Patents Assigned to Solutions
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Patent number: 9484874Abstract: An amplifier system is disclosed, configured to apply a signal component separator algorithm such that the first phase modulated signal and the second phase modulated signal are allowed to take on several continuous amplitude levels in order to achieve a maximum efficiency at each desired output signal power level, without restricting the input signal power fed to the power amplifiers to a constant level, wherein for each desired output signal power level, the digital signal component separator assigns an amplitude and phases of input signals that result in a maximum instantaneous power efficiency at the amplified output signal combined with an unmatched/non-isolating combiner (e.g. Chireix combiner).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Zeid Abou-Chahine, Tilman Felgentreff
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Patent number: 9485112Abstract: A home control gateway and a gateway control method are provided. The home control gateway includes a gateway management module, a storage module, and first and second communication circuits. The gateway management module includes a plurality of switches and a user interface for controlling the switches. The first communication circuit receives an incoming called-signal via a mobile phone network. The gateway management module opens a first switch when an incoming called-number corresponding to the incoming called-signal is identical to a pre-stored phone number in the storage module. The second communication circuit receives a connection request for accessing the user interface and instructing to open a second switch via a local area network, where the gateway management module opens the second switch in response to the connection request. The gateway management module activates a home control function corresponding to the second switch when the first and second switches are both opened.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: proeasy network solutions co., LTD.Inventor: Hsing-Hung Lu
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Patent number: 9481025Abstract: A tool assembly for forming a workpiece with an outer surface into a housing with a non-round design outer profile. The tool assembly includes a number of jaw segments, each jaw segment having an internal surface for engaging the outer surface. The jaw segments are movable between a first condition and a second condition, in which the internal surfaces of the jaw segments substantially define the design outer profile of the housing. Each internal surface has a preselected end point associated therewith defined by a radius centered on the preselected end point that is substantially coincident with the portion of the design outer profile defined by the internal surface. Each jaw segment is movable toward the preselected end point therefor when moved from the first condition to the second condition, and away from the preselected end point therefor when moved from the second condition to the first condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: GWS Tube Forming Solutions Inc.Inventors: Richard Sojak, James E. Kys
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Patent number: 9485374Abstract: An image forming apparatus reducing number of control signals in detecting nth connection stage of a paper feed cassette unit piled up, and increases noise resistance. It includes a main body part and a paper feed cassette unit that can be piled up in plural stages under main body part. Main body part has a start control line transmitting a start signal; a ready control line transmitting a ready signal; and a main body side control part generating start signal and detects nth connection stage of paper feed cassette unit on number of times of ready signal. Paper feed cassette unit has a cassette side control part delaying start signal inputted from an upper stage through start control line to output it to a lower stage, and while delaying start signal, generating a ready signal to output it toward ready control line to upper stage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masatoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 9481834Abstract: A method comprises separating a hydrocarbon feed stream having carbon dioxide into a heavy hydrocarbon stream and a light hydrocarbon stream. The light hydrocarbon stream is separated into a carbon dioxide-rich stream and a carbon dioxide-lean stream. At least a portion of the carbon dioxide-lean stream is fed to a hydrocarbon sweetening process. Another method comprises receiving a hydrocarbon feed stream that comprises 30 molar percent to 80 molar percent carbon dioxide. A heavy hydrocarbon stream is separated from the hydrocarbon feed stream, wherein the heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises at least 90 molar percent C3+ hydrocarbons. A carbon dioxide-rich stream is separated from the hydrocarbon feed stream, wherein the carbon dioxide-rich stream comprises at least 95 molar percent carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Pilot Energy Solutions, LLCInventor: Eric Prim
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Patent number: 9485630Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for enabling reception of a specific service for terminals idle mode. More particularly, the present invention relates to such methods and devices enabling mobility for terminals in idle mode so as to receive an MBMS service. In case a terminal is interested in the MBMS service, it applies different reselection rule than normal reselection rule i.e., when the terminal is not interested in the MBMS service. For instance, the terminal manipulates the priority indications received from an eNB and considers MBMS layer the highest priority in case the terminal is interested in MBMS service. If the terminal thus manipulates the priority due to the (intended) MBMS reception, the terminal starts an MBMS timer, which is received as a permission parameter from the eNB.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Woonhee Hwang, Henri Koskinen
