US09485889B2
An adjustable frequency drive including a number of power modules and a heat management system is provided. Each of the number of power modules includes a number of inverters. Each inverter includes a number of power poles. The heat management system includes a housing assembly, a first heat management assembly, and a second heat management assembly. The housing assembly defines a power module enclosure and a liquid cooling assembly enclosure. The first heat management assembly is substantially disposed in the power module enclosure. The second heat management assembly is not substantially disposed in the power module enclosure.
US09485887B1
A data center includes two or more rack computing systems, a free cooling system, and an electrical power system. The free air cooling system includes air moving devices external to the rack computing systems. The electrical power system includes switchgear and one or more power panels. The switchgear receives power from a utility power feed. The power panels receive power from the switchgear. The power panels supply electrical power to the computing devices.
US09485881B2
An inverter cover for covering an inverter provided in a front space which is formed in front of a vehicle room in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, by partitioning the vehicle room with a vehicle body panel, includes: a body part for covering an upper face of the inverter; and an extended part extended rearward from the body part so as to be positioned between a connecting part which is provided in a rear part of the inverter and to which a harness is connected, and an edge part which is protruded frontward from the vehicle body panel.
US09485872B2
In a gas-blowing-hole array structure, which enables gas to be blown to the whole surface of the conveyed member such as a printed circuit board, a semiconductor wafer or the like almost concentrically and allows the whole surface of conveyed member to be very uniformly heated or cooled, a nozzle pattern P2 of blowing nozzles 2 is arranged to be line symmetry with a nozzle pattern P1 of the blowing nozzles 2 in upper and lower divided sections of one side of the nozzle cover 3 relative to a center portion thereof that is orthogonal to a conveying direction, as shown in FIG. 1. In order for the arrangement patterns diagonally arranged in the nozzle cover 3 to become identical, the nozzle pattern P1 is arranged to be line symmetry with the nozzle pattern P2 of the blowing nozzles 2 in upper and lower divided sections of the other side of the nozzle cover 3.
US09485861B2
Provided is a prepreg suffering little resin particle fall-off and little resin peeling during prepreg production and during handling in order to have excellent dielectric properties for PPE and favorable adhesiveness. A PPE-containing prepreg constituted of a base material and a curable resin composition including PPE particles, wherein the prepreg is characterized in that (1) PPE extracted from the prepreg using a mixed solvent of toluene and methanol in a mass ratio of 95:5 includes PPE particles (A) insoluble in the mixed solvent, (2) the amount of PPE contained in the PPE particles (A) is 70 mass % or higher, and (3) the number-average molecular weight of the PPE contained in the PPE particles (A) is 8,000-40,000.
US09485847B1
A method for temporally and spatially aligning a laser-based x-ray source and maintaining alignment is disclosed. A pump laser beam, which interacts with a plasma source to create an electron beam, is aligned with the electron beam. A scattering laser beam is overlapped with the pump laser beam at an intersection point. The pump laser beam and scattering laser beam alignments are monitored and adjusted to maintain optimal alignment during operation of the laser-based x-ray source.
US09485841B1
An apparatus having an embedded processor in a substrate for creating a synchronous lighting effect at a controlled access venue and a method for creating a lighting effect at a controlled access venue while controlling access to the venue simultaneously using an apparatus that coordinates with the performance allowing a holder of the apparatus to perform with the performance.
US09485838B2
Techniques and architecture are disclosed for a lighting system for contained environments, such as elevators or other such environments. The lighting system can include one or more luminaires and/or one or more display devices that include tunable output controlled to automatically change the ambient lighting and/or presentable content (e.g., imagery, video, audio) based on one or more conditions related to the contained environment. Conditions that can be used in controlling the lighting system output within the contained environment can include, for example, the position or operation of the contained environment, the control of the contained environment, the occupancy within the contained environment, the time of day at the location of the contained environment, and the calendar date at the location of the contained environment. In some cases, the lighting system may constitute the general illumination within the contained environment, but may be supplemental as well.
US09485834B2
An LED illumination device that can be mounted between a pair of sockets provided to a fluorescent light fixture is provided with a first power source circuit that illuminates an LED using DC power obtained by converting and rectifying AC power supplied from the sockets, and a second power source circuit that illuminates the LED using an internal battery. An IC chip installed in the illumination device detects a first current conduction state in two AC power lines that supply the AC power necessary to drive the first power supply circuit and a second current conduction state in another AC power line, and, on the basis thereof, determines whether the device is in a normal illumination mode, a normal off mode, or an emergency illumination mode. On the basis of the determination results, the LED illumination device is controlled according to the mode. When in the emergency illumination mode, the LED is illuminated by the second power source circuit, and the LED illumination device functions as an emergency light.
US09485824B2
Disclosed is a purely resistive dimming circuit for driving LEDs to emit light and support an LED dimming function. The LEDs are divided into a first string and a second string connected in series with each other. The purely resistive dimming circuit is respectively and electrically coupled to an anode terminal of the first string and an anode terminal of the second string by a driving resistor and a current limiting resistor which are connected in series with each other. The resistance of the driving resistor restricts the LEDs to emit light at different stages to enhance the working efficiency of circuits, while using the property of the current limiting resistor to limit the overvoltage current, so as to achieve a constant power operating effect.
US09485815B2
A backlight driving circuit is disclosed. The backlight driving circuit includes a steady voltage circuit, a boost converter, a current setting circuit, and a control circuit. The steady voltage circuit receives an input voltage, filters the input voltage and outputs a steady DC voltage. The boost converter connects to the steady voltage circuit to receive the steady DC voltage. The control circuit provides a first PWM square wave such that the boost converter may supply power to the LED light bar. Wherein the boost converter includes a first MOSFET or a triode. At least three parallel connected resistors are arranged between a source of the first MOSFET or a collector of the triode and the ground, and the three resistors have the same or similar resistance. In addition, a liquid crystal display includes the backlight driving circuit is also disclosed.
US09485812B2
A high frequency heating coil is provided in which a main body part of a workpiece is surrounded by a loop part of the high frequency heating coil and subjected to high frequency heating, and a flange part of the workpiece is sandwiched by first and second lead-out parts of the high frequency heating coil and subjected to high frequency heating. The first and second lead-out parts oppose the flange part and are offset in the axial direction of the workpiece, thereby preventing eddy currents in opposite directions to each other from being generated in the flange part and preventing the flange part from being more difficult to heat than the main body part. The high frequency heating coil can uniformly heat a pipe-shaped workpiece having a flange part projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral face of a main body part.
US09485808B2
A sheet heater includes a first fiber layer, a second fiber layer distanced from the first fiber layer, a third fiber layer disposed between the first and second fiber layers, and a controller operable to control heat generation. The first fiber layer is constituted of first conductive portions and first non-conductive portions. The second fiber layer is constituted of second conductive portions and second non-conductive portions. The third fiber layer includes functional layers each constituted of connecting yarns and non-functional layers arranged to insulate each of the functional layers from others of the functional layers. The controller applies voltage between the first and second conductive portions to heat the connecting yarns. According to the heater, a desired temperature distribution can be created on the heater by applying the voltage selectively to one target segment composed of the first conductive portion, the functional layer and the second conductive portion.
US09485805B2
A method and device for addressing between a first device on a first network and a second device on a second network using a network bridging device, the first and second networks being physically different networks. The method includes discovering the first device on the first network, creating a virtual endpoint for the first device, storing the created virtual endpoint in a network translation table, detecting, in the network bridging device, a communication packet sent from the second network, determining if an endpoint identified in the communication packet is stored as a virtual endpoint in the network translation table, and, if so, identifying an address of the device on the second network associated with the virtual endpoint stored in the network address translation table, and transmitting the communication packet to the device address on the second network.
US09485802B2
An apparatus may include a microprocessor and a wireless communication interface configured to perform at least one of receiving a first radio signal or transmitting a second radio signal. The microprocessor may be configured to execute at least one of a base-band encoder software program or a base-band decoder software program. The apparatus may be further configured to execute a wireless communication protocol selector software program that may be configured to optimize a value of a user-defined criterion in order to dynamically select at least one of a wireless communication network, a wireless communication protocol, and a parameter of a wireless communication protocol.
US09485798B2
A mobile communication system which supports D2D communication that is direct inter-terminal radio communication, comprises: a user terminal that transmits and receives discovery signals for a discovery process of a communication target terminal of the D2D communication; and a base station that transmits discovery resource information indicating radio resources to be used for transmitting and receiving the discovery signals. The user terminal transmits and receives the discovery signals when the discovery resource information is received from the base station, by using the radio resource indicated by the received discovery resource information.
US09485785B2
A method of and apparatus for operating a Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) packet transmitter in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system is provided. The method includes, identifying a Self-Coexistence Window (SCW) regular pattern of neighbor Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs), if vacant SCW slots are not periodically occurring, selecting a WRAN as a contender among the neighbor WRANs, performing a contention for transmitting the CBP packet with the contender within SCW slots that are occupied by the WRAN, and configuring an SCW usage pattern so that an SCW usage period of the CBP packet sender is double that of an SCW usage period of the contender when winning in the contention.
US09485779B2
A method for resource management in a cellular communication network, wherein said network includes at least one base station per cell for a plurality of cells that operates in TDD (Time Division Duplex) transmission mode, each base station having a respective coverage area is characterized in that said base stations are operated such that spatial zones exist—overlap areas—in which the coverage areas of at least two of said base stations overlap, wherein UEs within an overlap area utilize UL and/or DL resources from those of the respective base stations that best match their particular traffic demands in the UL and/or in the DL. Furthermore, a corresponding resource management system for use in a cellular communication network is disclosed.
US09485778B2
A system and method for peer-to-peer communications is disclosed. A first wireless device receives a message from a second wireless device identifying communication requirements of a point-to-point communication involving the second wireless device. The first wireless device determines whether the second wireless device's communication requirements can be satisfied based on communication resources already committed for other communications. When the communication requirements of the second wireless device can be satisfied, the first wireless device generates a time sharing schedule to be used by the first and second wireless devices based on the already-committed communication requirements and the second device's communication requirements. The time sharing schedule may include a first portion for broadcast communication among a group of devices to which the first and second wireless devices belong, and a second portion for the point-to-point communications of the second wireless devices.
US09485771B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for predicting a current random access transmission power detectable by a base station based on historical transmission power information. In one aspect, a mobile device may access a historical transmission power associated with a current state of the mobile device, with the historical transmission power based on mobility patterns of the mobile device. Based at least in part on the accessed historical transmission power, the mobile device may predict a current random access transmission power of the mobile device, where the predicted current random access transmission power is configured to elicit a random access response from a base station. In one aspect, the techniques described herein may reduce a number of power ramp steps taken by the mobile device during a random access procedure, reduce interference from the mobile device during the random access procedure, or both based on the predicted current random access transmission power.
US09485766B2
The mobile communication system is a system in which one resource block is configured by a plurality of resource elements. The mobile communication system comprises an assignment unit that divides the one resource block, and assigns the divided resource blocks to a plurality of radio terminals. A division pattern of the one resource block is decided beforehand.
US09485764B2
A method for encoding a transport block in a wireless communication system, and a wireless apparatus therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes determining, at a transmitting device, a size of the transport block based on a size of an allocated resource, a number of layers, and modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the transport block, wherein the size of the transport block is determined from among a plurality of predetermined sizes, wherein the plurality of the predetermined sizes include 305976 bits, 324336 bits, and 391656 bits when the transport block is mapped to four-layer spatial multiplexing and when 256 Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is used for the transport block; and attaching at the transmitting device, a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code to the transport block to configure a first CRC-attached transport block.
US09485763B2
The present invention provides: a base station for repeatedly transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a first subframe bundle comprising a plurality of subframes, and transmitting a PDSCH related to the PDCCH; and user equipment for receiving the PDCCH and the PDSCH. The PDSCH can be transmitted to the user equipment starting from subframe n+k, which is the kth subframe after the last subframe n−1 in the first subframe bundle, wherein k is an integer bigger than 0. The first subframe bundle may begin from a predetermined or fixed position.
US09485760B2
A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system; and the UE are discussed. The method includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format, which schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and includes an SRS request for triggering transmission of an aperiodic SRS, from a base station (BS); detecting the SRS request; and transmitting, when the UE is not configured with a carrier indicator field (CIF), the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a first uplink (UL) component carrier (CC) in which the PUSCH is scheduled, or, when the UE is configured with the CIF, the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a second UL CC in which the PUSCH is scheduled with a value of the CIF.
US09485757B2
Provided are a method for transmitting uplink control information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, and a user equipment using the method. In the method, a setting of subframes for transmitting each of multiple types of periodic channel state information (CSI) is received, and the multiple types of the periodic CSI from the subframes are transmitted, wherein when the multiple types of the CSI are set to include a rank indicator (RI) for indicating the number of layers recommended by the user equipment, and the RI and a different periodic CSI excluding the RI are set to be transmitted from the same subframe, the RI and the different periodic CSI are multiplexed to the same subframe and then transmitted.
US09485749B2
A method in a mobile station for ranking cells in order to perform reselection from a serving cell to a second cell is disclosed. The method includes detecting a second cell that the mobile station is not allowed to access, determining resources used for transmission of a signal of the second cell, and applying a reselection bias if the resources used for transmission of the signal of the second cell do not substantially overlap resources used for transmission of a signal of the serving cell.
US09485740B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signal transmission method. A first correspondence is acquired between both a PSD of transmitted signals of the first communications equipment and a PSD of transmitted signals of a second communications equipment and a signal-to-noise ratio of received signals of the first communications equipment. A second correspondence is acquired between the signal-to-noise ratio of received signals of the first communications equipment and the number of bits for bearing signals. An optimization algorithm is used to calculate a PSD of transmitted signals of the first communications equipment and a PSD of transmitted signals of the second communications equipment.
US09485739B2
An interference control method including: receiving actual reception qualities of wireless signals that are measured by a wireless terminal, each of the wireless signals being sent from each of base stations, estimating future reception qualities after a specified period based on the actual reception qualities, estimating, for each of combinations of transmission powers of the base stations, corresponding interference based on the future reception qualities, and setting each of transmission powers of the base stations based on one of the combinations of transmission powers that is selected based on the corresponding interference.
US09485736B2
Technologies related to task management across low-power wireless communications are generally described. In some examples, proximal devices in range of low-power wireless communications may cooperate to allow one or more of the proximal devices to suspend task operations, while one or more of the proximal devices manage the task operations. The task operations may be associated with an energy consumption that exceeds an energy consumption associated with the low-power wireless communications, allowing the proximal devices that suspend task operations to reduce their overall energy consumption.
US09485735B2
An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption generated in an idle state in order to solve a power consumption problem in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a stale determination unit which is configured independently from an application processor for controlling applications and which wakes up when entering an idle mode to allow the application processor to sleep, and thereafter determines a state of the portable terminal, and if it is determined that the portable terminal escapes from the idle mode, allows the application processor to wake up.
US09485730B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling communication connection in an electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting at least one peripheral, detecting at least one preference device among the at least one detected peripheral, and inactivating a communication module when at least one preference device is not detected among the at least one detected peripheral.
US09485724B2
A method for spatiotemporal control of electrical energy consumption of a telecommunications network dependent on conditions in a power grid that is responsible for supplying the telecommunications network in space and time, includes detection of an overload on a power grid due to too high power supply by exchanging of information between the power grid monitoring unit and the telecommunications control unit, and an increase in power consumption by the telecommunications network in the spatial area, through configuration of the telecommunications network components in this spatial area by the power grid monitoring unit for the period of too high power supply.
US09485721B1
A method of wirelessly accessing services of a server computer by a mobile communication device. The method comprises receiving a short-range radio beacon signal associated with a server computer, sending a request for information about services provided by the server computer associated with the beacon to a service registry via a long-range wireless communication link. The method further comprises, in response to receiving information about the services provided by the server computer, connecting to the server computer, accessing a service provided by the server computer. The method further comprises receiving a second beacon signal, determining that the second beacon's identity is not identified in the white list, and, in response to determining that the second beacon identity is not white listed, not attempting to access a second server computer associated with the second beacon.
US09485714B2
The present invention is directed to a communication device of a wireless communication network, the communication device including a message generator configured to generate a beacon message having a traffic indication map (TIM) information element (IE), wherein the TIM IE includes a partial virtual bitmap field including at least one cluster; a determiner configured to determine for at least one cluster information indicating whether data is available in the communication device to be transmitted to a plurality of communication terminals of the wireless communication network; an encoder configured to determine an encoding mode for the information depending on the information and to encode the information based on the encoding mode; and a transmitter configured to broadcast the beacon message to the plurality of communication terminals corresponding to the at least one cluster. Methods of simultaneously addressing a plurality of communication terminals in the wireless communication network are also disclosed.
US09485703B2
A method for configuring a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) within a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) and a wireless communication system supporting the same are provided. A dual-mode terminal is used as a relay for relaying between the WMAN and the WLAN and the relay divides a total service period into a WMAN period and a WLAN period. For the WMAN period, the relay accesses the WMAN and implements a WMAN service and for the WLAN period, it accesses the WLAN and implements a WLAN service.
US09485687B2
Techniques for compressing data in a wireless network are provided. Data may be in the form of data packets that have one or more headers and a payload. One or more compression initiation criteria are used to determine whether to compress all data or certain data. Different data may be associated with different classes of service. Compression initiation criteria for data that belongs to one class of service may be different than compression initiation criteria for data that belongs to another class of service. Compression initiation criteria for data may be different than one or more compression halting criteria that are used to determine whether to cease compressing data. One type of compression involves use of synchronized history buffers. A wireless receiver may communicate with a wireless transmitter that an error is detected and that the history buffers of the wireless transmitter should be flushed or cleared.
US09485686B2
Restructuring data packets to improve voice quality at low bandwidth conditions in wireless networks
Methods and client devices for transmitting data packets based on audio input from a client device to a communications network in a communication session by receiving audio input on the client device; encoding audio input into audio frames comprising audio data indicative of the audio input; measuring bandwidth utilization of the communications network; removing a portion of the audio data if the bandwidth utilization is above a first pre-determined threshold; grouping the audio frames into data packets; and transmitting the data packets over the communications network. Alternate embodiments for removing portions of the audio data include removing at least one audio frame from each of a selected set of the plurality of data packets. Additional embodiments for removing portions of the audio data include removing a set of least significant bytes from each of a selected set of audio frames.
US09485682B2
A mobile terminal testing apparatus that is capable of simulating a state where an electric wave to multiple mobile communication terminals causes interference. The mobile terminal testing apparatus includes: a scenario processing unit that controls each unit of an apparatus in order to perform each procedure for testing according to a test scenario; a cell initialization processing unit that initializes a cell that is subject to interference and an interfering cell that interferes with the cell that is subject to the interference, with a parameter for the cell that is subject to the interference, and a parameter for the interfering cell; and a cell combination processing unit that adjusts output levels of a signal of the cell that is subject to the interference and a signal of the interfering cell and performs combination in order to simulate an interference state.
US09485679B2
A method for analyzing a mobile radio network including the steps of collecting traffic data from call monitoring equipment connected to the mobile radio network, collecting signaling data from network monitoring equipment connected to the mobile radio network, correlating the traffic data and the signaling data related to a cell of the mobile radio network. and creating a graphical display of the correlated traffic data and the signaling data.
US09485673B2
An approach is provided for coordinating information request messages over an ad-hoc mesh network. A module receives at least one request to transmit one or more information request messages over an ad-hoc mesh network. The module determines context information associated with at least a portion of the ad-hoc mesh network, one or more nodes within the at least a portion of the ad-hoc mesh network, or a combination thereof. The module then determines to transmit the one or more information request messages over the ad-hoc mesh network based, at least in part, on the context information.
US09485665B2
Disclosed is a network management apparatus for priority channel assignment to acquire available channels in a frequency sharing band, including: a signal intensity measurer measuring a received signal intensity for an input signal; and a controller verifying usable candidate channels in the same channel and an adjacent channel of a TV band device (TVBD) for each predetermined frequency based on the measured received signal intensity, verifying available channels of the TVBD based on the verified usable candidate channels in the same channel and the adjacent channel, calculating the decreased number of available channels of the TVBD predicted for each channel after channel reassignment, and assigning channels to be reassigned based on the calculated decreased number of available channels of the TVBD.
US09485658B2
Systems and methods for wireless communication are disclosed. In one aspect an access point (AP) includes a processor configured to generate a frame with an information element (IE) assigning a restricted access window (RAW) and to determine whether or not to include a field in the IE indicating a group of one or more devices allowed to transmit during the RAW based on a type of the RAW. The processing system further includes an interface to output the generated frame for transmission. According to aspects, at least one option type (e.g., Omni) of the RAW type (e.g., Simplex) is accessible by devices regardless of their device type. Accordingly, the AP may not include the field in the IE indicating the group of one or more devices allowed to transmit during the RAW for the at least one option type of RAW.
US09485653B2
Techniques for pairing two different security modules that use two different encryption technologies for operation in two different networks include generation and transmission of a secret to both the security modules via their respective communication networks. In one advantageous aspect, one of the security module, which may be prone for duplication or theft, is logically tethered to the other security module via the pairing. For example, after pairing is successfully performed, the first security module may be usable in a wide area network only when its presence in a local communication connection, such as a home network of a subscriber, or a peer-to-peer or a near field communication link, can be detected and verified by the second security module.
US09485649B2
A wireless mesh network includes a plurality of wireless devices and a gateway organized in a multi hop mesh topology. Each wireless device maintains and reports radio statistics to the gateway, and also reports battery conditions of its power source. The device manager communicates with the gateway and provides an alert indicating existence of a pinch point within the mesh network based upon the radio statistics. When a low battery condition is reported by a device, the device manager determines whether loss of that device is a pinch point or will cause a pinch point, and provides a low battery alert prioritized based upon the pinch point analysis.
US09485646B2
A roaming condition is detected on a wireless device, in which the wireless device is operational in a region where the wireless device is not permitted in have wireless services other than a designated minimal set of services. A service request message is generated on the wireless device. The service request can be structured for handing by a home region service provider that can initiate one or more wireless services for the computing device using a local service provider for the region. The service request message can be transmitted from the computing device using the designated minimal set of services.
US09485641B2
There is provided a schedule briefing method of a mobile communication terminal having a user schedule management function. The steps of this method include a step for initiating a schedule briefing, a step for determining whether a schedule exists for a predetermined period of time, a step for audibly outputting content of the schedule, and a step for terminating the briefing. The schedule is outputted in a vocal format to allow a hands-free review of a user's schedule.
US09485630B2
The present invention relates to methods and devices for enabling reception of a specific service for terminals idle mode. More particularly, the present invention relates to such methods and devices enabling mobility for terminals in idle mode so as to receive an MBMS service. In case a terminal is interested in the MBMS service, it applies different reselection rule than normal reselection rule i.e., when the terminal is not interested in the MBMS service. For instance, the terminal manipulates the priority indications received from an eNB and considers MBMS layer the highest priority in case the terminal is interested in MBMS service. If the terminal thus manipulates the priority due to the (intended) MBMS reception, the terminal starts an MBMS timer, which is received as a permission parameter from the eNB.
US09485628B2
An intrabuilding location estimating apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The method includes operations of measuring a user's location by using a global positioning system (GPS) or a wireless communication-based location obtaining device in the mobile terminal, obtaining interfloor movement information of the user that is detected via a sensor in the mobile terminal, and determining a floor on which the user is located, via map information and the interfloor movement information of the user.
US09485624B2
A method and arrangement for providing location information of a called mobile communication device to a calling party are implemented through a mobile device locator platform disposed in the communication network. A mobile device subscriber to the location service initiates a process where the location of his mobile device is updated on a regular basis and the location information stored in a database on the platform. When a call is placed to his subscribed device, the location information is transmitted to the calling party prior to setting up the call to the called device, allowing the calling party to determine whether or not to proceed with the call, as well as eliminating the need to ask the common question “where are you?” when placing a call to a mobile device.
US09485608B2
A communication device may monitor an establishment of a first type of communication link between a communication device and an external device while the communication device is in a first state in which a P2P mode of an NFC standard is active and a first mode of the NFC standard is active. The communication device may send first data to the external device by using the first type of communication link. The first data may include a command for causing the external device to execute an activation of a particular application. The communication device may change the state of the communication device from the first state to a second state in which the P2P mode is active, and perform the two-way communication with the external device that operates the particular application by using a second type of communication link.
US09485606B1
A computer-implemented method for detecting near field communication risks may include (1) identifying a mobile device capable of near field communication, (2) identifying an attempted near field communication involving the mobile device, (3) tracking at least one contextual behavior relating to the attempted near field communication; and (4) determining, based at least in part on the contextual behavior, that the attempted near field communication poses a risk to the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09485597B2
A system and method may be configured to process an audio signal. The system and method may track pitch, chirp rate, and/or harmonic envelope across the audio signal, may reconstruct sound represented in the audio signal, and/or may segment or classify the audio signal. A transform may be performed on the audio signal to place the audio signal in a frequency chirp domain that enhances the sound parameter tracking, reconstruction, and/or classification.
US09485596B2
A technique utilizes a smartphone during a public address system session. The technique involves operating a public address system to provide audio from a local human presenter to a local human audience, the local human presenter and the local human audience residing at a common physical public address location. The technique further involves establishing, while operating the public address system to provide audio from the local human presenter to the local human audience, an electronic connection between the smartphone and the public address system. The technique further involves providing, after establishing the electronic connection between the smartphone and the public address system, audio from a user of the smartphone to the local human audience through the smartphone, the electronic connection, and the public address system.
US09485595B2
An earbud for use in conjunction with receiver-in-canal and similar hearing aids is described. A wax reservoir and a torturous path for wax ingress are provided by the earbud. A controlled acoustic path is also provided. The molded design of the earbud allows torturous paths for wax ingress to be designed into the earbud.
US09485592B2
A hearing instrument to be worn at an ear of a user, having a first part (18) to be located at least in part in the ear canal, a first antenna (22) to be located substantially within the ear canal, a second part (16) to be worn outside the ear canal at the concha and a second antenna (24) to be located outside the ear canal, wherein the first antenna is to be operated by a first transceiver (46) in a first frequency range and the second antenna is to be operated by a second transceiver (38) in a second frequency range which is higher than the first frequency range.
US09485589B2
This application relates to a systems and methods for enhanced dynamics processing of streaming audio by source separation and remixing for hearing assistance devices, according to one example. In one embodiment, an external streaming audio device processes sources isolated from an audio signal using source separation, and mixes the resulting signals back into the unprocessed audio signal to enhance individual sources while minimizing audible artifacts. Variations of the present system use source separation in a side chain to guide processing of a composite audio signal.
US09485588B2
A mapping system comprises a sensor unit which is mobile and receives magnetic audio frequency transmission from a site and positioning data with respect to the site to be mapped. A processing unit is operationally coupled with the sensor unit and determines at least one parameter of the magnetic transmission, forms positions of the sensor unit on the basis of positioning data, associates positions and the at least one parameter together, forms a quality map graphically showing a distribution associated with the at least one parameter with respect to positions on the site and outputs said quality map.
US09485584B1
An apparatus related to a magnetic circuit design is disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnetic assembly and an electrically-conductive mobile member. The magnetic assembly includes an inner magnet, an outer magnet, an inner cap, an outer cap and a washer. The magnetic assembly is configured to produce a magnetic field having a zone of operation between the inner cap and the outer cap. The zone of operation has substantially uniform magnetic field strength. The zone of operation has magnetic field directions substantially perpendicular to an ideal motion direction. The electrically-conductive mobile member is disposed in the zone of operation of the magnetic field and electrically coupled to a diaphragm of a driver. The electrically-conductive mobile member is configured to move within the zone of operation of the magnetic field in response to the magnetic field when an alternating current is passed through the electrically-conductive mobile member.
US09485579B2
Audio information coexists with best efforts data on a wireless network, such as a wireless local area network, by defining a backoff dedicated to communicate of audio information and using undedicated resources to communicate best efforts data. The backoff has a periodic interval that corresponds to the sample rate of the audio information so that a set of audio frame slots communicated at the start of a backoff interval has a length of time to complete communication. The set of audio frame slots has, for instance, an audio frame slot for each audio endpoint interfaced with the network. Periodic backoffs ensures synchronized audio playback by dedicating an antenna to communication of audio frames at the sample rate of the audio information, while supporting best efforts network communication when audio information is not being communicated.
US09485564B2
The system comprises audio headsets able to apply audio processing operations in response to presets that are common to all the headsets, smart terminals provided with audio flow generation means, and communication means to transmit to the headsets an audio flow and presets to be applied to this flow. A preset server memorises the presets associated with works. Certain terminals can generate presets and transmit them to the server, whereas other terminals collect these presets to apply them to the corresponding works at the time of reproducing these latter.
US09485560B2
A Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) microphone includes a base printed circuit board (PCB), the base PCB having customer pads; at least one wall coupled to the base; a lid PCB coupled to the at least wall, the lid having a port extending there through; an electrically conductive through-hole via extending through the wall electrically connecting the lid PCB to the base PCB; an integrated circuit embedded in the lid and coupled to the electrically conductive through-hole via; and a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) device coupled to the integrated circuit in the lid and disposed over the port. Sound energy is converted to an electrical signal by the MEMS device and transmitted to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit processes the signals and sends the processed signals to the customer pads via the electrically conductive through-hole via.
US09485556B1
In an augmented reality environment, a speaker array is centrally located within an area to generate sound for the environment. The speaker array has a spherical or hemispherical body and speakers mounted about the body to emit sound in multiple directions. A controller is provided to select sets of speakers to form beams of sound in determined directions. The shaped beams are output to deliver a full audio experience in the environment from the fixed location speaker array.
