US09516794B2
A scalable liquid cooled power system using a number of modularized, hot-plug, hot-swap, and scalable liquid-cooled power conversion modules mounted on mating mounting assemblies. A modularized, scalable liquid coolant manifolds and liquid cooling management system provides coolant circulation through the power conversion modules. The system optionally includes a highly scalable system control and administration system, and optionally provides the facility for on-board liquid-to-air heat exchanger system, or off-board cooling using an external heat exchanger system.
US09516792B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with cooling one or more heat-generating components of an electronic device are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an electronic device may include a tank that may include a dielectric fluid and one or more heat-generating components. The electronic device may further include one or more transducers coupled with the tank. The transducers may be configured to generate an ultrasonic wave that controls movement of the dielectric fluid at a location within the tank. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09516777B2
A module for mounting in a rack, the module including a frame and a tray, the frame being arranged such that it may be mounted to the rack, and the tray being slidably and pivotably connected to the frame, such that the tray may be moved between a first position, in which the tray is received within the frame and lies substantially parallel to the frame, and a second position, in which the tray lies outside the frame and at an angle to the frame.
US09516774B2
An outer sleeve for a CATV filter has, in one embodiment, a first end and a second end. The second end has a face with one or more engagement holes.
US09516762B2
A soldering iron station and a method thereof for a soldering joint connection validation, the method including: identifying a type of the soldering cartridge being used; performing a preliminary validation by measuring the soldering tip temperature, after the soldering event has started; monitoring the power level delivered to the soldering tip to detect liquidus occurrence; determining the thickness of an intermetallic component (IMC) of the soldering joint; determining whether the thickness of the IMC is within a predetermined rage, within a predetermined cooling time period; and indicating that a reliable soldering joint connection is formed, when the thickness of the IMC is within the predetermined rage, within the predetermined cooling time period.
US09516761B2
A method of encapsulating a panel of electronic components such as power converters reduces wasted printed circuit board area. The panel, which may include a plurality of components, may be cut into one or more individual pieces after encapsulation with the mold forming part of the finished product, e.g. providing heat sink fins or a surface mount solderable surface. Interconnection features provided along boundaries of individual circuits are exposed during the singulation process providing electrical connections to the components without wasting valuable PCB surface area. The molds may include various internal features such as registration features accurately locating the circuit board within the mold cavity, interlocking contours for structural integrity of the singulated module, contours to match component shapes and sizes enhancing heat removal from internal components and reducing the required volume of encapsulant, clearance channels providing safety agency spacing and setbacks for the interconnects. Wide cuts may be made in the molds after encapsulation reducing thermal stresses and reducing the thickness of material to be cut during subsequent singulation. External mold features can include various fin configurations for heat sinks, flat surfaces for surface mounting or soldering, etc. Blank mold panels may be machined to provide some or all of the above features in an on-demand manufacturing system. Connection adapters may be provided to use the modules in vertical or horizontal mounting positions in connector, through-hole, surface-mount solder variations. The interconnects may be plated to provide a connectorized module that may be inserted into a mating connector.
US09516757B2
An electric connector, a plug-in module thereof and a production method of the plug-in module are provided. The plug-in module comprises a base, an input unit, an output unit and an output end. The base comprises a top plate, a bottom plate and one connection plate. A plurality of input terminals and a plurality of intermediate terminals are fixed to the base. The input unit comprises one input circuit board provided vertically to the base and electrically coupled to an end portion of the input terminals. At least one channel are provided on the input circuit board. Each channel comprises a transformer electrically coupled to the input circuit board. The output unit comprises an output circuit board horizontally provided to the base and electrically coupled to the input circuit board via the intermediate terminals. The output end are fixed to and electrically coupled to the output circuit board.
US09516754B2
A transparent conductive film, including: a transparent substrate, including a body and a flexible connecting component extending from a side of the body, where a width of the flexible connecting component is less than a width of the side of the body from which the flexible connecting component extends, a conductive line is disposed on the flexible connecting component, and the body includes an induction area and a border area; a grid-shaped conductive layer, disposed in the induction area, where the conductive layer includes conductive wires intersecting each other; an lead electrode, disposed in the border area, where the conductive layer and the conductive line are electrically connected via the lead electrode. Since the flexible connecting component and the body are formed as an integrated part, it is unnecessary to separately adhere the flexible connecting component to the transparent conductive film thereby reducing adhering process and improving production efficiency.
US09516751B2
To provide a wiring board excellent in connection reliability with a semiconductor chip. A first buildup layer 31 where resin insulating layers 21 and 22 and a conductor layer 24 are laminated is formed at a substrate main surface 11 side of an organic wiring board 10. The conductor layer 24 for an outermost layer in the first buildup layer 31 includes a plurality of connecting terminal portions 41 for flip-chip mounting a semiconductor chip. The plurality of connecting terminal portions 41 is exposed through an opening portion 43 of a solder resist layer 25. Each connecting terminal portion 41 includes a connection region 51 for a semiconductor chip and a wiring region 52 disposed to extend from the connection region 51 along the planar direction. The solder resist layer 25 includes, within the opening portion 43, a side-surface covering portion 55 that covers the side surface of the connecting terminal portion 41 and a projecting wall portion 56 that is integrally formed with the side-surface covering portion 55 and disposed to project so as to intersect with the connection region 51.
US09516749B2
Disclosed is an electronic component-mounted structure including: a substrate, a conductive wiring pattern formed on a surface of the substrate, and an electronic component having an external terminal and being placed on the surface of the substrate at a mounting position including a terminal joint position of the conductive wiring pattern. The external terminal is joined to the conductive wiring pattern at the terminal joint position such that the external terminal is embedded in the conductive wiring pattern. Therefore, the junction between the external terminal and the conductive wiring pattern can have a high strength as compared with that obtained by joining the external terminal of the electronic component to the conductive wiring pattern merely on the surface of the conductive wiring pattern.
US09516743B2
An electronic device may have a flexible display. The display may have portions that are bent along a bend axis. The display may have display circuitry such as an array of display pixels in an active area and signal lines, thin-film transistor support circuitry and other display circuitry in an inactive area of the display surrounding the active area. The display circuitry may be formed on a substrate such as a flexible polymer substrate. The flexible polymer substrate may be formed by depositing polymer on a support structure that has raised portions. The raised portions may create locally thinned regions in the flexible polymer substrate. The reduced thickness of the flexible polymer substrate in the thinned regions may help ensure that a neutral stress plane that is associated with bending the display along the bend axis is aligned with the display circuitry, thereby minimizing stress in the display circuitry.
US09516742B2
The present invention discloses an electric device, which comprises at least one transparent/semi-transparent substrate; a plurality of electric conduction elements arranged on at least one of two opposite surfaces and a lateral surface of the transparent/semi-transparent substrate; and at least one module arranged on the transparent/semi-transparent substrate and electrically connected with the electric connection units. The present invention also discloses an electric device, which comprises a plurality of transparent/semi-transparent substrates; a plurality of electric conduction elements selectively arranged on the transparent/semi-transparent substrates; and a plurality of modules arranged on outer surfaces of the transparent/semi-transparent substrates or interposed between the transparent/semi-transparent substrates, and electrically connected with the electric conduction elements. The electric device has electric functions and features transparency esthetics.
US09516734B2
A plasma reactor comprises a torch body comprising a plasma torch for generating plasma, a reactor section in fluid communication with the torch body for receiving the plasma from the plasma torch, and a quench section in fluid communication with the reactor section. The quench section comprises an inner wall defining a quench chamber, the inner wall has a serrated configuration, and the quench chamber has an upstream end adjacent the reactor section and an opposite downstream end. The plasma reactor also comprises at least one heating element in thermal communication with the reactor section, wherein the at least one heating element provides for selectively modulating a temperature within the reactor section.
US09516730B2
An extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light source comprising an optic, a target material, and a laser beam passing through said optic along a beam path to irradiate said target material. The EUV light source further includes a system generating a gas flow directed toward said target material along said beam path, said system having a tapering member surrounding a volume and a plurality of gas lines, each gas line outputting a gas stream into said volume.
US09516727B2
A lightning protection system is provided, typically for use on an outer surface of an aircraft, which includes the use of a lightning protection sheet that includes an electrically conductive film and at least one patterned, electrically non-conductive discriminator layer.
US09516725B2
Described herein is an autonomous distributed lighting network which comprises a plurality of luminaires for providing lighting levels in accordance with idle dimming profiles, at least one sensor for sensing ambient conditions, and a communications network. Luminaire nodes, sensor nodes, a timer node and a controller node are connectable to the communications network. Each luminaire node is associated with a luminaire and is operable for receiving broadcast messages from the communications network, the luminaire overriding its normal idle dimming profile in response to an appropriate broadcast message. Each sensor node is associated with at least one sensor device and transmits broadcast messages onto the communications network in accordance with events sensed by each related sensor device. A timer node, if present, provides time synchonisation for the luminaires within the network. In addition, a controller node is used for set up and maintenance of the network.
US09516720B2
The invention describes a surge-protection arrangement (1) for an electronic device (3) comprising a heat-dissipating load (10) thermally connected to a heat sink (107) of the load (10), which surge protection arrangement (1) comprises at least one high impedance arrangement (ZHI, ZHI_N, ZHI_P) connected in series with the load (10); at least one low impedance arrangement (ZLO, ZLO_N, ZLO_P) connected in parallel with the load (10); and a ground connection (FE) arranged to electrically connect the heat sink (107) and a low impedance arrangement (ZLO, ZLO_N, ZLO_P); wherein the high-impedance arrangement (ZHI, ZHI_N, ZH_IP) is realized to discourage a common-mode surge current (Is) from entering the load (10), and the low-impedance arrangement (ZLO, ZLO_N, ZLO_P) is realized to encourage a common-mode surge current (Is) to bypass the load (10) into a ground connection (FE). The invention further describes an electronic device (3) comprising a load (10) with a number of heat-dissipating components (100) thermally connected to a heat sink (107) of the load (10); a driver (20) realized to drive the load (10); and such a surge protection arrangement (1). The invention also describes a driver (20) realized to drive an LED lighting circuit (10) and comprising such a surge protection arrangement (1); and a method of providing protection against a common-mode surge current (Is) through an electronic device (3) comprising a heat-dissipating load (10) thermally connected to a heat sink (107) of the load (10).
US09516719B2
Compensating for disturbances in light output by a light source includes sensing light output by a light source and generating a light-sense signal based thereon, detecting a disturbance in the light-sense signal, and generating an output signal to compensate for the disturbance. An LED is driven in accordance with the periodic output signal to thereby compensate for the periodic disturbance.
US09516717B2
A dimmable LED illumination system includes a LED lamp, a switch, and a driver. The LED lamp receives electric signals to emit light; the switch is connected to a power source, and generates a pulse signal by being turned off and then on again in a predetermined time; the driver connects the switch to the LED lamp to convert electric power of the power source into the electric signals which are supplied to the LED lamp when the switch is turned on. In addition, the driver saves a setting luminance, a default illumination mode, and a luminance adjustment mode. When the driver receives the pulse signal, one of the two modes is selected to light the LED lamp.
US09516710B1
A light emitting diode (LED) driving device with control based on LED setting resistance is disclosed. The LED driving device is applied to an LED lighting fixture having a setting resistor and is configured to modulate output voltage and output current according to the setting resistor to fit the power requirement of the LED lighting fixture. The LED driving device includes a power conversion module and a driving module. The driving module includes a microprocessor and controlling unit. The microprocessor is electrically connected to the LED lighting fixture for sensing the setting resistor and generates a controlling signal in accordance with the sensed setting resistor to the controlling unit. The controlling unit is electrically connected to the microprocessor and the power conversion module and configured to drive the power conversion module to modulate output current and output voltage according to the controlling signal.
US09516703B1
A magnetic heat generation and transfer assembly for generating transferable usable heat. The magnetic heat generation and transfer assembly includes a base with first and second elongate support base members spaced apart; an air mover assembly mounted to the base and including a power source with a rotatable drive shaft and also including disc members spaced apart and attached to the rotatable shaft for rotation therewith; and a heat generating assembly mounted to the base and including pivotable elongate magnet supports and magnetic members attached to the elongate magnet supports for generating eddy currents resulting in heat generation.
US09516701B2
Disclosed is a warm window system that utilizes individual buss bars that are placed within the space between an inside window pane and an outside window pane and creates sufficient physical force to create an electrical contact on the tin oxide layer on the inside surface of the inside pane of glass. The buss bars have a modulus of elasticity to ensure sufficient electrical contact with the tin oxide layer to prevent the formation of hot spots and securely hold the buss bars in place. Both a z buss bar and c buss bar are also disclosed that are capable of generating a sufficient amount of reactive force to create a secure contact with a tin oxide layer on the interior surface of an interior pane of glass in a warm window system to hold the buss bar in place and provide a large contact surface area to provide sufficient electrical contact with the tin oxide layer to prevent hot spots. A safety circuit is also disclosed that utilizes a controller that generates a control signal to apply the ac power signal to the warm window system in response to a low voltage dc signal that is applied to an isolated strip of conductive material on the inner pane of glass that detects if the glass is broken. The low voltage signal does not provide a shock hazard and safely detects the status of the inner pane of glass.
US09516694B2
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for inter radio access technology (IRAT) cell reselection. For example, the method may include identifying that a user equipment (UE) in an idle or a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode is camped on a cell of a first RAT, determining that the cell the UE is camped on is not broadcasting any neighbor cell of a second RAT, scanning for one or more frequencies of the second RAT based on the determination, and triggering a cell reselection to a cell of the second RAT, wherein the cell of the second RAT is associated with a frequency identified during the scanning. As such, an autonomous IRAT cell reselection may be achieved.
US09516692B2
A first one of a wireless communication device (22) and a base station (20) performs a method for applying a change to a configuration or state of a radio bearer. The radio bearer supports the transfer of data over a radio connection between the wireless communication device (22) and the base station (20) with defined data transfer characteristics. The method includes performing a handshake with a second one of the wireless communication device (22) and the base station (20) to agree on a time to synchronously apply the change at the wireless communication device (22) and the base station (20). The method also includes, in accordance with the agreement, synchronously applying the change at that time.
US09516690B2
A wireless communication device includes a wireless charging circuit configurable to receive a wireless power signal from a power transmitting unit and to charge the wireless communication device under control of a processing device and in conjunction with a charging session with the power transmitting unit. A wireless interface device operates under control of the processing device to establish a wireless connection with the power transmitting unit via a connection establishment procedure, wherein the wireless connection is separate from the wireless power signal. Control data is exchanged with the power transmitting unit via the wireless connection, wherein the control data is used by the processing device to implement the charging session with the wireless charging circuit. A response is generated to a disruption event of the wireless communication device that includes implementing a restoration procedure for restoring the wireless connection, without implementing the connection establishment procedure.
US09516689B2
This disclosure relates to reducing or mitigating no-service delays for LTE capable wireless devices which do not have permission to access one or more LTE networks. According to some embodiments, a MME of a first PLMN may receive an LTE NAS request corresponding to a tracking area from a wireless device. The MME may determine to reject the request, and may send a rejection response to the request indicating that access to the first PLMN in the tracking area according to LTE is not available to the wireless device. The rejection response may further include extended cause information relating to whether or not the wireless device is permitted to access the first PLMN in other tracking areas according to LTE.
US09516678B2
For supporting an access to a destination network by a mobile device via a wireless access network, the mobile device generates a predetermined request, which is addressed to a connectivity test server in the destination network. The predetermined request is transmitted to the wireless access network. In case the predetermined request reaches the connectivity test server, it generates a predetermined response and transmits it to the mobile device via the wireless access network. The mobile device determines whether a response to the predetermined request is received from the wireless access network and whether a received response corresponds to the predetermined response.
US09516672B2
A method is described for intelligently toggling request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) mechanisms on and off for a channel between an access point and a client device. In particular, the method may determine one or more characteristics related to the transmission of frames and toggle RTS/CTS based on these characteristics. The characteristics may describe (1) the airtime used to transmit frames, (2) the data rate used to transmit frames, (3) traffic measurements on the wireless channel between the access point and the client device, (4) overlapping basic service set traffic measurements, and (5) the number of data units included in frames to be transmitted. By toggling RTS/CTS on and off based on network/channel and frame conditions/characteristics, the method ensures that RTS/CTS is enabled when frame collisions are likely and/or channel capacity is low and disabled when frame collisions are unlikely and the overhead associated with RTS/CTS outweighs the potential benefits.
US09516671B2
Various embodiments are disclosed, which may include transmitting a transmission schedule for a data burst to a plurality of relay stations in a wireless relay network. The transmission schedule may identify a data channel for transmission of the data burst and a corresponding shared negative acknowledgment feedback channel for transmission of a negative acknowledgment. The negative acknowledgment feedback channel may be shared by the plurality of relay stations.
US09516663B2
Transmission of information in a wireless network is performed by allocating a channel from a transmitter to a receiver. The channel has at least one time slot with each time slot having a plurality of symbols. Each slot contains at least one reference symbol (RS). As information becomes available for transmission, it is classified as prioritized information (PI) and other information. One or more priority symbols are generated using the digital samples of the priority information. Other symbols are generated using the other data. Priority symbols are transmitted on the channel in a manner that separation of priority symbol(s) and a reference symbol does not exceed a time duration of one symbol. For example, Rank Indicator (RI) is transmitted using symbol k, ACKNAK is transmitted using symbol k+1; and the reference signal (RS) is transmitted using symbol k+2, wherein symbols k, k+1, and k+2 are consecutive in time. The other symbols are transmitted in available locations.
US09516646B2
In a frequency band switching by Fast Session Transfer (FST), a timeout value (link loss timeout: LLT) is determined based on a change in a communication state, a switching setup sequence including a step of transmitting the determined timeout value to a peer wireless station is performed, and frequency switching to the second frequency band is performed when time of the timeout value elapses from when the switching setup sequence is completed. For example, a large timeout value (LLT=T1) is set at time of connection establishment, and the LLT is changed (LLT=T2 to T4) based on, for example, a state of transmission data or a change in a channel state.
US09516643B2
In a radio communication system using OCC for DMRS, a base station apparatus correctly receives PUSCH. If a first mode is set in which a demodulation reference signal of a physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by an orthogonal code determined in advance or if a temporary C-RNTI was used for a transmission of downlink control information, the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by the orthogonal code determined in advance, and if a second mode is set in which the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by an orthogonal code determined on the basis of cyclic shift information in the downlink control information and moreover, if an RNTI other than the temporary C-RNTI was used for the transmission of the downlink control information, the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by the orthogonal code determined on the basis of the cyclic shift information in the downlink control information.
US09516639B2
Provided is a communication control device including a radio communication unit configured to perform radio communication with a plurality of terminal apparatuses of a primary system using communication resources of the primary system, and a generating unit configured to generate resource information for notifying a secondary system secondarily using the communication resources of available communication resources. The radio communication unit transmits the resource information generated by the generating unit through a downlink control channel including a common space that is decoded in common by the plurality of terminal apparatuses and a plurality of individual spaces that are decoded by only some of the plurality of terminal apparatuses.
US09516634B2
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel.
US09516632B2
An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (COMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.
US09516630B2
A method for transmitting uplink control information at a communication apparatus in a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and generating reception response information for the at least one PDCCH or the at least one PDSCH. When the reception response information and channel status information are configured to be transmitted in a same subframe, if a certain condition is satisfied, the reception response information and the channel status information are transmitted together using a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format. The certain condition includes a first condition of a single PDCCH transmission only on a primary cell (PCell) that has a downlink assignment index (DAI) initial value and indicates a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release being present.
US09516626B2
Methods, systems, and devices are provided that may enable wireless communications systems that utilize flexible bandwidths to transmit at the same or similar rates as wireless communications systems that utilize normal bandwidths. Some embodiments identify a target rate for a broadcast channel of a first bandwidth carrier system and transmit broadcast information utilizing the target rate. The target rate is higher than a scaled rate that results from scaling the rate for a broadcast channel of a second bandwidth carrier system by a bandwidth scaling factor. The first and second bandwidth carrier systems may be flexible and normal bandwidth carrier systems, respectively. To compensate for the bandwidth scaling and effectively maintain the rate at which information is transmitted in normal bandwidth carrier systems, different optimized schedules for system and master information transmission, different channelization codes and channels, and/or different scaled spreading factors may be identified and utilized.
US09516625B2
A communications terminal is configured to receive content data from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes a core network part including a plurality of infrastructure equipment, and a radio network part including a plurality of base stations for providing a wireless access interface for communicating data packets to or from communications terminal. The core network part or the radio network part includes a local data store having stored therein content data, which has been received from an applications server via the core network, and the communications terminal is configured to transmit a request to access the content data from the applications server to the mobile communications network, and to receive the content data from the local data store as if the content data had been communicated from the applications server.
US09516620B1
Methods and apparatuses bind a user's IMS public identity to, and unbind it from, a mobile device (MD) shared among multiple users. In binding the user's IMS public identity, a message is received from the MD, which message comprises a shared service authorization access token that is associated with a shared service and that comprises an identifier of a user of the MD. The message further comprises a default public identity of the MD. Based on the user identifier and the default public identity, the user is determined to be authorized to use the MD for the shared service. In response to the determination, a public identity of the user is obtained and mapped to the MD to bind a private identity and a public identity of the MD and the public identity of the user, and a user subscription database is instructed to update the user's service subscription information.
US09516619B2
The present invention is to provide the mobile communication system which enables power consumption reduction for the mobile station with dual mode capability by unifying the location registration and paging processing for every mobile communication system. The mobile communication system is so arranged to perform location registration processing and paging processing for the mobile station by only one of radio communication systems. And the mobile station can access to any other radio communication systems.
US09516618B2
A method for acquiring by a base station (BS) synchronization between BSs in a mobile communication system with a distributed cell structure is provided. The method includes measuring a timing error with other BS as a synchronization target. The method also includes performing a synchronization operation with the other BS using at least one first sub-frame based on the measured timing error, wherein a number of symbols included in a first sub-frame is less than a number of symbols included in a second sub-frame.
US09516608B2
The present invention relates to a method for power control by a first terminal that performs device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first signal including power control information defined for D2D communication; and transmitting a second signal according to transmission power determined on the basis of the received first signal, wherein the power control information indicates one of broadcast and groupcast, and the second signal is differently masked and transmitted according to a transmission method of the second signal.
US09516605B2
Provided is a terminal apparatus in which, a transmission control unit (204) controls the transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by use of an offset value relative to the transmission power of a data signal, and a transmission unit (206) transmits the SRS by use of the transmission power as controlled. If a subframe to be used for transmitting the SRS is a predetermined subframe, the transmission control unit (204) uses a first offset value to control the transmission power of the SRS. Otherwise, the transmission control unit (204) uses a second offset value to control the transmission power of the SRS. The second offset value is an offset value that has been established so as to be transmitted to the serving cell of the terminal (200), and the first offset value is greater than the second offset value.
US09516604B2
A method of transmitting data between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations is provided. The method includes ranking data links between the plurality of base stations and the plurality of mobile stations according to a quality criterion, and selecting a subset of data links for transmitting the data between the plurality of base stations and the plurality of mobile stations such that a predetermined requirement is satisfied. Selecting the subset of data links may include iteratively assigning a predetermined value to power of the data link having the lowest ranking and determining if the predetermined requirement is satisfied, until the predetermined requirement is no longer satisfied. The remaining data links may then be selected for transmitting the data between the plurality of base stations and the plurality of mobile stations.
US09516601B2
Disclosed are a method for determining the transmission power of an uplink control channel of a terminal which has been assigned, by a base station, two cells that have different UL-DL configurations, and an apparatus using the method. The method comprises: choosing a larger value between N1, the number of downlink subframes that correspond to subframe n of a first cell having a first UL-DL configuration, and N2, the number of downlink subframes that correspond to subframe n of a second cell having a second UL-DL configuration; and determining a parameter value based on the chosen value, wherein the parameter determines the transmission power of an uplink control channel which is transmitted in subframe n.
US09516598B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external apparatus; a first control unit that switches between a normal state and a low electric power consumption state that suppresses electric power consumption to less than the normal state; and a second control unit that operates at lower electric power consumption than the first control unit, in which the information processing apparatus controls a connection state of the communication unit with the first control unit and the second control unit, based on a state of the information processing apparatus.
US09516597B2
Methods and apparatus for power management comprise detecting, at a user equipment (UE), a state transition trigger, wherein the state transition trigger indicates a current data transmission termination or an anticipated data transmission termination. Further, the methods and apparatus comprise sending a state transition indication to the network entity in response to detecting the state transition trigger. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise adjusting a state of the UE based at least in part on sending the state transition indication to the network entity.
US09516586B2
The invention proposes a scan control device, wherein in the scan operation a network detection is performed, the device comprising a request receiving means for receiving at least one request for providing scan information, and a scan control means for performing a scan operation independently from receiving the scan information requests. The invention also proposes a corresponding method and a computer program product.
US09516580B2
Simplified communication between user equipment and a neighboring cell not the primary cell is achieved by restricting the transmission parameters, such as bandwidth, of the neighboring cell transmission and provision of a simplified secondary baseband processor in the user equipment.
US09516573B2
A mobile communications system including a network with a source network node and a target network node that supports a handover procedure, and a mobile terminal that is allowed to access the source network node and access the target network node according to the handover procedure, in which information related to a reception status of user data is delivered between at least two among a group including the mobile terminal, the source network node, and the target network node such that the target network node may receive status information from the source network node and the target network node may receive a status report from the mobile terminal.
US09516571B2
Methods and apparatus are described for opportunistic small cell triggering. The methods and apparatus include determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE. Further, the methods and apparatus include requesting small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include attempting to detect a small cell based on the small cell information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when no the small cell is not detected.
US09516562B2
A method for a cellular system with a plurality of cells with mobile terminals, MSs, and a plurality of Base Stations, BSs. An MS can be handed over from a first BS to a second BS. The method comprises letting the second BS inform the first BS that an update has taken place in the system information of the second BS, and also comprises letting the first BS acquire the updated system information of the second BS, and letting the first BS transmit at least part of the updated system information of the second BS to MSs in the cell of the first BS.
US09516558B2
Embodiments of systems and techniques are described for supporting WLAN offloading. In some embodiments, a network management system (NMS) for WLAN offloading may include a network manager (NM); a first element manager (EM), coupled to the network manager, to communicate with the network manager and one or more WLANs; and a second EM, coupled to the NM, to communicate with the NM and one or more base stations of a cellular network. Coverage areas of at least one access point (AP) of the one or more WLANs are overlaid with at least one cell of the cellular network to support a WLAN offloading operation. Further, the NM is to activate the WLAN offloading operation based at least in part on at least one indicator received from the one or more WLANs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09516552B2
A method ensures Quality of Bandwidth (QoB) in a Wi-Fi connection between one or more wireless devices and an access point to an Internet. A hardware access point controller receives a plurality of requests for data transmission bandwidth between multiple wireless devices and an access point. The access point provides access to the Internet, the requests are for overlapping time periods. The hardware access point controller dynamically allocates subsets of bandwidth capacity provided by the access point to each of the wireless devices. A position detector detects a movement of a specific wireless device relative to the access point. The hardware access point controller identifies a change in data transmission bandwidth between the specific wireless device and the access point caused by the movement of the specific wireless device, and adjusts the subsets of bandwidth capacity by adjusting available frequencies for the specific wireless device.
US09516551B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a first D2D UE (101) arranged for performing a D2D operation with at least one second D2D UE (101′). The first D2D UE (101) acquires one or more coverage specific parameters for use by the first D2D UE (101) for the D2D operation. The first D2D UE (101) determines the network coverage scenario in which the first D2D UE (101) is operating or is expected to operate. The first D2D UE (101) selects one or more coverage specific parameters belonging to the acquired one or more coverage specific parameters. The first D2D UE (101) uses the selected one or more coverage specific parameters for performing the D2D operation in the determined network coverage scenario.
US09516547B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a variety of medium access control (MAC) header formats in wireless communications. The MAC header formats can be specialized for a particular type of data included in a protocol data unit (PDU). In addition, the MAC headers can have a variable length to accommodate payloads of varying sizes without incurring unnecessary overhead. Further, mechanisms are provided to enable direct access and delivery of control PDUs to associated protocol layers to ensure better quality of service treatment.
US09516546B2
A method and apparatus are described for controlling the application of Selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload (SIPTO) or Local IP Access (LIPA) services for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The SIPTO and LIPA services may be performed over packet data network (PDN) connections. A user of the WTRU may be prompted to accept or reject the usage of the SIPTO or LIPA services. The user of the WTRU may request switching from SIPTO or LIPA services to non-SIPTO or non-LIPA services.