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Patent number: 9481620Abstract: Disclosed is a process and apparatus for heat recovery in vinyl chloride monomer manufacturing plants or in integrated vinyl chloride monomer/polyvinyl chloride manufacturing plants. A process for capture and use of excess heat recovered in the production of vinyl chloride includes distillatively purifying DCE in a high-boilers column, using a heat exchanger to capture thermal energy from a purified DCE vapor stream from the high-boilers column, generating low pressure steam from the captured thermal energy, returning condensed DCE vapors to the high-boilers column, and heating parts of the plant with the generated low pressure steam.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AGInventors: Michael Benje, Peter Kammerhofer
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Patent number: 9483616Abstract: A method for collecting information at a vehicle, such as an emergency vehicle, involves receiving at the vehicle a request regarding a patient. The method further involves collecting information on the patient using a mobile computer at the vehicle. The method also involves transmitting the patient information as an electronic file from the mobile computer to a hospital over a network. As part of this method, billing information concerning the patient may be collected. Additionally, a method for processing billing information concerning a patient involves collecting billing information regarding the patient from a mobile computer at a vehicle over a network. The method further involves classifying a service provided to the patient in at least one billing category based on the billing information. In addition, the method further involves generating a bill for the patient based on the billing information.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Richard Hamilton, Edward Kerkow
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Patent number: 9485531Abstract: A networked personal video recording (“PVR”) system couples a plurality of clients to one or more PVR media servers over a network. One or more PVR media servers include television tuners to tune television signals. A storage medium buffers the television signals to implement PVR functionality. For example, the PVR media server records television programs for clients. Clients are assigned to television tuners, and the clients display television programs received at the assigned tuner. The network transfers the buffered television signals to the clients.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Rovi Solutions CorporationInventors: Daniel Putterman, Brad Dietrich, Jeremy Toeman, Pedro Freitas, Ludovic Legrand, Shawn McCaffrey, James Grimm, Lijia Jin, Paul Novaes
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Patent number: 9483009Abstract: An image forming apparatus (100) forms an image on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus (100) includes a substrate (161), a photosensitive drum (120), a heating element (163) that heats the photosensitive drum (120), a light emitting element (162) that performs static elimination on the photosensitive drum (120), and a metal member (167) that transfers heat from the heating element (163) to the photosensitive drum (120). The light emitting element (162) and the heating element (163) are mounted on one of main surfaces of the substrate (161). The metal member (167) is in contact with another of the main surface of the substrate (161).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Shigeki Tsukahara, Ai Takagami, Masaki Kadota
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Patent number: 9484649Abstract: An electromechanical assembly includes a socket housing having a cavity for seating an integrated circuit and a first plurality of electrical contacts in the cavity to electrically connect an integrated circuit seated in the socket housing with a circuit board upon which the electromechanical assembly is mounted. The socket housing has a supporting body on a different plane than a bottom surface of the cavity. The socket housing has a second plurality of electrical contacts that form a first row across the supporting body and a third plurality of electrical contacts that form a second row across the supporting body. The socket housing has alignment elements. The electromechanical assembly also includes a card edge connector having slots that accept the alignment elements of the socket housing, a fourth plurality of electrical contacts that form a third row, and a fifth plurality of electrical contacts that form a fourth row.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Brian Samuel Beaman, Wen Hsin Chen
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Patent number: 9484932Abstract: A signal generation circuit includes a phase difference detector configured to detect a phase difference between a certain oscillation signal of a plurality of oscillation signals and a predetermined reference signal; an oscillator to which a plurality of delay elements are connected annularly, the oscillator being configured to generate the plurality of oscillation signals depending on the detected phase difference; a low-speed signal generation circuit configured to generate a low-speed signal having a lower frequency than the oscillation signal; a detection circuit configured to detect a difference between a predetermined reference timing and a timing at which the low-speed signal has changed; a selection unit configured to select the oscillation signal so that the phase difference with respect to the reference signal is close to the detected difference; and an output unit configured to output the generated low-speed signal in synchronization with the selected oscillation signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuki Akutagawa, Yasunori Tsukuda, Eiichi Nakamoto, Akito Sekiya
