US09306610B2
An active antenna array for a mobile communications network and a method for receiving radio signals is disclosed. The active antenna array has a plurality of antenna elements for relaying radio signals, a plurality of first amplifiers for amplifying a plurality of individual receive signals a plurality of first analog-to-digital converters and a plurality of first gain switches located between one of the plurality of first analog-to-digital converters and the plurality of first amplifiers. A digital signal processor is connected to outputs of the plurality of first analog-to-digital converters and has a common gain switch control line connected to at least two of the plurality of first switches for controlling the gain of the first gain switches.
US09306600B2
Apparatuses and methods for soft read threshold location calibration are provided. One example method can include selecting read threshold sets (RTSs), and determining log-likelihood-ratios (LLRs) based on a number of decisions that correspond to each bin associated with the selected RTSs. Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codewords are decoded using the determined LLRs, and a RTS of the RTSs yielding a least number of failed codewords decoded using the determined LLRs is identified.
US09306589B1
An analog-digital conversion system includes an analog-digital converter; and a preamplifier circuit which is provided in the previous stage of the analog-digital converter and differentially amplifies an input analog signal. In the preamplifier circuit, an offset voltage and/or a noise occurs and/or is mixed. The preamplifier circuit outputs two types of analog amplified differential signals where a phase is inverted only with respect to the offset voltage and/or the noise. The analog-digital converter has an averaging circuit which averages the two types of analog amplified differential signals for each clock cycle of sampling preceding an analog-digital conversion and outputs a digital signal based on the differential signal averaged by the averaging circuit.
US09306583B2
A delay locked loop (DLL) is provided. The DLL includes a delay line, a phase detector, a delay line control unit, and a DLL controller. The delay line outputs an output clock by delaying an input clock by a first time on the basis of a select value. The phase detector detects a phase of the output clock. The delay line control unit determines a select value so that the first time corresponds to n periods of the input clock on the basis of the detected phase and an initial select value. The DLL controller provides the initial select value to the delay line control unit. The DLL controller updates the initial select value according to a change of a frequency of the input clock, and to provide the updated initial select value to the delay line control unit.
US09306582B2
An output control circuit may include a period setting signal generation unit configured to output a setup signal enabled during a designated period, in response to a delayed locked loop (DLL) locking signal and an output enable reset signal. The output control circuit may also include a clock division unit configured to divide an internal clock at a preset division ratio in response to the setup signal, and output a divided clock. In addition, the output control circuit may include a shift unit configured to shift the setup signal by a preset first time in response to the divided clock, and output a first delayed setup signal. Further, the output control circuit may include an output unit configured to receive and process the first delayed setup signal in response to the divided clock, and output the output enable reset signal.
US09306580B2
An oscillation circuit includes a circuit for frequency adjustment, a variable capacity control circuit in which a voltage to be output therefrom is controlled with either a voltage which is input from a terminal T1 or a voltage other than the voltage which is input from the terminal T1, a circuit for oscillation which is provided with a varactor and to which a signal from the circuit for frequency adjustment and a signal from the variable capacity control circuit are input, and a three-terminal switch which outputs the voltage which is input from the terminal T1 to either the circuit for frequency adjustment or the variable capacity control circuit.
US09306571B2
A device includes a first level shifter, a switch, and a control circuit. The first level shifter is electrically connected to a pad. The switch has an input terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the first level shifter, and an output terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of the first level shifter. The control circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of the switch.
US09306560B2
In one embodiment, a method includes modifying a voltage at a capacitance of a touch sensor to a first voltage level. The method also includes modifying the voltage at the capacitance to a second voltage level, resulting in a first current. The method also includes modifying a voltage at an integration capacitor to a charging-voltage level based on the first current. The method also includes determining whether a touch input to the touch sensor has occurred based on the charging-voltage level.
US09306558B2
This FET includes: a source electrode pad, which is formed on a source electrode and which is electrically connected to the source electrode; and/or a drain electrode pad, which is formed on the drain electrode and which is electrically connected to the drain electrode. The source electrode pad has a cutout for reducing a parasitic capacitance between the source electrode pad and the drain electrode, and the drain electrode pad has a cutout for reducing a parasitic capacitance between the drain electrode pad and the source electrode.
US09306557B2
The present invention is related to a circuit arrangement of a gate side fan out area. The circuit arrangement comprises: a first circuit module (T1), which the gate is coupled to a first input end (A), the drain and the source are respectively coupled to a second input end (B) and a Nth gate scan line (N); a first end (1) of the first circuit module is coupled to the first input end, a second end (2) is coupled to the second input end, and a third end (3) is coupled to the N+1th gate scan line (N+1); a first end (1) and a second end (2) of the second circuit module are coupled to the second input end (B), and a third end (3) is coupled to the Nth gate scan line (N); a first end (1) and a second end (2) of the third circuit module are coupled to the second input end (B), and a third end (3) is coupled to the N+1th gate scan line (N+1); a periodic square wave is inputted to the first input end (A), and a gate scanning signal is inputted to the second input end (B). The present invention is capable of enormously reducing the cost of a G-COF.
US09306552B1
A maximum voltage selection circuit may include multiple inputs, each for receiving a different input voltage, an output for delivering the highest of the input voltages, and a voltage selection circuit. The voltage selection circuit may automatically select the input having the largest voltage magnitude, automatically deliver the voltage at the selected input to the output, and not draw quiescent operating current from any of the inputs. For each and every unique combination of two of the multiple inputs, the voltage selection circuit may include an enhancement mode FET with a channel connected in series between a first input of the unique combination of the two inputs and the output; a connection between the gate of the enhancement mode FET and the second input of the unique combination of the two inputs through the channel of a depletion mode FET; an additional enhancement mode FET with a channel connected in series between the second of the unique combination of the two inputs and the output; and a connection between the gate of the additional enhancement mode FET and the first of the unique combination of the two inputs through the channel of an additional depletion mode FET.
US09306549B2
Circuitry for generating voltage levels operative to perform data operations on non-volatile re-writeable memory arrays are disclosed. In some embodiments an integrated circuit includes a substrate and a base layer formed on the substrate to include active devices configured to operate within a first voltage range. Further, the integrated circuit can include a cross-point memory array formed above the base layer and including re-writable two-terminal memory cells that are configured to operate, for example, within a second voltage range that is greater than the first voltage range. Conductive array lines in the cross-point memory array are electrically coupled with the active devices in the base layer. The integrated circuit also can include X-line decoders and Y-line decoders that include devices that operate in the first voltage range. The active devices can include other active circuitry such as sense amps for reading data from the memory cells, for example.
US09306542B2
An RF front-end with on-chip transmitter/receiver isolation using a gyrator is presented herein. The RF front end is configured to support full-duplex communication and includes a gyrator and a transformer. The gyrator includes two transistors that are configured to isolate the input of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) from the output of a power amplifier (PA). The gyrator is further configured to isolate the output of the PA from the input of the LNA. The gyrator is at least partially or fully capable of being integrated on silicon-based substrate.
US09306541B2
In an integrated circuit having a feedback amplifier circuit composed of the feedback which feedbacks a part of the output signal to the input side in the first stage, a semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention can suppress the occurrence of the data signal distortion and the gain peaking of the frequency characteristic generated by inter-stage wiring between the first stage and the latter stage.A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention includes the first circuit and the second circuit having the first output connected to the first circuit, and the second output that is a signal similar to said first output is outputted from between said first circuit and said second circuit. In addition, a semiconductor integrated circuits of the present invention has the feature that the output impedance pulled out from between said first circuit and said second circuit, the input impedance of the circuit connected to the latter stage of said second circuit and the characteristic impedance of the wiring which connects said second output with a circuit connected to the latter stage of said second circuit are equal to each other.
US09306534B2
Disclosed are an impedance matching apparatus and an impedance matching method thereof. The impedance matching apparatus performs impedance matching between a front end module and an antenna. The impedance matching apparatus includes a switching unit to selectively select multiple-band RF input signals, a power amplifying unit to amplify the RF input signal selected from the switching unit, a reflected power measuring unit to measure a reflection coefficient for the RF input signal, a matching unit to adjust a variable device so that the reflection coefficient is minimized, and a controller to provide a variable device value allowing the minimum reflection coefficient based on the amplified RF input signal and the reflection coefficient.
US09306531B2
A tunable and trimmable analog filter may include a tunable analog filter and a trimming circuit. The tunable analog filter may set the frequency of a characteristic of the tunable analog filter based on a digital tuning signal that is indicative of a desired frequency of the characteristic. However, the tunable analog filter may contain components having values that deviate from specified values due to var during manufacture of the tunable analog filter. The value deviations can cause the frequency of the characteristic not to precisely match the frequency indicated by the digital tuning signal. The trimming circuit may include a non-volatile memory that contains data. The trimming circuit may receive tuning information indicative of a desired frequency for the characteristic of the tunable analog filter. The trimming circuit may generate the digital tuning signal by trimming the tuning information to compensate for the deviations in component value and by using the data contained within the non-volatile digital memory.
US09306521B2
A vehicular audio processing unit includes a receiver that receives voice data by wirelessly communicating with audio equipment, an audio processor that applies predetermined audio processing to the voice data received by the receiver, a transmitter that transmits the voice data to which the audio processor applies the predetermined audio processing by wirelessly communicating with an audio output device that can output a sound, and a sensor that detects an operational status of a vehicle with which the unit is provided. The audio processor automatically modifies the predetermined audio processing based on the operational status detected by the operational status detector to the voice data received by the receive, thereby the user is not required to perform any operation for varying the voice output according to an operational status of the vehicle.
US09306520B2
Techniques for preventing reverse current in applications wherein a tracking supply voltage is placed in parallel with a switching power stage. The tracking supply voltage may be boosted to a level higher than a battery supply voltage using, e.g., a boost converter. In an aspect, a negative current detection block is provided to detect negative current flow from the boosted tracking supply voltage to the battery supply voltage. A high-side switch of the switching power stage may be disabled in response to detecting the negative current. To prevent false tripping, the tracking supply voltage may be further compared with the battery supply voltage, and a latch may be provided to further control the high-side switch.
US09306509B2
In one embodiment, a differential amplifier is provided. Gates of a first differential pair of transistors, of a first conductivity type, and a second pair or transistors, of a second conductivity type are coupled to first and second input terminals of the differential amplifier. A first pair of adjustable current sources are configured to adjust respective tail currents of the first differential pair of transistors in response to a first bias current control signal. A second pair of adjustable current sources are configured to adjust respective tail currents of the second differential pair of transistors in response to the first bias current control signal. A third pair of adjustable current sources are configured to adjust respective currents through the second differential pair of transistors in response to a second bias current control signal.
US09306504B2
Techniques for applying waveform shaping to DC-to-DC level transitions in an audio amplifier. In an aspect, a waveform shaping block may utilize a non-linear shaping waveform such as a Gaussian waveform, raised-cosine waveform, root-raised cosine waveform, etc., to shape the transition between two DC levels in an audio amplifier output. The waveform shaping techniques may be utilized, e.g., during power-up or power-down of the amplifier, or in an impedance measurement mode, to reduce audio artifacts associated with the transition while minimizing overall transition time.
US09306491B2
The present invention relates to electrical test apparatuses for photovoltaic components and methods of testing photovoltaic components.
US09306487B2
A motor drive device driven by a three-phase AC, which drives a motor by an AC/DC converter and DC/AC converter controlled by a controller, and which has an electromagnetic contractor without an auxiliary contact in an input power circuit, which motor control device is provided at the controller with an off circuit of the electromagnetic contactor and a partial controller of the three-phase bridge circuit at the AC/DC converter, turns on an upper arm of a predetermined phase of the three-phase bridge circuit and turns on the lower arms of other phases in the state where the electromagnetic contactor is turned off, judges the presence of current in this state by the current detector, and, when the current detector detects current, uses a contact fusion detector to detecte contact fusion in the electromagnetic contactor and thereby can detect fusion of a contact in the electromagnetic contactor without an additional circuit.
US09306486B2
Linear compressor comprising a resonant linear motor (4) having a stator (9) and a linear displacer (3), the linear motor (4) cooperating with a resonant spring (2) that is driven by the linear displacer (3) at one of the ends of the resonant spring (2) with the opposite end of the resonant spring (2) cooperating with a mechanical actuation element (1). A variation sensor of magnetic flux (5) cooperates with the resonant spring (2). Said variation sensor of magnetic flux (5) comprising a fixed part (7) and a movable part (6), the movable part (6) coupled to the end of the resonant spring (2) opposite to the end cooperating with the linear displacer (3). The variation sensor of magnetic flux (5) is the sole means required to determine the displacement amplitude and the frequency of oscillation of the displacer (3) of the linear motor (4). Corresponding method for controlling the stroke in such a linear compressor.
US09306482B2
A method and a device for establishing the rotor angle of a synchronous machine. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of feeding at least one initial voltage pulse of predefinable pulse length and pulse height into the stator of the synchronous machine, detecting the respective current response to the at least one initial voltage pulse, determining the respective phase difference on the basis of the respective detected current response, establishing at least one first estimated value by comparing the current response with a current response characteristic curve of the synchronous machine, establishing at least one second estimated value by comparing the phase difference with a phase difference characteristic curve of the synchronous machine, forming a multiplicity of differences between each of the first estimated values and each of the second estimated values, and determining an initial estimated value for the rotor angle of the synchronous machine on the basis of the determined difference having the lowest value.
US09306477B2
In a hybrid vehicle that selects a series mode in which an engine drives a motor generator to generate electric power and a driving motor drives drive wheels, fuel supply to the engine is stopped and motoring in which the motor generator forcedly drives the engine can be performed, failure determination of a front O2 sensor and a rear O2 sensor provided in an exhaust passage of the engine can be performed based on a change in a detection value of the sensors when the fuel supply is stopped, and a throttle valve of the engine is forcedly opened in the motoring.
US09306474B2
A power conversion system mainly includes an input capacitor bank, a first conversion circuit, a second conversion circuit, and a control circuit. The input capacitor bank has a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected to a neutral point and receive a DC input voltage. The first conversion circuit is connected in parallel to the input capacitor bank, and has a first branch, a second branch, and a first auxiliary branch. The second conversion circuit is connected in parallel to the input capacitor bank, and has a third branch, a fourth branch, and a second auxiliary branch. The control circuit produces a plurality of control signals to correspondingly control the first conversion circuit and the second conversion circuit so as to reduce leakage current caused by parasitic capacitance voltage.
US09306468B2
In an AC-AC converter comprising a primary side, a secondary side and a regulator, wherein the regulator comprises a voltage regulation circuit configured to determine an error voltage based on an at least partially alternating feedback voltage fed into the regulator from the secondary side of the AC-AC converter and to supply this error voltage and/or an information about this error voltage to the primary side of the AC-AC converter, the regulator comprises an averaging circuit configured to determine an average DC voltage based on the feedback voltage.
US09306464B2
A synchronous rectifying control circuit of a power converter is provided. The synchronous rectifying control circuit comprises a synchronous rectifying driver, a charge pump capacitor, and a capacitor. The synchronous rectifying driver is coupled to a transformer for generating a control signal to switch a transistor. The charge pump capacitor is coupled to a power source for generating a charge pump voltage. The capacitor is coupled to store the charge pump voltage. The transistor is coupled to the transformer and operated as a synchronous rectifier. The charge pump voltage is coupled to guarantee a sufficient driving capability for the control signal.
US09306463B2
A full-bridge quasi-resonant DC-DC converter is provided, including a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, a full-bridge converting circuit electrically connected with the primary winding of the transformer, a resonant capacitor provided between the full-bridge converting circuit and the primary winding, a rectifier circuit electrically connected with the secondary winding of the transformer, and a resonant inductor connected in series with the rectifier circuit. Therefore, the full-bridge quasi-resonant DC-DC converter reduces the switching losses of the switching elements and effectively reduces the size of the converter, while increases the conversion efficiency.
US09306461B2
A power converter reduces output ripple without using an electrolytic primary-side capacitor that can reduce product lifetime. Primary-Side Regulation (PSR) using an auxiliary winding provides a regulated secondary voltage with some low-frequency ripple on a secondary winding of a transformer. A smaller secondary capacitor that is not an electrolytic capacitor filters the output of the secondary side. A bang-bang controller controls the secondary side current to reduce current ripple despite voltage ripple. The bang-bang controller has a series resistor and inductor in series with a load such as an LED. A voltage drop across the series resistor increases when a switch turns on. This increasing voltage drop toggles the switch off once an upper limit voltage is reached. The voltage drop then decreases as inductor current is shunted by a diode, until the voltage drop reaches a lower limit voltage and the switch toggles on again.
US09306449B2
An adjustable charge pump system. The system includes a voltage regulator, a clock circuit, a voltage adjustment circuit, and a charge pump. The voltage regulator is configured to receive an input voltage and output a regulated voltage. The clock circuit is coupled to the voltage regulator and receives the regulated voltage. The voltage adjustment circuit is coupled to the voltage regulator and is configured to receive the regulated voltage and to output a driver voltage. The charge pump includes a plurality of stages. The output of the adjustable charge pump system is adjusted by disabling one or more stages of the first stage and the plurality of subsequent stages.
US09306446B2
A fault protection and correction circuit for the control of a power converter is disclosed. An example circuit generates a waveform that drives a switch on or off and controls the power converter. The controller circuit in addition to power factor correction (PFC) circuitry includes a first and a second shut down mode modules, both of them cause the switching to stop. The circuit includes a module for receiving fault events. When a fault occurs, the controller enters the second shut down mode. The controller stays in the second shut down mode if the required current for this mode can be provided by the outside circuitry. Otherwise, the controller enters the first shut down mode that requires less current and subsequently restarts the controller. By modifying the outside circuitry the controller can respond differently to fault events.
US09306436B2
Method for fabricating an electric miniature motor, substantially comprising a housing assembly, a rotor assembly, a power transmission and bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly, wherein the housing assembly comprises a housing tube having a division extending in the axial direction over an entire length of the housing tube, comprising the following steps of a) inserting a cylindrical core having a defined outer diameter into the housing assembly; b) adjusting an inner diameter of the housing assembly to an outer diameter of the core; c) fixing the inner diameter of the housing assembly by fixing the housing tube in an area of the division; and d) removing the cylindrical core.
US09306434B2
A joint of a robot includes a driving motor, a speed reducer that reduces rotation of an output shaft of the motor, and an arm connected to the speed reducer. The joint includes an input encoder that detects a rotational position of the motor and an output encoder that detects a rotational position of the arm. A controller controls the motor based on data indicating the rotational positions of the motor and the arm detected by the input encoder and the output encoder, respectively. The input encoder is arranged with a register that latches and retains an input EC value. The output encoder includes a register that latches and retains an output EC value, and an edge pulse output section that outputs an edge pulse to both registers every time the output EC value changes. In response to the edge pulse, both registers concurrently output EC values to the controller.
US09306417B2
A power system includes one or more notification circuits for powering notification devices, a backup power source, and a plurality of primary power supplies. The primary power supplies are configured to provide a combined current to the notification circuits. Each primary power supply regulates its output current to equal a highest output current provided by one of the primary power supplies so that each contributes approximately the same current to the load. The primary power supplies also include boost regulator circuits for boosting the voltage of the backup power supply.
US09306409B2
A battery system comprising a battery management system (BMS) is disclosed. The BMS has a hierarchical structure including an upper layer master BMS and a lower layer slave BMS. The master transmits a request signal to the slave wirelessly, and the slave transmits a response signal based on the request signal wirelessly to the master.
US09306406B2
Disclosed herein is a charging device. In one embodiment, the device includes a base unit that forms bottom and side surfaces, a top unit that forms a top surface of the apparatus, the top unit including a user-removable insert, the user-removable insert comprising a substantially transparent portion and a substantially opaque portion, one or more light emitters positioned within the base unit and configured for emitting light through the substantially transparent portion of the user-removable insert, a first male electrical plug protruding from the base unit and configured to couple to a first external device, a first female electrical receptacle recessed substantially within the base unit and configured to couple to an external power source, and power electronics coupled to the one or more light emitters, the first male electrical plug, and the first female electrical receptacle, the power electronics being configured to deliver electricity from the external power source to the first external device and the one or more light emitters.
US09306404B2
An electronic device. The electronic device may include a battery, and a charging system in electronic communication with the battery. The charging system may be configured to charge at least a partially-depleted battery to a threshold charge value, discontinue the charging in response to the battery being charged to the threshold charge value, and monitor the function of the electronic device to detect at least one of an anticipated event, and an unanticipated event of the electronic device. Additionally the charging system may be configured to recharge the battery in response to detecting one of: the anticipated event occurring a predetermined time subsequent to the recharging of the battery, or the unanticipated event occurring immediately before the recharging of the battery.
US09306394B2
A distributed load current sensing system being connected to a power input terminal that is connected to a main power trunk that has one or multiple load branches connected thereto is disclosed to include a power bus connected to the main power trunk, an active power filter connected to the power bus and a load current sensor device coupled with each load branch for sensing the load current of each load branch and providing the sensed signal to the active power filter so that the active power filter can generate a compensation signal accurately.
US09306390B2
An on-package interface. A first set of single-ended transmitter circuits on a first die. A first set of single-ended receiver circuits on a second die. The receiver circuits have a termination circuit comprising an inverter and a resistive feedback element. A plurality of conductive lines couple the first set of transmitter circuits and the first set of receiver circuits. The lengths of the plurality of conductive lines are matched.
US09306386B2
An electromagnetic direct current (DC) power system includes a plurality of pulse forming networks (PFN) modules. Each pulse forming network (PFN) module includes a PFN circuit, a fault current limiting (FCL) circuit and a cooling system. The pulse PFN circuit is configured to generate a pulsed DC output power. The PFN circuit further includes at least one energy storage inductor with primary winding having a primary winding inductance that controls a primary impedance of the PFN circuit. The FCL circuit includes a secondary winding that electrically communicates with the primary winding. The FCL circuit is configured to receive fault energy existing in the PFN circuit during a fault event. The cooling system is configured to cool at least one of the primary winding and the secondary winding, and remove a portion of the fault energy.
US09306381B2
An electrical device according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a frame, a conductor having a conductive element and an electrically insulating cover disposed about at least a portion of the conductive element, and a busbar mounted to the frame. The busbar includes a busbar body and a weld crimp. The weld crimp has a base, which extends from the busbar body, and a cross-member that is coupled to the base on a side of the base that is opposite the busbar body. The cross-member has a weld portion and a crimp portion. The weld portion intersects the base. The crimp portion intersects the weld portion and has a crimp member that receives the conductor. The crimp member is permanently deformed about the conductor so as to apply a clamping force to the conductor. The conductive element is welded to the weld portion.
US09306378B2
A method for producing a wire harness includes hot pressing a first portion including an edge portion of a nonwoven material, and curing the first portion of the nonwoven material, and thereafter partially overlapping the first portion and a second portion that is softer than the first portion and is the portion of the nonwoven material other than the first portion, so that a wire bundle is covered by the first portion and the second portion.
US09306368B2
This invention provides a solution for operating a mode-locking and cavity dumping laser apparatus using a single electro-optical switch or modulator, such as a Pockels cell, without the need of multiplexing between two sources of voltage. The complex waveform of electrical signal, which controls the Pockels Cell is achieved by employing the phenomena, called LC circuit ringing, where the LC circuit is formed from an inductive element and a capacitor, where the Pockels Cell works as a capacitor itself. The ringing frequency should be calculated such that the period of oscillations is preferably two times longer than the round-trip time of a light pulse inside the optical cavity. As a result, optical losses are created inside the cavity with a period, which coincides with the travel of a light pulse, thus the pulse build-up is consistent and stable.
US09306365B2
A pump device for pumping an amplifying laser medium (1), having a radiation source (13) with a plurality of laser diodes (15, 16) that emit laser beams (17) which have parallel beam axes (a) extending in the direction of a z axis and which diverge at least twice as much in the direction of an x axis perpendicular to the z axis as in the direction of a y axis perpendicular to the z axis and to the x axis. The pump device also has at least one optical component (22, 22′, 22″) with at least one cylinder surface (23), with which at least some of the laser beams (17) emitted by the laser diodes (15, 16) interact. The cylinder surface (23) lies parallel to the x axis and is curved on a plane perpendicular to the x axis.
US09306355B2
[Technical Problem]To provide a connection method between a braided shield layer of a shield wire and a drain wire, and a connection structure of the same enabling an easy and reliable connection, using no skilled operation such as soldering, and without an increase of non-shield area which is a problem when the braided shield layer is pulled out and a ground terminal is directly crimped onto the braided shield layer.[Solution to Problem]A connection method between a braided shield layer of a shield wire and a drain wire sequentially including the steps of a shield terminal insertion step; a shield layer folding and overlapping step; a drain wire overlapping step; a shield ring inserting step; and a crimping step.
US09306353B2
An improved slip-ring has a stator and a rotor, and includes a brush having a proximal end mounted on one of the stator and rotor and having a distal end engaging the other of the stator and rotor. The brush is adapted to convey electrical signals across the interface between the stator and rotor. The improvement includes: the rotor including a support member (1); and a track provided on the other of the stator and rotor, the track being arranged for sliding contact with the brush distal end; and a thermal element (3 or 6) arranged within the support member for selectively affecting the temperature of the rotor; whereby the temperature operating range of the slip-ring may be increased.
US09306340B2
An electrical connector includes a first cable termination chamber configured to receive a first power cable having at least a first conductor sheathed at least in part by a first insulating layer and a first insulation screen layer. Also, the electrical connector includes a first non-linear resistive layer configured to be coupled to a portion of the first conductor unsheathed by at least the first insulation screen layer and configured to control a direct current electric field generated in the first cable termination chamber. In addition, the electrical connector includes a first deflector configured to be coupled to the first power cable and control an alternating current electric field generated in the first cable termination chamber.
US09306333B2
An electrical connector system includes mating pin and socket connectors each designed for increased contact density to improve performance of high-speed data transfer. The connectors include features for retaining a plurality of pin or socket contacts in a ganged, co-aligned configuration and for shielding groups of contacts from one another to reduce interference and crosstalk. The connectors further include features for providing strain relief to the internal wires and/or cables. The electrical connectors further include an electrically conductive grounding contact to latch various internal components of the electrical connector together for improved mechanical connection and shielding properties.
US09306331B2
A self-aligning connector for data and/or power transmission includes a base plate, a plurality of data and/or power contact elements arranged on the base plate, first and second positioning means attached to the base plate, a mounting means and a frame assembly connecting the base plate to the mounting means and comprising a plurality of frames. Each frame is directly connected to exactly two elements selected from a group consisting of the plurality of frames, the mounting means and the base plate. Each frame is tiltable at least about one axis and/or displaceable in at least one direction with respect to each element it is directly connected to. A connector assembly includes a first self-aligning connector and a second connector. A vehicle includes a first compartment and a second compartment separated by a wall, a bellows assembly and the connector assembly.
US09306323B2
A cable connector device for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector port disposed in the electronic device, one or more magnet coupling parts, each of the one or more magnet coupling parts which is disposed around the connector port, a cable connector device removably coupled to the connector port, and one or more magnet coupling bodies, each of the one or more magnet coupling bodies which is installed in the cable connector device and has the same polarity as that of each of the one or more magnet coupling parts, wherein each of the one or more magnet coupling parts and each of one or more magnet coupling bodies are disposed in positions where they are pushed by repulsive force when the cable connector device is mounted in a reverse direction.
US09306320B2
Terminal fittings (110) connected to end parts of wires (200) are inserted into cavities (16) of a housing (11). A seal (60) is arranged on a rear surface side of the housing (11), and a holder (40) is arranged on a rear side of the seal (60). A wire cover (70) is arranged rotatably from an open position to a closed position on a rear side of the holder (40). The wire cover (70) includes cover-side rotation center portions (76). The holder (40) includes holder-side rotation center portions (47) configured to support the cover-side rotation center portions (76) and constituting a center of rotation of the wire cover (70).
US09306308B2
Provided is a surface-mount type electric connecting terminal which is disposed between opposing conductive objects and is configured to electrically connecting the objects while easily adjusting pressing force and recovery force. The electric connecting terminal includes a cylindrical fixed member which is made from a metallic material; a cylindrical movable member which is slidably inserted in the fixed member and is made from a metallic material; and an electrical conductive spring which is accommodated in the fixed member and whose one end contacts with the bottom of the fixed member and the other end contacts with the bottom of the movable member for thereby allowing the movable member to elastically slide against the fixed member.
US09306304B2
Methods and apparatuses may provide for a grounding between a shield on a flat flexible cable and a printed circuit board. According to one embodiment, the pins of a connector include ground pins that contact both ground traces on the flat flexible cable and a shield on the flat flexible cable, further connecting the cable to a ground plane.
US09306294B2
A smart antenna apparatus includes a casing, which supports an omnidirectional antenna array; a plurality of transceivers electrically connected with the antenna array; and a format converter and booster device electrically connected between the plurality of transceivers and a network port, said format converter and booster device comprising a multiplexer/de-multiplexer circuit for encoding plural USB signals from the plurality of transceivers to the network port and for decoding plural USB signals from the network port to the plurality of transceivers.
US09306292B2
The present disclosure relates to a portable terminal having antennas for transmitting or receiving wireless signals. The portable terminal includes a terminal body, a first antenna mounted in the terminal body to transmit or receive a wireless signal, a second antenna disposed with being spaced apart from the first antenna and set to transmit or receive a wireless signal at a frequency band different from the first antenna, and a connection unit configured to electrically connect the first and second antennas to reduce a frequency interference between the first and second antennas, at least part of the connection unit being formed along an edge of the terminal body.
US09306287B2
In an antenna structure having a serial connected capacitance effect, mainly a metallic planar antenna is provided thereon at least with a first metallic plane board, and a second metallic plane board being close to but not connected to the first metallic plane board to form the effect of capacitance in serial connecting. And more, the antenna structure further has an extension arm made from a microstrip extended from the antenna or the second metallic plane board, and can be optionally grounded or not grounded, for the purpose of adjusting the impedance value of the antenna structure.
