Immediate recovery of virtual machine using deduplication device and snapshots
Granted: January 3, 2017
Patent Number:
9535915
Example apparatus and methods use two types of storage to improve boot time associated with recovering a virtual machine running on a hypervisor. The first storage is deduplication based and the second storage is not deduplication based. Example apparatus and methods may read data from the first storage to support operations immediately upon the VM booting and until a full recovery has been completed. Example apparatus and methods may also write a snapshot to the second storage and then…
Composite pressure tank identification and tracking
Granted: January 3, 2017
Patent Number:
9534738
Disclosed is a device, system and methods for tracking conductive composite pressurized gaseous storage tanks. The system including anchoring an RFID device in a non-conductive blind boss. Wherein the anchor material has a low dielectric and has minimal reflection if RF energy.
Method for actively damping a ship's motion as well as such an active roll stabilisation system
Granted: December 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9527557
The invention relates to a method and device for actively damping a ship's motion while the ship is sailing including driving at least one first rotatable damping element that extends from the ship's hull, below the water line, on a side of the ship. According to the invention, the method is characterized by the steps of: i) sensing the ship's motion and sailing speed, ii) generating and delivering control signals on the basis of step i), iii) rotatably driving the stabilization…
Metadata storage in unused portions of a virtual disk file
Granted: December 20, 2016
Patent Number:
9524122
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and method for storing metadata to unused portions of a virtual disk file. In a particular embodiment, a method provides selecting a virtual disk file stored on a data storage volume and identifying unused portions of the virtual disk file. The method further provides writing metadata for the virtual disk file in the unused portions of the virtual disk file.
Short oxygen delignification method
Granted: December 6, 2016
Patent Number:
9512560
A short oxygen delignification method employs a mixing assembly including a mixing chamber having an interior wall which is generally symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis. At least one inlet is used to introduce paper pulp, a basic compound, optional steam and an oxygen-containing gas into the mixing chamber. At least one axial baffle is connected to and extends along the interior wall. At least one transverse baffle is connected to and extends from the interior wall transverse…
Method for controlling substance moving speed and apparatus for controlling the same
Granted: November 29, 2016
Patent Number:
9506894
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the moving speed of a substance, both of which can adjust the moving speed of a substance to a desired speed. The control method and control apparatus cause a substance to pass through an internal space, in which an electro-osmotic flow is generated, of a surround electrode formed so as to surround part of the moving path of the substance, whereby the control method and control apparatus change the moving speed of the…
Handpiece with integrated optical system for photothermal radiometry and luminescence measurements
Granted: November 29, 2016
Patent Number:
9506808
An apparatus is provided for performing photothermal measurements on a object. The apparatus, which may be provided as a handpiece, houses optical components including a laser, an infrared detector, a dichroic beamsplitter, and focusing and beam directing optics for the delivery of a laser beam to, and the collection of photothermal radiation from, a measured object. Some of the optical components may be provided on an optical bench that is directly attached to a thermally conductive tip…
Measuring system capable of separating liquid and determining boundary of separated liquid
Granted: November 22, 2016
Patent Number:
9498154
A boundary calculating unit is provided for determining boundaries between separated plasma and blood cell or air and plasma whose image is picked up by an image pickup unit. With such boundary calculating unit provided, the boundaries between the separated plasma and blood cell or air and plasma can be determined, and areas of the separated air, plasma, and blood cell can be determined accurately. Particularly, a straight line drawing unit is provided for drawing, on the image picked…
Data deduplication with adaptive erasure code redundancy
Granted: November 22, 2016
Patent Number:
9503127
Example apparatus and methods combine erasure coding with data deduplication to simultaneously reduce the overall redundancy in data while increasing the redundancy of unique data. In one embodiment, an efficient representation of a data set is produced by deduplication. The efficient representation reduces duplicate data in the data set. Redundancy is then added back into the data set using erasure coding. The redundancy that is added back in adds protection to the unique data…
Erasure code prioritization
Granted: November 22, 2016
Patent Number:
9501353
Example apparatus and methods selectively generate and store erasure codes differently based on priorities associated with the erasure codes or based on conditions in a data storage system (DSS) that protects messages using erasure codes. Producing a systematic erasure code (EC) may be prioritized over producing a non-systematic EC. Producing an EC associated with correcting X erasures may be prioritized over producing an EC associated with correcting Y erasures, X and Y being numbers,…