US09516545B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a transmission mode selecting method, an antenna TX/RX combination determining method, device, and system. The transmission mode selecting method includes: obtaining a first system capacity in a half-duplex transmission mode; obtaining a second system capacity in a full-duplex transmission mode, where the second system capacity is the maximum value among system capacities of a universal set of candidate antenna TX/RX combinations in the full-duplex transmission mode, or the maximum value among system capacities of a first subset of the candidate antenna TX/RX combinations in the full-duplex transmission mode, or a system capacity exceeding a system capacity threshold; and selecting a target transmission mode according to a comparison result between the first system capacity and the second system capacity, where the target transmission mode is a transmission mode corresponding to a larger value between the first system capacity and the second system capacity.
US09516534B2
Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate bandwidth selection for interference measurements. For example, evolved universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) radio access network (E-UTRAN) systems may benefit from reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurement configurations that take into account an identified need.
US09516531B2
Methods, systems, and devices for mobility management for wireless communications systems that utilize a flexible bandwidth carrier are provided. Some embodiments include determining and transmitting assistance information to one or more user equipment (UEs) to facilitate mobility management with respect to the flexible bandwidth carrier. Some embodiments include signaling flexible bandwidth carrier information to UEs including, but not limited to: UE-centric approaches, network-centric approaches, network-centric approaches with PLMN, SIB creation approaches, and/or application layer approaches. A flexible bandwidth carrier may involve a wireless communications system that may utilize portions of spectrum that may not fit a normal bandwidth. A flexible bandwidth carrier may be generated with respect to a normal bandwidth carrier through dilating, or scaling down, the time or the chip rate of the flexible bandwidth carrier with respect to the normal bandwidth carrier. Some embodiments may expand a bandwidth for a flexible bandwidth carrier.
US09516525B2
An apparatus performs a method for generating information indicating channel quality when a dynamic range of a receive signal strength and an interference signal strength is considerable in a wireless communication system using beamforming. A base station (BS) for processing feedback information for scheduling receives from a mobile station (MS) first feedback information comprising a receive signal strength measurement result in paths selected from a plurality of downlink paths between the BSs and the MS, designates a transmit (TX) resource for interference measurement of the MS based on the first feedback information, receives from the MS second feedback information comprising an interference measurement result in the designated TX resource region, and calculates a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the MS based on the first feedback information and the second feedback information. The designated TX resource includes a resource other than a signal TX resource for the MS.
US09516516B2
A spectrum manager manages a secondary system that shares a frequency with a primary system. A communication unit receives a measurement value of reception power of a signal of the secondary system which is measured by a monitoring station, and holds the measurement value in a measurement result storage unit. A path loss estimating unit estimates a path loss at a first frequency, and a path loss correcting unit performs actual measurement correction on a path loss estimation value using one of a reception power measurement value of a radio signal of a secondary transmitting station measured at a second frequency different from the first frequency and a reception power measurement value of the radio signal of the secondary transmitting station measured in a period of time which is not used by the primary system. A permissible transmission power setting unit calculates permissible transmission power of the secondary transmitting station using the path loss estimation value which has been actually measured and corrected.
US09516513B2
Method and system for provided a long range, high capacity ad-hoc mobile communication network where a narrow antenna beam formed by a plurality of antenna elements, radio transceivers and digital spatial signal processing is used to provide a high accuracy positioning system integrated into the communication system. The relative positions and directive orientation of all the units in the network is done by mutual exchange of positioning data as an element in the communication protocol in the network.
US09516509B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for wireless communication in radar transmission channels. The method may include receiving, by a first computer comprising one or more processors from a second computer, a request to initiate wireless communication, the first computer in communication with a wireless access point. Additionally, the method may include determining, by the first computer, that the wireless access point is communicating in a radar transmission channel. Further still, the method may include establishing wireless peer-to-peer communication between the first computer and the second computer in the radar transmission channel.
US09516500B2
A method for pairing a key fob with a vehicle is provided. A pairing device and a key fob execute an ID authenticated key agreement protocol based on a KFID to authenticate one another and to generate an encryption key DHKey1. The pairing device encrypts a control unit identification (CUID) with DHKey1. The pairing device transmits the encrypted CUID to the key fob. The key fob and a control unit executes an ID authenticated key agreement protocol based on the CUID to authenticate one another and to generate an encryption key DHKey2. The control unit encrypts an operation key with DHKey2 and transmits the encrypted operation key to the key fob.
US09516492B2
An apparatus for detecting a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes one or more near field communication (NFC) devices positioned about a driver zone of the vehicle for being wirelessly coupled to the PCD. The PCD is configured to (i) determine if the vehicle is moving above a predetermined vehicle speed, (ii) wirelessly transmit a first signal to the one or more NFC devices in the vehicle, and (iii) determine that the PCD is positioned in the driver zone of the vehicle in response to a second signal from the one or more NFC devices.
US09516488B2
Method, apparatus and system for D2D communication are provided. The method includes: a first user equipment receives configuration message(s) from a network, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s); the first user equipment detects D2D discovery signal(s) from a second user equipment according to the configuration information carried in the configuration message(s); the first user equipment transmits a request message to the network according to the result of the detection to acquire the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the detected D2D discovery signal; and the first user equipment receives a response message returned from the network, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message. The present disclosure addresses the problem of the peer discovery of D2D incorporated in a cellular communication system.
US09516484B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first data type and a first communication range for transmitting data of the first data type. The method also includes transmitting data of the first data type to a first wireless communication device located within the first communication range. The data of the first data type is transmitted using a first bandwidth based on the first communication range, and the data of the first data type is not decodable by a second wireless communication device located beyond the first communication range.
US09516480B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a computer system, a request comprising a phone number, identifying a primary channel and one or more secondary channels based on, at least in part, respective performance data of the primary and secondary channels, sending a first message comprising a first text string via the primary channel to a destination device associated with the phone number, after sending the first message, determining that a conversion event for the message and the primary channel did not occur within a specified time period, and based on the determining, sending a second message comprising the first text string via a particular secondary channel to the destination device.
US09516477B2
A method and system for delivering multimedia content to at least one User Equipment (UE), using a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) in a wireless cellular network is provided. The method includes initiating a MBMS session for delivering the multimedia content cached at a local cache server of at least one wireless cellular network node, by at least one cached content manager, defining new control interfaces for communicating between the at least one cached content manager and at least one of: a Multi-Cell Multicast Coordination Entity (MCE) and a MBMS Gateway (MBMS GW), sending a notification on a new control interface to the MCE for establishing the MBMS session, and signaling at least one Radio Access Network (RAN) node to deliver the multimedia content using the established MBMS session by the MCE.
US09516467B1
Methods and systems for mobile devices are provided for providing mobile applications associated with geo-location. As such, mobile devices may automatically receive geographic location-specific messages when a user device is near a geographic location. In certain instances, geographic-based advertisements, coupons, promotions, etc. may be downloaded to a user device based on user preferences set in the operating system setting of a mobile device when a user device is moved into a perimeter around one or more geographic locations. The user device may also be set to receive or transmit a geographic location-specific message according to a set of preferences set by a user of a mobile electronic device.
US09516465B1
Systems and methods are described for location based messaging. In one embodiment a mobile device is configured to receive a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input, and a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area. The mobile device then initiates communication of the first content message from the mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area.
US09516461B2
Mesh node modules are associated with competitors in an arena to relay through a mesh network formed by the modules competitor biometric and/or parameter information. This information may be selected to be viewed by individual fans accessing their consumer electronics devices during the competition.
US09516454B2
A terminal of a near-field communication system, including at least one element for spreading the spectrum of a received signal.
US09516439B2
A hearing aid fitting system (100, 200, 300) adapted for remote fitting of a hearing aid system (110), wherein a direct communication channel between a hearing aid fitting part and an external device (102, 302), adapted to communicate directly with the hearing aid system (110), is established by a control server (103) based on unique identifications of the hearing aid fitting part, the external device and the hearing aid fitter. The invention also provides a method of remote fitting of a hearing aid system.
US09516426B2
An improved electrostatic membrane pump/transducer having an array of electrostatic membrane pump transducers that utilize a venturi channel. The electrically conductive membrane of the electrostatic membrane pump transducers can be a polymer membrane coated with a conductive coating. The electrostatic membrane pump transducers can be optionally controlled such that one set is out of phase with another set.
US09516412B2
A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. A beam forming unit forms a beam in a direction from the sound collecting unit toward a sound source corresponding to a position designated in an image on a display unit. A magnification setting unit sets a magnification for magnifying or demagnifying the image in the display according to an input. The beam forming unit also changes a size of the formed beam in accordance with the magnification set by the magnification setting unit.
US09516406B2
Apparatus comprising: at least one transducer configured to generate at least one lower frequency acoustic signal for output by a surface when in contact with the apparatus and at least one higher frequency acoustic signal for output by air conduction.
US09516403B2
An earphone with stand-alone high-frequency driver includes a casing, a low-frequency driver, a high-frequency driver, and a protecting cover. The casing defines a sound-guiding passage and a separating wall. The separating wall is formed on a side surface of the sound-guiding passage and defines a sound port, which is in communication with the sound-guiding passage. The high-frequency driver is disposed next to the separating wall and defines a sound-outputting direction. The protecting cover is mated to the casing and covers the high-frequency driver. The sound waves generated by both low- and high-frequency drivers are delivered externally through the sound-guiding passage. The earphone allows structural modifications and assembling the high-frequency driver and the protecting cover after a half-finished product (casing and low-frequency driver) is obtained. Hence, no major modification of the manufacturing processes is necessary, thus shortening the manufacturing time, lowering the manufacturing costs, and avoiding delay in product delivery.
US09516401B2
A headphone system including a first earpiece, a second earpiece, and a coupler. The headphone system receives a wireless signal having audio content from an external audio source and reproduces at least a portion of the audio content using the first and second earpieces. The first earpiece includes a power source connector to be removably connected to an external power source, a first energy storage device coupled to receive power from the power source connector, and a first power transfer device coupled to receive power from the power source connector. The second earpiece includes a second power transfer device for receiving power from the first power transfer device and a second energy storage device coupled to receive power from the second power transfer device. The coupler is to hold the first and second earpieces together with the first and second power transfer devices in a power transfer configuration.
US09516400B1
A boom stand adapted to support an electroacoustic device is constructed from a base, pivotal boom, stand elevating the pivotal boom, and a stacking counterweight. The stacking counterweight includes a terminal weight having a generally cylindrical body longitudinally terminated with a threaded coupler adapted to operatively couple with a threaded coupler on the boom, while aligning the terminal weight longitudinally co-axially with the boom. One or more medial weights having a generally cylindrical body and appropriate threaded couplers can be inserted between the boom and terminal weight. Each of the medial and terminal weights are preferably shaped to be adequately grasped by a person's palm and finger portion of a hand clasping about the longitudinal axis, and are thereby adapted to operatively permit manual rotation about their longitudinal axes.
US09516398B2
A method of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit includes muting the wireless microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit, transmitting, by the wireless microphone unit, compressed muted audio data, wherein the compressed muted audio data is compressed via a first compression scheme, determining, by the wireless microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit, and responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the wireless microphone unit. The method further includes discontinuing transmission of the compressed muted audio data and transmitting compressed audio data via a second compression scheme, wherein the first transmitting step causes the wireless microphone unit to consume less power per unit of transmission time than the second transmitting step.
US09516392B2
A method and system for providing video content on a data network connected device having a display and a device display controller including a player. The method comprises the steps of a data network connected device, accesses a reference file including a plurality of player control parameter values and linking data for one or more content sources. Play control commands are provided to the player based on the play control parameter values. Content data is acquired by the player from one or more content sources via the data network using the linking data, and the content acquired from each source played on the display in accordance with the player control commands. The reference file may be a pre-existing reference file or a reference file created in response to a request to play the video content data. A reference file compiler is provided for generating the reference file.
US09516388B2
An apparatus and a method for generating electronic program guide (EPG) are provided. The EPG generating apparatus comprises a receiving interface and a processor. The receiving interface receives an inputting keyword group. The processor generates a program name keyword group according to the program name corresponding to a program description. The processor constructs a semantic similarity degree matrix according to the inputting keyword group and the program name keyword group, and constructs an undirected graph according to the semantic similarity degree matrix. The processor finds a maximum clique set of the undirected graph, and generates a match score according to the program description and the maximum clique set. The processor determines a recommendation sequence of the program name in the EPG according to the match score.
US09516384B2
A method of processing a digital service signal and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes executing a primary application for the digital service signal, wherein the primary application is a triggered application or a non-triggered application, transmitting messages of interactive services for a secondary application associated with the primary application, wherein the interactive services includes a first mode related to the triggered application or a second mode related to the non-triggered application, receiving a request for descriptions identifying the interactive services, transmitting the descriptions having service id information identifying each of the interactive services and service type information indicating a type of the each of the interactive services, and providing the interactive services by transmitting information for the interactive services.
US09516377B1
The disclosed system and method receives, from a media device, a query fingerprint that includes an ordered sequence of frames of content being consumed, and matches the query fingerprint with frame fingerprints by determining a distance between respective frame fingerprints and corresponding ones of the ordered sequence of frames. The matching may be performed by populating a binary tree structure with respective distances, chronologically across leaf nodes of the binary tree structure, and then noting a value of the root node. If below a maximum threshold, then there is a match. The system and method may detect a channel change at the media device by traversing a right or a left sub-tree of the binary tree structure, and locating a low value (or a zero) at the first or second nodes of the sub-tree. This channel change may be useful in targeting media to content being streamed to the media device.
US09516365B2
Provided are a video display device and a method of operating the same. The video display device request content recognition configuration information to a third party server that is not dependent on any single channel, and receives the content recognition configuration information from the third party server. The video display device extracts a plurality of content recognition configuration information items from the content recognition configuration information and configures the plurality of content recognition configuration information item in the video display device. The video display device obtains contents information of uncompressed content on the basis of the plurality of content recognition configuration information item, obtains an application on the basis of the content information, and executes the application.
US09516357B2
A device may include a network interface and a processor. The network interface may receive data over a network and send data over the network. The processor may receive, from a remote device, a first portion of content at a first quality via the network interface. In addition, the processor may record the first portion of the content at the first quality, obtain bandwidth information, send the bandwidth information to a remote device via the network interface, and receive, from the remote device via the network interface, a second portion of the content at a second quality. Furthermore, the processor may record the second portion of the content at the second quality and schedule a download of the content at a fixed quality from a remote system.
US09516356B2
Multi-link transportation of media, video and other data of the type having multiple layers, streams and/or encodings is contemplated. The multi-link transportation may be facilitated with a scheduler configured to schedule the various layers, streams, encodings, etc. for transportation over selectable communication links, such as based on reliability, capacity and/or other operating characteristics.
US09516350B2
Provided are entropy decoding and encoding methods of a video. The entropy decoding method includes obtaining a transformation unit significant coefficient flag indicating whether a non-zero transformation coefficient exists in the transformation unit, from a bitstream, determining a context model for arithmetically decoding the transformation unit significant coefficient flag, based on the transformation depth of the transformation unit and arithmetically decoding the transformation unit significant coefficient flag based on the determined context model.
US09516344B2
A system utilizing motion derivation and coding for scaling video is described. The system may include an electronic device configured to receive a first layer bitstream and a second enhancement layer bitstream corresponding to the first layer bitstream. The electronic device may be configured to derive a motion vector at the second layer representation from the first layer representation.
US09516334B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
US09516331B2
A method and apparatus are provided for encapsulating a plurality of data substreams encoded in a bit stream, wherein the encoded data substream is obtained by entropy encoding of a symbol subsequence representing an image or a series of images. The method includes grouping data substreams into substream pairs according to an iterative traversal order predetermined from the plurality of substreams, and on the basis of a pair of the substreams, obtaining a symmetrical pair by reversing a data order making up the second substream of the pair. The obtained pairs are then concatenated within a sequence. The binary stream is created by encapsulating the sequence and information related to a number of substreams and related to the sizes of pairs of symmetrical substreams.
US09516326B1
A method for rotating macro-blocks of a frame of a video stream. A degree of rotation for the video stream is accessed. A macro-block of the video stream is accessed. The macro-block is rotated according to the degree of rotation. The macro-block is repositioned to a new position within the frame, wherein the new position is based on the degree of rotation.
US09516318B2
A first vector predictor candidate list generating unit generates a first motion vector predictor candidate list from motion vectors of encoded neighboring blocks to blocks to be encoded. A second vector predictor candidate list generating unit generates a second motion vector predictor candidate list from motion vectors of blocks at the same positions as the blocks to be encoded in an encoded image and neighboring blocks to the blocks at the same positions. A combination determining unit determines whether to generate a third vector predictor candidate list combining the first and second vector predictor candidate lists by comparison of a block size of the blocks to be encoded and a threshold size. A vector predictor candidate list deciding unit generates the third vector predictor candidate list from the first vector predictor candidate list.
US09516309B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines an enhancement layer weight and a base layer weight, and determines a value of a current video unit based on the difference video layer, a value of a video unit in the enhancement layer weighted by the enhancement layer weight, and a value of a video unit in the base layer weighted by the base layer weight.
US09516305B2
An adaptive scaler switching system may implement multiple scalers including both a software scaler and a hardware scaler, and a controller that may manage the switch between scalers by considering the real-time constraints of the system and the available system resources. Information about the availability of system resources may be received in real-time, for example the controller may receive information about the system thermal status, the timing requirements for processing the video data, the quality of the scaled data, and any other relevant system statistics that may affect the scaler switch decision. According to an embodiment, the system may maintain statistics in a table, and update the table information as necessary.
US09516301B2
An optical display system includes a projection system for outputting images having an image refresh frequency and a two-dimensional screen for receiving the images. The screen is coupled to a motion unit which allows a motion of the screen at a frequency which is equal to the refresh frequency of the images.
US09516298B2
In a three-dimensional image display device for displaying color three-dimensional images, a fly eye lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in this order from the observer side. A display panel has four pixels arrayed in a (2×2) matrix correlated with one lens element of the fly eye lens. In the event that j is a natural number, a pixel magnifying projection width e in a second direction is set in a range of the following expression according to mean interpupillary distance Y of the observers. e 3 ≠ Y 2 × j
US09516295B2
A multi-channel image capture system includes: a multi-channel image sensor including a plurality of first pixels configured to detect light in a first band and a plurality of second pixels configured to detect light in a second band different from the first band; an image signal processor coupled to the multi-channel image sensor, the image signal processor being configured to: store a first plurality of capture parameters and a second plurality of capture parameters; control the multi-channel image sensor to capture a first image frame according to the first plurality of capture parameters; control the multi-channel image sensor to capture a second image frame according to the second plurality of capture parameters; and transmit the first image frame and the second image frame to a host processor.
US09516294B2
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image includes a demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a received digital broadcast signal; a PSIP or PSI/SI processor configured to extract extension view video information from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; a decoder configured to decode an extension view video stream and a base view video stream from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; and an output formatting unit configured to format the extension view video stream and the base view video stream based on the extension view video information.
US09516293B2
A method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional (3D) image is provided. In the method, first-viewpoint image data and second-viewpoint image data that provide a 3D image are obtained. Time information that represents points of time that the first-viewpoint image data and the second-viewpoint image data are to be processed is produced, based on relation information to indicate that the first-viewpoint image data and the second-viewpoint image data are a pair of pieces of image data. The first-viewpoint image data, the second-viewpoint image data, and the time information are transmitted. The first-viewpoint image data is transmitted in a first stream, and the second-viewpoint image data is transmitted in a second stream.
US09516292B2
An image transfer apparatus comprises an input operable to receive a signal comprising two images for different respective non-stereoscopic viewpoints of a virtual environment, a first output operable to transmit a signal comprising the two images formatted as a stereoscopic image to at least a first display, and a transmitter operable to transmit control signals to at least two active shutter glasses, the control signals arranged to allow respective wearers of the glasses to only view a respective one of the two images.
US09516290B2
A white-balance method for use in a multi-exposure imaging system having an image capturing unit is provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing the image capturing unit to simultaneously capture a first image and a second image of a scene with a first exposure value and a second exposure value, respectively, wherein the second exposure value is smaller than the first exposure value, and the first exposure value and the second exposure value have individual exposure time and exposure gain; performing light source detection on the second image to obtain light source information and a corresponding light source color ratio of the scene; and performing a color gain process on the first image according to the light source color ratio to generate an output image.
US09516288B2
Color calibration of color image rendering devices, such as large color displays, which operate by either projection or emission of images, utilize internal color measurement instrument or external color measurement modules locatable on a wall or speaker. A dual use camera is provided for a portable or laptop computer, or a cellular phone, handset, personal digital assistant or other handheld device with a digital camera, in which one of the camera or a display is movable with respect to the other to enable the camera in a first mode to capture images of the display for enabling calibration of the display, and in a second mode for capturing image other than of the display. The displays may represent rendering devices for enabling virtual proofing in a network, or may be part of stand-alone systems and apparatuses for color calibration. Improved calibration is also provided for sensing and correcting for non-uniformities of rendering devices, such as color displays, printer, presses, or other color image rendering device.
US09516279B1
Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D analytics for a target surveillance area.
US09516278B1
Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area.
US09516277B2
A system and method for providing lane sensing on a vehicle by detecting roadway lane-markers, where the system employs a surround view camera system providing a top-down view image around the vehicle. The method includes detecting left-side and right-side lane boundary lines in the top-down view image, and then determining whether the lane boundary lines in the image are aligned from one image frame to a next image frame and are aligned from image to image in the top-down view image. If the boundary lines are not aligned, then calibration of one or more of the cameras is performed, and if the lines are aligned, then a model fitting process is used to specifically identify the location of the boundary lines on the roadway.
US09516272B2
A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.
US09516271B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to managing visual content rendering on a display. Audience presence and position information, which specifies respective distances from the display of a set of audience members detected within proximity of the display, can be obtained. Further, a threshold distance from the display can be determined as a function of the respective distances from the display of the set of audience members detected within proximity of the display. Moreover, responsive to the threshold distance from the display, a size of the visual content rendered on the display can be controlled.
US09516257B2
A display device housing includes a body, the body is provided with a tuning cavity, the tuning cavity is configured for accommodating a loudspeaker of a display device, the tuning cavity is provided with an inverter tube therein, an opening of the inverter tube corresponds to a space at a rear side of the loudspeaker, and another opening of the inverter tube is provided toward a sound-emitting area of an outer wall of the body and communicates with outside of the housing. This display device housing resolves the problems that a display product is easily subjected to bloop, the sound being not loud enough and poor sound effect. Also a display device is provided.
US09516254B2
A television controlled by a remote controller and including includes an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller; a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller; a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen. Further, the controller is further configured to control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller, control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller, and control the display to display related content information, the related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata. In addition, when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source is different from the first source.
US09516247B2
An image sensing device includes a unit pixel including one or more first sub-pixels of a white color and a plurality of second sub-pixels of a color other than the white color in a matrix, a row control block suitable for controlling the first and second sub-pixels to output sequentially first and second pixel signals during one row unit time, and an image process block suitable for processing the first and second pixel signal's.
US09516244B2
The present invention relates to a 3D landscape real-time imager. It also relates to methods for operating such an imager. Such an imager comprises: —at least one illuminating part which is designed to scan at least a portion of the landscape at a given range and having an ultra-short laser pulse source emitting at least one wavelength, and an optical rotating block, with a vertical axis of rotation, and controlled such that given packets of pulses are shaped in a pattern of rotating beams sent toward the said at least partial landscape; —at least one receiving part which comprises a set of SPAD detector arrays, each arranged along a vertical direction and rotating at a given speed in synchronism with the optical rotating block of the illuminating part, the detection data of the SPAD detector arrays being combined to acquire 3D imaging data of the said at least partial landscape in a central controller.
US09516243B2
A surface of an object is irradiated using an infrared light beam. The infrared light beams reflected at the object are received by an infrared camera which captures a first intensity of the reflected infrared light beams on a detector of the infrared camera. Ambient radiation reflected at the object and the characteristic radiation of the object are detected by capturing a second intensity of the reflected ambient radiation and the characteristic radiation of the object on the detector of the infrared camera. The emissivity of the object is calculated based on the first intensity and the second intensity.
US09516240B2
An imaging apparatus is connected to a client device and has an infrared cut filter to cut infrared light, a toggling unit to toggle an infrared cut filter state between on and off, and reception, control, and transmission units. The reception unit receives automatic adjustment information relating to the state, along with an imaging setting command for the imaging apparatus to automatically control the state. The control unit automatically controls the toggling unit based on the imaging setting command. The transmission unit transmits setting information relating to the automatic adjustment information to the client device. The setting information transmitted by the transmission unit indicates whether automatic adjustment information used by the control unit can be set in each of a case where the state is turned on to enable the infrared cut filter or a case where the state is turned off to disable the infrared cut filter.
US09516231B2
The present invention relates to a camera module, the camera module including a camera body including a handshake correction unit configured to correct an image shake caused by handshake, and an FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board) including a first connection unit connected to the camera body, a second connection unit connected to the first connection unit by being folded, and a third connection unit connected to the second connection unit by being folded.
US09516229B2
Described herein is a system and method for adjusting the orientation of captured video utilizing the data received from a built-in inertial measurement unit such as an accelerometer. During video capture, the device may be held in a position that is not fully vertical or horizontal, and thus not match the true orientation of a scene. This can cause the captured video to appear rotated during playback at the same angle of rotation as the video capture device. The described system can adjust the playback orientation of the rotated video by utilizing sensor data captured during the same time as the video was captured.
US09516219B2
A camera system includes a plurality of camera devices and a switching device. The switching device transmits a reference signal to the camera devices via a network. Each of the camera devices transmits a video signal based on the time when the camera device receives the reference signal. The switching device determines one or more priority images for transmitting video signals with priority, in accordance with operation by a user. The camera system has a configuration in which transmission of a video signal from each of one or more of the camera devices not capturing the one or more priority images is delayed relative to transmission of a video signal from each of one or more of the camera devices capturing the one or more priority images.
US09516201B2
An imaging control apparatus for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system, which includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism varying an imaging visual field of the imaging unit, includes an automatic imaging mode control unit changing control setting between when automatic still image capturing is performed and when automatic panorama image capturing is performed.
US09516200B2
A method for light field acquisition, comprising: acquiring an image by an optical arrangement with chromatic aberrations; separating the image to a plurality of monochromatic images, each having a different color and a different point of focus according to the acquiring; transporting sharpness from each of the plurality of monochromatic images to others of the plurality of monochromatic images to construct a plurality of color images, each color image of the plurality of color images having a different point of focus; and reconstructing a light field by combining the plurality of color images.
US09516198B2
A video processing system may include an input for receiving interlaced video data arranged in successive frames each including odd and even fields. A processor may be coupled to the input for determining an improper inversion of the odd and even fields based upon a pair(s) of successive first and second frames each including successive first and second fields. The processor may generate a first difference value(s) based upon a comparison between the first field in the first frame and the second field in the second frame, and a second difference value(s) based upon a comparison between a second field in the first frame and the first field in the second frame. The processor may determine an improper inversion of the odd and even fields based upon a comparison of the first difference value(s) and the second difference value(s) for the pair(s) of successive first and second frames.
US09516193B2
A light source unit emits light for irradiating a document. A light guide in which light emitted from the light source unit propagates has a first exit part for emitting light to the document and a second exit part, which is a different part from the first light part, for emitting light to the outside. A corrective light receiver is disposed in an area receiving direct light of the light emitted from the second exit part, and outputs reference data corresponding to the direct light. A controller compares predetermined criterion data with the reference data output from the corrective light receiver, and performs processing for correcting a bright output based on a result of the comparison.
US09516190B1
A system and method render see-saw scalable gloss effect image patterns on a recording medium by using to two colors to provide one region with a relatively smooth surface, while a second region has a relatively rougher surface. A third region is added composed of a color different than the first two, wherein the third region has a relatively smooth surface where it intersects with the first region and a relatively rougher surface where it intersects with the second region. As the rendered recording medium is tilted at different angles, the image patterns thereon toggle to create a see-saw effect.
US09516183B2
In an image reading device, an image reading portion is fixed at a predetermined position on a route on which a document sheet is conveyed by a document sheet conveying portion, and can read an image from the document sheet. A color reference plate is disposed opposingly to the image reading portion, and is a member having a predetermined reference color at a part thereof opposing the image reading portion. An oscillation portion can oscillate the color reference plate in one of or both a primary scanning direction and a secondary scanning direction. A color reference data setting portion sets, based on image data read from the color reference plate by the image reading portion when the color reference plate is being oscillated by the oscillation portion, color reference data to be used for shading correction executed on image data read from the document sheet by the image reading portion.
US09516179B2
An image capturing unit includes a sensor unit that image-captures a predetermined area including a subject; and a reference chart unit that is arranged in the predetermined area and captured with the subject by the sensor unit.