US09306285B2
An antenna including a radiation portion is provided. The radiation portion includes a feed terminal and three conductor branch paths directly extending from the feed terminal. The three conductor branch paths are located on the same side of the feed terminal, and each has an initial direction, and any two of the three initial directions have an acute angle therebetween. A method for manufacturing an antenna having three operating frequency bands is also provided.
US09306275B2
A passive element has an electrical length such that a resonance mode thereof is in a target frequency band, and first and second feed elements, each of which has an electrical length such that a resonance mode thereof is not in the target frequency band. The first feed element has a first coupling conductive part, and a first connecting conductive part, which has a continuous shape with the first coupling conductive part. The second feed element has a second coupling conductive part, and a second connecting conductive part, which has a continuous shape with the second coupling conductive part. The first coupling conductive part is disposed parallel and adjacent to the passive element. The second coupling conductive part is disposed parallel and adjacent to the passive element. The first connecting conductive part and the second connecting conductive part are disposed adjacent and parallel to each other.
US09306265B1
A photonically controlled microwave device having a photosensitive substrate having an interior region comprising a high radio frequency (“RF”) field for a resonant RF mode. An RF resonator is patterned on a surface of the substrate, the pattern includes an aperture in the resonator positioned to direct light received from a light source to the interior region. The light source may have a wavelength that enables illumination of the interior region to generate free carriers or other photo-induced changes in RF permittivity. An optical boundary may be provided that recirculates the unabsorbed optical power inside the high RF field region until it is fully absorbed.
US09306264B2
A transition (100, 300) from microstrip to waveguide, the waveguide comprising first (120) and second (105, 105′, 105″) interior surfaces connected by side walls (115, 116) whose height (h1, h2, h3) is the shortest distance between said interior surfaces, and a microstrip structure (130, 135, 110) extending into the closed waveguide (105). The microstrip structure comprises a microstrip conductor (130, 135) on a dielectric layer arranged on said first interior surface. The microstrip conductor (130, 135) comprises and is terminated inside the closed waveguide by a patch (135). The height (h1) of the side walls (115, 116) along the distance that the microstrip conductor (130, 135) extends into the closed waveguide (105) being less than half of the greatest height (h3) beyond the microstrip structure's protrusion into the closed waveguide (105).
US09306263B2
An electronic device has a multilayer substrate that has an interface surface configured for interfacing to a dielectric waveguide. A conductive layer on the substrate is etched to form a dipole antenna disposed adjacent the interface surface to provide coupling to the dielectric waveguide. A reflector structure is formed in the substrate adjacent the dipole antenna opposite from the interface surface.
US09306260B2
According to one embodiment, a coupler for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave by electromagnetic coupling between the coupler and another, includes a line-shaped coupling element including a first open end and a second open end, a ground plane, a feeding element connecting the coupling element and a feed point, and a short circuiting element connecting the feeding element and the ground plane. The feeding element includes a first end connected to an intermediate portion between the first open end and the second open end of the coupling element, and a second end connected to the feed point. The short circuiting element includes a third end arranged between the first end of the feeding element and the second end of the feeding element, and a fourth end connected to the ground plane.
US09306256B2
A phase shifting device is disclosed. The phase shifting device comprises an input operable to receive an input signal to be adjusted; a coupling device coupled with the input and with an output; and at least one lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit coupled with the coupling device to receive the input signal, the lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit having liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to adjust the input signal in response to a bias voltage applied thereto and to provide the adjusted input signal to the coupling device as an output signal. Rather than using a microstrip structure, a lumped element equivalent is instead used, which makes it possible to exploit the advantages of a liquid crystal structure but in a more compact form.
US09306248B2
A battery pack and a liquid leakage detection method thereof are provided. The battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells, a isolated liquid and a battery box containing the isolated liquid. The battery cells are soaked in the isolated liquid. The battery box comprising a box body and a cover plate. The isolated liquid is a fire-retardant and insulating liquid that has a specific gravity smaller than an electrolyte and is insoluble in the electrolyte. A collection portion is disposed at the bottom of the battery box, and a detection component is disposed in the collection portion. The present disclosure encloses the leaked electrolyte in the fire-retardant isolated liquid and uses the detection component to detect a resistance value of the isolated liquid so as to improve the safety of the box body.
US09306245B2
A battery includes: battery cell groups, each of which is obtained by connecting battery cells in series to each other; a battery casing storing the battery cells; a bus-bar connecting positive electrodes of the respective battery cell groups; a bus-bar connecting negative electrodes of the respective battery cell groups; and a first line connecting the positive electrode and the bus-bar, a second line connecting the negative electrode and the bus-bar, and a third line connecting the battery cells included in each of the battery cell groups. The first line and the second line are drawn to the outside of the battery casing and connected to the bus-bar, and the corresponding first and second lines are bent at the outside of the battery casing according to a position of the battery cell group in the battery casing and are connected to the bus-bar.
US09306234B2
A polymer comprising a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1: wherein R1 to R13 and Ar1 in Formula 1 are defined in the specification.
US09306232B2
A filtration device for a fuel cell system is provided. The filtration device includes a filter adapted to receive a reactant for a fuel cell. The filter includes a molecular sieve material adapted to separate a contaminant from the reactant supplied to the fuel cell. A membrane electrode assembly having the filter integrally formed therewith, and a fuel cell stack having the filter disposed adjacent at least one of the end plates of the fuel cell stack, are also provided.
US09306230B2
A method for estimating cathode inlet and cathode outlet relative humidity (RH) of a fuel cell stack. The method uses a model to estimate the high frequency resistance (HFR) of the fuel cell stack based on water specie balance, and also measures stack HFR. The HFR values from the estimated HFR and the measured HFR are compared, and an error between the HFR values is determined. An online regression algorithm is then utilized to minimize the error and the solution of the regression is the RH profile in the stack including the cathode inlet and outlet relative humidities.
US09306226B2
Disclosed is a fuel cell with a porous material-gasket integrated structure, which can facilitate the flow of gas and water by stacking a porous material-gasket integrated structure, in which a porous material and a gasket are integrally molded, on a separator. In particular, the present invention provides a fuel cell with a porous material-gasket integrated structure, in which a porous material and a gasket are integrally molded and stacked on a separator such that the porous material is located between a manifold, through which gas is supplied, and a reaction surface, where an electrochemical reaction takes place, so as to serve as a diffuser for gas fed through the manifold.
US09306225B2
A bipolar separator assembly for use with a fuel cell comprising: a plate member having opposing first and second surfaces compatible with fuel gas and oxidant gas, respectively, the plate member having first and second opposing end segments and third and fourth opposing end segments which are transverse to the first and second opposing end segments; first and second pocket members situated adjacent the first and second end segments and extending outward of the first surface, the first and second pocket members being adapted to enclose opposing ends of an anode current collector, and third and fourth pocket members situated adjacent the third and fourth end segments and extending outward of the second surface, the third and fourth pocket members being adapted to enclose opposing ends of a cathode current collector, wherein at least a portion of each of the first, second, third and fourth pocket members is formed separately from the plate member and is releasably positioned relative to the plate member.
US09306224B2
The invention relates to method for the manufacture of a cooling module in the form of a body having an inner space for the reception of battery cells, wherein the body has one or more cooling passages extending in parallel to one another between an inlet region and an outlet region and is formed at least partly from a length or from a plurality of lengths of a hollow section.
US09306221B2
A fuel electrode for a solid oxide electrochemical cell includes: an electrode layer constituted of a mixed phase including an oxide having mixed conductivity and another oxide selected from the group including an aluminum-based oxide and a magnesium-based composite oxide, said another oxide having, supported on a surface part thereof, particles of at least one member selected from nickel, cobalt, and nickel-cobalt alloys.
US09306220B2
To provide a lithium ion secondary battery electrode in which a coated layer is held on a surface of an active material layer over a long period of time to suppress decomposition of the electrolysis solution and to enhance the cyclability, a manufacturing process for the same, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode.A lithium ion secondary battery electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer containing a binder formed on a surface of the current collector, and a coated layer formed on the surface of at least a part of the active material layer, wherein the coated layer contains a silicone-acrylic graft copolymer cured substance including an acrylic type main chain having a functional group and a side chain having a silicone graft-polymerized to the acrylic type main chain, and the coated layer is chemically bonded with the binder.
US09306215B2
A nickel-metal hydride secondary cell holds therein an electrode group and an alkaline electrolyte solution containing NaOH as a main constituent of its solute. The electrode group has positive and negative electrodes lapped one over the other with a separator therebetween. The negative electrode contains a hydrogen absorbing alloy having a composition represented by the general formula: (RE1-xTx)1-yMgyNiz-aAla (where RE is at least one element selected from among Y, Sc and rare-earth elements, T is at least one element selected from among Zr, V and Ca, and subscripts x, y, z and a are values respectively satisfying 0≦x, 0.05≦y≦0.35, 2.8≦z≦3.9, and 0.10≦a≦0.25), the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a crystal structure in which an AB2 subunit and an AB5 subunit are superimposed one upon the other, and Cr is substituted for part of the Ni.
US09306207B2
Disclosed is method of fabricating sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive nanocomposites for a cathode of a lithium-sulfur secondary battery, whereby a cathode material having a relatively high content of sulfur is fabricated and a high energy density in a lithium-sulfur secondary battery is realized, including: a) performing thermal treatment on sulfur particles in a reactor at a high temperature to melt the sulfur particles; b) adding a mesoporous conductive material in macroscale to a sulfur solution in the reactor; c) pressurizing the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale in the reactor so that the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale is completely immersed in the sulfur solution, and then maintaining the pressurized and molten state; d) cooling the sulfur particles and the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale so that sulfur within pores of the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale is crystallized; and e) grinding sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive composites to fabricate sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive nanocomposites.
US09306199B2
A battery module and a method for assembling the battery module are provided. The battery module includes a first end plate, a second end plate, a frame member, a first battery cell disposed between the first end plate and the frame member, and a second battery cell disposed between the second end plate and the frame member. The battery module further includes a first shoulder bolt having a first head portion, a first shaft portion, a first shoulder portion, and a first threaded portion. The first shoulder bolt is disposed such that the first head portion is disposed against the first end plate and the first shaft portion extends through a first aperture of the first end plate and a first aperture of the frame member, and the first shoulder portion is disposed against the second end plate.
US09306197B2
A rechargeable battery includes a case, a first electrode coupled to the case, a second electrode coupled to the case and the second electrode having a portion extending outside of the case, a short bar electrically coupled to the portion of the second electrode, and an extensible member extending from the case and at least a portion of the short bar being on the extensible member with a gap therebetween. The extensible member is configured to couple the short bar electrically to the first electrode in response to an overcharging condition of the rechargeable battery, thereby short-circuiting the first and second electrodes via the short bar.
US09306193B2
An organic electroluminescent (EL) display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The organic electroluminescent display device includes a rear substrate, a organic EL portion formed on one surface of the rear substrate with a first electrode, an organic layer and a second electrode sequentially laminated. The front substrate is coupled to the rear substrate to seal an internal space in which the organic EL portion is accommodated, for isolating the organic EL portion from the outside. The front substrate further has a transparent moisture-absorbing layer coated on its internal surface.
US09306188B2
An organic light emitting diode display having a flat region having a flat surface, and curved regions disposed at left and right sides of the flat region and formed in curved surfaces, having a display panel including a substrate, which maintains a flat surface in the flat region, and is formed in curved surfaces in the curved regions, and organic light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate, a window disposed in the flat region and the curved regions on the display panel, and a cover member disposed under the display panel, in which the cover member includes a flat cover member disposed in the flat region and curved cover members disposed in the curved regions, and the flat cover member and the curved cover member are formed of different materials or have different thicknesses.
US09306184B2
An ordered multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure is formed by depositing at least two layers of thin film crystalline organic materials successively wherein the at least two thin film layers are selected to have their surface energies within ±50% of each other, and preferably within ±15% of each other, whereby every thin film layer within the multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure exhibit a quasi-epitaxial relationship with the adjacent crystalline organic thin film.
US09306174B2
A high-efficiency, high-durability organic electroluminescent device, particularly a phosphorescent organic electroluminescent device is provided by using an organic compound of excellent characteristics that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance and has high triplet exciton confining capability with an electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency.The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and including a light emitting layer and an electron blocking layer, wherein a compound of the following general formula (1) having a carbazole ring structure is used as a constituent material of the electron blocking layer and the light emitting layer.
US09306171B2
A material for organic electroluminescence device having a specific central skeleton to which a cyano-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or a cyano-substituted heterocyclic group is bonded at its specific position is described. Further described is an organic electroluminescence device including an organic thin film layer between an anode and a cathode. The organic thin film layer include an light emitting layer and at least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the material for organic electroluminescence device. The material for organic electroluminescence device realizes an organic electroluminescence device with good emission efficiency.
US09306169B2
An electronic device that serves as a high-brightness electroluminescent device includes a layer containing a polymer compound having one or more structural units selected from a structural unit represented by formula (1) and a structural unit represented by formula (7) as a charge injection layer and/or a charge transport layer: Wherein R1, R2, R6 and R7 represent certain groups; m1 and m5 represent an integer of 0 or more; when R2 and R7 are plurally present, they may be the same or different; and a hydrogen atom in formula (1) or (7) may be replaced with a substituent other than the certain groups.
US09306168B2
Provided are thermo-sensitive and light-sensitive polymer compositions including poly(4-vinyl pyridine) and poly(4-vinyl pyridine-co-butyl methacrylate).
US09306167B2
A field-emission device is disclosed. The device comprises a solid state structure formed of a crystalline material and an amorphous material, wherein an outer surface of the solid state structure is substantially devoid of the amorphous material, and wherein a p-type conductivity of the crystalline material is higher at or near the outer surface than far from the outer surface.
US09306166B1
A fabrication method of a resistance variable memory apparatus includes forming an amorphous phase-change material layer on a semiconductor substrate in which a bottom structure is formed, and performing crystallization on the amorphous phase-change material layer through a low-temperature plasma treatment process.
US09306163B2
An electronic device includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a resistance variable element interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor arranged at least one of a first side and a second side of the resistance variable element to apply an electric field to the resistance variable element while being spaced apart from the resistance variable element, the first side facing the second side.
US09306160B2
A memory device includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, a metal oxide layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and at least one oxygen control layer disposed between the metal oxide layer and at least one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The at least one oxygen control layer has a graded oxygen content.
US09306159B2
Memory devices and methods for fabricating memory devices have been disclosed. One such method includes forming the memory stack out of a plurality of elements. An adhesion species is formed on at least one sidewall of the memory stack wherein the adhesion species has a gradient structure that results in the adhesion species intermixing with an element of the memory stack to terminate unsatisfied atomic bonds of the element. The gradient structure further comprises a film of the adhesion species on an outer surface of the at least one sidewall. A dielectric material is implanted into the film of the adhesion species to form a sidewall liner.
US09306157B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device using a plurality of hard masks. The magnetoresistive-based device includes magnetic material layers formed between a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer, the magnetic materials layers including a tunnel barrier layer formed between a first magnetic materials layer and a second magnetic materials layer. In one embodiment, the method may include removing the first electrically conductive layer and the first magnetic materials layer unprotected by a first hard mask, to form a first electrode and a first magnetic materials, respectively, and removing the tunnel barrier layer and the second magnetic materials layer unprotected by a second hard mask to form a tunnel barrier and second magnetic materials, and the second electrically conductive layer unprotected by the second hard mask to form, and a second electrode.
US09306152B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory is disclosed. The magnetic memory includes an underlying structure having conductivity provided on the substrate and including a first layer with a polycrystalline structure and a second layer with an amorphous structure, and a magnetoresistive element provide on the underlying layer. The magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer provided on the underlying layer, a non-magnetic layer provided on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic layer.
US09306150B2
There is provided a piezoelectric material not containing any lead component, having stable piezoelectric characteristics in an operating temperature range, a high mechanical quality factor, and satisfactory piezoelectric characteristics. The piezoelectric material according to the present invention includes a main component containing a perovskite-type metal oxide that can be expressed using the following general formula (1), and subcomponents containing Mn, Li, and Bi. When the metal oxide is 100 parts by weight, the content of Mn on a metal basis is not less than 0.04 parts by weight and is not greater than 0.36 parts by weight, content α of Li on a metal basis is equal to or less than 0.0012 parts by weight (including 0 parts by weight), and content β of Bi on a metal basis is not less than 0.042 parts by weight and is not greater than 0.850 parts by weight (Ba1-xCax)a(Ti1-y-zZrySnz)O3 (1) (in the formula (1), 0.09≦x≦0.30, 0.025≦y≦0.085, 0≦z≦0.02, and 0.986≦a≦1.02).
US09306144B2
An exemplary thermoelectric generator disclosed herein includes: a first electrode and a second electrode opposing each other; and a stacked body having a first end face and a second end face. The stacked body is structured so that first layers made of a first material and second layers made of a second material are alternately stacked, the first material containing a metal and particles having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the metal, the particles being dispersed in the metal, and the second material having a higher Seebeck coefficient and a lower thermal conductivity than those of the first material. Planes of stacking between the first layers and the second layers are inclined with respect to a direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode oppose each other.
US09306143B2
A thermoelectric power generating system is provided that includes at least one thermoelectric assembly. The at least one thermoelectric assembly includes at least one first heat exchanger in thermal communication with at least a first portion of a first working fluid. The first portion of the first working fluid flows through the at least one thermoelectric assembly. The at least one thermoelectric assembly includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with the at least one first heat exchanger. The at least one thermoelectric assembly further includes at least one second heat exchanger in thermal communication with the plurality of thermoelectric elements and with a second working fluid flowing through the at least one thermoelectric assembly. The second working fluid is cooler than the first working fluid. The thermoelectric power generating system further includes at least one heat exchanger portion configured to have at least some of the first portion of the first working fluid flow through the at least one heat exchanger portion after having flowed through the at least one thermoelectric assembly. The at least one heat exchanger portion is configured to recover heat from the at least some of the first portion of the first working fluid.
US09306141B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light emitting layer; a p-side electrode provided on the second surface of the semiconductor layer in a region including the light emitting layer; an n-side electrode provided on the second surface of the semiconductor layer in a region not including the light emitting layer; an insulating film being more flexible than the semiconductor layer, the insulating film provided on the second surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer, and the insulating film having a first opening reaching the p-side electrode and a second opening reaching the n-side electrode; a p-side interconnection layer provided on the insulating film and connected to the p-side electrode; and an n-side interconnection layer provided on the insulating film and connected to the n-side electrode.
US09306139B2
A light emitting device according to an embodiment includes a body including first and second side walls which correspond to each other, third and fourth side walls which have lengths longer than lengths of the first and second side walls, and a concave portion; a first lead frame under the concave portion and the third side wall; a second lead frame under the concave portion and the fourth side wall; a light emitting chip on at least one of the first and second lead frames; a molding member on the concave portion; a first recess portion recessed from the first side wall toward the second side wall and connected to a bottom of the body; and a second recess portion recessed from the second side wall toward the first side wall and connected to the bottom of the body.
US09306129B2
A light-emitting element unit which can improve color purity of light emitted from a color filter is provided. A display device with high color purity and high color reproducibility is provided. The light-emitting element unit includes a wiring board, a light-emitting element chip provided over the wiring board, a micro optical resonator provided over the wiring board and at the periphery of the light-emitting element chip, and a phosphor layer covering the light-emitting element chip and the micro optical resonator. The display device includes a display panel having a coloring layer and a backlight module having the light-emitting element unit. Examples of the display panel include: a liquid crystal panel; and a display panel including an opening portion provided over a first substrate, MEMS moving over the opening portion in the lateral direction, and a second substrate provided with a coloring layer in a portion corresponding to the opening portion.
US09306115B1
A light-emitting device, comprises: a substrate; and an active structure on the substrate and comprising a well layer and a barrier layer, wherein the well layer comprises multiple different elements of group VA; wherein the well layer and the barrier layer each has a residual compressive stress, and the residual compressive stress of the well layer is larger than the residual compressive stress of the barrier layer.
US09306114B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor body includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region that generates radiation, a first barrier region and a second barrier region, wherein the active region is arranged between the first barrier region and the second barrier region; and at least one charge carrier barrier layer is arranged in the first barrier region, said at least one charge carrier barrier layer being tensile-strained.
US09306112B2
A photoconductive antenna is adapted to generate terahertz waves when irradiated by pulsed light. The photoconductive antenna includes first and second conductive layers, a semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second conductive layers, first and second electrodes, and a dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer is made of a semiconductor material having a carrier density that is lower than a carrier density of the semiconductor material of the first conductive layer or the second conducive layer. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers, respectively. The second electrode has an aperture through which the pulsed light passes. The dielectric layer is made of a dielectric material, and is in contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer having a normal direction extending orthogonal to a lamination direction of the first conductive layer, the semiconductor layer, and the second conductive layer.
US09306110B2
Apparatuses and methods for synthesizing nanoscale materials are provided, including semiconductor nanowires. Precursor solutions include mixed reagent precursor solutions of metal and chalcogenide precursors and a catalyst, where such solutions are liquid at room temperature. The precursor solutions are mixed by dividing a solution flow into multiple paths and converging the paths to form a uniform solution. A thermally controlled reactor receives the uniform solution to form semiconductor nanowires. Various electronic, optical, and sensory devices may employ the semiconductor nanowires described herein, for example.
US09306109B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method is provided. The method includes forming a first, second and third films, forming a first mask pattern on the third film, forming a gate electrode by using the first mask pattern, forming a second mask pattern having an opening above a portion of the first mask pattern and a region adjacent to the gate electrode, and performing ion implantation by using the first and second mask patterns. The gate electrode formation includes etching the third film, etching the second film and overetching the second film by using a first, second and third processing gases. A first, second and third depositions formed on the sidewalls of the gate electrode in the third and second films etching and overetching, contain at least one of chlorine or bromine and do not contain fluorine.
US09306106B2
A method for fabricating a device with integrated photovoltaic cells includes supporting a semiconductor substrate on a first handle substrate and doping the semiconductor substrate to form doped alternating regions with opposite conductivity. A doped layer is formed over a first side the semiconductor substrate. A conductive material is patterned over the doped layer to form conductive islands such that the conductive islands are aligned with the alternating regions to define a plurality of photovoltaic cells connected in series on a monolithic structure.
US09306102B2
A back contact solar module and an electrode soldering method therefor are disclosed. The back contact solar module includes a substrate, two solar cells formed on the substrate, and a curved solder part. The curved solder part is soldered onto an electrode solder pad of each solar cell. The curved solder part has a curved portion between the two solder pads. The curved portion curves parallel to the substrate. Therefore, the invention utilizes the elasticity in structure or the allowable deformation of the curved portion to release the internal stress induced by the soldering on the electrode pads or by a following lamination packaging, which solves the problem in the prior art that the internal residual stress in an electrode solder part harmfully affects the electrical connection between solar cells.
US09306100B2
Provided is a solar cell module wherein solar cells and a sealing material, which is sealing the solar cells, are not easily peeled from each other. A solar cell module is provided with solar cells, a wiring material, and a sealing material. Each of the solar cells has first and second main surfaces. The wiring material is electrically connected to each of the solar cells on the first main surface. The sealing material seals the solar cells. The sealing material has a first sealing section and a second sealing section. The first sealing section contains a non-bridging resin. The first sealing section is positioned on the first main surface side of the solar cells. The second sealing section contains a bridging resin and pigment. The second sealing section is positioned on the second main surface side of the solar cells.
US09306092B2
Provided are a solar cell and a method of fabricating the same. The solar cell includes: a substrate; a back electrode layer on the substrate; a light absorbing layer on the rear electrode layer; a window layer on the light absorbing layer; a plurality of beads in the light absorbing layer; and a trap layer on each surface of the plurality of beads.
US09306083B2
A method of manufacturing a polyester film, including: preparing a polyester film substrate having an amount of a terminal carboxylic acid group (AV) of from 3 eq/ton to 20 eq/ton, by using a polyester resin having a temperature distribution of a pre-melting peak (Tm′) of from 1° C. to 10° C.; providing a coating layer on at least one surface of the polyester film substrate; and stretching the polyester film substrate provided with the coating layer at least once.
US09306075B2
A thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode provided over a substrate, a gate insulating film provided over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided over the gate electrode and on the gate insulating film, a metal oxide film provided on the oxide semiconductor film, and a metal film provided on the metal oxide film. The oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the metal oxide film, and includes a region whose concentration of metal is higher than that of any other region in the oxide semiconductor film (a high metal concentration region). In the high metal concentration region, the metal contained in the oxide semiconductor film may be present as a crystal grain or a microcrystal.
US09306072B2
An object is to provide an oxide semiconductor layer having a novel structure which is preferably used for a semiconductor device. Alternatively, another object is to provide a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor layer having the novel structure. An oxide semiconductor layer includes an amorphous region which is mainly amorphous and a crystal region containing crystal grains of In2Ga2ZnO7 in a vicinity of a surface, in which the crystal grains are oriented so that the c-axis is almost vertical with respect to the surface. Alternatively, a semiconductor device uses such an oxide semiconductor layer.
US09306067B2
A nonplanar circuit device having a strain-producing structure disposed under the channel region is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the integrated circuit device includes a substrate with a first fin structure and a second fin structure disposed on the substrate. An isolation feature trench is defined between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The circuit device also includes a strain feature disposed on a horizontal surface of the substrate within the isolation feature trench. The strain feature may be configured to produce a strain on a channel region of a transistor formed on the first fin structure. The circuit device also includes a fill dielectric disposed on the strain feature within the isolation feature trench. In some such embodiments, the strain feature is further disposed on a vertical surface of the first fin structure and on a vertical surface of the second fin structure.
US09306063B2
Vertical transistor devices are described. For example, in one embodiment, a vertical transistor device includes an epitaxial source semiconductor region disposed on a substrate, an epitaxial channel semiconductor region disposed on the source semiconductor region, an epitaxial drain semiconductor region disposed on the channel semiconductor region, and a gate electrode region surrounding sidewalls of the semiconductor channel region. A composition of at least one of the semiconductor regions varies along a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular with respect to a surface of the substrate.
US09306061B2
A transistor device includes a first conductivity type drift layer, a second conductivity type first region in the drift layer, a body layer having the second conductivity type on the drift layer including the first region, a source layer on the body layer, and a body contact region that extends through the source layer and the body layer and into the first region. The transistor device further includes a trench through the source layer and the body layer and extending into the drift layer adjacent the first region. The trench has an inner sidewall facing away from the first region. A gate insulator is on the inner sidewall of the trench, and a gate contact is on the gate insulator.
US09306059B2
A slotted gate power transistor is a lateral power device including a substrate, a gate dielectric formed over the substrate, a channel region in the substrate below the gate dielectric and gate electrode layer formed over the gate dielectric. The gate electrode layer overlaps the gate dielectric above the channel region, an accumulation region, and a drift region below an oxide filled shallow trench isolation (or STI) or locally oxidized silicon (LOCOS) region. The slotted gate power transistor includes one or more slots or openings on the gate electrode layer over the accumulation region. Electrical connectivity is maintained over the entire gate electrode layer without external wiring.
US09306053B2
A method for producing a semiconductor device includes a first step of forming a fin-shaped silicon layer on a silicon substrate using a first resist and forming a first insulating film therearound; and a second step of forming a second insulating film around the fin-shaped silicon layer and etching the second insulating film so as to be left on a side wall of the fin-shaped silicon layer, depositing a third insulating film on the first and second insulating films and the fin-shaped silicon layer, depositing a polysilicon thereon, planarizing a surface thereof, and etching back the polysilicon to expose the third insulating film, forming a second resist, etching the second and third insulating films and then etching the fin-shaped silicon layer and the polysilicon, and removing the second insulating film to form a pillar-shaped silicon layer and a dummy gate formed of the polysilicon.
US09306049B2
Hetero junction field effect transistors and methods of fabricating such transistors are disclosed wherein: a first compound semiconductor layer is provided on a substrate; a second compound semiconductor layer is provided on the first compound semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer is provided on the second compound semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating layer such that the gate insulating layer penetrates the second compound semiconductor layer so as to be in contact with the first compound semiconductor layer.
US09306043B2
A bipolar junction transistor and an operating method and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The bipolar junction transistor comprises a first doped region, a second doped region and a third doped region. The first doped region has a first type conductivity. The second doped region comprises well regions formed in the first doped region, having a second type conductivity opposite to the first type conductivity, and separated from each other by the first doped region. The third doped region has the first type conductivity. The third doped region is formed in the well regions or in the first doped region between the well regions.
US09306042B2
A method for forming a bipolar junction transistor includes forming a collector intrinsic region, an emitter intrinsic region and an intrinsic base region between the collector intrinsic region and the emitter intrinsic region. A collector extrinsic contact region is formed in direct contact with the collector intrinsic region; an emitter extrinsic contact region is formed on the emitter intrinsic region and a base extrinsic contact region is formed in direct contact with the intrinsic base region. Carbon is introduced into at least one of the collector extrinsic contact region, the emitter extrinsic contact region and the base extrinsic contact region to suppress diffusion of dopants into the junction region.
US09306041B2
A vertical type semiconductor device includes first and second word line structures that include first and second word lines. The word lines surround a plurality of pillar structures, which are provided to connect the word lines to corresponding string select lines. Connecting patterns electrically connect pairs of adjacent first and second word lines in a same plane. The device may be a nonvolatile memory device or a different type of device.
US09306037B2
The disclosure relates to a dummy gate electrode of a semiconductor device. An embodiment comprises a substrate comprising a first surface; an insulation region covering a portion of the first surface, wherein the top of the insulation region defines a second surface; and a dummy gate electrode over the second surface, wherein the dummy gate electrode comprises a bottom and a base broader than the bottom, wherein a ratio of a width of the bottom to a width of the base is from about 0.5 to about 0.9.