US09485554B1
Methods and systems for using modulation frequencies for optical channel monitoring with periodic optical filtering may allocate modulation frequencies based on bandwidth slices of an optical spectrum. The bandwidth slices may have an equal spectral band that is associated with a respectively unique modulation frequency. An optical carrier aligning with a bandwidth slice may be modulated using the modulation frequency assigned to that bandwidth slice. Additionally, the bandwidth slices may be used to determine a maximum frequency error of an optical carrier when received, such as from frequency drift during transmission.
US09485546B2
This disclosure describes techniques relevant to HTTP streaming of media data. According to these techniques, a server device may signal a byte range for at least one intra-decodable (I-frame) of a video fragment. According to the techniques of this disclosure, a client device may communicate a request to a server device to retrieve the at least one I-frame based on the signaled byte range, and use the retrieved I-frame to provide a high speed version of a video presentation that includes the at least one I-frame. A high speed version of a video presentation may be a trick mode of the video presentation, such as a fast forward or fast rewind version of the video presentation.
US09485545B2
Embodiments described herein may involve inconsistent queues. An example implementation may involve sending, to a playback device of a media playback system, a queue update message indicating a queue identification that indicates a first version of a playback queue at the playback device, and a playlist at the computing device. Thereafter, the implementation may involve receiving an error message indicating that the queue identification indicated in the queue update message has been superseded by a queue identification that indicates a second version of the playback queue at the playback device. Based on the received error message, the implementation may involve determining that the playlist at the computing device is different from the playback queue of the playback device. Based on the determination, the implementation may involve causing second one or more media items in the playback queue to be replaced with first one or more media items in the playlist.
US09485541B2
A method of providing advertising from a central database server connected to a global computer network to distributed sites via interactive television. A representative icon is presented to a subscriber on a television screen indicating an advertisement. When a the icon is selected, an advertisement information detail is retrieved from storage in a local memory, or from the central database server and presented to the subscriber on the television screen.
US09485523B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for entropy-encoding/entropy-decoding video data. The method of entropy-encoding video data includes binarizing coefficients of the frequency domain, which are generated by transforming a residual block of a current block into the frequency domain, using different binarization methods and performing binary arithmetic coding on the binarized coefficients. In this way, the coefficients are binarized adaptively according to whether the frequencies of the coefficients are high or low, thereby improving the compression efficiency of the video data.
US09485521B2
A method for image decoding includes receiving image information including filter coefficients, generating a restored block for a current block on the basis of the image information; and applying an adaptive loop filter to the restored block on the basis of the filter coefficients. Image encoding efficiency may be improved, and complexity may be reduced.
US09485518B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes: a motion vector predictor candidate calculation unit which calculates one or more motion vector predictor candidates and the number of available predictor candidates; an inter prediction control unit which selects an optimum motion vector predictor candidate; and a variable length coding unit which sets the motion vector predictor candidate list size to the number of available predictor candidates, and variable-length codes a motion vector predictor index used for coding a motion vector, by assigning a bit string according to the motion vector predictor candidate list size to the index.
US09485514B2
Presented is a video distribution system that includes a transmitter that receives an uncompressed source video signal and includes a compressor for compressing the uncompressed source video signal into a compressed video signal having a bandwidth lower than the bandwidth of the uncompressed source video signal, a reformatter configured for reformatting the compressed video signal to simulate an uncompressed video signal having a bandwidth lower than the bandwidth of the uncompressed video signal. The video distribution system also includes a receiver that receives the compressed video signal that simulates an uncompressed video signal and includes a decompressor configured for decompressing the compressed video signal that simulates an uncompressed video signal into a decompressed video signal, and output port configured for transmitting the decompressed video signal to a display.
US09485507B2
A digital processor for recovering a source bitstream from an encoded bitstream that has been encoded according to a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) algorithm. The processor includes a first execution unit and a second execution unit. The first execution unit generates first execution data by operating on a first register and a second register, and stores the first execution data in the first register. The first execution data includes a current output bit, a temporary range value and a temporary offset value. The current output bit corresponds to a bit of the source bitstream. The second execution unit generates second execution data by operating on the first register and the second register, and stores the second execution data in the second register. The second execution data includes a normalized range value and a normalized offset value.
US09485504B2
The present invention discloses a method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes: determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. By using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
US09485500B2
A method is provided for visualizing specified safety-critical information in a vehicle. First display data are (AD_1) are determined, which are representative of a first image (B1) to be visualized, which provides the specified safety-critical information in a specified first signalization form, the first display data (AD_1) being determined free of specified safety regulations. The first display data (AD_1) are sent to a display unit (DISP) of the vehicle and test data (DD) are read out, which are representative of an image visualized on the display unit (DISP). The test data (DD) are checked and, if the test data (DD) are representative of a faulty provision of the specified safety-critical information, second display data (AD_2) are sent to the display unit (DISP), which are representative of a second image (B2) to the visualized, which provides the specified safety critical information in a specified second signalization form, which differs from the first signalization form. The second display data (AD_2) are determined while complying with the specified safety regulations.
US09485497B2
Systems and methods for converting a two-dimensional image or sequence of images into a three-dimensional image or sequence of images are presented. In embodiments, the disclosed techniques employ a suite of interactive image processing tools that allow a user to apply image pixel repositioning depth contouring effects and algorithms to efficiently create high-quality three-dimensional images.
US09485486B2
A client (1) is provisioned with a content selection unit (13) for referencing description information (26), selecting content to be played in a certain period, and at the same time, and selecting content to be played at the next period from an id of a subset that is the same as the subset selected at the period, a request execution unit (14) for requesting the transmission of the selected content, and a content playback unit (15) for continuously playing the content transmitted in response to the request.
US09485481B2
A laser module is described for an image projection system, which has a duochromatic laser diode designed to generate a first beam bundle having laser light of a first wavelength and laser light of a second wavelength; a first collimating optics system designed to collimate the first beam bundle; at least one first monochromatic laser diode designed to generate a second beam bundle having laser light of a third wavelength; a second collimating optics system designed to collimate the second beam bundle; and a first optical combination device developed to combine the first and second beam bundles in order to form an output beam bundle of the laser module.
US09485477B2
A modular building system arrangement includes a plurality of electrical building systems. Each electrical building system has a housing with a mechanical connector that is connectable with a like connector of each other building system housing. Members of any subset of the building system housings are connectable with each other to form a building system assembly. The building systems of the building system assembly conjointly define an electrically conductive pathway interconnecting each of the building systems of the building system assembly. The pathway carries power and/or data.
US09485475B2
An imaging system having at least two surgical systems, each surgical system having a camera control unit with a network port; a camera head coupled to the camera control unit; and a monitor coupled to the camera control unit; a network is coupled to the network port of each camera control unit; and a server is coupled to the network, the server having a storage device with a user database and a case database; and wherein the server is configured as a web server to provide data, video and images from the camera control units to users connected to the network.
US09485472B2
A home monitoring system comprises a control apparatus adapted to provide enhanced privacy, resource management and alert management. The control apparatus includes a camera for capturing video at the home. A memory stores captured video. A communication interface is operatively connected to the control apparatus for streaming video and receiving control commands. A central system is remotely located relative to the control apparatus and in operative communication with the communication interface for receiving and storing captured video from the control apparatus. A remote unit is remotely located relative to the control apparatus and in operative communication with the communication interface for generating control commands to the control apparatus to terminate transmission of video to the central system.
US09485464B2
In a processing method for a video conference, start speaking events and end speaking events of endpoints joined in the video conference are detected. Video streaming of a speaking endpoint is displayed in a speaking area of a foreground window of a display device. A current time “t”, a duration time “T” of the video conference, a start speaking time “si” and an end speaking time “ei” of the endpoints are recorded. Real-time activity scores of each of the endpoints are calculated and updated according to video recording contents. Video streaming of non-speaking endpoints are displayed in corresponding areas of the display device according to the calculated activity scores.
US09485460B2
The improved collaboration system of the present invention is a high tech mobile conference room packaged in a low-cost, compact, and mobile unit to help users better collaborate, communicate, and increase productivity. The system allows multiple users to concurrently connect their personal electronic devices to the system wirelessly, through a hard connection, or across the internet to utilize the attached high definition monitor display. Integrated technology allows multiple users to be displayed simultaneously on the monitor display, eliminating the need for users to present in a linear fashion, one after the other. Attached whiteboards promotes active participation and collaboration by allowing users to convey their thoughts immediately. An attached pull-out conference table provides a large surface area to conduct meetings, presentations, and hold conferences. A self-contained rechargeable power system removes the need to be constantly connected to the power grid and allows the system to be used anywhere, any time.
US09485455B2
There is provided a system (200) and method (400) of displaying video content. In a method (400) in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a native aspect ratio of the video content is determined (404) and an optimized viewing format is selected (406) from a plurality of viewing formats based at least in part on the native aspect ratio of the video content. The video content is displayed (408) in the optimized viewing format.
US09485451B2
An image pickup apparatus is reduced in width and length dimensions. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed on a rear face side of an air cooling fan. Air sucked from an opening defined by an opening portion of the heat sink-cum-duct is guided to an air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by plural fins of the heat sink-cum-duct and is discharged from an air outlet port of the cooling fan. A circuit board disposed on a rear face side of the heat sink-cum-duct is cooled and heat generated in the circuit board is radiated from a heat radiation plate. The image pickup unit, cooling fan, heat sink-cum-duct, circuit board, and heat radiation plate are each formed into a flat shape having a short dimension in optical axis direction and are substantially parallel to one another.
US09485435B2
A device for synthesizing a high dynamic range image based on per-pixel exposure mapping includes an image-capturing module, an image-processing module, and a recursive control module. The image-capturing module serves to obtain a plurality of source images each having a unique exposure value. The image-processing module uses an exposure-value modulating means to perform exposure synthesis to pixels on an identical location of two of the source images that have similar exposure values according to exposure values of the pixels, so as to form synthesis images. The recursive control module sends the synthesis images back to the image-processing module for reprocessing until the image-processing module generates a single synthesis image.
US09485425B1
A system for conserving power of a battery powered accelerometer controlled Wi-Fi streaming video camera is disclosed. The system conserves power by allowing for Wi-Fi and video streaming to be turned on only during certain events and for video quality to be adjusted based on battery life. Some embodiments of the systems allow for a real time point of view streaming video device to be connected to a subject without having to constantly be connected via Wi-Fi. The system also allows for video quality to be adjusted both manually and automatically to maximize battery life.
US09485422B2
An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode.
US09485414B2
A device and system can physically position a camera lens between the eyes of the image of the person onscreen in a video conference. To position the lens, a mechanical device may position or move the camera lens. The mechanical device can include a movable armature that can move a small camera head (i.e., a lens with or without supporting electronics) from a first position of the computer monitor (e.g., the frame of the monitor) to a second position onscreen. The second position can place the lens near or over the image of the other party, for example, between the eyes of the onscreen image of the other party.
US09485408B2
It is intended to provide an imaging apparatus that enables proper exposure of phase difference detection pixels and thereby makes it possible to perform phase difference autofocusing with high accuracy. A system control unit 11 selects phase difference detection pixels from phase difference detection pixels 51R and 51L existing in a selected phase difference detection area 52 according to a position of the selected phase difference detection area 52 in a row direction X, and determines exposure conditions based on output signals of the selected phase difference detection pixels. A defocus amount calculation unit 19 calculates a defocus amount using output signals of the phase difference detection pixels 51R and 51L existing in the selected phase difference detection area 52 that are part of a shot image signal produced by shooting that is performed by an imaging device 5 under the exposure conditions determined by the exposure determining unit 11.
US09485404B2
An automated system and method for managing a tracking and an automated real-time remote reporting thereof of a participant's participation in an event having a participant event management system (PEMS) that receives a request for tracking of the participant, a participant proximity detector detects the proximity of the participant to a detection point, a location detection system receiving and transmitting participant location data, the timing system receives the preorder request from the PEMS, determines a time of passing of the detection point of the participant, receives the location data and associates the participant event number with the participant identifier number, and transmits the location data forming at least a part of the participant tracking data to an output interface.
US09485401B2
An image pickup apparatus equipped with a plurality of image pickup units for photographing different objects, which is capable sufficiently improving security and privacy protection of a photographer. The image pickup apparatus includes an out-camera and an in-camera. A CPU causes at least one of an object image photographed by the out-camera and a photographer image photographed by the in-camera to be displayed on a display section. Further, the CPU causes both the object image and the photographer image to be recorded in a recording medium in response to a photographing instruction from a user. The CPU notifies the user that a photographer image is photographed by the in-camera when although the object image is displayed on the display section, the photographer image is not displayed on the same.
US09485383B2
System, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for imaging an object. Dividing raw data into forward scan data and backward scan data. Reversing the order of the backward scan data to produce inverted backward scan data. Determining an offset value that is associated with a maximum value of a first function based on the forward scan data and the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data. Producing a first image of the object that comprises the forward scan data interlaced with the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data.
US09485380B2
An image reading apparatus includes: an illumination unit that is disposed so as to be moved relative to a recording medium and illuminates the recording medium with light beams of plural colors that are circulated in predetermined order; a reading unit that reads an image recorded on the recording medium by receiving reflection light that is produced as a result of the illumination unit's illuminating the recording medium during the moving relative to the recording medium; and a control unit that controls the illumination unit so that a difference between a first illumination interval and a second illumination interval is determined based on a reading resolution of the reading unit.
US09485373B2
A printing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads a document mounted on a document table, a printing unit that performs printing on a print medium fed from a feed opening, and a document cover which is supported openably/closably with respect to the document table and which supports the print medium inserted into the feed opening.
US09485365B2
A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
US09485348B2
A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit establishing a first communication session with a first entity and a second communication session with a second entity, a display displaying a plurality of windows including a first window and a second window, a memory storing a merging menu, and a controller controlling the display to display the first window related to the first communication session and the second window related to the second communication session, the controller generating a third window including the first communication session and the second communication session in response to a an input and controlling the display to display the third window further including the first entity and the second entity.
US09485344B2
Methods, devices, and systems for personalizing interaction with a structure are described herein. One method includes determining a comfort preference associated with a user of a mobile device corresponding to a particular location with respect to a structure, storing the comfort preference in a memory, and modifying an operation of at least one device in the structure to provide the comfort preference responsive to a distance between the mobile device and the particular location being less than a particular threshold.
US09485335B1
A method of operation in a high-speed Ethernet transceiver is disclosed. The method includes engaging in an autonegotiation process with a link partner transceiver to indicate whether one or more sub-rate modes of operation are supported. Each sub-rate mode of operation corresponds to a sub-data rate that is less than a maximum data rate. The autonegotiation process is terminated. The transceiver then participates in a training process. The training process includes receiving a first training sequence corresponding to a first sub-data rate that is less than the maximum data rate. A signal quality parameter for the received first training sequence is measured. The training sequence is terminated based on the measured signal quality parameter failing a predetermined criteria. A second training sequence is then initiated that corresponds to a second sub-data rate that is less than the first sub-data rate without starting a second autonegotiation process.
US09485327B2
A motor vehicle has a master bus device that is designed to use a vehicle communication bus of the motor vehicle to exchange messages with slave bus devices. A transmission device of the master bus device cyclically exchanges the messages with the slave bus devices on the basis of a schedule For making efficient use of the vehicle communication bus by the schedule-controlled master bus device, the transmission device is designed to receive a diagnosis request signal via a data input that is different than the bus port of the master bus device and to take the diagnosis request signal as a basis for interrupting the cyclic processing of the schedule and to exchange at least one special message that is different than the messages stipulated in the schedule with at least one of the slave bus devices and then to continue the processing of the schedule.
US09485322B2
Various systems and methods for of generating a user profile for use in providing targeted-content-messages to a wireless access terminal (W-AT) are disclosed. For example, a user profile with at least one profile element may be provided to the W-AT, and a profile confidence level for the profile element may be also provided.
US09485311B2
A storage management solution according to certain embodiments is provided which decouples certain aspects of the storage manager from the data storage cell. The data storage system according to certain aspects can provide one or more external storage managers that manage data protection and administer the operation of data storage cells. According to certain aspects, usage of the decoupled storage manager can be allocated amongst multiple data storage cells, such as by data storage cells of multiple companies, sub-units of a company, or both.
US09485309B2
A processing device can implement an optimal fair distribution. In one embodiment, the processing device divides a distribution pattern associated with a distributed system into segments based on a quality of distribution for the distributed system. For each partition of the plurality of partitions, the processing device calculates a weight for the partition based on a number of segments in the plurality of segments and a capacity of a bucket associated with the partition. The processing device generates a map of partitions based on the weight for each of the plurality of partitions. The processing device distributes a plurality of objects in the distributed system to the plurality of buckets based on the map of partitions.
US09485306B2
An apparatus for defining a data interchange protocol may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including defining a data interchange protocol document including one or more objects including instances of data encoded in a syntax. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign a type and a name to the instances of data corresponding to respective objects. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of one or more of the instances of data or the data interchange protocol document to one or more communication devices to enable the communication devices to interpret the instances of data based in part on analyzing the assigned type and name of the instances of data. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09485303B2
A cluster system based on a parallel computing framework is provided, and the cluster system includes a host node configured to execute a host program for a parallel computing framework and a computing node configured to be connected to the host node and execute a kernel program for the parallel computing frame work.
US09485298B2
A device includes a frame data analyzer that generates buffer increment data based on frame data sent from the media server to the media client and further based on acknowledgement data sent from the media client to the media server. A playback data generator generates playback data based on frame data buffer contents and further based on player state data. A frame buffer model generator generates a buffer fullness indicator and the frame data buffer contents, based on the buffer increment data and the playback data. A player state generator generates the player state data, based on the buffer fullness indicator and further based on media client data, media server data and player command data.
US09485295B2
A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods of controlling these apparatuses are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet generator configured to, based on an input stream including a first type stream and a second type stream, generate a baseband packet including a header and payload data corresponding to the first type stream; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the baseband packet; a signal processor configured to perform signal-processing on the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame, wherein the header includes a type of the payload data in the baseband packet and the number of the first type stream packets in the baseband packet.
US09485293B2
Timestamps for streams of media that transition from one media source to another (such as from live content to on-demand content, and vice versa) can be rewritten by a server to help ensure error-free streaming by the client. Embodiments can coordinate the creation of a client manifest with the dynamic creation of a requested segment of media (i.e., “chunk”) to determine how to rewrite timestamps of requested chunks such that they are continuous through the transition.
US09485284B2
Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for customizing participant information in an online conference. One embodiment is a method for customizing display of participant information in an online conference. The method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an online conference with a plurality of client devices via a communication network, each client device associated with a participant in the online conference; the conferencing system presenting a conference user interface to the client devices, the conference user interface displaying an interactive participant object identifying each of the participants; and during the online conference, one of the participants customizing presentation of at least one of the interactive participant objects via the conference user interface.
US09485255B1
A method includes (a) receiving, by the authentication server device, an authentication request from a requesting device in the name of a particular user, the requesting device being a mobile computer seeking access to the protected resource in the name of the particular user, (b) in response to receiving the authentication request, verifying that the requesting device is an enrolled device, the enrolled device being a mobile computer previously assigned to the particular user, (c) in response to verifying that the requesting device is equivalent to the enrolled device, remotely locking, by the authentication server device, the enrolled device, (d) receiving confirmation, by the authentication server device, that the enrolled device has been unlocked within a timeout period, and (e) in response to the authentication server device receiving confirmation that the enrolled device has been unlocked within the timeout period, providing the requesting device with access to the protected resource.
US09485244B2
An initial server, located in an initial authentication domain, receives a requested operation from a RESTful client system, and generates a redirections list having entries indicating servers located in authentication domains other than the initial domain. The initial server transmits the redirections list back to the client system. The redirections list instructs the client system to perform a command on each of the servers indicated in the redirections list, and may optionally be transmitted with a partial result from the initial server. The client system verifies that partial results in responses from servers in the other authentication domains and from the initial server are of an appropriate result type and number, and then aggregates all the partial results received from all authentication domains into a single final result, which may be displayed to a user of the client system.
US09485241B2
A communication network processes intermediate security data from intermediate access nodes on a communication path between a network access node and an end-point device to determine if the intermediate access nodes are authorized. If the intermediate access nodes are authorized, then the network processes end-point security data from the end-point device to determine if the end-point device is authorized. If the end-point device is authorized, then the network processes end-point tethering data from the end-point device to determine if any tethered communication devices are coupled to the end-point device. If the end-point device is not coupled to any tethered communication devices, then the network authorizes a data transfer session for the end-point device over the communication path. If the end-point device is coupled to a tethered communication device, then the network denies authorization for the data transfer session over the communication path for the end-point device.
US09485230B2
A method provides end-to-end security for transport of a profile to a target device (e.g., a mobile computing device) over at least one communications network that includes a plurality of nodes. In accordance with the method, the profile is encrypted for transport between the target device and an initial node of the network through which the profile is transported. The encryption is an end-to-end inner layer encryption performed prior to hop-to-hop encryption. The encrypting uses a public key of a public, private key pair. The private key is derivable from a seed securely provisioned in the target device using a public key algorithm. The encrypted profile is transmitted over the communications network to the target device.
US09485228B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selectively performing man in the middle decryption. One of the methods includes receiving a first request to access a first resource hosted by a server outside the network, determining whether requests from the client device to access the first resource outside the network should be redirected to a second resource hosted by a proxy within the network, providing a redirect response to the client device, the redirect response including the second universal resource identifier, establishing a first encrypted connected between the client device and the proxy hosting the second resource, and a second encrypted connection between the proxy hosting the second domain and the server hosting the first resource, and decrypting and inspecting the encrypted communication traffic passing between the client device and the server hosting the first resource.
US09485227B2
A method for achieving code domain isolation. A first set of data is received in a first domain format. The first set of data is changed to a second domain format. The first set of data in the second domain format is captured. The first set of data in the second domain format is changed to a third domain format. The first set of data in the third domain format is prepared for receipt by a user computer system.
US09485219B1
A method, system and computer program product for a VPN for containers and VMs implemented on different network node. A number of network hardware nodes have containers and VMs running on them. The containers and VMs are aggregated into VPNs assembled across the hardware nodes. Each hardware node has a network edge programmable switch configured to route packets to containers and VMs only inside a particular VPN. The switch detects a number of the VPN inside the packet header, replaces this number by a standard broadcast header number and multi-casts the packet to the containers and the VMs inside the VPN.
US09485218B2
A device to prevent, detect and respond to one or more security threats between one or more controlled hosts and one or more services accessible from the controlled host. The device determines the authenticity of a user of a controlled host and activates user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls all communications between the user, the controlled host and the services. As such, the device ensures the flow of only legitimate and authorized communications. Suspicious communications, such as those with malicious intent, malformed packets, among others, are stopped, reported for analysis and action. Additionally, upon detecting suspicious communication, the device modifies the activated user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls the communications between the user, the controlled host and the services.
US09485214B2
A server sends a lookup request for a first domain name to a Domain Name System (DNS) in response to receiving data associated with a user. The first domain name includes the data associated with the user. The server receives, an Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the first domain name from the DNS. In response to receiving a request for data, the server determines an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the request comprises an identifier, and wherein the IP address is determined based on the identifier. The server sends a reversed domain name lookup request for the IP address to the DNS. The server receives a domain name in response to the reversed domain name lookup request from the DNS. The data is determined based on the received domain name.
US09485209B2
A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for constructing an index of corpora of multiple users, wherein each corpus of said corpora is associated with a single user of said multiple users, analyzing an electronic message addressed at least to one of said multiple users, to identify an expression which, based on the index, is likely to be unfamiliar or ambiguous to said one of the multiple users, and marking the expression in the electronic message.
US09485208B2
Methods and apparatuses that generate a subtopic identifier identifying a client application within a client device are described. The client application may be associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers. Notification services may be registered with the application servers from the client application to forward identifiers associated with the client application to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the client device selectively for the client application. When receiving a notification message from the application server, the notification message may be examined to forward the notification message directly to the client application without invoking other applications in the client device if the notification message carries a subtopic identifier of the client application.
US09485206B2
Devices, systems, and methods for allowing parents to view and track smart phone activities of their children can include one or more child software modules. The module can be installed on each child's smart phone. The module can access and extract data from or about more than one of the smart phone's other software applications, including at least two of the following: a texting application, a social media application, an image application that facilitates transmission or reception of images, and a web browser application. The module can further send the extracted data to an analysis server. The module can also monitor location data. Moreover, the system can include an analysis server that can identify potentially harmful language, images, and websites. Further, the system can include a parent portal. The parent portal can receive results from the analysis server.
US09485201B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for partially authorizing a multi-target communication request. In use, a plurality of targets associated with a multi-target communication request are determined. Further, the multi-target communication request is automatically authorized, wherein the multi-target communication request includes a request to send at least one communication to each of the plurality of targets. Additionally, it is determined whether the multi-target communication request has been successfully authorized for each of the plurality of targets. Responsive to determining that the multi-target communication request has not been successfully authorized for at least one of the plurality of targets, the multi-target communication request is rolled back for only the at least one target.
US09485195B2
A circuit that receives queue number that indicates a queue stored within a memory unit and a packet descriptor that includes a drop precedence value, and in response determines an instantaneous queue depth of the queue. The instantaneous queue depth and drop precedence value are used to determine a drop probability. The drop probability is used to randomly determine if the packet descriptor should be stored in the queue. When a packet descriptor is not stored in a queue the packet associated with the packet descriptor is dropped. The queue has a first queue depth range. A first drop probability is used when the queue depth is within the first queue depth range and the drop precedence is equal to the first value. A second drop probability is used when the queue depth is within the first queue depth range and the drop precedence equal to a second value.
US09485188B2
Flow control of data packets in a network may be enabled to at least one side of a virtual switching interface to provide a lossless environment. In some embodiments, wherever two buffer queues are in communication with at least one buffer queue being connected to a virtual switching interface, flow control may be used to determine if a threshold has been exceeded in one of the buffer queues. When exceeded, the transmission of data packets may cease to one of the buffer queues to prevent packet dropping and loss of data.
US09485167B2
A processor determines, when a frame is received, whether a total of current learning numbers stored in a second storage unit has reached a total of maximum learning numbers. The processor identifies in the second storage unit, if it is determined that the total of current learning numbers has reached the total of maximum learning numbers, a first group identifier associated with a lower priority than a priority associated with a reception group identifier contained in the frame. The first group identifier is associated with a first current learning number not less than a first minimum learning number associated with the first group identifier. The processor replaces a first correspondence relationship including the first group identifier with a reception correspondence relationship among a port number of a port at which the frame has been received, a source address contained in the frame, and the reception group identifier.
US09485166B2
In a communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses perform communication via a communication network, a network abnormality detection system dynamically creates a monitoring rule during operation without defining information (monitoring rule) regarding communication to be monitored in advance and perform a collection process and an abnormality determination process quickly even when an amount of information to be monitored is vast. The network abnormality detection system copies packets transmitted at predetermined measurement positions in the communication network, calculates communication statistics information at each measurement position from the copied packets, analyzes one or more pieces of communication statistics information, and detects occurrence of communication abnormality.
US09485161B2
A method, a switch, and a network includes receiving a request for an Ethernet service at a Maintenance End Point (MEP) in a network, wherein the Ethernet service has a destination of a Remote MEP (RMEP), and wherein the request includes bandwidth amounts for the request; utilizing Link Trace messaging to the RMEP to detect an active path to the RMEP; and utilizing Loop Back messaging to the RMEP to reserve bandwidth based on the bandwidth amounts on the active path.
US09485156B2
A system and method for monitoring liveliness includes a management device which has an application layer where applications are executed. A connection monitor is located other than on the application layer, and the connection monitor is configured to receive requests from clients and deliver the requests to components on the application layer. The components include a generic application monitor which responds to liveliness monitor requests from the clients for all applications monitored, and one or more applications which response to requests to that application.
US09485152B2
A web-server communicates wireless networking performance data that reflects the true user experience of a mobile device operating in a particular location and operating on a particular wireless network.
US09485149B1
Techniques are described for implementing one or more logical routers within a single physical routing device. These logical routers, as referred to herein, are logically isolated in the sense that they achieve operational and organizational isolation within the routing device without requiring the use of additional or redundant hardware, e.g., additional hardware-based routing controllers. The routing device may, for example, include a computing platform, and a plurality of software process executing within the computing platform, wherein the software processes operate as logical routers. The routing device may include a forwarding component shared by the logical routers to forward network packets received from a network in accordance with the forwarding tables.
US09485146B1
Systems and methods for providing a service to a device based on a capability of the device are described herein. A device type of the device may be identified based on information associated with the device. A determination may be made whether the device supports the service, based at least on the device type. The service may be provided to the device when the device supports the service.
US09485144B2
A method of optimizing network traffic includes, in part, measuring amounts of traffic exchange between each of a multitude of hosts disposed in the network, identifying a network domain to which each of the multitude of hosts is connected, calculating a net increase or decrease in inter-domain traffic associated with moving each of the multitude of hosts among the network domains in order to generate a list, and ranking the list of moves by net saving in the inter-domain traffic. The highest ranked move may be automatically applied so as to change the network domain to which the host associated with the highest ranked move is connected. The hosts may be virtual machines. Optionally, a change in the inter-domain traffic as a result of moving a first host in accordance with the list occurs only if one or more conditions are met.
US09485143B1
Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing virtual network services provided to a network. Network services may be provided to a client network having a first network fabric at a self-contained network services system implementing a number of redundant instances of a network service application. The self-contained network services system may have a second network fabric. The second network fabric may be adapted to distribute network service tasks received from the client network which are associated with the network service application among the redundant instances of the network service application.