US09516177B2
An image display apparatus connected to a printer, for displaying an image to be printed by the printer, includes display section for displaying taken image data as a thumbnail, control section for generating edited image data by editing the taken image data selected by a user and generating an additional thumbnail of the edited image data, and select section for selecting a taken image displayed on the display means to be edited, an editing operation for the taken image, and a print image. As the taken image is edited, the control means displays the additional thumbnail of the edited image data in addition to a thumbnail of the taken image data on the display means to allow each of the thumbnail and the additional thumbnail to be selected as the print image.
US09516170B2
System, method, and device are disclosed for providing a notification of a new message. According to certain embodiments, a device may receive a message via at least one communication interface; determine an attribute associated with the message based on contents of the message; determine a notification feature based, at least in part, on the attribute; and generate a notification according to the notification feature.
US09516169B2
A contact center, methods, and mechanisms are provided for dynamically scaling a contact center based on scaling triggers and monitored activity. The monitored activity includes information provided from one or more sources. This information serves to indicate whether a contact center activity is increasing, decreasing, or maintaining a steady-state. When the activity at a contact center is increasing, a scaling mechanism increases a number of resources provisioned to the contact center according to rules. When the activity at a contact center is decreasing, a scaling mechanism decreases a number of resources provisioned to the contact center according to rules. The scaling triggers are created, removed, modified, or otherwise classified as correlations between monitored activity and contact center scaling are observed.
US09516165B1
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to reducing or eliminating speech recognition error when background noise is detected at a caller's location. For example, when background noise is detected at the caller's location, the caller may be prompted to use dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF).
US09516158B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which user's accessibility to a specific application or function is facilitated. The present invention includes receiving a call signal, displaying a screen corresponding to the received call signal, the screen including at least one graphic image for control a specific function of an external device, detecting an input for selecting the graphic image, and transmitting a signal including a code corresponding to the specific function related to the selected graphic image to the external device, wherein the specific function corresponding to the graphic image is preset.
US09516155B2
Systems and methods for multi-modal messaging that enable a user to compose, send and retrieve messages, such as SMS, MMS, IM or ordinary e-mail messages, for example, using one or more I/O (input/output) modalities (e.g., speech I/O and/or GUI I/O). A method for composing messages combines the advantages of a multi-modal interface (e.g., grammar-based speech and touchscreen or similar input devices) and message templates, which allows a user to construct a message with significantly less effort in a fraction of the time required by conventional methods. The user can dictate his/her messages using speech and/or GUI input, for example, based on a library of message templates which can be personalized by the user to fit his/her social interaction needs.
US09516143B2
A system and method of assembly and use of integration applications includes receiving a first request for services from a first client, the first request for services includes a first custom services header including one or more service descriptors, parsing the first custom services header to extract each of the service descriptors, determining a service corresponding to each of the service descriptors, inserting a request for the service into an integration application, deploying the integration application to an application server, adding a first entry to an application list, the first entry corresponding to the integration application, forwarding the first request for services to the integration application, receiving a response from the integration application, and returning the response to the first client. In some examples, the system and method further includes periodically purging one or more other integration applications from the application server based on timestamps recorded in the application list.
US09516134B2
A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with a private protocol or non-members who communicate with the public protocol. A process for the private service includes communication of information between users via the private service servers. The private service server implements the private service, which includes a viral engine for network deployment. Features of the viral engine include genetic algorithms, data mining, personalization, frictionless service setup, user maximization, and member-controlled privacy. A sample setup process and contact update wizard that include several viral engine features are described.
US09516126B1
A method for creating a push notification at a call center includes: receiving a call from a caller device; receiving, from the caller device, caller identification information; receiving, from the caller device, an inquiry; generating an encrypted token including the caller identification information and the inquiry; and when an agent is available, sending a push notification to the caller device for connecting the caller to the agent, the push notification being associated with the encrypted token, and wherein the agent uses the caller identification information from the encrypted token when the agent is addressing the inquiry.
US09516120B2
In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
US09516119B2
A service provider network migration system migrate services from a first network infrastructure to a second network infrastructure. A joined circuits dataset is created that associates circuits in the first network infrastructure with a service provided by the circuit and a customer receiving the service via the first network infrastructure. A product mappings dataset is created that maps each service in the first network infrastructure to at least one target service to be provided in the second network infrastructure. A migration sequencing server creates a migration plan according to the information in the datasets, and forecasts for customer migration rate and revenue generation for the target services are estimated. A provisioning server configures parameters for the circuits in the second network infrastructure via a network according to the migration plan to deploy the target services in the second network infrastructure.
US09516115B2
A softphone feature interface method, system, and apparatus are provided for operating a mobile communication device as a softphone to place Internet phone calls by displaying a home user interface on a touch screen with a unified view having a display interface area and a keyboard interface area, and then displaying a second user interface on the touch screen for displaying user call information in response to receiving touch input on the home user interface of the touch screen to display a list of contacts that match a contact result search entered on the search keypad or to display a contacts user interface or voicemail user interface in response to detecting a slide operation on the home user interface or to display one or more calling methods available for selection in response to detecting a call button being pressed for a minimum specified hold time.
US09516114B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of computer networks, and disclose a data packet transmission method and a related device and system. In the method, a traditional communication protocol (such as TCP) handshake process is optimized, so that data packet transmission may be implemented in the handshake process. The data packet transmission does not depend on completion of the handshake, thereby effectively reducing a data packet transmission delay caused by an RTT delay existing in the handshake process.
US09516110B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for replicating data between redundant sources. In one embodiment, during a reverse replication process, roles of a source system and target system are altered such that the target system controls the replication process. The target system can identify objects to be transferred, build batches of objects for efficient transfer, and transmit the batches of objects to the source system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention can reduce inefficient communication between a source system and a target system that might otherwise occur during replication processes controlled by the source system.
US09516105B1
A method and system for a client device to download media content directly from a group of other client devices which play a role of edge servers placed by a content service provider. According to some embodiments, an end user can use his/her client device to stream or download media content from the source client devices selected based on the geographic locality, network topology, etc. The fractions of data corresponding to a portion of media content are stored on the source client devices such that only a subset of the fractions of data are needed to recreate the corresponding portion. That is, by using the first received of the minimum number of fractions to reconstruct each portion of media content, the system does not need to wait for the slowest fractions to arrive, which contributes in reducing latency.
US09516102B2
Embodiments may be directed towards enabling one or more load balance servers to maintain connection flow persistence if the server initiates to the communication to a client. A packet traffic management device may (PTMD) intercept the request from the server and generate reverse persistence information. The PTMD may include a portion of the reverse persistence information in the request before forwarding the request to the targeted client device. The client device may send the response to the PTMD. The PTMD may employ reverse persistence information to identify the target server. The PTMD may remove the reverse persistence information from the response sent by the client and forward the response to the determined server. Removing the reverse persistence information may remove evidence that the PTMD intervened in the connection between the client and server.
US09516101B2
Systems and methods for updating a communication routing engine of a multi-tenant communication platform system. Responsive to a feedback message provided by an external system associated with a first account of the communication platform system, a communication routing engine of the communication platform system is updated based on the received feedback message. The feedback message relates to a first communication initiated on behalf of the first account of the communication platform system, and the first communication is initiated with a first communication route. The updated communication routing engine routes communications of a plurality of accounts of the communication platform system.
US09516100B2
In one embodiment, agent routines are executed in a first thread, each agent routine being invoked by one of coroutines. A agent processor executes in a second thread the agents associated with the one or more agent routines, including receiving a first yield signal from a first of the coroutines indicating that a first of the agent routines yields to perform a first action that requires an action simulation, in response to the first yield signal, suspending the first coroutine, selecting a second of the coroutines from a head of a first agent queue maintained by the agent processor, and executing the second coroutine by assigning the execution lock to the second coroutine. In a third thread, a simulator simulates the first action on behalf of the first coroutine and signals the agent processor to resume the first coroutine after completing the simulation of the first action.
US09516098B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and computer program product for generating a response to a client request. The system typically including a memory, a processor and a module configured to receive a request associated with a service from a client; initiate the presentation of a first user interface, wherein the first user interface enables a user selection of one or more template types; initiate the presentation of a second user interface based on at least a user selection of one or more template types, wherein the second user interface enables a user selection of one or more templates associated with the selected template type; receive a client progress from the user based on at least the selection of the one or more templates to generate a response, wherein the response reflects the status of the request; and transmit the response to the client.
US09516095B2
A user information management method for a hub server connected to a terminal and service provider server, the method including registering user information for the terminal or the service provider server, receiving history information including data created by a user from the registered terminal or the registered service provider server, storing integrated history information obtained by sorting the received history information based on the user information, and transmitting the integrated history information in response to an integrated history information request message received from the registered terminal. Thus, the user can check the functions executed by the terminals owned by the user in an integrated manner and the data generated by multiple diverse terminals and service provider servers are managed in an efficient and integrated manner.
US09516094B2
Disclosed here are implementations involving an application program that includes an event handling portion. The event handling portion monitors for an event associated with execution of an initial portion of the application program downloaded with the event handling portion that involves an additional portion of the application program not yet downloaded. In response to detecting the event, the execution of the initial portion of the application program is paused by the event handler and downloading of the additional portion is initiated. Upon downloading the additional portion of the application program, execution of the initial portion of the application program can resume.
US09516091B2
Web page scripts are managed in a network using a network appliance that intercepts a web page sent from a server and addressed to a client browser; modifies the web page by removing an embedded script from the web page; executes the removed embedded script; and sends the modified web page from the network appliance to the client browser.
US09516087B2
Techniques are described for managing data transmissions between computing systems based at least in part on using a streaming transport protocol. At least some such data transmissions may be performed using HTTP, with one or more underlying transport protocols used to implement the HTTP-based data transmissions. HTTP-based data transmissions performed using an underlying streaming transport protocol, for example, may send data without performing error detection for reliability and without ensuring ordered delivery of the sent data. In addition, one or more HTTP-based data transmissions may be initiated using an underlying streaming transport protocol, but subsequent data transmissions may switch to using a different underlying transport protocol (e.g., TCP) or different transmission technique that is performed without using data streaming.
US09516077B2
A method for enabling a consumer to remotely manage a media content subscription is described. The method includes transmitting, over a network from a computing device associated with a consumer, a request to set up an account. The request is received at a local point of presence having an address within the local media market in which a local media content provider is providing the media content subscription. The local point of present includes a storage device and a plurality of servers located within the local media market, with the plurality of servers being configured to execute computer programmed instructions to receive the request to set up the account and, in response, create a user profile and an account associated with the consumer. The method further includes transmitting, over the network from the computing device associated with the consumer, at least one of user profile information, account information, and subscription information, which is stored on the storage device of the local point of presence.
US09516072B2
A device is described. The device comprises: a display configured to display first application data; a processor configured to communicate with a further device. The processor is further configured to: detect an event associated with the further device and generate, in response to the detected event, first application data pertaining to a display of second application data associated with applications executable on the further device; and output the first application data to the display. A system and method are also described.
US09516063B2
An automated build server communicates with an automated build client to build virtual clients hosted by a virtual server. The automated build client communicates with the automated build server to obtain a configuration of the virtual client. The configuration specifies a previously approved security baseline for configuring the resources of the virtual client. The virtual client then obtains a security validation tool that audits the security baseline of the newly built virtual client. Based on the results of the security audit, the virtual client is placed in an operational mode or in a restricted operating mode. The restricted operating has limitations on resources when compared with the operational mode. An administrator is then notified of the security audit failure, who can then update the configuration stored by the automated build server to conform it with the security baseline used by the security validation tool in its security audit.
US09516062B2
A method in an example embodiment includes correlating a first set of event data from a private network and determining a local reputation score of a host in the private network based on correlating the first set of event data. The method further includes providing the local reputation score of the host to a security node, which applies a policy, based on the local reputation score of the host, to a network communication associated with the host. In specific embodiments, the local reputation score of the host is mapped to a network address of the host. In further embodiments, the first set of event data includes one or more event indicators representing one or more events, respectively, in the private network. In more specific embodiments, the method includes determining a local reputation score of a user and providing the local reputation score of the user to the security node.
US09516058B2
A system and method for determining whether at least one domain is legitimate or malicious by obtaining passive DNS query information, using the passive DNS query information to measure statistical features of known malicious domain names and known legitimate domain names, and using the statistical features to determine at least one reputation for at least one new domain, where the reputation indicates whether the at least one new domain is likely to be for malicious or legitimate uses.
US09516056B2
Detecting a malware process is disclosed, including: monitoring a launch of a process; in response to a completion of the launch of the process, determining a base address associated with the process; determining a permission of a memory block associated with the base address; and determining whether the process is potentially associated with a malware process based at least in part on the determined permission.
US09516053B1
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.
US09516052B1
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed that enable network security analysts and other users to efficiently conduct network security investigations and to produce useful representations of investigation results. As used herein, a network security investigation generally refers to an analysis by an analyst (or team of analysts) of one or more detected network events that may pose internal and/or external threats to a computer network under management. A network security application provides various interfaces that enable users to create investigation timelines, where the investigation timelines display a collection of events related to a particular network security investigation. A network security application further provides functionality to monitor and log user interactions with the network security application, where particular logged user interactions may also be added to one or more investigation timelines.
US09516049B2
Implementations disclosed herein provide a network agent embodied in firmware and/or software that replays network traffic of an enterprise network to an entity outside of the enterprise network. The network agent selects and processes the network traffic according to certain policies set by the enterprise network or a third party security management system. These policies allow for a capture and replay of high-integrity data that enables threat analysis.
US09516046B2
A metric value is determined for each event in a set of events that characterizes a computational communication or object. For example, a metric value could include a length of a URL or agent string in the event. A subset criterion is generated, such that metric values within the subset are relatively separated from a population's center (e.g., within a distribution tail). Application of the criterion to metric values produces a subset. A representation of the subset is presented in an interactive dashboard. The representation can include unique values in the subset and counts of corresponding event occurrences. Clients can select particular elements in the representation to cause more detail to be presented with respect to individual events corresponding to specific values in the subset. Thus, clients can use their knowledge system operations and observance of value frequencies and underlying events to identify anomalous metric values and potential security threats.
US09516037B2
A method and system for decoding an encrypted file. A recipient computer of a recipient: extracts an encoded address from a filename of the encrypted file, wherein the encoded address identifies where a voice check ticket is stored, wherein a prior name of the encrypted file and the encoded address are merged together within the filename; accesses the voice check ticket at the encoded address; receives, from the voice check ticket, voice check text; displays the received voice check text visually on a computer display of the recipient computer; receives an audio signal from a reading aloud, by the recipient, of the displayed voice check text; transmits the received audio signal to a server computer that includes a voice check server; receives an encryption key from the voice check server; and decrypts the received encrypted file using the received encryption key.
US09516028B1
Access control for shared computing resources in a hierarchical system is provided herein. An as-needed, “lazy evaluation” approach to access control is described in which an effective access control list for a computing resource is determined after a request is received from a user to access the resource. When resources are shared, access control policies are created and stored in association with the shared resource but are not stored in association with hierarchically related lower-level resources. When an access request for a resource is received, access control policies are collected for levels of a computing resource hierarchy that are higher than the hierarchy level of the resource. An effective access control list is determined based on permissions specified in the collected access control policies. The effective access control list represents an effective propagation of access control policies of higher hierarchy levels to the computing resource.
US09516025B2
In one embodiment, a capable node in a low power and lossy network (LLN) may monitor the authentication time for one or more nodes in the LLN. The capable node may dynamically correlate the authentication time with the location of the one or more nodes in the LLN in order to identify one or more authentication-delayed nodes. The node may then select, based on the location of the one or more authentication-delayed nodes, one or more key-delegation nodes to receive one or more network keys so that the key-delegation nodes may perform localized authentication of one or more of the authentication-delayed nodes. The capable node may then distribute the one or more network keys to the one or more key-delegation nodes.
US09516024B2
One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for connection authentication are provided herein. A mobile device or device may act as an initiator of a connection with a vehicle, which acts as a target. A user utilizing the device may initiate a connection request by launching an application or browser on the device. The device transmits the connection request to the vehicle. The vehicle may receive the connection request and respond with a device identifier (ID) request. A user of the device may select whether or not to continue. If the user continues, the device transmits a device ID of the device to the vehicle. An interface component may render the connection request for an occupant of the vehicle, such as the driver, and await a response. In this way, a driver of a vehicle may act as a gatekeeper for connections.
US09516019B2
A method, system and terminal for encrypting and decrypting an application program on a communication terminal are disclosed, including the communication terminal using an identification number of a subscriber identification card as an encryption key, performing encryption processing on an application program to be protected, and obtaining an encrypted application program. The method, system and terminal also include, when a user accesses the encrypted application program, the communication terminal performing matching processing on an identification number of a subscriber identification card inserted currently and the encryption key, and if a processing result is that the identification number of the subscriber identification card inserted currently is matched with the encryption key, performing decryption processing on the encrypted application program for the user to use.
US09516015B1
Provided is a process that includes: obtaining a multi-byte character set specifying a plurality of characters; receiving a knowledge factor credential encoded with a plurality of characters of the multi-byte character set, wherein the knowledge factor credential has a longer effective length than an apparent length, and wherein the knowledge factor credential has at least one character outside of a block of characters designated for a locale of the computing device; and providing the knowledge factor credential to authenticate a user.
US09516014B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods and systems for intelligent task management. An example method may include identifying one or more authorized entities. The method may further include broadcasting at least one task associated with a user to one or more devices associated with the one or more authorized entities. The method may further include receiving from the one or more authorized entities, via the one or more devices, an indication of acceptance of the at least one task. The method may further include selecting at least one trusted entity among the one or more authorized entities. The method may further include issuing at least one digital certificate to the at least one trusted entity to perform the at least one task.
US09516010B1
A technique perform authentication. The technique involves receiving an authentication request from a user operating a client apparatus (e.g., the user's smart phone). The technique further involves performing, in response to the authentication request, an analysis of a set of credentials obtained from the client apparatus. The set of credentials includes an authentication factor acquired by the client apparatus from an electronic card in possession of the user (e.g., an integrated circuit credit card). The electronic card is separate from the client apparatus. The technique further involves outputting, based on the analysis of the set of credentials, an authentication result indicating whether the processing circuitry deems the user operating the client apparatus to be authentic.
US09516007B2
An information processing apparatus including a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to transmit commitment information, including identification information of a verification processing apparatus, to the verification processing apparatus, receive first challenge information from the verification processing apparatus, generate second challenge information including the identification information based on the received first challenge information, generate response information, used for the verification processing apparatus to execute a process related to verification of the information processing apparatus, based on the generated second challenge information, and transmit the response information to the verification processing apparatus.
US09516000B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to runtime instantiation of broadcast encryption schemes. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for runtime instantiation of broadcast encryption schemes is provided. A broadcast encryption definition is read. The broadcast encryption definition defines a broadcast encryption scheme and includes a plurality of function definitions. Based on the plurality of function definitions, it is determined whether the broadcast encryption definition defines encrypting or decrypting content. Based on the plurality of function definitions a type of the broadcast encryption scheme is determined.
US09515994B2
A method and system for a multi-user searchable encryption system over ordered keywords is disclosed. The system includes a key generation server which issues a primary key to a user terminal device and a secondary key to a proxy server. A trapdoor is sent by the user terminal and received by the proxy server. The trapdoor is encrypted at the proxy server. The proxy server receives cypher text from the user terminal and sends the cypher text to the database server. A search keyword inputted by the user at the user terminal is used to perform a lookup in encrypted data.
US09515991B2
Techniques for managing authentication requests. At a gateway device to a network, packets of a message intended for said network are received. Fields within payloads of the packets which contain authentication or authorization information are read. The message is redirected to an authentication server. The authentication server determines that a requester who sent the message to the gateway device is authorized to access a target resource specified in the message and responds to the gateway device that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. The gateway device responds to the requester that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. The gateway device notifies a server hosting the target resource that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. If the gateway device receives a subsequent message from the requester to utilize the target resource, the gateway device forwards the message toward the server.
US09515985B2
A device receives data from a user device, where the data is associated with a customer address, and the customer address is associated with the user device. The device verifies that the customer address is associated with a customer that subscribes to a private cloud service. The device translates, when the customer address is verified, the customer address to an address that is unique to a customer virtual route forwarding (VRF) function provide by the device. The device provides, based on translating the customer address, the data to the customer VRF function via the unique address. The device routes, based on providing the data to the customer VRF function, the data to the private cloud service via the customer VRF function and a secure connection.
US09515983B2
An apparatus performs a method for managing mobility of a terminal by a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving information on whether a time for which a terminal had been located at a cell managed by a first BS before the terminal has moved to a cell managed by the BS is equal to or longer than a predetermined threshold. The method also includes controlling data transmission/reception of the terminal by using one of an address allocated to the terminal by the BS or an address allocated to the terminal by a home server according to whether the time for which the terminal had been located at the cell managed by the first BS is equal to or longer than the predetermined threshold.
US09515977B2
An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation.
US09515972B2
Messages directed to a mobile device are selectively routed to message servers based upon the capabilities of a network to which the mobile device is connected. According to an illustrative method disclosed herein, a network connectivity server receives a network identifier from the mobile device, the network connectivity server receives a request for routing instructions for the message, and the network connectivity server determines if the network identified by the network identifier is capable of delivering the message. The network connectivity server then instructs the message server to route the message according to a standard delivery method for a message type of the message or to a message conversion server computer based upon the determination. The message conversion server computer converts the message into a new message type that the network is capable of delivering to the mobile device.
US09515970B2
Techniques are provided for delivering messages to users of client devices in a network. At a server device in a network, location information of each of a plurality of client devices is obtained. Each of the client devices runs a presence application for a user in the network and is configured to log-in with one or more resources. A message is received from a sender device in the network. The message is intended to be presented to the user via the presence application and one or more of the resources. Based on the location information of the client devices, one or more designated client devices are selected to which the message is to be sent such that the message is presented to the user via the presence application running on the one or more designated client devices and via one or more of the resources.
US09515968B2
Particular embodiments of a method comprise providing one or more ideograms (e.g., written characters, symbols or images that represent an idea or thing) for insertion into a message. A request may be received from a user for a restricted one of the ideograms. A determination may be made as to whether the user is authorized to access the restricted ideogram. This determination may be based on whether the user is a member of a group of authorized users, whether an attribute of the user meets a restriction requirement, or whether the request comprises an authorization code or token. If the user is authorized to access the restricted ideogram, then the restricted ideogram may be displayed to the user in association with the message. Otherwise, a restricted-content response may be generated.
US09515962B2
A server includes a plurality of network interfaces capable of communicating between the server and a plurality of communication apparatus which includes network ports capable of connecting a communication cable; a first unit specifying a pair of the network ports, which are connected via the communication cable, according to information related to connectivity of the network ports; and a second unit sending an instruction to the communication apparatus; wherein the instruction is to connect a first end of the communication cable to a first port corresponds to the specified port, and to connect a second end of the communication cable to a second port corresponds to the specified port.
US09515961B2
A method includes receiving flits forwarded from an upstream router into a first input virtual channel (VC) associated with an input port. The flits are associated with packets originated from a first Intellectual Property (IP) core and forwarded to a second IP core. The flits are stored in a VC storage associated with the first input VC. The method further includes performing link width conversion based on a width of the flits being different from a width of an output port. Link width conversion includes accumulation of the flits when the width of the output port is wider and unpacking of the flits when the width of the output port is narrower. Credits are generated based on the flits being forwarded from the first input VC to the output port. The credits are sent to the upstream router to enable receiving more flits from the upstream router.
US09515957B2
Management over data movement/transfer is accomplished by employing a data transmission rating system that assigns a data transmission rating to each server in the enterprise-wide communication network and subsequently makes determinations as to whether a data connection can be established between two or more servers based on the assigned data transmission rating. The enterprise-wide servers may be assigned a primary data transmission rating based on the type of data that the server is authorized to exchange and, optionally, the servers are assigned a secondary data transmission rating, (or a tertiary rating and so on) based on the geographic/physical location of the server. In this regard, in order for a data connection to be established between the two or more servers, the primary rating, and in those embodiments that implement a secondary rating, a tertiary rating and so on, must be determined to be authorized for establishing a data connection.
US09515953B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.
US09515951B2
A computing system architecture that facilitates constructing a virtual disk that is customized for an application is described herein. An exemplary computing system having such architecture includes a first plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the first plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a first type. The exemplary computing system also includes a second plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the second plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a second type. A virtual disk that is customized for an application is constructed by mapping a linear (virtual) address space to portions of storage devices across the first plurality of storage servers and the second plurality of storage servers. The storage servers are accessible over a full bisection bandwidth network.
US09515948B2
Techniques for generic data access are provided. A middle-tier server agent uses data providers that can communicate with backend resources. A request received in a first format is used to identify a specific data provider by the middle-tier server agent; the data provider uses the first format to communicate with a specific backend resource in a second format. Results from the specific backend resource are returned from the data provider in the first format and passed to a client that initially made the request.
US09515935B2
A virtual extensible local area network (“VXLAN”) system includes servers having VXLAN tunnel end points (“VTEP”) and virtual machines (“VMs”), multiple routers to transmit network data using bidirectional groups (“BIDIRs”) and rendezvous points (“RPs”), and an associated management and provisioning entity (“MPE”) adapted to arrange BIDIRs dynamically based upon network traffic such that traffic is more evenly distributed across the VXLAN. Some of the routers can be preconfigured as potential RPs, and the MPE can activate and deactivate these routers to and from RP status as needed. The MPE creates and rearranges BIDIRs based upon volume thresholds of traffic being reached in BIDIRs, such as by splitting overloaded BIDIRs. Network traffic can be monitored by VTEPs and RPs.
US09515932B2
According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a method that includes aggregating, by an egress function, message traffic directed to a target server entity from each of a plurality of ingress functions and procuring, by the egress function, dynamic update data that includes a message processing capacity threshold value associated with the target server entity and an aggregated message traffic rate corresponding to the message traffic received from the plurality of ingress functions. The method further includes sending the dynamic update data to each of the plurality of ingress functions and adjusting, by each of the ingress functions, an outgoing message traffic rate directed to the target server entity in accordance with the dynamic update data.
US09515926B2
A communication system includes: a core network including a lower layer switch that holds control information associating match condition(s) including lower layer header information, and processing content, and processes a received packet using control information having a match condition that matches the received packet; an upper layer switch, disposed at an edge of the core network, which rewrites a prescribed region of a header of a lower layer of a packet with content associated with communication content of an upper layer; and a control apparatus that instructs the upper layer switch to rewrite the header region of the lower layer, and also sets control information including, in a match condition, header information after the rewriting, in the lower layer switch.
US09515924B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and gateway Media Access Controller (MAC) distribution is presented. At least one subnet associated with a Layer 2 Virtual Switching Network (L2VSN) is provided on a network device. A message is propagated to a distributed Datapath. Network devices install the message as a routable MAC address on the L2VSN for the Layer 3 Virtual Switching Network/Virtual Routing and Forwarding (L3VSN/VRF) associated with the message. Edge devices route packets on the L2VSN addressed to the gateway MAC address.
US09515923B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for processing an interconnected ring in multi-protocol label switching. The method includes classifying to-be-processed services as a single ring service for an original ring and a cross-ring service for an interconnected ring corresponding to the original ring, determining information about a virtual point corresponding to the interconnected ring, creating a virtual channel of the original ring according to the information about the virtual point, using the virtual channel to forward the cross-ring service to the interconnected ring, and processing the single ring service according to a pre-created actual channel of the original ring.
US09515919B2
In order to perform protection switching of a frame that is transmitted and received between a packet processor and a host processor, when an input frame is a receiving frame and a signal failure has occurred, by transporting a message including a protection switching command to a packet processor, protection switching is performed. Information representing that protection switching is performed is recorded in a header of the receiving frame, and a frame including a message including a corresponding header is transported to the host processor.
US09515910B2
Systems and methods for identifying and remedying traffic imbalances and inequities between networks
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for balancing network loads across distinct provider networks using enriched network traffic flow data. In one implementation, network traffic flow data representative of network traffic exchanged between a first provider network and a second provider network is generated. The network traffic flow data is enriched using at least one enrichment feed. A network load indication for the first provider network is calculated using the enriched network traffic flow data. The network load indication is a function of a bandwidth measurement and a distance measurement.
US09515899B2
Quality of service is provided to prioritized VMs and applications, based on the varied quality of different shared computing resources. Each VM or application has an associated priority. A quality rating is dynamically assigned to each shared computing resource. Requests for shared computing resources made by specific VMs or applications are received. For each specific received request, the current priority of the requesting VM or application is identified. In response to each received request, a specific shared computing resource is assigned to the specific requesting VM or application. This assignment is made based on the current priority of the requesting VM or application and the current quality rating of the shared computing resource, thereby providing quality of service to the requesting VM or application corresponding to its current priority.