US09306034B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type. The device further includes a drain region, a source region, and a well region disposed in the substrate. The well region is disposed between the drain region and the source region and having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. The device further includes a plurality of doped regions disposed within the well region. The doped regions are vertically and horizontally offset from each other. Each of the doped regions includes a lower portion having the first conductivity type, and an upper portion stacked on the lower region and having the second conductivity type.
US09306024B2
A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided. A semiconductor device includes a dielectric film over a dielectric layer. The dielectric film includes a crystalline structure having a substantially uniform composition of zirconium, nitrogen and oxygen. The dielectric film is formed through in situ nitrogen plasma doping of a zirconium layer. The dielectric film functions as a gate dielectric. The dielectric film has a high dielectric constant between about 28-29 and has a low leakage current density of about 4.79×10−5 A/cm2. The substantially uniform distribution of nitrogen throughout the zirconium oxide of the dielectric film increases the k value of the dielectric film by between about 15% to about 17% as compared to a dielectric film that has a non-uniform distribution of nitrogen through a zirconium oxide layer.
US09306023B2
Embodiments of mechanisms for forming a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first gate stack. The first gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a first work function metal layer and a second work function metal layer directly on the first work function metal layer. The second work function metal layer and the first work function metal layer have the same metal element. The semiconductor device also includes a second gate stack. The second gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a barrier layer and a second work function metal layer. The second work function metal layer and the barrier layer do not have the same metal element. A first thickness of the second work function metal layer of the first gate stack is larger than a second thickness of the second work function metal layer of the second gate stack.
US09306015B2
A semiconductor device includes a channel layer on a substrate; cell trench patterns in the channel layer; and a source pattern on the cell trench patterns. The source pattern includes: grooves, each having inclined sidewalls and bottom that extends in a horizontal direction in a portion of the channel layer between the cell trench patterns, source regions at the inclined sidewalls of the grooves, source isolation regions at the bottoms of the grooves, and a source electrode at interior regions of the grooves and that has a planar upper surface.
US09306010B2
A first semiconductor zone of a first conduction type is formed from a semiconductor base material doped with first and second dopants. The first and second dopants are different substances and also different from the semiconductor base material. The first dopant is electrically active and causes a doping of the first conduction type in the semiconductor base material, and causes either a decrease or an increase of a lattice constant of the pure, undoped first semiconductor zone. The second dopant may be electrically active, and may be of the same doping type as the first dopant, causes one or both of: a hardening of the first semiconductor zone; an increase of the lattice constant of the pure, undoped first semiconductor zone if the first dopant causes a decrease, and a decrease of the lattice constant of the pure, undoped first semiconductor zone if the first dopant causes an increase, respectively.
US09306009B2
Embodiments of a semi-insulating Group III nitride and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semi-insulating Group III nitride layer includes a first doped portion that is doped with a first dopant and a second doped portion that is doped with a second dopant that is different than the first dopant. The first doped portion extends to a first thickness of the semi-insulating Group III nitride layer. The second doped portion extends from approximately the first thickness of the semi-insulating Group III nitride layer to a second thickness of the semi-insulating Group III nitride layer. In one embodiment, the first dopant is Iron (Fe), and the second dopant is Carbon (C). In another embodiment, the semi-insulating Group III nitride layer is a semi-insulating Gallium Nitride (GaN) layer, the first dopant is Fe, and the second dopant is C.
US09306000B2
A semiconductor device includes an n-type drain layer, an n-type base layer provided on the n-type drain layer, a p-type base layer and an n-type source layer partially formed in surface layer portions of the n-type base layer and the p-type base layer, respectively, a gate insulation film formed on a surface of the p-type base layer between the n-type source layer and the n-type base layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation film facing the p-type base layer across the gate insulation film, a p-type column layer formed within the n-type base layer to extend from the p-type base layer toward the n-type drain layer, a depletion layer alleviation region arranged between the p-type column layer and the n-type drain layer and including first baryons converted to donors, a source electrode connected to the n-type source layer, and a drain electrode connected to the n-type drain layer.
US09305995B1
Methods of forming F-RAM cells are described. The method includes forming a contact extending through a first dielectric layer on a surface of a substrate. A barrier structure is formed over the contact by depositing and patterning a barrier layer. A second dielectric layer is deposited over the patterned barrier layer and planarized to expose a top surface of the barrier structure. A ferro-stack is deposited and patterned over the barrier structure to form a ferroelectric capacitor. A bottom electrode of the ferroelectric capacitor is electrically coupled to the diffusion region of the MOS transistor through the barrier structure. The barrier layer is conductive so that a bottom electrode of the ferroelectric capacitor is electrically coupled to the contact through the barrier structure. In one embodiment, patterning barrier layer comprises concurrently forming a local interconnect (LI) on a top surface of the first dielectric layer.
US09305986B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a first electrode around a center point of a virtual square; second electrodes around a first vertex and a second vertex diagonal to the first vertex of the virtual square, the second electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; third electrodes around a third vertex and a fourth vertex of the virtual square, the third electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; a pixel defining layer partially on the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes, and partially exposing the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes; and four spacers disposed as islands on the pixel defining layer and corresponding to four sides of the virtual square.
US09305983B2
An organic light emitting display panel according to an aspect of the present invention includes a planarization layer positioned on a substrate including a plurality of pixels, and a first opening portion formed in a non-emission area of the pixel, a first electrode formed on a portion exposed through the first opening portion and the planarization layer, a bank including a portion overlapping an edge of the first electrode, and exposing a portion corresponding to an emission area of the pixel on the first electrode, an organic layer formed on the portion corresponding to the emission area of the pixel on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the bank and the organic layer.
US09305980B2
A flexible display device includes a substrate including a bending area that is bent and a flat area that is not bent; a device/wiring layer including a thin film transistor, the device/wiring layer being on the substrate; first pixel units on the flat area on the device/wiring layer; and second pixel units on the bending area on the device/wiring layer, an inter-pixel interval of the first pixel units being different from an inter-pixel interval of the second pixel units.
US09305979B2
An OLED display device includes a substrate; pixel regions defined by gate and data lines, each pixel region including red, green, first blue and second blue sub-pixels; a TFT in each pixel region; a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor; an insulating layer exposing the first electrode; hole injecting and hole transporting layers stacked on the first electrode; red, green and blue emitting layer on the hole transporting layer, the red and green emitting layers respectively being in the red and green sub-pixels, and the blue emitting layer being in the first and second blue sub-pixels; electron transporting and electron injecting layers stacked on the red, green and blue emitting layers; and a second electrode on the insulating layer and the electron injecting layer, wherein the first electrode in the second blue sub-pixel has a multi-layered structure of the first electrode layer and at least one metal layer.
US09305978B2
A method of making organic light emitting diode array includes following steps. A base having a number of first electrodes on a surface of the base is provided. A first organic layer is located on the surface of the base to cover the number of first electrodes. A first organic light emitting layer is applied on the first organic layer. A template with a first patterned surface with a number of grooves with different depths is provided. The template is attached on the first organic light emitting layer and separated from each other, wherein a number of protruding structures with different heights is formed. A second organic light emitting layer is deposited on a part of the plurality of protruding structures. A second organic layer is located on the organic light emitting layer. A second electrode is applied to electrically connect to the second organic layer.
US09305974B1
A resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure is formed on a supporting substrate and includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is made of a silicided fin on the supporting substrate and a first metal liner layer covering the silicided fin. A layer of dielectric material having a configurable resistive property covers at least a portion of the first metal liner. The second electrode is made of a second metal liner layer covering the layer of dielectric material and a metal fill in contact with the second metal liner layer. A non-volatile memory cell includes the RRAM structure electrically connected between an access transistor and a bit line.
US09305967B1
Described herein are methods for fabricating a plurality of optoelectronic devices, and the optoelectronic devices resulting from such methods. One such method includes performing through silicon via (TSV) processing on a wafer, which includes a plurality of light detector sensor regions, to thereby form a plurality of vias, and then tenting and plating the vias and performing wafer back metallization. Thereafter, plurality of light source dies are attached to a top surface of the wafer, and a light transmissive material is then molded to encapsulate the light detector sensor regions and the light sensor dies therein. Additionally, opaque barriers including opaque optical crosstalk barriers are fabricated. Further, solder balls or other electrical connectors are attached to the bottom of the wafer. The wafer is eventually diced to separate the wafer into a plurality of optoelectronic devices.
US09305952B2
An image sensor with an array of image sensor pixels is provided. Each pixel may include a photodiode and associated pixel circuits formed in a semiconductor substrate. Buried light shields may be formed on the substrate to present pixel circuitry that is formed in the substrate between two adjacent photodiodes from being exposed to incoming light. Metal interconnect muting structures may be formed over the buried light shields. In one embodiment, light blocking structures may be formed to completely seal the interconnect routing structures. The light blocking structures may be formed on top of the buried light shields or on the surface of the substrate. In another embodiment, planar light blocking structures that are parallel to the surface of the substrate may be formed between metal routing layers to help absorb stray light. Light blocking structures formed in these ways can help reduce optical crosstalk and enhance global shutter efficiency.
US09305945B2
According to embodiments of the invention, a TFT array substrate, a manufacturing method of the TFT array substrate and a display device are provided. The method comprises: depositing a metal film on a substrate, and forming a gate electrode and a gate line; forming a gate insulating layer and a passivation layer on the substrate; depositing a transparent conductive layer, a first source/drain metal layer and a first ohmic contact layer, and forming a drain electrode, a pixel electrode, a data line, and a first ohmic contact layer pattern provided on the drain electrode; and depositing a semiconductor layer, a second ohmic contact layer and a second source/drain metal layer, and forming a source electrode, a second ohmic contact layer pattern provided below the source electrode, and a semiconductor channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US09305941B2
Devices and methods for increasing the aperture ratio and providing more precise gray level control to pixels in an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display are provided. By way of example, one embodiment includes disposing a gate insulator and an interlayer dielectric material between a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor of a driving circuit and a channel of the thin-film transistor. The improved structure of the driving circuit facilitates a higher voltage range for controlling the gray level of the pixels, and may increase the aperture ratio of the pixels.
US09305937B1
A method of minimizing an overetch or damage to a semiconductor surface underneath a memory opening is provided. A first blocking dielectric layer is formed in a memory opening through a stack of an alternating plurality of material layers and insulator layers. A sacrificial liner is formed over the first blocking dielectric layer. An opening is formed through a horizontal portion of the sacrificial liner. A horizontal portion of the first blocking dielectric layer at a bottom of the memory opening can be etched through the opening in the sacrificial liner. A semiconductor surface of the substrate can be physically exposed at a bottom of the memory opening with minimal overetch and/or surface damage. A second blocking dielectric layer can be formed, before or after formation of the sacrificial liner, to provide a multilayer blocking dielectric.
US09305918B2
The present disclosure provides methods to fabricate a semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; a shallow trench isolation (STI) feature formed in the semiconductor substrate. The STI feature includes a first portion disposed in the first region and having a first thickness T1 and a second portion disposed in the second region and having a second thickness T2 greater than the first depth, the first portion of the STI feature being recessed from the second portion of the STI feature. The semiconductor structure also includes a plurality of fin active regions on the semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of conductive features disposed on the fin active regions and the STI feature, wherein one of the conductive features covers the first portion of the STI feature in the first region.
US09305912B2
A stack package includes a cover film, a first package having a first semiconductor chip which is attached to the cover film, a first adhesive member which is formed to seal the first semiconductor chip and a surface of the cover film, and a first circuit pattern which is disposed over the first adhesive member and electrically connected with the first semiconductor chip; a second package disposed over the first package, having a second semiconductor chip which is electrically connected with the first circuit pattern, a second adhesive member which is formed to seal the second semiconductor chip, and a second circuit pattern which is formed over the second adhesive member, and a via formed to pass through the second circuit pattern and the second adhesive member and to be electrically connected with the first circuit pattern and the second circuit pattern.
US09305890B2
An embodiment package includes a conductive pillar mounted on an integrated circuit chip, the conductive pillar having a stepper shape, a metal trace partially embedded in a substrate, the metal trace having a bonding pad portion protruding from the substrate, and a solder feature electrically coupling the conductive pillar to the bonding pad portion of the metal trace.
US09305885B2
A multi-chip package structure is provided, including a substrate having a grounding structure; two semiconductor elements disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate; an encapsulant formed on the substrate and encapsulating semiconductor elements, wherein the encapsulant has a plurality of round holes formed between the semiconductor elements; and an electromagnetic shielding structure formed in each of the round holes and connected to the grounding structure to achieve electromagnetic shielding effects. A method for forming the multi-chip package is also provided.
US09305880B2
A semiconductor substructure with improved performance and a method of forming the same is described. The method includes providing a semiconductor dielectric layer having a recess formed therein; forming an interconnect structure with a metal liner and a conductive fill within the recess; and applying an electron beam treatment to the substructure.
US09305878B2
Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a metal contact structure, an electrically conductive capping layer formed on the metal contact structure, and a conductive via electrically connected to the metal contact structure through the electrically conductive capping layer.
US09305862B2
Stacked die assemblies are electrically connected to connection sites on any support, without electrical connection to any interposed substrate or leadframe, and without solder.
US09305858B2
An array of through-silicon vias (TSVs) are formed in a silicone substrate. The vias can be tapered such that the diameter of the via at the surface of the substrate is larger than the diameter of the via at its bottom, with the diameter varying continuously along its depth. After the via is formed, it is seeded with a thin layer of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) particles, and a NCD film is grown on the bottom and along the sidewalls of the via. The presence of the diamond-filled vias provides improved thermal management to semiconductor devices formed on the silicon substrate.
US09305854B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die and first insulating layer formed over the semiconductor die. A patterned trench is formed in the first insulating layer. A conductive ink is deposited in the patterned trench by disposing a stencil over the first insulating layer with an opening aligned with the patterned trench and depositing the conductive ink through the opening in the stencil into the patterned trench.Alternatively, the conductive ink is deposited by dispensing the conductive ink through a nozzle into the patterned trench. The conductive ink is cured by ultraviolet light at room temperature. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer and conductive ink. An interconnect structure is formed over the conductive ink. An encapsulant can be deposited around the semiconductor die. The patterned trench is formed in the encapsulant and the conductive ink is deposited in the patterned trench in the encapsulant.
US09305846B2
Embodiments herein provide approaches for device isolation in a complimentary metal-oxide fin field effect transistor. Specifically, a semiconductor device is formed with a retrograde doped layer over a substrate to minimize a source to drain punch-through leakage. A set of replacement fins is formed over the retrograde doped layer, each of the set of replacement fins comprising a high mobility channel material (e.g., silicon, or silicon-germanium). The retrograde doped layer may be formed using an in situ doping process or a counter dopant retrograde implant. The device may further include a carbon liner positioned between the retrograde doped layer and the set of replacement fins to prevent carrier spill-out to the replacement fins.
US09305842B2
A chip package and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor substrate, having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A spacer is disposed under the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and a cover plate is disposed under the spacer. A recessed portion is formed adjacent to a sidewall of the semiconductor substrate, extending from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate to at least the spacer. Then, a protection layer is disposed over the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and in the recessed portion.
US09305839B2
A method includes exposing and developing a negative photo resist, and performing a treatment on the negative photo resist using an electron beam. After the treatment, a layer underlying the photo resist is etched using the negative photo resist as an etching mask.
US09305827B2
A composite substrate for a semiconductor includes a handle substrate 11 and a donor substrate bonded to a surface of the handle substrate 11 directly or through a bonding layer. The handle substrate 11 is composed of an insulating polycrystalline material, a surface 15 of the handle substrate 11 has a microscopic central line average surface roughness Ra of 5 nm or smaller, and recesses 6 are formed on the surface of the handle substrate.
US09305820B2
A stable and highly reliable device for detecting damage or contact failures of respective parts is provided. The device includes a processing chamber for processing a substrate; a heater for heating the substrate; a substrate support accommodating the heater and installed inside the processing chamber; a shaft for supporting the substrate support; a wire inserted through the shaft; a supporting unit for holding the wire; and a temperature detector connected to the supporting unit.
US09305813B2
This invention relates to a pressure transmission apparatus for bonding a plurality of chips to a substrate. The pressure transmission apparatus includes a pressure body for applying a bonding force which acts in the bonding direction (B) to the chip. The pressure body has a first pressure side and an opposite second pressure side, both oriented to be transverse to the bonding direction (B). Fixing means are provided to attach to the periphery of the pressure transmission apparatus for fixing of the pressure transmission apparatus on a retaining body in the bonding direction (B). A sliding layer is provided for sliding motion of the pressure body transversely to the bonding direction (B).
US09305806B2
Provided are novel chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry compositions for polishing copper substrates and method of using the CMP compositions. The CMP slurry compositions deliver superior planarization with high and tunable removal rates and low defects when polishing bulk copper layers of the nanostructures of IC chips. The CMP slurry compositions also offer the high selectivity for polishing copper relative to the other materials (such as Ti, TiN, Ta, TaN, and Si), suitable for through-silicon via (TSV) CMP process which demands high copper film removal rates.
US09305804B2
Implementations described herein generally relate to semiconductor manufacturing and more particularly to the process of plasma etching an amorphous carbon layer. In one implementation, a method of etching a feature in an amorphous carbon layer is provided. The method comprises transferring a substrate including a patterned photoresist layer disposed above the amorphous carbon layer into an etching chamber, exposing the amorphous carbon layer to a fluorine-free etchant gas mixture including a fluorine-free halogen source gas and a passivation source gas and etching the amorphous carbon layer with a plasma of the fluorine-free etchant gas mixture. It has been found that plasma etching with a fluorine-free halogen based gas mixture reduces the formation of top critical dimension clogging oxides.
US09305797B2
Methods of polysilicon over-etch using hydrogen diluted plasma for three-dimensional gate etch are described. In an example, a method of forming a three-dimensional gate structure includes performing a main plasma etch on a masked polysilicon layer formed over a semiconductor fin. The method also includes, subsequently, performing a plasma over etch on the masked polysilicon layer based on a plasma generated from gaseous composition including hydrogen gas (H2).
US09305793B2
A wafer processing method for forming a via hole in a wafer. The wafer processing method includes a filament forming step of applying a pulsed laser beam to the wafer, the pulsed laser beam having a transmission wavelength to the wafer, in the condition where the focal point of the pulsed laser beam is set inside the wafer in a subject area where the via hole is to be formed, thereby forming an amorphous filament inside the wafer in the subject area, and an etching step of etching the amorphous filament formed inside the wafer by using an etching agent to thereby form the via hole inside the wafer.
US09305788B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a metal layer containing Al; forming an insulating film on the metal layer; forming an opening pattern to the insulating film, the metal layer being exposed in the opening pattern; and forming a wiring layer in the opening pattern, a first portion being disposed between an edge of the wiring layer and an edge of the opening pattern, a width of the first portion being 1 μm or less, and the metal layer being exposed in the first portion.
US09305787B2
A method of manufacturing an electric component disclosed. A first electrically conducting layer including a first electrode of the electric component is formed on a substrate. An interlayer of a dielectric material is formed on the first electrically conducting layer, the dielectric material including an electrically insulating material. A further layer of a dielectric material is deposited on the interlayer of dielectric material, the further layer including a photo-patternable electrically insulating material. Both the further layer and said interlayer are structured, wherein the further layer of the dielectric material is used as a mask for the interlayer. A second electrically conducting layer including a second electrode of the electric component is then formed.
US09305785B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved structure and method of contact formation. A cap nitride is removed from a gate in a region that is distanced from a fin. This facilitates reduced process steps, allowing the gate and the source/drain regions to be opened in the same process step. Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) may be used to pattern the resist to form the contacts.
US09305780B2
Methods for depositing silicon on a semiconductor or metallic surface include cycling dosing of silane and chlorosilane precursors at a temperature between 50° C. and 300° C., and continuing cycling between three and twenty three cycles until the deposition self-limits via termination of surface sites with Si—H groups. Methods of layer formation include depositing a chlorosilane onto a substrate to form a first layer, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of InxGa1-xAs, InxGa1-xSb, InxGa1-xN, SiGe, and Ge, wherein X is between 0.1 and 0.99. The methods may include pulsing a silane to form a silicon monolayer and cycling dosing of the chlorosilane and the silane. Layered compositions include a first layer selected from the group consisting of InxGa1-xAs, InxGa1-xSb, InxGa1-xN, SiGe, and Ge, wherein X is between 0.1 and 0.99, and a second layer, wherein the second layer comprises Si—H and Si—OH.
US09305777B2
The present invention discloses novel one dimensional, direct nano-heterojunctions of vertically aligned silicon nanowires (SiNW)-carbon nano tube (CNT) arrays with ultra-low turn-on field useful in single electronic devices. The invention further discloses catalyst free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) route for synthesis of one dimensional, direct nano-heterojunctions of vertically aligned SiNW-CNT arrays.
US09305772B2
The present invention discloses an electronic device using a group III nitride substrate fabricated via the ammonothermal method. By utilizing the high-electron concentration of ammonothermally grown substrates having the dislocation density less than 105 cm−2, combined with a high-purity active layer of Ga1-x-yAlxInyN (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1) grown by a vapor phase method, the device can attain high level of breakdown voltage as well as low on-resistance. To realize a good matching between the ammonothermally grown substrate and the high-purity active layer, a transition layer is optionally introduced. The active layer is thicker than a depletion region created by a device structure in the active layer.
US09305771B2
An embodiment includes a method comprising: etching a material to expose a metal component in a metal layer, which is located on a substrate, while the substrate is in an etch chamber that is under vacuum; and performing an ash process on the metal component while the substrate is still in the etch chamber that is still under vacuum; wherein the material includes at least one of a dielectric and a mask and the metal component includes at least one of an interconnect, a via, and a contact. Other embodiments are described herein.
US09305770B2
An apparatus for treating a wafer-shaped article, comprises a spin chuck for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation, a liquid dispenser for dispensing a treatment liquid onto a downwardly facing surface of a wafer-shaped article when positioned on the spin chuck, and a gas dispenser for dispensing a gas within a gap defined between the downwardly-facing surface of the wafer-shaped article and an upper surface of the spin chuck.
US09305768B2
A method for processing flat articles with acoustical energy. The inventive system method can remove particles from both sides of a wafer more efficiently and effectively. In one aspect, the invention is a method for processing flat articles wherein a liquid is applied to both major surfaces of the flat article. A first transducer assembly is positioned adjacent to a first of the major surfaces of the flat article and a second member is positioned adjacent to a second of the major surfaces. The first transducer assembly generates and transmits acoustical energy to the first major surface of the flat article while the second member either: (1) reflects the acoustical energy generated by the first transducer assembly back to the second major surface of the flat article; and/or (2) generates and transmits acoustical energy to the second major surface of the flat article.
US09305756B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for preparing and analyzing a sample on a substrate by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS). In some embodiments, compositions provided herein comprise a substrate, matrix and nanoparticles, and sometimes comprise one or more additives and sometimes an analyte. Compositions provided herein sometimes comprise nanoparticles that include or are made up of silicon dioxide.
US09305752B2
A method for operating a substrate processing apparatus is provided which can contain generation of particles by generating plasma in a stable manner. After a substrate is disposed in an evacuated vacuum chamber, a rare gas is initially supplied into the vacuum chamber, a voltage is applied to a plasma generating means, and plasma of the rare gas is generated. Subsequently, a reaction gas is supplied into the vacuum chamber, the reaction gas is brought into contact with the plasma of the rare gas, and plasma of the reaction gas is generated. The plasma of the reaction gas is brought into contact with the substrate; and the substrate is processed. Plasma is stably generated not by turning the reaction gas into plasma but by first turning the rare gas into plasma by the plasma generating means, and generation of particles is subsequently suppressed.
US09305749B2
A plasma source includes a plasma vessel that includes a dielectric material that encloses a cavity of a toroidal shape. The toroidal shape defines a toroidal axis therethrough. The vessel forms input and output connections, each of the input and output connections being in fluid communication with the cavity. One or more metal plates are disposed adjacent to the plasma vessel for cooling the plasma vessel. A magnetic core is disposed along the toroidal axis such that respective first and second ends of the magnetic core extend beyond axially opposed sides of the plasma vessel. First and second induction coils are wound about the respective first and second ends of the magnetic core. A plasma is generated in the cavity when an input gas is supplied through the input connection and an oscillating electrical current is supplied to the first and second induction coils.
US09305748B2
Etch rate distributions are captured at a succession of hardware tilt angles of the RF source power applicator relative to the workpiece and their non-uniformities computed, and the behavior is modeled as a non-uniformity function for each one of at least two plasma reactors. An offset Δα in tilt angle α between the non-uniformity functions of the two plasma reactors is detected. The two plasma reactors are then matched by performing a hardware tilt in one of them through a tilt angle equal to the offset Δα.
US09305743B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a marking apparatus includes a charged particle beam device and a marking unit. The charged particle beam device generates a charged particle beam, irradiates a sample including a laminated body with the charged particle beam, detects secondary charged particles generated from the sample, and acquires a sample image. The marking unit bores a hole reaching at least a second layer from a surface layer in the laminated body in a viewing field of the charged particle beam device.
US09305741B2
A wide range tunable magnetic lens for the desktop electron microscope is provided. The wired range tunable magnetic lens comprises a coil support, an inner pole piece, a permanent-magnet, a first outer pole piece and a second outer pole piece. The inner pole piece covers the coil support and forms a first magnetic-circuit gap. The permanent-magnet forms a ring structure according to the central axis and is disposed at the outer side of the inner pole piece away from the central axis. The first outer pole piece is adjacently disposed at the upper-side of the permanent-magnet and extends to the central hole of the coil support. The second outer pole piece is adjacently disposed at the under-side of the permanent-magnet and extends to the central hole of the coil support, wherein the first outer pole piece and the second outer pole piece forms a second magnetic-circuit gap.
US09305740B2
A charged particle beam device is described. In one aspect, the charged particle beam device includes a charged particle beam source, and a switchable multi-aperture for generating two or more beam bundles from a charged particle beam which includes: two or more aperture openings, wherein each of the two or more aperture openings is provided for generating a corresponding beam bundle of the two or more beam bundles; a beam blanker arrangement configured for individually blanking the two or more beam bundles; and a stopping aperture for blocking beam bundles. The device further includes a control unit configured to control the individual blanking of the two or more beam bundles for switching of the switchable multi-aperture and an objective lens configured for focusing the two or more beam bundles on a specimen or wafer.
US09305733B2
The use of the electride form of 12CaO-7Al2O3, or C12A7, as a low work function electron emitter in a hollow cathode discharge apparatus is described. No heater is required to initiate operation of the present cathode, as is necessary for traditional hollow cathode devices. Because C12A7 has a fully oxidized lattice structure, exposure to oxygen does not degrade the electride. The electride was surrounded by a graphite liner since it was found that the C12A7 electride converts to it's eutectic (CA+C3A) form when heated (through natural hollow cathode operation) in a metal tube.
US09305732B2
A main body of an electronic part is supported by terminals at a position above and separated from a board surface of a printed board. Each of the terminals is composed of a supporting member made of electrically insulating material and a wiring member. Each of the wiring member has an electrode-connected portion electrically connected to an electrode formed on the main body and a land-connected portion electrically connected to a land formed in the printed board. One of the wiring members is composed of a fuse wiring member having a cut-off portion, which is melted down when excess current flows. The wiring member is outwardly expanded in a direction opposite to the main body.
US09305725B2
Provided are: a vacuum interrupter having a fixed contact and a movable contact; a fixed side mounting plate which supports a fixed side conductor; and an operating mechanism which is coupled to a movable side conductor and performs opening and closing operation of both the contacts. The fixed side mounting plate is configured such that a plurality of plate-like members are overlapped; an exposed portion of the fixed side conductor is attached with a divided terminal which has a fitting hole to be fitted to the exposed portion and is formed with a slit in a radial direction from the fitting hole; and the divided terminal is fixed to the fixed side mounting plate and the fixed side conductor is supported by the fixed side mounting plate via the divided terminal.
US09305716B2
A rechargeable energy storage device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment the energy storage device includes an air electrode providing an electrochemical process comprising reduction and evolution of oxygen and a capacitive electrode enables an electrode process consisting of non-faradic reactions based on ion absorption/desorption and/or faradic reactions. This rechargeable energy storage device is a hybrid system of fuel cells and ultracapacitors, pseudocapacitors, and/or secondary batteries.
US09305714B2
A photovoltaic cell including: (a) a housing including an at least partially transparent cell wall having an interior surface; (b) an electrolyte, disposed within the cell wall, and containing an iodide based species; (c) a transparent electrically conductive coating disposed on the interior surface; (d) an anode disposed on the conductive coating, the anode including: (i) a porous film containing titania, the porous film adapted to make intimate contact with the iodide based species, and (ii) a dye, absorbed on a surface of the porous film, the dye and the porous film adapted to convert photons to electrons; (e) a cathode disposed on an interior surface of the housing, and disposed substantially opposite the anode; (f) electrically-conductive metallic wires, disposed at least partially within the cell, the wires electrically contacting the anode and the electrically conductive coating, and (g) a second electrically conductive coating including an inorganic binder and an inorganic electrically conductive filler, the second coating bridging between and electrically communicating between each of the wires and the transparent coating, the wires adapted to boost collection of a current generated by the cell.
US09305704B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including, a ceramic body having a plurality dielectric layers stacked therein and a groove portion recessed inwardly in a lower surface thereof in a width direction, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to be alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, having the dielectric layers therebetween, and first and second external electrodes respectively formed on both end portions of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively.