US09485141B1
In general, techniques are described for ensuring the distribution of Virtual Private Network (VPN) routes in a service provider network configured with multiple VPN services. In some examples, a network device receives configuration data that defines a VPN service associated with a route target. The network device, responsive to receiving the configuration data, sends a request for routes that match a type of the VPN service to a routing protocol speaker. The network device receives routes that match the type of the VPN service and are associated with the route target, installs the routes that match the type of the VPN service and are associated with the route target to the routing information base. The network device forwards traffic for the VPN service in accordance with the installed routes.
US09485130B2
A universal OFDM synchronizer for power line communication is provided. The universal OFDM synchronizer can be used for all known OFDM standards and allows maximum flexibility with best performance. The OFDM synchronizer comprises of a preamble averaging, a correlator and a peak discriminator. The OFDM synchronizer can be used with signals having 256 sample size preamble or 512 sample size preamble.
US09485129B1
Integrated circuits with wireless communications circuitry having peak cancelation circuitry operable to perform crest factor reduction is provided. The peak cancelation circuitry may receive at least first and second carrier waveforms and may include at least a first canceling pulse generator (CPG), a second CPG, a first peak detector for performing peak detection on the first waveform, a second peak detector for performing peak detection on the second waveform, a third peak detector for performing peak detection on a combined waveform of the first and second waveforms, and a pulse allocator that receives clipping information from the three peak detectors and that controls the amount of peak cancelation that is being performed by the two CPGs. The allocator may determine whether the combined waveform contains any peaks. In response to determining that the combined waveform does not contain any peaks, the CPGs may be configured in bypass mode.
US09485128B2
A system and method that demodulates the phase characteristic of a carrier signal are described. The scrambling of the phase characteristic of each carrier signal includes associating a value with each carrier signal and computing a phase shift for each carrier signal based on the value associated with that carrier signal. The value is determined independently of any input bit value carried by that carrier signal. The phase shift computed for each carrier signal is combined with the phase characteristic of that carrier signal so as to substantially scramble the phase characteristic of the carrier signals. Bits of an input signal are modulated onto the carrier signals having the substantially scrambled phase characteristic to produce a transmission signal with a reduced PAR.
US09485124B2
Methods and apparatus for encoding data for wireless transmission are disclosed in which a data message may be encoded into a transmission code as a first coding format and a second coding format. The first coding format characterized by a first bit representation and the second coding format characterized by a second bit representation different from the first bit representation. The transmission code may be transmitted having the first and second coding formats.
US09485116B2
An apparatus and system automatically process and route data messages or packets, via a cellular network, from analog or digital data devices, wherein the routing is accomplished without a need for voice call origination on the cellular network. The apparatus includes a fixed cellular communication device and may also include a fixed wireless RF communication device and/or a mobile wireless RF transceiver. The fixed cellular communication device formats and transmits, on a cellular network, data packets received from data devices directly connected to the fixed cellular communication device and/or data packets received wirelessly from the fixed wireless RF communication device and/or from the mobile wireless RF transceiver. The fixed cellular communication device has a physical form of an AC wall adapter.
US09485110B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The method for transmitting broadcast signals includes encoding PLP data; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded PLP data; and modulating data in the built signal frame by OFDM method and transmitting a broadcast signal having the modulated data, wherein the signal frame includes a preamble having a preamble symbol and a guard interval, wherein the guard interval is generated by using a sequence and the preamble symbol.
US09485107B2
A method may include receiving, at a network interface of a first network element, an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) message from a second network element. The method may also include updating first multicast group data associated with the network interface based on the received IGMP message, the first multicast group data including one or more entries setting forth a multicast group and one or more other network elements which are members of the multicast group. The method may additionally include determining whether the second network element is the sole member of its multicast group based on the IGMP message and the first multicast group data. The method may further include forwarding the IGMP message to a switching element of the first network element in response to determining that the second network element is the sole member of its multicast group, the switching element communicatively coupled to the network interface.
US09485106B2
A method for processing Traffic Detection Function (TDF) session and a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) are provided. The method includes: the PCRF links a first TDF session related with a proxy mobile Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address and a second TDF session related with a first proxy mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address to a same IP Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN) session; when the IPv4 address of the IP-CAN session is released, the PCRF requests the TDF to terminate the first TDF session.
US09485099B2
Embodiments disclosed facilitate secure communication for cloud-based and/or distributed computing applications. In some embodiments, a method may comprise: instantiating a first Virtual Machine (VM) on a cloud infrastructure, wherein the at least one first VM is dynamically configured with a private key and a wildcard security certificate comprising a public key corresponding to the private key, and registering, with a domain name server, a domain name derived from an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the first VM and a Common Name associated with the wildcard security certificate.
US09485091B2
Embodiments relate to negotiating a session key to secure a user session executed in a host computer. An electronic hardware security module (HSM) located in the host computer generates a first session key. A smart card generates a second session key that matches the first session key. An encrypted copy of the second session key is communicated to an electronic host application module installed in the host computer. The electronic host application module decrypts the encrypted session key to obtain a copy of the session key such that the first and second session keys possessed by the smart card, the host application module and the HSM match one another.
US09485088B2
Systems and methods for dynamic data masking are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems can be used to dynamically mask data in cryptographic operations, such as advanced encryption standard (AES) operations, data encryption standard (DES) operations or triple DES operations. Specifically, data in cryptographic operations can be covered with unlimited and continuously changing masks. As an example, the Substitution table, key schedule, and state register in AES, or key schedule and selection functions in a DES or triple DES can be covered with unlimited and constantly changing masks. In an aspect, dynamic masking operations can be combined with orbital RAM algorithm and no-operation clocks to make power signature analysis in cryptographic attacks even more difficult.
US09485085B2
In one embodiment, a phase locked loop (PLL) comprises a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a frequency divider configured to frequency divide an output signal of the VCO to produce a feedback signal, and a phase detection circuit configured to detect a phase difference between a reference signal and the feedback signal, and to generate an output signal based on the detected phase difference. The PLL also comprises a proportional circuit configured to generate a control voltage based on the output signal of the phase detection circuit, wherein the control voltage tunes a first capacitance of the VCO to provide phase correction. The PLL further comprises an integration circuit configured to convert the control voltage into a digital signal, to integrate the digital signal, and to tune a second capacitance of the VCO based on the integrated digital signal to provide frequency tracking.
US09485066B2
Method of interference cancellation and method of detection of erroneous neighbour cell measurements
Methods of interference cancellation are provided. Channel estimation is performed with or without interference cancellation. Methods of detection of erroneous neighbor cell measurements are provided. The channel estimates for neighbor cells are processed to identify unreliable measurements.
US09485064B2
Radio transmission is performed even to a communication party whose bandwidth that can be used for transmission and reception is limited without having an influence of an offset of a DC component. A radio transmitter applied to an OFDMA communication system in which a plurality of different terminals performs communication using OFDM signals at the same time that includes a mapping part that allocates transmission power to each subcarrier, and also selects a subcarrier to which minimum power of the transmission power to be allocated is allocated and modulates transmission data in units of communication slots to output the modulated data; and a transmission part for transmitting radio signals including the modulated data using each of the subcarriers.
US09485063B2
In a multi-user communication system, a pre-coder in a transmitter comprises a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreader configured to spread reference-signal symbols with Fourier coefficients to generate DFT-spread reference symbols. An OFDM modulator, such as an inverse-DFT, modulates the DFT-spread reference symbols onto OFDM subcarriers to produce a pre-coded OFDM transmission signal.
US09485056B2
Disclosed is an optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a decoder for decoding an 8B10B line-coded signal; a data mapper for separating the decoded signal into block units and securing extra memory capacity by mapping a data code and a block information code onto each of the separated blocks; and an FEC encoding unit for creating a Forward Error Correction (FEC) data and mapping the FEC data onto the extra memory capacity.
US09485029B2
Systems and methods for communication using an optical transmission system having optical transmitters and receivers includes performing a low-density parity-check (LDPC) encoding; performing nonbinary pm-ary signaling, where p is a prime larger than 2; taking m p-ary symbols at a time and selecting a point from pm-ary signal constellation; after up-sampling and driving amplification, using coordinates of the pm-ary constellation as input of I/Q modulator x (y); combining two independent pm-ary streams corresponding to x and y-polarization states by a polarization beam combiner (PBS) and transmitting data over the optical transmission system.
US09485027B2
Methods, algorithms, architectures, circuits, and/or systems for dynamically allocating memory for storing parametric data in optical transceivers are disclosed. The optical transceiver can include an optical receiver configured to receive optical data; an optical transmitter configured to transmit optical data; a microprocessor configured to access data for each of a plurality of parameters that are related to operation of at least one of the optical receiver and the optical transmitter; one or more memories configured to store the data at a plurality of locations that are dynamically allocated by the microprocessor; and an interface configured to receive a request for data for one or more of the parameters from a host and provide the data in response to the request. In the present disclosure, the host is unaware of the locations at which the parametric data are stored.
US09485014B2
A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of output units and a detector. The plurality of output units is configured to couple to a plurality of transmission paths, respectively, branched from one transmission path. The plurality of output units includes at least one first output unit configured to transmit signal light selectively to one of the branched transmission paths, and at least one second output unit configured to transmit test light with a wavelength different from a wavelength of the signal light to another of the branched transmission paths. The detector is configured to decide a failure in the branched transmission paths, based on a result of detection of a reflected light of the test light received through at least one of the branched transmission paths.
US09485010B1
A method and apparatus for adaptively controlling a transmission signal for transmission to at least one receiver in a terrestrial region is disclosed. The method selects a transmission signal mode having a modulation scheme, code scheme, and code rate from a plurality of transmission signal modes according to received information, generates a transmission signal according to the selected mode, and transmits the generated transmission signal to the receiver.
US09485008B2
A method and relay node (RN) in a wireless communications network for controlling downlink transmissions to User Equipments (UEs) being served by the RN. An RN transceiver circuit requests each UE to measure and report a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a UE total downlink interference. An RN receiver circuit receives and forwards the reported RSRP and UE total downlink interference for each UE. An RN processing and control circuit measures an RN total downlink interference; determines which UEs are closely located to the RN based on the reported RSRP of each UE; creates a UE-list with UEs determined to be closely located to the RN and which experience UE total downlink interference similar to the measured RN total downlink interference; determines whether the measured RN total downlink interference exceeds an RN interference threshold; and if so, controls the downlink transmissions to the UEs in the created UE-list.
US09485007B2
A repeater, broadcast transmitting system, and method for relaying a broadcast signal between a gateway apparatus and a client apparatus are provided. The repeater includes a first interface which is configured to be connected to a gateway apparatus via a Wi-Fi communication protocol and is configured to receive a broadcast signal from the gateway apparatus; and a second interface which is configured to be connected to a client apparatus via the Wi-Fi communication protocol and is configured to transmit the broadcast signal to the client apparatus, wherein the first interface and the second interface use different frequency bands.
US09484976B2
An assembly, a method of operating the assembly and antennas for use in the assembly, where two or more antennas (16, 18) each is adapted to output an output signal with one of two or more characteristics, only one antenna outputting a signal with a predetermined characteristic, such as a non-zero amplitude, whereby the output signals from the antennas may simply be added/summed while enabling selection of the signal with the predetermined characteristic using e.g. a simple filter.
US09484966B2
A method of performing alternate frequency switching in a radio includes tuning the radio to a primary frequency. A candidate alternate frequency is identified. It is determined whether the candidate alternate frequency is a third order inter-modulation artifact. Tuning is switched from the primary frequency to the candidate alternate frequency only if it is determined in the determining step that the candidate alternate frequency is not a third order inter-modulation artifact.
US09484964B2
Disclosed here is an interactive audio system and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the interactive audio system comprises a processor and a receiving module for receiving a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal associated with a broadcast station. The audio system further comprises a memory storing computer-executable instructions, where the processing module is configured to access and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform a set of acts. The acts include shifting a frequency associated with the received RF carrier signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The acts include demodulating the frequency shifted portion of the RF carrier signal associated with the broadcast station, the demodulation resulting in an output signal. The acts further include extracting an embedded data from the demodulated output signal, where the embedded data can be utilized to interact with a party associated the embedded data. The acts further include serving the embedded data in conjunction with the demodulated audio signal.
US09484962B1
One embodiment relates to a system which includes a pre-distortion unit, a power amplifier circuit, a power amplifier model, and a parameter estimation unit. The pre-distortion unit is configured to pre-distort an input signal based on a model parameter by directly computing the model inverse in an iterative fashion, thereby providing a pre-distorted signal. The power amplifier circuit is configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal. The power amplifier model is configured to model amplification of the pre-distorted signal by the power amplifier circuit based on the pre-distorted signal and the model parameter. Based on the pre-distorted signal and an error signal, the parameter estimation unit is configured to update the model parameter provided to the pre-distortion unit and the power amplifier model. The error signal represents a difference between an output signal from the power amplifier circuit and a modeled output signal from the power amplifier model.
US09484958B2
Systems and Methods for controlling an interleaver are disclosed. Generally, a first and second signal are received, wherein the first and second signals are selected from the group consisting of a signal to noise ration signal, a data rate signal, and a bit error rate signal. An interleaver control signal is then generated based on the first and second signals.
US09484957B2
A transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus are provided. The transmitter apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) by performing LDPC encoding; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol. The modulator maps a bit included in a predetermined group from among a plurality of groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit in the modulation symbol.
US09484956B2
The invention relates to a method for correcting a message the generation of which involves transforming an initial message and inserting bit stuffing into the transformed message, which method comprises providing an observation sequence containing the message to be corrected. A number of path hypotheses are generated via a trellis diagram associated with the transformation. The nodes of the trellis diagram each represent a state of a finite-state machine capable of transforming the initial message and the branches represent the possible transitions between nodes. Among the branches of the trellis diagram, certain represent conditional transitions that may be made only when bit stuffing is present. During the generation of a path hypothesis, bit stuffing is detected and the branches taken are those associated with the detected bit stuffing. The most likely path hypothesis relative to the observation sequence is finally retained.
US09484942B1
An electronic test apparatus, such as an oscilloscope, comprising a logic analyzer frontend, wherein the logic analyzer frontend comprises a digital input port configured to receive a digital signal from a device under test. The logic analyzer frontend further comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter that is arranged downstream of the digital input port, and a digital comparator that is arranged downstream of the analog-to-digital converter. The digital comparator is configured to generate an adjusted digital signal and to provide the adjusted digital signal to further components of the electronic test apparatus. The logic analyzer frontend further comprises a digital correction unit configured to adjust a digital decision threshold value of the comparator.
US09484939B2
Embodiments describe techniques for utilizing fractional-N phase locked loops (PLL). Some embodiments describe a fractional-divider based fractional-N PLL for a spread spectrum clock (SSC) generator that utilizes phase average techniques to suppress phase interpolator nonlinearity. Some embodiments describe a fractional-N PLL based on fractional dividers with hybrid finite impulse response (FIR) filtering. Some embodiments describe a small size and low power divider for a hybrid FIR fractional-N PLL.
US09484930B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for initializing one or more components of a system, the system comprising an integrated circuit that comprises at least one processor, are disclosed. A method includes initializing at least one component of the system, determining a temperature of the integrated circuit using a temperature sensing device embedded on the integrated circuit, comparing the determined temperature to a predetermined suitable temperature operating range of at least one additional component to yield a comparison result, and initializing the at least one additional component based on the comparison result. The at least one additional component may be initialized on the condition that the determined temperature of the integrated circuit is within the predetermined suitable temperature operating range of the at least one additional component.
US09484922B2
A voltage level shifter module comprising at least one input arranged to receive an input signal, and at least one cascode transistor arranged to receive at a gate thereof at least one reference voltage signal. The voltage level shifter module further comprises at least one reference voltage control component arranged to detect logical state transitions within the input signal from at least a first logical state to a second logical state, and cause the reference voltage signal applied to the gate of the at least one cascode transistor to be pulled down to a reduced voltage upon detection of a logical state transition within the input signal from at least a first logical state to a second logical state.
US09484917B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a clamp coupled between a first power supply and a second power supply; and a circuit to operate with the second power supply, wherein the clamp is operable to adjust the second power supply when the apparatus enters a low power mode.
US09484916B1
An integrated circuit with on-chip termination (OCT) circuitry is provided. In particular, the integrated circuit may include an input-output (IO) buffer, an OCT circuit coupled between the IO buffer and a physical IO interface, and adaptive external OCT calibration circuitry for impedance matching the IO buffer to a transmission line that is coupled to the IO buffer. The adaptive external OCT calibration circuitry may include a waveform measurement circuit for selectively sampling a waveform at the IO interface, and a waveform analyzer and control circuit for analyzing the sampled waveform and adjusting the OCT circuit until the impedance provided by the OCT circuit matches with the external impedance of the transmission line. A switch that is interposed between the OCT circuit and the measurement module may be enabled during calibration and disabled during normal device operation.
US09484905B1
A voltage switch for handling negative voltages includes an input terminal coupled to a voltage that is greater than a voltage rating of oxide in the voltage switch, a top capacitor plate pre-charge module including three cascoded p-channel transistors coupled between a supply voltage and a top plate of a capacitor, a bottom capacitor plate pre-charge module including two cascoded n-channel transistors coupled between a bottom plate of the capacitor and ground, and an output voltage module including an output terminal and four cascoded n-channel transistors with control electrodes of a first and fourth of the cascoded n-channel transistors coupled to a boost node. Control electrodes of a second and third of the cascoded n-channel transistors coupled to the top plate of the capacitor. A voltage switch for positive voltages is also disclosed.
US09484900B2
Systems and methods for converting digital signals into clock phases are disclosed. An example digital-to-phase converter circuit receives a complementary in-phase and quadrature clock signals and produces four clock outputs at a phase controlled by a digital phase control input. The digital-to-phase converter uses first and second pre-driver modules to buffer the -phase and quadrature clock signals and produce corresponding buffered clock signals having controlled slew rates. Mixer modules produce the clock outputs by forming weighted combinations of the buffered clock signals. The weighting is determined based on the phase control input. The controlled slew rates of the buffered clock signals allow digital mixer module to provide accurate phase control. The digital-to-phase converter may also include an output buffer that compensates for nonlinearities in the relationship between the phases of the clock outputs and the phase control input.
US09484899B2
A debounce circuit eliminates noise, glitches, or transient signal variations resulting from mechanical bounce occurring at a change of state of analog signals and provides a dynamic debounce period alteration and time base variation without loss of the current debounce state. The debounce circuit has a physical counter that is configured for being adjusted within a virtual counter such that the noise, glitches, or transient signal variations resulting from mechanical bounce occurring at an initiation of a change of state of an analog input signal from a source device are filtered by delaying a change of output state of the debounce circuit. The debounce circuit includes a strobe generator that produces a strobe signal that is a submultiple of a master clock that is determined by the location of the physical counter within the virtual counter that is used to increment the physical counter within the virtual counter.
US09484897B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for use in biasing and driving high voltage semiconductor devices using only low voltage transistors are described. The apparatus and method are adapted to control multiple high voltage semiconductor devices to enable high voltage power control, such as power amplifiers, power management and conversion and other applications wherein a first voltage is large compared to the maximum voltage handling of the low voltage control transistors. A DC/DC power conversion implementation from high input voltage to low output voltage using a novel level shifter which uses only low voltage transistors is also provided. Also presented is a level shifter in which floating nodes and high voltage capacitive coupling and control enable the high voltage control with low voltage transistors.
US09484896B2
A dynamic rotary traveling wave oscillator circuit includes plurality of multi-output spot-advancing blocks (MOSABs) forming a main-loop and a plurality of multi-input spot-advancing blocks (MISABs) forming a sub-loop. Depending on a desired division ratio, a connection connects blocks on the MOSABs and MISABs to create the desired division ratio.
US09484887B2
A method and system for an acoustic wave band reject filter are disclosed. According to one aspect, an acoustic wave band reject filter includes a substrate and a plurality of acoustic wave band reject filter blocks. The substrate includes bonding pads formed on the substrate. Each one of the plurality of acoustic wave band reject filter blocks is fixed on a separate die. Each separate die has solder balls on a side of the die facing the substrate. The solder balls are positioned to electrically connect the bonding pads formed on the substrate to positions on each of the die.
US09484879B2
An apparatus, which includes a first electronic device, a first nonlinear capacitance compensation circuit, and a capacitance compensation control circuit, is disclosed. The first electronic device has a first nonlinear capacitance and is coupled to the first nonlinear capacitance compensation circuit, which has a first compensation capacitance and receives a first compensation control signal. The capacitance compensation control circuit adjusts the first compensation capacitance using the first compensation control signal to at least partially linearize the first nonlinear capacitance.
US09484877B2
A resonating device includes: an amplifying circuit having a first input terminal, and an output terminal for outputting an output signal; a first feedback circuit coupled between the first input terminal and the output terminal of the amplifying circuit; a second feedback circuit, coupled between the first input terminal and the output terminal of the amplifying circuit; and a gain adjusting circuit, having an input terminal for receiving an input signal, and a first output terminal coupled to the first input terminal of the amplifying circuit; wherein a first equivalent impedance on a first intermediate terminal in the first feedback circuit substantially equals a second equivalent impedance on a second intermediate terminal in the second feedback circuit, and the gain adjusting circuit is arranged to tune a transfer function from the input signal to the output signal.
US09484871B1
In some implementations, a filter circuit includes a first signal path that includes a first amplifier and a second signal path that includes a second amplifier. The first signal path is configured to receive a first component of a complex signal and provide a filtered version of the first component of the complex signal. The second signal path is configured to receive a second component of the complex signal and provide a filtered version of the second component of the complex signal. The first signal path before the first amplifier is coupled to the second signal path before the second amplifier. The first signal path after the first amplifier is coupled to the second signal path before the second amplifier. The second signal path after the second amplifier is coupled to the first signal path before the first amplifier.
US09484865B2
A reconfigurable load modulation amplifier having a carrier amplifier and a peak amplifier that are coupled in parallel is disclosed. The peak amplifier provides additional power amplification when the carrier amplifier is driven into saturation. A quadrature coupler coupled between the carrier amplifier and the peak amplifier is configured to combine power from both the carrier amplifier and the peak amplifier for output through an output load terminal. The reconfigurable load modulation amplifier further includes control circuitry coupled to an isolation port of the quadrature coupler and configured to provide adjustable impedance at the isolation port of the quadrature coupler. As such, impedance at the isolation port of the quadrature coupler is tunable such that at least a carrier or peak amplifier is presented with a quadrature coupler load impedance that ranges from around about half an output load termination impedance to around about twice the output load termination impedance.
US09484864B2
A Doherty amplifier (300) is provided, it comprises: a main amplifier (301) and a peak amplifier (302); a first microstrip (303) with λ/4 electric length connected between the main amplifier and the peak amplifier; a second microstrip (304) with λ/4 electric length connected between a junction of outputs of the peak amplifier and the main amplifier, and an output terminal (306); at least a tuner (305) for adjusting radius of VSWR circle of the main amplifier and connected, in series with the first microstrip (303), between the main amplifier (301) and the peak amplifier (302) based on input signal power. The hack-off power level efficiency is increased by enlarge the VSWR radius with the new Doherty structure.
US09484848B2
The motor controller includes: a current detection section that detects a current between a battery and an inverter circuit generating a voltage applied to a coil of a motor; an overload determination value output section that outputs an overload determination value used to determine whether or not the motor is overloaded; an overload determination section that compares a current value detected by the current detection section against the overload determination value, and that determines the motor to be overloaded in a case in which the current value detected by the current detection section is the overload determination value or greater; and a forced 500 rpm instruction section that controls the motor rotation speed to 500 rpm, this being a specific speed, in a case in which the overload determination section has determined the motor to be overloaded.
US09484846B2
A drive system includes a line assembly configured to connect a power converter to an electric motor which has a brake and an encoder. The line assembly has at least two power lines and only two brake lines exclusively to provide a data transfer between the power converter and the electric motor and to transfer energy to the encoder. The power converter applies a first supply voltage of a first polarity and a second supply voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the brake lines for supplying the brake and the encoder. The electric motor supplies the encoder with the respective supply voltage independently of its polarity and the brake with the respective supply voltage depending on its polarity.
US09484845B2
A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected.
US09484837B2
A switching branch for a three-level inverter, comprising a first and second switch (S1, S2) in series between a positive DC pole (P) and an AC pole (AC), a first and second diode (D1, D2) parallel to the first and second switches, a third and fourth switch (S3, S4) in series between a negative DC pole (N) and the AC pole, a third and fourth diode (D3, D4) parallel to the third and fourth switches, a fifth diode (D5) between a neutral DC pole (M) and a point between the first and second switches, a sixth diode (D6) between the neutral DC pole and a point between the third and fourth switches, a fifth switch (S5) and a seventh diode (D7) in series between the neutral DC and AC poles, and a sixth switch (S6) and an eighth diode (D8) in series between the neutral DC and AC poles.
US09484835B2
The invention concerns a voltage source converter (26) comprising a group of phase legs, at least three connection terminals (AC1, AC2, AC3, DC+, DC−) for connecting the phase legs to power transmission elements, a first group of cells (C1p1, C2p1, C1n1, C2n1, C1p2, C2p2, C1n2, C2n2, C1p3, C2p3, C1n3, C2n3) in each phase leg and a second group of cells (C3p1, C3n1, C3p2, C3n2 C3p3, C3n3). The cells (C1p1, C2p1, C1n1, C2n1, C1p2, C2p2, C1n2, C2n2, C1p3, C2p3, C1n3, C2n3) in the first group are only capable of providing unipolar voltage contributions to the converter and connected for only being capable of such unipolar voltage contributions, while the cells (C3p1, C3n1, C3p2, C3n2 C3p3, C3n3) in the second group are connected to the corresponding cells of the first group and arranged to have bipolar voltage contribution capability.
US09484829B2
A power conversion device including a power conversion portion that switches direct current voltage supplied by a positive line and negative line of a direct current power supply with a semiconductor switching element, and outputs converted voltage, is such that a plurality of interline capacitors are connected in parallel between the positive line and negative line, the capacitance of the plurality of interline capacitors is of a value that becomes smaller the nearer to the power conversion portion the position in which the interline capacitor is connected, and the capacitance of the interline capacitor with the smallest value of capacitance is set to a value greater than that of the capacitance between main electrodes when a direct current voltage is applied to the switching element used in the power conversion portion.
US09484823B2
A power supply apparatus with extending a hold up time function includes a transformer, a winding switching unit and a detection unit. The transformer includes a primary side winding and a secondary side winding. A turn number of the secondary side winding and a turn number of the primary side winding have a relationship of a turn ratio. When the detection unit detects that an input voltage of the primary side winding is less than an input predetermined voltage, the winding switching unit is configured to increase the turn ratio, so that an output voltage of the secondary side winding is recovered to an output predetermined voltage.
US09484821B2
An apparatus comprises a first series resonant inductor coupled to a switching network and a transformer, a first series resonant capacitor coupled to the switching network and the transformer, a first parallel inductor coupled to the switching network through the first series resonant inductor and the first series resonant capacitor, a resonant frequency adjusting device coupled to the switching network and the transformer and a switch connected in series with the resonant frequency adjusting device.
US09484810B2
A regulator includes a capacitor connected between a ground terminal and an output terminal at which a first voltage is supplied. The first voltage is higher than a power source voltage supplied to the regulator. A feedback circuit in the regulator is configured to output a boost signal corresponding to a comparison between the first voltage and a threshold voltage value. A clock generating circuit includes an oscillator circuit that outputs an oscillation signal and a buffer circuit that outputs a clock signal according to the oscillation signal. The clock signal has an electric current level that is controlled in accordance with the boost signal. A charge pump outputs the first voltage in accordance with the clock signal.
US09484809B2
Provided herein are apparatus and methods for low voltage high power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) systems. A charge pump converts a supply voltage to a larger charge pump voltage and provides the charge pump voltage to a circuit subsystem. The charge pump voltage is regulated to a state dependent reference. In the steady state the charge pump voltage is regulated with respect to an output voltage of the circuit subsystem; in this way PSRR of the circuit subsystem is enhanced.
US09484808B2
A DC-DC converter (200) comprising a first (201) and a second (202) variable voltage source, a capacitor (203), an alternating current filter (204), and controlling means (205), is provided. A first DC voltage (UDC1) is provided over a series-connection of the first and the second voltage source, and a second DC voltage (UDC2), being lower in magnitude than (UDC1), is provided over the second voltage source. The conversion between (UDC1) and (UDC2) is effected by circulating an alternating current within a circuit comprising the two voltage sources and the capacitor, thereby exchanging power between the two voltage sources. The alternating current is driven by AC voltage components provided by the first and the second voltage source. The controlling means is arranged for controlling the first and the second voltage source so as to maintain a phase difference between the AC components to be close to π.
US09484776B2
A rotor of a motor includes a first rotor that includes a first rotor core and a plurality of first magnets that are coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the first rotor core, a second rotor that includes a second rotor core and a plurality of second magnets that are coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the second rotor core, and a third rotor that is stacked between the first rotor and the second rotor and includes a third rotor core and a plurality of third magnets that are coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the third rotor core, wherein magnetic fluxes of the plurality of third magnets are less than magnetic fluxes of the plurality of first magnets or second magnets.
US09484772B2
Methods, devices and systems are provided for wirelessly powering and controlling a lab-on-a-chip device. Direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) signals can be produced at the lab-on-a-chip device in a wireless manner. In some configurations, integrated RF components and optoelectronic components of the lab-on-a-chip device are used to collaboratively produce the DC and AC signals. In other configurations only optoelectronic components on the lab-on-a-chip system can produce the DC and/or AC signals in response to incident light. By modulating the incident light, AC signals of various frequencies and waveforms can be generated. The DC and AC signals can be used by additional integrated electronic circuits and by a microfluidic chip lactated on the lab-on-a-chip device to control the behavior of the bioparticles in the microfluidic device.