US09515893B2
In various example embodiments, systems and methods for a domain split display are provided. A first request call directed to a first domain is received. In response, first served content including content retrieved based on the first domain is transmitted to a client device. The first served content is used by the client device to generate a parent page comprising a content iframe, which is associated with a second domain. A second request call directed to a second domain is received and second served content is transmitted to the client device. The second served content includes content retrieved from the second domain. The second served content causes a data receiver iframe associated with the first domain and an event receiver iframe associated with the second domain to be displayed within the content iframe. User-generated content for display in the data receiver iframe is then transmitted. The user-generated content is retrieved from the second domain, whereby the second domain is different from the first domain. The data receiver iframe may communicate a size required to display the user-generated content to the event receiver iframe, which in turn, communicates the size to the parent page.
US09515891B2
Described is a technology by which an interactive timeline user interface shows communication data aggregated from various sources (e.g., a telephone service, a website, an application and/or the like) in time order. To reduce the number of items in the timeline, certain items may be combined into a compressed item, e.g., items from the same source and/or of the same type may be rolled up into a rolled up item. The user may also interact to reply to a data item. For example, an editor may be provided upon interaction with a data item in the timeline, and the type of reply that is sent may automatically match the type of data item, (e.g., a text message reply to a text message).
US09515885B2
A system and method are provided for processing a request for crowd data for a large geographic area. In one embodiment, a central system, which includes one or more servers, operates to obtain current locations for users of mobile devices and form crowds of three or more users based on the current locations of the users. In order to provide access to crowd data for crowds for a large geographic area, the central system receives a request for crowd data from a requesting device, establishes a bounding region for the request, and identifies one or more starting points within the bounding region for the request. Crowds are identified, crowd data for the crowds is generated, and the crowd data is returned to the requesting device in an iterative manner for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting points.
US09515883B2
Implementations of a system, method and apparatus described herein execute a discovery process to identify a plurality of computing devices within a computer network and a respective configuration associated with each of the plurality of computing devices. Upon discovery of a first computing device configured by an agent, configuration management of the computer network is searched for a definition used by the agent to configure the first computing device, and the discovery process for the first computing device is modified based on the definition to identify a first plurality of configuration items associated with a current configuration of the first computing device. Finally, a service model database is updated with the first plurality of configuration items.
US09515882B2
Systems and methods for managing imaging of computing devices are provided. A device image manager enables selection of one or more device images on the basis of various computing device criteria. The device image manager may obtain hardware qualification information associated with one or more device images, and obtain device configuration information associated with a computing device. The device image manager may select a set of appropriate device images for the computing device based on the hardware qualification information, device configuration information, or various device image selection criteria.
US09515880B1
An integrated circuit device may include processing circuits that can be dynamically reconfigured to perform different tasks each of which utilizes different system clock resources. The device may include clock selection circuitry that can selectively route desired clock signals to corresponding processing circuits. The clock signal provided to each processing circuit may be selected based on a current configuration of that processing circuit. Client processing circuits in a network switch may be coupled to interchangeable client networks. The client processing circuits may be dynamically reconfigured based on characteristics of the client networks that are currently coupled to the network switch. By dynamically selecting which clock resources are provided to the processing circuits, clock resources such as global clock signals that are relatively scarce may be reserved for processing circuits that can only function with the relatively scarce clock resources. Arranged in this way, clock resource utilization may be continuously optimized.
US09515878B2
A provisioned node, which is to be added into a distributed memory network, creates an empty provisioned key/value map. A master node, which is an existing node, in the distributed memory network, maintains existing key/value entries in an existing key/value map. An update cycle is performed, which includes receiving, by the master node and the provisioned node, one or more changes to the existing key/value entries. For any change that is a remove operation, the provisioned node stores a key specified in the remove operation in a tombstone set, and further removes the specified key from the provisioned key/value map. For any change that is a put operation of a specified key/value pair, the provisioned node puts the key/value pair in the provisioned key/value map.
US09515877B1
A method of managing an agent by an administrative server is described. The method includes receiving an enrollment request from the agent. The agent is disconnected from a core server, and the core server is periodically connected to the administrative server. The method also includes performing a provisional enrollment procedure with the agent. The method further includes performing an enrollment procedure between the agent and the core server. The method additionally includes performing a configuration procedure between the agent and the core server.
US09515872B2
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth network device. The first network device is coupled to the second network device and to the third network device, while the fourth network device is also coupled to the second and third network devices. At least the fourth network device has a plurality of interfaces and one or more processors in communication with the interfaces and a memory. At least one of the one or more processors is configured to disassociate a network address of the first network device from a first VRF instance and associate the network address of the first network device with a second VRF instance when a network failure associated with the first VRF instance is detected. Methods for rerouting traffic through the information handling system in response to a network event are also disclosed.
US09515870B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless access system supporting relay nodes, and an apparatus for same. In particular, the present invention comprises the steps of: sending a request for a retransmission to an adjacent second terminal, in case the recovery of data from a first signal received from a base station fails due to interference by the second terminal adjacent to a first terminal; the first terminal receiving a second signal from the second terminal; and the first terminal recovering data from the first signal, using the second signal, wherein the base station schedules a terminal other than the first and second terminals at the point of transmitting the second signal.
US09515866B2
Instantiating a resource of an IT-service includes: analyzing a service model including nodes representing resources and being indicative of a resource type, each node comprising a generic API providing at least one abstract method for instantiating the resource represented by the respective node. For each node, determining the resource type indicated by the node; evaluating a service provider catalog indicative of a resource manager operable to provide a resource of a given resource type and determining an address of the resource manager; selecting a resource manager; sending a request to the address of the selected resource manager for a description of a resource-manager-specific API of the resource manager; receiving the requested description from the selected resource manager; overriding the abstract method by a resource-manager specific method of the resource-manager-specific API for instantiating the resource; and executing the overridden abstract method for instantiating the resource represented by the node.
US09515863B2
A broadcast signal receiver is disclosed. A broadcast signal receiver according to the present invention comprises a synchronization/demodulation module carrying out signal detection and OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal; a frame parsing and deinterleaving module parsing and deinterleaving a signal frame of the broadcast signal; a demapping and decoding module converting data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) of the broadcast signal into a bit domain and performing FEC decoding on the converted data; and an output processing module receiving data of the at least one PLP and outputting the received data into a data stream.
US09515862B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an input formatter for input formatting input streams, wherein the input formatting includes a divider for dividing the input streams into each data transmission path including one or multiple service or service component, wherein each of the input streams includes at least one IP (Internet Protocol) packet having a variable length, wherein each IP packet includes a packet header and a packet payload, a compressor for compressing each the packet header, an encoder for encoding data in the each data transmission path, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame, wherein each the signal frame includes the encoded data and a signaling data and a modulator for modulating at least one of the signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme.
US09515859B2
A system for communicating modulated EHF signals may include a modulation circuit responsive to a bi-level transmit information signal for generating a transmit output signal. The transmit output signal may have an EHF frequency when the transmit information signal is at a first information state and may be suppressed when the transmit information signal is at a second information state. A transmit transducer operatively coupled to the modulation circuit may be responsive to the transmit output signal for converting the transmit output signal into an electromagnetic signal.
US09515852B1
The present invention is directed to data communication. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a technique for detecting loss of signal. An incoming data stream is sampled and a recovered clock signal is generated accordingly. An output clock signal of a higher frequency than the recovered clock signal is generated by a transmission PLL. The frequency of the recovered clock signal is compared to a divided frequency of the output clock signal. If a difference between the recovered clock signal and the output clock signal is greater than a threshold, a loss of signal indication is provided. There are other embodiments as well.
US09515850B2
An emergency call in an all Internet Protocol (IP) network having GPRS access is able to be completed without a valid SIM. A valid Subscriber Identity Module is substituted for the missing or invalid SIM only when an emergency call is attempted. The emergency call is either sent via an IMSI from an embedded SIM provided by the UE making the emergency call, or the emergency call is modified with an IMSI substituted by an Emergency SIM Pool Function prior to being sent to the HLR for validation. The SIM is valid for the UE's emergency call so the emergency call is completed because the UE is considered validated by the network.
US09515843B2
Aspects of a method and system for link adaptive Ethernet communications are provided. In this regard, characteristics of a cable attached to a network device may be determined, and the network device may be configured based on the determined characteristics. One or more of a plurality of Ethernet PHYs within the network device may be selected to be utilized for communicating over the cable based on the determined characteristics of the cable. The selected Ethernet PHYs may be configured based on the determined characteristics. A modulation scheme utilized by the selected Ethernet PHYs may be configured based on the determined characteristics. A modulation scheme utilized by each of the selected Ethernet PHYs may be configured independently from a modulation scheme utilized by other ones of the selected Ethernet PHYs.
US09515836B2
In implementations, a computer-implemented method for location assurance is disclosed. The method can include receiving, by an application executing on a mobile computing device, an electronic token from a server, wherein the electronic token comprises a timestamp signed using a cryptographic signing algorithm; providing, by the application, the electronic token to a passive computational tag, wherein the electronic token is countersigned by the passive computational tag; receiving, by the application, the electronic token that was countersigned by the passive computational tag; and providing, by the application, the electronic token that was countersigned to the server.
US09515831B2
An example method is provided for an electronic device, which may have a display and an input interface, to perform password authentication. The example method may include generating at least one sequence of input elements for entry during the authentication of the user's password to disguise entry of the user's password via the input interface by increasing the user's contact with the input interface and prompting, on the display, for an entry of the user's password and the at least one sequence of input elements via the input interface. The example method may further include receiving, via the input interface, entry of the user's password and the at least one sequence of input elements and determining whether the authentication is successful by checking whether the received entry is correct.
US09515822B2
A system for secure transfer of encrypted data involves a sender client, a recipient client, a main server, and a key server. The sender client receives instructions from a first user identifying transfer data and a recipient identifier, creates a key, encodes the transfer data using the key, and communicates the key and the recipient identifier to a server. The server creates a secure package identifier and communicates such to the sender client. The recipient client receives and identifies the secure package identifier and the encoded transfer data, receives from a second user a user identifier, and communicates the user identifier and the secure package identifier to the server. The server communicates the key to the recipient client only if the secure package identifier received from the recipient client matches the secure package identifier created by the server and if the user identifier matches the recipient identifier.
US09515820B2
The description pertains in particular to a method of protecting an electronic device (SCARD), when the electronic device implements a cryptographic algorithm (AES), against side channel attacks. The cryptographic algorithm (AES) operating on an array of states which forms the subject of a secure processing. The description relates also to an electronic device (SCARD), a computer program and a storage medium for the implementation of such a method.
US09515814B2
A circuit for performing clock recovery according to a received digital signal 30. The circuit includes at least an edge sampler 105 and a data sampler 145 for sampling the digital signal, and a clock signal supply circuit. The clock signal supply circuit provides edge clock 25 and data clock 20 signals offset in phase from one another to the respective clock inputs of the edge sampler 105 and the data sampler 145. The clock signal supply circuit is operable to selectively vary a phase offset between the edge and data clock signals.
US09515810B2
Disclosed are a method and device for data transmission, for improving a data transmission processing solution when a plurality of aggregated cells of user equipment have different TDD UL/DL configurations. The method includes: when the time division duplex up/downlink configurations of a plurality of aggregated cells of user equipment (UE) and only bidirectional data transmission is allowed in an up/downlink collision subframe, the UE determining the allowed data transmission direction of the up/downlink collision subframe, wherein in the time division duplex up/downlink configurations of the plurality of aggregated cells of UE, the data transmission directions of the same up/downlink collision subframe are different; the UE respectively determining available subframes for use in the uplink data transmission direction and available subframes for use in the downlink data transmission direction in each aggregated cell thereof, wherein in the available subframes counted in a data transmission direction opposite to the allowed data transmission direction, the up/downlink collision subframe is not included therein; and the UE performing data transmission in the available subframes.
US09515802B2
A method for operating a terminal in a carrier aggregation system and a corresponding apparatus. In the method, downlink control information (DCI) including a downlink assignment index (DAI) can be received via an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH). The DCI received via the E-PDCCH includes an additional field which does not exist in the DCI received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). If the DAI value is larger than 1, the additional field is used in selecting one of a plurality of PUCCH resources set by the upper layer, and the selected one resource is used in transmitting ACK/NACK.
US09515800B2
A method for transmitting feedback information on device to device (D2D) transmission data in a wireless communication system for supporting D2D communication according to the present invention comprises the steps of: informing a D2D link with another D2D terminal through a D2D terminal search; enabling a first D2D terminal to receive, in the formed D2D link, D2D information including resource allocation information for transmitting D2D data from a base station; enabling the first D2D terminal to receive data from a linked second D2D terminal through a resource according to the resource allocation information; and transmitting, to the base station, feedback information including acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signals for the received data, wherein the feedback information can comprise a D2D indicator for indicating the information related to the D2D communication and the identification information of the first D2D terminal and/or the identification information of the second D2D terminal.
US09515799B2
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting downlink control information (DCI) for a low-cost machine type communication (MTC) used for a wireless access system, and apparatuses for supporting same. A method of receiving DCI for low-cost MTC equipment includes the steps of: receiving a signal including DCI format information about DCI; and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal including the DCI by using the DCI formation information.
US09515791B2
A method and device for multi-access point calibration are disclosed. The method includes: a base station estimating a value closest to a true parameter deviation in a value interval of an uplink and downlink channel parameter deviation between access points, wherein the parameter deviation includes a phase difference and an amplitude difference; and the base station performing phase and/or amplitude calibration on service data transmitted jointly by the access points according to the value. With the method and device provided in the present document, a cell calculates a parameter difference between different access points, and then calibrates multiple access points according to the parameter difference, so as to solve a problem that the phase difference and amplitude difference exist between the data transmitted jointly between the multiple access points, and thus it can be guaranteed that good coherent transmission is performed between the access points, thereby improving the system performance.
US09515787B2
A method includes scheduling, by a base station configured to service a cell within a cellular communication network, multiple grants to an apparatus in a coverage area of the cell. Each of the scheduled multiple grants includes time-frequency resources in at least one shared spectrum that is to be used by the apparatus to attempt to communicate. Each of the scheduled multiple grants differs from others of the scheduled multiple grants in one or both of time or frequency. The method includes sending indications of the scheduled multiple grants. Another method includes receiving, at the apparatus in the cell, indications of the multiple grants and attempting by the apparatus to communicate using one or more of the multiple grants. Apparatus, computer programs, and program products are also disclosed.
US09515780B2
A method includes, in response to a determination one or more quiet periods conflict with specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing, sending one or more indicators to one or more user equipment to indicate to the user equipment to shift the specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing. The method includes communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing. Another method includes receiving at a user equipment one or more indicators indicating to the user equipment to shift specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing, and communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing. Apparatus, computer program product, and computer programs are also disclosed.
US09515777B2
A snoop receiver, method and computer program product for increasing the efficiency of TCP protocol operations at the snoop receiver by assuming there is no reordering over the wireless hop. The method performs maintaining a copy of each packet received, the copy adapted for retransmission to the receiver device on behalf of the source device and maintaining for each packet received, a virtual send time (VST) value of that packet. The VST corresponds to a virtual time the packet was sent or retransmitted to the receiver device. There is further maintained an estimate of the receiver device's time (VRT) based on acknowledgement (ACK) messages for packets received from the receiver device. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement for a packet sent at the time VST, the method infers any lost packets and retransmits a copy of any lost packets having a VST value sent before the receiver's VRT estimate.
US09515774B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for energy efficient communication based on feedback. A method may include sending a first message carried by a first wireless radio channel at a first predetermined energy level; receiving, in response to the first message, a second message carried by a second wireless radio channel; comparing the first message to the second message; sending a termination message, when the comparing indicates the first message and the second message match; and sending a portion of the first message at a second predetermined energy level, when the comparing indicates the second message contains at least one error when compared to the first message.
US09515771B2
A method, network element and user equipment, where in one embodiment at a network element, allocating a measurement gap configuration for a user equipment (UE) capable of operating in a carrier aggregation environment using at least first and second component carriers; and sending the measurement gap allocation to the UE, the allocation indicating a first measurement gap configuration for the first component carrier, the first measurement gap configuration being different than a second measurement gap configuration allocated for the second component carrier. In another embodiment at a UE capable of operating in a carrier aggregation environment using at least first and second component carriers, sending a measurement gap preference to a network, the preference including preference information indicating a preference for a first measurement gap configuration for the first component carrier, the first measurement gap configuration being different than a second measurement gap configuration for the second component carrier.
US09515765B2
Implementing a laser into a system that uses a remote powered combiner or an aggregating combiner (AC) with one or more in-range contributing combiners may provide power to the downstream contributing combiners (CC). The power may be provided on the same fiber that downstream signals and the upstream signals traverse.
US09515762B2
A device and method in which a plurality of Zadoff-Chu sequences is allocated to a frame, a value of a parameter in the Zadoff-Chu sequence is different among the plurality of Zadoff-Chu sequences, and the Zadoff-Chu sequence allocated to the frame is different among a plurality of cells.
US09515755B2
A method and system for TDMA synchronization including providing an ad-hoc TDMA mobile communication network, the communication network includes a plurality of mobile units, transmitting an information packet from a mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units to each remaining one of the plurality of mobile units. The method and system further including comparing at each remaining one of the plurality of mobile units the corresponding preamble detection time trx,i with a predetermined time parameter tcorr, and adjusting the corresponding preamble detection time trx,i of each remaining one of the plurality of mobile units accordingly. In addition, a method for logical timeslot synchronization and its enhancement using directed synchronization procedure with a refresh procedure are disclosed if a transmitting mobile unit exits the communication network and reconnects thereto.
US09515752B2
This invention relates to a method for mapping Wi-Fi fingerprints in a given geographical area. A user, provided with a receiver, sequentially collects Wi-Fi signal strength measurements by moving along the path thereof, with each measurement being constituted by a vector of RSS levels received from the various Wi-Fi access points. A graph that is representative of the path is determined from the sequence of measurements. Thanks to a geometric model of the area, a topographical characterization of the path is carried out on the basis of the previously obtained graph. The positions of the various measurements of the sequence are provided by the topographical characterization and stored with said measurements in a database.
US09515751B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a built-in self-test for a RF communication device. The communication device self-generates a test signal and processes the test signal through the communication device to determine an operational state of the communication device.
US09515750B2
A method for inductively coupled communication is described. The method includes applying a carrier signal at a carrier frequency to an antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes an antenna and a matching network that resonate at a resonant frequency. The method also includes measuring a looped-back signal over a range of impedance values. The looped-back signal includes the carrier signal received by a receiver coupled to the antenna circuit. The method further includes setting a calibrated impedance as an impedance configuration that produces a resonance peak in the looped-back signal.
US09515749B2
An amplifier module with an output coupler is disclosed. The amplifier module may include a plurality of input terminals and two or more output terminals. Each input terminal may be coupled to an input of an independent amplifier. Outputs from the independent amplifiers may be coupled to the two or more output terminals. The amplifier module may include an output coupler to couple the two or more output terminals together. A signal may be received by a first output terminal and be coupled by the output coupler to a second output terminal. In some embodiments, when the two or more output terminals are coupled together, the independent amplifiers may be made inactive or operated in a minimum gain configuration.
US09515733B2
Methods and systems for mitigating spectral offset may use a scanning optical filter to scan different frequencies (or wavelengths) in a signal bandwidth of an optical channel. The maximum optical power value for the optical channel may be accurate determined as well as an effective wavelength corresponding to the maximum optical power value.
US09515724B2
In one implementation, information indicating that a communication device is requesting to enter a dedicated transmission mode in a talkgroup may be received. In addition, information indicating a first position of the communication device may be received. A satellite constellation may be controlled to establish a first channel for communications for the talkgroup within a first beam that has a coverage area including the first position of the communication device. Further, a potential second position of the communication device may be determined. The satellite constellation may be controlled to establish a second channel for communications for the talkgroup within a second beam that has a coverage area including the potential second position of the communication device.
US09515723B2
A signal transmission approach comprises encoding a source signal (comprising source symbols) to generate a corresponding encoded signal. The encoded signal is modulated by mapping each source symbol to a respective signal constellation point of an applied signal constellation to generate a modulated signal. The modulated signal is pre-distorted based on a distortion estimate to generate a pre-distorted signal. The pre-distorted signal is filtered to generate a filtered signal. The filtered signal is frequency translated and amplified to generate a transmission signal for transmission via an uplink channel of a satellite communications system. To increase throughput, the source signal is processed through the apparatus and the resulting transmission signal is generated at a Faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) symbol rate and with a tight frequency roll-off. The modulated signal is pre-distorted based on a distortion estimate relating to the nonlinearity and the filters applied before and/or after the pre-distorter.
US09515720B2
In a radio communication system a first radio station performs communication by the use of a first radio signal. A second radio station receives a second radio signal which is indistinguishable from the first radio signal. A third radio station is in a radio communication area of the first radio station and a radio communication area of the second radio station. A communication format conversion unit generates a third radio signal by converting a communication format of the second radio signal to a communication format which is distinguishable from the first radio signal, and communicates with the third radio station by the use of the third radio signal.
US09515714B2
A method for operating a mobile station in a mobile communication system. The method includes: receiving a plurality of transmit (Tx) beam signals from a base station; generating indication information for indicating a difference in arrival time between effective Tx beam signals selected from the received Tx beam signals; and transmitting feedback information including the indication information to the base station.
US09515712B2
Disclosed is a precoding method comprising the steps of: generating a first coded block and a second coded block with use of a predetermined error correction block coding scheme; generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2 by performing a precoding process, which corresponds to a matrix selected from among the N matrices F[i], on a first baseband signal s1 generated from the first coded block and a second baseband signal s2 generated from the second coded block, respectively; the first precoded signal z1 and the second precoded signal z2 satisfying (z1, z2)T=F[i] (s1, s2)T; and changing both of or one of a power of the first precoded signal z1 and a power of the second precoded signal z2, such that an average power of the first precoded signal z1 is less than an average power of the second precoded signal z2.
US09515708B2
A method, a system, and a server provide context aware multiple-input-multiple-output MIMO antenna systems and methods. Specifically, the systems and methods provide, in a multiple MIMO antenna or node system, techniques of antenna/beam selection, calibration, and periodic refresh, based on environmental and mission context. The systems and methods can define a context vector as built by cooperative use of the nodes on the backhaul to direct antennas for the best user experience as well as mechanisms using the context vector in a 3D employment to point the antennas in a cooperative basis therebetween. The systems and methods utilize sensors in the nodes to provide tailored context sensing versus motion sensing, in conjunction with BER (Bit Error Rate) measurements on test signals to position an antenna beam from a selection of several “independent” antenna subsystems operating within a single node, as well as, that of its optically connected neighbor.
US09515684B2
According to an embodiment, a receiver includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a frequency-to-digital converter and an input sensitivity controller. In the voltage controlled oscillator, input sensitivity relative to a baseband signal is controlled based on an input sensitivity control signal. The voltage controlled oscillator oscillates at a frequency controlled by a voltage of the baseband signal to generate an oscillation signal. The frequency-to-digital converter performs frequency-to-digital conversion of the oscillation signal to generate a digital signal. The input sensitivity controller generates the input sensitivity control signal based on the digital signal.
US09515676B2
A compression method includes measuring a waveform associated with a chemical event occurring on a sensor array, wherein the waveform comprises at least one region associated with expected measured values and at least one region associated with unpredictable measured values; applying a first compression process to the waveform, the first compression process including an averaging of one or more frames in one or more portions of the waveform; and applying a second compression process to the waveform, the second compression process including a truncating of data corresponding to a portion of the waveform that is not related to a nucleotide incorporation component of the waveform.
US09515667B2
Circuitry for providing an oscillating output signal. The circuitry comprises a transconductance circuit having a first input, a second input, and an output. The circuitry further comprises an oscillator circuit coupled to receive voltage from the output of the transconductance circuit, wherein the oscillating output signal is responsive to an output of the oscillator circuit. Also included are circuitry for providing a first voltage to the first input of the transconductance circuit and a frequency controlled circuit for providing a second voltage to the second input the transconductance circuit. The second voltage is response to a frequency of operation of the frequency controlled circuit, and the frequency of operation of the frequency controlled circuit is responsive to feedback from the output of the oscillator circuit.
US09515665B1
A first P-channel transistor to a gate of which a first input signal is inputted and a second P-channel transistor to a gate of which a selection signal is inputted are provided in series between a power supply line and an output node. A first N-channel transistor to a gate of which a second input signal is inputted and a second N-channel transistor to a gate of which the selection signal is inputted are provided in series between a ground line and the output node. A third P-channel transistor to a gate of which the second input signal is inputted is provided between the gate of the second P-channel transistor and the output node, and a third N-channel transistor to a gate of which the first input signal is inputted is provided between the gate of the second N-channel transistor and the output node.
US09515660B1
A voltage level shifter to provide an output logic signal in response to an input logic signal, where the input logic signal is in a first voltage domain and the output logic signal is in a second voltage domain. In one embodiment, a voltage boost module provides a boosted voltage in response to the input logic signal going HIGH, where the boosted voltage is sufficient to turn OFF a pull-up transistor operating in the second voltage domain. Contention among pull-down and pull-up transistors may be avoided.
US09515657B2
Systems and methods are provided for a receiver device for receiving data signals from devices of disparate types. An amplifier is configured to receive a voltage reference signal and a data signal, the data signal being received from a device, the amplifier being configured to output an output signal based on a comparison of the data signal to the voltage reference signal. A voltage reference level shifter is configured to selectively level shift the voltage reference signal supplied to the amplifier based on a type of device with which the receiver is communicating. A data signal level shifter is configured to selectively level shift the data signal supplied to the amplifier based on the type of device with which the receiver is communicating.
US09515656B2
A reconfigurable circuit suitable for a redundant circuit of a storage device is provided. A programmable logic element (PLE) includes k logic circuits (e.g., XNOR circuits), k configuration memories (CM), and another logic circuit (e.g., an AND circuit) to which the outputs of the k logic circuits are input. The output of the AND circuit represents whether k input data of the PLE all correspond to configuration data stored in the k CMs. For example, when the address of a defective block in the storage device is stored in the CM and address data of the storage device the access of which is requested is input to the PLE, whether the defective block is accessible can be determined from the output of the AND circuit.
US09515650B2
A driver IC (Integrated Circuit) includes a power supply terminal; an output terminal to be coupled to a load element; a connection node on a current path between the power supply terminal and the output terminal; a substrate resistance, having one end coupled to the connection node; an output transistor including a gate, wherein the output transistor is coupled in series with the substrate resistance through the connection node; a resistance, having one end coupled to an other end of the substrate resistance; and a voltage detecting circuit configured to detect a voltage depending on a voltage between the one end of the substrate resistance and the other end of the substrate resistance, and to output an output signal, which is as an output of the voltage detecting circuit, to the gate of the output transistor.
US09515649B2
A cascode circuit (1) is provided with a switching element (Q1) which is normally off by default, a switching element (Q2) and a clamp circuit (10). A source of the switching element (Q2) is connected to a drain of the switching element (Q1). The cascode circuit (1) engages in a normally-off operation through a gate driving circuit (100) connected to a gate of the switching element (Q1). The clamp circuit (10) is provided between a power source terminal (P) of the gate driving circuit (100) and the drain of the switching element (Q1). A power source (E) is connected to the power source terminal (P). When the gate driving circuit (100) operates to turn off the switching element (Q1) and the switching element (Q2), the clamp circuit (10) clamps a voltage between the drain and the source of the switching element (Q1) to a power source voltage (V) supplied from the power source (E).
US09515647B2
A gate driver includes a stage including an input unit including a first transistor diode-connected to a first input terminal of the stage through a first node and biased by a first input signal of the first input terminal, an output unit including a second transistor including a gate electrode coupled to the first node, a first electrode coupled to a clock input terminal, and a second electrode coupled to a first output terminal of the stage, a capacitor coupled between the gate electrode and the second electrode of the second transistor, and a noise remover including a third transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a second node, a first electrode coupled to the first node, and a second electrode coupled to a first voltage input terminal of the stage which receives a first voltage.
US09515642B2
In a device, a pulse modulation switching logic is provided to generate switching signals of a pulse modulator so as to generate a pulse modulated signal with a first pulse modulation control parameter and a second pulse modulation control parameter. The first pulse modulation control parameter is controlled on the basis of a first control signal, and the second pulse modulation control parameter is controlled on the basis of a second control signal. A first control loop is provided to generate the first control signal from an output signal derived from the pulse modulated signal. A second control loop is provided to generate the second control signal on the basis of the output signal. The first and second control signals are applied to concurrently control the first and second pulse modulation control parameters.