US09305702B2
[Technical Problem]This invention provides a surface-mount inductor that is capable of positioning a coil in a predetermined position in a mold, thereby to position the coil in a predetermined position of a core and to prevent led-out ends from being buried in the core.[Solution to the Problem]A surface-mount inductor of the present invention comprises: a coil formed by winding a winding wire; and a core containing a magnetic powder and including the coil therein. The coil has opposite led-out ends, each of which is exposed on respective ones of opposed side surfaces of the core. Each of the led-out ends of the coil is connected to an external electrode formed on the core.
US09305696B2
A stacked inductor is provided with a conductive frame including a top surface, two side surfaces depending downward from the top surface, two spaced bottom surfaces each inward bending from a bottom of either side surface, an upper space defined by the top surface, the side surfaces, and the bottom surfaces, two vertical legs each depending downward from either bottom surface, two supports each inward bending from a bottom of either leg, and a lower space defined by the bottom surfaces, the legs, and the supports; an upper core including a bottom groove; an intermediate core; and a lower core including a top groove. The bottom groove is on the top surface, the intermediate core is in the upper space, the lower core is in the lower space and supported by the supports. The upper, intermediate, and lower cores are magnetically connected together.
US09305691B2
According to one embodiment, a superconducting magnet apparatus includes: a first superconducting coil and a second superconducting coil respectively arranged in a vacuum container; a first cooling unit configured to cool the first superconducting coil; and a second cooling unit configured to cool the second superconducting coil and controlled independently from the first cooling unit by a cooling method different from the cooling method of the first cooling unit.
US09305683B1
A process and system for printing sequences of alpha-numeric characters on segments of wire or cable during production. In one embodiment, the process and system comprises printing a sequence of alpha-numeric values onto a first segment of wire up to an input target value. The process and system further comprises printing a sequence of alpha-numeric values onto a second segment of wire up to a second input target value. In one embodiment, the process and system is capable of printing sequences on segments of wire or cable up to variable target values without requiring a shutdown of the production process, and without requiring lag time between printing on subsequent wire or cable segments.
US09305676B2
A composite material includes a metal matrix of a metal and a reducing agent. The reducing agent is dispersed in the metal matrix and is capable of reducing an oxide of the metal at room temperature. Even when the oxide of the metal is generated on a surface of the composite material, the reducing agent reduces the oxide of the metal to the metal
US09305669B2
Exemplary embodiments provide automated nuclear fission reactors and methods for their operation. Exemplary embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, re-use of nuclear fission fuel, alternate fuels and fuel geometries, modular fuel cores, fast fluid cooling, variable burn-up, programmable nuclear thermostats, fast flux irradiation, temperature-driven surface area/volume ratio neutron absorption, low coolant temperature cores, refueling, and the like.
US09305664B2
An integrated circuit includes a set of non-volatile bits that may be programmed during multiprobe testing of the integrated circuit (IC). A defective portion of the IC is identified by testing the IC during multiprobe testing prior to packaging the IC. The IC is scrapped if the defective portion of IC does not meet repair criteria. A defect category is selected that is indicative of the defective portion, wherein the defect category is selected from a set of defect categories. The defective portion is replaced with a standby repair portion by modifying circuitry on the IC. The selected defect category is recorded in a plurality of non-volatile bits on the IC. The non-volatile bits may be read after extended testing or after end-user deployment in order to track failure rate of repaired ICs based on the defect category.
US09305662B2
An identification technique for physically damaged blocks of a flash memory of a data storage device. In the data storage device, a controller coupled to the flash memory writes data into the flash memory with at least one time stamp corresponding to the data. The time stamp is taken into consideration by the controller to identify the physically damaged blocks of the flash memory, and thereby it is prevented from erroneously identifying a physically undamaged block as bad. Thus, the flash memory is prevented from being erroneously regarded as a write protected memory. The lifespan of the flash memory is effectively prolonged.
US09305647B2
A write operation method for a phase change memory (PCM) is disclosed. The method includes when a PCM performs a write operation, generating a corresponding voltage pulse signal according to to-be-written data, and applying the voltage pulse signal to a phase change material included in a phase change storage unit corresponding to the to-be-written data and applying the voltage pulse signal to a voltage divider resistor serially connected to the phase change material; comparing voltage values at both ends of a sampling resistor with a threshold voltage to generate an indicator value; determining, according to the indicator value, whether data that is stored in the phase change storage unit and is corresponding to the indicator value is the same as the to-be-written data; and skipping writing if the same; or writing if different, thus reducing the delay time of writing data into the phase change storage unit.
US09305637B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having nonvolatile memory cells in which one of multiple values is programmable therein by setting one of a plurality of threshold values therein and a control circuit that performs a writing operation on the memory cells. The writing operation performed by the control circuit includes a pre-programming verification operation to determine a threshold level of a memory cell in an erasure state, and a program operation in which a program voltage is selected from a plurality of program voltages on the basis of a determination result of the pre-programming verification operation.
US09305622B1
A method and apparatus for performing a data strobe-to-data delay calibration is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data strobe signal, along with data, is conveyed from a memory controller to a memory. An initial delay calibration procedure may be performed to align the data and the data strobe signals at the memory, with subsequent calibrations performed there between in order to compensate for changes due to various factors such as voltage and temperature. In the calibrations performed between the delay calibration procedures, a calibrated delay value may be multiplied by a first scaling factor and a second scaling factor to generate a scaled code. A DLL configured to convey the data strobe signal may then be programmed based on this code.
US09305620B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for reducing a rate of data transfer to at least a portion of memory. In operation, a rate of degradation of at least a portion of memory associated with a drive is determined. Furthermore, a rate of data transfer to the at least a portion of the memory is reduced, based on the determined rate of degradation.
US09305619B2
A method, system and memory controller are provided for implementing simultaneous read and write operations in a memory subsystem utilizing a dual port Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) configuration. A DRAM includes a first partition and a second partition. A memory controller determines if memory requirements are above or below a usage threshold. If the memory requirements are below the usage threshold, the memory is partitioned into a read buffer and a write buffer, with writes going to the write buffer and reads coming from the read buffer, data being transferred from the write buffer to the read buffer through an Error Correction Code (ECC) engine. If the memory requirements are above the usage threshold, the entire memory is used for reads and writes.
US09305617B2
Write-leveling, a write-leveling control unit (250) adjusts the delay amounts of DQS control unit (242) and a DQ control unit (244), at first, within a range of less than one clock cycle. Then, with respect to each SDRAM (282), a read-data row acquired by performing a read after a write of an expected value data row is compared value data row, and depending upon the comparison result, the delay amounts of the DQS control unit (242) and the DQ control unit (244) are adjusted in clock-cycle units. At the above write-time, control is performed so that the DQS control unit (242) outputs a data strobe signal (DQS) which is 2×M clock cycles longer than a burst length defined according to a specification, and the DQ control unit (244) adds M units each of data before and after a number of units of expected value data rows that match the burst length in order to output the data.
US09305611B2
A sense amplifier comprises a cell current generator, a reference current generator, a first and a second charge/discharge elements, a first and a second voltage trigger circuits, and a data holder. The cell current generator is used to output a cell current of a memory cell. The reference current generator is used to output a duplicated reference current. The first and the second charge/discharge elements are used to convert the cell current and the duplicated reference current to voltage signals respectively. The first voltage trigger circuit is used to output a data signal according to a voltage signal outputted from the first charge/discharge element. The second voltage trigger circuit is used to output a hold control signal according to a voltage signal outputted from the second charge/discharge element. The data holder is used to hold a voltage level of the data signal according to the hold control signal.
US09305610B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for power reduction management. The method includes determining that a power source has failed to supply electric power above a predefined threshold. The method includes terminating one or more non-essential in-process operations on a nonvolatile memory device during a power hold-up time. The method includes executing one or more essential in-process operations on the nonvolatile memory device within the power hold-up time.
US09305604B2
The present invention discloses a discrete three-dimensional vertical memory (3D-MV). It comprises at least a 3D-array die and at least an A/D-translator die. The 3D-array die comprises a plurality of vertical memory strings. At least an address/data (A/D)-translator for the 3D-array die is located on the A/D-translator die instead of the 3D-array die. The 3D-array die and the A/D-translator die have substantially different back-end-of-line (BEOL) structures.
US09305600B2
The invention provides a method and system for the automated post production of a single video file, the method comprising the steps of gathering video data from a plurality of camera sources; gathering audio data from a plurality of microphone sources; using an automated tracking offline algorithm to track a sound emitting from a moving target object in a 3D space, to provide localization data of said target object to identify an optimum camera source to provide video data of said target object; and composing a composite video sequence of said moving target from a plurality of identified optimum camera sources in a single video file. The algorithm relies on both video data from multiple camera views and audio data from multiple microphone arrays to infer the 3D position of the active speaker over the duration of the captured presentation.
US09305598B2
A package assembly including a first layer having a bottom surface and a top surface, and at least two panels coupled to the top surface of the first layer such that a first panel is disposed along a right edge of the first layer and the second panel is disposed along a left edge of the first layer, the first panel being pivotally engaged to the second panel along an axis, the at least two panels having formed therein a recess.
US09305596B2
Apparatus and method for detecting media defects using a multi-sensor transducer. In some embodiments, a first pattern is written to a first track on a rotatable storage media and a second pattern is written to a second track on the media. A first read sensor of a multi-sensor transducer senses the first pattern from the first track and a second read sensor of the multi-sensor transducer concurrently senses the second pattern from the second track. At least one storage media defect is detected responsive to the sensed first and second patterns.
US09305586B2
A magnetic head, according to one embodiment, includes a magnetized high-speed rotor placed in the vicinity of a main magnetic pole, wherein the main magnetic pole generates a magnetized rotating magnetic field, wherein information is recorded by generating a high-frequency magnetic field from the magnetized high-speed rotor and switching the magnetic head between a magnetic resonance state and a magnetization state, and wherein the magnetic head has a structure such that leaking is reduced for magnetic fields applied parallel to a magnetized rotating surface of the magnetized high-speed rotor from the main magnetic pole. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US09305580B2
A tape head assembly includes a set of data readers configured to simultaneously read data from a set of adjacent data tracks of a tape storage medium, each data track having a width; wherein the width of each data reader of the set along a lateral extension of the tape head assembly is equal to or less than the width of a data track wherein the lateral extension of the tape head assembly is orthogonal to a longitudinal extension of the tape storage medium when arranged in a tape drive containing the tape head assembly spanning at least the set of data tracks during reading; and a servo reader arrangement containing at least one servo reader arranged laterally offset from one of the data readers by less than the width of a data track.
US09305577B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of a recording medium, a trailing shield opposed to the main pole with a write gap therebetween, and a high-frequency oscillator between the main pole and the trailing shield in a range of a width of the main pole in a track width direction, and configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The high-frequency oscillator includes a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, and at least the oscillation layer comprises divided oscillation regions.
US09305567B2
A method for signal level matching by an electronic device is described. The method includes capturing a plurality of audio signals from a plurality of microphones. The method also includes determining a difference signal based on an inter-microphone subtraction. The difference signal includes multiple harmonics. The method also includes determining whether a harmonicity of the difference signal exceeds a harmonicity threshold. The method also includes preserving the harmonics to determine an envelope. The method further applies the envelope to a noise-suppressed signal.
US09305565B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving speech data correlated to one or more words spoken by a particular party, receiving adaptation data that is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party that is discrete from the received speech data, wherein at least a portion of the adaptation data has been stored on a particular device associated with the particular party, obtaining target data regarding a target configured to process at least a portion of the received speech data, and determining whether to apply the adaptation data for processing at least a portion of the received speech data, at least partly based on the acquired target data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09305564B2
An apparatus for reproducing an audio signal includes a first reproducer configured to reproduce a first portion of the audio signal in a first frequency band based on the first data. A provider is configured to provide a patch signal in a second frequency band, wherein the patch signal is at least partially uncorrelated with respect to the first portion of the audio signal or is at least partially a decorrelated version of the first portion of the audio signal, which has been shifted to the second frequency band. A second reproducer is configured to reproduce a second portion of the audio signal in the second frequency band based on second data and the patch signal. A combiner is configured to combine the reproduced first portion of the audio signal and the patch signal.
US09305551B1
A scribe system is provided. The scribe system includes a server operating a software product and a plurality of recording devices for recording speech of a user into a recorded audio file. The scribe system also includes a network connection between the server and the plurality of recording devices. Each recording device transfers the recorded audio file to the server through the network connection in response to completion of recording the audio file. The server confirms successful transmission to the recording device in response to operation of the software product.
US09305548B2
A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.
US09305546B2
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for handling missing speech data. The computer-implemented method includes receiving speech with a missing segment, generating a plurality of hypotheses for the missing segment, identifying a best hypothesis for the missing segment, and recognizing the received speech by inserting the identified best hypothesis for the missing segment. In another method embodiment, the final step is replaced with synthesizing the received speech by inserting the identified best hypothesis for the missing segment. In one aspect, the method further includes identifying a duration for the missing segment and generating the plurality of hypotheses of the identified duration for the missing segment. The step of identifying the best hypothesis for the missing segment can be based on speech context, a pronouncing lexicon, and/or a language model. Each hypothesis can have an identical acoustic score.
US09305543B2
Techniques for improved text-to-speech processing are disclosed. The improved text-to-speech processing can convert text from an electronic document into an audio output that includes speech associated with the text as well as audio contextual cues. One aspect provides audio contextual cues to the listener when outputting speech (spoken text) pertaining to a document. The audio contextual cues can be based on an analysis of a document prior to a text-to-speech conversion. Another aspect can produce an audio summary for a file. The audio summary for a document can thereafter be presented to a user so that the user can hear a summary of the document without having to process the document to produce its spoken text via text-to-speech conversion.
US09305541B2
A noise treatment device (D) comprising at least one local noise sound sensor (30) and at least one sound system having a support (11, 12) and at least one sound actuator (21, 22, 21′, 22′). The device also includes a position sensor for determining the position of a person's head, at least one treatment unit (40, 40′) connected to the local noise sound sensor to receive a local noise signal and configured to deliver a control signal to each sound actuator (21, 22, 21′, 22′), the control signal being a function of the local noise signal and of at least one transfer function per ear, and active matching means (70) co-operating with the position sensor in order to keep each transfer function used in preparing each control signal representative of the path to be traveled by the anti-noise.
US09305533B2
Disclosed is a system and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. The method for remotely generating sound includes the steps of generating a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, transmitting the signal, receiving the signal at an input, converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and coupling the mechanical vibrations to a second musical instrument capable of producing sound waves.
US09305517B2
An apparatus and method for enhancing photorealism of a computer graphic (CG) image. Since color distribution maps of the CG image and a realistic image are extractable, a color distribution map of an input CG image may be adjusted, thereby enhancing photorealism of the CG image.
US09305508B2
A substantially rectangular display panel includes a first edge extending in a first major axis direction of the rectangular shape and a second edge extending in a second major axis direction of the rectangular shape, the second direction being different from the first direction. The display panel includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction; and a gate lines driver including a plurality of main stages sequentially connected to each other and configured for outputting gate signals to the gate lines, where the plurality of stages further includes one or more dummy stages arranged in a row along the second edge and not connected to the plurality of gate lines, and where a layout arrangement of a plurality of thin film transistors included in the main stage is different from a corresponding layout arrangement of corresponding thin film transistors included in the at least one dummy stage.
US09305500B2
A projector includes a light source unit that supplies light, and a spatial light modulator that modulates light supplied from the light source unit according to an image signal. The spatial light modulator is driven by an applied voltage whose polarity is reversed according to a polarity-reversing frequency which is specific to the spatial light modulator. The light source unit supplies light which is modulated according to pulse width modulation for which fundamental frequency is set based on the polarity-reversing frequency.
US09305494B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, each pixel connected to a data line, a gate line group and a reference line, each pixel further including: an organic light emitting device; a driving transistor controlling a current flowing in the organic light emitting device and including first and second gate electrodes overlapped with each other, with a semiconductor layer provided therebetween; a first switching transistor selectively supplying a data voltage supplied to the data line to a first node connected to the first gate electrode; a second switching transistor selectively supplying a sensing voltage to the second gate electrode; a third switching transistor selectively connecting a second node connected to a source electrode of the driving transistor to the first node; a fourth switching transistor selectively connecting the reference line to the second node; a first capacitor connected between the second gate electrode and the second node, the first capacitor storing a threshold voltage of the driving transistor; and a second capacitor connected between the first and second nodes, the second capacitor storing a difference voltage of the first and second nodes.
US09305493B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an organic light emitting diode pixel circuit and a display device so as to address such a problem of non-uniform display of an image on the entire display panel due to different threshold voltages of drive transistors in different pixel elements in a traditional organic light emitting diode pixel circuit. A drive signal generation module in the organic light emitting diode pixel circuit according to an embodiment of the invention reads and stores the threshold voltage of a drive transistor in a threshold voltage reading phase, and in a signal loading phase, receives an image data signal and generates a drive signal from the received image data signal and the threshold voltage of the drive transistor stored in the threshold voltage reading phase so that the drive signal is dependent upon the threshold voltage of the drive transistor.
US09305468B2
Architectural signage and the providing of systems and methods for adjustable signage suitable for operation with one hand. A signage assembly may include a slider panel assembly having a back plate and a plurality of slider portions, where each of the slider portions may include a guidance tongue formed from a portion of the back plate. The guidance tongue may include a lock button extending from a front face of the guidance tongue, wherein the guidance tongue is configured to flex in a direction perpendicular to or from a front face of the back plate to allow insertion of a slidable tab with reduced interference from the lock button, and wherein the lock button is configured to mate with a lock pocket of a slidable tab when the slidable tab is fully extended.
US09305461B2
A system includes a processor configured to detect a primary vehicle emergency-state. The processor is also configured to determine that emergency-services communication through an on-board device is not possible. Further, the processor is configured to search for a secondary vehicle having vehicle-to-vehicle communication capabilities. The processor is additionally configured to send an emergency-services request to the secondary vehicle to establish communication with the secondary vehicle and send prioritized emergency data to the secondary vehicle.
US09305459B2
In accordance with some embodiments, an automated system may be implemented in which alerts to drivers are automatically distributed and implemented at the driver's vehicle. Thus, in some embodiments, no involvement by the driver is needed and everything may be done in an automated fashion including filtering alerts and responding to alerts. In some embodiments, each vehicle need not provide its current location to the Amber Alert System, providing greater privacy in some cases.
US09305455B2
A switch module is designed to facilitate user definition of a group of switch modules that control the same lamp. A lamp unit (12) containing the lamp responds selectively to messages from the switch modules (10, 10′) when the messages comprise ID information matching with ID information stored in the lamp unit (12). A group is formed by detecting user control operation of sensors (100) in the switch modules (10, 10′), transmitting messages from the switch modules (10, 10′) in response and determining from the messages whether the switch modules (10′) have both been operated within a time interval with a duration of less than a predetermined threshold. If so, the ID information value in memories (104) of the switch module (10) and/or the further switch module (10′) are set to matching ID values, for use in the messages to control the lamp unit.
US09305452B2
A battery protection system applicable to an electronic device includes a battery, a control module, a message generating module and an input interface. The control module is electrically connected to the battery for detecting if the battery is in an abnormal state. The message generating module is electrically connected to the control module for generating a battery-error warning message when the control module detects that the battery is in the abnormal state. The input interface is electrically connected to the control module for transmitting a user command to the control module after the battery-error warning message is generated, thereby enabling the control module to release the abnormal state of the battery according to the user command. A battery protection method is also provided.
US09305444B2
A security device for an item of merchandise is provided. The security device includes a non-programmable locking mechanism comprising a mechanical lock and a programmable locking mechanism comprising a monitoring circuit operatively coupled to an alarm. The security device is configured to secure an item of merchandise from theft or removal when the mechanical lock is locked and to be separated from the item of merchandise when the mechanical lock is unlocked. The alarm is configured to provide an alarm signal if the security device is separated from the item of merchandise while the monitoring circuit is armed.
US09305434B2
A gaming system including at least one gaming machine enabling a player to select at least one of a plurality of different selectable side bets. A side bet controller maintaining at least one side bet. A side bet revenue manager configured to communicate with the gaming machine and side bet controller to accept and track fund data associated with a side bet from the gaming machine; transfer fund data to the side bet controller; accept and track fund data from the side bet controller; and transfer fund data to the gaming device.
US09305433B2
Gaming devices, gaming systems, methods of conducting wagering games, and computer programs for executing wagering games are disclosed. A gaming system for playing a wagering game is disclosed which includes a processor(s) and a memory device(s) storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the processors, cause the gaming system to: display, via a display device(s), a randomly determined outcome of the wagering game; responsive to a triggering event, transmit an offer to participate in a competitive gaming feature to a second player(s); randomly determine a first final outcome of the competitive gaming feature for the first player; randomly determine a second final outcome of the competitive gaming feature for the second player; and, in response to a valuation of the first final outcome being better than a valuation of the second final outcome, award a competitive gaming feature award to the first player.
US09305432B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems, devices, and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems, devices, and methods may determine a winning outcome and/or a losing outcome. The systems, devices, and methods may determine one or more key values. The systems and methods may determine a scripted scenario based on the determined one or more key values. The systems and methods may display one or more presentations based on the determined scripted scenario. The scripted scenario may utilize symbols, characters, and/or other gaming objects.
US09305429B2
A system is provided that, in some aspects, determines a user's intent to place a wager or redeem a wager based on bar codes generated by a client device operated by the user.
US09305427B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes. The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or otherwise provided to a player (e.g., player may access the video presentation online). This allows a player to purchase a video presentation of (e.g., predetermined) outcomes in a jurisdiction in which gambling is legal yet view the presentation at the player's convenience (e.g., from any jurisdiction and at any time). A player who purchases such a video presentation may subsequently redeem it for a redemption value associated therewith.
US09305418B2
A vending machine for scrubs may include a housing configured to store different sized scrubs. The vending machine also may include a scrub dispenser, a labeler, and a controller carried by the housing. The controller may be configured to cooperate with the scrub dispenser to dispense a selected sized scrub. The controller may also be configured to cooperate with the labeler to generate a time expiring badge for the selected sized scrub.
US09305416B2
Banknotes are taken into a banknote recognition and counting machine (10), a recognition and counting process for the banknotes is performed by a recognition and counting unit (24), judgment for the banknotes is performed by using a first judgment threshold value, based on the recognition result on each banknote recognized by the recognition and counting unit (24), and then the banknotes are fed, selectively, to a stacking unit (26) or reject unit (30), based on the judgment result on each banknote. Then the banknotes, respectively fed to the reject unit (30), are taken again into the banknote recognition and counting machine (10), the recognition and counting process for such banknotes is performed by the recognition and counting unit (24), and then the judgment for the banknotes is performed, by using a second judgment threshold value set smaller than the first judgment threshold value, based on the recognition result on each banknote recognized by the recognition and counting unit (24). Thereafter, information, which relates to the total sum of a count result on the banknotes, respectively judged to be true upon the judgment for the banknotes by using the first judgment threshold value and another count result on the banknotes, respectively judged to be true upon the judgment for the banknotes by using the second judgment threshold value, is output.
US09305412B2
Apparatus, system and method for authenticating access to a vehicle, where vehicle events, such as a door lock condition or an operating condition of the vehicle, are reported to an authentication network. Vehicle events are compared to a vehicle schedule to determine if the vehicle events comply with the schedule using authentication rules. If the events are not compliant, an authentication request signal, requiring a predetermined authentication response, is transmitted to the vehicle. Access to the vehicle may be denied until a match to the predetermined authentication response is received. Authentication may include the use of a portable device, which may act as an intermediary between the vehicle and the authentication system. Vehicle events may further be reported to the portable device. Authentication rules may be updated automatically based on further incoming vehicle events, or may be updated manually using a computer.
US09305405B2
A fuel tax measuring and reporting tool is provided for a mobile refrigeration unit that is capable of providing state-by-state fuel tax reporting, automatically, relating to fuel consumed by a mobile refrigeration unit. Fuel use of an engine powering the refrigeration unit is measured based on either power consumption by, or fuel flow to, the engine. Processing of this data locally or remotely allows accurate fuel tax reporting in connection with transmission of this data from the site of the mobile refrigeration unit.
US09305402B2
A device can receive live video of a real-world, physical environment on a touch sensitive surface. One or more objects can be identified in the live video. An information layer can be generated related to the objects. In some implementations, the information layer can include annotations made by a user through the touch sensitive surface. The information layer and live video can be combined in a display of the device. Data can be received from one or more onboard sensors indicating that the device is in motion. The sensor data can be used to synchronize the live video and the information layer as the perspective of video camera view changes due to the motion. The live video and information layer can be shared with other devices over a communication link.
US09305401B1
An image analysis technology that enables real-time fully 3-dimensionally integrated reconstruction of the live video-data derived from CCTV system's multiple camera observations of a spatially connected surveillance scene.
US09305398B2
A trajectory is drawn on a digital canvas with a pointing device, wherein the trajectory comprises a plurality of spaced points, and each spaced point has a plurality of characteristics, including a geometric profile, a depth, and a color if a color trajectory or an intensity if a monochromatic trajectory. One or more of the plurality of characteristics is adjusted by manually controlling a speed of the drawing, and a faster drawing speed results in spacing between two successive points that is greater than that resulting from a slower speed. A line is generated by interpolating the space between the points. A picture is created with a number of trajectories and/or lines. A three-dimensional image may be created from the picture by creating, then integrating a set of multi-view images from the picture. The picture in progress and/or as completed may be displayed, for example, on a three-dimensional display.
US09305396B2
A polygonal mesh is received and the edges and vertices of the polygonal mesh are analyzed. A positive (e.g., convex or protruding) feature may be identified where the positive feature is bound by a non-concave edge (e.g., a convex edge or a planar edge). A negative (e.g., concave or receding) feature may also be identified where the negative feature is bound by a non-convex edge (e.g., a concave edge or a planar edge).
US09305389B2
Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for reducing artifacts in rendered images. In one embodiment, a dual UV engine generates a dual of the graph defined by an initial UV set associated with a 3D model. The dual UV engine then uses existing flattening and layout engines to generate a dual UV set from this dual graph. Using the dual graph to define the dual UV set ensures that the seams corresponding to the initial UV set and the dual UV set minimally intersect.
US09305386B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a view of a three-dimensional computer animation model, the view including one or more objects, wherein each of the one or more objects is associated with a respective animation setting for adjusting a respective three-dimensional motion trajectory interpolation of the object in the computer animation model between a first and a different second key frame; receiving data describing a user interaction with a visual representation of the animation setting in the view for a first object of the one or more objects, the user interaction being an adjustment of the respective animation setting of the first object; and based on the receiving, adjusting the motion trajectory interpolation of the first object between the particular first and second key frames.
US09305383B2
A method of charting event occurrence counts includes processing event occurrence data recorded during operation of an industrial process to generate a chart having chart entries representing occurrence counts and chart positioning information. The chart positioning information includes an x-axis with a first time interval between x-positions and a y-axis with a second time interval between y-positions. Respective ones of the chart entries are positioned at intersections between the x-positions and y-positions by placing an element at the intersections having first feature attribute which indicates a relative magnitude of its event count. Time division count sums are computed to indicate a relative magnitude of a count sum across the x-positions and y-positions. The time division count sums are represented with a second feature attribute. The time division count sums are positioned for the x-positions adjacent to the second ending time and for the y-positions adjacent to the first ending time.
US09305382B2
Methods for providing drawing assistance to a user sketching an image include geometrically correcting and parametrically adjusting user strokes to improve their placement and appearance. As a user draws a stroke, the stroke is geometrically corrected by moving the stroke toward a feature of the image the user is intending to draw. To further improve the user strokes, parametric adjustments are made to the geometrically-corrected stroke to emphasize “correctly” drawn lines and de-emphasize “incorrectly” drawn lines.
US09305378B1
Systems and methods which combine standard image reconstruction and beam-control techniques with tomographic estimation of three-dimensional atmospheric turbulence to enable high-quality anisoplanatic imaging of distant objects at long range through the atmosphere over an extended field-of-view using a large aperture. More specifically, the systems and methods combine the concepts of atmospheric tomography, forward-model image reconstruction and tip, tilt, beam-walk, and focus control techniques to produce image reconstructions of high quality for large objects that move rapidly as viewed by large apertures in weak or strong extended atmospheric turbulence.
US09305372B2
Embodiments provide a method for processing a first image based on a second image, wherein each pixel in the first image has a plurality of color components and has a corresponding pixel in the second image, and wherein each value of a color component in the first image corresponds to a value of a color component in the second image. The method may include deciding, for each color component of a pixel in the first image, whether to modify the value of the color component dependent on a predetermined criterion. The method may further include determining a similarity index between the pixel in the first image and the corresponding pixel in the second image based on, for each color component of the pixel, the value of the color component of the pixel, or if it is decided that the value of the color component of the pixel is to be modified, the corresponding value of the color component in the second image.
US09305361B2
A homography between two captured images of a planar object is decomposed into at least one possible solution, and typically at least two ambiguous solutions. The ambiguity between the two solutions is removed, or a single solution validated, using measurements from orientation sensors. The measurements from orientation sensors may be used by comparing at least one of the yaw, pitch, and/or roll angles derived from a relative rotation matrix for the one or more solutions to a corresponding at least one of the yaw, pitch, and/or roll angles derived from the measurements from the orientation sensors.
US09305355B2
A photo localization application is configured to determine the location that an image depicts relative to a 3D representation of a structure. The 3D representation may be a 3D model, color range scan, or gray scale range scan of the structure. The image depicts a particular section of the structure. The photo localization application extracts and stores features from the 3D representation in a database. The photo localization application then extracts features from the image and compares those features against the database to identify matching features. The matching features form a location fingerprint, from which the photo localization application determines the location that the image depicts, relative to the 3D representation. The location allows the user to better understand and communicate information captured by the image.