US09484771B2
Techniques are described for determining whether power from a first power source is unavailable to a power supply module. In response to determining that power from the first power source is unavailable, the techniques de-couple the first power source from one or more components of an electronic device connected to an output of the power supply module with one or more de-coupling components of the power supply module that connect an automatic transfer switch (ATS) of the power supply module to an output of the power supply module. Subsequent to de-coupling the first power source from the one or more components of the electronic device, the techniques de-couple a power supply module from the first power source. The techniques couple the power supply module to a second power source for delivering power to the one or more components of the electronic device.
US09484756B2
A battery includes a casing, a battery pack, and at least two electrical connecting assemblies. The casing includes an inner space and plural contact planes. Vertical directions of the contact planes are different. The battery pack includes a battery cell disposed in the inner space, and the battery cell includes a positive and a negative electrodes. The electrical connecting assemblies are electrically connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode respectively, so as to transmit power between the battery pack and an electronic device. The electrical connecting assembly electrically connected to the positive electrode is arranged on at least two of the contact planes, and the electrical connecting assembly electrically connected to the negative electrode is arranged on at least two of the contact planes. If power supply in one certain direction is interrupted, the battery transmits power in the other directions, thereby avoiding power supply from being interrupted.
US09484753B2
A device balancing overall levels of electrical charge in plural blocks of cells in a battery. The blocks can be connected in a circuit during a charging phase of the cells accumulating charge, and during a discharging phase of the cells giving back charge. The device includes one series switch and one parallel switch. The series switch can, when closed and the parallel switch is open, connect a block to the circuit, in series with the other blocks, so that the block is connected during the charging and discharging phases. The parallel switch can, when closed and the series switch is open, disconnect the block from the circuit, so that the block is disconnected if discharging disconnection conditions are met during the discharging phase or if charging disconnection conditions are met during the charging phase. The block includes a mechanism locally balancing charge levels of its cells when disconnected.
US09484752B2
A multi-charging device for a portable terminal is provided. The device includes a cabinet, a plurality of charging bodies accommodated in the cabinet, a plurality of slots formed in each of the plurality of charging bodies, a plurality of charging terminals each provided in a corresponding one of the slots, and a power supply unit supplying power to each of the charging terminals. When the portable terminal is inserted into one of the slots, a charging terminal provided in the slot is connected to the inserted portable terminal.
US09484748B2
A dual port pass through midspan constituted of: a first port arranged for connection to a first data terminal equipment over a first data communication cabling; a second port arranged for connection to a second data terminal equipment over a second data communication cabling; a first power sourcing equipment arranged to inject power on two of the 4 wire pairs of the first data communication cabling; a second power sourcing equipment arranged to inject power on two of the 4 wire pairs of the second data communication cabling; and a data pass through connection arranged to pass high speed data signals between the first port to the second port, the data pass through connection comprising a direct current blocking circuit arranged to: prevent power from the first power sourcing equipment from appearing at the second port; and prevent power from the second power sourcing equipment from appearing at the first port.
US09484741B2
A device and method of use directed to providing various voltages based on the voltage selection by the user for various applications. In one embodiment, the device is comprised of two or more 12 volt batteries coupled in a manner that allows the voltage output of the device to be modified by allowing each battery to change from in parallel to in series with a switching device. In another embodiment, the switching device may control all batteries, there may be more than one switching device whereby a switching device may control one or more batteries, or each battery may have its own switching device to determine which state the battery is in.
US09484736B2
Provided is an operating method of an electronic device including a first processor, a humidity sensor, a second processor controlling the humidity sensor, and a battery, wherein the second processor and the battery are waterproofed. The method may include: detecting a power supply event from the battery; supplying a power from the battery to the second processor controlling the humidity sensor and not supplying the power to the first processor; determining, by the second processor, a humidity of the electronic device by using the humidity sensor; and when the humidity of the electronic device is greater than a first reference humidity, cutting off power supply from the battery and when the humidity of the electronic device is less than the first reference humidity, supplying the power to the first processor.
US09484733B1
A power control module including first port for receiving supply voltage from host power supply, second port for providing output voltage to power one or more data storage device components, isolation circuit coupled to first and second ports, driver including output coupled to control terminal of isolation circuit, voltage booster including input for receiving supply voltage and output for providing boost voltage to supply terminal of driver, voltage limiter operable to limit boost voltage to a limited boost voltage, and control circuitry coupled to drive input and operable to cause the isolation circuit to be in closed state during normal operating mode by causing the driver to apply limited boost voltage to the control terminal of the isolation circuit, thereby enabling the isolation circuit to provide over-voltage protection to one or more data storage device components by limiting output voltage at second port to less than the limited boost voltage.
US09484720B2
A medium voltage switchgear (1) which is characterized in that it comprises a casing (2) defining an internal volume for housing at least a circuit breaker assembly (4) movable between at least two operative positions, said casing comprising a front panel (21) provided with an opening (5) for the insertion of an operating handle (8) for actuating the movement of said circuit breaker assembly between said operative positions, a closing and retaining device (6) being positioned in correspondence of said opening (5) and movable between a closed position when said operating handle is not inserted and an open position for allowing insertion of said operating handle, said closing and retaining device (6) comprising locking means for retaining said operating handle in position when inserted in said opening.
US09484708B2
A laser module includes a light source device having a first amplifier that outputs first output light, and a second amplifier that outputs second output light, a first drive circuit that supplies the first amplifier with a first drive current, a second drive circuit that supplies the second amplifier with a second drive current. A dither signal is superimposed on one of two drive currents to respectively grasp the characteristics of the two amplifiers.
US09484702B2
A method comprising using a pulse shaper in the spectral domain to generate multiple-color pulses directly at the output of the laser amplifier. The delay can thus be controlled directly in the spectral domain and there is no need for an optical delay line. The method allows reducing the number of optical components and insures insensitivity to alignment, vibrations and turbulence on long distance propagation and filamentation, particularly in air. The method allows programmable and tunable interaction, since the pulse shaper is able to control the laser spectral amplitude and phase.
US09484700B2
A biased closed crimping head for a hydraulic power tool. The crimping head comprises a first pivoting pin and a first jaw disposed for rotation about a first axis defined by the first pivoting pin. The crimping head further comprises a second pivoting pin and a second jaw disposed for rotation about a second axis defined by the second pivoting pin. An extension spring is operatively coupled to the first jaw and the second jaw so that the jaws reside in a biased closed position. During a crimping action, the first jaw rotates about a first axis defined by the first pivoting pin, and the second jaw rotates about a second axis defined by the second pivoting pin.
US09484694B2
A telecommunications cassette (14, 114) that includes a body (30) with a front (32) and an opposite rear (34), two rows (38) of RJ45 jacks (20) disposed on the front (32), and two MRJ21 connectors (36) disposed on the rear (34). The two rows (38) of RJ45 jacks (20) are oriented opposite to one another, and the two rows of RJ45 jacks are offset from one another. The MRJ21 connectors (36) are oriented in the same direction, and the MR21 connectors (36) are vertically offset from one another. Two circuit boards (52, 56) are provided within the body (30), wherein one row (38, 39, 40) of RJ45 jacks (20) is connected to a respective one of the MRJ21 connectors (36), and wherein one of the circuit boards (50, 52, 56) includes a notch (66) for receiving one of the MRJ21 connectors (36, 37, 41).
US09484691B2
An RJ45 socket connector includes an insulative housing and a terminal module received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a receiving space, a number of partitions, and a number of receiving passageways each formed between every two adjacent partitions. The terminal module comprises an insulative body and a row of conductive terminals insert molded in the insulative body, the conductive terminal having a fixed portion fixed in the insulative housing and an elastic contact portion extending from the fixed portion and received in a corresponding receiving passageway. The insulative body defines a trough and a number of tubers disposed in the trough, every two adjacent tubers defining a groove for accommodating a downwardly moved conductive terminal.
US09484687B1
A lighted artificial tree includes a first tree portion including a first trunk portion, first branches joined to the first trunk portion, and a first light string. The first trunk portion has a trunk connector and a first trunk wiring assembly, the first trunk wiring assembly is electrically connectable to the first light string and the trunk connector, and at least a portion of the first wiring assembly is located inside the first portion. The second tree portion includes a second trunk portion, second branches, and a second light string. The second trunk portion has a trunk connector and a second trunk wiring assembly, the second trunk wiring assembly electrically connectable to the second lighting string and the trunk connector. The second tree portion may be mechanically coupled and electrically connected to the first tree portion by coaxially coupling the first trunk portion to the second trunk portion.
US09484684B2
A connector includes a first housing (10) with a terminal accommodating portion (11) surrounded by a peripheral wall (17), a second housing (60) connectable to the first housing (10), and a detector (40) to detect a connected state of the housings (10, 60) based on whether the detector (40) moves from an initial position to a detection position in a space between the terminal accommodating portion (11) and the peripheral wall (17). An opening (22) extends circumferentially in a part of the peripheral wall (17) and exposes the detector (40). Deformation regulating portions (23, 53) are formed on the peripheral wall (17) and the detector member (40) and permit movements of the detector (40) between the initial position and the detection position and regulate deformation of the peripheral wall (17) to enlarge an opening width of the opening (22) by being fit to each other.
US09484669B2
An electrical connector (10) of elongate shape includes a main body (11) having a first end region (18) which includes one or more electrical contacts in use for contact with a complementary connector component and a second end region (24) opposite the first end region and from which depends a protective guide (12) through which a flexible conductor may extend, the main body of the connector including a locking mechanism (20) whereby, in use, the connector (10) may be selectively releasably secured to a complementary connector component, and the connector (10) including a release control (14) operable to act on the locking mechanism and allow release of the connector from the complementary connector component, wherein the release control (14) is operable at a position further from the first end (18) of the connector than the second end (24) as considered in the direction of the length of the connector.
US09484665B2
A cable connector assembly includes a connector, a printed circuit board having a rear portion, a cable connected to the rear portion, a strain relief having a main portion, a shell having a front wall and a rear wall, an outer case enclosing the shell and having a front end face and a rear end face, wherein the main portion is disposed between the rear wall and the rear end face, and the main portion comprises at least one through hole. A method of assembling a cable connector assembly, the cable connector assembly including a connector, a printed circuit board, and a cable, the method comprising the steps of: over-molding a strain relief with the cable to have a main portion defining at least one through hole; disposing the printed circuit board in a shell; and mounting an outer case forwardly over the shell to press the strain relief.
US09484659B1
The present invention relates to a power connector for receiving an electric plug. The power connector is provided with a three-piece safety shutter architecture to prevent unwanted or improper insertion of a single plug pole into the power receptacles. Preferably, the power connector is further provided with a Schuko grounding frame and a direct wiring architecture, allowing the invention to meet the strict international safety standards for household plugs, adapters and socket-outlets.
US09484655B2
A connector that reduces damage of a contact portion of a contact, caused by a frame portion of a card holder when the frame portion is inserted into or extracted from a holder accommodating portion of a connector main body. A connector includes a card holder that includes a frame portion having a card accommodating portion for accommodating a card, and a connector main body that is mounted on a printed substrate and has a holder accommodating portion for accommodating the card holder. The frame portion is provided with inclined portions for suppressing deformation of contact portions of contacts protruding into the holder accommodating portion, caused by a front side of the frame portion when the card holder is inserted into or extracted from the holder accommodating portion.
US09484646B2
A connector includes, in one embodiment, a body assembly configured to be secured to a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The connector has a coupler assembly connected to the body assembly for connecting the body assembly to an interface port. The connector also has a flexible interlock to facilitate repeated assembly and disassembly of the connector.
US09484643B2
The invention relates to a contact element for connecting to a circuit board. The circuit board has at least one substrate layer, particularly an electrically insulating substrate layer. The circuit board also has at least one electrically conductive layer. The contact element is designed for connecting to the electrically conductive layer. According to the invention, the contact element is designed to be pushed onto a circuit board edge of the circuit board. The contact element is designed to reach over the circuit board edge and has at least one cutting blade with a cutting edge, the cutting edge having a harder metal in the area of a severing section than in an adjoining contact section alongside the cutting edge. The cutting edge is designed to cut through the substrate layer with the severing section when pushed onto the circuit board edge and to contact the electrically conductive layer electrically with the contact section.
US09484634B1
This disclosure relates to an antenna system. The antenna system includes a first and a second set of radiating elements each configured to emit electromagnetic radiation corresponding to an input signal. The electromagnetic energy may be emitted by the first set may have a first polarization. The first set of radiating elements includes a first radiating element having a first height. The first set also includes a second radiating element having a second height. The second radiating element may be coupled to a first phase adjustment component. The electromagnetic energy may be emitted by the first set may have a second polarization that is perpendicular to the first polarization. The second set of radiating elements includes a third radiating element having a third height. The second set also includes a fourth radiating element having a fourth height. The fourth radiating element may be coupled to a second phase adjustment component.
US09484631B1
Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of an electronic device are described. One apparatus includes a single radio frequency (RF) feed and a folded monopole element coupled to the single RF feed. The folded monopole element is an integrated WAN/GNSS antenna that receives electromagnetic energy in a first frequency band and receives electromagnetic energy in a second frequency band. The first frequency band is a wireless area network (WAN) frequency band and the second frequency band is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) frequency band. The apparatus further includes an impedance matching circuit coupled to the single RF feed. The impedance matching circuit includes a diplexer to extract out GNSS frequency signals received by the folded monopole element from WAN signals received by the folded monopole element.
US09484630B2
In some developing interconnect technologies, such as chip-to-chip optical interconnect or metal waveguide interconnects, misalignment can be a serious issue. Here, however, a interconnect that uses an on-chip directional antenna (which operates in the sub-millimeter range) to form a radio frequency (RF) interconnect through a dielectric waveguide is provided. This system allows for misalignment while providing the increased communication bandwidth.
US09484625B2
An antenna includes a radiator and a reflector and has a radiation pattern that is based at least in part on a separation distance between the radiator and the reflector. The antenna includes a linkage configured to adjust the separation distance based at least in part on the altitude of the antenna. The resulting radiation pattern can be dynamically adjusted based on altitude of the antenna such that, while the antenna is aloft and the antenna is ground-facing, variations in geographic boundaries and intensity of the radiation received at ground level are at least partially compensated for by the dynamic adjustments to the radiation pattern.
US09484623B2
Various mobile communication terminals, apparatuses, and methods having antenna improvements are discussed. An apparatus is described which includes an outer front side having a display disposed therein; an outer rear side a conductive part and a non-conductive part; a battery disposed between the outer front side and the outer rear side; and an antenna including a radiation unit capable of receiving a signal, at least a portion of the radiation unit being disposed between the outer front side and the non-conductive part of the outer rear side, a feeding unit which electrically connects the radiation unit to a circuit board, and a ground part which electrically connects the radiation unit to the conductive part of the outer rear side.
US09484614B2
A dielectric waveguide (DWG) has a longitudinal core member with a first dielectric constant value surrounded by a cladding with a cladding dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant value. A first port of a signal divider is connected to receive a signal from the DWG. A second port and a third port are each configured to output a portion of the signal received on the first port, wherein the first and second port are approximately in line and the third port is at an angle to a line formed by the first port and the second port. The first port and second port have a core member with the first dielectric constant value, and the third port has a core member with a second dielectric constant value that is higher than the first dielectric constant value.
US09484612B2
A high-frequency signal line includes a dielectric body including flexible dielectric sheets laminated in a direction of lamination and also including a first line portion, a second line portion extending along the first line portion, and a third line portion connecting ends in a specified direction of the first and second line portions. In the dielectric body, a signal line extends through the first, second and third line portions, and a first ground conductor and a second ground conductor face the signal line from both sides in the direction of lamination. One or more interlayer connection conductors are pierced in the dielectric sheets to connect the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor. None of the interlayer connection conductors is provided in a portion of the third line portion that is farther in a direction opposite to the specified direction than the signal line when viewed from the direction of lamination.
US09484606B1
Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to recycling and refurbishing battery electrode materials. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising obtaining a quantity of spent electrode material, reacting the spent electrode material with an aqueous lithium solution in an autoclave while heating the spent electrode material and the aqueous lithium solution to form a hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material, removing the hydrothermally reacted spent electrode material from the aqueous lithium solution, and sintering the hydrothermally reacted spent material to form a recycled electrode material.
US09484605B2
A system and method for using exhaust gas to heat and/or charge a battery for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The system and method use an exhaust gas heat recovery (EGHR) device to heat a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid is thermally connected to a first heat exchanger to heat the battery and/or to a second heat exchanger to charge the battery if predetermined conditions are met.
US09484603B2
The invention provides a method capable of more simply and easily mass-producing sealed lithium secondary batteries having a stable battery performance. This method of manufacturing a sealed lithium secondary battery having an electrode assembly, an electrolyte solution and a sealable metallic or nonmetallic hard case of a given shape includes the steps of housing the electrode assembly, which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution within the hard case; negatively pressurizing the interior of the hard case and sealing the hard case in the negatively pressurized state; carrying out, after the sealing step, initial charging so as to adjust the battery to a voltage at which the electrode assembly generates gases; and carrying out, after the initial charging step, main charging so as to charge the battery to a predetermined voltage. During the interval following the sealing step and up until the main charging step, the hard case is maintained in a sealed state so that the interior of the hard case is not open to the atmosphere.
US09484594B2
The described invention provides compositions related to an electronically insulating amorphous or nanocrystalline mixed ionic conductor composition comprising a metal fluoride composite to which an electrical potential is applied to form 1) a negative electrode, and 2) a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode and positive electrode are formed in situ.
US09484593B2
The present disclosure provides a stack-folding type electrode assembly in which a plurality of full cells or bicells as unit cells is stacked on top of each other and surrounded by a second separator, each cell including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a first separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein a first binder is coated on at least a partial surface of the first separator, a second binder is coated on at least a partial surface of the second separator, and a content of the second binder is higher than a content of the first binder, to inhibit a loose phenomenon inside a battery, make the battery less prone to expansion, and have deformation resistance to an external impact.
US09484592B2
Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell stack configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which two or more plate-shaped battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, are stacked and a breadth of one surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed is smaller than a width and a height of each major surface of the battery cell stack, a first module case bent to surround two relatively large major surfaces of the battery cell stack and one surface of the battery cell stack opposite to the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, among six surfaces of the battery cell stack and a surface, the first module case being made of a thermally conductive material that is capable of dissipating heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, and a second module case bent to surround side surfaces of the battery cell stack adjacent to the two major surfaces of the battery cell stack and the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, the second module case being fastened to the first module case, the second module case being provided with through holes, through which the electrode terminals of the battery cells protrude outward, the second module case being made of an electrically insulative material.
US09484590B2
A fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack having a header and active area in fluid communication with the header. The fuel cell system may also include a wedge disposed within the header and configured to alter the cross-sectional area of the header along the length of the stack such that, during operation of the stack, a flow velocity of gas through the active area is generally constant.
US09484585B2
There is provided non-aqueous organic electrolytic solution for a lithium primary battery which can be stored for long period at elevated temperatures or at the end stage of discharge. Non-aqueous organic electrolytic solution 20 for lithium primary battery 1 having a cathode active material which is manganese dioxide and an anode active material which is either of lithium or lithium alloy includes a base electrolytic solution that is composed of organic solvent and supporting electrolyte and to which either one of hydroxyphthalimide or hydroxyphthalimide derivative is added as an additive. An amount of the additive which is added to the base electrolytic solution is 0.1 wt % or more and 5.0 wt % or less. It is more preferable that the amount of the additive which is added to the base electrolytic solution is 0.1 wt % or more and 1.0 wt % or less.
US09484581B2
A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising first and second gas diffusion layers and an ion exchange membrane disposed between the diffusion layers. Each diffusion layer includes an inner surface facing the membrane, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and a side surface defining a perimeter of the diffusion layers. An outboard region extends about the diffusion layers at the perimeter. The outboard region surrounds an inboard region. The outboard region has a low density region proximate to the side surface and a high density region between the low density region and the inboard portion. A seal is mounted at the low density region. The high density region prevents portions of the seal from entering the inboard region thereby damaging the MEA. The seal includes a first rim having a smaller radius than a second rim.
US09484576B2
Electrodes, energy storage devices using such electrodes, and associated methods are disclosed. In an example, an electrode for use in an energy storage device can comprise porous disks comprising a porous material, the porous disks having a plurality of channels and a surface, the plurality of channels opening to the surface; and a structural material encapsulating the porous disks; where the structural material provides structural stability to the electrode during use.
US09484566B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, each including a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal protruding from a cap plate, and a plurality of busbars, each electrically coupling first electrode terminal of one of the secondary batteries and the second electrode terminal of an adjacent one of the secondary batteries, wherein the busbars and the second electrode terminals are forcibly deformed to be coupled to each other, and wherein the busbars are welded to the first electrode terminals.
US09484548B2
An organic light emitting device includes a pixel electrode, a hole auxiliary layer formed on the pixel electrode, an organic emission layer formed on the hole auxiliary layer, an electron auxiliary layer formed on the organic emission layer, and a common electrode layer formed on the electron auxiliary layer. An electric field dependency of electron mobility is increased by increasing an energetic disorder or decreasing a positional disorder for the organic emission layer.
US09484544B2
A multiple emitter organic light emitting diode (OLED) is provided. The OLED comprises a host having a triplet energy gap. At least one emitter having a triplet energy gap greater than the triplet energy gap of the host is doped into the host and at least one other emitter having a triplet energy gap less than the triplet energy gap of the host is also doped into the host.
US09484540B2
An oxygen-containing fused ring derivative represented by the following formula (1) wherein Ar1 is an m-valent fused ring group in which four or more rings including one or more rings selected from a furan ring and a pyran ring are fused and HAr is any of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group represented by the following formulas (2) to (5):
US09484539B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a new compound and an organic electronic device using the same. The organic electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application shows excellent characteristics in terms of efficiency, driving voltage, and service life.
US09484535B1
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.
US09484533B2
A memory cell including a two-terminal re-writeable non-volatile memory element having at least two layers of conductive metal oxide (CMO), which, in turn, can include a first layer of CMO including mobile oxygen ions, and a second layer of CMO formed in contact with the first layer of CMO to cooperate with the first layer of CMO to form an ion obstruction barrier. The ion obstruction barrier is configured to inhibit transport or diffusion of a subset of mobile ion to enhance, among other things, memory effects and cycling endurance of memory cells. At least one layer of an insulating metal oxide that is an electrolyte to the mobile oxygen ions and configured as a tunnel barrier is formed in contact with the second layer of CMO.
US09484532B2
The present invention provides a memory structure including a resistance-changing storage element, which enables a reset operation with a reset gate and in which cross-sectional areas of a resistance-changing film and a lower electrode in a current-flowing direction can be decreased. The semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film formed around the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a gate electrode made of a metal and formed around the gate insulating film, a gate line made of a metal and connected to the gate electrode, a second gate insulating film formed around an upper portion of the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a first contact made of a second metal and formed around the second gate insulating film, a second contact which is made of a third metal and which connects an upper portion of the first contact to an upper portion of the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a second diffusion layer formed in a lower portion of the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a pillar-shaped insulating layer formed on the second contact, a resistance-changing film formed around an upper portion of the pillar-shaped insulating layer, a lower electrode formed around a lower portion of the pillar-shaped insulating layer and connected to the resistance-changing film, a reset gate insulating film that surrounds the resistance-changing film, and a reset gate that surrounds the reset gate insulating film.
US09484531B2
A magnetic material includes a cobalt layer between opposing iron layers. The iron layers include iron and are body-centered cubic (BCC), the cobalt layer comprises cobalt and is BCC or amorphous, and the magnetic material has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA).
US09484521B2
There is provided a vibration generating apparatus including: a bracket having a circular plate shape; a vibration member having a lower edge portion of a central portion fixed to the bracket and having a closed curved line shape; a piezoelectric element fixed to a lower surface of the vibration member among inner surfaces of the vibration member and deformed when power is applied thereto; and a mass body fixed to the inner surfaces of the vibration member and disposed to face the piezoelectric element.
US09484515B2
Provided are a semiconductor light emitting module and a method of manufacturing the same, which allow achieving high luminance light emission as well as lightweight and compact features. In a semiconductor light emitting module (101), a projecting portion (202) serving as a reflecting member is formed on a metal thin plate (102) to surround a semiconductor light emitting element (104). The semiconductor light emitting element (104) is connected to a printed board (103) by using a wire (201), for example. The projecting portion (202) is formed by pressing and bending the metal thin plate (102) from a back surface, for example, to surround the element and to be higher than the semiconductor light emitting element (104).
US09484511B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a terminal substrate and a fixing member. The light emitting element is a semiconductor laminate having a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are laminated in that order, a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode connected to the second semiconductor layer. The terminal substrate includes a pair of terminals connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulator layer that fixes the terminals. At least a part of the outer edges of the terminal substrate is disposed more to a center of the light emitting device than the outer edges of the semiconductor laminate. The fixing member fixes the light emitting element and the terminal substrate.
US09484507B2
A light emitting device comprises a package having a recess; a light emitting element mounted in the recess of the package; a light transmissive member provided above the light emitting element; a sealing resin that seals the recess of the package; and a fluorescent material contained in the sealing resin. The fluorescent material is distributed to a side of the light emitting element in a greater amount than to above the light emitting element, a side surface of the light emitting element is exposed to the sealing resin, and a portion of the light transmissive member protrudes from the sealing resin.
US09484496B2
A light emitting device includes an active layer formed between first and second semiconductor layers. The first semiconductor layer includes a first surface facing the active layer, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a side surface that includes a stepped portion. The stepped portion causes the side surface to extend beyond one of the first surface or second surface of the first semiconductor layer. A light emitting device may also be formed with a buffer layer that includes a stepped portion, and a light emitting device package and system may be formed from the light emitting devices.
US09484490B2
An epitaxy substrate (11, 12, 13) for a nitride compound semiconductor material is specified, which has a nucleation layer (2) directly on a substrate (1) wherein the nucleation layer (2) has at least one first layer (21) composed of AlON with a column structure. A method for producing an epitaxy substrate and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising an epitaxy substrate are furthermore specified.
US09484482B2
A light coupling structure is provided that includes a diffractive grating coupler, a total internal reflection (TIR) mirror, and a polymer waveguide. The TIR mirror is formed within the polymer waveguide to direct light signals between the diffractive grating coupler and the polymer waveguide.
US09484469B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for fabricating a semiconductor device and the resulting structure. A substrate is provided. A plurality of metal portions are formed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of metal portions are arranged such that areas of the substrate remain exposed. A thin film layer is deposited on the plurality of metal portions and the exposed areas of the substrate. A dielectric layer is deposited, wherein the dielectric layer is in contact with portions of the thin film layer on the plurality of metal portions, and wherein the dielectric layer is not in contact with portions of the thin film layer on the exposed areas of the substrate such that one or more enclosed spaces are present between the thin film layer on the exposed areas of the substrate and the dielectric layer.
US09484467B2
A semiconductor device with significantly low off-state current is provided. An oxide semiconductor material in which holes have a larger effective mass than electrons is used. A transistor is provided which includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer including a hole whose effective mass is 5 or more times, preferably 10 or more times, further preferably 20 or more times that of an electron in the oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer.
US09484454B2
A double-RESURF LDMOS transistor has a gate dielectric structure including a shallow field “bump” oxide region and an optional raised dielectric structure that provides a raised support for the LDMOS transistor's polysilicon gate electrode. Fabrication of the shallow field oxide region is performed through a hard “bump” mask and controlled such that the bump oxide extends a minimal depth into the LDMOS transistor's drift (channel) region. The hard “bump” mask is also utilized to produce an N-type drift (N-drift) implant region and a P-type surface effect (P-surf) implant region, whereby these implants are “self-aligned” to the gate dielectric structure. The N-drift implant is maintained at Vdd by connection to the LDMOS transistor's drain diffusion. An additional Boron implant is utilized to form a P-type buried layer that connects the P-surf implant to the P-body region of the LDMOS transistor, whereby the P-surf implant is maintained at 0V.
US09484452B2
A plurality of gate trenches is formed into an epitaxial region of a first conductivity type over a semiconductor substrate. One or more contact trenches are formed into the epitaxial region, each between two adjacent gate trenches. One or more source regions of the first conductivity type are formed in a top portion of the epitaxial region between a contact trench and a gate trench. A barrier metal is formed inside each contact trench. Each gate trench is substantially filled with a conductive material separated from trench walls by a layer of dielectric material to form a gate. A heavily doped well region of a conductivity opposite the first type is provided in the epitaxial region proximate a bottom portion of each of the contact trenches. A horizontal width of a gap between the well region and the gate trench is about 0.05 μm to 0.2 μm.
US09484451B2
A method for fabricating a MOSFET having an active area and an edge termination area is disclosed. The method includes forming a first plurality of implants at the bottom of trenches located in the active area and in the edge termination area. A second plurality of implants is formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area. The second plurality of implants formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area causes the implants formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area to reach a predetermined concentration. In so doing, the breakdown voltage of both the active and edge termination areas can be made similar and thereby optimized while maintaining advantageous RDson.
US09484449B2
Integrated circuits with a diffusion barrier layers, and processes for preparing integrated circuits including diffusion barrier layers are provided herein. An exemplary integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a compound gate dielectric overlying the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode overlying the compound gate dielectric. In this embodiment, the compound gate dielectric includes a first dielectric layer, a diffusion barrier layer overlying the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer overlying the diffusion barrier layer; wherein the diffusion barrier layer is made of a material that is less susceptible to diffusion of the semiconductor material than the first dielectric layer, less susceptible to diffusion of oxygen than the second dielectric layer, or both.