US09515631B2
Apparatus and methods for high voltage variable capacitors are provided herein. In certain configurations, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a variable capacitor array and a bias voltage generation circuit that biases the variable capacitor array to control the array's capacitance. The variable capacitor array includes a plurality of variable capacitor cells electrically connected in parallel between a radio frequency (RF) input and an RF output of the IC. Additionally, each of the variable capacitor cells can include a cascade of two or more pairs of anti-series metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitors between the RF input and the RF output. The pairs of anti-series MOS capacitors include a first MOS capacitor and a second MOS capacitor electrically connected in anti-series. The bias voltage generation circuit generates bias voltages for biasing the MOS capacitors of the variable capacitor cells.
US09515629B2
An audio processor has an active noise cancellation (ANC) processor to compute an S-filter, which estimates a transfer function from an earpiece speaker, that is to be worn by a user, to an error microphone. The ANC processor adaptively produces an anti noise signal for reducing ambient noise that can be heard by the user. An adaptive equalization (EQ) processor has an EQ filter controller that adjusts an EQ filter, while audio user content is being filtered in accordance with the EQ filter before being fed to the speaker and then heard by the user. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09515617B2
The present invention relates in one aspect to a class D audio amplifier with improved output driver topology supporting multi-level output signals such as 3-level, 4-level or 5-level pulse width or pulse density modulated output signals for application to a loudspeaker load. The present class D audio amplifiers are particularly well-suited for high-volume consumer audio applications and solutions.
US09515615B2
The present disclosure relates to a World Band Radio Frequency Power Amplifier and a World Band Radio Frequency Front End Module. The World Band Power Amplifier can contain at least one broadband power amplifier connected to a switch which can direct an RF input signal to a plurality of transmission paths, each transmission path configured for a different frequency. The World Band RFFE Module is more integrated version of the World Band Power Amplifier that can contain broadband RF PA(s), switches, logic controls, filters, duplexers and other active and passive components.
US09515592B2
Some embodiments relate to a controlled field alternator where the alternator is wired in a low wye configuration (coils wired in series or parallel). The first sensor measures the direct current flowing through the field within the alternator to detect an excitation level of a field within the alternator. As examples, the first sensor may measure field voltage, magnetic field intensity, magnetic flux density, current to the field of a rotating exciter, voltage to the field of a rotating exciter and the duty cycle of a pulse width modulated signal that controls an on-board rectifier for a permanent magnet exciter. Embodiments are also contemplated where the second sensor measures the RMS output voltage of the alternator to determine the output characteristic of the alternator.
US09515588B2
A method of controlling a brushless permanent-magnet motor. The method includes generating a first signal having a voltage that is proportional to a voltage across a winding of the motor, and generating a second signal having a voltage that is proportional to a current in the winding. The second signal is then differentiated to generate a third signal, and the voltages of the first signal and the third signal are compared. An output signal is generated in response to the comparison, the output signal having an edge whenever the voltages of the first signal and the third signal correspond. The winding is then commutated at times relative to the edges in the output signal. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system.
US09515585B2
A method for diagnosing an electric water pump of an internal combustion engine includes determining whether a present condition is a coil-open diagnosis condition that enables diagnosis of whether any coil of a sensorless 3-phase motor used in the electric water pump is open. When the coil-open diagnosis condition is satisfied, whether a coil of one phase is open is determined by using a change in phase currents. When the coil-open diagnosis condition is satisfied, whether coils of two phases are open is determined by using a magnitude of a motor torque or a magnitude of an average phase current. When the coil-open diagnosis condition is satisfied, whether any coil of the motor is open during driving of the motor is determined by using a variation in the motor torque.
US09515576B2
A bridge circuit and a short-circuit protection method thereof. The bridge circuit includes an input power unit, a converter unit, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a detection unit and a bridge inverter unit. The input power unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The converter unit is coupled to the input power unit. The first capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The bridge inverter unit includes a plurality of switches and is coupled to the converter unit, the first capacitor, the second capacitor, the detection unit and the second electrode. The detection unit issues a short-circuit signal to a control unit when the detection unit detects a current variation on the second capacitor.
US09515573B2
An inverting apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a capacitor, and a control circuit. The inverting circuit receives a DC input power and is configured to convert the DC input power into an AC output power, wherein an AC output current of the AC output power is preset to a preset output current. The capacitor is connected to an output terminal of the inverting circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the inverting circuit and is configured to control a power conversion of the inverting circuit, wherein the control circuit superimposes a preset capacitor compensation current of which the phase leads to the preset output current on the preset output current, so as to control the inverting circuit to adjust the AC output current and provide the adjusted AC output current to a power grid.
US09515567B2
A radio frequency (RF) power source having a precise power detector includes a RF signal generator, a RF power amplifying circuit, a power supply circuit, and a precise power detector. The precise power detector includes a voltage mutual inductor, a current mutual inductor, a precise detecting module, and a microcontroller integrated with an analog-digital (A/D) converter and a micro-processing unit, wherein the voltage mutual inductor and the current mutual inductor are respectively connected with the precise detecting module. The precise detecting module includes an add circuit, a subtraction circuit, a rectification circuit, and a filtering-amplifying circuit, wherein the add circuit and the subtraction circuit are respectively connected with the rectification circuit, the rectification circuit connects to the filtering-amplifying circuit, the filtering-amplifying circuit connects to the microcontroller integrated with the A/D converter and the micro-processing unit.
US09515563B2
There are a power module and a distributed power supply apparatus having the same. The power module includes: a power factor correction stage switching input power to correct a power factor thereof; a DC/DC conversion stage switching the power of which the power factor has been corrected by the power factor correction stage to convert the power into preset DC power; a control unit controlling the power factor correction stage and the DC/DC conversion stage to perform a power conversion operation in a preset powered mode and stopping the power conversion operation of the DC/DC conversion stage in a preset idle mode; and a reference voltage supply unit supplying a preset reference voltage to the DC/DC conversion stage in the idle mode.
US09515562B2
A resonant tank comprises a resonant inductor coupled to a switching network and a transformer, a resonant capacitor coupled to the switching network and the transformer, a first parallel inductor implemented as a magnetizing inductance and a second parallel inductor implement as a separate inductor, wherein a first inductance of the first parallel inductor is greater than a second inductance of the second parallel inductor.
US09515558B2
A switched-mode power supply in a set of parallel-connected switched-mode power supplies is operated to (1) monitor both output current and operating temperature, and (2) auto-tune an output voltage using two-dimensional control that employs a two-dimensional function of the output current and the operating temperature. The two-dimensional function is a sharing function whose use in each of the supplies effects a coordinated sharing of both load current and operating temperature across the set of supplies. Temperature sharing includes monitoring and controlling distribution of operating temperatures across the set of supplies to reduce undesirable temperature imbalance that can cause excessive thermal stress and reduce reliability.
US09515556B2
A method of regulating voltage with a switching regulator is disclosed. The method includes sensing an output voltage provided by the regulator. If the output voltage drops below a low voltage threshold, a burst of one or more current pulses is provided. If the output voltage raises above a high voltage threshold during the burst, discontinuing the burst of current pulses. The method includes counting a number of the one or more current pulses in the burst, and comparing the number of the one or more current pulses with at least one pulse threshold. The upper current threshold is adjusted based on the number of the one or more current pulses.
US09515553B2
Automatic transient control circuitry may be used to alleviate issues relating to large changes in power demands by a load in an integrated circuit. The transient control circuitry may inject current to or retract current from a load, for example charging or discharging a bypass capacitor associated with the load, when circuitry of the load is commanded to an operational state from a standby state or vice-versa, respectively.
US09515535B2
An improved transformer (130) for use in a power tool (100) is disclosed, where the power tool (100) comprises a stationary body (110) and a shaft (120) being movable in relation to said body (110). The transformer (130) comprises a stator (210) being fixed in relation to said body (110) and including one or more stator windings (216). The transformer (130) also comprises a rotor (220) being movable with said shaft and including one or more rotor windings (226). A magnetic field B is shared by said one or more stator and rotor windings (216, 226) and is used for creating a contactless signal connection between said body and at least one sensor of said shaft. According to the present invention, the stator (210) and the rotor (220) are arranged for forming a mutual geometrical relationship such that said contactless signal connection is provided for different positions in both an axial direction A and a rotational direction R of said shaft.FIG. 2c.
US09515530B2
The disclosure provides a stator module and a magnetic field generating structure which includes a magnetizer and an electrically conducting pipe. The electrically conducting pipe is wound around the magnetizer and has a passage inside. The passage has an outlet and an inlet opposite to each other. The electrically conducting pipe has a current input portion and a current output portion.
US09515528B2
A permanent magnet rotary electric machine includes: a stator in which a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots are formed on an inner periphery of a cylindrical stator core, and a winding wire is wound around the teeth so as to be disposed in the slots; and a rotor disposed in a hollow portion of the stator with an air gap between the rotor and the stator. In the rotor, 2n or more (n is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) radial projections are provided on an outer periphery of a rotor core, and a ferrite magnet is disposed between adjacent projections. A radial height of the projection is less than a thickness of middle of the ferrite magnet.
US09515527B2
A plurality of lamination steel sheets that form a rotor core are stacked so that the lamination steel sheets are angularly shifted from each other, and a plurality of cavities are formed. Permanent magnets are molded and disposed in the cavities by injection molding. Each permanent magnet has a uniform plate thickness, and is bent with respect to an axial direction so as to have a triangular wave shape or an S shape. The permanent magnets are magnetized after being disposed in the cavities. The paired magnet pieces have poles of the same polarity, which face each other in the circumferential direction of a rotor, and each of the magnet pieces is magnetized in directions of normals to a surface of the magnet piece, the surface having a linear sectional shape.
US09515524B2
An electric motor has a supplementary field magnet including a supplementary magnet, a yoke serving as a magnetic path for magnetic flux produced by the supplementary magnet. The supplementary field magnet is arranged on one axial end side of the rotor with a gap. A rotor core is provided with first projections projecting toward one axial end side of the electric motor from first magnetic pole portions having a first polarity, and second projections projecting toward the one axial end side from second magnetic pole portions having a second polarity, and arranged radially inward of the first projections. The yoke includes a magnetic pole portion axially opposed to the first projections and having the first polarity, and another magnetic pole portion axially opposed to the second projections and having the second polarity such that a gap is formed between the magnetic pole portions.
US09515523B2
A power supply management method for electronic devices includes: an electric power transmission step of wirelessly transmitting electric power to each of electronic devices 50, 60 placed on a table 10 from a power supplying device 20 contained in the top plate of the table 10; a step of receiving electric power transmitted from the power supplying device 20 by each of the electronic devices 50, 60; and a step of activating the system of each of the electronic devices by the electronic devices 50, 60 when the electric power is received from the power supplying device 20 and an amount of the received electric power is equal to or larger than a threshold value for system activation.
US09515520B1
The subject innovation relates to providing battery backup for a power supply (e.g., a power supply implemented within a distributed power architecture where multiple power supplies are coupled together) based at least in part on voltage feed-forward control. A backup converter is coupled to a battery and a primary power converter. The backup converter delivers power from the battery to a load when a primary power failure is detected in the primary power converter. A controller controls an output current level of the backup converter based on an output voltage level of the battery.
US09515519B2
Disclosed is an electric lamp apparatus, and more particularly to an electric lamp apparatus, in which an electric lamp is configured to emit light with power charged in a battery when power is shut down, so that the electric lamp can be used as an emergency light and no additional work is separately needed for constructing the emergency light, thereby reducing costs, time and effort to be taken in constructing the emergency light.
US09515516B2
A portable power station system for providing access to electrical power and mechanical energy in from stored and renewable sources comprising a housing containing a battery, a brushless DC motor, an inverter, a gear system, an AC motor, an alternator, a rectifier, a reservoir capacitor, a charge controller, sequentially connected with the charge controller connected back to the battery. Solar panels and a wind power generator are additionally connected to the charge controller. A plurality of grounds are also provided. The portable power station system works to convert stored energy from the battery into other forms of energy and provide access to the various forms of energy through various discrete outputs accessible from the exterior of the housing. To account for the inevitable energy losses from its operation, the portable power station system utilizes renewable forms of energy to continually introduce additional energy.
US09515514B2
A control method of a wireless power receiving unit receiving charging power from a wireless power transmitting unit to perform wireless charging is provided. The control method includes receiving the charging power from the wireless power transmitting unit; detecting a change in a wireless charging environment; generating a message notifying of the change in the wireless charging environment; and transmitting the message notifying of the change in the wireless charging environment to the wireless power transmitting unit.
US09515513B2
An apparatus may include a near field communication (NFC) antenna coil and a wireless power receiving coil. The NFC antenna coil and the receiving coil may be arranged on a magnetic sheet. The wireless power receiving coil may be concentrically disposed on the magnetic sheet within an inner periphery of the NFC antenna coil. An inner diameter of the wireless power receiving coil may be greater than or equal to an inner diameter of reference listener antenna coil RL-6, of the reference listener coils specified by the NFC forum.
US09515512B2
A checkstand system including a counter surface within which a plurality of induction charge transmission coils are embedded in or disposed below the counter at selected charge positions about the countertop whereby a cordless peripheral, such as a data reader, is positionable and movable between multiple positions about the counter surface, the peripheral including an induction charge receiving coil operative to receive a charge current from one of the induction charge transmission coils when the peripheral is placed in proximity of a selected one of the charge positions on the checkstand. In one configuration, the system includes a temperature sensing component disposed proximal to an induction charge transmission coil and a controller operative for receiving a temperature signal from the temperature sensing component and adjusting the charge current delivered to the induction charge transmission coil in response to the signal.
US09515510B2
A charging system includes a temperature sensor to generate a temperature signal responsive to a temperature of an energy storage device. A circuit temperature sensor generates a circuit temperature signal responsive to a temperature of a semiconductor device. A charge adjuster generates a desired current signal responsive to the temperature signal and the circuit temperature signal. A comparator compares a charge-current level signal to the desired current signal to generate a charge adjustment signal. A charge controller on the semiconductor device generates and adjusts a current of a charging signal for charging the energy storage device responsive to the charge adjustment signal. The charge adjuster may generate a reduction signal when the temperature signal is above a throttle threshold, reduce a digital desired current signal responsive to the reduction signal, and convert the digital desired current signal to the desired current signal as an analog signal.
US09515507B2
An energy-saving circuit for a network-powered device (PD) having a converter circuit that produces an operating voltage (VOUT) for the device (PD) from a supply voltage (VPSE) which can be provided via a includes at least one switching element that breaks at least one electrical connection between the network and the converter circuit, at least one control circuit that actuates the at least one switching element on the basis of control signals that switch on and/or off and are received from the device, and at least one energy buffer that stores energy from voltage pulses, provided via the network, to supply the control circuit with operating power.
US09515497B2
A battery module architecture including a plurality of battery cells coupled electrically in series and having a combined battery potential proportional to the combined sum of the battery cells is controlled by microcontroller to balance battery cell voltages by a battery cell voltage balancer having a discharging circuit and a plurality of differential conductive connections each respectively coupled to positive and negative terminals of one of the battery cells.
US09515486B2
An output control device for a wind farm which includes n number of wind turbines includes a WTG output obtaining unit for obtaining a current output Pi of each of the wind turbines; an extractable output calculation unit for calculating an extractable output Pmaxi for each of the wind turbines; a potential output calculation unit for calculating a potential output Ppoti of each of the wind turbines based on a difference between the extractable output Pmaxi and the current output Pi of each of the wind turbines; and a WTG output determination unit for determining an output command value of each of the wind turbines so that a total output PWF of the wind farm becomes closer to an output target value PWF*. The WTG output determination unit assigns an output increase amount to each of the wind turbines and to determine the output command value.
US09515485B1
A power control system provides immunity from power supply dropout for a controller without compromising a startup time of the controller. In at least one embodiment, the power control system includes separate startup and dropout immunity capacitors. In at least one embodiment, selection of the capacitance of the startup capacitor is independent of selection of the capacitance of the dropout immunity capacitance. In at least one embodiment, the startup capacitance can be minimized to provide sufficient energy for the controller to normally operate during one missed cycle of an input voltage and, thus, provide a minimum startup time for the controller. The capacitance of the dropout immunity capacitor can be maximized to provide sufficient energy for the controller to operate normally during a time period longer than one cycle of the input voltage.
US09515479B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses an inrush current generated when shunt capacitors are connected to a power system, the apparatus including a voltage measurement unit measuring power source voltages, a current measurement unit measuring circuit breaker currents, a polarity determination unit determining the polarities of residual voltages, a phase section detector detecting a phase section in which the polarities of the residual voltages match the polarities of the power source voltages, and a circuit breaker closing unit closing the circuit breaker within the phase section.
US09515477B2
An overcurrent protection device includes a fuse element and an auxiliary circuit. Power is applied from a high-voltage unit of a main circuit to the fuse element. The auxiliary circuit includes a component which heats the fuse element. An amount of electric current flowing in the fuse element when the fuse element melts is controlled by heat generated by the component.
US09515476B2
The present invention relates to a protective device for protection of an electrical circuit equipped with a smoothing capacitor against reversal of polarity of the input voltage, with an input via which the protective device can be connected to a voltage supply for coupling in an input voltage, with an output via which the protective device an be connected to the electrical circuit to be protected, with a controllable switch which is arranged between an input terminal of the input and an output terminal of the output having the same polarity and which is designed to interrupt a current flow between the input terminal and the output terminal which are connected to one another, and with a control unit which is designed to control the controllable switch, when an applied input voltage with reverse polarity is detected, in such a way that the interruption of the current flow takes place with a time lag relative to a time of the application of the input voltage with reverse polarity. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method, a circuit arrangement with a protective device according to the invention and a vehicle system.
US09515474B2
Disclosed is a power off device which includes a micro arc detector for turning on a first switching element, based on a voltage induced in a high frequency choke coil by a high frequency pulse current caused by micro arc at a power line, a high current arc detector for outputting a high current arc detection current during turning-on of a second switching element made based on variation of a magnetic field generated at a coil, a delay unit for accumulatively charging the micro arc detection current or the high current arc detection current in a delay capacitor at a predetermined time constant, a power off unit for electrically disconnecting a load from the power line when an operating voltage is applied, and a first switch for connecting the operating voltage to the power off unit in response to the arc detection signal.
US09515472B2
A single wire seal for sealing an electric cable in an aperture of a terminal or a connector housing is provided. The single wire seal is provided with an essentially cylindrical shape and a through hole for the electric cable. The single wire seal further comprises a crimping portion for crimping the crimping section of a terminal on both the single wire seal and the electric cable. The single wire seal is molded out of a first, preferably relatively soft elastic material having a Young's modulus. For reducing deformations of the single wire seal due to the crimping, the single wire seal is further provided with a reinforcement element arranged at the crimping portion. The reinforcement element is preferably provided with at least one ring shaped portion. The reinforcement element is molded out of a second material, which has a higher Young's modulus than the first material.
US09515454B2
A TO type laser device that can perform long-distance transmission due to a reduced line breadth of laser light. A semiconductor laser device which comprises a laser diode chip (100) that emits laser light; a wavelength-selective filter; a collimating lens (200) disposed in a light path between the laser diode chip (100) and the wavelength-selective filter and to collimate light emitted from the laser diode chip (100); a 45°-partial reflective mirror (300) disposed in a light path between the laser diode chip (100) and the wavelength-selective filter for changing laser light traveling parallel to the bottom of a package into laser light traveling perpendicularly to the bottom of the package; and an optical wavelength supervisory photodiode (500) disposed in a light path along which laser light reflecting from the wavelength-selective filter, after being emitted from the laser diode chip (100), passes through the 45°-partial reflective mirror (300).
US09515451B2
A system for optical amplification includes an optical fiber with a core containing a gain medium surrounded by a cladding, a seed light source, a control light source, and a pump source. The seed light source transmits seed light, at a first wavelength and having a first linewidth greater than 100 MHz, into the core of the fiber. The control light source transmits control light, at a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength, into the core where it interacts with the pumped gain medium so as to reduce the peak rate of heat deposition per unit length along the fiber. The control light has a second linewidth greater than 100 MHz. The pump source transmits pump light at a pump wavelength, shorter than the second wavelength, into the fiber so as to pump the gain medium and amplify the seed light.
US09515444B2
A solder pre-form for soldering a coaxial cable to a connector body is provided with a plurality of flux grooves on a cable side and a connector side. The solder pre-form may also have a plurality of holes between the cable and connector sides. In a method of use, flux is applied to the flux grooves and the solder pre-form applied to encircle the outer conductor which is then inserted into the connector body and the solder pre-form melted to complete the solder interconnection. Where holes are present, flux may be applied to the connector side, passing through the holes also to the cable side.
US09515438B1
An electrical connector with improved terminal set comprising having an insulation seat; a first and a second terminal sets joined respectively with the insulation seat, the first and the second terminal sets comprising having respectively an alignment terminal, multiple first terminals and multiple second terminals, each of the alignment terminal, the first and the second terminals having a contacting portion, a bending portion and a welding portion; each of the first and the second terminals being provided respectively on two sides of each of the alignment terminals, and the contacting portion and the bending portion for each of the first and the second terminals having a deflecting portion connected therebetween; and a metal shell covering the insulation seat, the first terminal set and the second terminal set.
US09515431B2
Provided is an apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal capable of electrically connecting the electrode terminal and the terminal to each other by being press-fitted onto an outer side of the electrode terminal protruding outwardly of the battery module. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal includes a socket terminal inserted and closely adhered onto the outer side of the electrode terminal and a socket coupled and closely adhered onto an outer side of the socket terminal and coupled to the terminal, such that the electrode terminal and the terminal are electrically connected to each other by the socket terminal and the socket.
US09515428B2
A tuner comprises a frame that is provided with a through-hole and a connection portion to which a connector is connected. The connection portion includes a flange portion that is able to select to pass through the through-hole or not to pass through the through-hole by the connection portion being rotated, and the frame includes a pressurization portion that pressurizes the flange portion which passes through the through-hole.
US09515424B2
Provided is a portable charger connected to a wall electric power source and configured to supply an electric power from the wall electric power source to a load. The portable charger includes a plug, an electric wire, a switch, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to supply an electric power through the electric wire to the load when the plug is plugged in the socket and to cut off the supply of the electric power flowing through the electric wire by controlling the switch on the basis of the user's approach that is detected by the first detection unit, and the tensile force that is detected by the second detection unit while the electric power is being supplied.
US09515422B2
The present invention relates to an electrical connector having an electrically insulating contact carrier and at least one electrically conductive contact element which is provided with an impedance equalization element. In particular, the present invention relates to an electrical connector which has defined impedance properties, both with and without shielding. In order to adjust the impedance of the connector (100) in at least a portion of the region in which the at least one contact element (104) is arranged, at least one impedance equalization element (112) is provided on the contact carrier (102) and integrated therewith, wherein the impedance equalization element (112) has an electrically conductive, substantially planar structure, which is arranged with respect to the at least one contact element (104) with a predetermined spacing which is dependent on the impedance value to be adjusted.
US09515415B1
A connector assembly includes a connector housing, a cable, and a strain relief insert. The connector housing includes a clamp within an interior chamber. The cable extends into the interior chamber of the connector housing and is compressed by the clamp at a clamping region of the cable to secure the cable to the connector housing. The cable includes plural conductors and an outer jacket surrounding the conductors. Exposed segments of the conductors extend from an end of the outer jacket. The strain relief insert includes a stalk that extends between the conductors into the outer jacket through the end of the outer jacket. The stalk aligns with the clamping region of the cable such that the clamp compresses the conductors into engagement with the stalk.
US09515410B2
In the process of connecting first and second housings (10, 90), a slider (60) is kept at an advanced position by locking a resilient stopper (76) and a stopper receiving portion (25), and springs (80) accumulate spring forces. The resilient stopper (76) and the stopper receiving portion (25) are released as the housings (10, 90) are connected and the slider (60) is moved to a retracted position while being biased by the springs (80). The resilient stopper (76) projects from a base end (52) to a tip (51) and has a first support (54) at the base end (52) to function as a support of deflection when starting deflection in the process of connecting the first and second housings (10, 90) and a second support (58) closer to the tip (51) than the base end (52) to function as a support of deflection following the first support (54).
US09515403B2
A female terminal assembly includes: a female terminal body in which a male terminal receiving space is formed internally; and a cylindrical spring contact which is received in the male terminal receiving space from a male terminal insertion side of the female terminal body. A lock portion formed at a male terminal insertion-side end portion of the spring contact is fixed to a male terminal insertion-side end portion of the female terminal body.
US09515398B2
A spacer and electrical connector assembly for printed circuit boards includes a first member to be placed between two of the printed circuit boards to provide a required spacing between the printed circuit boards. The assembly also includes at least one second member disposed adjacent to the first member, the second member extending along a length of the first member and at least partially bracketing an upper surface and a lower surface of the first member, thereby providing an electrical connection between the printed circuit boards. A plurality of contact portions that respectively receive the second member may be disposed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces.
US09515395B1
A clamp for clamping an electrical terminal terminating an electrical wire to an electrically conductive post includes a saddle and a fastener. The saddle has an inner surface and at least partially circumferentially surrounds the post. A projection on the inner surface of the saddle is received in a hole of the electrical terminal. The fastener fastens the saddle to the post with the projection received in the electrical terminal so as to sandwich the electrical terminal between the post and the saddle.
US09515393B2
Systems and methods according to the present disclosure for assembling conformal arrays utilize an outer tool for insertion into an open cell of a conformal array, an inner tool for insertion into the outer tool, and an adhesive source for delivering adhesive to the edges of the open cell via the inner tool and the outer tool. An assembled conformal array includes adhesive extending along the edges of the open cell.
US09515389B2
Exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure are related to an antenna system including radiating elements and reflectors. The reflectors can be disposed with respect to the radiating elements to reflect radiation from the radiating elements to generate a coverage area that exceeds the coverage area generated by the radiating elements without the reflectors.
US09515384B2
An antenna tuning circuit for setting an antenna resonant mode of an antenna structure includes a switch arranged to selectively couple a first interconnection node to a second interconnection node, wherein the first interconnection node is coupled to a first port of the antenna structure, and the second interconnection node is coupled to a second port of the antenna structure. An antenna tuning method for setting an antenna resonant mode of an antenna structure includes generating a first control signal and selectively coupling a first interconnection node to a second interconnection node in response to the first control signal, wherein the first interconnection node is coupled to a first port of the antenna structure, and the second interconnection node is coupled to a second port of the antenna structure.
US09515380B2
An antenna device includes a plurality of phase shift circuits to which distributed signals are respectively input and a plurality of antenna elements to which signals output from the respective phase shift circuits are input. At least one of the plurality of phase shift circuits has a signal line in which a first region in which paired dielectric members are disposed, a second region in which no paired dielectric members is disposed and a third region in which paired dielectric members are disposed are provided in this order along a propagation direction of a signal. Moreover, a characteristic impedance of the first region in a state where the paired dielectric members are not disposed and a characteristic impedance of the third region in a state where the paired dielectric members are not disposed are higher than a characteristic impedance of the second region.
US09515379B2
A poly spiral antenna includes spiral antenna sections and interconnecting traces. A first spiral antenna section has a first interwoven spiral pattern and a first excitation configuration to provide a first radiation pattern component. A second spiral antenna section has a second interwoven spiral pattern and a second excitation configuration to provide a second radiation pattern component. A third spiral antenna section has a third interwoven spiral pattern and a third excitation configuration to provide a third radiation pattern component. The interconnecting traces couple the first, second, and third spiral antenna sections together such that the first, second, and third radiation pattern components form a radiation pattern of the poly spiral antenna.
US09515378B2
Mobile devices are handled in different environments which influence an antenna's performance due to electromagnetic interaction. Environment Property based Antenna Radiation Pattern Optimizing System (EPARPOS) is a system that actively varies, controls, directs, shapes and optimizes the antenna radiation pattern of mobile device in a closed loop manner controlled by precisely sensing the environment's property comprising dielectric nature, permittivity-∈, permeability-μ, conductivity-σ, susceptibility, direction, dimension, range, orientation, position, location, utilizing visual sensing, infrared sensing and signal quality parameters are all to determine the effect of the environment and effect on environment in order to enhance signal quality, protect the users by controlling radiation exposure in a user facing direction while maintaining radiations in other directions to sustain communication and to save battery power by controlling radiation in less effective directions. The system is utilized for guiding the user to locate and position the mobile device in a living space to achieve optimized performance.
US09515373B2
A method and system for communication with assemblies comprising shafts (e.g., drive shafts, or other rotating objects) comprising use of helical antenna based components. In this regard, a helical antenna based component may comprise one or more helical antennas surrounding or wound around a shaft, with the one or more helical antennas being electrically decoupled from the shaft, and with the helical antenna based component being configurable to communicate the signals when the shaft is stationary or rotating.