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Patent number: 9482436Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
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Patent number: 9482612Abstract: A crystal film with nitrogen vacancy centers is placed in close proximity to a photon emitter. Excitation illumination is produced to cause the nitrogen vacancy centers to produce photoluminescence. Illumination is produced by the photon emitter, which may be near field or far field and which quenches the photoluminescence intensity using an effect known as Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED). The quenching caused by the photon emitter is detected and analyzed to determine characteristics of the photon emitter. The analysis takes into account the characteristic dependence of the STED on the depletion light power, i.e. the photon source, and a spatial distribution of the light intensity. The analysis may be applied to spatially resolved measurements or an integral value of the photoluminescence quenching. The analysis may determine characteristics such as peak power, power scaling factor, and FWHM of the illumination profile of the photon emitter.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Infinitum Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Juergen Heidmann
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Patent number: 9483351Abstract: A communication device includes: a first communication section, a second communication section, a storage section, a determination section, and a control section. The first communication section communicates with a storage device based on predefined interface communication standards to perform data transfer. The second communication section communicates with an external device in a method other than the interface communication standards to perform data transmission. The storage section stores the selected error code that is previously defined to cause a bit error by noise. The determination section determines whether or not an error code indicated by the error information agrees with the selected error code. The control section, upon determination by the determination section that the error codes agrees with each other, gives the first communication section and the second communication section instructions for cancelling the data transfer and performing data re-transfer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Tetsuya Matsusaka
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Patent number: 9483011Abstract: A target cycle recording portion (821) records target cycle data (Tref) into a first ring buffer (824) each time a reference pulse signal (Ps) is generated, thereby recording the target cycle data (Tref) sequentially into the first ring buffer (824). A measured cycle recording portion (822) records measured cycle data (Tenc) into a second ring buffer (825) each time an encoder pulse signal (Pe) is generated, thereby recording the measured cycle data (Tenc) sequentially into the second ring buffer (825). A phase error calculating portion (823) calculates a phase error PHE by integrating a difference between the target cycle data (Tref) and the measured cycle data (Tenc) that are sequentially recorded in data buffers respectively in correspondence with each other in the two ring buffers.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Naohiro Anan
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Patent number: 9485379Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that speeds up starting. The image forming apparatus is provided with a main storage part and an auxiliary storage part. A boot loader that is stored in the auxiliary storage part is expanded to the main storage part. The boot loader that has been expanded is executed to generate a defective area table for the auxiliary storage part. When a kernel of an OS that is stored in the auxiliary storage part is expanded, the kernel is caused to be referred the defective area table that has been generated. When the kernel is executed, the defective area table is not generated. Thereby, the defective area table generated by the boot loader can be used by the OS, which allows the boot time to be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9480650Abstract: Nanolipidic Particles (NLPs) having average mean diameters of 1 nm to 20 nm are made from a precursor solution. NLPs can be loaded with a desired passenger molecule. Assemblies of these particles, called NLP assemblies, result in a vehicle population of a desired size. Single application or multifunction NLP assemblies are made from the loaded NLPs and range in size from about 30 to about 200 nm. A method of using preloaded NLPs to make larger carrier vehicles or a mixed population provides increased encapsulation efficiency. NLPs have application in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Dermazone Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael W. Fountain
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Patent number: D770279Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: First Quality Packaging Solutions, LLCInventor: Mark Strachan
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Patent number: D770462Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Kevin Gray, James Fish, David Richard Moulton