US09484445B2
An n-type low lifetime adjustment region is provided in a portion inside an n− type drift region deeper than the bottom surface of a termination p-type base region or p-type guard ring from a substrate front surface, separated from the termination p-type base region and the p-type guard ring. The carrier lifetime of the n-type low lifetime adjustment region is shorter than the carrier lifetime of the n− type drift region. Because of this, it is possible to provide a reverse blocking IGBT such that it is possible to suppress both a high temperature reverse leakage current and an increase in turn-off loss, while suppressing deterioration in the trade-off relationship between the turn-off loss and the on-state voltage.
US09484443B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer opposing to a bottom surface and a side surface of a gate electrode. An insulation film is provided between the bottom surface of the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer and between the side surface of the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. A first conduction-type drain layer is provided in the semiconductor layer on a side of an end part of one of the bottom surface and the side surface of the gate electrode. A second conduction-type source layer is provided in the semiconductor layer opposing to the other one of the bottom surface and the side surface of the gate electrode. A second conduction-type extension layer is provided in the semiconductor layer opposing to a corner part between the side surface and the bottom surface of the gate electrode and has a lower impurity concentration than that of the source layer.
US09484442B2
A method of fabricating a TFT substrate in which a thin-film transistor is formed on a substrate, includes: forming an oxide semiconductor layer above the substrate; forming a first oxide film on the oxide semiconductor layer; performing an oxidation treatment on the oxide semiconductor layer, after the first oxide film is formed; and forming a second oxide film above the first oxide film, after the oxidation treatment is performed. In the performing of the oxidation treatment, at least one parameter of the oxidation treatment is set, based on a predetermined relationship between the at least one parameter and the threshold value of the thin-film transistor, so that the threshold value becomes a predetermined value.
US09484437B2
The present invention discloses a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The LDMOS device includes: drift region, an isolation oxide region, a first oxide region, a second oxide region, a gate, a body region, a source, and a drain. The isolation oxide region, the first oxide region, and the second oxide region have an isolation thickness, a first thickness, and a second thickness respectively, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness. The present invention can reduce a conduction resistance without decreasing a breakdown voltage of the LDMOS device by the first oxidation region and the second oxidation region.
US09484433B2
Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented.A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.
US09484431B1
A semiconductor device includes a gate disposed over a substrate; a source region and a drain region on opposing sides of the gate; and a pair of trench contacts over and abutting an interfacial layer portion of at least one of the source region and the drain region; wherein the interfacial layer includes boron in an amount in a range from about 5×1021 to about 5×1022 atoms/cm2.
US09484427B2
Selective deposition of a silicon-germanium surface layer on semiconductor surfaces can be employed to provide two types of channel regions for field effect transistors. Anneal of an adjustment oxide material on a stack of a silicon-based gate dielectric and a high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric can be employed to form an interfacial adjustment oxide layer contacting a subset of channel regions. Oxygen deficiency can be induced in portions of the high-k dielectric layer overlying the interfacial adjustment oxide layer by deposition of a first work function metallic material layer and a capping layer and a subsequent anneal. Oxygen deficiency can be selectively removed by physically exposing portions of the high-k dielectric layer. A second work function metallic material layer and a gate conductor layer can be deposited and planarized to form gate electrodes that provide multiple effective work functions.
US09484423B2
A field effect transistor includes a body layer comprising a crystalline semiconductor channel region therein, and a gate stack on the channel region. The gate stack includes a crystalline semiconductor gate layer, and a crystalline semiconductor gate dielectric layer between the gate layer and the channel region. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.
US09484422B2
The present invention provides a high-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor (HVMOS) transistor comprising a substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode and a source and drain region. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a protruded portion and a recessed portion, wherein the protruded portion is disposed adjacent to two sides of the recessed portion and has a thickness greater than a thickness of the recessed portion. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate dielectric layer. Thus, the protruded portion of the gate dielectric layer can maintain a higher breakdown voltage, thereby keeping the current from leaking through the gate.
US09484421B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a nitride semiconductor layer, a plurality of source electrodes provided on the nitride semiconductor layer, a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of gate electrodes, a first interconnection having a first distance from the nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the source electrodes, a second interconnection electrically connecting the gate electrodes, and a third interconnection having a third distance from the nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the drain electrodes. Each of the drain electrodes are provided between the source electrodes. Each of the gate electrodes are provided between each of the source electrodes and each of the drain electrodes. The third distance is larger than the first distance.
US09484416B2
A silicon carbide substrate capable of reducing on-resistance and improving yield of semiconductor devices is made of single-crystal silicon carbide, and sulfur atoms are present in one main surface at a ratio of not less than 60×1010 atoms/cm2 and not more than 2000×1010 atoms/cm2, and oxygen atoms are present in the one main surface at a ratio of not less than 3 at % and not more than 30 at %.
US09484415B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region includes silicon carbide. A conductivity type of the first semiconductor region is a first conductivity type. The second semiconductor region includes silicon carbide. A conductivity type of the second semiconductor region is a second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region includes silicon carbide. A conductivity type of the third semiconductor is the second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region is provided between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. As viewed in a direction connecting the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, an area of an overlapping region of the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region is smaller than an area of an overlapping region of the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region.
US09484413B2
A semiconductor device structure according to some embodiments includes a silicon carbide substrate having a first conductivity type, a silicon carbide drift layer having the first conductivity type on the silicon carbide substrate and having an upper surface opposite the silicon carbide substrate, and a buried junction structure in the silicon carbide drift layer. The buried junction structure has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and has a junction depth that is greater than about one micron.
US09484406B1
The present disclosure provide methods for forming nanowire structures with desired materials horizontal gate-all-around (hGAA) structures field effect transistor (FET) for semiconductor chips. In one example, a method of forming nanowire structures on a substrate includes supplying an oxygen containing gas mixture to a multi-material layer on a substrate in a processing chamber, wherein the multi-material layer includes repeating pairs of a first layer and a second layer, the first and the second layers having a first group and a second group of sidewalls respectively exposed through openings defined in the multi-material layer, and selectively forming an oxidation layer on the second group of sidewalls in the second layer.
US09484405B1
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises depositing alternating layers of a plurality of first dielectric layers and a plurality of second dielectric layers on a substrate in a stacked configuration, forming one or more first openings in the stacked configuration to a depth penetrating below an upper surface of a bottom second dielectric layer of the plurality of second dielectric layers, forming one or more second openings in the stacked configuration to a depth corresponding to an upper surface of the substrate or below an upper surface of the substrate, removing the plurality of second dielectric layers from the stacked configuration to form a plurality of gaps, and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material from a seed layer in the one or more second openings to fill the one or more first and second openings and the plurality of gaps, wherein defects caused by a lattice mismatch between the epitaxially grown semiconductor material and a material of the substrate are contained at a bottom portion of the one or more second openings.
US09484404B2
An electronic device is integrated on a chip of semiconductor material having a main surface and a substrate region with a first type of conductivity. The electronic device has a vertical MOS transistor, formed in an active area having a body region with a second conductivity type. A set of one or more cells each one having a source region of the first conductivity, a gate region of electrically conductive material in a gate trench extending from the main surface in the body region and in the substrate region, and an insulating gate layer, and a termination structure with a plurality of termination rings surrounding at least part of the active area on the main surface, each termination ring having a floating element of electrically insulating material in the termination trench extending from the main surface in the chip and at least one bottom region of said semiconductor material of the second conductivity type extending from at least one deepest portion of a surface of the termination trench in the chip; the termination trenches have a depth from the main surface decreasing moving away from the active area.
US09484403B2
A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure that includes a cap layer composed of a boron-rich compound or doped boron nitride located between a top semiconductor layer and a buried insulator layer is provided. The cap layer forms a conductive path between the top semiconductor layer and the buried insulator layer in the SOI structure to dissipate total ionizing dose (TID) accumulated charges, thus advantageously mitigating TID effects in fully depleted SOI transistors.
US09484401B2
After forming source/drain contact trenches to expose source/drain regions, contact liner material layer portions are formed on sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the source/drain contact trenches. Contact material layer portions are then formed over the contact liner material layer portions to fill in the source/drain contact trenches. At least portions of the contact material layer portions and the contact liner material layer portions present on sidewalls of the source/drain contact trenches are removed to provide source/drain contacts with reduced contact capacitance.
US09484393B2
An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a base substrate and a thin-film transistor (TFT) unit, a color filter and a planarization protective layer disposed on the base substrate. The planarization protective layer is electrically connected with a drain electrode of the TFT unit and is conductive. The array substrate has the advantages of simplifying the layer structures of the array substrate, reducing the manufacturing difficulty of the array substrate, and improving the production yield of the array substrate.
US09484389B2
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional resistive memory array is disclosed. The method comprises forming a repetitive sequence comprising an isolating layer, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a conductive layer. By performing a plurality of processing steps on the repetitive sequence a three-dimensional resistive memory array is obtained. A three-dimensional resistive memory array is further disclosed.
US09484388B2
A light-emitting device that can implement a natural, vivid, highly visible and comfortable appearance of colors and appearance of objects as if the objects are seen outdoors is provided. The light-emitting device can change the appearance of colors of the illuminated objects so as to satisfy the requirements for various illuminations. Furthermore, the appearance of colors of the light-emitting device which currently exists or is in use, and which includes a semiconductor light-emitting device of which appearance of colors is not very good, is improved. A method for driving the light-emitting device, an illumination method by the device, and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device are also provided. These features are achieved by the light-emitting device that incorporates light-emitting elements and satisfies predetermined requirements, in which φSSL(λ) emitted from the light-emitting device satisfies a predetermined condition.
US09484387B2
A method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor device having two or more wafers may include forming a conductor on an upper wafer, the conductor configured to electrically connect input terminals together that have no input protection circuit against ESD; forming front side micro-bumps on a front side of the upper wafer, the front side micro-bumps configured to electrically connect to back side micro-bumps on the upper wafer; forming a TSV structure, the TSV structure configured to facilitate electrical connections between the front and the back side of the upper wafer; forming back side micro-bumps on the back side of the upper wafer, the back side micro-bumps configured to electrically connect with front side micro-bumps on the lower wafer; stacking the upper wafer on the lower wafer; and separating the conductor such that each of the input terminals are electrically independent from other ones of the input terminals.
US09484379B2
A microelectronic unit includes a semiconductor element having a front surface to which a packaging layer is attached, and a rear surface remote from the front surface. The element includes a light detector including a plurality of light detector element arranged in an array disposed adjacent to the front surface and arranged to receive light through the rear surface. The semiconductor element also includes an electrically conductive contact at the front surface connected to the light detector. The conductive contact includes a thin region and a thicker region which is thicker than the thin region. A conductive interconnect extends through the packaging layer to the thin region of the conductive contact, and a portion of the conductive interconnect is exposed at a surface of the microelectronic unit.
US09484374B2
An image sensor includes a substrate including a pixel array region and a logic region where a surface of the pixel array region is higher than a surface of the logic region, and a light shielding pattern formed over the substrate of the logic region and having a surface on substantially the same plane as a surface of the substrate.
US09484370B2
A pixel cell includes a photodiode disposed in a semiconductor material to accumulate image charge in response to incident light directed to the photodiode. A global shutter gate transistor disposed in the semiconductor material and is coupled to the photodiode to selectively deplete the image charge from the photodiode. A storage transistor is disposed in the semiconductor material to store the image charge. An optical isolation structure is disposed in the semiconductor material proximate to the storage transistor to isolate a sidewall of the storage transistor from stray light and stray charge in the semiconductor material outside of the storage transistor. The optical isolation structure is filled with tungsten.
US09484364B2
An array substrate and a display device are presented. The array substrate includes: a base substrate and a plurality of thin film transistor units located on the base substrate, wherein, the thin film transistor unit includes: a first gate electrode located on the base substrate, a gate insulating layer located on the first gate electrode, a drain electrode disposed in the same layer as the first gate electrode, an active layer located on the drain electrode, a source electrode located on the active layer, a first transparent conductive layer is provided between the base substrate and the first gate electrode and the drain electrode that are disposed in the same layer, and the gate insulating layer is also disposed between the first gate electrode plus the first transparent conductive layer beneath it and the drain electrode plus the first transparent conductive layer beneath it.
US09484354B2
A memory device includes a memory cell on a first region of a substrate. An active region is in a second region neighboring the first region of the substrate, and an extension direction of the active region has an acute angle with the <110> direction of the substrate. A transistor serving as a peripheral circuit is on the second region of the substrate. In the memory device, defects or failures due to a crystal defects or a dislocation of the substrate may decrease.
US09484353B1
A memory device includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, an isolation layer, a floating gate electrode, a control gate electrode, a channel layer and a tunneling oxide layer. The second insulating layer is disposed adjacent to and substantially parallel with the first insulating layer to form an interlayer space there between. The isolation layer is disposed in the interlayer space to form a non-straight angle with the first insulating layer, and divides the interlayer space into a first recess and a second recess. The floating gate electrode is disposed in the first recess. The control gate electrode is disposed in the second recess. The channel layer is disposed on an opening surface of the first recess and forms a non-straight angle with the first insulating layer. The tunneling oxide layer is disposed between the channel layer and the floating gate electrode.
US09484344B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a reservoir capacitor, and the reservoir capacitor includes a plurality of MOS capacitors serially coupled to one another. The plurality of MOS capacitors are arranged in one well.
US09484340B2
Both a HEMT and a SBD are formed on a nitride semiconductor substrate. The nitride semiconductor substrate comprises a HEMT gate structure region and an anode electrode region. A first laminated structure is formed at least in the HEMT gate structure region, and includes first to third nitride semiconductor layers. A second laminated structure is formed at least in a part of the anode electrode region, and includes first and second nitride semiconductor layers. The anode electrode contacts the front surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer. At least in a contact region in which the front surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer contacts the anode electrode, the front surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer is finished to be a surface by which the second nitride semiconductor layer forms a Schottky junction with the anode electrode.
US09484336B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of die pad sections, a plurality of semiconductor chips, each of which is arranged in each of the die pad sections, a resin encapsulation portion having a recess portion for exposing at least a portion of the die pad sections, the resin encapsulation portion configured to cover the die pad sections and the semiconductor chips, and a heat radiation layer arranged in the recess portion. The heat radiation layer includes an elastic layer exposed toward a direction in which the recess portion is opened. The heat radiation layer directly faces at least a portion of the die pad sections. The elastic layer overlaps with at least a portion of the die pad sections when seen in a thickness direction of the heat radiation layer.
US09484327B2
To achieve a package-on-package having an advantageously reduced height, a first package substrate has a window sized to receive a second package die. The first package substrate interconnects to the second package substrate through a plurality of package-to-package interconnects such that the first and second substrates are separated by a gap. The second package die has a thickness greater than the gap such that the second package die is at least partially disposed within the first package substrate's window.
US09484325B2
An apparatus relating generally to a substrate is disclosed. In this apparatus, a post extends from the substrate. The post includes a conductor member. An upper portion of the post extends above an upper surface of the substrate. An exterior surface of the post associated with the upper portion is in contact with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and adjacent to the post to provide a dielectric collar for the post. An exterior surface of the dielectric collar is in contact with a conductor layer. The conductor layer is disposed adjacent to the dielectric collar to provide a metal collar for the post, where a top surface of each of the conductor member, the dielectric collar and the metal collar have formed thereon a bond structure for interconnection of the metal collar and the conductor member.
US09484322B1
A semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a plurality of first connecting portions disposed thereon, a second substrate disposed on a portion of the first substrate to be adjacent to the first connecting portions and including a plurality of conductive contact rails disposed thereon, and a plurality of conductive cantilevers respectively placed in contact with surfaces of the conductive contact rails so that one end portion of each conductive cantilever is electrically coupled to one of the first connecting portions and the other end portion slides along one of the conductive contact rails.
US09484321B2
A high frequency device includes a base plate having a main surface, a dielectric on the main surface, along a first side of the base plate, a signal line on the dielectric and extending from the first side toward a central portion of the main surface, an island pattern of a metal on the dielectric, a metal frame having a contact portion contacting the main surface and a bridge portion on the signal line and the island pattern, together enclosing the central portion, a lead frame connected to an outside signal line of the signal line and which is located outside the metal frame, a semiconductor chip secured to the central portion, and a wire connecting the semiconductor chip to an inside signal line of the signal line and which is enclosed within the metal frame.
US09484316B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a contact layer over a first major surface of a substrate. The substrate includes device regions separated by kerf regions. The contact layer is disposed in the kerf region and the device regions. A structured solder layer is formed over the device regions. The contact layer is exposed at the kerf region after forming the structured solder layer. The contact layer and the substrate in the kerf regions are diced.
US09484313B2
The semiconductor package includes a substrate, a die, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and an optional seed layer. The package body at least partially encapsulates the die on the substrate. The seed layer is disposed on the package body and the first metal layer is disposed on the seed layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the first metal layer and the lateral surface of the substrate. The first metal layer and the second metal layer form an outer metal cap that provides thermal dissipation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
US09484308B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a pad and an alignment feature disposed over the substrate, a passivation disposed over the substrate and a periphery of the pad, a post passivation interconnect (PPI) including a via portion disposed on the pad and an elongated portion receiving a conductive bump to electrically connect the pad with the conductive bump, a polymer covering the PPI, and a molding material disposed over the polymer and around the conductive bump, wherein the molding material comprises a first portion orthogonally aligned with the alignment feature and adjacent to an edge of the semiconductor device and a second portion distal to the edge of the semiconductor device, a thickness of the first portion is substantially smaller than a thickness of the second portion, thereby the alignment feature is visible through the molding material under a predetermined radiation.
US09484300B2
Methods for forming a semiconductor layer, such as a metal1 layer, having minimum width features separated by a distance greater than a minimum pitch, and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments may include determining a first shape and a second shape having a minimum width within a semiconductor layer, wherein a distance between the first shape and the second shape is greater than a minimum pitch, determining an intervening shape between the first shape and the second shape, and designating a dummy shape within the intervening shape, wherein the dummy shape is at the minimum pitch from the first shape.
US09484287B2
A technique which improves the reliability in coupling between a bump electrode of a semiconductor chip and wiring of a mounting substrate, more particularly a technique which guarantees the flatness of a bump electrode even when wiring lies in a top wiring layer under the bump electrode, thereby improving the reliability in coupling between the bump electrode and the wiring formed on a glass substrate. Wiring, comprised of a power line or signal line, and a dummy pattern are formed in a top wiring layer beneath a non-overlap region of a bump electrode. The dummy pattern is located to fill the space between wirings to reduce irregularities caused by the wirings and space in the top wiring layer. A surface protection film formed to cover the top wiring layer is flattened by CMP.
US09484286B2
A technique which improves the reliability in coupling between a bump electrode of a semiconductor chip and wiring of a mounting substrate, more particularly a technique which guarantees the flatness of a bump electrode even when wiring lies in a top wiring layer under the bump electrode, thereby improving the reliability in coupling between the bump electrode and the wiring formed on a glass substrate. Wiring, comprised of a power line or signal line, and a dummy pattern are formed in a top wiring layer beneath a non-overlap region of a bump electrode. The dummy pattern is located to fill the space between wirings to reduce irregularities caused by the wirings and space in the top wiring layer. A surface protection film formed to cover the top wiring layer is flattened by CMP.
US09484285B2
A method for forming a device package includes forming a molding compound around a die and laminating a polymer layer over the die. A top surface of the die is covered by a film layer while the molding compound is formed, and the polymer layer extends laterally past edge portions of the die. The method further includes forming a conductive via in the polymer layer, wherein the conductive via is electrically connected to a contact pad at a top surface of the die.
US09484282B2
There is provided a resin-sealed semiconductor device (BGA type semiconductor device) whose heat dissipating characteristic is improved, so that it is prevented from deteriorating in reliability. This BGA type semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate on a predetermined area on which a semiconductor chip is mounted; a plurality of metal bumps that are formed to be arranged at predetermined intervals in an area of the substrate different from the area on which the semiconductor chip is mounted; and a sealing resin layer that covers at least the semiconductor chip. Each of the plurality of metal bumps is covered with the sealing resin layer described above, with a part thereof exposed at a top face of the sealing resin layer.
US09484279B2
A semiconductor device has a plurality of first semiconductor die mounted over an interface layer formed over a temporary carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the first die and carrier. A flat shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant. A channel is formed through the shielding layer and encapsulant down to the interface layer. A conductive material is deposited in the channel and electrically connected to the shielding layer. The interface layer and carrier are removed. An interconnect structure is formed over conductive material, encapsulant, and first die. The conductive material is electrically connected through the interconnect structure to a ground point. The conductive material is singulated to separate the first die. A second semiconductor die can be mounted over the first die such that the shielding layer covers the second die and the conductive material surrounds the second die or the first and second die.
US09484278B2
A semiconductor package includes a housing having a bottom surface and an upper surface and a solder pad arranged in the bottom surface of the housing. The solder pad includes a solderable through hole. The housing includes an opening extending from the through hole to the upper surface of the housing.
US09484269B2
Semiconductor structures and methods to control bottom corner threshold in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device. A method includes doping a corner region of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) island. The doping includes tailoring a localized doping of the corner region to reduce capacitive coupling of the SOI island with an adjacent structure.
US09484268B2
The object to provide a semiconductor device comprising a highly-integrated SGT-based CMOS inverter circuit is achieved by forming an inverter which comprises: a first transistor including; an first island-shaped semiconductor layer; a first gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a first first-conductive-type high-concentration semiconductor layer arranged above the first island-shaped semiconductor layer; and a second first-conductive-type high-concentration semiconductor layer arranged below the first island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a second transistor including; a second gate insulating film surrounding a part of the periphery of the gate electrode; a second semiconductor layer in contact with a part of the periphery of the second gate insulating film; a first second-conductive-type high-concentration semiconductor layer arranged above the second semiconductor layer; and a second second-conductive-type high-concentration semiconductor layer arranged below the second semiconductor layer.
US09484267B1
A semiconductor device comprises first stack of nanowires arranged on a substrate comprises a first nanowire and a second nanowire, the second nanowire is arranged substantially co-planar in a first plane with the first nanowire the first nanowire and the second nanowire arranged substantially parallel with the substrate, a second stack of nanowires comprises a third nanowire and a fourth nanowire, the third nanowire and the fourth nanowire arranged substantially co-planar in the first plane with the first nanowire, and the first nanowire and the second nanowire comprises a first semiconductor material and the third nanowire and the fourth nanowire comprises a second semiconductor material, the first semiconductor material dissimilar from the second semiconductor material.
US09484264B1
A first field effect transistor (FET) device includes a first gate over a first channel region of a first fin arranged on a substrate, a second gate of a second FET device over a second channel region of a second fin arranged on the substrate, the second channel region having a width that is greater than a width of the first channel region, a first cavity that exposes an active region of the first FET device and a second cavity that exposes an active region of the second FET device, and a conductive material in the first cavity to define a first contact and a conductive material in the second cavity to define a second contact, the second contact having a width that is greater than a width of the first contact.
US09484262B2
Effective transfer of stress to a channel of a fin field effect transistor is provided by forming stress-generating active semiconductor regions that function as a source region and a drain region on a top surface of a single crystalline semiconductor layer. A dielectric material layer is formed on a top surface of the semiconductor layer between semiconductor fins. A gate structure is formed across the semiconductor fins, and the dielectric material layer is patterned employing the gate structure as an etch mask. A gate spacer is formed around the gate stack, and physically exposed portions of the semiconductor fins are removed by an etch. Stress-generating active semiconductor regions are formed by selective epitaxy from physically exposed top surfaces of the semiconductor layer, and apply stress to remaining portions of the semiconductor fins that include channels.
US09484261B2
A memory device having a pair of conductive floating gates with inner sidewalls facing each other, and disposed over and insulated from a substrate of first conductivity type. A pair of spaced apart conductive control gates each disposed over and insulated from one of the floating gates, and each including inner sidewalls facing each other. A pair of first spacers of insulation material extending along control gate inner sidewalls and over the floating gates. The floating gate inner sidewalls are aligned with side surfaces of the first spacers. A pair of second spacers of insulation material each extend along one of the first spacers and along one of the floating gate inner sidewalls. A trench formed into the substrate having sidewalls aligned with side surfaces of the second spacers. Silicon carbon disposed in the trench. Material implanted into the silicon carbon forming a first region having a second conductivity type.
US09484253B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a signal line fabrication method, an array substrate fabrication method, an array substrate and a display device. The signal line fabrication method includes: sequentially forming a material layer for forming the signal line, a material layer for forming a first barrier layer and a material layer for forming a second barrier layer; forming the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer by a patterning process; and forming the signal line by a patterning process.
US09484252B2
Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one example, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes selectively depositing a metal capping layer on first sidewalls of a copper line while leaving exposed portions of a dielectric layer that are laterally adjacent to the copper line exposed. An ILD layer is deposited overlying the metal capping layer and the exposed portions of the dielectric layer.
US09484251B1
Methods of lightly implanting platinum, iridium, osmium, erbium, ytterbium, dysprosium, and gadolinium in semiconductor material in shallow depths by plasma-immersion ion implantation (PIII) and/or pulsed PIII are provided herein. Methods include depositing a liner layer prior to masking and implanting features to form n-type and p-type semiconductors and implanting materials through the liner layer. Methods are suitable for integration schemes involving fabrication of fin-type field effect transistors (FinFETs).
US09484246B2
A buried conductive layer is formed underneath a buried insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A deep isolation trench laterally surrounding a portion of the buried conductive layer is formed, and is filled with at least a dielectric liner to form a deep capacitor trench isolation structure. Contact via structures are formed through the buried insulator layer and a top semiconductor layer and onto the portion of the buried conductive layer, which constitutes a buried conductive conduit. The deep capacitor trench isolation structure may be formed concurrently with at least one deep trench capacitor. A patterned portion of the top semiconductor layer may be employed as an additional conductive conduit for signal transmission. Further, the deep capacitor trench isolation structure may include a conductive portion, which can be electrically biased to control the impedance of the signal path including the buried conductive conduit.
US09484235B2
In a substrate processing apparatus 1 which performs a process on a substrate W, each of multiple processing modules 2 includes at least a first processing member 21 and a second processing member 22, and substrate transfer devices 15 and 17 transfer substrates W into the multiple processing modules 2. Further, a controller 3 configured to control the substrate processing apparatus 1 stores member operating possibility information on whether it is possible to use the first processing member 21 and the second processing member 22 provided in each of the multiple processing modules 2, and the controller 3 creates, based on the member operating possibility information and process recipe information on processes to be performed on the substrates W, a transfer schedule in which the substrate transfer devices 15 and 17 transfer the substrates W into the multiple processing modules 2 in parallel.
US09484234B2
A processing station for two-dimensional substrates including at least two processing units and at least two conveyor lines for substrates arranged in parallel to another, wherein both the processing units are placed between the two conveyor lines, and an arrangement for moving the substrates from the conveyor lines to the processing units and back is provided. The arrangement includes four linear conveyor units each having at least one substrate support, wherein a first linear conveyor unit leads from the second conveyor line to the first processing unit, a second linear conveyor unit leads from the first conveyor line to the first processing unit, a third linear conveyor unit leads from the first conveyor line to the second processing unit, and a fourth linear conveyor unit leads from the second conveyor line to the second processing unit.
US09484229B2
A device for processing wafer-shaped articles includes a spin chuck for holding and rotating a wafer-shaped article about a rotation axis and at least one dispenser for dispensing liquid onto at least one surface of a wafer-shaped article. A liquid collector surrounds the spin chuck for collecting liquid spun off the substrate during rotation, with at least two collector levels for separately collecting liquids in different collector levels. At least one lifting device moves the spin chuck relative to the liquid collector. At least two exhaust levels are provided for separately collecting gas from an interior of the liquid collector. Each of the exhaust levels includes at least one opening communicating with an ambient exterior of the liquid collector and a door that closes and opens the opening. Each door on one of the exhaust levels can be opened and closed separately from each door on another exhaust level.
US09484221B2
A power semiconductor device has a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface that runs substantially parallel to the first surface. A first metallization is arranged on the first surface. A second metallization is arranged on the second surface. The semiconductor body includes an n-doped first semiconductor region spaced apart from the first metallization and having a first maximum doping concentration, an n-doped second semiconductor region having a second maximum doping concentration higher than the first maximum doping concentration and adjoining the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region in ohmic contact with the second metallization, arranged between the second metallization and the second semiconductor region, and adjoining the second semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is made of a semiconductor material which includes electrically active chalcogen impurities as donors. At least 90% of the electrically active chalcogen impurities form isolated defects in the semiconductor material.
US09484219B2
A method of fabricating semiconductor devices may include forming a mold structure on a lower layer, the mold structure including an etch stop layer doped at a first impurity concentration, a lower mold layer doped at a second impurity concentration, and an undoped upper mold layer. The method may include forming a trench exposing the lower layer in the mold structure using dry etching, extending a width of the trench in the etch stop layer using wet etching, and forming a first conductive pattern in the extended width trench, wherein an etch rate of the etch stop layer with respect to the dry etching may be smaller than an etch rate of the lower mold layer with respect to the dry etching, and an etch rate of the etch stop layer with respect to the wet etching may be proportional to the first impurity concentration.
US09484215B2
In accordance with this disclosure, there is provided several inventions, including a method for etching a plurality of features in a stack comprising alternating layers above a substrate, comprising: providing a steady state flow of an etching gas, wherein the etching gas comprises: a molecule A comprising sulfur and fluorine; a molecule B comprising carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen; and a molecule C comprising carbon and fluorine and not hydrogen; forming the etching gas into a plasma; and etching the features into the stack through the plurality of alternating layers.
US09484213B2
A processing gas diffusing and supplying unit is provided in a substrate processing unit including a processing chamber for accommodating a substrate. The processing gas diffusing and supplying unit comprises a main body; a plate supported by the main body and having a plurality of gas supply holes; a partition wall; an internal space having a first and a second space partitioned by the partition wall; a first and a second opening respectively communicating with the first and the second space while facing the plate, first and a second space being connected to a first and a second processing gas introducing pipe of the processing chamber, respectively; and a first and a second shielding portion respectively installed in the first and the second space and having a surface facing the first and the second opening.