US09515372B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for beamforming includes a detector for measuring at least one change of movement and rotation of an apparatus; and a calculator for determining a beamforming parameter for aligning a beam direction with another apparatus by compensating for the change of the beam direction according to at least one of the movement and the rotation.
US09515358B2
A condensing system for a battery in a vehicle and a method for condensing moisture in a battery are provided. In one embodiment, the condensing system includes a battery housing, which surrounds a battery interior. At least one battery cell is arranged in the interior. An inlet opening is arranged in the battery housing, for a cooling fluid entering the battery interior. A first outlet opening and a second outlet opening are both arranged in the battery housing. The first outlet opening is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid emerging from the battery interior. A condensing device is arranged in the battery interior and is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid and causes moisture present in the battery interior to condense. The condensed moisture emerges into the environment through the second outlet opening.
US09515356B2
The present disclosure provides a battery module comprising: a battery pack having at least one single battery and at least one power splicer; a sampling module having a flexible circuit board, wherein at least one voltage sampling terminal and temperature sensor are disposed on the flexible circuit board, the temperature sensor being connected with the power splicer, the voltage sampling terminal being electrically connected with the power splicer; and a shell to enclose the battery pack and the sampling module.
US09515341B2
A porous membrane with pores that includes a polymerization product of a polyazole-based material, an electrolyte membrane including the porous membrane with a proton-conductive polymer provided in pores of the porous membrane, methods of manufacturing the porous membrane and the electrolyte membrane, and a fuel cell employing at least one of the porous membrane and the electrolyte membrane.
US09515340B1
An apparatus of an aspect includes a fuel cell catalyst layer. The fuel cell catalyst layer is operable to catalyze a reaction involving a fuel reactant. A fuel cell gas diffusion layer is coupled with the fuel cell catalyst layer. The fuel cell gas diffusion layer includes a porous electrically conductive material. The porous electrically conductive material is operable to allow the fuel reactant to transfer through the fuel cell gas diffusion layer to reach the fuel cell catalyst layer. The porous electrically conductive material is also operable to conduct electrons associated with the reaction through the fuel cell gas diffusion layer. An electrically conductive polymer material is coupled with the fuel cell gas diffusion layer. The electrically conductive polymer material is operable to limit transfer of the fuel reactant to the fuel cell catalyst layer.
US09515337B2
A fuel cell (FC) module includes a fuel cell stack and FC peripheral equipment. The fuel cell module includes a first area where an exhaust gas combustor and a start-up combustor are provided, an annular second area around the first area and where a reformer and a heat exchanger are provided, and an annular third area around the second area and where an evaporator is provided.
US09515335B2
The invention is to provide a solid oxide fuel cell system including: a fuel cell module, a fuel flow regulator unit, a first power demand detection device, a control section for controlling a fuel supply amount and setting the current value extractable from the fuel cell module, an inverter for extracting current in a range not exceeding the extractable current value, and a power state detecting sensor for detecting actual extracted current value; whereby if actual extracted current value declines, then under circumstances where power demand begins to rise in a state of extra margin in the fuel supply amount after the controller suddenly decreases the extractable current value and suddenly reduces the electrical collector, the controller increases the extractable current value at a high current rise rate of change.
US09515333B1
A fluid resistance section outside a fuel cell can regulate the reactant flow against the pressure changes in the reaction zones of the electrodes, reducing the fluctuations in reactant flows to the fuel cell electrodes due to dynamic fluctuations in fluid pressure at the fuel cell electrode because of the release of gaseous products. The outside fluidic resistor can have resistance much higher than the resistance of the flow through the electrodes, thus effectively determining the amount of the reactant flow to the electrodes, independent of the electrode areas.
US09515327B2
A fuel cell separator is provided with an opening that functions as a manifold. A resin coating is formed within the peripheral area of the fuel cell separator, in a state where the power generation area is masked with a masking jig. Subsequently, the masking jig is removed, and a conductive coating is formed within the power generation area of the fuel cell separator, the peripheral area of which has been masked by the resin coating.
US09515325B2
A method for modifying the surface of a metal bipolar plate is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a metal substrate having a conducting adhesion layer on a surface thereof, the metal substrate having a flow field structure at the surface thereof; applying expanded graphite powder onto the conducting adhesion layer; and press-fitting the expanded graphite powder and the metal substrate with a mold structurally corresponding to the flow field structure, to form a graphite layer covering the surface the metal substrate from the expanded graphite powder. A bipolar plate for a fuel cell is further provided.
US09515318B2
Compositions and methods of making are provided for mesoporous metal oxide microspheres electrodes. The mesoporous metal oxide microsphere compositions comprise (a) microspheres with an average diameter between 200 nanometers (nm) and 10 micrometers (μm); (b) mesopores on the surface and interior of the microspheres, wherein the mesopores have an average diameter between 1 nm and 50 nm and the microspheres have a surface area between 50 m2/g and 500 m2/g. The methods of making comprise forming composite powders. The methods may also comprise refluxing the composite powders in a basic solution to form an etched powder, washing the etched powder with an acid to form a hydrated metal oxide, and heat-treating the hydrated metal oxide to form mesoporous metal oxide microspheres.
US09515315B2
The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, comprising an oxide having a spinel structure and comprising at least Li and Mn as main components and an oxide comprising at least Li and Zr, in which the oxide comprising at least Li and Zr forms a mixed phase comprising two or more phases, and a content of the oxide comprising at least Li and Zr in the positive electrode active substance particles is 0.1 to 4% by weight. The present invention provides positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which are excellent in high-temperature characteristics and a process for producing the positive electrode active substance particles, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
US09515306B2
An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage devices, each electric storage device including a cell case in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, the cell case having a substantially hexahedral shape, the cell case being formed with an external terminal on one surface thereof, a first external housing for housing the electric storage devices, the first external housing comprising a pair of first main wall portions that are opposed to each other and a pair of first side wall portions that are opposed to each other, the pair of first main wall portions and the pair of first side wall portions defining a first opening at at least one end in a first direction thereof, and a second external housing for housing the first external housing.
US09515296B2
A deposition device including a chamber configured to accommodate a substrate supported on a stage, a deposition source configured to discharge material toward the substrate, and a laser mask system configured to form a laser mask between the substrate and the stage.
US09515287B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit, an encapsulation layer, and a protection layer. The display unit is formed on the substrate. The encapsulation layer covers the display unit. The protection layer is formed on the encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer is formed of a low temperature viscosity transition (LVT) inorganic material. The protection layer is formed of an elastic, adhesive material to protect the encapsulation layer from an external force.
US09515285B2
A display device includes a first insulating layer provided on a first surface of a first substrate; a second insulating layer including a plurality of openings exposing a part of the first insulating layer; and a plurality of light emitting elements including a first electrode located in each of the plurality of openings, the first electrode being located on a part of the first insulating layer in the opening and continuously on the second insulating layer and including an inclining surface on a side surface of the second insulating layer; a light emitting layer containing quantum dots, the light emitting layer being located on a part of the first electrode in the opening and including a side surface facing the inclining surface of the first electrode; and a second electrode located on the light emitting layer.
US09515280B2
An organic light emitting device, and a manufacturing method of the same, in which in a light emitting layer, an electron trap material is introduced so as to improve a light emitting property and an operating characteristic and to prolong a life span.
US09515275B2
The present disclosure relates to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices grown in an inverted manner. An inverted organic photosensitive optoelectronic device of the present disclosure comprises a reflective electrode, an organic donor-acceptor heterojunction over the reflective electrode, and a transparent electrode on top of the donor-acceptor heterojunction.
US09515273B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a hole transport layer having a first side and a second side and an electron transport layer having a first side and a second side. The first side of the electron transport layer is directly interfaced to the second side of the hole transport layer. The electron transport layer includes a material having greater ionization potential and greater electron affinity than the hole transport layer, thereby forming a hole barrier and an electron barrier at the junction between the electron transport layer and the hole transport layer. A channel in the TFT is created by current injected into the electron transport layer from a gate electrode rather than by an electrostatic field generated by voltage applied to the gate electrode. The accumulated charge density in the channel of the TFT can be significantly larger than what can be generated through field effect principle, therefore a much lower gate voltage is needed than in a conventional TFT.
US09515269B2
The present invention provides a novel compound capable of improving light emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element, an organic element using the same, and an electric device for the same.
US09515267B2
There is disclosed a compound having Formula I or Formula I′: In Formula I and Formula I′: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl groups; R1 through R5 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, alkyl groups, aryl groups, alkoxy groups, silyl groups, or crosslinkable groups; R6 is H, D, or halogen; a through e are independently an integer from 0 to 4; f is 1 or 2; g is 0, 1 or 2; h is 1 or 2; and n is an integer greater than 0.
US09515266B2
Triphenylene derivatives, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices, one of example of which is represented by formula I. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the triphenylene derivatives and to electronic devices comprising the triphenylene derivatives.
US09515257B2
In one aspect of the invention, the memristor includes a monolayer film formed of an atomically thin material, where the monolayer film has at least one grain boundary (GB), a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled with the monolayer film to define a memristor channel therebetween, such that the at least one GB is located in the memristor channel, and a gate electrode capacitively coupled with the memristor channel.
US09515254B2
A storage element is provided. The storage element includes a memory layer having a first magnetization state of a first material; a fixed magnetization layer having a second magnetization state of a second material; an intermediate layer including a nonmagnetic material and provided between the memory layer and the fixed magnetization layer; wherein the first material includes Co—Fe—B alloy, and at least one of a non-magnetic metal and an oxide.
US09515249B2
A lead-free piezoelectric material that has stable, excellent piezoelectric constant and mechanical quality factor in a wide operating temperature range is provided. A piezoelectric material include a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by (Ba1-xCax)a(Ti1-yZry)O3 (where 1.00≦a≦1.01, 0.155≦x≦0.300, 0.041≦y≦0.069) as a main component, and manganese incorporated in the perovskite-type metal oxide. The manganese content relative to 100 parts by weight of the perovskite-type metal oxide is 0.12 parts by weight or more and 0.40 parts by weight or less on a metal basis.
US09515247B1
A technique relates to protecting a tunnel junction. A first electrode paddle and a second electrode paddle are on a substrate. The first and second electrode paddles oppose one another. A sacrificial shorting strap is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial shorting strap connects the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle; The tunnel junction is formed connecting the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle, after forming the sacrificial shorting strap. The substrate is mounted on a portion of a quantum cavity. The portion of the quantum cavity is placed in a vacuum chamber. The sacrificial shorting strap is etched away in the vacuum chamber while the substrate is mounted to the portion of the quantum cavity, such that the sacrificial shorting strap no longer connects the first and second electrode paddles. The tunnel junction has been protected from electrostatic discharge by the sacrificial shorting strap.
US09515245B2
An apparatus, system, and method for a thermoelectric generator. In some embodiments, the thermoelectric generator comprises a first thermoelectric region and a second thermoelectric region, where the second thermoelectric region may be coupled to the first thermoelectric region by a first conductor. In some embodiments, a second conductor may be coupled to the first thermoelectric region and a third conductor may be coupled to the second thermoelectric region. In some embodiments, the first conductor may be in a first plane, the first thermoelectric region and the second thermoelectric region may be in a second plane, and the second conductor and the third conductor may be in a third plane.
US09515242B2
An optoelectronic component may include a carrier element having a heat sink, at least one semiconductor chip for emitting electromagnetic radiation which is mounted and electrically contact-connected on the carrier element, a radiation-transmissive cover disposed downstream of the at least one semiconductor chip, a converter layer applied on the radiation-transmissive cover and spaced apart from the at least one semiconductor chip, a frame composed of thermally conductive material, which frame extends around the at least one semiconductor chip and is in direct contact with the converter layer, and at least one connecting element for thermally connecting the frame to the heat sink.
US09515225B2
A light-emitting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a substrate; a semiconductor stack comprising a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer and an active layer formed between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer, wherein the first type semiconductor layer comprises a non-planar roughened surface; a bonding layer formed between the substrate and the semiconductor stack; and multiple recesses each comprising a bottom surface lower than the non-planar roughened surface; and multiple buried electrodes physically buried in the first type semiconductor layer, wherein the multiple buried electrodes are formed in the multiple recesses respectively, and one of the multiple buried electrodes comprises an upper surface higher than the non-planar roughened surface of the first type semiconductor layer.
US09515221B2
An epitaxial structure and a method for making the same are provided. The epitaxial structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer and a carbon nanotube layer. The epitaxial layer is located on the substrate. The carbon nanotube layer is located in the epitaxial layer. The method includes following steps. A substrate having an epitaxial growth surface is provided. A carbon nanotube layer is suspended above the epitaxial growth surface. An epitaxial layer is epitaxially grown from the epitaxial growth surface to enclose the carbon nanotube layer therein.
US09515220B2
A light emitting diode based on GaN including an active zone located between an n-doped layer and a p-doped layer that together form a p-n junction, wherein the active zone includes at least one n-doped emissive layer.
US09515217B2
According to one aspect of the disclosed subject matter, a method for forming a monolithically isled back contact back junction solar cell is provided. Emitter and base contact regions are formed on a backside of a semiconductor wafer having a light receiving frontside and a backside opposite said frontside. A first level contact metallization is formed on the wafer backside and an electrically insulating backplane is attached to the semiconductor wafer backside. Isolation trenches are formed in the semiconductor wafer patterning the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of electrically isolated isles and the semiconductor wafer is thinned. A metallization structure is formed on the electrically insulating backplane electrically connecting the plurality of isles.
US09515215B2
The electrical output efficiency of a photovoltaic thermal system can be restored from degradation due to light exposure by annealing a photovoltaic thermal cell at an elevated temperature. The elevated temperature at the photovoltaic thermal cell can be provided by redirecting the flow of a heat exchange fluid to bypass a heat exchanger unit. A boiler unit may be employed to provide additional heating of the heat exchange fluid during the anneal. Further, a variable configuration lid can be provided over a front surface of the photovoltaic thermal cell to control ventilation over the front surface. During the anneal, the position of the variable configuration lid can be set so as to trap heat above the front surface and to elevate the anneal temperature further.
US09515197B2
In a silicon carbide semiconductor device, a trench penetrates a source region and a first gate region and reaches a drift layer. On an inner wall of the trench, a channel layer of a first conductivity-type is formed by epitaxial growth. On the channel layer, a second gate region of a second conductivity-type is formed. A first depressed portion is formed at an end portion of the trench to a position deeper than a thickness of the source region so as to remove the source region at the end portion of the trench. A corner portion of the first depressed portion is covered by a second conductivity-type layer.
US09515196B2
Structures and methods for fabricating high speed digital, analog, and combined digital/analog systems using planarized relaxed SiGe as the materials platform. The relaxed SiGe allows for a plethora of strained Si layers that possess enhanced electronic properties. By allowing the MOSFET channel to be either at the surface or buried, one can create high-speed digital and/or analog circuits. The planarization before the device epitaxial layers are deposited ensures a flat surface for state-of-the-art lithography.
US09515195B2
An organic molecular memory of an embodiment includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an organic molecular layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the organic molecular layer including variable-resistance molecular chains or charge-storage molecular chains, the variable-resistance molecular chains or the charge-storage molecular chains having electron-withdrawing substituents.
US09515193B2
Provided is a metal oxide film, including a component having a peak position, in an XPS spectrum thereof, within a range corresponding to a binding energy of from 402 eV to 405 eV, the metal oxide film satisfying a relationship represented by Equation (1): A/(A+B)≧0.39, when an intensity of peak energy attributed to nitrogen 1s electron is obtained by peak separation, and a manufacturing method of the same, an oxide semiconductor film, a thin-film transistor, a display apparatus, an image sensor, and an X-ray sensor. In Equation (1), A represents a peak area of the component having a peak position within a range corresponding to a binding energy of from 402 eV to 405 eV, and B represents a peak area of a component having a peak position within a range corresponding to a binding energy of from 406 eV to 408 eV.
US09515189B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a metal oxide includes forming a metal oxide layer on a substrate, forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on the metal oxide layer, and forming a polycrystalline semiconductor layer by crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor layer using the metal oxide layer.
US09515188B2
An embodiment fin field-effect-transistor (finFET) includes a semiconductor fin comprising a channel region and a gate oxide on a sidewall and a top surface of the channel region. The gate oxide includes a thinnest portion having a first thickness and a thickest portion having a second thickness different than the first thickness. A difference between the first thickness and the second thickness is less than a maximum thickness variation, and the maximum thickness variation is in accordance with an operating voltage of the finFET.
US09515179B2
An electronic device can include a vertical III-V transistor having a gate electrode and a channel region within a homostructure. The channel region can be disposed between a first portion and a second portion of the gate electrode. In an embodiment, the III-V transistor can be an enhancement-mode GaN transistor, and in a particular embodiment, the drain, source, and channel regions can include the same conductivity type.
US09515177B2
A vertically integrated semiconductor device in accordance with various embodiments may include: a first semiconducting layer; a second semiconducting layer disposed over the first semiconducting layer; a third semiconducting layer disposed over the second semiconducting layer; and an electrical bypass coupled between the first semiconducting layer and the second semiconducting layer.
US09515166B2
Methods for forming fin structure with desired materials formed on different locations of the fin structure using a selective deposition process for three dimensional (3D) stacking of fin field effect transistor (FinFET) for semiconductor chips are provided. In one embodiment, a method of forming a structure with desired materials on a substrate includes forming a patterned self-assembled monolayer on a circumference of a structure formed on a substrate, wherein the patterned self-assembled monolayer includes a treated layer formed among a self-assembled monolayer, and performing an atomic layer deposition process to form a material layer predominantly on the self-assembled monolayer from the patterned self-assembled monolayer.
US09515165B1
Field Effect Transistors (FETs), Integrated Circuit (IC) chips including the FETs, and a method of forming the FETs and IC. FET locations are defined on a layered semiconductor wafer. The layered semiconductor wafer preferably includes a III-V semiconductor surface layer and a buried layer. A gate stack is formed on each FET location. Source/drain regions are sub-etched at each said gate stack. The sub-etched source/drain regions define a channel under each said gate stack. A layered source/drain is formed in each sub-etched source/drain region.
US09515157B2
A sensor arrangement comprises a carrier substrate and a ferroelectric layer disposed on the carrier substrate, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises means for reading the permittivity of the ferroelectric layer. The sensor arrangement is such that the ferroelectric layer is disposed in a crystalline manner on the carrier substrate. A method for producing the sensor arrangement and to use of the same is also disclosed.
US09515155B2
E-fuses are used in integrated circuits in order to permit real-time dynamic reprogramming of the circuit after manufacturing. An e-fuse is hereby proposed wherein the metal element adapted to be blown upon passage of a current is not comprised of a silicide layer but is rather a metal layer above which a semiconductor layer is formed. A dielectric layer is then formed on the semiconductor layer, in order to prevent metal silicide from forming over the metal layer. The process of manufacturing the e-fuse can be easily integrated in an HKMG manufacturing flow. In particular, fully silicided metal gates may be manufactured in conjunction with the e-fuse, without jeopardizing the correct functioning of the e-fuse.
US09515153B2
A semiconductor device with enhanced reliability in which a gate electrode for a trench-gate field effect transistor is formed through a gate insulating film in a trench made in a semiconductor substrate. The upper surface of the gate electrode is in a lower position than the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the trench. A sidewall insulating film is formed over the gate electrode and over the sidewall of the trench. The gate electrode and the sidewall insulating film are covered by an insulating film as an interlayer insulating film.
US09515150B2
Provided are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The methods include providing a substrate including a first region and a second region, forming first mask patterns in the first region, and forming second mask patterns having an etch selectivity with respect to the first mask patterns in the second region. The first mask patterns and the second mask patterns are formed at the same time.
US09515143B2
A method of manufacturing a heterogeneous layered structure includes growing a hexagonal boron nitride sheet directly on a metal substrate in a chamber, increasing a temperature of the chamber to about 300° C. to about 1500° C., and forming a graphene sheet on the hexagonal boron nitride sheet by supplying a carbon source into the chamber while thermally treating the hexagonal boron nitride sheet at the increased temperature.
US09515141B1
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprises forming a fin on a substrate, forming a dummy gate stack on the fin and the substrate, removing a portion of an exposed portion of the fin, forming a source/drain region on an exposed portion of the fin, forming a conductive contact on the source/drain region, removing the dummy gate stack to expose a channel region of the fin, implanting ions in the channel region of the fin, performing an annealing process, and forming a gate stack on the channel region of the fin.
US09515137B2
A super junction semiconductor device includes a super junction structure that is formed in a semiconductor body having a first and a second, parallel surface. The super junction structure includes first areas of the first conductivity type and second areas of a second conductivity type which is the opposite of the first conductivity type. In a cell area surrounded by an edge area, the super junction structure has a first nominal breakdown voltage in a first portion and a second nominal breakdown voltage, which differs from the first nominal breakdown voltage, in a second portion to provide improved avalanche ruggedness.
US09515132B2
A substrate on which a plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed is prepared. An organic electroluminescent film 22 is formed with the inclusion of a common layer that continuously covers the plural pixel electrodes. A common electrode is formed on the organic electroluminescent film. The common layer is irradiated with an energy ray above areas between the respective adjacent pixel electrodes with the avoidance of irradiation above the plural pixel electrodes. An electric conductivity of the common layer is reduced above the areas between the respective adjacent pixel electrodes, by irradiation of the energy ray. With this configuration, a current leakage can be prevented between the adjacent pixels.
US09515125B2
Socket structures that are configured to use area efficiently, and methods for providing socket regions that use area efficiently, are provided. The staircase type contact area or socket region includes dielectric layers between adjacent planar electrodes that partially cover a portion of a planar electrode that does directly underlie an adjacent planar electrode. The portion of a dielectric layer between adjacent planar electrodes can be sloped, such that it extends from an edge of an overlying planar electrode to a point between the edge of an underlying planar electrode and a point corresponding to an edge of the overlying planar electrode.
US09515124B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory including a first magnetic unit, a first nonmagnetic unit, a first fixed magnetic unit, a second fixed magnetic unit, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first magnetic unit extends in a first direction. The first magnetic unit includes a plurality of magnetic domains arranged in the first direction. The first nonmagnetic unit contacts one end of the first magnetic unit. The first fixed magnetic unit is separated from the first magnetic unit. The first fixed magnetic unit contacts the first nonmagnetic unit. The second fixed magnetic unit is separated from the first magnetic unit and the first fixed magnetic unit. The second fixed magnetic unit is in contact with the first nonmagnetic unit. The second fixed magnetic unit is magnetized in a direction different from a magnetization direction of the first fixed magnetic unit.
US09515122B2
Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include: an interlayer dielectric layer formed over a substrate including first and second areas; a first contact plug contacted with the substrate through the interlayer dielectric layer of the second area; an anti-peeling layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer including the first contact plug; a second contact plug contacted with the substrate through the anti-peeling layer and the interlayer dielectric layer in the first area; and a variable resistance pattern contacted with the second contact plug.
US09515118B2
A radiation detecting panel is provided. This panel includes a substrate including a pixel region and a pad region, a scintillating layer configured to convert radiation into visible rays, a photoelectric device configured to convert the visible rays into currents in each pixel, a switching device configured to control output of the currents in each pixel; a plurality of bias lines configured to apply a bias voltage to the scintillating layer and the photoelectric device, a data line configured to be coupled to the switching device to transfer the currents, and a common bias line configured to transfer the bias voltage to the bias lines, wherein the common bias line and the bias lines are located on different layers. The data line and the bias lines are located on the same layer.
US09515114B2
A solid-state imaging device comprises an imaging pixel located in a light receiving region, the imaging pixel being a component of a unit pixel that is one of a plurality of unit pixels arranged in an array direction. A phase difference detection pixel is located in the light receiving region and is a component of the unit pixel, and has a corresponding photodiode with an upper surface. A first microlens corresponds to the imaging pixel, and a second microlens corresponding to the phase difference detection pixel. The second microlens has a first bottom surface in the array direction and a second bottom surface in a direction diagonal to the array direction, the second bottom surface being closer to the upper surface of the photodiode than the first bottom surface.
US09515113B2
An array of diffraction-pattern generators employ phase anti-symmetric gratings to projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced array of photoelements. Each generator in the array of generators produces point-spread functions with spatial frequencies and orientations of interest. The generators are arranged in an irregular mosaic with little or no short-range repetition. Diverse generators are shaped and placed with some irregularity to reduce or eliminate spatially periodic replication of ambiguities to facilitate imaging of nearby scenes.
US09515111B2
An imaging system may include an image sensor die stacked on top of a digital signal processor (DSP) die. Through-oxide vias (TOVs) may be formed in the image sensor die and may extend at least partially into in the DSP die to facilitate communications between the image sensor die and the DSP die. The image sensor die may include light shielding structures for preventing reference photodiodes in the image sensor die from receiving light and in-pixel grid structures for preventing cross-talk between adjacent pixels. The light shielding structure may receive a desired biasing voltage through a corresponding TOV, an integral plug structure, and/or a connection that makes contact directly with a polysilicon gate. The in-pixel grid may have a peripheral contact that receives the desired biasing voltage through a light shield, a conductive strap, a TOV, and/or an aluminum pad.
US09515109B2
A photodetection device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate which is defined such that a first light-receiving portion and a second light-receiving portion are spaced from one another, and an optical filter which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and includes a first filter which is disposed so as to cover the first light-receiving portion, to selectively allow an optic element in a first wavelength band to transmit through, and a second filter which is disposed so as to cover the second light-receiving portion, to selectively allow an optic element in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, to transmit through, and the optical filter has a filter laminated structure which is defined such that edge portions of the first filter and the second filter overlap one another on a boundary region between the first light-receiving portion and the second light-receiving portion.
US09515105B2
An image sensor with an array of image sensor pixels is provided. Each image sensor pixel may include a set of photodiodes formed in a semiconductor substrate, a color filter structure formed over the set of photodiodes, a microlens formed over the color filter structure, and associated pixel circuitry coupled to the set of photodiodes. The set of photodiodes may include at least two photodiodes linked together via a preferential blooming channel that provides a reduced potential barrier between the two photodiodes. This allows excess charge to spill over from one photodiode to another when more charge is concentrated in a particular photodiode. Configured in this way, the pixel can provide depth sensing capabilities without suffering from reduced pixel capacity.
US09515100B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The method for manufacturing the array substrate comprises: forming a pattern of an active layer of a switching thin-film transistor (TFT) and a pattern of a corresponding pixel electrode on a base substrate, in which the active layer of the switching TFT and the pixel electrode are on the same layer.
US09515098B2
A light-emitting device having the quality of an image high in homogeneity is provided. A printed wiring board (second substrate) (107) is provided facing a substrate (first substrate) (101) that has a luminous element (102) formed thereon. A PWB side wiring (second group of wirings) (110) on the printed wiring board (107) is electrically connected to element side wirings (first group of wirings) (103, 104) by anisotropic conductive films (105a, 105b). At this point, because a low resistant copper foil is used to form the PWB side wiring (110), a voltage drop of the element side wirings (103, 104) and a delay of a signal can be reduced. Accordingly, the homogeneity of the quality of an image is improved, and the operating speed of a driver circuit portion is enhanced.
US09515093B2
A thin film transistor array panel is provided as follows. A gate electrode is disposed on a substrate. A semiconductor layer is disposed on the gate electrode. A gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. A source electrode is disposed on a first side of the semiconductor layer, having a first lateral surface. A drain electrode is disposed on a second side of the semiconductor layer, having a second lateral surface. The first and second lateral surfaces define a spacing which overlaps the gate electrode. A metal silicide layer is disposed on the first and second lateral surfaces. A passivation layer is disposed on the metal silicide layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode. The passivation layer is not in contact with the first and second lateral surfaces.
US09515079B2
Blocking dielectric structures and/or thicker barrier metal films for preventing or reducing fluorine diffusion are provided. A blocking dielectric layer can be formed as an outer layer of a memory film in a memory stack structure extending through electrically insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. After formation of backside recesses by removal of the sacrificial material layers, dopants can be introduced into physically exposed portions of the blocking dielectric layer, for example, by plasma treatment or thermal treatment, to form silicon oxynitride regions which can reduce or prevent fluorine diffusion. Alternatively or additionally, a set of metal oxide blocking dielectric material portions can be formed in the backside recesses to retard or prevent fluorine diffusion. To minimize adverse impact on the electrically conductive layers formed in the backside recesses, the blocking dielectric material portions can be laterally recessed from a trench employed to form the backside recesses.
US09515074B2
A three-dimensional (3-D) non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of word line structures extended in parallel and including a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of word lines that are alternately stacked over a substrate, a plurality of channels protruding from the substrate configured to penetrate the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and the plurality of word lines, and an air gap formed between the plurality of word line structures.