US09305354B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for mapping a three-dimensional space in medical applications for diagnostic, surgical or interventional medicine purposes. The apparatus and the method according to the invention use acquisition means, capable of recording two-dimensional images of said three-dimensional space from at least a first recording position and from a second recording position, and a reference target, comprising a plurality of marker elements and movable between a first target point and a second target point of said three-dimensional space. A processing unit, adapted to receive data indicative of a first image and of a second image of said three-dimensional space, comprises computerized means adapted to calculate registration data to register the two-dimensional reference systems, used to express the coordinates of the points of said first image and of said second image, with the three-dimensional reference system, defined by the marker elements of said reference target.
US09305352B2
Deformable, anatomical trees represented by scan data from different times are matched. Coherent point drift (CPD) solved using expectation maximization is enhanced with tangent or other curve information. By including point-curve information, another characteristic than GMM-based probabilities are included in the cost function for matching. The angle information provided by the tangent, normal, or other point-curve measure may more likely match points in one set representing a tree to points in another set representing the tree.
US09305347B2
Systems and methods for inspecting data generated during a scan of an object. One system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive projection data generated by a CT scan of an object, generate a three-dimensional, volumetric data set based on the projection data, and automatically generate a plurality of cinematic frames of a cinematic sequence based on the three-dimensional, volumetric data set. Each of the plurality of cinematic frames has a different value for at least one parameter. The processor is also configured to automatically generate a signal to display the cinematic sequence in a frame-by-frame manner. In some embodiments, the processor continuously displays the cinematic sequence until a user accepts the three-dimensional, volumetric data set or stops the cinematic sequence (e.g., to perform a manual inspection of the three-dimensional, volumetric data set and/or re-initiate a scan of the object).
US09305346B2
A method of inspecting fabricated articles includes receiving a fabricated article to be inspected for defects, the fabricated article having a pattern thereon, and the pattern being based on a pattern design and creating a rule set for defining critical regions of the pattern as represented in the pattern design, the critical regions being regions in which defects are more likely to be found during inspection. The method also includes applying the rule set to the pattern design to identify a critical region of the pattern on the fabricated article and a non-critical region of the pattern on the fabricated article. Further, the method includes inspecting the non-critical region of the pattern on the fabricated article for defects at first resolution and inspecting the critical region of the pattern on the fabricated article for defects at a second resolution higher than the first resolution.
US09305342B2
The present invention provides a method for acquiring a boundary line of an alignment film, including the steps of: processing an edge of an image and determining the boundary line of the alignment film; conducting a first screen over the determined boundary line, and excluding a straight boundary line; and conducting a second screen toward the firstly-screened boundary line, and selecting the outmost boundary line as the actual boundary line of the alignment film. The present invention further provides a method for inspecting an alignment film. According to the method for acquiring a boundary line of an alignment film and the method for inspecting the alignment film provided the present invention, not only the actual boundary line of the alignment film could be acquired quickly and accurately by screening the determined boundary line, but also the error rate of determining the boundary line of the alignment film could be lowered, so as to facilitate the control and prevention of the alignment film; and the method is simple and easy to operate.
US09305331B2
An image processor and an image combination method thereof are provided. The image processor includes a processing unit for performing the image combination method, and a storing unit for storing an original image and an output image. The image combination method includes the following steps. First, the original image is received from the storing unit. A first processing procedure scales down the original image to generate a first image. A second processing procedure crops the original image to generate a second image. The first image and the second image are combined to form and then be outputted the output image. Accordingly, the image processor and the image combination method are capable of providing the overview and local detailed content of the original image at the same time.
US09305324B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for tiled deferred shading. In operation, a plurality of photons associated with at least one scene are identified. Further, a plurality of screen-space tiles associated with the at least one scene are identified. Additionally, each of the plurality of screen-space tiles capable of being affected by a projection of an effect sphere for each of the plurality of photons are identified. Furthermore, at least a subset of photons associated with each of the screen-space tiles from which to compute shading are selected. Moreover, shading for the at least one scene is computed utilizing the selected at least a subset of photons.
US09305323B2
A communication system (200) comprises a radio communication device (100) comprising a controller (102) having law enforcement information (110) stored therein and a data acquisition device (108) for capturing area conditions surrounding a law enforcement vehicle or law enforcement personnel. The controller (102) detects violations of the law enforcement information based on variety of detection devices, such as video analytics. In response to a detection of a law violation by an offending vehicle, a transmitter (104) within communication device 100 generates an alert to similarly formed secondary devices (220) mounted and/or worn within the network. The system (200) provides an automated response through devices (220) by gathering additional data pertaining to the offending vehicle to detect for additional violations of the law, even across state lines. The system (200) may further facilitate apprehension of an offending vehicle through automated roadblocks.
US09305321B2
A social networking system provides access to personas comprising information, for example, web pages describing users or entities. The information may be suggested by the social networking system or requested by the user, for example, via search. The social networking system authenticates the personas so that only authentic personas are suggested to users or returned when a user is searching for information. The authenticity of a persona is determined based on the connections and/or likes coming from other personas, user accounts, or other entities represented within the social networking system that have been previously authenticated. The authenticity of the persona is also determined based on external links to the persona, for example, external websites referring to the persona or the rate at which external systems such as search engines direct web traffic to the persona.
US09305316B2
A behavior sets system facilitates the dynamic generation of field and rule behavior sets for an insurance policy and claims processing computer system. The behavior sets system includes various modules and graphical user interfaces that provide a streamlined mechanism for creating new behavior sets of field and rule behaviors for the insurance processing architecture. The behavior sets system may include various levels of usability that distinguish between an advanced user of the behavior sets system and basic user that uses the generated field and rule behavior sets. The behavior sets system may also include graphical user interfaces directed to adding, editing, removing, or maintaining the behavior of fields and rules for the insurance policy and claims processing computer system.
US09305312B2
A grocery store or retail establishment easy-pass (E-Z) lane system for enabling express non-contact payment of a plurality of items is presented including an E-Z pass express checkout lane having at least a scanner for scanning the plurality of items and provided exclusively to preferred members pre-registered with the grocery store or retail establishment. The system includes an RFID antenna positioned about the E-Z pass express checkout lane for communicating with an RFID transponder issued to a preferred member when the RFID transponder is in close proximity to the RFID antenna. The E-Z pass checkout lane is activated thereafter for use by the preferred member for express checkout without the preferred member furnishing direct payment at the E-Z pass express checkout lane via a personal payment account that is separate and distinct from a prepaid vendor-established and maintained purchasing account.
US09305303B2
A sentiment analysis computing system includes a storage medium and a processing system. Sentiment input is received from audience members viewing a streamed/webcasted event. The received input is stored to the storage medium. A time slice of the webcasted event is determined and sentiment inputs that are within that time slice are obtained. A sentiment value is calculated for the determined time slice based on aggregated sentiment values. The calculated sentiment value for the time slice is then output by the sentiment analysis computing system.
US09305298B2
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for location-aware authentication. For example, one embodiment of a location-aware method for user authentication comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device; identifying a location class corresponding to the current location; selecting a set of one or more authentication techniques to provide a sufficient level of user authentication for a current transaction based on the identified location class.
US09305289B2
Caching and exposing pre-send data relating to the sender or recipient of an electronic mail message
Technologies are described herein for caching and exposing pre-send data relating to the sender or recipient of an e-mail message. A mail client program is configured to cache recipient and configuration mail tips at a client computer. The configuration mail tips may be retrieved from a server computer and cached when the mail client program is started. Recipient mail tips may be retrieved and cached as each recipient of an e-mail message is identified. When subsequent e-mail messages are created, cached mail tips for an e-mail recipient are utilized instead of retrieving the mail tips from the server computer. The cached mail tips may be updated after a predefined period of time has elapsed. The cached mail tips may also be utilized when the client program is offline or unable to establish a connection to the server computer.
US09305277B2
The present disclosure relates to a tool for increasing efficiency of development and upskilling of developers of software. The system may be configured to identify minimum skills for development of a software tool, identify elements of the software tool to be provided, establish a maximum timeline for completion of the elements of the software tool, based on the elements identified, and determine a proficiency status level appropriate to complete the development of the software tool based on both the identified skills and the elements.
US09305275B2
Various embodiments are directed towards a platform for rapid development of applications. A data processing application may be generated by applying templates, work streams, change entries, and user modifications to generate data processing applications. In at least one of the various embodiments, the applications may be generated based project initial instructions and by receiving and processing example data in combination with templates, change entries, and work streams. Further, in at least one of the various embodiments, modifications made to the generated applications may be preserved as change entries associated with a work stream. In at least one of the various embodiments, separate applications may be generated based on the work streams and/or change streams of other applications. In at least one of the various embodiments, if a generated application may be modified a new revision number may be associated with the modified version of the application.
US09305272B2
A method for managing information relating to a deployment of changes in order to communicate some or all the information to users includes providing an interface to a plurality of users at a plurality of workstations accessible by one or more of the users, receiving information comprising initiative data corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, the initiative data comprising data relating to a plurality of parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, initiating display of some or all the initiative data corresponding to some or all the plurality of changes, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the deployment of the plurality of changes, the event data comprising change status data indicating a status of at least one of the plurality of changes, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface.
US09305268B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for monitoring and replaying user interactions with one or more interactive electronic documents. The methods generally include identifying an event comprising an interaction between a user and an interactive electronic document, determining to record the event, identifying for the event a user action, a target element, and a set of element features, and recording data for recreating the event. Generally, the methods and systems monitor a training user's interactions with a document and generate an automated replay agent capable of replaying or recreating those interactions on the document or on similar documents. In some embodiments, the replay agent is able to place a document in a desired state and extract information from the document in the desired state. In some embodiments, the replay agent is trained to recognize elements, or types of elements, in the document.
US09305267B2
An algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention provides for latent signal detection of adverse events. Embodiments infer the presence of adverse drug events from large observational databases housed by the FDA, WHO, and other governmental organizations. The disclosed algorithms do not require the adverse event to be reported explicitly. Instead, the algorithms infer the presence of adverse events through more common secondary effects. In an embodiment, machine learning techniques are used for this purpose.
US09305264B2
Method, system and computer program for determining matching between two time series. They use an improved algorithm partially based in Dynamic Time Warping and Information Retrieval techniques, but solving the problems (as computational complexity, memory requirements . . . ) observed in these matching techniques.
US09305263B2
Methods are described for ideally joining human and machine computing resources to solve tasks, based on the construction of predictive models from case libraries of data about the abilities of people and machines and their collaboration. Predictive models include methods for folding together human contributions, such as voting, with machine computation, such as automated visual analyses, as well as the routing of tasks to people based on prior performance and interests. An optimal distribution of tasks to selected participants of the plurality of participants is determined according to a model that considers the demonstrated competencies of people based on a value of information analysis that considers the value of human computation and the ideal people for providing a contribution.
US09305262B1
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and techniques for using collective intelligence to improve a customer's experience when using network-based services. Data generated as a byproduct of one or more customer interactions with the network-based service may be repeatedly gathered, optionally stored, and analyzed to generate collective intelligence information. This collective intelligence information may be compared to various assessed parameters associated with a characteristic (i.e., a type and/or a configuration) of a computer resource(s), parameters associated with a state of the network-based service provider environment, and/or a customer experience criterion specified by the customer.
US09305257B2
It is determined that a population of candidate solutions for an optimization problem has prematurely converged during a metaheuristic optimization run. A cause for premature convergence of the population is determined based, at least in part, on an analysis of the metaheuristic optimization run. A first cataclysm strategy of a plurality of cataclysm strategies is selected based, at least in part, on one of the cause of the premature convergence and a history of the metaheuristic optimization run. A cataclysm is simulated based, at least in part, on the first cataclysm strategy.
US09305254B2
A method of manufacturing a card (3) of small format (8) and small thickness (5), detachable from a plate (1) of large thickness (6), includes the following steps: providing in the plate (1) of large thickness (6) at least one hole (4) opposite with a cumulative depth (7) equal to the difference between the large thickness (6) and the small thickness (5), pre-cutting of the card (3) of small format (8) in the at least one hole (4). The product obtained by such a method is also described.
US09305253B2
A memory card includes a memory that stores data, a driver that transmits the data received from the memory, and at least one transmitter that transmits the data received from the driver to a receiver provided in an external main unit. The driver and the at least one transmitter are provided in a single IC (integrated circuit) chip and are not overlapped with each other in a planar view.
US09305250B2
Image processing apparatus and image processing method including location information identification
An image processing apparatus includes an image-area separator that separates a character area from monochrome document data scanned by a scanner, a character pixel detecting unit that counts the number of pixels of a character in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction included in a controller, a bolded character identifying unit that identifies a character as a bolded character in case the count result is larger than a predefined threshold value, and a color converter that converts the bolded character into color data.
US09305244B2
An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking a plurality of targets (e.g. land-based vehicles) The method can include: for a first time-step, estimating a state of each target; at a second time-step, measuring values for a state of a target; for the second time-step, estimating a state of each target using the estimated target states for the first time-step; updating the estimated target states for the second time-step using the measured values; and performing an identity management process to estimate a probability that a particular state measurement corresponds to a particular target by providing a mixing matrix, wherein an element of the mixing matrix is based on an overlap between the updated estimated target states of targets in an underlying state space of the estimated target states.
US09305235B1
A system and method for identifying and locating instances of a shape under large variations in linear degrees of freedom is provided. The invention extracts boundary segments from an image and generates potential match candidates for boundary models based on the extracted boundary segments. The invention also extracts skeletal segments from the obtained image. Potential match candidates are then generated for skeletal models based on the extracted skeletal segments. Once the match candidates for the boundary models and skeletal models have been generated, the present invention then corresponds the various boundary segments and outputs a best correspondence. The output from the present invention may be utilized by a user to signify acceptance of the various correspondences located by the present invention. These correspondences may then be utilized to train a machine vision system.
US09305232B2
A method for controlling an orientation of a display of a wireless device using a combination of accelerometer-determined orientation and camera-determined orientation, the camera being a frontal camera used to confirm or reverse the orientation found by the accelerometer.
US09305230B2
A system and a method for conducting credit card transactions through a mobile device of a user. The mobile device comprises an image acquisition unit and a mobile application operated by the mobile device. The system enables acquiring an image of a client's credit card, using the image acquisition unit; analyzing data of the image; outputting details of the credit card from the analysis; verifying the output details, wherein the verification is further carried out through the mobile application; verifying authorization of inputted monetary transaction, wherein the mobile application enables verifying the authorization by communicating with the billing center, associated with at least one credit company associated with the credit card over at least one communication network, wherein the communication is carried out by the mobile application using the mobile device; and conducting monetary transactions using the verified credit card details.
US09305229B2
System and method which allow a user to interface with a machine/computer using an image capturing device (e.g. camera) instead of conventional physical interfaces e.g. keyboard, mouse. The system allows the user to interface from any physical and non-physical location within the POV of the camera at a distance that is determined by the resolution of the camera. Using images of the hand, the system may detect a change of hand states. If the new state is a known state that represents a hit state, the system would map the change of state to a key hit in a row and column of the keyboard and sends the function associated with that key for execution. In an embodiment, the system determines the row based on the rotation of the wrist and/or position of the hand.
US09305227B1
Embodiments of the subject technology provide for a hybrid OCR approach which combines server and device side processing that can offset disadvantages of performing OCR solely on the server side or the device side. More specifically, the subject technology utilizes image characteristics such as glyph details and image quality measurements to opportunistically schedule OCR processing on the mobile device and/or server. In this regard, text extracted by a “faster” OCR engine (e.g., one with less latency) is displayed to a user, which is then updated by the result of a more accurate OCR engine (e.g., an OCR engine provided by the server). This approach allows factoring in additional parameters such as network latency and user preference for making scheduling decisions. Thus, the subject technology may provide significant gains in terms of reduced latency and increased accuracy by implementing one or more techniques associated with this hybrid OCR approach.
US09305226B1
The accuracy of a text recognition process can be improved using a set of semantic boosting rules, as may be contained in a sequence or other such arrangement. When text is output from a text recognition process, that text can have alternatives and confidence values for different characters or portions of the string. In order to improve the accuracy, this data can be processed using the organized rules, where rules are applied as long as any preconditions for that rule are satisfied, and each rule has the ability to modify the confidence values or modify one or more of the alternatives. When a result it produced with a minimum confidence level, or all applicable rules have been applied, the result can be provided as a refined text output of the recognition process.
US09305222B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus and an image processing method includes a dictionary generation unit, a processed image generation unit, and a detection unit. The dictionary generation unit generates a single dictionary using a plurality of images of a detection target object picked up by a camera. The plurality of images is obtained by arranging the detection target object at a corresponding plurality of positions in a predetermined range such that a predetermined visual axis of the camera is parallel with a normal-line direction of a detection target surface of the detection target object. The processed image generation unit generates a processed image having the predetermined visual axis as a normal-line direction, based on an image picked up by the camera after generation of the dictionary. The detection unit detects the detection target object included in the processed image by determining a feature value using the dictionary.
US09305208B2
According to one aspect, a method for categorizing at least one image includes obtaining the at least one image and mapping the at least one image to at least a first grid. The first grid is a two-dimensional grid that includes a plurality of cells. The method also includes characterizing the first grid, wherein categorizing the first grid includes determining whether the first grid is indicative of an offensive characteristic, and identifying the at least one image as offensive when it is determined that the first grid is indicative of the offensive characteristic. When it is determined that the first grid is not indicative of the offensive characteristic, the at least one image is identified as not offensive.
US09305203B2
A method for registering a fingerprint image is provided. The method comprises steps of: establishing an orientation field template base according to M training fingerprints, wherein M is a positive integer larger than one; receiving a fingerprint image to be registered; obtaining an initial orientation field of the fingerprint image; obtaining an estimated position and an estimated direction of the fingerprint image according to the initial orientation field and the orientation field template base; and registering the fingerprint image according to a preset position, a preset direction, the estimated position and the estimated direction.
US09305200B2
The imager and controller of an information apparatus images the back face of another information apparatus to acquire the manufacturing number of the other information apparatus corresponding to the two-dimensional bar code provided on the back face of the other information apparatus and acquire visible light information corresponding to blinking of light emitted by the light emitter arranged on the back face of the other information apparatus. Furthermore, the controller controls the imager so as to be able to image the two-dimensional bar code and the light emitted by the light emitter.
US09305185B1
Circuitry and methods prevent unauthorized programming, or reprogramming, of a programmable device, by requiring a signature in the configuration data to match a signature previously stored in the programmable device. A programmable integrated circuit device includes an input for configuration data, and programming control circuitry operable to derive a current signature from the configuration data, examine a first bit stored in the programmable integrated circuit device, and when the first bit is in a first state, compare the current signature to a first predetermined signature stored in the programmable integrated circuit device and configure the programmable integrated circuit device according to the configuration data only when the current signature matches the first predetermined signature, and when the first bit is in a second state, configure the programmable integrated circuit device according to the configuration data without comparing the current signature to the first predetermined signature.
US09305168B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for analyzing source code of an application. In some implementations, actions include determining, for at least one procedure invoked by the source code, a procedure specification specifying one or more conditions under which one or more parameters of the procedure are exploitable according to a parameter security specification; performing static application security testing on the source code by using the procedure specification on reaching an invocation of the procedure in the source code, including: comparing one or more invoking parameters of the invocation of the procedure to the conditions of the procedure specification; and determining whether the invocation of the procedure is exploitable.
US09305167B2
Described systems and methods allow protecting a host computer system from malware, such as return-oriented programming (ROP) and jump-oriented programming (JOP) exploits. In some embodiments, a processor of the host system is endowed with two counters configured to store a count of branch instructions and a count of inter-branch instructions, respectively, occurring within a stream of instructions fetched by the processor for execution. Exemplary counted branch instructions include indirect JMP, indirect CALL, and RET on x86 platforms, while inter-branch instructions consist of instructions executed between two consecutive counted branch instructions. The processor may be further configured to generate a processor event, such as an exception, when a value stored in a counter exceeds a predetermined threshold. Such events may be used as triggers for launching a malware analysis to determine whether the host system is subject to a code reuse attack.
US09305164B1
The effects on networking systems of attacks on vulnerabilities, such as vulnerable modules in a webserver, SYN flooding, etc, can be devastating to a network environment. In various embodiments, a first, quick, or inexpensive analysis is performed on incoming network flows. If an intrusion issue or other problem is suspected based on the first, rapid, or an inexpensive analysis, then the flow can be flagged for redirection to another process, virtual machine, or physical computer module that will perform a deeper, more expensive analysis on the network flow. If there are no issues detected in the second, deeper analysis, then the network flow can be forwarded to its intended recipient. If an issue is detected in the second, deeper analysis, then the network flow can be throttled, quarantined, ignored, sent to an un-trusted portion of the system, sent for more analysis, or otherwise handled or flagged.
US09305163B2
An application executing on a device is authenticated by an enterprise gateway components. This authentication is done in addition to authenticating the device and user. This includes authenticating apps that are being used on the device. The enterprise, by virtue of the gateway component, can authenticate details about specific app usage. The enterprise gateway component establishes a dedicated link coupling the gateway device and a specific executing app. Prior to this app-specific link being established, the gateway device collects information and stores it in a database, including information about the user, device, and the specific application. Authentication is performed at each level.
US09305156B2
Systems, methods, and technologies for configuring a conventional smart card and client machine, and for performing a smart card authorization using the configured smart card and client. Further, the combination of methods provides for mutual authentication—authentication of the client to the user, and authentication of the user to the client. The authentication methods include presenting a specified token to the user sufficient to authenticate the client to the user and thus protect the user-provided PIN. Security is strengthened by using an integrity key based on approved client system configurations. Security is further strengthened by calculating a PIN′ value based on a user-specified PIN and a modifier and using the PIN′ value for unlocking the smart card.
US09305154B2
A device may request, and a server may provide, access to information associated with an image based on trusted face recognition. The server may receive a first image, registration, and associated information from a first device. The first image may include feature data, which the server may extract to create a first feature template. The server may store, and correlate, the first feature template, registration and associated information for the first image. A second device may extract feature data from a second image, create, and provide to the server, a second feature template. The server may authenticate the second device. The server may compare the second feature template with stored feature templates to identify a match. The server may determine whether to share associated information for a match with, and return an access indication to, the second device based, in part, on the authentication.
US09305147B1
Some embodiments include a method of preventing software licensing exploitation in a virtual environment. The method includes: retrieving, by a first instance of a licensed application running on an original virtual machine as permitted by an original software license, an original unique identifier from a virtual device in the original virtual machine; creating, by a hypervisor of the virtual environment, a cloned virtual machine instance as a copy of the original virtual machine; retrieving, by a second instance of the licensed application running on the cloned virtual machine instance, a new unique identifier from a virtual device in the cloned virtual machine instance; and determining, by the second instance of the licensed application running on the cloned virtual machine instance, that the original software license does not apply to the cloned virtual machine instance because the new unique identifier is different from the original unique identifier.
US09305146B2
A license management device causes a wireless device to enter a state in which all functions are restricted by overwriting key information of the wireless device with a default key specific to the wireless device. A key generating device generates an upgrade key specific to the wireless device, and transmits the update key to the license management device. The license management device can release a restriction of a function in the wireless device by applying the upgrade key to the key information of the wireless device overwritten with the default key.
US09305139B2
Disclosed herein is a radiation treatment planning apparatus and method thereof. A radiation treatment planning apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: generate a statistical model for a change in radiation therapy plan (RTP) data based on change data of RTP data collected in association with radiation therapy results data; set first RTP data based on a medical image of a region of interest of a patient; acquire radiation therapy results data based on the first RTP data; acquire statistical data corresponding to the first RTP data and the radiation therapy results data from the statistical model; and generate second RTP data using the statistical data.
US09305138B2
A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.
US09305135B2
A method includes generating a first set of configurations of a layout of semiconductor components. The configurations of the first set of configurations each satisfy a first sub-set of a set of design rules. The method also includes generating a second set of configurations of the layout of semiconductor components. The second set of configurations are generated by eliminating one or more configurations of the first set of configurations based on a determination that the eliminated one or more configurations of the first set of configurations fail to satisfy a second sub-set of the set of design rules. The method further includes manufacturing a semiconductor device having semiconductor components arranged based on one of the configurations of the second set of configurations.
US09305134B2
A semiconductor device design method includes extracting voltage data associated with at least one electrical component in a layout of a semiconductor device and based on a result of a simulation of an operation of the semiconductor device. Based on location data of the at least one electrical component, the extracted voltage data is incorporated in the layout to generate a modified layout of the semiconductor device. One or more operations of the method are performed by at least one processor.
US09305129B2
Clock networks constructed with variable drive strength clock drivers are prepared for tuning. The clock drivers are built from a smaller set of base standard cells. Locations of the input and output netlists of the macrocells are marked and reserved even through the extraction process. The macrocells are able to be flattened, generating a netlist with the base cells, and recombined during circuit simulation, thereby reducing the number of iterations, making the tuning flow more efficient. The clock network is initially tuned by adding or removing cross-links in the mesh to balance capacitive loads on each driver of the clock mesh.
US09305128B2
In an integrated circuit device, a power circuit for maintaining asserted values on an input output pin of the device when a functional block of the device is placed in a sleep mode. The device includes a power circuit disposed along the periphery of the device, the power circuit configured to maintain power when the device is placed in a low-power mode. A plurality of input output blocks are included in the device and are for receiving external inputs for the integrated circuit device and for providing outputs from the integrated circuit device. The power circuit is coupled to provide power to at least one of the input output blocks to maintain state when the integrated circuit device is in the low-power mode.
US09305125B2
An EDA tool for validating predefined timing paths having corresponding timing constraints in an integrated circuit (IC) design has a processor that performs a static-timing-analysis (STA) of the IC design and generates a STA report that includes the first set of timing constraints, which include a first number of clock cycles required for propagating the first multi-cycle timing path. A simulation-based checker based on a STA that counts a second number of clock cycles that is actually required by the first multi-cycle timing path to propagate is generated while performing a unit-delay, gate-level netlist simulation of the first-multiple cycle timing path. The first set of timing constraints then are modified so that the first multi-cycle timing path is redefined to require the second number of clock cycles to propagate.
US09305115B1
A method and apparatus for comparing a search key with a plurality of rules of an access control list (ACL) stored in a plurality of content addressable memory (CAM) blocks of a content search system are disclosed. The search key is compared with a plurality of covering prefix entries stored in a covering prefix table, wherein a respective covering prefix entry includes first and second common prefix values. The first common prefix value is shared by all of the rules stored in a first of the CAM blocks, and the second common prefix value is shared by all of the rules stored in a second of the CAM blocks. A bitmap associated with a matching covering prefix entry selectively enables a subset of the CAM blocks for comparison with the search key to determine the highest priority matching rule.
US09305108B2
Computer-implemented methods for proposing actions to a user to select based on the user's predicted purpose for selecting content are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an identifier of a referent entity associated with user-selectable content, identifying, based on a prediction of a purpose in selecting the content, at least one action to be executed that is associated with the entity, and providing, for display, at least one identifier of the at least one action to the device for selection by a user. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided.
US09305107B2
A computer-implemented method and system for pre-fetching place page data from a remote mapping system for display on a client computing device is disclosed. User preference data collected from various data sources including applications executing on the client device, online or local user profiles, and other sources may be analyzed to generate a request for place page data from the remote mapping system. The user preference data may indicate a map feature such as a place of business, park, or historic landmark having the characteristics of both a user's preferred geographic location and the user's personal interests. For example, where the user indicates a geographic preference for “Boston” and a personal interest for “home brewing” the system and method may request place page data for all home brewing or craft beer-related map features near Boston.
US09305101B2
Techniques and systems for facilitating searching of digital media assets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can be assisted in entering search strings for searching a media repository (e.g., online media store) having a plurality of digital media assets that are available, e.g., available for purchase. When the user enters a search character, a list of possible complete search strings corresponding to digital media assets available in the media repository can be obtained over a network and presented to the user. The list of possible search strings can be filtered based on whether a client device supports a media type associated with a word or based on a location of the client device.
US09305100B2
An object oriented search mechanism extracts structural metadata and data based on type of document contents and data sources connected to the documents. Relationships between textual and non-textual elements within documents as well as metadata associated with the elements and data sources are utilized to generate a unified object model with the addition of semantic information derived from metadata and taxonomy, which are used to enhance search indexing, ranking of search results, and dynamic adjustment of result rendering user interface with fine tuned relevancy. Additional data from data sources connected to the documents may also be used to unlock hidden data such as data that has been filtered out in an original document.
US09305089B2
A search engine is operable to receive keyword information and semantic information that gives meaning and context to the keyword information. The search engine searches a keyword database with the keyword information to determine a set of links to web pages. The search engine also searches a semantic database with the semantic information, and ranks the set of web links based on the search.
US09305087B2
A server [115] or client-based content storage unit includes a communication device [300] to receive data corresponding to a transfer of at least one of media content and a link to the media content, from a first user [120] to a second user [125]. The communication device [300] also receives data corresponding to usage of the media content by the second user [125], and transmits some representation of a content capital to the first user [120]. A content usage aggregator [315] receives information corresponding to the usage of the media content by the second user [125]. A content usage evaluator [310] determines the content capital based on an aggregation of monitored use of the media content by the second user [125].
US09305084B1
Content object tags at a content hosting service are used to classify stored content objects. Tags and clusters of tags (groups of one or more associated tags) can be recommended to a user of the content hosting service based on a user context, such as the browsing, viewing, uploading, or searching of content objects. Tags are scored based on content objects tagged with the tags in a targeted subset of content objects and a baseline subset of content objects, and based on the relevance of the content objects tagged with the tags. These tag scores can be weighted, and one or more tags can be selected for recommendation based on the weighted tag scores. Tag clusters can be selected for recommendation using a cluster hierarchy and determining whether a targeted subset of tags occur within a maximum number of tag clusters at a particular hierarchy level.