US09484211B2
A system and method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is provided. An embodiment comprises using an etchant to remove a portion of a substrate to form an opening with a 45° angle with a major surface of the substrate. The etchant comprises a base, a surfactant, and an oxidant. The oxidant may be hydrogen peroxide.
US09484200B2
A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode disposed on the same layer as the source electrode and facing the source electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer disposed between the gate electrode and the source electrode or the drain electrode, and a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the source electrode or the drain electrode, in which the oxide semiconductor layer includes thallium and at least one of indium, zinc, tin, and gallium. Also an oxide sputtering target including: an oxide including thallium (Tl); and at least one of indium, zinc, tin, and gallium.
US09484196B2
A semiconductor device including stacked structures. The stacked structures include at least two chalcogenide materials or alternating dielectric materials and conductive materials. A liner including alucone is formed on sidewalls of the stacked structures. Methods of forming the semiconductor device are also disclosed.
US09484193B2
Apparatus and methods for automatic amino acid sequencing of a glycopeptide by mass spectrometry. The glycopeptide is fragmented by higher energy collision dissociation fragmentation, and sequentially fragmented by collision induced dissociation fragmentation. The glycopeptide Y1 ion is isolated, and the mass spectra of fragmented glycopeptide Y1 ions provide mass spectral peaks corresponding to the amino acid sequence of the glycopeptide.
US09484188B2
Methods and systems for verification of a mark written on a target surface during a multiple beam lithography process, and for verifying beam position of individual beams on the target surface based on mark verification are disclosed. A mark can be verified by scanning an optical beam over the mark and measuring the reflected optical beam and the position of the target with respect to the optical beam. By comparing the intensity of the reflected light as a function of distance over the mark with reference mark data representing an intended definition of the mark, and any deviation between the measured representation and the reference mark data are determined. If any deviation deviate more than the predetermined limit, incorrectly positioned beams can be verified from the data.
US09484183B2
An ion implantation apparatus including an enclosure defining a process chamber, a carriage slidably mounted on a shaft within the process chamber and coupled to a drive mechanism adapted to selectively move the carriage along the shaft. A platen assembly can be coupled to the carriage, and a linkage conduit can extend between a side wall of the enclosure and the carriage. The linkage conduit can include a plurality of pivotably interconnected linkage members that define a contiguous internal volume that is sealed from the process chamber. The contiguous volume can be held at a desired vacuum pressure separate from the vacuum environment of the process chamber.
US09484182B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for correcting an aberration in a charged-particle-beam device. The apparatus includes a charged-particle-beam source, a charged-particle optical system that irradiates a specimen with charged particles emitted from the charged-particle-beam source, an aberration corrector that corrects an aberration of the charged-particle optical system, a control unit that controls the charged-particle optical system and the aberration corrector, a through-focus imaging unit that obtains plural Ronchigrams in which a focal position of the charged-particle optical system is changed, and an aberration calculation unit that divides the obtained Ronchigram into plural local areas, and calculates the amount of the aberration based on line focuses detected in the local areas.
US09484181B2
There is provided a charged particle beam apparatus that includes a trajectory monitoring unit which is disposed above an objective lens (14) and which includes an optical element (12) having a lens action and a trajectory correcting deflector (10). An applied voltage and an excitation current of the optical element (12) are set to zero after a trajectory correction of a primary charged particle beam (30). Accordingly, the lens action and an aberration of the optical element (12) have no influence on resolution.
US09484180B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a conductive base within the processing chamber; an electrostatic chuck, having an electrode, provided on the base; a high frequency power supply that applies a high frequency power to the base; a first DC power supply that applies a DC voltage to the electrostatic chuck; and a plasma generation unit that generates plasma of a processing gas within the processing chamber. A plasma processing method performed in the plasma processing apparatus includes connecting the first DC power supply to the electrode of the electrostatic chuck; cutting off connection between the first DC power supply and the electrode of the electrostatic chuck; and generating the plasma within the processing chamber by applying the high frequency power to the base in a state that the connection between the first DC power supply and the electrode of the electrostatic chuck is cut off.
US09484166B1
A double-throw switch comprises: a housing; a push button that is mounted for movement with respect to the housing; a first stationary terminal; a second stationary terminal; a moveable terminal that, when in contact with the first stationary terminal, closes a first circuit, and when in contact with the second stationary terminal, closes a second circuit; a first set of one or more positive stops that engage the first stationary terminal; and a second set of one or more positive stops that engage the second stationary terminal. The first set of one or more positive stops applies pressure to and maintains a predetermined position of the first stationary terminal. The second set of one or more positive stops applies pressure to and maintains a predetermined position of the second stationary terminal.
US09484155B2
A thin, rechargeable, flexible electrochemical energy cell includes a battery cell, or a capacitor cell, or a battery/capacitor hybrid cell that can be stackable in any number and order. The cell can be based on a powdery mixture of hydrated ruthenium oxide particles or nanoparticles with activated carbon particles or nanoparticles suspended in an electrolyte. The electrolyte may contain ethylene glycol, boric acid, citric acid, ammonium hydroxide, organic acids, phosphoric acid, and/or sulphuric acid. An anode electrode may be formed with a thin layer of oxidizable metal (Zn, Al, or Pb). The cathode may be formed with a graphite backing foil. The energy cell may have a voltage at or below 1.25V for recharging. The thickness 15 of the cell structure can be in the range of 0.5 mm-1 mm, or lower.
US09484154B2
An object of the invention is to provide a capacitor device that can be made slimmer and lighter and that enables the strength and heat dissipation properties to be improved. A capacitor device (1) has a plurality of capacitor units (2) integrally housed within a housing case (3), the housing case (3) having cylindrical housing sections (5) for housing the capacitor bodies. The housing sections (5) are longitudinally aligned in the same direction and are joined together as an integrated whole. A capacitor unit (2) is inserted via an opening (9) at one end of each of the housing sections (5) so that the entire circumference of the capacitor unit (2) is covered by the corresponding housing section (5). The housing sections (5) have a uniform thickness at least on the outer side along the outer periphery of the capacitor units.
US09484142B2
The present invention discloses a circuit board, including a substrate and a magnetic core, where the magnetic core is embedded into the substrate, at least one turn of a winding conductor wound around the magnetic core is arranged on the substrate, each turn of the winding conductor includes a first end-surface conductor and a second end-surface conductor that are separately arranged on two ends of the magnetic core, and each turn of the winding conductor further includes a first side-surface conductor that penetrates through the magnetic core from an inner side of the magnetic core and a second side-surface conductor that penetrates through the magnetic core from an outer side of the magnetic core. The circuit board and the power conversion apparatus having the circuit board provided by the present invention, achieve larger inductance, save materials, and reduce cost for fabricating a power conversion apparatus.
US09484140B2
A method and a system for continuously in-line annealing a forwarding ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon in a curved shape to improve its magnetic properties without causing the ribbon to become brittle and which operates at significant high ribbon feeding rates. The amorphous alloy ribbon is fed forward, tensioned and guided along a path at a preset feeding rate and is heated at a point along the path at a rate greater than 103° C./sec to a temperature to initiate a thermal treatment. Then the ribbon is initially cooled at a rate greater than 103° C./sec until the thermal treatment ends. During the thermal treatment, a series of mechanical constraints is applied on the ribbon until the amorphous alloy ribbon adopts a specific shape at rest after the thermal treatment is ended. After the initial cooling, the amorphous alloy ribbon is subsequently cooled at a sufficient rate to a temperature that will preserve the specific shape.
US09484133B2
A dispenser apparatus for a curable liquid material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flexible bag defining a first compartment for accommodating a first component of a curable liquid material, and a second compartment for accommodating a second component of the curable liquid material and adapted to communicate with the first chamber to enable mixing of the first and second components to initiate curing of the curable liquid material. A first clamp temporarily prevents mixing of the first and second components, and an elongate nozzle communicates with the second compartment to dispense the mixed curable liquid material therefrom. A second clamp temporarily prevents passage of the curable liquid material from the second compartment to the nozzle.
US09484128B2
A noise suppression cable includes an insulated wire, an internal magnetic tape layer including a resin layer and a magnetic material layer formed on one surface of the resin layer, the internal magnetic tape layer being spirally wound on a periphery of the insulated wire in a first direction along a longitudinal direction of the cable so as to allow the magnetic material layer of the internal magnetic tape layer to face outside, and an external magnetic tape layer including a resin layer and a magnetic material layer formed on one surface of the resin layer, the external magnetic tape layer being spirally wound on a periphery of the internal magnetic tape layer in a second direction different from the first direction along the longitudinal direction of the cable so as to allow the magnetic material layer of the external magnetic tape layer to face inside.
US09484123B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to sealant compositions including a base composition with at least one sulfur-containing polymer, a curing agent composition, and an electrically conductive filler including carbon nanotubes and stainless steel fibers. The electrically conductive filler can be in either or both of the base composition and the curing agent composition. The sealant compositions are substantially Ni-free and exhibit unexpectedly superior EMI/RFI shielding effectiveness.
US09484122B2
A post-accident fission product removal system may include an air mover, a filter assembly, and/or an ionization chamber. The air mover may be configured to move contaminated air through the filter assembly to produce filtered air. The ionization chamber may be connected to the filter assembly. The ionization chamber may include an anode and a cathode. The ionization chamber may be configured to receive the filtered air from the filter assembly and to ionize and capture radioisotopes from the filtered air to produce clean air.
US09484116B1
At least one general-purpose server is connected to a PE module via Ethernet (trademark). A control unit of the PE module controls a PE circuit and multiple fail memory in a real-time manner, temporarily stores fail information stored in the multiple fail memory, performs data processing on the fail information, and transfers the fail information thus processed to the general-purpose server. Each general-purpose server is controlled according to a computer program so as to perform redundancy analysis for a DUT based on the data received from the PE module.
US09484114B1
A data storage device includes a memory including a plurality of storage elements configured to store data. The plurality of storage elements includes a first group of storage elements and a second group of storage elements. The data storage device further includes a selection module configured to retrieve first bit line defect information affecting the first group of storage elements and to retrieve second bit line defect information affecting the second group of storage elements.
US09484097B2
A circuit and method for programming multiple bits of data to flash memory cells in a single program operation cycle. Multiple pages of data to be programmed into one physical page of a flash memory array are stored in page buffers or other storage means on the memory device. The selected wordline connected to the cells to be programmed is driven with predetermined program profiles at different time intervals, where each predetermined program profile is configured for shifting an erase threshold voltage to a specific threshold voltage corresponding to a specific logic state. A multi-page bitline controller biases each bitline to enable or inhibit programming during each of the time intervals, in response to the combination of specific logic states of the bits belonging to each page of data that are associated with that respective bitline.
US09484096B1
A ternary content-addressable memory comprises a first switch, a first static random-access memory cell, a second switch and a second static random-access memory cell. The first switch is connected between a first search line and a match line. The first switch has a first control electrode. The first static random-access memory cell has a first storage node connected to the first control electrode of the first switch. The second switch is connected between a second search line and the match line. The second switch has a second control node. The second static random-access memory cell has a second storage node connected to the second control electrode of the second switch.
US09484093B2
Methods for reducing leakage currents through unselected memory cells of a memory array during a memory operation are described. In some cases, the leakage currents through the unselected memory cells of the memory array may be reduced by setting an adjustable resistance bit line structure connected to the unselected memory cells into a non-conducting state. The adjustable resistance bit line structure may comprise a bit line structure in which the resistance of an intrinsic (or near intrinsic) polysilicon portion of the bit line structure may be adjusted via an application of a voltage to a select gate portion of the bit line structure that is not directly connected to the intrinsic polysilicon portion. The intrinsic polysilicon portion may be set into a conducting state or a non-conducting state based on the voltage applied to the select gate portion.
US09484092B2
Methods for reducing leakage currents through unselected memory cells of a memory array during a memory operation are described. In some cases, the leakage currents through the unselected memory cells of the memory array may be reduced by setting an adjustable resistance bit line structure connected to the unselected memory cells into a non-conducting state. The adjustable resistance bit line structure may comprise a bit line structure in which the resistance of an intrinsic (or near intrinsic) polysilicon portion of the bit line structure may be adjusted via an application of a voltage to a select gate portion of the bit line structure that is not directly connected to the intrinsic polysilicon portion. The intrinsic polysilicon portion may be set into a conducting state or a non-conducting state based on the voltage applied to the select gate portion.
US09484086B2
A number of techniques determine defects in non-volatile memory arrays, which are particularly applicable to 3D NAND memory, such as BiCS type. Word line to word line shorts within a memory block are determined by application of an AC stress mode, followed by a defect detection operation. An inter-block stress and detection operation can be used to determine word line to word line leaks between different blocks. Select gate leak line leakage, for both the word lines and other select lines, is considered, as are shorts from word lines and select lines to local source lines. In addition to word line and select line defects, techniques determine shorts between bit lines and low voltage circuitry, such as in sense amplifiers.
US09484085B1
A static memory apparatus and a static memory cell thereof are provided. The static memory cell includes a data latch circuit, a data write-in circuit and a data read-out circuit. The data latch circuit has a first tristate output inverting circuit and a second tristate output inverting circuit. The data write-in circuit provides a first reference voltage to a power receiving terminal of a selected tristate output inverting circuit which is one of the first and second tristate output inverting circuits, and provides a second reference voltage to an input terminal of the selected tristate output inverting circuit during a data write-in time period. The data read-out circuit generates read-out data according to a voltage at an output terminal of the second tristate output inverting circuit and the second reference voltage during a data read-out time period.
US09484083B2
A semiconductor device includes a circuit block that is switchable between selection and non-selection, and a leakage current control circuit disposed between the circuit block and a first power supply line. The leakage current control circuit includes a first transistor disposed between the circuit block and the first power supply line, and a resistor device disposed between the circuit block and the first power supply line.
US09484081B2
Semiconductor device capable of preventing off-leakage of the transistor may include a pulse voltage generator configured to generate a pulse voltage, and a transistor configured to have a gate provided with the pulse voltage. The transistor is in an off state in response to the pulse voltage.
US09484078B2
A method includes receiving the second information at the remote computer system during a second user initiated communication session from the user station automatically, wherein the user station triggers automatically sending the second information to the remote computer system, retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system and matching at least a portion of the received second information with the stored third information.
US09484071B2
A voltage generation circuit may include: a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage and a feedback voltage and output a comparison signal to a node; an output unit configured to generate an internal voltage and the feedback voltage according to a voltage level applied to the node; and a control unit configured to discharge the node when a level of the internal voltage drops to less than a preset level.
US09484065B2
A system for intelligently determining replay locations in a multimedia content stream based on identifying events in the multimedia content stream is provided. In one embodiment, events in the multimedia content stream are identified by analyzing information in the multimedia content stream, in real time. In another embodiment, events in the multimedia content stream are identified by analyzing the viewing behavior and an emotional response from users viewing the multimedia content, in real time. One or more replay locations in the multimedia content stream are determined based on the events identified in the multimedia content stream. The multimedia content stream with the replay locations are displayed to a user via a user interface in the user's processing device.
US09484052B1
A method of controlling clearance in a disk drive, including the steps of: mounting a recording head having at least one heating element at a first distance from a top surface of the disk; measuring a first passive fly height between the top surface of the disk and a bottom surface of the head; applying a first quantity of energy to the heating element(s) to permanently deform the head and change the distance between the top surface of the disk and a bottom surface of the head to a second passive fly height that is less than the first passive fly height; and applying a second quantity of energy to the heating element(s) to temporarily deform the head and change the distance between the top surface of the disk and a bottom surface of the head to an operational clearance distance that is less than the second passive fly height.
US09484046B2
Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. For example, some arrangements enable discovery of both audio and visual content, without any user requirement to switch modes. Other technologies involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09484045B2
An embodiment according to the invention provides a capability of automatically predicting how favorable a given speech signal is for statistical modeling, which is advantageous in a variety of different contexts. In Multi-Form Segment (MFS) synthesis, for example, an embodiment according to the invention uses prediction capability to provide an automatic acoustic driven template versus model decision maker with an output quality that is high, stable and depends gradually on the system footprint. In speaker selection for a statistical Text-to-Speech synthesis (TTS) system build, as another example context, an embodiment according to the invention enables a fast selection of the most appropriate speaker among several available ones for the full voice dataset recording and preparation, based on a small amount of recorded speech material.
US09484043B1
Provided is a method, non-transitory computer program product and system for an improved noise suppression technique for speech enhancement. It operates on speech signals from a single source such as either the output from a single microphone or the reconstructed speech signal at the receiving end of a communication application. The system performs background noise monitoring of an in-coming speech signal and determines its level, and performs a time domain gain calculation. The noise suppressed output signal is the gain shaped original speech signal.
US09484034B2
According to one embodiment, a voice conversation support apparatus includes an input unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a third determination unit, and a scoring unit. The input unit accepts a text data input according to a voice input mode and another input mode. The first determination unit extracts at least one subject keyword representing a current subject from the text data input. The second determination unit estimates a category of a word that can be an answer. The third determination unit calculates a question pair likelihood. The scoring unit calculates a score about a priority of each input mode.
US09484033B2
An approach is provided to receive audible speech and convert the received speech to text while the audible speech is being delivered to a user. An annotation candidate is identified in the text and an annotation reference relating to the identified annotation candidate is retrieved and presented to the user.
US09484027B2
A method of automated speech recognition in a vehicle. The method includes receiving audio in the vehicle, pre-processing the received audio to generate acoustic feature vectors, decoding the generated acoustic feature vectors to produce at least one speech hypothesis, and post-processing the at least one speech hypothesis using pitch to improve speech recognition accuracy. The speech hypothesis can be accepted as recognized speech during post-processing if pitch is present in the received audio. Alternatively, a pitch count for the received audio can be determined, N-best speech hypotheses can be post-processed by comparing the pitch count to syllable counts associated with the speech hypotheses, and the speech hypothesis having a syllable count equal to the pitch count can be accepted as recognized speech.
US09484024B2
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage media for handling expected repeat speech queries or other inputs. The method causes a computing device to detect a misrecognized speech query from a user, determine a tendency of the user to repeat speech queries based on previous user interactions, and adapt a speech recognition model based on the determined tendency before an expected repeat speech query. The method can further include recognizing the expected repeat speech query from the user based on the adapted speech recognition model. Adapting the speech recognition model can include modifying an acoustic model, a language model, and a semantic model. Adapting the speech recognition model can also include preparing a personalized search speech recognition model for the expected repeat query based on usage history and entries in a recognition lattice. The method can include retaining unmodified speech recognition models with adapted speech recognition models.
US09484022B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a deep neural network. One of the methods includes generating a plurality of feature vectors that each model a different portion of an audio waveform, generating a first posterior probability vector for a first feature vector using a first neural network, determining whether one of the scores in the first posterior probability vector satisfies a first threshold value, generating a second posterior probability vector for each subsequent feature vector using a second neural network, wherein the second neural network is trained to identify the same key words and key phrases and includes more inner layer nodes than the first neural network, and determining whether one of the scores in the second posterior probability vector satisfies a second threshold value.
US09484013B1
A speech simulation system adapted for a user to communicate with others. The system has at least one sensor to sense controlled and coordinated body movement. The system has a computer processor connected to the at least one sensor. The system has a database memory connected to the computer processor. The system has software programming to operate the computer processor. The system has a feedback device connected to the computer processor and directed to the user. The system has an outward audio output device connected to the computer processor to provide sound and a speaker connected to the outward audio output device.
US09484012B2
According to an embodiment, a speech synthesis dictionary generation apparatus includes an analyzer, a speaker adapter, a level designation unit, and a determination unit. The analyzer analyzes speech data and generates a speech database containing characteristics of utterance by an object speaker. The speaker adapter generates the model of the object speaker by speaker adaptation of converting a base model to be closer to characteristics of the object speaker based on the database. The level designation unit accepts designation of a target speaker level representing a speaker's utterance skill and/or a speaker's native level in a language of the speech synthesis dictionary. The determination determines a parameter related to fidelity of reproduction of speaker properties in the speaker adaptation, in accordance with a relationship between the target speaker level and a speaker level of the object speaker.
US09484007B1
TREMOLO STOP TUNER is integrated into the spring block portion of a traditional fulcrum tremolo, and moveable therewith about the tremolo pivot axis, comprising an adjustment device to adjust the tension of the traditional tremolo springs with the capacity to stop or block the tremolo at the equilibrium point or initial position. One embodiment includes the option to configure the novel Tremolo Stop Tuner elements as either a Global Tuner or a Stop Tuner and includes an optional setscrew for improving coupling.
US09484006B2
A method for creating visual content to be output in a layered manner, wherein content items are received, and are categorized into at least two categories. At least one of the categories includes at least one image content item and at least one other category includes at least one textual content item. The content items in each of the categories are manipulated, wherein the textual content data is manipulated with at least one operation applicable for textual content and the manipulation produces at least one data file including textual content data for the text layer to be prepared for outputting in a client device. Finally, data files including manipulated image content data and the manipulated textual content data are stored. A system, a computer program product, a method in the client device and the client device are also described.
US09484004B2
A display controller includes first and second arbitrating units, a pixel data calculating unit, a latency measurement unit, and a clock divider. The first and second arbitrating units fetch first and second pixel data corresponding to at least one pixel from an external memory via a system bus. The pixel data calculating unit determines a size of the first and second pixel data. The latency measuring unit generates a first data rate value that is indicative of a latency of the system bus based on the size of the first and second pixel data. The clock divider receives a first clock signal modulation value corresponding to the first data rate value and alters a modulation of a reference clock signal. The graphics blending unit receives the first and second pixel data and provides blended pixel data to a display panel based on a modulated clock signal.
US09483992B2
A gate drive circuit comprising multistage gate drive on array (GOA) drive units is provided. Each stage of GOA drive unit comprises a pull-up control part, a pull-up part, a key pull-down part, and a pull-down holding part. The pull-down holding part comprises a bridging module, a first and a second pull-down holding modules. When the bridging module is in a shutoff state, the first and the second pull-down holding modules work alternately, whereby a potential at the gate signal output end and/or a potential at the control end of the pull-up part are/is kept at a potential of the direct current power source according to a pull-down holding control signal.
US09483990B2
A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit for a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The GOA circuit includes multiple cascaded GOA units, and a Nth stage GOA unit controls a charging of a Nth stage horizontal scanning line of a display area. The Nth stage GOA unit includes a pull-up circuit, a pull-down circuit, a first pull-down holding circuit, a second pull-down holding circuit, a pull-up control circuit, a transfer circuit, and a boast capacitor. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The present invention can decrease the cost of the LCD device, improve the functionality of the GOA circuit, and increase the operation life.
US09483986B2
The present invention relates to a method for compensating response time of liquid crystal display and a device therefor. The compensating method comprises: receiving gray scale data of a picture in present frame and obtaining a first additional driving value according to the comparison result between gray scale data of the picture in present frame and gray scale data of the picture in previous frame; collecting the temperature value of liquid crystal layer and obtaining a temperature driving value according to said temperature value; and generating a second driving value that is applied to pixels according to the first additional driving value and the temperature driving value. The compensating device comprises: a first additional driving value module for obtaining a first additional driving value; a temperature driving value module for collecting the temperature value of liquid crystal layer and obtaining a temperature driving value according to said temperature value; and a second additional driving value module for generating a second additional driving value. The present invention can effectively reduce the response time of liquid crystal display and mitigate the streaking problem.
US09483984B2
A touch sensing display device includes: a thin film transistor array panel including a thin film transistor; and an opposing display panel facing the thin film transistor array panel. The opposing display panel includes a piezoelectric sensor including a capacitive sensor and a piezoelectric layer. The capacitive sensor includes sensing wires, driving wires, and a bridge connecting the sensing wires together or the driving wires together. The piezoelectric sensor further includes a pair of electrodes, the piezoelectric layer being disposed between the pair of electrodes. The bridge and a first electrode of the pair of electrodes are formed of the same material and in the same layer.
US09483976B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for display compensation relate to the field of display technique. The method for display compensation includes: measuring luminance of each of pixels in a full-color test picture outputted from a display apparatus in a uncompensated status when the display apparatus outputs the full-color test picture; obtaining a reference luminance value according to the measured luminance values of the respective pixels; obtaining compensation coefficients for the respective pixels according to the reference luminance value and the luminance values of the respective pixels; performing a compensation and correction on signals inputted to the respective pixels respectively according to the compensation coefficients. By utilizing the method, the issue of the non-uniformity of the display effect in the display apparatus can be addressed effectively.
US09483968B1
A transmission-type display device which allows a user to visually recognize a display image screen as a virtual image, including a display control unit which causes a guide image for guiding the user's line of sight to be displayed on the display image screen, and a display unit which displays the guide image. The display control unit causes one of a frame-like image surrounding a vision securing area of the display image screen where the user's line of sight is guided and a ring-shaped image surrounding the vision securing area of the display image screen to be displayed as the guide image on the display image screen.
US09483965B2
In one embodiment, a graphic image display can comprise: a backlight source; a light transmitting first sheet having a viewing side and a backside, with a plurality of geometric microstructure units on the backside; and a second layer comprising a source of graphic image information. The plurality of geometric microstructure units can be selected from microlenses, polyhedral shapes, lenticular shapes, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing. The graphic image display can be suitable for viewing under ambient light from the viewing side alone, under backlighting alone, and in the presence of both ambient light from the viewing side and backlighting.
US09483963B2
A display assembly is provided with a base, and a plurality of receptacles supported by the base. Each of the plurality of receptacles is sized to receive a plurality of cards. Each of the plurality of receptacles has a distal end with an opening for display, receipt and removal of at least one of the plurality of cards and a proximal end to provide a limit to a depth of receipt for the plurality of cards within the receptacle. Each receptacle is oriented such that a direction from the distal end to the proximal end is angularly offset from vertical about a fore/aft axis relative to the base for customer access of at least one of the plurality of cards. Multiple arrays of receptacles are provided with a central array having a quantity of receptacles that is different than the other arrays to create a non-rectangular overall profile.
US09483962B2
A receipt and label roll comprises a core and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, (iii) adhesive disposed on a portion of the back side of the substrate along the web axis, and (iv) a release coating disposed on the front side of the substrate along the web axis to prevent the adhesive from sticking to the front side of the substrate when the web is wound on the core. The web further includes (v) a longitudinal weakened structure extending along a direction parallel to the web axis and dividing the web into a first web portion on which the adhesive is disposed and a second web portion which is substantially devoid of adhesive.
US09483956B2
A real time performance pressure feedback system for a stringed instrument includes a pressure sensor, a desired pressure input device, a feedback device, and a controller. The pressure sensor is configured to be fixedly and removably attached to the stringed instrument on a pressure surface, and to generate a pressure signal indicative of a pressure being applied to the pressure surface. The desired pressure user input device is configured to receive a desired pressure input and to generate a desired pressure signal indicative of the desired pressure input. The feedback device is configured to generate feedback to a performer at least in part in response to a performance feedback signal. The controller is communicatively connected to the pressure sensor, the desired pressure user input, and the feedback device, and is configured to generate the performance feedback signal at least in part in response to the pressure signal.
US09483953B2
A voice learning apparatus includes a learning-material voice storage unit that stores learning material voice data including example sentence voice data; a learning text storage unit that stores a learning material text including an example sentence text; a learning-material text display controller that displays the learning material text; a learning-material voice output controller that performs voice output based on the learning material voice data; an example sentence specifying unit that specifies the example sentence text during the voice output; an example-sentence voice output controller that performs voice output based on the example sentence voice data associated with the specified example sentence text; and a learning-material voice output restart unit that restarts the voice output from a position where the voice output is stopped last time, after the voice output is performed based on the example sentence voice data.
US09483944B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for management of parking spaces in a parking area. Identifying an individual entering a parking area and a vehicle in the parking area that corresponds to the identified individual. Determining a distance between the identified individual and the identified vehicle in the parking area. Determining whether the identified individual is moving toward the identified vehicle. Responsive to determining that the identified individual is moving toward the identified vehicle, determining whether the determined distance is less than an associated distance threshold condition. In another embodiment, detecting a parking ticket entering the parking area and identifying an individual and a vehicle in the parking area that correspond to the detected parking ticket.
US09483942B2
An application program interface (API) for communicating with a transportation integration network is provided wherein an application can utilize the API to retrieve, store, and otherwise access or modify transportation location tracking data from disparate data stores and then display the data in a single API, website or computer software program.
US09483941B1
Communicating a notification to a particular vehicle is provided. A processor: identifies, one or more vehicles within a particular radius to a first vehicle based on one of: WiFi network visibility, a geo-fenced radius with known geo-tags of the one or more vehicles, or scanning for visible Bluetooth devices; receives a selection for a particular vehicle of the one or more vehicles identified based on descriptive wireless tags or line-of-sight selection from a first device in the first vehicle; establishes a connection between the first device in the first vehicle and a second device in the particular vehicle; receives a selection for a predetermined message; receives an image of a problem associated with the particular vehicle; and sends the predetermined message and the image from the first device to the second device.
US09483939B2
An approach is provided for synchronizing traffic flow and/or traffic signals in alternate travel segments. The approach involves determining traffic congestion information for at least one travel segment that is classified in at least one first functional class. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the traffic congestion information to determine at least one alternate travel segment that is classified in at least one second functional class. The approach further involves determining at least one calculated traffic flow for the at least one alternate travel segment based, at least in part, on traffic flow information associated with the at least one first functional class. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a configuration of one or more traffic signaling parameters for the at least one alternate travel segment based, at least in part, on the calculated traffic flow.