US09515061B2
A semiconductor module includes first and second semiconductor elements connected in series, an insulating substrate, first and second metal patterns formed on a first main surface and a second main surface of the insulating substrate, and first, second, and third electrode plates. A lower surface electrode and an upper surface electrode of the first semiconductor element are bonded to the first metal pattern and the first electrode plate, respectively. The first metal pattern and the third electrode plate are bonded together. An upper surface electrode of the second semiconductor element is bonded to the third electrode plate. A lower surface electrode of the second semiconductor element is electrically connected to the second metal pattern. The second metal pattern and the second electrode plate are bonded together. One end of the first electrode plate and one end of the second electrode plate are led out on the same side.
US09515060B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor power chip mounted over a first carrier and a second semiconductor power chip mounted over a second carrier. The semiconductor device further includes a contact clip mounted over the first semiconductor power chip and on the second semiconductor power chip. A semiconductor logic chip is mounted over the contact clip.
US09515057B2
A semiconductor package includes: a package base substrate; at least one first semiconductor chip disposed on the package base substrate; a first molding member disposed at a same level as the at least one first semiconductor chip and that does not cover an upper surface of the at least one first semiconductor chip; at least one second semiconductor chip stacked on the at least one first semiconductor chip so as to extend over the at least one first semiconductor chip and the first molding member, wherein the at least one first semiconductor chip and at least part of the first molding member are disposed between the package base substrate and the at least one second semiconductor chip; and a second molding member disposed at a same level as the at least one second semiconductor chip.
US09515052B1
Disclosed herein are semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package may include a substrate configured to include a first face and a second face opposite the first face and to have a recess formed in the first face. The semiconductor package may include a first semiconductor chip disposed on the bottom of the recess. The semiconductor package may include a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second face of the substrate. The semiconductor package may include a third semiconductor chip disposed over the first face of the substrate and the first semiconductor chip. The semiconductor package may include a fourth semiconductor chip disposed over the third semiconductor chip.
US09515047B2
A method for manufacturing circuit component package is disclosed. The method first forms copper circuits on a single-sided printed circuit board, and prints an electrically conductive paste on a plurality of predetermined locations on the copper circuits before positioning circuit dice of the circuit components on the locations printed with the electrically conductive paste. The method then forms a plurality of surface copper bumps on a copper plate, and prints the electrically conductive paste on each of the copper bumps. Then position and fit the printed circuit board on which the circuit dice are positioned relative to the copper plate on which the electrically conductive paste is printed such that each of the circuit dice aligns with the corresponding copper bump printed with the electrically conductive paste. Then inject a hermetic sealant into the space between the fitted printed circuit board and copper plate before forming at least two terminal electrodes of each package on a side opposite the copper plate and copper bumps by etching process. Then form plated through-holes in one of the terminal electrodes of each package so that the terminal electrode is electrically connected to the circuit dice via the copper circuit of the single-sided printed circuit board. Finally cut to separate the individual circuit components to form the package.
US09515046B2
Stacked microfeature devices and associated methods of manufacture are disclosed. A package in accordance with one embodiment includes first and second microfeature devices having corresponding first and second bond pad surfaces that face toward each other. First bond pads can be positioned at least proximate to the first bond pad surface and second bond pads can be positioned at least proximate to the second bond pad surface. A package connection site can provide electrical communication between the first microfeature device and components external to the package. A wirebond can be coupled between at least one of the first bond pads and the package connection site, and an electrically conductive link can be coupled between the first microfeature device and at least one of the second bond pads of the second microfeature device. Accordingly, the first microfeature device can form a portion of an electrical link to the second microfeature device.
US09515042B2
An anisotropic conductive film is obtained by dispersing conductive particles in an insulating adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylate-based monomer composition, a radical polymerization initiator, and a film-forming resin. The (meth)acrylate-based monomer composition includes a (meth)acrylate-based monomer which has a cyclic ester residue or a cyclic amide residue represented by the formula (1): R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 is an alkylene group or an alkyloxy group; R3 is an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an aryl group, or a halogen atom; n is an integer of 0 to 3; R4 is absent or an alkylene, dotted lines on both sides of R4 jointly represent a single bond; X1 is absent, or an oxygen atom or a carbon atom; and X2 is an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom.
US09515041B2
A method is provided for bonding a chip to a substrate, the method comprising the steps of providing a chip, providing a substrate, providing a recess in one of the chip and the substrate, arranging the chip and the substrate in contact with each other thereby forming a predetermined contact area and at least partly covering the recess by the other one of the chip and the substrate, and providing an amount of liquid adhesive in the recess for providing a bonding layer.
US09515040B2
A method for fabricating a package structure is provided, including the steps of: sequentially forming a metal layer and a dielectric layer on a first carrier, wherein the dielectric layer has a plurality of openings exposing portions of the metal layer; disposing an electronic element on the dielectric layer via an active surface thereof and mounting a plurality of conductive elements of metal balls on the exposed portions of the metal layer; forming an encapsulant on the dielectric layer for encapsulating the electronic element and the conductive elements; removing the first carrier; and patterning the metal layer into first circuits and forming second circuits on the dielectric layer, wherein the second circuits are electrically connected to the electronic element and the first circuits. The invention dispenses with the conventional laser ablation process so as to simplify the fabrication process, save the fabrication cost and increase the product reliability.
US09515038B2
A system and method for providing a post-passivation and underbump metallization is provided. An embodiment comprises a post-passivation layer that is larger than an overlying underbump metallization. The post-passivation layer extending beyond the underbump metallization shields the underlying layers from stresses generated from mismatches of the materials' coefficient of thermal expansion.
US09515036B2
Methods and apparatus for solder connections. An apparatus includes a substrate having a conductive terminal on a surface; a passivation layer overlying the surface of the substrate and the conductive terminal; an opening in the passivation layer exposing a portion of the conductive terminal; at least one stud bump bonded to the conductive terminal in the opening and extending in a direction normal to the surface of the substrate; and a solder connection formed on the conductive terminal in the opening and enclosing the at least one stud bump. Methods for forming the solder connections are disclosed.
US09515035B2
Wiring structures, methods for providing a wiring structure, and methods for distributing currents with a wiring structure from one or more through-substrate vias to multiple bumps. A first current is directed from a first through-substrate via of a first electrical resistance through a first connection line to a first bump and directing a second current from the first through-substrate via through a second connection line of a second electrical resistance to a second bump. The first connection line has a first length relative to a first position of the first bump and a first cross-sectional area, the second connection line has a second length relative to a first position of the second bump and a second cross-sectional area, the second length is different from the first length, and the second cross-sectional area is different from the first cross-sectional area.
US09515029B2
A radio frequency (RF) module comprises a conductive top layer configured to improve RF interference-shielding functionality with respect to one or more RF devices disposed on the module. The conductive top layer may be segmented as to form one or more segments of the top layer that are at least partially electrically isolated from surrounding segments or devices. A module may have a plurality of devices disposed thereon, wherein separate, at least partially isolated, top conductive layers correspond to different devices of the module. The top layer may be etched or cut to achieve such segmentation.
US09515028B2
An array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a TFT, an isolating layer (M), a pixel electrode (12) and a via (Q) formed through the isolating layer (14). A drain (6) of the TFT is electrically connected with the pixel electrode (12) through the via (Q). A first light blocking layer (14a) is formed on the pixel electrode (12) inside the via (Q). In the array substrate of the present invention, display effect deterioration due to the light reflection on pixel electrode inside the via is avoided by forming the light blocking layer on the pixel electrode inside the via. At the same time, prior to manufacturing the light blocking layer, a barrier layer is formed first to guarantee no residual of light blocking layer will be left on the substrate, thereby improving display performance of the display device.
US09515027B2
A printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board, a semiconductor device mounted on the printed circuit board, a capacitor element mounted on the printed circuit board 2, a ground conductor plane to which a ground terminal of the semiconductor device is connected, and first and second power source conductor planes which are arranged so as not to contact with each other. The second power source conductor plane and the ground conductor plane are arranged so as to oppose to each other to form a planar capacitor. The printed circuit board has a first connecting conductor which connects a power source terminal of the semiconductor device with the second power source conductor plane, and a second connecting conductor which connects the first power source conductor plane with the second power source conductor plane through a first terminal of the capacitor element. Thereby, an electromagnetic radiation noise is reduced.
US09515023B2
A multi-level device includes at least one device region and at least one contact region. The contact region has a stack of alternating plurality of electrically conductive layers and plurality of electrically insulating layers located over a substrate. The plurality of electrically conductive layers form a stepped pattern in the contact region, where each respective electrically insulating layer includes a sidewall and a respective underlying electrically conductive layer in the stack extends laterally beyond the sidewall. Optionally, a plurality of electrically conductive via connections can be formed, which have top surfaces within a same horizontal plane, have bottom surfaces contacting a respective electrically conductive layer located at different levels, and are isolated from one another by at least one trench isolation structure.
US09515022B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes preparing a substrate which includes a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region; forming a buried word line in the substrate in the memory cell region; forming a planar gate structure over the substrate in the peripheral circuit region; forming a bit line structure over the substrate in the memory cell region; forming a first air spacers over a sidewalls of the planar gate structure; and forming a second air spacers over a sidewalls of the bit line structure.
US09515012B2
The present invention concerns a package of power dies composed of a first part and a second part, the first part including a plaque having cavities on which dies are placed, the plaque is placed on a first, a second, and a third metallic plates placed on an electric insulation substrate placed on a fourth metallic plate, the second part including a fifth and a sixth metallic plates placed on another electric insulation substrate placed on a seventh metallic plate, the dies are divided into a first group of dies and a second group of dies and wherein the first and second plate are a positive and negative DC voltage connections, the third plate is a gate connection of the second group of dies, the fourth plate is an AC voltage connection and the fifth plate is a gate connection of the first group of dies.
US09515009B2
A semiconductor device has a leadframe with a first (401a) and a parallel second surface, and an assembly pad (410) bordered by two opposing sides, which include a plurality of through-holes (420) from the first to the second pad surface. Another pad side includes one or more elongated windows (421) between the pad surfaces. The second pad surface includes a plurality of grooves. The leadframe further has a plurality of leads (430) with opposite elongated sides castellated by indents (431). Layers (440) of bondable metals are restricted to localized areas surrounding bond spots. A semiconductor chip (450) is attached to the pad and wire-bonded (460) to the bond spots. A package (470) encapsulates the chip, wires, pad, and lead portions, and secures the leadframe into the package by filling the through-holes, windows, grooves, and indents.
US09515002B2
Apparatuses and methods for providing thermal pathways from a substrate to a thermal bonding pad. The thermal pathways may be metal extensions of the thermal bonding pad that are disposed in channels formed in a backside passivation layer underneath the thermal bonding pad, and may be in direct contact with an underlying substrate. The thermal pathways may provide improved thermal dissipation from the substrate.
US09514989B2
A method includes forming a semiconductor fin, which forms a ring, forming a plurality of gate stacks on sidewalls and a top surface of each of sides of the ring, epitaxially growing a plurality of epitaxy regions between the plurality of gate stacks, and forming a plurality of metal contact plugs. Each of the plurality of metal contact plugs is over, and is electrically coupling to, one of the plurality of epitaxy regions.
US09514986B2
A device including a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed in the first dielectric layer, and a through-substrate via (TSV) structure penetrating the first dielectric layer and extending into the semiconductor substrate. The TSV structure includes a conductive layer, a diffusion barrier layer surrounding the conductive layer and an isolation layer surrounding the diffusion barrier layer. A capping layer including cobalt is formed on the top surface of the conductive layer of the TSV structure.
US09514985B2
A method of making a substrate-through metal via having a high aspect ratio, in a semiconductor substrate, and a metal pattern on the substrate surface, includes providing a semiconductor substrate (wafer) and depositing poly-silicon on the substrate. The poly-silicon on the substrate surface is patterned by etching away unwanted portions. Then, Ni is selectively deposited on the poly-silicon by an electroless process. A via hole is made through the substrate, wherein the walls in the hole is subjected to the same processing as above. Cu is deposited on the Ni by a plating process. Line widths and spacings <10 μm are provided on both sides of the wafer.
US09514977B2
A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a first wiring part located above a substrate and made of a first metal material. A second wiring part is provided as being superimposed on the first wiring part and having a width substantially equal to that of the first wiring part. A first resistivity of the first wiring part is lower than a second resistivity of the second wiring part when the first and second wiring parts have a first width. The second resistivity is lower than the first resistivity when the first and second wiring parts have a second width larger than the first width. The semiconductor device includes both of an area in which the first and second wiring parts have the first width and an area in which the first and second wiring parts have the second width.
US09514976B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a shallow trench isolation structure having a dielectric material with energetic species implanted to a predetermined depth of the dielectric material. Embodiments further include methods of fabricating the trench structures with the implant of energetic species to the predetermined depth. In various embodiments the implant of energetic species is used to densify the dielectric material to provide a uniform wet etch rate across the surface of the dielectric material. Embodiments also include memory devices, integrated circuits, and electronic systems that include shallow trench isolation structures having the dielectric material with the high flux of energetic species implanted to the predetermined depth of the dielectric material.
US09514975B2
Semiconductor devices are described that have a metal interconnect extending vertically through a portion of the device to the back side of a semiconductor substrate. A top region of the metal interconnect is located vertically below a horizontal plane containing a metal routing layer. Method of fabricating the semiconductor device can include etching a via into a semiconductor substrate, filling the via with a metal material, forming a metal routing layer subsequent to filling the via, and removing a portion of a bottom of the semiconductor substrate to expose a bottom region of the metal filled via.
US09514972B2
Wafer carrier washing and drying apparatus and method, especially useful for the semiconducting industry.
US09514969B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cover assembly that includes a cover disposed between a device side surface of a substrate and a reflector plate, which are disposed within a thermal processing chamber. The presence of the cover between the device side surface of a substrate and a reflector plate has many advantages over conventional thermal processing chamber designs, which include an improved temperature uniformity during processing, a reduced chamber down time and an improved cost-of-ownership of the processes performed in the thermal processing chamber. In some configurations, the cover includes two or more ports that are formed therein and are positioned to deliver a gas, from a space formed between the reflector plate and the cover, to desired regions of the substrate during processing to reduce the temperature variation across the substrate.
US09514964B2
A method for forming a conductive structure is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of: forming a metallic frame having a plurality of metal parts separated from each other; forming an insulating layer on the top surface of the plurality of metal parts; and forming a conductive pattern layer on the insulating layer for making electrical connections with at least one portion of the plurality of metal parts.
US09514960B2
This disclosure relates to a method for dissolving a silicon dioxide layer in a structure, including, from the back surface thereof to the front surface thereof, a supporting substrate, the silicon dioxide layer and a semiconductor layer, the dissolution method being implemented in a furnace in which structures are supported on a support, the dissolution method resulting in the diffusion of oxygen atoms included in the silicon dioxide layer through the semiconductor layer and generating volatile products, and the furnace including traps suitable for reacting with the volatile products, so as to reduce the concentration gradient of the volatile products parallel to the front surface of at least one structure.
US09514959B2
Etching gases are disclosed for plasma etching channel holes, gate trenches, staircase contacts, capacitor holes, contact holes, etc., in Si-containing layers on a substrate and plasma etching methods of using the same. The etching gases are trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene; cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene; hexafluoroisobutene; hexafluorocyclobutane (trans-1,1,2,2,3,4); pentafluorocyclobutane (1,1,2,2,3-); tetrafluorocyclobutane (1,1,2,2-); or hexafluorocyclobutane (cis-1,1,2,2,3,4). The etching gases may provide improved selectivity between the Si-containing layers and mask material, less damage to channel region, a straight vertical profile, and reduced bowing in pattern high aspect ratio structures.
US09514955B2
A method for processing a substrate includes providing the substrate including a photoresist/bottom anti-reflection coating (PR/BARC) layer, a hard mask layer, a stop layer, a carbon layer and a stack including a plurality of layers. The method includes defining a hole pattern including a plurality of holes in the PR/BARC layer using photolithography; transferring the hole pattern into the carbon layer; filling the plurality of holes in the hole pattern with oxide to create oxide pillars; using a planarization technique to remove the hard mask layer, a remaining portion of the PR/BARC layer and the stop layer; stripping the carbon layer to expose the oxide pillars; filling space between the oxide pillars with hard a mask material including metal; planarizing at least part of the hard mask material; and stripping the oxide pillars to expose the hole pattern in the hard mask material.
US09514950B2
Methods of increasing etch selectivity in imprint lithography are described which employ material deposition techniques that impart a unique morphology to the multi-layer material stacks, thereby enhancing etch process window and improving etch selectivity. For example, etch selectivity of 50:1 or more between patterned resist layer and deposited metals, metalloids, or non-organic oxides can be achieved, which greatly preserves the pattern feature height prior to the etch process that transfers the pattern into the substrate, allowing for sub-20 nm pattern transfer at high fidelity.
US09514944B2
A method for producing an SGT-including semiconductor device includes forming a gate insulating layer on an outer periphery of a Si pillar, forming a gate conductor layer on the gate insulating layer, and forming an oxide layer on the gate conductor layer. Then a hydrogen fluoride ion diffusion layer containing moisture is formed so as to make contact with the oxide layer and lie at an intermediate position of the Si pillar. A part of the oxide film in contact with the hydrogen fluoride ion diffusion layer is etched with hydrogen fluoride ions generated from hydrogen fluoride gas supplied to the hydrogen fluoride ion diffusion layer and an opening is thereby formed on the outer periphery of the Si pillar.
US09514935B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which enables the film quality to be improved when the film is formed on a substrate at a low temperature, thus forming fine patterns. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming the film on a substrate by alternately supplying at least a source gas and a reactive gas to the substrate while maintaining the substrate at a first temperature by heating; and modifying the film by supplying a modification gas excited by plasma to the substrate with the film formed thereon while naturally cooling the substrate with the film formed thereon to a second temperature without heating the substrate, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.
US09514930B2
A semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor stack structure including a plurality of compound semiconductor layers stacked over a semiconductor substrate; and a first insulating film covering the surface of the compound semiconductor stack structure, the first insulating film being a silicon nitride film including, on the top side, a first region containing nitrogen element in excess of the stoichiometric ratio.
US09514929B2
A method includes applying a filling material to a surface of a first layer overlying a substrate. The first layer includes a dielectric material with a plurality of pores. The filling material includes a polymer and an ionic compound. The method includes heating the structure to enable the filling material to at least partially fill the plurality of pores throughout the first layer, and removing the residual filling material from the surface of the first layer, while leaving substantially all of the polymer in the pores of the first layer.
US09514926B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a substrate recycling method and a recycled substrate. The method includes separating a first surface of a substrate from an epitaxial layer; forming a protective layer on an opposing second surface of the substrate; electrochemically etching the first surface of the substrate; and chemically etching the electrochemically etched first surface of the substrate.
US09514924B2
An ion source for a mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ionization device which emits a stream of droplets and one or more ultrasonic transmitters which create one or more acoustic standing waves. The acoustic standing waves may be used to further nebulize the stream of droplets and induce internal mixing of the droplets.
US09514922B2
In the case where a peak on a mass spectrum is saturated due to, for example, signal saturation in a detector or an amplifier provided downstream thereof, a data processor performs fitting with a Gaussian function using data included in the rising part and the falling part (range A) of the peak which are not affected by the saturation, to thereby obtain a desired approximate peak shape B. Then, a mass spectrum in which the saturated peak is replaced with the approximate peak thus obtained is created, the mass-to-charge ratio of the peak top is calculated for this mass spectrum, and this mass spectrum is then displayed on a display screen. Moreover, an extracted ion chromatogram is created on the basis of information on mass-to-charge ratio to intensity of this modified mass spectrum and displayed.
US09514921B2
Systems and methods are provided for correcting uniform detector saturation. In one method, a mass analyzer analyzes N extractions of an ion beam. A nonzero amplitude from an ADC detector subsystem is counted as one ion, producing a count of one for each ion of each sub-spectrum. The ADC amplitudes and counts of the N sub-spectra are summed, producing a spectrum that includes a summed ADC amplitude and a total count for each ion of the spectrum. A probability that the total count arises from single ions hitting the detector is calculated. For each ion of the spectrum where the probability exceeds a threshold value, an amplitude response is calculated, producing amplitude responses for ions found to be single ions hitting the detector. Amplitude responses are combined, producing a combined amplitude response. The total count is dynamically corrected using the combined amplitude response and the summed ADC amplitude.
US09514914B2
A shot data generation method includes inputting writing data for writing a pattern on a target object with multi charged particle beams, and generating shot data for each beam of the multi charged particle beams by converting the writing data and using one of a first code indicating a first irradiation time period having been set beforehand, a second code indicating an irradiation time period being zero, and a third code indicating neither the first irradiation time period nor the irradiation time period being zero.
US09514911B2
X-ray tube aperture body with shielded vacuum wall. In one example embodiment, an aperture body for use in an x-ray tube having an anode and a cathode includes an electron shield and a vacuum wall. The electron shield is configured to intercept backscattered electrons from the anode. The vacuum wall is separated by a gap from the electron shield and is shielded from the backscattered electrons by the electron shield. The aperture body also includes an electron shield aperture defined in the electron shield and a vacuum wall aperture defined in the vacuum wall through which electrons may pass between the cathode and the anode.
US09514907B2
A member-to-member connection bracket comprising a first connection member for coupling the connection bracket to a first structural member, a second connection member for coupling the connection bracket to a second structural member; and a fuse member disposed between the first connection member and the second connection member, the fuse member comprising at least one of hinge locations. The at least one hinge location provides inelastic deformation at a pre-determined load and the pre-determined load is less than the elastic yield load of a first structural member and a second structural member. The hinge locations may have a reduced thickness. The fuse member may have a tubular cross-section. A connection utilizing the member-to-member connection bracket is also included.
US09514904B2
Two magnetic poles of a permanent magnet of a permanent magnet switch and the two ends of an iron core wound with an excitation coil are connected to each other with the soft magnet having a salient pole. A motor uses the switch as the basic component of the stator and rotor, with two magnetic salient poles of each component being arranged axially, wherein the salient pole of the stator component and that of the rotor component are arranged in an opposite manner with an air gap, the excitation coil of the stator component and the rotor component at the symmetric axis position is taken as a phase line to access an excitation control power supply after serial connection or parallel connection. Electric excitation is carried out on the combined motor formed by shaft connection and rotation dislocation among single motors and the stator component in a bi-phase way simultaneously.
US09514902B2
In some examples, techniques are provided for quick haptic feedback, without the use of a controller, which is local to individual, non-actuating keys, such as keys of a thin keyboard or keypad. The haptic feedback may be in the form of a simulated “key-click” feedback for an individual key that is pressed by a user such that the finger used to press the key feels the tactile sensation. The haptic feedback mimics the tactile sensation of a mechanical key (e.g., buckling spring, pop-dome key switch) to give a user the perception that they have actuated a mechanically movable key.
US09514899B2
A control system for controlling operation of a field device includes a switch having a switch contact movable between an off position and an activated position, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag integrated with the switch and in selective communication with the switch based on the position thereof, an RFID reader configured to receive switch messages from the RFID tag that indicate an operational state of the switch, and a control circuit configured to receive switch messages from the RFID reader, the control circuit receiving the switch messages for purposes of controlling the field device.
US09514898B2
A switch device for a sunroof includes: a glass switch piece, which is switchable between glass opening positions and a glass closing position, which are for selecting whether to open or close the opening of a sunroof with a roof glass; and a shade switch piece, which is switchable between a shade opening position and a shade closing shade positions, which are for selecting whether to open or close the opening with of a roof shade. The shade closing positions include a first closing position and a second closing position. The switch device is provided with an interlocking portion, which links the glass switch piece to the shade switch piece so that the glass switch piece is moved into the glass closing position when the shade switch piece is moved to the second closed position.
US09514889B2
Described is a process for the production of a capacitor, where an electrode body (1) of an electrode material (2) is provided, wherein a dielectric (3) covers one surface (4) of this electrode material (2) at least partly to form an anode body (5), where the in situ polymerization of at least one thiophene monomer in at least a part of the anode body (5) in the presence of at least one oxidizing agent and at least one polymer with the structural formula (I). R1O—R2nO—R1 (I)
US09514886B1
An electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode comprised of cryogenically milled anode material is described. The cryogenic milling process prepares the active anode material for anode fabrication. The capacitor further comprises a casing of first and second casing members secured to each other to provide an enclosure. A feedthrough electrically insulated from the casing and from the casing and extending there from through a glass-to-metal seal, at least one anode electrically connected within the casing, a cathode, and an electrolyte. The cathode is of a cathode active material deposited on planar faces of the first and second casing members.
US09514885B2
There is provided a composite electronic component including a composite body having a capacitor and an inductor coupled to each other, the capacitor including a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes facing each other with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween are stacked, and the inductor including a magnetic body including a coil part; a first input terminal; an output terminal; and a ground terminal.
US09514879B2
An embodiment of an electronic system includes a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit. The electronic system further includes a resonant LC circuit having a resonance frequency for coupling the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit; each electronic circuit includes functional means for providing a signal at the resonance frequency to be transmitted to the other electronic circuit through the LC circuit and/or for receiving the signal from the other electronic circuit. The LC circuit also include capacitor means having at least one first capacitor plate included in the first electronic circuit and at least one second capacitor plate included in the second electronic circuit. The LC circuit further includes first inductor means included in the first electronic circuit and/or second inductor means included in the second electronic circuit. The at least one capacitor plate of each electronic circuit is coupled with the corresponding functional means through the possible corresponding inductor means.
US09514875B2
An integrated inductor comprising a multi-winding inductor having a transformer winding (L1) and a resonant inductor (L2). Sections (I), (2) of the magnetic circuit of the transformer winding (L1) are incorporated into magnetic circuits of at least two parts (L2A), (L2B) of a resonant inductor (L2) so as to form common parts of magnetic circuit of the multi-winding inductor (L1) and at least two-part (L2A), (L2B) resonant inductor (L2), wherein the transformer winding (L1) of the multi-winding inductor is wound around a column (II), which has at least one air gap (G) having a width adapted so that the magnetic induction produced by the at least two-part (L2A), (L2B) resonant inductor (L2) does not exceed 25% of the magnetic induction produced by the transformer winding (L1) of the multi winding inductor.
US09514857B2
A zinc oxide (ZnO) precursor and a method of depositing a ZnO-based thin film using the same, with which a high-quality and high-purity ZnO-based thin film can be deposited. The ZnO precursor includes a mixture solvent containing at least two organic solvents which are mixed and a source material comprising diethyl zinc or dimethyl zinc which is diluted in the mixture solvent.
US09514855B2
An exemplary proton conductor according to the present disclosure has a perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by the compositional formula AaB1-xB′xO3-δ, where A is at least one selected from among group 2 elements; B is a group 4 element or Ce; B′ is a group 3 element, a group 13 element, or a lanthanoid element; 0.5
US09514850B2
A memory device includes a plurality of redundancy word lines each of which is coupled with a plurality of redundancy memory cells, and a redundancy refresh circuit suitable for sequentially refreshing first redundancy word lines that are selected as target word lines for an additional refresh operation among the plurality of the redundancy word lines.
US09514845B1
A group of one or more solid state storage cells is programmed. A predetermined amount of time after the group of solid state storage cells is programmed, the group of solid state storage cells is read to obtain read data. Error correction decoding is performed on the read data and the group of solid state storage cells is assessed for wear related degradation based at least in part on the error correction decoding.
US09514840B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a fuse portion including a first fuse set having a plurality of first fuses assigned for a first mode and a second fuse set having a plurality of second fuses assigned for a second mode, and a program portion suitable for programming an available fuse among the first fuses included in the first fuse set or programming the second fuses included in the second fuse set in response to a repair control signal in the second mode.
US09514830B2
A method of operating a non-volatile memory device includes setting a search region defined by a start read voltage and an end read voltage, determining whether the search region belongs to a reference region, changing the search region when it is determined that the search region does not belong to the reference region, and searching for a new read voltage based on the search region, when it is determined that the search region belongs to the reference region.
US09514828B2
An erase method of a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of cell strings on a substrate is provided. Each string includes a plurality of memory cells stacked in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a ground select transistor between the memory cells and the substrate, and string select transistors between the memory cells and a bit line. The erase method includes applying a precharge voltage during a first time to a first string select line, floating the first string select line during a second time after the first time, and applying an erase voltage to the substrate after the first time. The first string select line is connected to the string select transistors at a first height in the cell strings of a same row.
US09514825B2
A semiconductor storage device includes memory cells, select transistors, memory strings, a block, word lines, and select gate lines. In the memory string, the current paths of plural memory cells are connected in series. When data are written in the block, after a word line connected to the control gates of memory cells of different memory strings in the second block is selected, the data are sequentially written in the memory cells of the different memory strings in the block which have their control gates connected to the selected word line.
US09514805B1
A method and apparatus for writing data to a memory device are provided that do not change the precharge states for a bit line pair in a current write cycle if the current data bit is unchanged from the preceding write cycle.