US09305081B2
An information processing device 900 is equipped with an attribute value estimating part 901 configured to, based on at attribute value associated with a connection object that is an object connected to an estimation target object that is one object in a universal set including a plurality of objects associated with an attribute value that is a value representing the possession or absence of an attribute, estimate an attribute value associated with the estimation target object.
US09305071B1
A technique provides virtual storage processor (VSP) mobility with induced file system format migration. The technique involves receiving a command specifying (i) a source VSP which includes source file systems which store data in a source file system format, (ii) a destination, and (iii) a destination file system format. The technique further involves forming, in response to the command, a destination VSP which includes destination file systems. The technique further involves copying, while the source VSP is accessed by a set of host computers, data from the source file systems of the source VSP to the destination file systems of the destination VSP. The destination file systems store the copied data in the destination file system format. The technique further involves synchronizing, after the data is copied from the source file systems to the destination file systems, state changes between the source VSP and the destination VSP.
US09305068B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for database virtualization. A virtualized database is designed by receiving a user selection of one or more existing databases for virtualization; receiving a user selection of a target virtualization platform host profile for the virtualized database; receiving a user selection of a target virtualization storage profile for the virtualized database; and providing the user with a comparison of an actual performance of the selected existing database and a projected performance of the existing database on the selected target virtualization platform host. A user can specify a backup and recovery profile for the virtualized database. Metadata affinity can optionally be analyzed for a plurality of the selected existing databases to identify an affinity correlation across the selected existing databases. Templates and/or configuration files can be generated for the selected target virtualization environment (optionally based on rule-based best practices).
US09305060B2
A request is received from a user to perform a contextual search based on a media file or metadata for the media file. A type of the media file is determined. A contextual search menu is presented to the user. A selected contextual search query type selected from the contextual search menu is received from the user. One or more search modules each associated with one or more content sources are queried to determine which one or more search modules can perform the selected contextual search query type. A request is generated for one or more search modules that can perform the selected contextual search query type to perform the selected contextual search query type against one or more selected content sources associated with the one or more search modules. Search results are received from the one or more search modules, wherein the search results include links to one or more files associated with the one or more content sources. The search results are displayed to the user.
US09305057B2
A framework or infrastructure (extensibility framework/infrastructure) for extending the indexing capabilities of an event processing system. The capabilities of an event processing system may be extended to support indexing schemes, including related data types and operations, which are not natively supported by the event processing system. The extensibility is enabled by one or more plug-in extension components called data cartridges.
US09305056B1
Embodiments may include storing a query result in a results set cache with the query result being generated from execution of a particular query on a plurality of data records. One or more probabilistic data structures may be generated based, at least in part, on a subset of the data records that is reflected in the query result. An indication may be received that the plurality of data records has been modified. It may then be determined whether to invalidate the query result in the results set cache based, at least in part, on the one or more probabilistic data structures and a representation of modified plurality of data records.
US09305055B2
A method is disclosed for extracting a data packet including metadata and useful data from a datastream. The metadata and useful data are stored in a first and second memory area, with an association being maintained. A transaction number is formed based upon a signature of the data packet. The useful data or partially reconstructed network sessions may be searched for at least one search term, and at least one successful search may be recorded in the metadata. If the data packet is currently not being processed, the associated useful data may be read from the buffer store and a flag may be set in the metadata which indicates that this data packet is now being processed. If all the metadata and the useful data from a network session have been read and the search for the search term was successful, the network session is then reconstructed.
US09305053B2
The subject technology provides configurations for providing aggregated analytics tracking data associated with a dynamically generated session in response to a query for analytics tracking data. A query for analytics tracking data associated with a period of time is received in which the analytics tracking data includes data for tracking activity associated with a web site or application. The subject technology determines analytics tracking data for aggregating according to the period of time in order to associate the aggregated analytics tracking data with a dynamically generated session. The aggregated analytics tracking data associated with the dynamically generated session is then provided in response to the query.
US09305051B2
An optimization-based framework is utilized to extract broad query aspects from query reformulations performed by users in historical user session logs. Objective functions are optimized to yield query aspects. At run-time, the best broad but unspecified query aspects relevant to any user query are presented along with the results of the run time query.
US09305047B2
A request from previous coordinator node to assume control of a two-phase commit distributed transaction is received. The previous coordinator node has sent a commit query to multiple participants of the two-phase commit distributed transaction. Each participant can respond with one of a commit message, an abort message, or a read-only message. A read-only message is received from all but one participant. A one-phase commit distributed transaction is initiated for the one participant that did not respond with a read-only message.
US09305044B2
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for receiving and aggregating anonymized data reports about when prescribers provide wireless device applications to patients. The disclosure discusses ways of analyzing the data reports in combination with other electronic medical information to generate useful conclusions about scenarios in the health care process.
US09305043B2
The present invention is a stream data anomaly detection method for detecting an anomaly in input data received by a computer. The computer has: an input module for receiving the input data; an anomaly detection unit for detecting an anomaly in the input data; and an index management unit for calculating an index for the detection of an anomaly in the input data. The anomaly detection unit compares the received input data with the index and detects an anomaly in the input data when the difference between the value of the input data and the index satisfies a predetermined condition. The index management unit determines whether or not the index should be recalculated, and, when the index is determined to be recalculated, the index management unit recalculates a new index on the basis of the input data and substitutes the index with the calculated index.
US09305041B2
B-Tree data is serialized to existing data for all types of workloads. The serialized B-Tree data, that has been split, sorted and classified into identified data ranges, is then compressed.
US09305036B2
A data set is stored in a linear data structure. A memory manager receives multiple change requests for the data set. In response to receiving, for example, a read request for the data set, the memory manager batch processes the change requests by first moving the data set into a non-linear data structure. The non-linear data structure consumes more memory resources than the linear data structure but may provide for faster processing of the change requests while eliminating duplicate data elements. The updated data set is then returned to the more memory-efficient linear data structure.
US09305028B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for detecting fraud in a social gaming environment is disclosed herein. For example, game events generated responsive to a player playing a game executing on a client device are received. The game events may then be used to build a player profile for the player. The player profile may characterize the game actions performed by the player. The player profile is then compared with a golden profile. The golden profile may specify an expected gaming behavior. Based on the comparison between the player profile and the expected gaming behavior specified by the golden profile, a player account associated with the player may be marked as suspicious.
US09305016B2
A query controller accesses a cache comprising information related to data that is newly added to a database, responsive to detecting a data extraction application is ready to query the database for at least one data extraction rule. The information is added to the cache for each new data event received by a data processing application, prior to the data processing application adding the data parsed from each new data event to the database. The query controller evaluates each data extraction rule against the information in the cache to determine whether the information is relevant to at least one data extraction rule. The query controller sends a separate query by the data extraction application to the database only for any particular data extraction rules to which the information is relevant, such that the query controller reduces the number of queries sent for each query period to only queries based on data extraction rules that need to be reevaluated based on the information updated about data that is newly added to the database.
US09305013B2
An apparatus and a method for accessing data from a server. In one embodiment, data referred by a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) is mounted on a file system. The mounted data can then be operated on using the file system. To mount the data referred by the URI, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) fragment of the URI is determined. An identifier on the file system is generated based on the URL fragment. Data referred by the URI is mapped to the file system using the identifier.
US09305012B2
A method for data storage implemented in a data storage system is disclosed. Data storage nodes may be interconnected by means of a communications network. The method may include sending a request for a first data item to a plurality of storage nodes. The first data item may include a reference to a second data item stored in the storage system. The method may include receiving the first data item from at least one storage node, and sending a request for the second data item to the plurality of storage nodes based on the reference included in the first data item.
US09305001B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a macroscopic cluster view of storage devices, as opposed to merely an isolated view from an individual node. For example, nodes within a node cluster may be queried for storage device reports comprising storage device information regarding storage devices with which the nodes are respectively connected (e.g., I/O performance statistics, path connections, storage device attributes, status, error history, etc.). The storage device reports may be aggregated together to define one or more storage device data structures (e.g., a storage device data structure comprising one or more tables that may be populated with storage device information). In this way, the cluster view may be generated based upon querying one or more storage device data structures (e.g., an error cluster view, a storage device cluster view, a node summary cluster view, etc.).
US09304997B2
A system for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system, in a manner that is transparent and seamless to clients of the source file system.
US09304989B2
A system and a method for microcontent natural language processing are presented. The method comprising steps of receiving a microcontent message from a social networking server, tokenizing the microcontent message into one or more text tokens, performing a topic extraction on the microcontent message to extract topic metadata, generating sentiment metadata for the microcontent message, analyzing co-occurrence of all available metadatas in the plurality of microcontent messages, producing a list that ranks the plurality of microcontent messages based on all available topic metadata, and compiling a trend database that reveals how perception of users of the social networking server on a given topic changes by tracking how the list changes over time.
US09304988B2
There is described a computer implemented method for performing automatic audio production, comprising: receiving an audio signal to be processed; receiving semantic information; determining at least one semantic-based rule using the received semantic information, the semantic-based rule comprising production data that defines how the audio signal to be processed should be produced; processing the audio signal to be processed using the production data, thereby obtaining a produced audio signal; outputting the produced audio signal.
US09304986B1
Methods and systems to automatically build a native interface for connecting a hardware block to an external component such as a processor or a memory. A description file of the hardware block is parsed to extract a plurality of interface signals. A register map is automatically created, in hardware, based on the extracted interface signals. A wrapper is automatically generated for interfacing with the automatically built register map according to a target interface.
US09304967B2
Provided is a reconfigurable processor that may process a first type of operation in first mode using a first group of functional units, and process a second type of operation in second mode using a second group of functional units. The reconfigurable processor may selectively supply power to either the first group or the second group, in response to a mode-switch signal or a mode-switch instruction.
US09304966B2
A method for providing local access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a remote host a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content and obtaining information required to respond to the request. The method further comprises providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the requested operation through direct communication with a local content system associated with the remote host.
US09304961B2
An access system includes line cards. The line cards include first and second line cards. The first line card receives a first packet and includes a first interface control module that generates a first request signal to transfer the first packet. The first request signal includes an identifier of a second interface control module in the second line card. Crossbar modules are separate from the line cards and include first and second crossbar modules. The first crossbar module includes a first scheduler module. The second crossbar module transfers packets between a pair of the line cards. The packets include the first packet. The first scheduler module is separate from the line cards and, based on the first request signal, schedules the transfer of the packets from the first interface control module, through the second crossbar module, and to the second interface control module.
US09304959B2
The present invention discloses a method of to generate transaction ID(s) in a bus interconnection design. An encoding table for each slave can be derived by calculating all possible transactions from all the masters to the slave so as to determine the minimum width of the transaction ID received by the slave in the interconnecting bus design, thereby avoiding the routing congestion in the interconnecting bus.
US09304946B2
Technologies are described herein for providing a hardware-based accelerator adapted to manage copy-on-write. Some example technologies may identify a read request adapted to read a block at an original memory address. The technologies may utilize the hardware-based accelerator to determine whether the block is located at the original memory address. When a determination is made that the block is located in at the original memory address, the technologies may utilize the hardware-based accelerator to pass the original memory address so that the read request can be performed utilizing the original memory address. When a determination is made that the block is not located in the memory at the original memory address, the technologies may utilize the hardware-based accelerator to generate a new memory address and to pass the new memory address so that the read request can be performed utilizing the new memory address.
US09304942B2
A system for controlling access to resources in an apparatus when the apparatus is not active. Emerging technologies may allow information to be accessed in an apparatus memory without the operating system of the apparatus facilitating the access. In such instances, a subsystem in the apparatus may become active upon reception of wireless signals, and may grant direct access to memory. An access control configuration for the subsystem may be implemented in order to control memory access even when other software systems are inactive. The subsystem access control configuration may be configured (e.g., by the user) when the apparatus is active, and may be established (e.g., installed or updated) upon subsystem activation.
US09304936B2
In response to receipt of a store-conditional (STCX) request of a processor core, the STCX request is buffered in an entry of a store queue for eventual service by a read-claim (RC) machine by reference to a cache array, and the STCX request is concurrently transmitted via a bypass path bypassing the store queue. In response to dispatch logic dispatching the STCX request transmitted via the bypass path to the RC machine for service by reference to the cache array, the entry of the STCX request in the store queue is updated to prohibit selection of the STCX request in the store queue for service. In response to the STCX request transmitted via the bypass path not being dispatched by the dispatch logic, the STCX is thereafter transmitted from the store queue to the dispatch logic and dispatched to the RC machine for service by reference to the cache array.
US09304935B2
Performing a transaction in a transactional memory environment for performing transactional executions, the transactional memory environment including a digest-generating transaction to generate a computed digest and a digest-checking transaction to compare computed digests is provided. Included is identifying, by a computer system, a first indicator signaling a beginning instruction of a digest-generating transaction including a plurality of instructions; suppressing committing memory store data of the digest-generating transaction to memory; generating a computed digest based on the execution of at least one of the plurality of instructions; identifying a second indicator associated with the plurality of instructions signaling an ending instruction of the digest-generating transaction, the computed digest is replicable for an error-free execution of the plurality of instructions; and saving the computed digest, as a reliability digest, based on completing the digest-generating transaction and not save the first computed digest based on an abort of the digest-generating transaction.
US09304929B2
A storage system has a data storage device, a tag storage device and a controller. The tag storage device has a plurality of first tag entries and a plurality of second tag entries, wherein each of the first tag entries is associated with one data storage line allocated in the data storage device. The controller is coupled between the data storage device and the tag storage device, and arranged to set a specific second tag entry in the tag storage device to associate with a specific data storage line with which a specific first tag entry in the tag storage device is associated.
US09304919B2
The present application describes some embodiments of a prefetcher that tracks multiple stride sequences for prefetching. Some embodiments of the prefetcher implement a method including generating a sum-of-strides for each of a plurality of stride lengths that are larger than one by summing a number of previous strides that is equal to the stride length. Some embodiments of the method also include prefetching data in response to repetition of one or more of the sum-of-strides for one or more of the plurality of stride lengths.
US09304914B1
A computer-implemented method for caching content in a cache memory device is disclosed. The method starts with receiving a request for accessing a first data block associated with a first file, and a file manager provides access of the first data block in a persistent storage device of a storage system. The file manager then caches the first data block in a cache memory device including deduplicating the first data block, wherein at least some of data blocks stored in the cache memory device are deduplicated data blocks, and wherein at least one of the data blocks is referenced by different regions of an identical file or different files.
US09304910B2
A storage system and method for interleaving a plurality of logical sectors in the storage system is disclosed. The method includes: dividing each logical sector into a predetermined number of slices; sequentially indexing the logical sectors, wherein each logical sector is identified by a logical sector index; sequentially indexing the predetermined number of slices in each logical sector, wherein each slice of the predetermined number of slices is identified by a slice index within each logical sector; and interleaving the logical sectors according to a slice interleaving process. The interleaving step further includes: a) identifying a first indexed slice of a first indexed logical sector as an initial slice; and b) identifying a subsequent slice by advancing the slice index to a subsequent index in the slice index sequence and advancing the logical sector index to a subsequent index in the logical sector index sequence.
US09304908B1
A first portion of an asymmetric memory is configured as temporary storage for application data units with sizes corresponding to a small memory block that is smaller than the size of a logical write unit associated with the asymmetric memory. A portion of the remaining asymmetric memory is configured as a reconciled storage for application data units with varying sizes. A first application data unit is received for writing to the asymmetric memory. Based on computing the size of the first application data unit as corresponding to the small memory block, the first application data unit is written to the temporary storage. Upon determining that a threshold is reached, a memory write operation is performed for writing the application data units from the temporary storage to the reconciled storage. The application data units written to the reconciled storage are removed from the temporary storage.
US09304902B2
A system can comprise an I/O circuitry, a processor, reconfigurable circuitry, an array of flash storage devices, and a serial interconnect network that is coupled to transfer data between the I/O circuitry, the processor, the reconfigurable circuitry and the flash storage devices. The processor can be configured to designate an interconnect address space for use in communication over the interconnect network among the I/O circuitry, the processor, the reconfigurable circuitry and the flash storage devices. The reconfigurable circuitry can be configured to translate data addresses during transfers of data between the I/O circuitry and the array of flash storage devices. A method to access an array of flash storage devices that are coupled to I/O circuitry over a serial interconnect network can comprise using reconfigurable circuitry to capture data during transfers of data over the serial interconnect network.
US09304898B2
Technologies are generally described herein for compressing an array using hardware-based compression and performing various instructions on the compressed array. Some example technologies may receive an instruction adapted to access an address in an array. The technologies may determine whether address is compressible. If the address is compressible, then the technologies may determine a compressed address of a compressed array based on the address. The compressed array may represent a compressed layout of the array where a reduced size of each compressed element in the compressed array is smaller than an original size of each element in the array. The technologies may access the compressed array at the compressed address in accordance with the instruction.
US09304897B2
An image data producing apparatus includes: a page dividing portion that divides data described in a page description language into a page unit; a plurality of image processors that form raster data from divided data; and a controlling portion that allocates pages on which the raster data is formed to each of the plurality of the image processors, and causes each of the plurality of the image processors to execute registration of a printing resource on respective pages with at least a change of the printing resource by controlling each of the plurality of the image processors irrespective of a page allocation.
US09304896B2
A data processing node has an inter-node messaging module including a plurality of sets of registers each defining an instance of a GET/PUT context and a plurality of data processing cores each coupled to the inter-node messaging module. Each one of the data processing cores includes a mapping function for mapping each one of a plurality of user level processes to a different one of the sets of registers and thereby to a respective GET/PUT context instance. Mapping each one of the user level processes to the different one of the sets of registers enables a particular one of the user level processes to utilize the respective GET/PUT context instance thereof for performing a GET/PUT action to a ring buffer of a different data processing node coupled to the data processing node through a fabric without involvement of an operating system of any one of the data processing cores.
US09304893B1
Improved techniques involve marking each test case routine written in the source code with test case identifiers that describe that test case routine. Software in a development system parses source code to locate such identifiers and, upon compilation of the source code, generates a report based on those identifiers. Advantageously, the improved techniques ensure that test cases remain current with the source code.
US09304892B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media determining a behavior model of a computing system under test. In some implementations, actions include executing, using a user interface of a computing SUT, an initial test script on the SUT; recording, after executing the initial test script, a state of the SUT in the behavior model by observing one or more events that can be triggered using the user interface of the SUT; and iteratively refining the behavior model until an end condition is reached by generating one or more new test scripts, executing the new test scripts on the SUT to test unobserved behavior, and recording one or more new states reached by executing the new test scripts on the SUT in the behavior model.
US09304884B2
A test apparatus applicable to a server includes a processing unit, a control unit, a switch unit and a power relay unit. The processing unit outputs a reset signal and a processing signal. The control unit includes a first physical layer chip performing a first communication protocol, and a second physical layer chip performing a second communication protocol. The switch unit receives a working voltage and a processing signal to select a powering signal or a disconnection signal to output. The power relay unit receives the powering signal or the disconnection signal. When the power relay unit receives the powering signal, the server performs a test task on the first physical layer chip. When the power relay unit receives the disconnection signal and the processing unit outputs the reset signal to the control unit, the server performs the test task on the second physical layer chip.
US09304883B2
Embodiments relate to testing memory write operations. An aspect includes detecting a first write operation to a set of “n” divisions in a memory table, and defining a selected set of entries of an optimization checking table corresponding to the set of “n” divisions of the memory table. The aspect includes determining that at least one selected entry of the selected set of entries is not among an optimal set of entries of the checking table. The aspect further includes determining whether to generate an optimization error or to end an optimization analysis of the first write operation without generating the optimization error by comparing the first time stamps of one or both of the at least one selected entry and one or more optimal entries of the optimal set of entries to a temporal window defined by a predetermined duration.
US09304878B2
High availability of a virtual machine is ensured even when all of the virtual machine's IO paths fail. In such a case, the virtual machine is migrated to a host that is sharing the same storage system as the current host in which the virtual machine is being executed and has at least one functioning IO path to the shared storage system. After execution control of the virtual machine is transferred to the new host, IO operations from the virtual machine are issued over the new IO path.
US09304874B2
An example method of saving and restoring a state of one or more registers for a guest includes detecting exit of a virtual machine mode of a guest running on a virtual machine. A set of registers is accessible by the guest and includes a first subset of registers and a second subset of registers. The method also includes identifying the first subset of registers. The first subset of registers includes one or more registers to be overwritten by the guest upon re-entry of the virtual machine mode. The second subset of registers is mutually exclusive from the first subset of registers. The method further includes after detecting exit of the virtual machine mode of the guest, detecting re-entry of the virtual machine mode of the guest. The method also includes restoring a saved state of the second subset of registers for the guest.
US09304872B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided for data processing in order to provide a value for determining whether an error has occurred in the execution of a program. The method may include: determining a numerical value on the basis of a plurality of reference numbers determined by a checking circuit outside the program; determining a signature of at least one instruction of the program by means of an arithmetic code; updating a cumulative value on the basis of the numerical value and the signature; and transferring the updated cumulative value to the checking circuit in order to determine whether an error has occurred in the execution of the program, on the basis of the plurality of reference numbers and the cumulative value.
US09304871B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to access a snapshot of data stored on one or more DR clusters within a disaster recovery (DR) family only when the snapshot was made consistent with respect to data on one or more production clusters within the DR family before a time-zero, and perform DR testing using the snapshot, wherein the time-zero represents a time selected to simulate a disaster, wherein the DR family includes one or more DR clusters accessible to a DR host and the one or more production clusters accessible to a production host, and wherein the DR host is configured to replicate data from the one or more production clusters to the one or more DR clusters.
US09304862B2
A computer-implemented method of handling a current email messaging campaign to be broadcast to increase a deliverability parameter regarding a percentage of the campaign which has been successfully delivered is described. The email messaging campaign comprises a plurality of email messages with the same message content and a plurality of different email addresses to send the message content to. The method is implemented on a processor and comprises: receiving feedback data relating to a delivery error arising from a previous email messaging campaign previously broadcast to a plurality of recipients; categorizing the feedback data into one of a plurality of categories to identify a type of error; selecting one of a plurality of predetermined corrective actions based on the category of the feedback data determined in the categorizing step; and dynamically and automatically modifying the current outgoing email messaging campaign which has yet to be broadcast using the corrective action chosen in the selecting step.
US09304856B2
A method, system and memory controller are provided for implementing ECC (Error Correction Codes) control to provide enhanced endurance and data retention of flash memories. The memory controller includes a VT (threshold voltage) monitor to determine VT degradation of cells and blocks; the VT monitor configured to store information about the determined VT degradation; a first ECC engine having a first level of ECC capability; a second ECC engine having a second level of ECC capability, the second level higher than the first level, the second ECC engine having a longer latency than the first ECC engine; a logic to issue a read request to a particular cell/block, and, using the determined VT degradation, use the first ECC engine if the determined VT degradation is less than a threshold and to use the second ECC engine if the determined VT degradation is above the threshold.
US09304848B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to dynamically routing instructions to execution units based on detected errors in the execution units. An aspect of the invention includes a computer system including a processor having an instruction issue unit and a plurality of execution units. The processor is configured to detect an error in a first execution unit among the plurality of execution units and adjust instruction dispatch rules of the instruction issue unit based on detecting the error in the first execution unit to restrict access to the first execution unit while leaving un-restricted access to the remaining execution units of the plurality of execution units.
US09304847B2
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for network management application to automatically determine a session prompt for a network device and perform error handling. After logging in to a network device, the network management application records the first session prompt response. The network management application sends a series of empty carriage returns and random characters and records the session prompt responses. The network management application compares the responses and determines whether the prompt is a static or a dynamic prompt based on the results. The network management application elicits error responses from the network device by sending additional random characters and records the results in an error handling dictionary. The error handling dictionary is used later when running user-provided commands, enabling a determination of whether a command executed successfully.
US09304844B2
One or more triggers may be coupled to sources on a system on a chip of a portable computing device. The sources monitor the system for status conditions. The one or more triggers are coupled to a trigger bus. A sequencer engine is coupled to the trigger bus and a communication bus. The sequencer engine receives one or more instructions from the communication bus for determining how the sequencer engine should monitor the one or more triggers via the trigger bus and preserve data received from the one or more triggers before a system reset. The sequencer engine then receives data from the one or more triggers and stores the data in local memory storage. The sequencer engine, if programmed, may generate at least one of a trace packet, an interrupt signal, and a general purpose input/output signal in response to receiving data from one or more triggers.
US09304843B2
A method begins by a requesting entity sending a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to a request verification entity, wherein the DSN access request includes a signed certificate and DSN accessing information. The method continues by a request verification entity sending a signed DSN access request to the requesting entity when the request verification entity signs the DSN access request after verifying the signed certificate and the DSN accessing information. The method continues by the requesting entity sending the signed DSN access request to a DSN accessing entity. The method continues by the DSN accessing entity sending an authorized DSN access request to the DSN via a network connection when the DSN accessing entity verifies a signature of the request verification entity, wherein the authorized DSN access request includes, at a minimum, the DSN accessing information.
US09304838B1
A device may receive a model including a group of blocks, and may receive a command to execute the model. The device may assign a parameter sample time to a subset of blocks of the group of blocks. The parameter sample time may permit a block, of the subset of blocks, to be executed based on a parameter change event detected during the execution of the model. The device may cause the model to be executed after assigning the parameter sample time to the subset of blocks. The device may detect a parameter change event, associated with the model, prior to the execution of the model being completed. The parameter change event may include an event that is external to the execution of the model. The device may cause at least one block, of the subset of blocks, to be executed based on the detecting the parameter change event.
US09304837B2
Configurations for a cellular user interface are provided. In one embodiment, a client configuration includes a viewer and a content development kit. A content server distributes cellularized content among several client viewers. Connectors in a scheduled configuration regularly acquire updated content from data sources. An integration server interfaces between the connectors and the content server for distributing content. A monitoring agent assists with content updating upon detecting source changes. A registration server enables cell content update in client viewers through the content server. Cells in the cellularized environment include a visual proxy component and a metadata component. The visual proxy component can be configured for displaying different content at various levels of detail. The metadata component enables intelligent organization and display of content through queries, channels, and data updates. In addition, procedural geometry in the cellularized environment automates the content presentation and provides a flexible arrangement of the cells.
US09304836B2
Bridging data distributed service (DDS) domains in a networked system based on discovery data is provided. Each DDS domain includes DDS software applications capable of publishing data and subscribing to data. A DDS domain bridge is communicatively coupled with the DDS software applications of both DDS domains. The DDS domain bridge monitors discovery data provided by the DDS software applications for a topic name, a topic type, and/or QoS properties. The DDS domain bridge includes creation rules and enabling rules controlling input/output DDS dataflow objects. Based on the state of the DDS dataflow objects set by the rules, uni- or bi-directional DDS dataflow is established between the input and output DDS dataflow objects enabling data propagation between DDS software applications of DDS domains.
US09304835B1
A graph processing system includes a graph API (Application Program Interface), as executed on a processor of a computer and as capable of implementing any of a plurality of graph operators to express computations of input graph analytics applications. A run-time system, executed by the processor, implements graph operators specified by each graph API function and deploys the implemented graph operators to a selected computing system. A library contains multiple implementations for each graph API function, each implementation predetermined as being optimal for a specific set of conditions met by a graph being processed, for functional capabilities of a specific computing system on which the graph is being processed, and for resources available on that specific computing system.
US09304830B1
Techniques and solutions are described for multi-threaded processing of data, which may include dividing incoming data content stream into a plurality of fragments, for processing by a corresponding plurality of parallel parser threads running within one or more computing devices. A fragment order is assigned to the plurality of fragments. During a first processing phase of the parser threads, for each of one or more selected fragments of the plurality of fragments, a first available delimiter is determined within data content of the selected fragment. The data content within the selected fragment is parsed, starting from the first available delimiter to a last available delimiter within the fragment. During a second processing phase, for each of the one or more selected fragments, data content in a fragment suffix for the selected fragment is parsed with data content from a fragment prefix from a subsequent fragment.
US09304828B2
In one embodiment, a storage system comprises: a first type interface being operable to communicate with a server using a remote memory access; a second type interface being operable to communicate with the server using a block I/O (Input/Output) access; a memory; and a controller being operable to manage (1) a first portion of storage areas of the memory to allocate for storing data, which is to be stored in a physical address space managed by an operating system on the server and which is sent from the server via the first type interface, and (2) a second portion of the storage areas of the memory to allocate for caching data, which is sent from the server to a logical volume of the storage system via the second type interface and which is to be stored in a storage device of the storage system corresponding to the logical volume.
US09304816B2
Provided are techniques for multiple stage workload management. A staging queue and a run queue are provided. A workload is received. In response to determining that application resources are not available and that the workload has not been previously semi-started, the workload is added to the staging queue. In response to determining that the application resources are not available and that the workload has been semi-started, and, in response to determining that run resources are available, the workload is started. In response to determining that the application resources are not available and that the workload has been semi-started, and, in response to determining that the run resources are not available, adding the workload to the run queue.
US09304806B2
A cloud manager monitors available resources on host computer systems, including a number of hardware threads supported by CPUs on the host computer systems and whether or not the CPUs have split core enabled. The cloud manager receives a request to provision a virtual machine (VM) that includes a hardware multithreading parameter that specifies whether hardware multithreading is allowed on the host computer system. The cloud manager then selects a host computer system for the VM taking into consideration the hardware multithreading parameter, the hardware threads supported by the CPU, and the split core settings. The VM is then placed on the selected host computer system using the hardware multithreading parameter. The result is more efficient utilization of CPU resources in a host for a virtual machine.
US09304804B2
A first virtual machine executing in a first computer server is replicated to a second virtual machine executing in a second computer server, which is connected to the first computer server over a network. Virtual disks of the first virtual machine are transmitted to the second server, where each transmitted virtual disk corresponds to one of the virtual disks of the second virtual machine, the virtual disks of the first virtual machine having a format different from the format of the virtual disks of the second virtual machine. A plurality of updates to the virtual disks of the first virtual machine is captured, and contiguous data blocks from the virtual disks of the first virtual machine that are subject to the captured updates are identified. The identified contiguous data blocks are then transmitted to the second server for storage in the virtual disks of the second virtual machine.