US09483934B2
System and method for presence based control of connected devices including a smart device configured to operate at least one connected device, and a locator configured to supervise an entrance of a subarea of a monitored area, wherein the smart device and the locator are configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals and to determine the presence of the smart device within the subarea based on received RF signals, and wherein the smart device to issue control commands to operate the at least one connected device based on a predefined scheme and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea.
US09483931B2
A system for facilitating automated response to a distress signal includes an attachment for a multifunction mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the attachment removably articulates to a sensor location coupled to a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the system includes a computer program product in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. In some embodiments, the program instructions are computer-executable by the multifunction mobile computing device to implement detecting a disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device, and, responsive to the detecting the disarticulation of the attachment from the sensor location on the multifunction mobile computing device, transmitting to a distress signal response receiver over a radio-frequency network from a radio-frequency transmitter located within a housing of the multifunction mobile computing device the distress signal.
US09483925B1
A method of detecting animate presence in a vehicle, including, receiving an electronic signal from a motion sensor measuring vibrational motion of the vehicle, calculating a representation of the signal that differentiates between periodic motions which were combined to form the received signal, calculating a spectral density of the calculated representation, forming a decisive functional from the spectral density, comparing the decisive functional to a pre-determined threshold value to determine if there is animate presence in the vehicle.
US09483924B2
A smoke detector system that includes an airflow barrier installed between a detector base unit and a mounting surface to ensure there is separation between the detector base unit and the mounting surface. The barrier isolates and seals the smoke detector to prevent the formation of condensation in or around the smoke detector. The barrier further includes a cavity that can collect condensation if condensation does occur. The condensation is then directed to a channel that extends around the periphery of the airflow barrier. Additionally, the channel includes weep holes so that condensation has a means to exit the detector.
US09483923B2
A tactile sense presentation device is provided which is simple in structure, and is able to give a real tactile sense to a human body by causing electrical stimulation to effectively act thereon, while holding original human tactile sense. The electric tactile sense presentation device includes an electrode substrate adapted to be worn on a human body so as to be in contact with a skin, and a multitude of electrodes formed on a contact surface of the electrode substrate for contact with the skin to present a tactile sense by means of electrical stimulation, wherein the electrode substrate is composed of a flexible circuit body which is flexible to enable a portion thereof in contact with a real object to flexibly deform so as to conform to deformation of the skin, and it is configured such that electrical stimulation by the electrodes is superimposed on the tactile sense of a human being, while maintaining the human tactile sense.
US09483919B2
Light indicator which comprises a support structure provided with multiple seats, each of which housing at its interior rows of LEDs and a power supply circuit providing electrical power supply to the LEDs. The light indicator also comprises collimation lenses each positioned in front of the corresponding row of LEDs, and an insulating material layer deposited in each seat to cover the power supply circuit. Each lens extends parallel to the corresponding row of LEDs, and on the rear part is provided with an abutment portion fixed on the base surface of the seat and provided with a rear groove housing the row of LEDs. The abutment portion of each lens is closed transversely and longitudinally by longitudinal and transverse walls defining a rear edge which adheres to the base surface of the seat in order to prevent the insulating material from penetrating into the rear groove.
US09483915B2
Methods and apparatuses for administering game play include displaying an electronic reel simulation including a multiple reel array for a wagering game on a display. A user input indicates a selected play option from a plurality of play options. All play options enable all displayed positions of the multiple reel array to be considered in winning outcomes. A game outcome is determined and presented as game symbols on the display. Winning combinations of the game symbols are determined, wherein each winning combination includes three or more matching game symbols appearing in the displayed positions on each of three or more adjacent reels and at least one of the three or more matching game symbols is not used in another winning combination. A payout is determined and multiplied by a multiple correlated to the selected play option when a substitute multiplier symbol appears as one of the game symbols.
US09483906B2
A monitoring system for monitoring customer activities within a casino enterprise is described. The monitoring system can be used to determine a current utilization of casino activities so that an optimal mixture of activities can be offered by the casino. Further, the system can be used to identify customers, based on their utilization of the activities, whose loyalty that a casino enterprise may wish to cultivate. In particular embodiments, the monitoring system can be configured to passively track portable wireless devices and associate the portable wireless devices with activities within the casino enterprise that are not attributable to customers registered in a loyalty program. The identity of the person controlling a particular portable device can be unknown. A virtual customer account can be created where the first portable device is used to identify a virtual customer associated with the account. Based upon identification of the first portable device, activities can be associated with the virtual customer and store to the virtual customer account.
US09483905B2
Systems, apparatus, and related methods for implementing services over a plurality of gaming devices in a mesh network. A plurality of gaming devices are situated in a mesh network. A gaming device includes a client processing module configured to provide play of one or more games of chance, and a mesh network interface configured to provide communications with a further one or more gaming devices. A gaming device also includes a server processing module configured to receive and transmit service data via the mesh network. The service data is independent of game play data for wagering on a game of chance at one or more of the gaming devices. The service data is capable of being stored at a gaming device and at the further one or more gaming devices to provide a level of redundant storage of the service data.
US09483902B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods, systems, and media for immersive roulette gaming are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods for roulette gaming are provided, the methods comprise: receiving video data from a plurality of image sensors; detecting a ball on a roulette wheel based on the video data using a hardware processor; obtaining motion data about the ball based on the video data using the hardware processor; determining whether the ball is about to fall into a pocket of the roulette wheel based on the video data using the hardware processor; and producing multiple slow-motion images of the ball in response to determining that the ball is about to fall into a pocket on the roulette wheel.
US09483886B2
A method to learn and then pair with a pre-installed access control system of a vehicle is discussed. Communication is exchanged between the access control system and a backend cloud-based system. Required data of the access control system including its particular authentication code is extracted by a learning device. A vehicle matching data is sent to the backend cloud-based system and the vehicle is registered with the backend cloud-based system. The learning device is registered to the access control system in accordance with learning procedures implemented in the vehicle as remote entry key. The learning device is coupled to a Radio Frequency signal transmitter that has Application-Specific Integrated Circuits to generate stable RF signals at multiple frequency wavelengths. Registration of learning device includes, receiving a first access control telegram message, transmitting the first access control telegram message to the access control system, pairing the learning device with the access control system.
US09483882B2
A method and apparatus for modifying the configuration of a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle includes, during operation in an autopilot mode, detecting that a vehicle driver makes a control input counter to vehicle control directed by the driving assistance system. Data relating to driving conditions existing when the driver made the control input is logged onboard the vehicle and transmitted to an off-board central communications platform. The central communications platform creates a modified configuration for the driving assistance system based on the data and re-transmits it back to the vehicle where it is loaded into the driving assistance system. The modified configuration causes the driving assistance system to automatically control the vehicle in a manner consistent with the control input if the driving conditions reoccur. The modified configuration may also be transmitted to a driving assistance system of one or more other motor vehicles.
US09483877B2
Systems and methods are described for generating and using a flexible scene framework to render dynamically-generated content within contextual scenes to personalize a customer's web experience.
US09483872B2
A technical solution is provided for graphical representation of road segments by employing hardware tessellation, wherein cartographic data that describe at least one two-dimensional or three-dimensional road contour of the road segment are assigned to each road segment. One method aspect comprises the steps of piecewise partitioning the parametrization of the road segment into mutually independent curve segments, of providing at least one tessellation factor for each curve segment, the at least one tessellation factor specifying into how many subsegments each curve segment is to be subdivided in the direction of the road contour, of generating a tessellation pattern for each curve segment based on the at least one tessellation factor, and of generating primitives, capable of being represented on a screen, on the basis of the generated tessellation pattern and on the basis of the parametrized road contour.
US09483871B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer-program products, and computer systems, for providing 360-degree well core sample photo image integration, calibration, and interpretation for modeling of reservoir formations and lithofacies distribution. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a 360-degree well core sample photo image, geospatially anchoring, by a computer, the received 360-degree well core sample photo image, decomposing, by a computer, the geospatially-anchored 360-degree well core sample photo image into a color numerical array, transforming, by a computer, the color numerical array into a formation image log, calibrating, by a computer, the formation image log for consistency with additionally available data, and generating, by a computer, 3D lithofacies interpretation and prediction data using the formation image log.
US09483857B2
There is provided a display control device including an operation detection unit configured to detect an enlargement operation on any image displayed within a display screen among a plurality of images having a predetermined relation, and a display control unit configured to determine a display area of the image based on the detected enlargement operation and to cause a portion corresponding to the display area to be enlarged and displayed for each of the images displayed within the display screen.
US09483855B2
A digital magazine server presents content retrieved from various sources to a user. The content may include various images, with images selected by the digital magazine server for presentation to a user along with additional content. Text associated with an image may also be retrieved and presented to the user along with the image. To improve presentation of images with text, the digital magazine server identifies features in an image and identifies regions of the image where text is capable of being presented without obscuring or being obscured by features of the image. The image is modified to present text associated with the image in one or more of the identified images, allowing the text to be presented without detracting from features of the image.
US09483850B2
A method and system for determining a position of a source including obtaining prompt data and related delayed data from a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner, generating a sinogram from the prompt data, generating crystal efficiency correction factors by performing a normalization calibration based on the obtained delayed data, performing normalization correction on the generated sinogram based on the crystal efficiency correction factors to generate a corrected sinogram, rebinning the corrected sinogram to generate a plurality of two-dimensional sinogram slices, and determining a central axis for each of the plurality of two-dimensional sinogram slices using a center estimation process.
US09483839B1
Within examples, methods and systems for occlusion-robust object fingerprinting using fusion of multiple sub-region signatures are described. An example method includes receiving an indication of an object within a sequence of video frames, selecting from the sequence of video frames a reference image frame indicative of the object and candidate image frames representative of possible portions of the object, dividing the reference image frame and the candidate image frames into multiple cells, defining for the reference image frame and the candidate image frames sub-regions of the multiple cells such that the sub-regions include the same cells for overlapping representations and the sub-regions include multiple sizes, comparing characteristics of sub-regions of the reference image frame to characteristics of sub-regions of the candidate image frames and determining similarity measurements, and based on the similarity measurements, tracking the object within the sequence of video frames.
US09483827B2
A method of determining an orientation of an object within an image. The method determines the responses of at least two classifiers in at least one region of the image corresponding to the object. The classifiers have been trained to identify a given object in different specific orientations. The orientation of the object is determined as an average of the specific orientations, weighted by the responses of their respective classifiers.
US09483819B2
One embodiment relates to a method of inspecting an array of cells on a substrate. A reference image is generated using a cell image that was previously determined to be defect free. A reference contour image which includes contours of the reference image is also generated. The reference contour image is used to detect defects in the array of cells on the substrate. Another embodiment relates to a system for detecting defects in an array on a substrate. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09483809B2
Disclosed is a method for identifying content, preferably media content for publishing including the steps of a) Providing a content element for a user, b) Marking the content element with a global mark, c) Marking the content element with a local mark, d) Presenting the marked content element, e) Detecting at least part of the presented content element, f) Extracting the global mark and the local mark from the detected part of the content element, g) Identifying the extracted local mark and the global mark, and h) Identifying the content element based on the global and local mark. The invention relates also to a corresponding system and a use of the method and the system.
US09483802B2
The present invention relates to social customer service and support systems integrated with social media and social networks. More particularly, the invention provides a social customer care platform system to allow customer care functions, and in particular to allow customer service agents to identify, prioritize, match and triage customer support requests that may arise through a social network and may be serviced using a social network. It manages and tracks a high-volume of customer interactions and provides for monitoring of Internet social network posts relevant to a business's products or services along with the ability to capture, monitor, filter, make sense of and respond to, in near real-time, tens of thousands of social interactions. It comprises role specific user-interface and functionality for social customer service and support environments, automated prioritization and matching for increased agent productivity, and an automated enterprise workflow to align social media support with existing business processes.
US09483797B1
A method for recording a transaction using a Dynamic User Interface (DUI) within an application, including receiving, from a user of the application, the transaction relating to a customer of the user; receiving a request to generate a form for the transaction; generating, based on the request to generate the form, the form containing a customer list and a form element; receiving a request to generate the DUI; generating, based on the request to generate the DUI, the DUI adjacent to the form displayed within the application; receiving an identification of the customer from the customer list; populating, based on the identification of the customer, the DUI with the transaction relating to the customer; receiving, from the user, a selection of the transaction from the DUI; populating, within the form adjacent to the DUI, the form element using the transaction; and recording, within the application, the transaction.
US09483796B1
A position determining system includes a surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, one or more sensors in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, one or more surveillance cameras in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer receiving from the one or more sensors positional data about an asset and assembling and forwarding instructions to the one or more surveillance cameras in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, the instructions requesting specific surveillance to be undertaken by the one or more surveillance cameras; and a processor in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer that determines if additional data is required about the asset and when additional data is required, assembling and forwarding instructions regarding an action.
US09483793B1
Disclosed are various embodiments that provide immersive multimedia views for items. An immersive view for an item is rendered upon a display. The immersive view features an image of the item surrounded by a user interface layer that provides information about the item. The user interface layer is hidden when a cursor moves onto a first portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item. The image of the item is replaced with a video stream of the item when the cursor moves onto a second portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item.
US09483781B2
A method, system and computer program product for generating a review rating the performance of a pattern. The deployment of a pattern, the service history of the pattern and the operation of the pattern are monitored and information pertaining to the monitored pattern deployment, the monitored service history and the monitored pattern operation is collected, where a pattern is an abstract model of a topology and application environment that encapsulates installation, configuration and management of middleware and applications. The collected information is analyzed to automatically generate a review that contains a score and a comment rating the performance, such as the success or lack of success, in deploying, servicing and operating the pattern. In this manner, a review of a pattern, including a score and a suggested comment, may be automatically generated without requiring the user, such as a system administrator, to spend time writing the review.
US09483777B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying content on a vehicle with at least one display device coupled to a frame member and extending to the right or left of the license plate receiving area of the vehicle. Content is selected and altered as desired, including based on user preferences and/or vehicle location.
US09483774B2
Embodiments introduced describe single-action surveys, wherein a survey requires a single action only, such as a click on a mouse, a touch, tap, or stroke on a touch screen. Each single action means selecting one specific survey answer and a survey session may end after a single action is taken. In addition, a survey may end automatically within a substantially short period of time in the absence of any action.
US09483768B2
A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for modeling customer interaction experiences receives interaction data corresponding to one or more interactions between a customer and a customer support representative. At least one language associated with the interaction data is detected. Textual content in a plurality of languages is generated corresponding to the interaction data based at least in part on translating the interaction data using two or more languages different than the at least one language. At least one emotion score is determined for text corresponding to each language from among the plurality of languages. An aggregate emotion score is determined using the at least one emotion score for the text corresponding to the each language. An interaction experience of the customer is modeled based at least in part on the aggregate emotion score.
US09483761B2
A coordination server of a contactless payment system may receive a total bill of purchases for a customer from a merchant point-of-sale terminal, associate the total bill of purchases with a unique identifier of an RFID tag of a check presenter, and receive notification that payment of the total bill of purchases is authorized. The coordination server may receive the unique identifier and payment information from a contactless-enabled device, and transmit the payment information and the total bill to the merchant point-of-sale terminal for transmittal to a merchant acquirer for completion of the transaction under business as usual standards. In one embodiment, the coordination server transmits the payment information and the total bill to a merchant acquirer, which then routes the payment request to an appropriate payment network. In another embodiment, the coordination server transmits the payment information and the total bill directly to the appropriate payment network.
US09483746B2
An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. The invention determines, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of a set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; determines, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack; and compares the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process.
US09483744B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for transmitting a request for one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit for transporting a first end user; receiving the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit for transporting the first end user, the transportation vehicle unit currently en route to or is currently transporting a second end user and having been identified based, at least in part, on a determination that the transportation vehicle unit is able to accommodate transport of the first end user while transporting the second end user; and directing the identified transportation vehicle unit to rendezvous with the first end user in order to transport the first end user. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09483743B1
A system provides repeatable requirements for projects designed for criticality. A user interface outputs a list of business requirements for a project to assist in functional requirement selection, outputs a set of general functional requirements associated with an application that is associated with the project for selection, and receives selection of the set of general functional requirements. A server determines a design class for an application based on the selection, wherein the design class is based at least in part on at least one of an upstream application and a downstream application, wherein the application depends on the upstream application, and wherein the downstream application depends on the application. The user interface also outputs specific functional requirements for the application based on the design class for the application, receives selection of the specific functional requirements, and outputs a list of selected specific functional requirements to assist in developing system requirements for the application.
US09483730B2
A method of generating a summary review of an entity from a set of reviews includes generating a distribution and determining a polarity of the distribution associated with a plurality of aspect ratings based on the set of reviews. The set of reviews are associated with the entity, and the plurality of aspect ratings are associated with an aspect, or feature, of the entity. The method includes selecting an opinion correlated with the polarity from the set of reviews, and generating the summary review, the summary review comprising: a summary statement based on the distribution and the polarity; and the opinion. An apparatus and computer-readable device are also disclosed.
US09483726B2
A three-dimensional electronic patch includes a flat flexible circuit substrate that includes an elastic layer including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes at least side connected to the elastic layer and one or more sides defined by one or more cuts in the elastic layer. The three-dimensional electronic patch further includes a first sensor on the first portion of the elastic layer, a first conductive sensing pad under the first portion of the elastic layer and in electrical connection with the first sensor, and a conductive layer under the second portion of the elastic layer and in electrical connection with the first sensor. The second portion is folded to position the conductive layer away from the first portion.
US09483712B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to detecting the number, position, and orientation of objects when a plurality of recognition target objects are present in a search target image. Dictionary image data is provided, including a recognition target pattern, a plurality of feature points of the recognition target pattern, and an offset (Ox, Oy) from the coordinates at the center of the image to the coordinates of the feature point. The sizes (Rt) and directions (θt) of feature vectors for the coordinates (Tx, Ty) of a plurality of feature points in the target image are also provided. The coordinates (Fx, Fy) of a virtual center point in the target image is derived. Additional virtual center points within a radius of the coordinates (Fx, Fy) is counted. Presence of a recognition target object is recognized near the virtual center point coordinates of the search target image.
US09483711B2
An object detection system including a storage unit, image acquisition module, feature searching module, calculation module, and confirmation module is provided. The image acquisition module obtains a first, second, and third image respectively corresponding to a first, second, and third timepoint of a video sequence from the storage unit, where time difference between the first and second timepoint is less than or equal to that between the second and third timepoint. The feature searching module searches for at least one feature from the first image. When the feature is within a near-distance detected region, the calculation module calculates a motion vector of the feature according to the first and second image; otherwise, it calculates the motion vector of the feature according to the third and one of the first and second image. The confirmation module confirms the existence of a moving object according to the motion vector of the feature.
US09483704B2
The techniques include an image recognition system to receive a realogram image including a plurality of organized objects and to detect and identify objects in the realogram image of one or more items on a retail shelf, identify shelf fronts and labels on the shelf fronts, identify empty space under shelves, identify areas where unidentified products may be, and identify areas where products are “out of stock”.
US09483703B2
A product may receive each image in a stream of video image of a scene, and before processing the next image, generate information indicative of the position and orientation of an image capture device that captured the image at the time of capturing the image. The product may do so by identifying distinguishable image feature points in the image; determining a coordinate for each identified image feature point; and for each identified image feature point, attempting to identify one or more distinguishable model feature points in a three dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the scene that appears likely to correspond to the identified image feature point. Thereafter, the product may find each of the following that, in combination, produce a consistent projection transformation of the 3D model onto the image: a subset of the identified image feature points for which one or more corresponding model feature points were identified; and, for each image feature point that has multiple likely corresponding model feature points, one of the corresponding model feature points.The product may update a 3D model of at least a portion of the scene following the receipt of each video image and before processing the next video image base on the generated information indicative of the position and orientation of the image capture device at the time of capturing the received image. The product may display the updated 3D model after each update to the model.
US09483702B2
A method of determining a saliency map (e.g., 900) for an input image (e.g., 600) is disclosed. Pre-determined data defining relative salience of image features is accessed. The input image (600) is decomposed according to the predetermined data to identify features of the input image (600) corresponding to the image features in the predetermined data. A portion of the predetermined data corresponding to a range of the identified image features is selected. A perceptual scale is determined using the selected portion of the predetermined data. The saliency map (900) for the input image using the determined perceptual scale.
US09483697B2
Method and device are described for customizing the content selection to present on a display device based on identifying the viewer of the device. In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to selecting from among a group of digital images, those images that are most likely to be of interest to the viewer. In general, many of the images available to the display device will be comprised of images containing subject faces. Using the relationship information to predict subject affinity, the display device computes an image affinity for each image by accumulating the individual subject affinity predictions between the viewer and each subject identified in each image. The image affinities are used to select images for presentation on the display device.
US09483693B1
Various methods and devices that involve character recognition on a touch display, or other input device, are disclosed. Some of these may facilitate the recognition of characters that are input by people with physical impairments such as those with limited eyesight. A disclosed free-hand character recognition device comprises: an input device having stroke detection circuitry to accept input data from a user; a character recognition engine instantiated using a processing system and a data store; and a network connection to a server. The device additionally comprises a memory storing instructions to: conduct an unobtrusive user recognition procedure to obtain a user identifier from the user; download a cipher from the server to the data store using the network connection and the user identifier; and generate a prediction vector using the character recognition engine, the input data, and the cipher.
US09483690B2
Methods, systems, and computer program calibrate a vision system. An image of a human gesture is received that frames a display device. A boundary defined by the human gesture is computed, and gesture area defined by the boundary is also computed. The gesture area is then mapped to pixels in the display device.
US09483684B2
A medical image processor and storage medium are shown. According to one implementation, a medical image processor includes an input unit, an operation unit, a cell nucleus extracting unit, a fluorescent bright point extracting unit, a feature amount calculating unit, and an output unit. The input unit is used to input a cell shape image showing a shape of a cell and a fluorescent image showing expression of a specific protein as a fluorescent bright point. The operation unit is used to specify an analysis target region. The cell nucleus extracting unit extracts a region of a cell nucleus. The fluorescent bright point extracting unit extracts a fluorescent bright point. The feature amount calculating unit calculates a feature amount showing an expression amount of the specific protein. The output unit outputs the calculated feature amount.
US09483682B1
An electronic device and method thereof are provided. The fingerprint recognition method includes: scanning a verifying fingerprint, obtaining a similarity value between the verifying fingerprint and a registered fingerprint, comparing the similarity value with a first threshold, determining that the verifying fingerprint matches the registered fingerprint if the similarity value is equal to or greater than the first threshold; comparing the similarity value with a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold; and storing the verifying fingerprint if the similarity value is equal to or smaller than the second threshold.
US09483679B2
A method of enrolling a fingerprint using a narrow-width fingerprint scanner is described. The method may include the steps of receiving first, second, and third fingerprint image strips, respectively representing overlapping portion of the fingerprint, extracting minutiae from each of the fingerprint image strips, matching the extracted minutiae to determine relative positions of the fingerprint image strips, combining the extracted minutiae based on their relative positions to produce a combined set of minutiae representing a larger portion of the fingerprint, and determining that the fingerprint has been successfully enrolled if a width of the larger portion is greater than a predetermined minimum width, or, if not, requesting further fingerprint image strips until the width of the larger portion of the fingerprint is greater than the predetermined minimum width.
US09483676B2
To provide a non-transitory computer-readable recording-medium storing an information acquiring program (IAP) that can be implemented by a computer controlling a mobile terminal (MT). The IAP includes five program codes (PCDs). The 1st-PCD causes the computer to use a camera for capturing an on-printed-matter marker. The 2nd-PCD causes the computer to detect a mobile state of the MT. The 3rd-PCD causes the computer to recognize the mark for creating a provision request based on recognition information of the recognized marker and mobile information representing the MT's mobile state detected by the 2nd-PCD. The 4th-PCD causes the computer to transmit the provision request to an information provision apparatus and to receive indication information as a reaction to the provision request from the IA. The 5th-PCD causes the computer to create image information (II) based on the indication information and causes a display part to display the II.
US09483670B2
According to one embodiment, a RFID tag writing system has a conveying unit configured to convey a plurality of RFID tags, an antenna configured to transmit a first write signal towards the RFID tags and receive return signals generated by the RFID tags in response to the first write signal, and a controller configured to determine an intensity of a second write signal to be transmitted by the antenna based on intensities of the return signals.
US09483668B2
Capacitive sensing electrodes may be placed in strategic locations inside, outside or inside and outside of a card reader, wherein touch sensor circuitry is then used to take mutual capacitance or self-capacitance measurements that are saved in non-volatile memory as a reference intrusion measurement that is not deleted when power is removed, wherein the reference intrusion measurement may then be used during subsequent intrusion measurements to determine if a skimming device has been disposed adjacent to the card reader, and if a skimming device is detected, appropriate action may be taken such as the automatic disabling of the card reader, the display of a message indicating that the card reader should not be used, or any other action that may prevent a financial card from being compromised.
US09483661B2
Systems and methods for requesting transmission of a document from a sender device to a signer device, for purposes of obtaining an e-signature from the signer device, are disclosed. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods establish and/or determine a physical proximity between a signer device and a sender device, such as via a handshake between the devices, and a document to be signed is provided to the signer device in response to the established physical proximity.
US09483660B2
The present invention is directed to a system that enables a user (an associate, a data specialist, a researcher, an adjuster, an agent, a teller, or the like) of a financial institution to quickly and accurately validate a repository of an enterprise content management platform. The user typically utilizes the system of the present invention to schedule and/or execute a variety of validation processes for one or more repositories. For example, the user may test read and write capabilities of a particular storage of a server. Once execution of desired validation processes is complete, the system of the present invention generates a report based on the completed validation processes. The generated report may assist the user in identifying unwanted errors in repository performance.
US09483648B2
A mapping engine may be used to determine an attack model enumerating software attacks, the software attacks being represented by linked attack components, and may be used to determine a software architecture to be tested, the software architecture being represented by linked architectural components in an architecture diagram. The mapping engine may then associate each attack component and each architectural component with at least one attack tag characterizing attack requirements. A global test plan generator may be used to determine an attack test model, including associating attack components with corresponding architectural components, based on associated attack tags, and may thus generate attack test workflows from the attack test model, to thereby test the software architecture.
US09483644B1
According to one embodiment, a threat detection platform is integrated with at least one virtual machine that automatically performs a dynamic analysis of a received object and monitors the processing during the dynamic analysis for a change to a file system within the virtual machine wherein the change involves a lure file placed in the file system. The file system is configured based on a received configuration file. Upon detection of a change in the file system associated with a lure file, the changes associated with the lure file during processing are compared to known file activity patterns of changes caused by file altering malware to determine whether the object includes file altering malware.
US09483638B2
A system comprising a processor adapted to activate multiple security levels for the system and a monitoring device coupled to the processor and employing security rules pertaining to the multiple security levels. The monitoring device restricts usage of the system if the processor activates the security levels in a sequence contrary to the security rules.
US09483627B1
A computing system receives an authentication request from a user device for access to a web application hosted in a cloud and determines that the authentication request is a candidate for modification based on initial user credentials in the authentication request. The computing system modifies the authentication request to include replacement user credentials that correspond to the initial user credentials and transmits the modified authentication request to the web application in the cloud. The web application determines whether the modified authentication request is valid based on the replacement user credentials.
US09483610B2
A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes an integrated circuit formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the integrated circuit connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.
US09483604B1
Systems and methods compute a mean timing value of an integrated circuit design for variables using a first timing calculation of relatively higher accuracy; and calculate a first timing value of the integrated circuit design for the variables, using a second timing calculation having a relatively lower accuracy. Such systems and methods calculate second timing values of the integrated circuit design for additional sets of variables using the second timing calculation; and calculate finite differences of each of the second timing values to the first timing value. Thus, these systems and methods calculate a statistical sensitivity of the first timing value to the additional sets of variables based on the finite differences. Further, such systems and methods calculate a statistical sensitivity of the mean timing value to the additional sets of values based on the statistical sensitivity of the first timing value to the additional sets of values.
US09483603B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for optimization of micro-benchmark analysis for microprocessor designs. For example, embodiments seek to generate a suite of micro-benchmarks and associated weighting factors, which can be used to effectively define a weighted aggregate workload condition for a fine-grained (e.g., RTL) simulation in a manner that is a sufficient proxy for predicted commercial workload conditions. The suite of micro-benchmarks can be appreciably more efficient to simulate than the commercial workload, so that using the suite of micro-benchmarks as a proxy for the commercial workload can provide many benefits, including more efficient iterative design.
US09483596B1
A method, system and computer program product for forming a netlist for an electronic circuit is disclosed. A Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) file is created for a plurality of voltage domains. The VHDL file includes a voltage domain attribute and a logic voltage attribute for a pin of the electronic circuit. The voltage domain attribute and the logic voltage attribute for the pin are read from the VHDL file. Netlist instructions for the pin are synthesized to form a netlist for the electronic circuit. Synthesizing the netlist instructions begins with synthesizing netlist instructions within a voltage domain indicated by the voltage domain attribute and ends with synthesizing netlist instructions within a voltage domain indicated by the logic voltage attribute.
US09483589B1
Model metadata for each of a plurality of models is stored. The model metadata includes a statistical analysis technique identifier and one or more model input data identifiers. A request to execute a model is received. The request includes data identifying one of the plurality of models, and a model execution start date and end date. On the model execution start date, execution of the model associated with the model execution request is commenced. Outputs of the executed model are stored in a database. The outputs are associated with a model instance identifier, information describing a context for execution of the model, and model output type information. The outputs are retrieved, using the model instance identifier, for analysis.
US09483588B2
A method for calculating a support material volume, the method comprising generating a grid of cells for a tree data structure of a digital part, where the cells define a plurality of cell arrays, and pinging the cells of one of the cell arrays until a cell containing a subset of the tree data structure is reached or until each cell in the cell array is pinged, where if a cell containing the subset of the tree data structure is reached, then designating the reached cell and all remaining unpinged cells in the cell array as filled. The method also includes repeating the pinging step for each remaining cell array to determine a total filled volume, and subtracting a volume of the digital part from the total filled volume to determine a support material volume.