Radioactive substance detection device, radiation source location visibility system, and radioactive substance detection method
Granted: November 8, 2016
Patent Number:
9488602
A radioactive substance detection device that detects a radioactive substance being present in a specified direction. A radiation detection element having a thickness that stops and detects a characteristic X-ray arriving from a radioactive substance being present in the specified direction that radiates both gamma rays and the characteristic X-rays, and allows the gamma ray arriving from the radioactive substance to pass through. A screening body having a thickness that screens out…
Crystalline phase of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) with L-lysine
Granted: November 8, 2016
Patent Number:
9487477
The present invention relates to a new crystalline phase of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and its use, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, and to processes for preparation thereof. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one crystalline phase of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such…
Heuristic journal reservations
Granted: November 1, 2016
Patent Number:
9483356
Example apparatus and methods reserve space in a journal using an observation based approach instead of a fixed sized approach or a worst case scenario approach. One example method receives a request to allocate space in a journal to support a file system transaction. The example method reserves an amount of space in the journal based on a pre-existing reservation size estimate. Unlike conventional systems, the estimate is not based on a worst-case scenario. The example method observes…
Electrochemical treatment of hydrocarbons
Granted: October 18, 2016
Patent Number:
9474140
Disclosed are methods and systems of producing plasma from a polar liquid under relatively benign conditions of temperature and pressure, by providing at least one dielectric medium in contact with the polar liquid, such that an interface forms between the liquid and the medium; and creating an electric potential across the interface to produce plasma from the polar liquid inside the dielectric medium. The plasma may be used to convert hydrocarbons into useful products or intermediates.
Method and system for processing lithiated electrode material
Granted: October 11, 2016
Patent Number:
9466830
The present invention is directed to energy storage devices and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for forming lithiated electrode material. In various embodiments, a conversion material is processed using n-BuLi solution to form iron nanoparticles and lithiated fluoride and/or oxide material. There are other embodiments as well.
High reliability erasure code distribution
Granted: October 11, 2016
Patent Number:
9465692
Example apparatus and methods treat some erasure codes differently than other erasure codes. For example, erasure codes that are only involved in error-recovery may never be read and thus may be stored using a different approach than erasure codes that are involved in more regular data reading. If different types of data stores are available, then the erasure codes that are more likely to be read may be stored in data stores having a first (e.g., higher, faster) type of read performance…
Method and apparatus for reducing messaging in a client-server system by selectively transitioning state mode
Granted: September 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9456041
A detection that a client-server system, which is operating in a first state mode, has switched from a first use case to a second use case for accessing a property of an object associated with a server. The first state mode during the first use case reduces messaging in the client-server system as compared to using a second state mode. A determination is performed as to whether using the second state mode during the second use case would reduce messaging in the system as compared to…
Mid-IR multiwavelength concatenated distributed-feedback laser with an active core made of cascaded stages
Granted: September 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9455551
Concatenated distributed feedback lasers having multiple laser sections laid out in series are disclosed. The concatenated distributed feedback lasers utilize quantum cascade core designs to produce optical gain in the mid-infrared region and may generate several wavelengths simultaneously or sequentially. Methods of making along with methods of using such devices are also disclosed.
Opto-electronic circuits and techniques
Granted: September 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9452928
A hybrid circuit for producing optical signals in response to electrical energizing signals, including: a tilted charge light-emitting device having an electrical input port and an optical output port, the device having an optical output response which is a function of input frequency; and an input interface circuit coupled with the electrical input port of the device, and having a transfer function substantially proportional to an inverse of the optical output response of the device;…
Content distribution system and method
Granted: September 20, 2016
Patent Number:
9451310
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an electronic marketplace that matches units of content from secondary content providers with suitable vacancies from primary content providers. Vacancies may constitute, or be included in, any digital transmission containers, such as a television or radio programming, web pages, and the like. Specifically, the electronic marketplace automatically matches content offered by secondary content…