US09304790B2
Technologies are generally described for masking power usage of co-processors on field-programmable gate arrays. In some examples, one or more moat brick circuits may be implemented around a co-processor loaded on a held-programmable gate array (FPGA). The moat brick circuits may be configured to use negative feedback and/or noise to mask the power usage variations of the co-processor from other co-processors on the FPGA.
US09304789B2
A pseudo task generation requester 200 generates a request for generating a pseudo task 283 indicating that a certain one of CPUs is in an use state, and notifies a second OS 125 of the generation request, in the case where a task to be processed by a first virtual machine 110 is assigned to the one CPU, but a task to be processed by a second virtual machine 120 is not assigned to the one CPU. A pseudo task finishing requester 206 finishes the pseudo task 283 when a task in the first virtual machine 110 is finished with respect to the CPU to which the pseudo task 283 is assigned.
US09304787B2
Described is a technique for establishing an interaction language for a user interface without having to communicate with the user in a default language, which the user may or may not understand. The technique may prompt the user for multiples responses in order to determine a specific language. The responses may include speech input or selecting particular regions on a map. In some implementations, the language may be precise to a particular dialect or variant preferred or spoken by the user. Accordingly, this approach provides an accurate and efficient method of providing a high degree of specificity for language selection without overwhelming the user with an unmanageable list of languages.
US09304782B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing a program to a server. One method includes an operation for receiving a request by a switching device from a first server, the request being for a boot image for booting the first server. In addition, the method includes operations for determining if the boot image is available from non-volatile storage in the switching device, and for forwarding the request to a second server when the boot image is absent from the non-volatile storage. Further, the method includes an operation for sending the boot image to the first server from the switching device when the boot image is available from the non-volatile storage.
US09304779B2
Systems and methods herein provide a storage system that optimizes the boot time when the storage system is rebooted. One embodiment includes a storage controller operable to determine a topology of one or more storage devices. The storage controller stores the topology in memory. When the storage controller detects a system reboot event, it provides the stored topology to the host and directs the host to reboot with the stored topology.
US09304777B1
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system comprising a queue configured to store a plurality of instructions, wherein the queue comprises a plurality of entries, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries of the queue is associated with a corresponding identification comprising a corresponding wrap bit and corresponding position bits; and a processing unit configured to receive (i) a first identification associated with a first entry storing a first instruction, and (ii) a second identification associated with a second entry storing a second instruction, compare (i) a first wrap bit of the first identification and (ii) a second wrap bit of the second identification, and determine a relative age of the first instruction with respect to the second instruction.
US09304773B2
A data processor (102) includes a prefetch buffer (112) and a fetch control unit (116). The prefetch buffer (112) has a plurality of lines. The prefetch buffer (112) has a variable maximum depth that defines a number of lines of the plurality of lines that are capable of storing instructions. The fetch control unit (116) is coupled to the prefetch buffer to monitor at least one of the plurality of lines of the prefetch buffer (112) and to adjust the variable maximum depth of the prefetch buffer (112) in response to a state of the data processor (102).
US09304771B2
A method, circuit arrangement, and program product for selectively predicating instructions in an instruction stream by determining a first register address from an instruction, determining a second register address based on a value stored at the first register address, and determining whether to predicate the instruction based at least in part on a value stored at the second register address. Predication logic may analyze the instruction to determine the first register address, analyze a register corresponding to the first register address to determine the second register address, and communicate a predication signal to an execution unit based at least in part on the value stored at the second register address.
US09304761B2
The present invention is a system for collaborative programming of data entry workflows between end users, Electronic Health Record (EHR) system developers, and third party developers. The system comprises application servers, database servers, an EHR, networked devices, and peripheral devices, all stored in a distributed computing environment. The database servers comprise databases, which host workflows programmed by end users, EHR developers, and third party developers. The system also has a secure network connection for data exchange between application and database servers, and networked devices. The EHR gathers patient health information, processes it and stores it in one of the databases. The system itself, stored in one of the application servers, uses a plurality of templates (form, system and external system) stored in one of the databases to interact with the peripheral devices connected to networked devices that expand the capabilities of the networked devices or the EHR itself.
US09304757B2
In general, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for configuring a mobile device according to detection of one or more peripheral devices in an environment using short-range wireless communication. In one example, a method includes, receiving, by a computing device that communicates with a peripheral device using short-range wireless communication, a unique identifier of the peripheral device. If the computing device recognizes the unique identifier of the peripheral device, the computing device may determine a configuration operation based on the unique identifier that changes a current operating state of at least one application executing on the computing device to a different operating state. If the computing device does not recognize the unique identifier of the peripheral device, the computing device may send a lookup request to a network resource external to the computing device that requests data specifying the configuration operation for the computing device.
US09304756B1
A method of distributing a software upgrade to user computer systems having a software application installed thereon is disclosed. A determination is made as whether the software upgrade is to be a forced upgrade or a recommended upgrade for a first user based on a parameter related to the first user or the software upgrade. A determination is made as to whether a software upgrade file is to be downloaded to a user computer using a trickle mode or a burst mode.
US09304749B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for instruction scheduling. The method includes receiving a sequence of instructions, identifying redundant flag-register based dependency of the instructions, and re-ordering the instructions without being restricted by the redundant flag-register based dependency.
US09304738B1
Systems and methods for evaluating information via a computer network using weighted terms are provided. A data processing system can detect an indication of user interest in subject matter of an information resource, and can identify a plurality of keywords associated with the subject matter. The data processing system can determine a weight for each of the plurality of keywords for the information resource. The data processing system can receive a request for content to provide for display with the information resource, and can evaluate the weight of each of the plurality of keywords associated with the information resource to determine one or more keywords to use for content selection. The data processing system can select content to provide for display with the information resource based at least in part on the selected keyword(s) or the weight associated with the selected keyword(s).
US09304733B2
A method of synchronizing of a plurality of display apparatuses. The method includes determining a victim function, receiving a count value counting a number of times that the victim function is called in a predetermined period of time from at least one display apparatus, determining a minimum count value by comparing the received count values with each other, and synchronizing the plurality of display apparatuses based on the determined minimum count value such that the plurality of display apparatuses synchronize to the display apparatus with the slowest display execution speed.
US09304731B2
Techniques for rate governing of a display data stream are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a graphics management module comprising a differential analyzer. In some embodiments, the graphics management module may be operative on the processor circuit to determine a target display data transmission rate for one or more displays, determine, by the differential analyzer, an actual display data transmission rate for one or more display data packets based on the target display data transmission rate, transmit the one or more display data packets based on the actual display data transmission rate, and accumulate a difference between the actual display data transmission rate and the target display data transmission rate for the one or more display data packets. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09304726B2
A terminal apparatus downloads a file from a file server, generates a print job using the downloaded file, and transmits the generated print job toward an MFP. In the terminal apparatus, an application for downloading the file to be printed from the file server (a first application) accepts input of information which specifies the file to be downloaded, and thereafter initiates an application for transmitting the print job toward the MFP (a second application). After the second application accepts input of print setting, the first application starts download of the file.
US09304725B2
An image forming apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit and a control unit, the control unit including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying and activating a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received.
US09304714B2
A system and method is described for operating a computer memory system having a plurality of controllers capable of accessing a common set of memory modules. Access to the physical storage of the memory modules may be managed by configuration logical units (LUNs) addressable by the users. The amount of memory associated with each LUN may be managed in units of memory (LMA) from a same free LMA table maintained in each controller of the plurality of controllers. A request for maintenance of a LUN may be received from any user through any controller and results in the association of a free memory area with the LUN, and the remaining controllers perform the same operation. A test for misallocation of a free memory area is performed and when such misallocation occurs, the situation is corrected in accordance with a policy.
US09304708B2
A data access method applicable on an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus comprises a control unit, a first storage apparatus, and a second storage apparatus. The method comprising: storing a first part of data and a second part of data of a data group in the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus, respectively; and selectively accessing the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus via different data paths for the first part of data and the second part of data, wherein access speed to the first storage apparatus is different from access speed to the second storage apparatus.
US09304703B1
System and method to encode and decode raw data. The method to encode includes receiving a block of uncoded data, decomposing the block of uncoded data into a plurality of data vectors, mapping each of the plurality of data vectors to a bit marker; and storing the bit marker in a memory to produce an encoded representation of the uncoded data. Encoding may further include decomposing the block of uncoded data into default data and non-default data, and mapping only the non-default data. In some embodiments, bit markers may include a seed value and replication rule, or a fractalized pattern.
US09304697B2
Embodiments relate to a method for migrating a virtual machine from a first processor to a second processor in a work group. The method includes determining a minimum hardware configuration to support the virtual machine. A list of one or more candidate processors in the work group is constructed. For each of the one or more candidate processors information about shared contiguous memory regions accessible to the candidate processor that is in common to contiguous memory regions accessed by the virtual machine is determined. The virtual machine is migrated to the second processor based on the determination of the information about shared contiguous memory regions accessible to each of the one or more candidate processors that are in common to contiguous memory regions accessed by the virtual machine. The migrating includes moving contiguous memory regions that are not in common between the first processor and the second processor.
US09304695B2
In order to eliminate I/O performance bottleneck of a path in a disk array system, one expander is composed of two internal expanders connected to each other, and when the path falls in a bottleneck, connection of two internal expanders in a designated expander is cut off, and the cut-off internal expanders are connected to a new path to change access route to the disk drive. A device management table managing individual disk drives and a routing table managing access routes of respective paths are updated according to the switching of the access route.
US09304683B2
A soft input panel (SIP) for a computing device is configured to be used by a person holding a computing device with one hand. For example, a user grips a mobile computing device with his right hand at the bottom right corner and uses his right thumb to touch the various keys of the SIP, or grips a mobile computing device with his left hand at the bottom left corner and uses his left thumb to touch the various keys of the SIP. The SIP comprises arced or slanted rows of keys that correspond to the natural pivoting motion of the user's thumb.
US09304668B2
A method is provided for controlling and customizing a display screen of a user interface which includes at least two sections of display elements with the display elements of one section being displayed in a different manner, such as being sized greater, than the display elements of another section. The method also defines a spatial relationship of the at least two sections. The method also includes receiving an input indicating a selection of a display element and causing the performance of an operation associated with the display element. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US09304660B1
A system and method is provided for generating a dynamic, user interface that is capable of frequently changing and learning to provide the most relevant information to the user. The method includes executing a plurality of user interface (UI) modules on a computing device. Each UI module is a software component that provides content for display in the user interface. Each UI module determines its own content and its own priority level and bids for user interface space using its determined priority level. A UI controller is executed on the computing device. The UI controller is a software component that receives bids for the UI modules, determines the number of available spots for UI modules in the user interface, and selects UI modules associated with the highest priority for display in the available user interface spots.
US09304651B2
A method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the input device on the point of interest, obtaining a detailed view of the point of interest while centering the point of interest on the GUI and maintaining a position of the pointer on the point of interest.
US09304646B2
Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices.
US09304642B2
Disclosed herein is a touch sensor, including: a transparent substrate; and an electrode pattern formed on the transparent substrate, wherein the electrode pattern is formed in a mesh pattern and the mesh pattern includes at least one of the irregular unit patterns. Each unit pattern forming the mesh pattern may be formed in a polygonal shape.
US09304639B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a drive electrode that extends in a first direction; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are metal wirings extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The metal wirings are arranged with a predetermined pitch so as to make capacitive coupling with the drive electrode.
US09304638B2
Discussed is a display device and a driving method thereof. The driving method includes respectively receiving a plurality of sensing signals from a plurality of touch electrodes formed at a touch panel, determining whether there is a normal touch, by using a size of a touch region defined by the received sensing signals, and when it is determined that there is the normal touch, performing an operation of extracting touch coordinates of the touch region, or when it is determined that there is an abnormal touch, performing an operation of receiving the sensing signals without performing the operation of extracting the touch coordinates.
US09304636B2
A touch-screen device is disclosed having a touch-sensitive area that includes a plurality of patterned driver electrodes, each having a plurality of patterned conductive electrically connected driver micro-wires. An unpatterned conductive layer that is unpatterned in the touch-sensitive area is in electrical contact with the driver micro-wires of the driver electrodes. A plurality of patterned sensor electrodes each includes a plurality of patterned conductive electrically connected sensor micro-wires. A dielectric layer is located between the driver electrodes and the sensor electrodes.
US09304631B2
A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate and an anti-scatter film disposed opposite to each other, a plurality of first sensing cells, the plurality of first sensing cells being disposed at a side of the transparent substrate that faces the anti-scatter film, the first sensing cells being connected along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells, the plurality of second sensing cells being disposed at a side of the anti-scatter film that faces the transparent substrate, the second sensing cells being connected along a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and an adhesive layer positioned between the transparent substrate and the anti-scatter film for bonding therebetween.
US09304630B2
A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a capacitive detector. The first electrode plate includes a first transparent conductive layer. The second electrode plate includes a second transparent conductive layer opposite to and spaced from the first transparent conductive layer. The second transparent conductive layer is a conductive film having different resistance along different directions. The capacitive detector is electrically connected with the first electrode plate.
US09304626B2
An optical touch system includes: a coordinate processor; a display device; and an optical element. The optical element is configured to emit light towards the display device and provide information about reflected light corresponding to a portion of the emitted light to the coordinate processor. The display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a touch substrate disposed on the display panel, the touch substrate including optical recesses each configured to reflect respectively different amounts of incident light, and a protective layer disposed on the touch substrate. The coordinate processor is configured to determine a touch or near-touch coordinate based on the information received from the optical element.
US09304618B2
A method and apparatus for summarizing a session are described. In one embodiment, the system associates strokes with image data and comprises: a display surface; a memory coupled to the display surface to store stroke contexts for a plurality of strokes, wherein each stroke context represents an association between at least one stroke and a portion of image data previously displayed; a stroke capture module operable with the display surface and communicably coupled with the memory to capture one or more strokes written over image data presented on the display surface; and a summarization unit coupled to the memory to generate a summary of a session based on content displayed during the session containing one or more strokes made during the session.
US09304617B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a touch sensor including a mesh of multiple first lines and second lines of conductive material extending across a display. The first lines are substantially parallel to each other. The second lines are substantially parallel to each other. The display includes multiple pixels that each include sub-pixels. Each of the pixels has a first pixel pitch along a first axis and a second pixel pitch along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. Each of the sub-pixels has a first sub-pixel pitch along the first axis and a second sub-pixel dimension along the second axis. The second sub-pixel dimension is substantially equal to a first value or a second value, the second value being greater than the first value. The first lines extend across the display at a first angle relative to the first axis.
US09304616B2
The present disclosure provides a touch panel including a plate, a sensing layer, a border, and an optical compensation layer, wherein the plate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the lower surface is planned with a conducting wire region and a sensing region. The border is overlaid on the conducting wire region, and the sensing layer is disposed in the sensing region. An optical compensation layer is disposed on the border, and is located between the plate and the border. The border has a first color, which appears as a second color if a user sees the border through the optical compensation layer, and thus achieves diversification of the border color.
US09304611B2
A stylus that includes a tip portion that has a cavity. The cavity has a plurality of holes at a first end and a transmitter of acoustic, e.g., ultrasound waves at the end longitudinally opposite the first end. The tip portion has a tip. The tip end is less than a quarter of a wavelength from the exit ends of the holes. When the end of the tip is placed against a working surface, the acoustic waves travel from the transmitter through the cavity, exit the holes and travel less than a quarter of a wavelength to the working surface relatively close to the tip.
US09304605B2
An information management system is intended for management of digitally represented information which is associated with absolute positions on an imaginary surface (200). The imaginary surface (200) contains at least two regions (201-208), each of which is dedicated to predetermined management of the digitally represented information. In the system the management of the digitally represented information is carried out on the basis of the region affiliation of the absolute positions associated with the information. The system is suitably based on use of a position-coding pattern which defines the imaginary surface (200) and which in parts is applicable on different bases. The system makes possible both digital recording of information and control of how the information thus recorded is to be managed.A database, a method for management of information, a method for compiling a pattern layout, a product and use are also described.
US09304604B2
A cursor maneuvering device comprises a cavity containing a plurality of colored lights and an image sensor and covered with a light mixing plate. The colored lights are located in the cavity in an as largely departed as possible manner and illuminate a pointing device contacting the surface of the light mixing plate. The image sensor detects a hue of light illuminating the pointing device and controls a cursor depending upon the hue. Changes in the hue of a moving pointing device are translated into movement of the cursor on the display of an electronic device. The pointing device may be anything touching the light mixing plate, for instance a finger.
US09304602B2
A data entry system, having an input interface adapted to identify a plurality of user interactions. The system includes a processor adapted to associate user interactions identified by the input interface with a plurality of letters of the alphabet, such that all the letters of the alphabet are assigned to at most eight user interactions. Most of the letters are assigned to specific user interactions according to one or more features of their shape in their printed form, such that most of the letters assigned to each user interaction have the same shape feature.
US09304600B2
A gesture recognition device that recognizes a gesture of a person from an image captured by a camera, and outputs information to an electronic apparatus in order to control the electronic apparatus based on the recognized gesture, has a person determination section that determines whether the person is included in the image, and an output section that outputs person out-of-view angle notification instruction information issuing an instruction to make a notification that the image of the person is not captured, when the person determination section determines that the person is not included in the image.
US09304594B2
Methods for recognizing gestures within a near-field environment are described. In some embodiments, a mobile device, such as a head-mounted display device (HMD), may capture a first image of an environment while illuminating the environment using an IR light source with a first range (e.g., due to the exponential decay of light intensity) and capture a second image of the environment without illumination. The mobile device may generate a difference image based on the first image and the second image in order to eliminate background noise due to other sources of IR light within the environment (e.g., due to sunlight or artificial light sources). In some cases, object and gesture recognition techniques may be applied to the difference image in order to detect the performance of hand and/or finger gestures by an end user of the mobile device within a near-field environment of the mobile device.
US09304593B2
A system for recognizing various human and creature motion gaits and behaviors is presented. These behaviors are defined as combinations of “gestures” identified on various parts of a body in motion. For example, the leg gestures generated when a person runs are different than when a person walks. The system described here can identify such differences and categorize these behaviors. Gestures, as previously defined, are motions generated by humans, animals, or machines. Multiple gestures on a body (or bodies) are recognized simultaneously and used in determining behaviors. If multiple bodies are tracked by the system, then overall formations and behaviors (such as military goals) can be determined.
US09304588B2
A tactile communication apparatus that includes a signal receiver configured decode data received via a wireless signal, a tactile communication device containing a plurality of pins on one side, each pin configured to respectively move in both an outward direction and inward direction to form a plurality of pin combinations based on a plurality of activation signals, and a communication processor configured to generate the plurality of pin activation signals based on the received data so as to convey the data to a user through the plurality of pin combinations of the tactile communication device. Data conveyed to the user includes data from external events, such as sporting or theatrical events.
US09304577B2
An apparatus comprising a memory and a controller. The memory processes a plurality of read/write operations. The controller (i) operates in a first power domain to control power savings operations, and (ii) processes the read/write operations in a second power domain. The first power domain is isolated from the second domain.
US09304572B2
A system and method for managing a power mode of a designated electronic device are provided. A geographical location of a mobile electronic device is determined. A comparison of the determined geographical location of the mobile electronic device and a stored location of a designated electronic device in a power-off mode is made. A wake-up signal is sent to the designated electronic device if the determined geographical location of the mobile electronic device is within a proximity threshold of the designated electronic device, where the designated electronic device is configured to enter a power-on mode upon receipt of the wake-up signal.
US09304563B2
A method includes determining a need to perform a learn cycle on a battery in a processing module of an information handling system, detecting a learn cycle in progress on another battery in another processing module of the information handling system, and postponing the learn cycle on the battery in response to detecting the learn cycle on the other battery.
US09304557B2
In various embodiments, a high-density solid-state storage unit includes a base section and a cassette section having plurality of flash cards. The cassette section can be removably attached to the base section to provide security of data stored on the plurality of flash cards. The cassette section provides for physical security of the flash cards in part through packaging of the enclosure and energy transfer to the base station. The cassette section further provides for security of the data stored on the flash cards in part through a trusted platform module (TPM) embodied as a removable module connected to a universal serial bus (USB) style connector.
US09304546B2
The disclosure discloses a docking station that includes a housing, a circuit board, a base end electrical connector, a screw, and a resilient member. The housing has a stud. The circuit board is supported on the stud and has a through hole. The through hole is aligned with and communicated with the stud. The base end electrical connector is disposed on the circuit board. The base end electrical connector and the stud are respectively located at two opposite sides of the circuit board. The screw is fastened to the stud via the through hole. The resilient member is sleeved onto the screw and located between the screw and the stud. The disclosure further discloses an electronic apparatus including the docking station.
US09304544B2
According to one embodiment, an external device includes a switching module configured to switch an external display, which is to be connected to a port of a display control circuit in an information processing device, between first and second external displays connected to the external device. A controller detects a state of a first detection signal representing whether or not a first external display is connected to the external device and a state of a second detection signal representing whether or not a second external display is connected to the external device. The controller controls the switching module based on the detected states of the first and second detection signals and a display priority.
US09304528B2
A reference voltage circuit and method making same, the reference voltage circuit including: a first sub-circuit for generating first and second temperature-compensated voltages; a second sub-circuit configured to receive the first and second temperature-compensated voltages and generate first and second reference voltages based on the first and second temperature-compensated voltages, respectively; and a third sub-circuit configured to receive and change voltage levels of the first and second reference voltages, and output a third reference voltage.
US09304527B1
The present disclosure provides a varying high voltage source implemented with low voltage domain electronic components that are less costly to manufacture. According to one aspect, the present disclosure provides a high voltage circuit apparatus comprising a pull up resistance module, a plurality of cascode cell stages, a first of the cascode cell stages being coupled to the pull up resistance module, a low voltage domain current sink module coupled to a last of the cascode cell stages, and a clamping voltage source coupled to the last of the cascode cell stages. The circuit apparatus is devoid of high-voltage transistor components.
US09304526B2
A reference voltage generating device including a reference voltage source, a charge supplying source, a first switch, a second switch, a charge storage unit and a logic unit is provided. First terminals of the first and second switches are respectively coupled to the output terminal of the reference voltage source and the charge supplying source. When a power on reset signal is received, the first switch is turned off and the second switch is turned on, such that the charge supplying source quickly charges the charge storage unit. When the output voltage is greater than or equal to the reference voltage, the first switch is turned on and the second switch is turned off, such that the reference voltage source maintains the output voltage to the reference voltage.
US09304525B1
Disclosed are various embodiments related to dual-gate transistors and associated calibration circuitry. In one embodiment, dual-gate transistors may be configured in a sense amplifier arrangement, and calibration circuitry can be used to adjust an input offset of the sense amplifier. In another embodiment, a reference level voltage utilized in an amplifier with dual-gate transistors can be adjusted during a calibration sequence, and may be substantially unchanged from its nominal value outside of the calibration sequence. In another embodiment, a calibration sequence can be utilized to determine circuit results from a circuit including dual-gate transistors, and to adjust control gates to more closely coincide with expected or desired results. In yet another embodiment, a semiconductor memory device can include a memory array with amplifiers that include dual-gate transistors, as well as associated calibration circuitry.
US09304521B2
A real-time monitoring system that monitors various aspects of the operation of a refrigerant-cycle system is described. The system includes a processor that measures power provided to the refrigerant-cycle system and gathers data from one or more sensors in connection with a filter element.
US09304512B2
Propulsion prognostics apparatus and systems for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. One propulsion prognostics apparatus comprises a prognostics module configured to generate prognostics data and a power output sensor configured to be coupled to the engine system and configured to generate power output data representing an actual power output of the engine system. The propulsion prognostics apparatus further comprises a processor coupled to the prognostics module and the power output sensor. The processor is configured to receive the prognostics data and the power output data, compare the prognostics data and the power output data, and determine the airworthiness of the UAV based on the comparison. A propulsion prognostics system includes a UAV having an engine system and the above propulsion prognostics apparatus coupled to the UAV.
US09304510B2
Manufacturing and industrial processes that involve the transfer of materials from source locations to destination location may utilize the presently described system and process to verify that the correct physical connections are established and maintained in a material handling system. The system collects information related to individual physical connections, including machine-identifiable indicia, and compares this information to data that defines the intended connections within the material handling system. In doing so, the system and process verify whether the proper physical connections are in place.
US09304506B2
A range switching device provides a feedback control for rotating a motor toward a target rotation position. When a target shift range is switched, the range switching device rotates the motor toward a target rotation position by sequentially switching power supply phases of the motor based on an encoder count value. When the motor rotates within a predetermined stop range, the feedback control ends and a power supply to the motor is stopped. However, if the motor has not rotated to the target rotation position after a predetermined time has elapsed from the stopping of the power supply to the motor, an open drive is performed, in which the power supply phase of the motor is sequentially switched by open-loop control and the motor is rotated in small and/or minute steps toward the target rotation position. In such manner, position accuracy of the shift range switching is improved.
US09304495B2
A watch for providing a digital time display comprises a movement mechanism disposed in a case that includes a number of continuous belts. The belts each have a numerical indicia consistent with hours, minutes and optionally second. The belts mounted over opposed drums, and the drums are rotated through gear engagement motors to move the belts. The arrangement of belts and drums are mounted on a frame separate from the case. The motors are operated to move the belts to cause the numerical indicia of the combined belts to register with one or more windows visible through a transparent cover to provide a time display. The belts may be oriented to overlap one another. The watch includes a microcontroller for controlling the operation of the motors, an optical sensor to determining the position of the belts, and a wirelessly rechargeable battery pack for powering the motors.
US09304488B2
A packing member for packing a cartridge for an image forming apparatus, the packing member includes a frame portion having a recess for accommodating the cartridge; a closing member portion for openably closing the recess; a hinge portion for movably connecting the closing member portion relative to the frame portion to open and close the recess; a connecting portion connecting the frame portion and the closing member portion to close the recess; and the closing member portion being provided with a separating portion removable from the closing member portion while leaving the connecting portion on the frame portion.
US09304484B2
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes an image-bearing-unit support member, a developing unit support member, a plurality of light exposure units, and a light-exposure-unit operating member. The image-bearing-unit support member is movable between the inside and the outside of the image forming apparatus while supporting a plurality of image bearing units which each include an image bearing member. The developing unit support member is movable independently of the image-bearing-unit support member. The plurality of light exposure units each cause a corresponding one of the image bearing members to be exposed to light so as to form an electrostatic latent image. The light-exposure-unit operating member moves the light exposure units relative to the developing unit support member.
US09304471B2
An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray, a plurality of ribs, a ventilation duct, a ventilation hole, and an air flow generating portion. On the discharge tray, a sheet having been subjected to a fixing process for thermally fixing a toner image on the sheet is discharged. The plurality of ribs are formed on the discharge tray. The ventilation duct is formed on a side of an end among opposite ends of each of the plurality of ribs. The ventilation hole is formed in a partition wall separating the ventilation duct from a sheet mounting area of the discharge tray, and formed in a vicinity of the end of each of the plurality of ribs on the partition wall side. The air flow generating portion is configured to generate, via the ventilation duct, air flow between outside of an apparatus main body and spaces between the ribs.
US09304461B2
The present invention relates to a pressure rotating member which achieves the shortening of a warm-up time while suppressing a non-recording material-contacting area's temperature rise. The pressure rotating member which is used in a thermal fixing apparatus includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer that is formed on the substrate and has a void, wherein the elastic layer contains a needle-shaped filler, wherein the needle-shaped filler has such a thermal conductivity λ1 of the elastic layer in a direction along a rotary axis of the pressure rotating member as to be 6 times or more and 900 times or less of a thermal conductivity λ2 of the elastic layer in a thickness direction.
US09304460B2
A fixing device includes a housing, an induction heating unit, a first rotator, a second rotator, a shield member, an airflow generation unit, a cooling air path, and inlets. The shield member opposes the induction heating unit on a side thereof opposite from the first rotator. The airflow generation unit generates an airflow to cool the induction heating unit. The cooling air path is provided extending along the shield member on a side thereof opposite from the induction heating unit. The inlets open in the shield member, plurally arranged at intervals and paralleling the axis, for causing the airflow from the cooling air path to flow in toward the induction heating unit. The intervals between adjacent axially end-ward inlets are set narrower than the interval between axially central adjacent inlets.
US09304458B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer unit for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member onto the recording material; a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording material; an electroconductive member contactable to the recording material; a resistance element connected with the electroconductive member; and a capacitor element connected with the electroconductive member. The electroconductive member is disposed so as to be nipped simultaneously by the transfer nip and the fixing nip and so as to be contacted by the recording material, and the electroconductive member and the capacitor element are connected in parallel between the electroconductive member and a ground potential.
US09304456B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating source, a heat conducting member and a reflecting member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged outside the fixing belt and comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The heating source is arranged inside the fixing belt to emit radiant heat. The heat conducting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbs the radiant heat emitted from the heating source. The reflecting member includes a reflecting part and a nip forming part. The reflecting part reflects the radiant heat emitted from the heating source toward the heat conducting member. The nip forming part is unified with the reflecting part and comes into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt to the pressuring member.
US09304453B2
An image forming apparatus includes a heating element that generates heat, a temperature detector that detects a temperature of the heating element, a resistor that divides a detection result of the temperature detector and a predetermined reference voltage, a disconnection detector that detects a disconnection of the temperature detector, a converter that converts the divided voltage value into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to a controller, a comparing unit that inverts its output on the basis of a predetermined threshold, a delay circuit that delays an increase in an output voltage of the comparing unit, a discharge circuit that quickly discharges the output voltage of the comparing unit, a latch circuit connected to an output of the discharge circuit, and a power supply path connecting and disconnecting unit that is connected to the latch circuit and connects and disconnects a power supply path to the heating element.
