter side of the fixing belt and configured to generate a magnetic flux to inductively heat the fixing belt. The belt guide supports the fixing belt from an inner diameter side. The belt guide includes a contact part which is in contact with an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt and a non-contact part which is not in contact with the inner circumferential face of the fixing belt. A magnetic flux blocking member configured to block the magnetic flux that passes through the fixing belt is provided between the fixing belt and the non-contact part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kasama, Shoko Gon, Akihiro Kondo, Eiji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9589410
    Abstract: Provided is a paper money handling apparatus of which the security of a paper money process unit is improved, the jam is easily removed, and the layout is easily changed while the operability thereof is ensured. The paper money handling apparatus includes a repository, a temporary storage container, and a money deposit/withdrawal slot. The repository is provided inside a safe so as to store paper money therein. The temporary storage container is provided inside the safe so as to temporarily store deposited paper money therein during a transaction. The money deposit/withdrawal slot serves as an entry/exit opening of a paper money passageway provided at the upper part of the safe so as to communicate with the repository and the temporary storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Masayasu Ueno, Takeshi Kanagawa, Yukihiro Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 9590656
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios (LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC encoded codeword. The controller includes read circuitry for reading an LDPC encoded codeword stored in a nonvolatile memory storage module using a plurality of soft-decision reference voltages to provide a plurality of soft-decision bits representative of the codeword. The controller further includes a plurality of neighboring cell contribution LLR look-up tables representative of the contribution of the neighboring cells to threshold voltage distribution of the memory storage module. The controller provides the LLRs from the appropriate LLR look-up table to an LDPC decoder for the subsequent decoding of the codeword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Microsemi Storage Solutions (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Rino Micheloni, Alessia Marelli, Peter Z. Onufryk, Christopher I. W. Norrie, Ihab Jaser, Luca Crippa
  • Patent number: 9591503
    Abstract: A user equipment performs measurements logging which has been defined for a scheduled area belonging to a network of a mobile communications network, the measurements including information about performance of the scheduled area. In case the user equipment connects to an area of areas of the mobile communications network which belongs to a network different from the network of the scheduled area, the user equipment prevents transmission of the logged measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Malgorzata Tomala, Gyula Bodog
  • Patent number: 9591183
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a sheet reading portion, an assimilation surveying portion, a color changing portion, and a printing portion. The sheet reading portion reads image data from a transparent sheet tinted with a predetermined color owned by a user. The assimilation surveying portion looks for, out of printable colors, a particular color that assimilates to the color of the read image data. The color changing portion changes, out of the data of a predetermined document accepted from the user, the color of the data of a concealable character, which is a character concealed when overlaid with the transparent sheet, to the found particular color. The printing portion prints, out of the data of the document, the data of the concealable character in the particular color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Seiki Satomi, Masataka Takemura, Shinji Hayashi, Kunihiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Yokota, Masaki Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9589949
    Abstract: An apparatus having a plurality of power pads of an integrated circuit, a plurality of transistors, and one or more diodes is disclosed. Each transistors may have a drain that forms a junction with a conductive layer of the integrated circuit. The diodes may be coupled between two of the power pads. A first portion less than all of an electro-static discharge that passes through a first of the two power pads and the conductive layer may be transferred through a first of the drains in a first of the transistors. A second portion less than all of the electro-static discharge may be transferred sequentially through (a) at least one of the diodes and (b) a second of the drains in a second of the transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Harvey, Simon J. Mahon, Anna Dadello
  • Patent number: 9591153
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a camera, a document sheet image determining portion, an operation determining portion, and an image processing portion. The document sheet image determining portion determines whether or not document sheet image data is contained in photographic image data that has been obtained by photographing with the camera installed on the image processing apparatus. The operation determining portion determines whether or not operation image data is contained in the photographic image data, the operation image data showing a pattern of user's hand and corresponding to an operation for processing the document sheet image data. The image processing portion executes the processing of the document sheet image data based on the operation corresponding to the operation image data when it is determined that the document sheet image data and the operation image data are contained in the photographic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Sawa
  • Patent number: 9589300
    Abstract: A method for completing a transaction is presented. The method comprises establishing network communications between a user and a server, receiving information, at the server, regarding the transaction, seeking available information pertinent to the transaction from at least one source external to the server and the user, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine including rules established on behalf of a party to the transaction located at the server, and presenting an offer set to the user based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. The transaction may be one according to a variety of scenarios, and the user may be an appropriate party to the transaction. The user may employ various devices to contact the server and seek to complete the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House
  • Patent number: 9590148
    Abstract: Heavily phosphor loaded LED packages having higher stability and a method for increasing the stability of heavily phosphor loaded LED packages. The silicone content of the packages is increased by decreasing the amount of one phosphor of the blend or by increasing the thickness of the silicone phosphor blend layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ashfaqul Islam Chowdhury, Gary Robert Allen, Dengke Cai
  • Patent number: 9590709
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage media perform phasing of a first array including one or more antenna elements and phasing of a second array including one or more antenna elements to provide a combined radiation pattern for the first and second arrays, the first array having a first radiation pattern and the second array having a second radiation pattern, wherein the first radiation pattern is substantially orthogonal to the second radiation pattern. The combined radiation pattern is controlled in a first dimension based upon an uplink channel measurement. The combined radiation pattern is controlled in a second dimension based upon a precoding feedback from a user equipment (UE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timothy A. Thomas, Frederick Vook, Eugene Visotsky
  • Patent number: 9591275
    Abstract: A hybrid imaging array and method for using the same is disclosed. The image array includes a low-light imaging array and a color imaging array. The two imaging arrays can be utilized separately or in conjunction with one another. The low-light imaging array is optimized for night vision or situations in which the light levels are too low to allow a conventional color image to be formed by the color imaging array. The color imaging array is optimized for daylight or color photography. The low-light imaging array can be utilized in conjunction with the color imaging array to provide a color image with reduced noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xinqiao Liu, Feng Xiao, Boyd Fowler
  • Patent number: 9585415
    Abstract: The fermentation of cucumbers and other vegetables into pickles is traditionally a long term process. By exposing the flesh of the vegetable and pickling with calcium chloride instead of sodium chloride, a faster fermentation pickle is achieved with no decrease in quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Fermenting Solutions International, LLC
    Inventor: William A. Scott