US09483582B2
A system for verifying factual assertions in natural language. Receiving a text input. Identifying, a verifiable factual statement in the text. Forming a query based on the verifiable factual assertion. Searching a corpus based on the query. Determining the veracity of verifiable factual assertion based on the search results.
US09483581B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for evaluating substitute terms. One of the methods includes receiving a query having an original term and determining one or more substitution contexts for the original term, wherein a substitution context includes one or more context terms and an indication of a position in the query of the original term and the one or more context terms. The substitution contexts are classified into a first category or a second category based on a respective score of each substitution context. The original term is associated with one or more substitution contexts in the first category.
US09483576B2
An offline support system operates to record a plurality of request/response pairs exchanged between an application and a web service. The system determines if a current request from the application can be communicated to the web service. Upon a positive determination, the current request is passed to the web service. Upon a negative determination, a most recent recorded request/response pair having a request matching the current request is identified. The response from the identified pair is passed to the application as if it were a response to the current request.
US09483575B2
A method for reproducing a graphical user interface display includes, with a graphical user interface display reproduction system, extracting data from network traffic being sent from a server to a first client device, the network traffic including cacheable files used to create a graphical user interface display on the first client device, storing the cacheable file in a trace file associated with the first client device, and sending the cacheable file to a second client device in response to a request from the second client device.
US09483572B2
The initiation of a reload event by a user of a client-side application who requests a web resource from a server is an implicit indication that the user is dissatisfied with at least some aspect of the loading of the web resource by the client-side application. Information regarding the operational condition of the application at the time of a reload event may be instructive in identifying any issues or deficiencies exist regarding the web resource, the client-side application or the server. Code for displaying the web page may include one or more detection scripts which instruct the client-side application and/or the server-side application to detect a reload event, to capture the information upon the initiation of the reload event and to transfer the captured information back to the server, where the information may be compared against thresholds or tolerances to determine whether any such issues or deficiencies exist.
US09483552B2
A computer-implemented system and method for processing and distribution of unstructured documents are disclosed. The apparatus and method in an example embodiment includes receiving an unstructured document; obtaining information from the document; storing portions of the information obtained from the document in a data set corresponding to the document; using a portion of the information obtained from the document to obtain an identifier of an enterprise record corresponding to the document; recording a specified behavior category for the document; and using the data set and the specified behavior category to dispatch the document to a recipient or an enterprise.
US09483550B1
Custodians of ESI are ranked depending upon the involvement of the custodians with the ESI. The term weights of terms are enhanced based upon the custodian ranking. More particularly, terms appearing in items of the ESI having a high calculated weight, i.e., for which important custodians were involved, are given more term weight than terms appearing in items having a low calculated weight, i.e., for which less important custodians were involved. This optimizes the e-discovery by allowing an early decision to be made of whether to settle the matter or to continue with the review process.
US09483536B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a search dialog user interface. In one aspect, a method includes displaying a search using interface, comprising: a search dialog user interface in which a plurality of search threads are initiated, each search thread comprising a plurality of entries, wherein the entries comprise: one or more query messages, each query message being descriptive of one or more search criteria, one or more result messages, each result message being a message describing criteria for a corresponding search and that is responsive to one or more preceding query messages within the search thread; and a search result display location in which search results corresponding to an active result message are displayed.
US09483532B1
A computer system and methods are disclosed for automatically discovering topics and building a hierarchical topic structure, and for tagging and categorizing contents in a document or other natural language contents. The disclosed methods include steps for obtaining terms that best represent the topics in a text content, and building a hierarchical representation of topics of different levels or topic-comment relationships, and folder-subfolder structures. The methods further include obtaining, identifying, and selecting terms representing different degrees of informational importance based on the grammatical roles, parts of speech, and semantic attributes associated with the terms, using the terms to represent topics in the document, to automatically tag the document, to rank search results, and to build a category structure based on the selected terms.
US09483521B2
A computer-implemented method for computing a concept materialization of an ontology is presented whereby a compression technique called “ABox abstraction and refinement” is used that may significantly reduce time, memory, and computing resources for reasoning and in particular for computing and outputting the materialization.
US09483506B2
A history preserving data pipeline computer system and method. In one aspect, the history preserving data pipeline system provides immutable and versioned datasets. Because datasets are immutable and versioned, the system makes it possible to determine the data in a dataset at a point in time in the past, even if that data is no longer in the current version of the dataset.
US09483500B2
In one embodiment the present invention is a method for populating and updating a database of images of landmarks including geo-clustering geo-tagged images according to geographic proximity to generate one or more geo-clusters, and visual-clustering the one or more geo-clusters according to image similarity to generate one or more visual clusters. In another embodiment, the present invention is a system for identifying landmarks from digital images, including the following components: a database of geo-tagged images; a landmark database; a geo-clustering module; and a visual clustering module. In other embodiments the present invention may be a method of enhancing user queries to retrieve images of landmarks, or a method of automatically tagging a new digital image with text labels.
US09483497B1
Systems and methods for management of geographic data layers in a geographic information system are provided. A layer control tool can be presented in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can provide a control interface to allow the user to manage the display of various geographic data layers in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can include a dynamic control list of geographic data layers. Geographic data layers can be identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on frequency of user interaction with the geographic data layers. In a particular implementation, the geographic data layers are identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on a layer score associated with each geographic data layer.
US09483483B2
Applying a content defined minimum size bound on blocks produced by content defined segmentation of data by calculating the size of the interval of data between a newly found candidate segmenting position and a last candidate segmenting position of same or higher hierarchy level, and then discarding the newly found candidate segmenting position if a size of an interval of data is lower than the minimum size bound, or retaining the newly found candidate segmenting position if the size of the interval of data is not lower than the minimum size bound or if there is no last candidate segmenting position of a same or higher hierarchy level as the newly found candidate segmenting position. When a last candidate segmenting position of a same or higher hierarchy level becomes available, the evaluation is reiterated to converge edge segmenting positions of the outputs of consecutive calculation units.
US09483482B2
Technology is disclosed for partitioning a namespace of a large scale data storage service. In various embodiments, the technology receives a file path; employs a hashing function to produce a hash value for the received file path; and identifies a name node handling the produced hash value, wherein the name node is configured to communicate with one or more data nodes for handling file requests on the file path.
US09483473B2
Embodiments in the present disclosure include systems and methods related to a high-availability architecture for a cloud-based concurrent-access collaboration platform. The disclosed technology relates to an active data center which includes multiple document server instances that handle user requests for concurrently accessing documents. Multiple document server instances are implemented on a single physical server. This architecture uses an instance assignment manager to assign documents to the document server instances, a primary repository to store backup snapshots of the documents, and a datastore to store all changes made to the documents. The disclosed technology also involves a backup data center that can be swapped with the active data center automatically.
US09483469B1
Techniques for optimizing disk access are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for optimizing disk access comprising a module for reading files in a filesystem, the files comprising one or more file fragments, a module for determining a relative location of the one or more file fragments on a disk, a module for sorting an index of the one or more file fragments on the disk in one or more fragment tables according to the relative location of the one or more file fragments on the disk, a module for reading the one or more file fragments from the disk, a module for assembling one or more of the files from the one or more file fragments.
US09483467B2
A method of tagging a geographical area includes obtaining, with a processing device, attribute information and mobile tracking data of a plurality of mobile objects, wherein the mobile tracking data comprises sampling time and corresponding sampling point locations of the mobile objects; converting the mobile tracking data of the plurality of mobile objects into new mobile tracking data according to the correspondence relationship between the sampling time and a time slices, wherein the new mobile tracking data include time slices and corresponding sampling point locations; and obtaining a set of attribute information of at least one geographical area with respect to the time slices based on the new mobile tracking data, wherein the at least one geographical area is obtained by clustering the sampling point locations.
US09483464B2
A method and system for managing semantic and syntactic metadata. Heterogeneous data is received. After the heterogeneous data is received, the semantic metadata associated with the received heterogeneous data is captured and syntactic metadata associated with the received heterogeneous data is captured. The semantic metadata describes contextually relevant or domain-specific information about data based on an industry-specific or enterprise-specific metadata model or ontology. The syntactic metadata included grammatical rules and structural patterns governing an ordered use of formats and arrangement pertaining to specified data. The received heterogeneous data and said captured semantic metadata and said syntactic metadata are logically linked. The heterogeneous data is stored in a repository.
US09483463B2
A method, system, and computer program product for extracting text motifs from the electronic documents is disclosed. A user provides a largest-maximal repeat or a super-maximal repeat as a first text block. The occurrences of the first text block are detected to identify the second text blocks in the vicinity of the occurrences of the first text block on the basis of pre-defined parameters. The text motifs are determined by combining the first text block and the second text block. Finally, the text motifs are extracted from the electronic documents.
US09483461B2
Techniques that enable a user to select, from among multiple languages, a language to be used for performing text-to-speech conversion. In some embodiments, upon determining that multiple languages may be used to perform text-to-speech conversion for a portion of text, the multiple languages may be displayed to the user. The user may then select a particular language to be used from the multiple languages. The portion of text may then be converted to speech in the user-selected language.
US09483458B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, methods, systems and computer-readable media of accessing data within a spreadsheet are provided. A set of attributes is assigned to each worksheet of a plurality of worksheets within the spreadsheet. One or more worksheets may be identified by comparing the set of attributes for each worksheet to one or more attributes specified within a request for data, and the identified worksheets may be displayed.
US09483452B2
Methods and apparatus of generating document content are disclosed. Document content is generated by identifying a location in a document at which to insert content, the location associated with a content template, generating the content in accordance with the content template and application data generated by an application, and inserting the content into the document at the location in the document. The document content generation can further include retrieving application data from the application in accordance with a data mapping that maps application output data to the application data references in the template, where generating the content comprises generating text by replacing application data references in the template with the application data in accordance with the data mapping. The document content generation can further include retrieving one or more instances of previous application data from a historical record of previous application output.
US09483451B2
Methods for formatting a hierarchical data structure having structural elements (“HDS”) are provided. A branch in a directed acyclic graph is spawned. The graph includes a root node and a plurality of sub-nodes respectively corresponding to master and edited versions of the HDS, respectively. An edited version of the HDS is associated with a secondary instance of the HDS, and a change set corresponding thereto. The change set includes user edits. In the method first and second change sets are obtained and, responsive to a user selection, portions thereof are merged to produce a third change set. An additional secondary instance of the HDS is generated by applying the third change set to structural elements included in the master instance of the HDS. The additional secondary instance of the HDS is associated with an edited version of the HDS which, in turn, is associated with a sub-node in the graph.
US09483450B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus for extracting localizable content from an article. The method comprises accessing a page content tree comprising a plurality of nodes; generating a set of all properties for each node in the plurality of nodes of the page content tree; accessing a localization tree comprising a global set of localizable properties of nodes; generating a set of localizable properties from the localization tree for nodes that match nodes of the page content tree; performing an intersection of the set of all properties for each node of the page content tree and the set of localizable properties; and extracting a value for each property in the intersection.
US09483444B2
A digital magazine server creates a section of a digital magazine including content items based on a page template describing the relative positioning and sizing of content items. A page template may include display regions specifying the size of content items as a percentage of a display area. Additionally, a display region in a page template may specify use of a sub-template for presenting content items. The sub-template includes display regions specifying the relative positioning of content items presented in the display region specifying use of the sub-template. To generate the section of the digital magazine, various page templates are scored and a page template is selected based on the scoring. One or more diversity policies may be enforced when selecting the page template to improve user interaction with the digital magazine.
US09483443B2
A method for scaling including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) identifying a graphical feature; partitioning the ED into multiple tiles including a first tile and a second tile, where the graphical feature spans the first tile and the second tile; partitioning the graphical feature into a first fragment located solely within the first tile and a second fragment located solely within the second tile; adding the first fragment to a first display sub-list corresponding to the first tile; adding the second fragment to a second display sub-list corresponding to the second tile; receiving a first request to scale the ED specifying a resolution and a first region intersecting a subset of the plurality of tiles including the first tile but excluding the second tile; and generating, in response to the first request, a first scaled ED for the display device by rendering only the first display sub-list the resolution.
US09483437B2
In some embodiments a method of addressing advanced memory buffers identifies whether a dual inline memory module includes more than one advanced memory buffer. If the dual inline memory module includes more than one advanced memory buffer, then each of the advanced memory buffers of the dual inline memory module is addressed separately, and an address is computed for a next dual inline memory module. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09483436B2
Embodiments relate to an enhancement of a function measurement block. An aspect includes obtaining common statistics from a function table. An aspect includes obtaining adapter-specific statistics from an adapter. An aspect includes providing the common statistics and the adapter-specific statistics in the function measurement block. An aspect includes providing adapter-specific counters in the function measurement block.
US09483435B2
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller includes a USB transceiver to detect a high-speed (HS) disconnect between the USB controller and a device connected to it. The USB transceiver includes a reference-voltage generation circuit, a HS current driver, first and second comparators, and a multiplexer. The reference-voltage generation circuit generates HS disconnect and transmitter reference-voltage signals that have a constant voltage difference. The first comparator receives DP and DM signals that correspond to a HS Start of Frame (SOF) packet during HS disconnect detection, and generates a control voltage. The multiplexer outputs at least one of the DP and DM signals based on the logic state of the control voltage. The second comparator receives the selected signal and the HS disconnect reference-voltage signal, and outputs a HS disconnect output voltage signal when the selected signal is greater than the HS disconnect reference-voltage signal.
US09483430B2
An I/O control circuit, includes a mode setting unit configured to generate a first mode signal, a second mode signal, a third mode signal, and a fourth mode signal in accordance with one of a plurality of I/O option modes, a first control signal generation unit configured to generate a first mode determination signal and a first control signal enable signal in response to the first I/O option signal and the first mode signal, and a second control signal generation unit configured to generate a second control signal enable signal, a third control signal enable signal, and a fourth control signal enable signal in response to a second I/O option signal, the first mode determination signal, the second mode signal, the third mode signal, and the fourth mode signal.
US09483421B1
All steps required to create and operate a peripheral device of an electronic device can be performed without the need to plug in the peripheral device to the electronic device. Setup information for a peripheral device is extracted, modified and stored to fit to a physical existent peripheral device. The modified setup information is used to create a data structure that is passed to the peripheral bus driver. As the data structure contains a hot plug notification the reception causes the peripheral bus driver to initiate the setup process for the peripheral device. As the data structure is built from setup information that is available at the electronic device no additional user action is required. The invention also allows the creation of a device object for existing signed driver packets that may not be altered.
US09483418B2
An information processing apparatus is configured to make access to a storage device via a first path. A virtualization control apparatus is configured to control access to a virtual storage device via a second path, where the virtual storage device is provided by virtualizing the storage device. The virtualization control apparatus sends an identifier of the storage device in response to a query from the information processing apparatus which requests information about a storage space that is accessible via the second path. The information processing apparatus incorporates the second path as an inactive standby path when the identifier received as a response to the query matches with an identifier of the storage device accessible via the first path.
US09483417B2
A mobile electronic device (1) comprises a data store (11), a transceiver (13) for wireless data exchange with another electronic device (2), and a processor (12) connected to the transceiver (13) and the data store (11). The processor (12) is programmed to implement a virtual card reader (121) which is configured to communicate with a smart card module (122, 20) that is arranged in the mobile electronic device (1). The virtual card reader (121) is implemented as a program running on processor (12). At least one smart card module (122) is a virtual card implemented as a program running on the processor (12). The virtual card reader (121) makes it possible to access smart card modules which are implemented locally in the mobile electronic device as a virtual card, thereby enabling access to a smart card module, without requiring an external reader device.
US09483416B1
A method of processor operation using an integrated circuit (IC) can include loading encrypted program code into the IC through a configuration port of the IC and decrypting the encrypted program code using configuration circuitry of the IC. Decryption of the encrypted program code can result in decrypted program code which can be provided to a target destination.
US09483413B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of controlling a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of physical pages. The method includes receiving a plurality of logical pages associated with a first plurality of logical addresses, respectively, and writing the first plurality of logical pages to the plurality physical addresses according to an ascending order of the logical addresses of the first plurality of logical pages.
US09483406B2
A microprocessor includes a first hardware data prefetcher that prefetches data into the microprocessor according to a first algorithm. The microprocessor also includes a second hardware data prefetcher that prefetches data into the microprocessor according to a second algorithm, wherein the first and second algorithms are different. The second prefetcher detects that it is prefetching data into the microprocessor according to the second algorithm in excess of a first predetermined rate and, in response, sends a throttle indication to the first prefetcher. The first prefetcher prefetches data into the microprocessor according to the first algorithm at below a second predetermined rate in response to receiving the throttle indication from the second prefetcher.
US09483405B2
Simplification of run-time program translation for emulating complex processor pipelines is disclosed. Dynamic pipeline states are moved into a cache lookup process leaving a code translation process to deal only with static pipeline states. With dynamic pipeline states removed from the translation process, translation becomes more simple and efficient like that of a non-pipelined processor.
US09483403B2
A technique for operating a memory system for a node includes interrogating, by a cache, an associated cache directory to determine whether a shared cache line to be installed in the cache is associated with an invalid global state in the cache. The invalid global state specifies that a version of the shared cache line has been intervened off-node. In response to the shared cache line being in the invalid global state the cache spawns a castout invalid global command for the shared cache line. The shared cache line is installed in the cache. A coherence state for the shared cache line is updated in the associated cache directory to indicate the shared cache line is shared.
US09483400B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for paging to a direct segment maintained by a multiplexed TLB. The multiplexed TLB defines a direct segment to directly map a virtual address range to a physical address range, which increases the reach of the multiplexed TLB. A partition code is maintained in the multiplexed TLB to indicate usage of the direct segment by an associated process. A management process, such as a system pager, uses the unused part of the direct segment for storing paged data. As the process continues to use more of the direct segment, paged data stored in the previously unused part of the direct segment can be evicted from memory or moved elsewhere in memory so that the process can continue to use the direct segment.
US09483397B2
Computer processor hardware receives notification that data stored in a region of storage cells in a non-volatile memory system stores invalid data. In response to the notification, the computer processor hardware marks the region as storing invalid data. The computer processor hardware controls the magnitude of erase dwell time (i.e., the amount of time that one or more cells are set to an erased state) associated with overwriting of the invalid data in the storage cells with replacement data. For example, to re-program respective storage cells, the data manager must erase the storage cells and then program the storage cells with replacement data. The data management logic can control the erase dwell time to be less than a threshold time value to enhance a life of the non-volatile memory system.
US09483368B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for handling a virtual machine internal fault. The method includes: monitoring, by a virtual machine internal fault detecting apparatus, a state of a virtual machine operating system; when detecting that the virtual machine operating system encounters an exception, obtaining, by an exception catching module in the virtual machine internal fault detecting apparatus, exception information corresponding to the exception according to a context of the virtual machine operating system; and reporting, by the exception catching module, the exception information to a virtual machine monitoring apparatus, so that the virtual machine monitoring apparatus determines, according to the exception information, a policy for resolving the exception corresponding to the exception information, and resolves the exception corresponding to the exception information by using the policy. The present invention is applicable to a virtualized environment having a virtual machine.
US09483361B2
According to certain aspects, an information management cell with failover management capability can include secondary storage computing devices configured to conduct primary data from a primary storage device(s) to a secondary storage device(s) during secondary copy operations, at the direction of a remote storage manager, wherein a first secondary storage computing device implements a failover storage manager configured to, in the event of a loss of connectivity between the cell and the remote storage manager: access a stored storage policy; initiate a first secondary copy operation according to the storage policy in which the first secondary storage computing device is involved in the creation of a first secondary copy on the secondary storage device(s); and initiate a second secondary copy operation according to the storage policy in which a second secondary storage computing device is involved in the creation of a second secondary copy on the secondary storage device(s).
US09483358B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for protecting data. In some embodiments, this includes identifying a parent virtual container, identifying a linked child virtual container, creating a fast copy of the parent virtual container and the linked child virtual container, and consolidating the copy of the parent virtual container and the copy of the linked child virtual container based on the format of the parent virtual container.
US09483357B2
A computer implemented method includes creating a child disk for a machine. A configuration of a backed up disk drive is derived from a storage container that includes a block level backup copy of the disk drive. The child disk is populated with selected data from blocks of data corresponding to selected files desired to be used on the machine. Drivers may be injected and registries modified to start with booting of the virtual.
US09483347B2
In an SSD controller reading from flash memory, subsequent to failure of an initial soft-decision decoding attempt based on a nominal LLR, soft-decision re-decoding attempts are made using compensated LLR soft-decision information sets, pre-calculated at respective read-equilibrium points corresponding to mean shifts and variance change in the actual charge-state distributions of the flash memory channel. According to embodiment, soft-decision re-decoding attempts are performed without a retry read, or overlapped with one or more retry reads. By overlapping re-decoding with one or more retry reads, the probability of successful decoding increases, the need for further retry reads diminishes, and throughput is improved. The LLR compensation becomes very effective over a large number of retry reads, improving decoding reliability and achieving close to optimal bit error rates, even in the presence of large channel variation.
US09483342B2
A method for supporting failure mode and effects analysis includes storing a meta-model in a computer-readable storage medium. The meta-model includes generic parts of technical systems, generic failure modes, and associations between the generic parts and the generic failure modes. The associations indicate, for each generic part, one or more generic failure modes associated with the generic part. Each generic failure mode identifies a type of failure for a respective generic part. A processor instantiates the generic parts and the generic failure modes to generate part instances and failure mode instances specifying a technical system. The part instances and the failure mode instances are stored, such as in the computer-readable storage medium.
US09483335B1
A service manages a plurality of virtual machine instances for low latency execution of user codes. The service can provide the capability to execute user code in response to events triggered on an auxiliary service to provide implicit and automatic rate matching and scaling between events being triggered on the auxiliary service and the corresponding execution of user code on various virtual machine instances. An auxiliary service may be configured as an event triggering service to detect events and generate event messages for execution of the user codes. The service can request, receive, or poll for event messages directly from the auxiliary service or via an intermediary message service. Event messages can be rapidly converted to requests to execute user code on the service. The time from processing the event message to initiating a request to begin code execution is less than a predetermined duration, for example, 100 ms.
US09483334B2
Predictive monitoring of objects in a distributed network system providing cloud services is disclosed. In one embodiment, the methods and systems observing one or more update messages sent and received among components of the distributed network system, the update messages comprising information associated with a state of an object on the distributed network system, determine the state of the object in response to the one or more update messages, and reference a predictive object state model to predict occurrence of an artifact in response to the state of the object. Advantageously, the present embodiments provide advanced warning of potential failures in a distributed network systems, which may enable a system administrator or dynamic process to resolve the failure before it ever occurs. Additional benefits and advantages of the present embodiments will become evident in the following description.
US09483331B1
A technique manages operation of a host computer having access to a storage volume on a storage system via two or more distinct paths. The technique involves operating a multipathing driver within the host computer, the multipathing driver controlling path access from the host computer to the storage volume. The technique further involves operating a host bus adaptor (HBA) driver within the host computer to interface the host computer to a fabric connecting the host computer to the storage system. The technique further involves conveying fabric topology state change event information from the HBA driver to the multipathing driver to enable the multipathing driver to take action in response to fabric topology state change events. In some arrangements, an event monitoring handler receives fabric event information from registered state change notifications (RSCNs) containing fabric event information from the HBA driver, and forwards that information on to the multipathing driver.
US09483326B2
A method, system, and computer program product for performing software upgrades. The method serves to preserve an inter-process connection between two endpoints during patching operations. The method commences by suspending at least some communication activity over the inter-process connection while preserving one or more functioning states of the inter-process connection. A patching facility produces a patched endpoint (e.g., a software component) by performing a patch operation to one of the endpoints of the inter-process connection while the at least some communication activity remains suspended. After patching, a process reconfigures at least some of the one or more preserved functioning states of the inter-process connection to connect to the patched endpoint. When the preserved functioning states of the inter-process connection have been restored, then communication activity resumes over the connection, using the patched endpoint. The inter-process communication can comprise one or more connections between a server process and a client process.
US09483324B2
Provided is to a program conversion device which can use processor resources of a system to the utmost and enhance performance ability. The program conversion device includes: specific process determining unit which determines a range of a partial program to perform a specific process in a target program which includes a first execution scheme specifying program which can be executed in parallel with a first ratio of being a usage ratio of a first usage quantity with respect to a first resource of a first processor and a second usage quantity with respect to a second resource of a second processor; and process converting unit which converts the partial program into a second execution scheme specifying program which can be executed in parallel with a second ratio of being the usage ratio different from the first ratio.
US09483322B1
Embodiments relate to a heterogeneous core microarchitecture. An aspect includes binding, by an operating system that is executing on a processor comprising a core comprising a heterogeneous microarchitecture comprising two or more flows, a job that is being executed by the operating system to a flow of the two or more flows. Another aspect includes issuing an instruction corresponding to the job with a tag indicating the binding of the job to which the instruction corresponds. Yet another aspect includes executing the instruction by the flow in the core that is indicated by the tag.
US09483317B1
Systems and methods for using a plurality of processing cores for packet processing in a virtualized network environment are described herein. An example system can comprise a scheduler operable to initiate a processing core of the plurality of processing cores. The processing core is operable to process a plurality of data packets. Based on the determination that the processing core exceeds a threshold processing capacity associated with the processing core, the scheduler sequentially initiates at least one subsequent processing core. The at least one subsequent processing core has a corresponding threshold processing capacity and is operable to process data packets of the plurality of data packets in excess of threshold processing capacities associated with preceding processing cores. Thus, the threshold processing capacities associated with the preceding processing cores are not exceeded.
US09483304B2
A system and method for configuring objects in a system diagram to access interfaces of other objects are described. A first node and a second node may be displayed in the system diagram. The second node may implement one or more interfaces, where each interface includes one or more callable functions. An interface wire connecting the first node to the second node may be displayed in response to user input. The system may automatically configure the first node to access at least one of the one or more interfaces of the second node in response to displaying the interface wire.
US09483303B2
A computing device initiates execution of a first co-routine on the computing device. The first co-routine utilizes an execution stack in a memory of the computing device. A differential symmetric co-routine module pauses execution of the first co-routine and, subsequently, resumes execution of the first co-routine utilizing the same execution stack.
US09483300B2
A virtualization manager executing on a processing device adds a host to a list of hosts associated with the virtualization manager. The virtualization manager identifies a list of external VMs running on the host that are not managed by the virtualization manager. The virtualization manager obtains detailed information for each of the external VMs running on the host from an agent running on the host. The virtualization manager then manages the external VMs running on the host using the detailed information.
US09483297B2
A system and methods are disclosed for detecting inconsistent instances of a system table in a virtualized computer system. In accordance with one embodiment, a processing device decompiles a first binary representing a first instance of a system table, to obtain a first string of symbols. The processing device also decompiles a second binary representing a second instance of the system table that is associated with guest firmware of a first virtual machine, to obtain a second string of symbols. When there is a difference between the first string of symbols and the second string of symbols and the difference is unrelated to a compiler version and a temporary variable name, a signal indicating an inconsistency between the first instance and the second instance is generated.
US09483296B2
A method for collecting transcripts each storing an order in which portions of an application file were accessed by the file when the file was executed on one of a plurality of computing devices. The method includes receiving requests to download the file from directing processes each executing on a different one of the computing devices, and in response to those requests, downloading the file to the computing devices and instructing the directing processes to profile usage of the file. Then, transcripts created by the directing processes are received therefrom. A streaming model may be created based on the transcripts received. The file may be divided into a plurality of smaller files based on the streaming model. The streaming model may be used to download the file by downloading at least a portion of the smaller files using a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol.
US09483292B2
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, and detecting a cyber-attacker. An end-user device (a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone, a tablet, or the like) interacts and communicates with a server of a computerized server (a banking website, an electronic commerce website, or the like). The interactions are monitored, tracked and logged. Communication interferences are intentionally introduced to the communication session; and the server tracks the response or the reaction of the end-user device to such communication interferences. The system determines whether the user is a legitimate human user; or a cyber-attacker posing as a legitimate human user but actually utilizing a Virtual Machine.
US09483280B2
An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit that reads, from a memory area of an IC chip, identification information of a service including at least any one of a wire communication service via an external wire communication or a wireless communication service via an external wireless communication, which use the memory area of the IC chip. The information processing apparatus also includes an acquisition unit that acquires service information to allow a user to use a service from an external server by transmitting the identification information of the service which the reading unit has read to the external server, and includes a display unit that displays to allow the user to use the service based on the service information which the acquisition unit has acquired.
US09483265B2
Systems and techniques disclosed herein include methods for de-quantization of feature vectors used in automatic speech recognition. A SIMD vector processor is used in one embodiment for efficient vectorized lookup of floating point values in conjunction with fMPE processing for increasing the discriminative power of input signals. These techniques exploit parallelism to effectively reduce the latency of speech recognition in a system operating in a high dimensional feature space. In one embodiment, a bytewise integer lookup operation effectively performs a floating point or a multiple byte lookup.
US09483256B2
Virtual applications are automatically kept up to date with the current version of a virtual application. Instead of the client having to obtain the entire version of the current virtual application, the client obtains the portions of the current virtual application that are changed from its version of the virtual application. After obtaining the changes needed to update its version of the virtual application, the client integrates those changes into its version of the virtual application.
US09483255B2
Solutions are described that enable a user equipment (UE) for a communication system to modify resource files, e.g., audio files, picture files, video clips, etc., used by Java applications without requiring downloading of entire applications. Error reports are sent to application providers that relate to specific resource files based on modified application descriptor files.