US09304434B2
A developing device of the present disclosure includes a magnetic roller and a developing roller arranged so as to oppose the magnetic roller. Inside the magnetic roller, a regulation pole and a conveyance pole are provided. The regulation pole is turned toward an opposing surface side of an end portion of a regulation blade provided in a developer container. The regulation pole and the conveyance pole are arranged such that in magnetic fields formed by these magnetic poles, a point where no magnetic pole perpendicular to a surface of the magnetic roller is generated is located in a gap between the surface of the magnetic roller and the regulation blade.
US09304433B1
In a developing device, a developing coating layer of each of a plurality of developing rollers has been formed by a dipping method in which a developing base body is dipped in a liquid in a state where the developing base body is in a vertical attitude such that a first end of the developing base body faces down and a second end of the developing base body faces up. The plurality of developing rollers are arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side in a rotation direction of an image-carrying member in such a manner that directions faced by the first end and the second end of each of the plurality of developing rollers are alternately reversed.
US09304431B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a development device, a transferring device, a static eliminating device, a cleaning device, a light concentrating member and a separating claw. On the image carrier, an electrostatic latent image is formed. The development device develops and visualizes the electrostatic latent image by a toner. The transferring device transfers the toner on the image carrier to a recording sheet. The static eliminating device irradiates the image carrier with a light to eliminate a remained static charge. The cleaning device removes the toner remained on the image carrier. The light concentrating member is arranged between the static eliminating device and image carrier to concentrate the light emitted from the static eliminating device and to irradiate the image carrier with the concentrated light. The separating claw is supported by the light concentrating member to separate the recording sheet from the image carrier.
US09304420B2
A two-component developer is provided. The two-component developer includes a toner containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and a resin-coated carrier composed of a carrier core material and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the carrier core material. The toner has an exposure rate of the release agent on the toner surface of 1.00% or above and 3.07% or below. The carrier core material has an apparent density of 1.86 g/cm3 or more and 2.45 g/cm3 or less. The exposure rate of the release agent of the toner and the apparent density of the carrier core material satisfy the following formula (1): y≦−1.54x+5.93 (1) wherein y represents the exposure rate of the release agent of the toner, and x represents the apparent density of the carrier core material.
US09304416B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, including: a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, in which the undercoat layer includes a cured product of a composition including (i) an isocyanate compound having a structure represented by the following specific formula (1), (ii) at least one resin selected from a polyvinyl acetal and an acrylic polyol; and (iii) a compound represented by any one of the specific formulae (A1) to (A8).
US09304409B2
A liquid immersion lithography apparatus includes a projection system, an opening from which liquid is supplied to a space under the projection system, the opening being connectable to a liquid source via a flow passage to supply the liquid to the space and the opening being connectable to a vacuum source via the flow passage, and a holding member by which a substrate is held, the holding member being movable below the projection system and the opening. The substrate held by the holding member is exposed through the liquid that is supplied from the opening and that covers only a portion of an upper surface of the substrate.
US09304404B2
An arrangement actuates an element in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The arrangement includes first and second actuators and first and second mechanical couplings. The first and second actuators are coupled to the element via corresponding ones of the first and second mechanical couplings for applying respective forces to the element which is regulatable in at least one degree of freedom. The first and second actuators have first and second actuator masses, respectively, and the first actuator mass and the first mechanical coupling conjointly define a first mass-spring system operating as a first low-pass filter. The second actuator mass and the second mechanical coupling conjointly define a second mass-spring system operating as a second low-pass filter. The first and second mass-spring systems have first and second natural frequencies deviating from each other by a maximum deviation equal to 10% of the largest of the first and second natural frequencies.
US09304399B2
A resist composition includes: a crosslinking material that is crosslinked in the presence of an acid; an acid amplifier; and a solvent.
US09304392B2
A liquid immersion exposure apparatus comprising: a projection system, a stage system having a holder that holds a substrate, a supply port that is arranged such that an upper surface of the substrate faces the supply port, and a recovery port that is arranged to surround the supply port and collects an immersion liquid from the upper surface of the substrate such that only a portion of the upper surface of the substrate is covered with the immersion liquid. The apparatus also comprises an alignment system which detects an alignment mark of the substrate not through the immersion liquid. The substrate held on the holder is positioned based on a detection result of the alignment system to align the substrate with an exposure light projected through the immersion liquid by the projection system.
US09304389B2
A photomask including first opaque patterns and second opaque patterns is provided. The first opaque patterns are distributed in a first plane defined in the photomask, while the second opaque patterns are disposed above the first opaque patterns and spaced apart from the first opaque patterns. In other words, the first opaque pattern and second opaque pattern are not distributed in the same plane.
US09304387B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display device and method using a directional light field is provided. The 3D display device may construct a light field using a direction light generated by a high speed projector and at least one rotating optical device to thereby display a more natural 3D image in a wide region.
US09304382B2
A projector is provided which can secure long-term reliability and enable high-speed start-up through suppression of local heat generation of phosphor. The projector includes a light source device including an excitation light source emitting excitation light, a phosphor disk on which a phosphor that converts the excitation light into fluorescence is continuously formed in a circumferential direction of the phosphor disk, a motor unit rotating the phosphor disk in the circumferential direction, a light modulation device generating an image light through modulation of light including the fluorescence, and a projection optical system projecting the image light. If the number of rotations of the phosphor disk reaches a predetermined number that is smaller than a target number, the excitation light source is turned on, while if the number of rotations of the phosphor disk is increased after reaching the predetermined number, an output of the excitation light source is increased.
US09304375B2
An electronic device carrying case is provided. The electronic device includes a case part having an inside recessed to form a hollow opened to one side and an outer peripheral surface formed with a curved surface, and a mount part having an upper part provided to be detachable from a lower end of the case part and a lower part with an inwardly recessed curved surface.
US09304374B2
A focal-plane shutter includes: a mechanical portion including: a board including an opening; and a leading blade and a trailing blade capable of opening and closing the opening; and a leading blade actuator and a trailing blade actuator respectively driving the leading blade and the trailing blade, and respectively including a leading blade coil and a trailing blade coil, wherein a current value flowing through at least one of the leading blade coil and the trailing blade coil is adjusted such that one of variations in a leading blade run-up period and a trailing blade run-up period depending on a temperature change corresponds to the other one.
US09304372B2
A light modulation device comprising an optical element and at least one addressable mask disposed adjacent to the optical element. The optical element comprises at least two sub-elements, each of the at least two sub-elements having at least one optical characteristic wherein at least one optical characteristic of one sub-element is discrete from at least one optical characteristic of another sub-element. The mask comprises at least two regions corresponding to the at least two sub-elements, each of the at least two regions being individually addressable to enable its corresponding sub-element to be light transmitting.
US09304369B2
A display panel includes: a substrate constituted by an active matrix substrate; a substrate opposite the substrate; and a light modulation layer interposed between the substrates. The change in the magnitude or the frequency of the voltage applied between a pixel electrode and a common electrode rotates a shape-anisometric member in the light modulation layer, and the pixel electrode extends over a scan signal line over an insulating layer.
US09304368B2
An electrochromic device, which contains: one support; a first electrode layer formed on the support; a second electrode layer provided to face the first electrode layer; an electrochromic layer provided to be in contact with the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer; a solid electrolyte layer containing inorganic particles, which is filled between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and is provided to be in contact with the electrochromic layer; and a protective layer provided on the second electrode layer.
US09304360B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a liquid crystal panel and a display device. The liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer provided between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. Spacers are arranged on the opposite substrate, pad are arranged on the array substrate, and each of the spacers corresponds to a plurality of pads and has different contact areas with the plurality of pads.
US09304352B2
A two-way viewing angle display pane and a method for fabricating the same are provided and relate to the display field. The method for fabricating the two-way viewing angle display panel comprises: providing a transparent substrate (17); forming a grating (18) made of a light-shield layer on the transparent substrate; forming a transparent adjusting layer (19) on the transparent substrate (17) having the grating (18) formed thereon; and sequentially forming a pixel layer (13) and a transparent conductive layer (20) on the transparent adjusting layer (19). The technical solution of the invention may optimize the two-way viewing angles and avoid the yield rate problem caused by the thinned substrate.
US09304345B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including: a backlight unit including a light guide plate under a liquid crystal panel and a light source at a first side of the light guide plate; a main frame surrounding the backlight unit and including a first guide wall and a first supporting portion, the first guide wall protruding from each corner of an upper surface of the main frame, and the supporting portion extending from adjacent two corners of the upper surface at the first side toward the backlight unit; a light-shielding tape attached on the upper surface of the main frame by being guided by the first guide wall and including a first chamfer portion at each corner and a protrusion at adjacent two corners at the first side, wherein the first chamfer portion and the protrusion correspond to the first guide wall and the first supporting portion, respectively; and a liquid crystal panel disposed over the backlight unit and attached on the light-shielding tape.
US09304340B2
A method for measuring flicker value of a liquid crystal module and related device are proposed. The method includes: providing flicker images to a liquid crystal module; applying a measure unit to scan the liquid crystal module to convert luminance of the liquid crystal into voltage signals to obtain analog luminance signals of the liquid crystal module; receiving the analog luminance signals from the measure unit and converting the analog luminance signals of the measure unit into digital luminance signals; performing Fourier transformation of the digital luminance signals to obtain magnitude of specific frequency wave; obtaining flicker value of the liquid crystal module through the magnitude of specific frequency wave. By using the present invention, the common voltage signal applied on the liquid crystal module is adjusted based on the flicker value of the liquid crystal module measured in real time. Therefore quality of liquid crystal module products is raised.
US09304337B2
A Faraday rotator includes two magnet sub-assemblies assemblies spaced apart and aligned with each other with a gap therebetween. Each magnet sub-assembly includes a central magnet magnetized in direction parallel to the gap. The central magnet is sandwiched between two end magnets magnetized in a direction perpendicular to the gap. A magneto-optic crystal is located in the gap between the central magnets.
US09304336B2
A magneto-optic surface includes a support; at least two moving elements; each of the moving elements including at least one anchoring point to the support and at least one moving part movable with respect to the support, the moving part including at least one magnetic part; the support and the moving elements being laid out in such a way that under the effect of an external magnetic field, at least one of the moving elements moves with respect to the support such that the optical properties of the magneto-optic surface are modified.
US09304335B2
A device includes a laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device integrated with an optical modulator. An optical waveguide of the optical modulator includes a silicon-containing structure in a drift region of the LDMOS device.
US09304334B2
A microfluidic panel including at least one substrate, one or more channels formed in the substrate, and fluid disposed within the one or more channels. The fluid is selected to store thermal energy and the microfluidic panel is adapted to convert the thermal energy into useable energy or condition the energy to adjust optical wavelength passband of the panel.
US09304327B2
An eyewear device is provided which has lenses positioned above the temples when worn yielding an unobstructed view below the bottom of both lenses. The lower edge of the lenses may be curved toward the upper edge to increase the viewing area and the lenses may be rotationally engaged to temples to allow changes in viewing angle through them.
US09304322B2
A phase difference element capable of decreasing deterioration of 3D characteristics and a display unit including the phase difference element are provided. The phase difference element includes a phase difference film, and an anti-glare film. The phase difference film has a phase difference layer composed of two or more phase difference regions each having different direction of a slow axis that are regularly arranged in a plane. Retardation of the anti-glare film is 20 nm or less and total haze of the anti-glare film is 30% or less.
US09304320B2
Disclosed herein are a head-mounted display and a method of controlling the same, more particularly, a method of displaying an image preview interface based on the position of a camera unit in the case that the camera unit mounted to a head-mounted display is detached.
US09304313B1
A System and Method for Joint Compensation of Turbulence-induced-aberration and Laser Source Aberrations to provide measurement and compensation of aberrations in a laser beam projected from a laser source and the aberrations induced by propagation through an optical system and through a turbulent medium to a target utilizing only a single primary phase correction device means in the projected laser beam path and a secondary phase correction device means incorporated into the wavefront sensor path while at the same time the corrections are made using strictly null-seeking feedback control loops, thus providing a robust means of compensation. Reduction of the number of phase correction device means in the projected laser beam path can reduce cost, size, weight, and power compensation of the compensation system when the projected laser beam is a high energy laser.
US09304311B2
An electronic tablet magnifying case device protects an electronic tablet and supports the tablet in a use position proximate a magnifying lens to reduce eye strain. The device includes a base and a first panel pivotally coupled to and extending from a first lateral side of the base. Each of a plurality of brackets is coupled to the first panel wherein an electronic tablet is couplable to the first panel on an interior face of the first panel. A second panel is pivotally coupled to and extends from a second lateral side. The second panel includes a magnifying lens pivotable to a use position wherein the magnifying lens is directed towards the interior face of the first panel when the first panel is in an extended position relative to the base.
US09304300B2
An anamorphotic telescope has mutually different magnification along directions of minimum and maximum magnification in an image plane. A spectroscope with an elongated input slit directed along one of the directions of maximum and minimum magnification may be located in the image plane. The anamorphotic telescope has a first and second reflector lens with mutually different first and second radii of curvature in directions (y, x) that optically correspond to directions of minimum and maximum magnification. At least one of the first and second reflector lens has a variable radius of curvature in one direction (x), which varies as a function of position in the other direction (y), the variable radius of curvature decreasing in a direction of the angle from the view direction to the light directed by the first reflector lens to the second reflector lens.
US09304297B2
An imaging lens is substantially constituted by six lenses, including: a negative first lens having a concave surface toward the object side; a positive second lens; a negative third lens; a positive fourth lens of a meniscus shape with a concave surface toward the object side; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens having a concave surface toward the image side, the surface toward the image side thereof being an aspherical shape having at least one inflection point thereon, provided in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
US09304291B2
An imaging lens includes first to fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant lens parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
US09304286B1
A tactical mirror system includes a convex mirror that may be rapidly deployed and adhesively affixed to a room entry door to provide a room entry team member with a view of the room interior from a concealed cover position outside the room adjacent to the doorway is disclosed. A rip-cord is affixed to allow the user to peel away a protective layer thereby exposing an adhesive coated surface thereby allowing for rapid affixation of the mirror. A pair of diametrically opposed notches and a resilient transversely disposed band that function to allow the mirror device to be removably mounted to a baton to allow a room entry team member to manually extend and position the mirror. A plurality of mirrors may be provided and configured for compact nested storage thereby providing the user with a plurality of deployable mirror devices.
US09304283B2
An apparatus includes first and second electrodes separated by an insulative material (such as a piezoelectric material). The apparatus also includes a protective layer over the first and second electrodes. The protective layer has a first opening that exposes a portion of the first electrode and a second opening that exposes a portion of the second electrode. The apparatus further includes a first electrical contact at least partially within the first opening and electrically coupled to the first electrode. In addition, the apparatus includes a second electrical contact at least partially within the second opening and electrically coupled to the second electrode. Each of the first and second electrical contacts includes a stack of metal layers. The stack of metal layers includes a titanium nitride layer, a titanium layer over the titanium nitride layer, and an aluminum copper layer over the titanium nitride layer and the titanium layer.
US09304275B2
A breakout cable includes a polymer jacket and a plurality of micromodules enclosed within the jacket. Each micromodule has a plurality of bend resistant optical fibers and a polymer sheath comprising PVC surrounding the bend resistant optical fibers. Each of the plurality of bend resistant optical fibers is a multimode optical fiber including a glass cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to a glass core region. The core region is a graded-index glass core region, where the refractive index of the core region has a profile having a parabolic or substantially curved shape. The cladding includes a first annular portion having a lesser refractive index relative to a second annular portion of the cladding. The first annular portion is interior to the second annular portion. The cladding is surrounded by a low modulus primary coating and a high modulus secondary coating.
US09304264B2
An interposer sub-assembly for holding or gripping a plurality of optical fibers in a multi-fiber ferrule connector including: a substrate comprising a bottom surface, a top surface, and a front face; a pair of guide pin grooves on the bottom surface of said substrate, wherein the pair of guide pin grooves are capable of receiving guide pins from a ferrule connector; and a plurality of resilient fiber grooves formed on the bottom surface, wherein the plurality of resilient fiber grooves are configured for receiving a plurality of optical conduits.
US09304253B2
Disclosed are plasmonic near-field transducers that are useful in heat-assisted magnetic recording. The disclosed plasmonic near-field transducers have an enlarged region and a flared region. In some embodiments the disclosed plasmonic near-field transducer can also include a peg region. The flared region can act as a heat sink and can lower the thermal resistance of the peg region of the near-field transducer, thus reducing its temperature. Also disclosed are methods that include delivering light to a magnetic transducer region via a waveguide, receiving the light at a plasmonic near-field transducer having an output end and disposed in proximity to the magnetic transducer region, and delivering a surface plasmon-enhanced near-field radiation pattern proximate the output end of the plasmonic transducer in response to receiving the light.
US09304252B2
Waveguides that include a top cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n4; a core bilayer structure, the core bilayer structure including a lower index core layer having an index of refraction n3; and a higher index core layer having an index of refraction n1, wherein the higher index core layer includes TiO2 and one or more than one of Nb2O5, CeO2, Ta2O5, ZrO2, HfO2, Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2, wherein the lower index core layer is adjacent the higher index core layer; a bottom cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n2, wherein the waveguide is configured with the higher index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the top cladding layer and the lower index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the bottom cladding layer, and wherein n4 is less than n3 and n1, and n2 is less than n3 and n1.
US09304248B1
A light emitting module is disclosed. The light emitting module includes a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the circuit board and spaced apart from each other, molding parts wrapping the respective light emitting devices, and a reflective member disposed on the circuit board to surround the light emitting devices. The reflective member has a height greater than that of each of the molding parts. The reflective member has a plurality of openings exposing the light emitting devices, and each of the openings has a reflective side wall extending upward from the circuit board.
US09304244B1
A light guide plate includes a light exit surface, a light guide plate bottom surface, and at least one light incidence surface. The light exit surface and the light guide plate bottom surface are opposite to each other. The light incidence surface is connected to the light exit surface and the light guide plate bottom surface. The light guide plate is of a wedge configuration and has an end that is close to the light incidence surface and has a thickness greater than a thickness of an end thereof distant from the light incidence surface. The light guide plate includes a hollow wedge cavity that includes a hollow wedge cavity bottom surface adjacent to the light guide plate bottom surface. The hollow wedge cavity receives therein a reflector plate laminated on the hollow wedge cavity bottom surface and having a surface facing the light exit surface and including reflection projections.
US09304233B2
A lens module, including: a first lens including a first conical surface based on an optical axis and a first flat surface extending in a vertical direction with respect to the optical axis; and a second lens including a second conical surface based on an optical axis and a second flat surface extending in a vertical direction with respect to the optical axis, wherein the first conical surface and the first flat surface are connected by a first curved surface having a first radius, and the second conical surface and the second flat surface are connected by a second curved surface having a second radius.
US09304229B2
An improved system for the recording and display of barometric pressure information, comprising a timekeeper, barometric sensor, memory system, and display, integrated to form an instrument or horological complication for the display of the current barometric pressure and past pressure history by use of an animated display.
US09304223B2
A stud finder in one embodiment includes a first surface configured to be positioned adjacent to an object, a second surface generally opposite the first surface, an orifice opening to the first surface and to the second surface, a stud sensor configured to sense a structure through the object, and a vacuum source configured to draw a first vacuum in the orifice.
US09304221B2
Translational data acquired by at least one translational survey sensor is received, and rotation data is received. A representation of wavefield velocity based on the translational data and the rotation data is determined.
US09304220B2
A technique includes generating a data stream that contains data acquired by nodes of a subterranean survey data acquisition network and introducing data into the data stream, which describes an equipment failure that occurred in the network.
US09304202B2
One or more electromagnetic radiation sources, such as a light emitting diode, may emit electromagnetic waves into a volume of space. When an object enters the volume of space, the electromagnetic waves may reflect off the object and strike one or more position sensitive detectors after passing through an imaging optical system such as glass, plastic lens, or a pinhole located at known distances from the sources. Mixed signal electronics may process detected signals at the position sensitive detectors to calculate position information as well as total reflected light intensity, which may be used in medical and other applications. A transparent barrier may separate the sources and detectors from the objects entering the volume of space and reflecting emitted waves. Methods and devices are provided.
US09304196B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a radar device (3, 4) which is designed for detecting an object (25) located in a detection zone (7, 8) of the radar device (3, 4), wherein the detection zone (7, 8) is defined by an elevation angle zone (δ1, δ2) and an azimuth angle zone (α), wherein the elevation angle zone (δ1, δ2) also covers at least such a partial angle zone (δ1) which lies within an angle interval of 15° to 90° above a horizontal (33) defined with respect to the motor vehicle (1).
US09304188B2
An apparatus and method for determining the location of a terminal are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a reception unit, an initiation unit, a selection unit, and a correction unit. The reception unit receives the location identifications (IDs) of one or more illumination lights. The initiation unit initiates the location coordinates of a receiving terminal to the coordinates of an illumination light corresponding to the most frequently received location identification (ID). The selection unit selects the coordinates of an illumination light corresponding to the second-most frequently received location ID. The correction unit calculates the reception ratio of reception from the coordinates of the initiated illumination light to reception from the coordinates of the selected illumination light, and then corrects the coordinates of the receiving terminal based on the calculated reception ratio.
US09304180B2
In a method and apparatus for the creation of an MR image of a vascular structure of an examination region, the spins in the examination region are saturated by the irradiation of at least one RF saturation signal, which delivers a lower signal intensity as spins in a subsequent MR signal recording for the creation of the MR angiographic image, which flow through at least one blood vessel into the examination region, and are not saturated by the RF saturation pulse. Raw data space of the MR angiographic image is read out with a non-Cartesian trajectory in the MR signal acquisition for the creation of the MR angiographic image.
US09304179B1
An MRI sampling method combining phase and frequency encoding.
US09304178B2
Systems and methods for coil arrangements in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One coil arrangement includes a magnet bore, a radio-frequency (RF) transmit coil coupled to the magnet bore, and at least one RF receive coil coupled to the magnet bore. The RF receive coil is movable within the magnet bore.
US09304174B1
Method and apparatus for monitoring system operations in an integrated circuit. A method includes receiving a first power supply voltage from a first processing domain, comparing the first power supply voltage to a first reference voltage, receiving the second power supply voltage from the second processing domain, comparing the second power supply voltage to a second reference voltage, determining that the first power supply voltage exceeds the first reference voltage or that the second power supply voltage exceeds the second reference voltage, and transmitting one or more alarms corresponding to one or more of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage in response to determining that the first power supply voltage exceeds the first reference voltage or that the second power supply voltage exceeds the second reference voltage. An integrated circuit and system monitor are also provided.
US09304173B2
In a method and a device for determining the internal resistance of a battery cell of a battery, the battery is connected to a controllable motor/generator in such a way that a flow of energy can take place from the battery to the motor/generator or from the motor/generator to the battery, including the following steps: modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator, determination of a change in voltage at the battery cell and of a change of the current flow through the battery cell during the modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator, and calculation of the internal resistance of the battery cell as the quotient of the change in voltage and the change in current flow.
US09304162B2
A processing system configured for capacitive sensing comprises transmitter circuitry, a first internal diagnostic mechanism, and a determination module. The transmitter circuitry is coupled with a first transmitter path of a plurality of transmitter paths and configured to transmit a first transmitter signal with the first transmitter path, wherein each transmitter path of the plurality of transmitter paths is configured for capacitive sensing. The first internal diagnostic mechanism is coupled to a second transmitter path of the plurality of transmitter paths. The first internal diagnostic mechanism is configured to acquire a first resulting signal while the transmitter circuitry transmits the first transmitter signal with the first transmitter path, wherein the first internal diagnostic mechanism comprises a selectable leakage path coupled to the transmitter circuitry. The determination module is further configured to determine that the first transmitter path is ohmically coupled to the second transmitter path of the plurality of transmitter paths based upon the first resulting signal.
US09304154B1
Methods and systems are provided for detecting and measuring a peak value of a light pulse. One example method involves (i) receiving an analog signal comprising a pulse, (ii) differentiating the analog signal, using a differentiator, to provide a differentiated signal, (iii) detecting, using a comparator, a zero-crossing in the differentiated signal, (iv) delaying the analog signal by a delay amount, using a signal buffer, to provide a time-delayed analog signal, (v) in response to detecting the zero-crossing, causing a measurement of the time-delayed analog signal to be obtained, (vi) determining a measurement time associated with the measurement, and (vii) outputting the measurement and the measurement time. The methods and systems may be implemented for light detection and ranging (LIDAR) applications. In such applications, the measurement and measurement time may correspond to an object and a distance of the object, respectively, in an environment of a LIDAR device.
US09304151B2
An apparatus includes a sensor excited by an input voltage adapted to provide a sensor output first voltage corresponding to a physical input excitation. A transformation circuit device provides the operational voltage to the sensor, detects the sensor output first voltage, nulls an amount of offset voltage in the sensor output first voltage, amplifies the nulled offset sensor output first voltage, and provide a noise filtered and temperature compensated output second voltage. A simulator circuit receives the compensated output second voltage and provides an output third voltage representative of a simulated bridge sensor, being absent of offset voltage, and being independent of temperature dependence and noise in the sensor.
US09304146B2
An RF reflectometry scanning tunneling microscope is suitable for observing a surface of an object, and includes a probe that cooperates with the object to form a tunneling resistor therebetween, an RF resonant circuit that cooperates with the tunneling resistor to form a LCR resonant circuit including an inductor connected to a parallel connection of a capacitor, a resistor and the tunneling resistor, a directional coupler receiving an RF signal and outputting the RF signal to the LCR resonant circuit, and an RF signal measuring device that generates a scanning result associated with the surface of the object based on a reflected RF signal resulting from reflection of the RF signal by the LCR resonant circuit.
US09304144B2
A method of actuating a plurality of probes by delivering photothermal energy to the probes so that the probes are heated and deform relative to a sample. The photothermal energy is delivered to the probes by: directing an input beam into an optical device; transforming the input beam with the optical device into a plurality of actuation beamlets which are not parallel with each other; and scanning the actuation beamlets across the probes, optionally via an objective lens. A spacing between the actuation beamlets is different to a spacing between the probes so that only a subset (typically only one) of the actuation beamlets illuminates a probe at any instant. As the actuation beamlets scan across the probes the probes are illuminated in an illumination sequence. The actuation beamlets are controlled so that different amounts of photothermal energy are delivered to at least two of the probes during the illumination sequence.
US09304142B1
This invention provides an angular speed detection and monitoring system comprised of an energy harvesting integrated generator and sensor with wireless data transmission capability, a wireless data relay station and a wireless remote termination station for control wiring connections and digital communications. The invention provides real-time rotational acceleration and speed measurement for continuous process control and ‘Zero-Speed’ detection for simple on-off interlock control and fault monitoring of rotating equipment or moving surfaces.
US09304141B2
In needle-based dispensing systems, the target amount of liquid to be dispensed is in many cases very well controlled. However, the amount of liquid that is actually reaching the receiving well may show a discrepancy, because part of the liquid leaving the inner needle space remains on the outer surface of the dispense needle, and so a small amount of liquid is “lost” in the dispensing act. A sensor arrangement according to the present invention is suitable for detecting the presence of any liquid from the aspiration reservoir that is left behind on the outside of the dispense needle, before the dispense step is actually started. The “lost” volume can also be measured very accurately by inserting the tip of a dispense needle into a hollow metallic cylinder, forming a capacitor, whereby the capacitance value depends on the volume of the “lost” dispense volume.
US09304120B2
The invention relates to a method and system for monitoring of particles properties in a stream and the use of such method and system. In particular, the invention concerns sampling of liquids like aqueous suspensions or filtrates that contain solid matter in forest industry, oil and mining industry, as well as in and water treatment, desalination or water reuse processes, and in subsequent measurement of the samples. A sample from a stream of liquid is dyed to stain particles contained in the sample, which is conducted to a first flow chamber having means for causing said sample to be divided into particle populations according to their size or mass. A liquid flow is applied through the first flow chamber to cause at least one particle population to flow into a second flow chamber. The particle populations are measured to produce at least one measurement signal representative of the amount and/or properties of the particles, and processing extract key variables of each particle population and presenting them as an analysis of particle populations or the whole sample in terms of a count and size of particles and/or their hydrophobicity.
US09304113B2
A heat-resistant ultrasonic sensor forms a piezo-electric ceramics film with a thickness of 0.5 mm or smaller and a Curie point of 200° C. or higher on a flexible metal plate. A thin metal film that is an electrode is attached to a top surface of the piezo-electric ceramics film and a metal wire mesh covers the thin metal film and is attached to a top surface of the thin metal film. A core of a heat-resistant coaxial cable is connected to the metal wire mesh at a connection point. The heat-resistant coaxial cable is fixed to the thin metal plate with a metal fixing member that is a ground portion. An electric insulating cover is attached to the thin metal plate and covers the piezo-electric ceramics film, the thin metal film, the metal wire mesh, the connection point, the fixing member, and the core of the coaxial cable.
US09304108B2
A quenching depth measuring method is used for measuring the quenching depth in a workpiece and includes the steps of: magnetizing the workpiece by disposing, in the vicinity of the workpiece, a magnetizer equipped with an exciting coil; detecting, through a detection coil, an induced magnetic field generated by the magnetization; measuring the induced magnetic field as the output voltage of the detection coil; and specifying the thickness of the quenched hardened layer of the workpiece on the basis of known electromagnetic characteristic information of an unquenched material and a fully-quenched material and an output voltage value measured by the detection coil, the unquenched material being made of the same material as the constituent material of the workpiece and being a material on which a quenching process is not performed, the fully-quenched material being a material on which the quenching process is performed.