US09514803B2
Methods of maintaining a state of a memory cell without interrupting access to the memory cell are provided, including applying a back bias to the cell to offset charge leakage out of a floating body of the cell, wherein a charge level of the floating body indicates a state of the memory cell; and accessing the cell.
US09514799B2
In a memory scheduling method, a memory controller writes a first group of first row strobe commands (ACTs) into a first memory. The first group of first ACTs includes multiple first ACTs and a periodic interval exists between two adjacent first ACTs written by the memory controller into the first memory. The memory controller writes operation commands that correspond to the first group of first ACTs into the first memory after writing the first group of first ACTs into the first memory. The memory controller writes second ACTs into a second memory in periodic intervals for writing the first group of first ACTs into the first memory and/or in periodic intervals for writing the operation commands that correspond to the first group of first ACTs. The memory controller writes operation commands that correspond to the second ACTs into the second memory.
US09514797B1
An apparatus that includes a reference generating circuit configured to generate a reference signal for a non-volatile memory (NVM) device, the reference generating circuit including a first circuit comprising at least one metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor, the first circuit generating a first signal component of the reference signal, and a second circuit comprising at least one ferroelectric capacitor, the second circuit generating a second signal component of the reference signal, in which the second signal component is temperature dependent.
US09514796B1
An apparatus is described that includes a semiconductor chip memory array having resistive storage cells. The apparatus also includes a comparator to compare a first word to be written into the array against a second word stored in the array at the location targeted by a write operation that will write the first word into the array. The apparatus also includes circuitry to iteratively write to one or more bit locations where a difference exists between the first word and the second word with increasing write current intensity with each successive iteration.
US09514790B2
A data transmission circuit may include data line groups and pass sections arranged among the data line groups to allow the data line groups to form one line. The data transmission circuit may include an input/output unit configured to be coupled to the data line groups and to process write data to be transmitted to the data line groups or read data transmitted from the data line groups. The data transmission circuit may include a pass control unit configured to selectively enable the pass sections in response to an address for specifying a target data line group of the data line groups.
US09514789B2
The present invention provides a method for safely recovering, protecting, and reading short term memory devices, such as DRAM modules, following their immediate removal from a system after it powers down. By providing power and appropriate control signals, the present invention stabilizes the memory and allows it to be safely read.
US09514783B2
An apparatus having a server is disclosed. The server may be configured to (i) receive via a network a first clip of video generated by a camera, (ii) receive via the network first information to edit the first clip, (iii) receive via the network one or more segments of a second clip of video generated by the camera as identified by the first information and (iv) create a third clip of video by editing the segments according to the first information. The second clip is generally a higher resolution version of the first clip. The third clip may have the higher resolution.
US09514781B2
A system may utilize at least an enclosed test deck that has an access port door covering an access port. The system can test a data storage component by presenting the enclosed test deck to an exchange assembly before exposing an interior test region of the test deck by engaging the access port door with a tool of the exchange assembly. At least one data storage component may be installed into the interior test region and subsequently the access port is closed by installing the access port door into the access port.
US09514775B2
In a servo control loop, servo burst signals that are read from a plurality of servo burst patterns that include a split servo burst pattern contain frequency acquisition error. The frequency acquisition error is at least partially removed to generate a frequency acquisition error compensated position error signal (PES).
US09514772B2
A magnetic head device which has strong joint strength in an arm and a suspension and high accuracy of a size and a shape is provided. The magnetic head device comprises an arm, a suspension overlapping with a leading end part of the arm, a slider located at a leading end part of the suspension, and a first joint part that is placed between the leading end part of the arm and the suspension and that joins the arm and the suspension, the first joint part including Sn or a resin adhesive.
US09514759B2
A method and apparatus for performing an adaptive down-mixing of a multichannel audio signal comprising a number of input channels, wherein a signal adaptive transformation of said input channels is performed by multiplying the input channels with a downmix block matrix comprising a fixed block for providing a set of backward compatible primary channels and a signal adaptive block for providing a set of secondary channels.
US09514758B2
A method of processing an audio signal, the method including receiving a downmix signal including at least one object signal, and object information extracted when the downmix signal is generated, the at least one object signal including a background object and at least one independent object; receiving mix information including mode selection information, the mix information for controlling the at least object signal; receiving enhanced object information corresponding to a residual signal generated when the at least one object signal is downmixed to the downmix signal; generating downmix processing information by using the object information and the mix information; generating an output signal by applying the downmix processed information to the downmix signal; and extracting the background object and the at least one independent object from the downmix signal, by using the enhanced object information.
US09514753B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing speaker identification. In some implementations, an utterance vector that is derived from an utterance is obtained. Hash values are determined for the utterance vector according to multiple different hash functions. A set of speaker vectors from a plurality of hash tables is determined using the hash values, where each speaker vector was derived from one or more utterances of a respective speaker. The speaker vectors in the set are compared with the utterance vector. A speaker vector is selected based on comparing the speaker vectors in the set with the utterance vector.
US09514746B2
A speech recognition and control system including a receiver for receiving an audio input, an event detector for analyzing the audio input and identifying at least one event of the audio input, a recognizer for interpreting at least a portion of the audio input, a database including a plurality of rules, and a controller for generating a control command based on the at least one event and at least one rule.
US09514745B2
Provided are techniques for voice focus enabled by predetermined triggers. Voice recognition is used to identify one or more pre-determined triggers from a voice of a speaker. In response to identifying the one or more pre-determined triggers, a voice recognition template is dynamically created for the voice of the speaker, and the voice recognition template and voice isolation are used to focus on the voice from the speaker.
US09514737B2
A navigation apparatus capable of providing a user not only with guidance, but also with all of the guidance, operational procedure, operation screen and recognition vocabulary, that is, with an operational transition that is defined by the guidance, operational procedure, operation screen and recognition vocabulary, while altering the operational transition in accordance with the recognition vocabulary comprehension level of the user. Thus, it can increase the possibility for a user with a low recognition vocabulary comprehension level to achieve a task, or for a user with a high recognition vocabulary comprehension level to improve the comfortableness of the operation, thereby being able to provide all the users with the optimum operational transition.
US09514735B2
Disclosed herein is a waterproof sound-transmitting sheet, the thickness of which can easily be adjusted and which has a high sound transmitting efficiency and excellent waterproofness, and a method for producing same. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet, which is attached to a sound hole of a case, includes: a support layer made of a film-shaped porous material and formed in the case; and a waterproofing layer formed on one side of the support layer in the shape of a porous nanoweb in which fine fiber strands are crosswisely layered and exposed to the outside of the case.
US09514734B1
An improved acoustic liner for turbine engines is disclosed. The acoustic liner may include a straight cell section including a plurality of cells with straight chambers. The acoustic liner may also include a bent cell section including one or more cells that are bent to extend chamber length without increasing the overall height of the acoustic liner by the entire chamber length. In some cases, holes are placed between cell chambers in addition to bending the cells, or instead of bending the cells.
US09514721B1
A guitar support device permits ergonomic use of a guitar by a seated user, without attachment of any damaging hardware to the instrument. The guitar rest receives the lower and upper bouts of a guitar body with a complementary shaped frame. Stabilizer mounts abutting the guitar face and at least one stop abutting the guitar's back secure the device. The ergonomic support securely cradles the guitar so that the user may move around to better play or to relieve pressure points. The weight of the guitar is distributed over the user's leg and supported by a toe that descends vertically between the user's legs and abuts the surface upon which the user sits. The device is hinged to allow it to fold and skeletally framed to reduce weight and create a carrying handle, both of which make it easily transportable and storable.
US09514719B1
This is an improved pivot hinge for a collapsible stringed musical instrument providing for easy collapse and assembly of the instrument, such as the neck to the body of the instrument, collapsing into a sturdy, compact, and portable package, without altering the basic industry standard shapes and acoustics, and without twisting, or crimping the instrument's strings.
US09514715B2
Technologies are presented that optimize graphics power-performance efficiency. A method of graphics processing may include beginning a graphics workload with a first voltage and a first clamping threshold; monitoring amounts of time that bursts of dynamic capacitance remain above the first clamping threshold; and, if the dynamic capacitance remains above the first clamping threshold for more than a predetermined time threshold, setting the voltage to a second voltage and setting the clamping threshold to a second clamping threshold until the end of the frame. If, at the end of an initial frame, a number of clock cycles from a start of the frame to when the predetermined time threshold is exceeded is less than a predetermined minimum number of clock cycles, the second clamping threshold and the second voltage may be maintained for processing of a predetermined number of subsequent frames.
US09514714B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for kinetic mapping. A spatial interface, such as a map, may represent information according to an overview scale. If the spatial interface comprises a substantial amount of uninteresting content, such as a 100 mile stretch of highway, compared to interesting content, such as a 1 mile complex detour after the highway, then the interesting content may not be displayed at an adequate level of detail due to being displayed at the same overview scale as the 100 mile stretch of highway. Accordingly, points of interest within the spatial interface may be identified and encapsulated to create portals representing such information at relatively higher levels of detail. A kinetic geospatial interface comprising the portals (e.g., the detour) at a focused scale and non-portal information (e.g., the highway) at a collapsed scale (e.g., a lower level of detail than the focused scale) is generated.
US09514700B2
A signal processing device of a liquid crystal apparatus detects a boundary between a first pixel to which a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage is applied and a second pixel to which a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage is applied on the basis of a signal for controlling a voltage applied to pixels, corrects a signal correlated with M pixels including the first pixel to a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage, outputs the third voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a first period, outputs the first voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a second period, and outputs the third voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a third period.
US09514699B2
The present invention provides a device and a method for adjusting Gamma voltage. The device for adjusting Gamma voltage comprises a Gamma voltage generating unit used for generating a plurality of Gamma voltages, the Gamma voltage generating unit comprising a plurality of output terminals for outputting the plurality of Gamma voltages; and a plurality of output units, output terminals of each of which are connected to output terminals of a corresponding Gamma voltage generating circuit among a plurality of Gamma voltage generating circuits of the display panel to be adjusted in one-to-one correspondence, the plurality of output units being used for outputting the plurality of Gamma voltages to output terminals of the Gamma voltage generating circuits.
US09514698B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal capacitor; a first switching element which transmits a data voltage to the liquid crystal capacitor; a second switching element connected to the liquid crystal capacitor; and a transformation capacitor connected to the second switching element. A difference between a first time when the first switching element is turned on and a second time when the second switching element starts is turned on is greater than 1 horizontal period and less than 1 frame period.
US09514667B2
This application relates to a driving system for an electrophoretic display. The driving system can reduce the memory space required for driving an electrophoretic display. This application is directed to a driving method for updating a pixel in a display from a current image to a new image.
US09514660B2
A training apparatus includes a server and a controller. The server is configured to send and receive messages on at least one network, to receive messages at a plurality of publisher ports, and to send messages to a plurality of subscriber ports. The controller operates the server sends a first message to a training system destination that is initially configured to receive messages on a first port. Receipt and processing of the first message causes the training system destination to subsequently receive messages on a second port. The server is configured to receive subsequent messages on the first port intended for the training system destination and to pass modified or unmodified messages to the second port. The controller determines at least one of the flow, format, content, and routing of messages received on the first port and passed to the second port based on a training scenario.
US09514649B2
There is provided a vehicle driving support device. The vehicle driving support device according to the present invention calculates a time-to-collision to an obstacle ahead. When the time-to-collision is shorter than a predetermined threshold value, which means the possibility of the collision between the obstacle and a vehicle is determined to be high, and in at least either one of cases in which an engine automatic stop controller automatically stops an engine and in which a brake negative pressure is higher than a set pressure, so that the negative pressure of a brake booster is insufficient, the device outputs a signal to a brake controller so as to start a pump of a brake driver for realizing a prefill function in which a brake pad of each wheel is pressed against a braking surface of a disc rotor.
US09514642B2
A method for queue recognition by wireless vehicle to vehicle communication includes: checking a relevance for surrounding vehicles from which an ego vehicle receives messages by a comparison with relevance criteria and establishing a relevance if the relevance criteria are satisfied; selecting the speed and position values that are associated with relevant surrounding vehicles and have the speed values indicating a same direction of travel as the ego vehicle; defining a first virtual vehicle to which mean values of selected speed and position values are allocated as values for the at least one first virtual vehicle; recording a time profile of the speed and position values of the at least one first virtual vehicle; recording, as a change value, the time profile of changes in the speed and position values of the first virtual vehicle; and comparing the change value with a queue criterion.
US09514641B2
A remote control method, a smart terminal, and a smart remote control system. The smart remote control system includes a terminal device and at least one primary device, the terminal device is configured to provide a primary device list for a user; obtain and display a remote control panel of the controlled primary device according to the controlled primary device selected by the user; and sends control information to the controlled primary device according to an operation performed by the user on the remote control panel; and the primary device is configured to perform a corresponding control operation according to the control information. A terminal device is used to provide a remote control function for a user, so that the user may remotely control multiple controlled devices on one terminal device by using the remote control panel.
US09514634B2
The present invention provides a system and methods for notifying first responders of a security crisis or threat. The alarm system can be scaled to allow the alarm system to be used effectively in facilities of differing sizes and layouts. The system is also flexible, enabling the system to integrate with currently existing systems or to operate with new devices.
US09514627B2
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for limiting processing resources incurred due to refreshing a user interface. In various embodiments, an event is received, and it is determined whether a delay time period has elapsed. A length of the delay time period is based on a timing of receipt of one or more previous events. If the delay time period has not elapsed, refreshing of the user interface is postponed. When the delay time period elapses, the user interface is refreshed to display an indication of the event.
US09514625B2
A system and method are described herein for a sensor device which biomechanically detects in real-time a user's movement state and posture and then provides real-time feedback to the user based on the user's real-time posture. The feedback is provided through immediate sensory feedback through the sensor device (e.g., a sound or vibration) as well as through an avatar within an associated application with which the sensor device communicates.
US09514619B1
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing transmission and localized reception of audio, visual, and tactile signaling are taught for a myriad of useful purposes, including embodiments that permit differentiation between selected groups of intended recipients to permit simultaneous use of multiple instances of this technology in close proximity, if desired.
US09514616B2
The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of improving amusingness of a game by varying the continuity of the main game. According to the present invention, a normal mode game in the normal mode is started based on an input of the bet information from the bet input device; the mode is entered from the normal mode to the chance mode when an enter condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the predetermined symbol determination table in the normal mode; a free game is started as a chance mode game in the chance mode; and the mode is returned from the chance mode to the normal mode when an end condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the specific symbol determination table in the chance mode.
US09514613B2
An apparatus and method for a secondary game of a wagering gaming system, and particularly the increase of an award in the secondary game by the value of different multipliers associated with different amounts wagered in a primary game. A secondary game provides a total award to a player based on the multiplier associated with the wagered amount in the primary game by applying the multiplier to the amount of the award earned by the player in the secondary game. A particular wagerable amount may be associated with a multiplier that is predetermined, or randomly selected from a group of predefined multipliers, or selected from a group based on a probability. The range of possible combinations of wagerable amounts and multipliers are displayed to the player in the base game to provide an incentive to maximize the wager.
US09514601B2
In various embodiments, the gaming system disclosed herein provides streaming symbols game which utilizes a single continuous series or chain of symbols and a plurality of symbol display positions which form a path. Specifically, in various embodiments, the gaming system displays the chain of symbols continuously moving through the path of symbol display positions wherein which symbols are evaluated for any awards corresponds to when the chain of symbols stops moving along the path.
US09514599B2
Gaming machines, gaming systems, module systems for providing gaming machines, and methods for assembling modular gaming machines are disclosed. A module system is disclosed for providing gaming machines for conducting wagering games. The module system includes first and second display modules each with distinct dimensions and a respective display device operable to display randomly selected outcomes of a wagering game. The module system also includes first and second sets of outer fascia elements, and a core module with a housing that attaches to and supports the display modules, one at a time. Mounting the first display module and first set of fascia elements onto the core housing provides one distinct gaming machine configuration with a distinct appearance and footprint, whereas mounting the second display module and second set of fascia elements onto the core housing provides another distinct gaming machine configuration with a distinct appearance and/or footprint.
US09514582B2
A system for recording, transmitting and compiling information indicative of actual vehicle operation and usage includes a device installed within a vehicle. Sensors communicate with the device to provide information relating to operation of the vehicle. A location module utilizes satellite signals to determine the current location of a vehicle. A data extraction module sends data to a central process server. The central processor compiles and summarizes the information from the device for determination of vehicle usage for use in determining an insurance premium.
US09514579B2
A method for checking a vehicle specification includes operating terminal devices included in a vehicle. Control data is generated depending on an operation of the terminal devices. The control data is transferred to a gateway included in the vehicle. The control data is compared with vehicle specification matters stored in the gateway using the gateway. An error message is transmitted when the vehicle specification matters stored in the gateway do not match the control data.
US09514570B2
Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing interactions of tangible and augmented reality objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a real object using a device having a camera comprises receiving a selection of at least one object, tracking the at least one object in a plurality of images captured by the camera, and causing control signals to be transmitted from the device to the real object via a machine interface based at least in part on the tracking.
US09514567B2
A screen display device (200) displays a three-dimensional display screen on which network (NW) devices, links, paths, obstruction points (alarms) are displayed on a map representation. The screen display device (200) defines rungs on the basis of attributes of the devices so that a device of a lower rung (a terminal device in the NW) is placed at a lower position while a device of a higher rung is placed at a higher position on the three-dimensional display screen. Further, for an area where devices are on multiple rungs, the screen display device (200) displays a mark at the area to make the rung height of each device more recognizable. Also, the screen display device (200) provides an indication enclosing devices that form an active system/backup system pair to make it easy to understand whether there is a system that remains normal so that service can be offered.
US09514563B2
When processing a set of tiles to generate an output in a tile based graphics processing pipeline, the pipeline, for one or more tiles of the set of tiles, renders one or more render targets containing data to be used in a processing operation (602), and stores the render targets in the tile buffer (604). It also stores some but not all of the sampling position values for a render target or targets for use when processing an adjacent tile of the set of tiles (606). It then performs a processing operation for the tile using the stored render target or targets (608) and one or more stored sampling position values from another, adjacent tile of the set of tiles (610), to generate an output for the tile (612).
US09514559B2
A method and system for sharing memory between a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a computing device are disclosed herein. The method includes allocating a surface within a physical memory and mapping the surface to a plurality of virtual memory addresses within a CPU page table. The method also includes mapping the surface to a plurality of graphics virtual memory addresses within an I/O device page table.
US09514551B2
A first digital map is displayed in a viewport at an initial position. When a user gesture that communicates motion to the viewport is detected, a trajectory of the viewport from the initial position to a target position is determined based on kinematic quantities of the communicated motion. Map data for displaying a second digital map in the viewport at the target position is retrieved from a first memory, prior to the viewport reaching the target position. The retrieved map data is stored in a second memory having a higher speed of access than the first memory. The second memory is retrieved for display via the user interface when the viewport is at the target position.
US09514550B2
Featured are methods for reconstruction of images acquired from any of a number of scanning devices or apparatuses known to those skilled in the art which methods are established so as to provide a mechanism for compensating for motion of an object being imaged. Such methods of the present invention are such as to allow the clinician to select one or more specific methodologies that is appropriate for the expected motion, severity or complexity of the motion and efficient processing of projection data. Also feature are systems, apparatuses, software code and computer readable media which embody such methodologies.
US09514546B2
When a scene is generated, a content item may identify graphics object service requests associated with the scene. Each scene may have any number of associated graphics object service requests that may be sent to any number of different graphics object services. The graphics object services may be accessible over a network such as the Internet. By requesting object data from graphics object services, a content item may, for example, reduce at least part of the computational burden on a graphics processing unit of a client device.
US09514544B2
Provided is a device for evaluating the importance of an in-image region and that can appropriately evaluate the importance in terms of meaning of an in-image region. A processing unit performs a process including color reduction with respect to an evaluation subject region of an image. An importance determination unit determines the importance of the evaluation subject region on the basis of the degree of magnitude of the error between the pre-processing signal value of the evaluation subject region and the post-processing signal value of the evaluation subject region.
US09514524B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for an electronic device, which includes circuitry configured to detect a size of a face from a captured image. The circuitry is also configured to identify a distortion correction parameter which varies according to a size of the detected face. The circuitry is also configured to correct a distortion of the face within the captured image by utilizing the distortion correction parameter identified based on the size of the detected face from the captured image.
US09514516B2
A method and an apparatus for providing panoramic image data by reconstructing frame images captured by a panoramic imaging apparatus, are disclosed. In reconstruction of images with multiple image layers, sizes of images reconstructed with an image layer or images to be used for a reconstruction are scaled. An image is selected by analyzing sharpness. A panoramic image is provided by combining selected image. According to the present invention, parts having unclear focal planes may be completely removed in a panoramic image and it is possible to provide an image including only with focused regions.
US09514515B2
Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, and image display device
Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit (21) that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each pixel, a low pass filter unit (20a) that smoothes the signal value of the pixel based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating unit for each pixel, and a parameter deciding unit (20b) that decides intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter unit according to an enlargement factor obtained based on a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal.
US09514502B2
The present invention relates to computation of digital fingerprint of a video sequence. The invention presents systems and methods for quick identification of shot boundaries and extraction of fingerprints by processing one or more specific frames. The systems and methods are applied on uncompressed video or compressed video having inter-frame or intra-frame compression. The methods comprises of comparing two frames of the video having a gap in between and identifying a specific frame present in between the two frames such that the specific frame may have a shot boundary. Shot boundaries are calculated for the entire video and then a fingerprint is generated using all the shot boundaries present in the video.
US09514499B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for a predictive approach to contract management. In one embodiment, acceptable contract parameters are predicted based, at least in part on historic data and specified thresholds of identified contract parameters. Predicting acceptable contract parameters can help reduce negotiation cycles.
US09514498B2
The method and system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows ensuring consistency of the PNR record when it is handled within the subsystem controlled by the reservation interceptor module and including a plurality of OBEs. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention the PNR context on open systems is centralized to avoid its fragmentation in the distributed environment, as gathering of all the context parts implies performance issues. In addition, instead of implementing a transaction session protocol to handle a start of transaction, intermediate updates and a final commit or rollback on the PNR context, the principle of the service interceptor architecture is to delegate the functional queries with the current user PNR context which will be modified in the central repository of PNR context only at response time when the whole functional use-case is finished.
US09514496B2
Systems and methods for improved management of sentiments over conventional approaches are disclosed. Supervised approach is used to augment the rule-based approach for classification. Initially, sentiment evaluation is performed by the system using a rule based approach and an interface is provided to the user to give feedback on the correctness of evaluated sentiment. This feedback is used by the sentiment evaluation system to update the set of rule-based and also apply the supervised approach to train the classifier for evaluating complex posts.
US09514494B2
A report handler may receive abuse reports from reporters alleging policy violations of network use policies by at least one potential victim, and a source analyzer may determine at least one subset of the reporters. A content analyzer may determine a reference to the at least one potential victim in network activities of the at least one subset, and a review requester may generate a notification of a potential coalition attack against the at least one potential victim, based on the reference in the context of the at least one subset.
US09514490B2
A method and apparatus for communicating information and e-shopping signals between servers within a closed circuit e-commerce, and between servers and shopping terminals via main router and interface of a building, propagating the information and e-shopping signals via at least one twisted pair including ASK and FSK modulated data and commands including high speed updating signals for updating the content and programs of said e-commerce stored in the shopping terminals. A delivery station for picking up and deliver the ordered merchandise located within the building or outside the building using delivery devices, and storage devices for verifying the pickup and deliver with no error.
US09514485B1
A component executing within a programmable execution system (PES) receives a request to launch a virtual machine instance, such as from a customer of the PES. In response to receiving such a request, the component computes an expected cost of executing the virtual machine instance over its lifetime based upon one or more cost factors. The component also computes an expected value of executing the virtual machine instance over its lifetime based upon one or more value factors. Based upon the computed expected cost and the computed expected value associated with executing the virtual machine instance, the component determines whether or not to launch the virtual machine instance. The component might utilize a similar mechanism to determine whether to instantiate other types of computing resources.
US09514479B2
The present invention is a system, method and computer program product for tracking and measuring digital content that is distributed on a computer network such as the Internet. The system collects online advertisement data, analyzes the data, and uses the data to calculate measurements of the prevalence of those advertisements. The system processes raw traffic data by cleansing and summarizing the traffic data prior to storing the processed data in a database. An advertisement sampling system uses site selection and definition criteria and a probe map to retrieve Web pages from the Internet, extract advertisements from those Web pages, classify each advertisement, and store the data in a database. A statistical summarization system accesses the processed raw traffic data and the advertisement data in the database to calculate advertising prevalence statistics including the advertising frequency, impressions, and spending.
US09514477B2
Systems and methods for providing user-specific content on an electronic device are disclosed. The user-specific data can be generated in isolated applications that are prohibited from communicating directly with one another. Sharing of user data that enables these isolated applications to generate such user-specific data can be facilitated by the use of a master program that can be loaded along with each of the isolated applications on the electronic device.
US09514475B2
Some embodiments of the invention enable users to manage codes which may be redeemed for value. For example, some embodiments provide systems and methods for automatically identifying a code communicated to a user which is redeemable for value, and adding the code to an inventory maintained for the user. When the user later shops at a site which allows a code to be redeemed for value, some embodiments of the invention may automatically detect when the user has navigated to a page on the site which allows redemption of the code, and may make the user aware that the code may be redeemed on the page. If the user opts to redeem the code, the field on the page into which the code is to be input may be automatically identified, and the code may be automatically input into that field.
US09514466B2
Information is presented to a user of a user device by a method including: collecting data relating to communications sent to or from the user, including to or from a first person, each communication including a link of a plurality of links; generating personal profiles from the collected data, the profiles comprising a first personal profile of the first person and including a first link of the plurality of links; and presenting the first personal profile to the user, comprising displaying the first link in a user interface on the user device.
US09514462B2
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device and from a computer server system, digital content that is for sale and that is received without having yet been purchased by a user of the computing device; storing the digital content locally on the computing device in a manner that prohibits user access to the digital content; after storing the digital content: receiving user input that indicates the user is purchasing at least a portion of the stored digital content; and in response to the received user input, storing information that indicates the user purchased the portion of the digital content and providing the user with access to the purchased portion of the digital content; and in response to detecting that the computing device is communicatively connected to the computer server system over a network, providing the stored information to the computer server system.
US09514460B2
A computer implemented method of processing a payment request is provided, the method comprising operating a processor of a network node to: (i) determine that a current time is within a predefined period of a payment time associated with a payment profile; (ii) determine an account number, a payment amount and a payment provider associated with the payment profile; (iii) transmit to the payment provider a request for pre-authorization of payment of the payment amount from an account associated with the determined account number; and (iv) responsive to receiving a pre-authorization from the payment provider, associating an authorization indication with the payment profile.
US09514456B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a customer with a single transaction card that is tied to the customer's available payment vehicles. As such, the single transaction card may be utilized by the customer to complete a transaction with a merchant. Subsequently, based on customer rules or customer selection, the invention may direct the transaction to the selected payment vehicle. Rules include any preferences that a customer may input that allows the invention to automatically apply a single transaction card transaction to a payment vehicle. As such, rules may be trigged for a specific merchant, a specific transaction amount, a specific location, and/or the like. If a rule is triggered by a transaction made with the single transaction card, the triggered transaction will be automatically applied to the payment vehicle tied to that rule.
US09514454B2
A wireless financial transaction instrument, such as a card, has a magnetic stripe, a display, and an on-board power supply, such as a battery, and is usable with a dual capture point of sale terminal. Information is received by such a terminal from the card wirelessly, and also from the magnetic stripe, and the data received contactlessly is preferably used to verify that read from the stripe. The display can display the account number on command, or to display a current balance, or amount of credit remaining, or any combination of these items of information.
US09514453B2
A secure mobile financial transaction is provided by receiving, over a communication network, a list of protection mechanisms available for implementation by an external terminal. Security-related data is received from one or more sensors and an attack signature is computed based on the security-related data. An appropriate security policy is selected from multiple security policies stored in a database based on the list of protection mechanisms and the attack signature. A secure communication session is established between the external terminal and an internal network component according to the selected security policy. A data message associated with a mobile financial transaction is communicated over the communication network during the communication session.
US09514452B2
In various embodiments, a system and method for providing simplified checkout with payment float are provided. In example embodiments, an identifier that corresponds to a payment account of a user is received at a payment provider system. A determination is made that the identifier corresponds to a payment account of the user at the payment provider system. A determination is made to provide a float option to float payment for the user in a payment transaction involving a merchant system. A user interface providing the float option is presented to the user. If the user selects the float option, payment is floated to the user and the user agrees to pay back the floated payment within a predetermined time period.
