US09717170B2
A process for producing GNP-based polymeric nanocomposites for electromagnetic applications such as shielding and/or absorption of the energy associated to electromagnetic fields envisages a plurality of steps that include: controlled synthesis, for optimizing the morphological and electrical properties thereof, of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) to be used as nanofillers in a polymeric matrix; selection of the polymeric matrix so as to optimize its chemical compatibility with the type of GNPs thus obtained; production via the solution-processing technique of GNP-based polymeric nanocomposites with dielectric permittivity and electric conductivity controlled and predictable via the equivalent-effective-medium model by calibrating the parameters of the model for the specific type of polymeric matrix and GNPs used.
US09717162B2
An electronic device includes an electronic component and a heat dissipating casing configured to dissipate heat from the electronic component. The casing includes top and bottom sides of the heat dissipating casing forming a sealed chamber, and a pore structure formed within the sealed chamber. The sealed chamber is configured to receive a working medium and the pore structure is configured to absorb at least a portion of the working medium, whereby the heat generated from the electronic component is dissipated by a phase change of the working medium.
US09717161B2
A board assembly including a cooling system includes: a wiring board; a first heat generating component mounted on a surface of the wiring board; a first heat receiving portion mounted on the first heat generating component and configured to allow a coolant to pass therethrough; a second heat generating component mounted on another surface of the wiring board; a second heat receiving portion mounted on the second heat generating component and configured to allow the coolant to pass therethrough; and a support post disposed through the wiring board so as to extend between the first heat receiving portion and the second heat receiving portion, the support post having a space through which the coolant flows from the first heat receiving portion to the second heat receiving portion or from the second heat receiving portion to the first heat receiving portion.
US09717155B1
An identifiable modular electronic device is provided, which includes a base main body, a plurality of external modules, a rotating ring, a plurality of first magnetic induction modules, a second magnetic induction module and a processing module. The base main body includes a plurality of sockets. Each external module can be plugged into each socket. A slot is disposed at a side of each external module. Each external module includes a first magnetic body. Each first magnetic induction module induces each corresponding first magnetic body to produce a magnetic flux signal. The rotating ring sheathes and is fixed on the base main body. The rotating ring is disposed with a plurality of latches, and one of the latches is disposed with a second magnetic body. The rotating ring is rotated from the OFF position to the ON position.
US09717153B2
A method and apparatus for disassembling a set top box is disclosed. The method includes providing the set top box including: a top cover, a base, and cover retention clips, wherein the cover retention clips are V or U shaped for securing the top cover to the base, providing a release fixture including a retention clip release finger, inserting the release fixture into the set top box, disengaging the cover retention clips using the retention clip release finger, and removing the top cover from the base.
US09717152B2
A display apparatus has a friction surface which makes friction force between a base and a support surface on a lower surface of the base that supports the display body, in which the friction surface has a high friction surface having a relatively high friction coefficient and a low friction surface having a lower friction coefficient than that of the high friction surface, and the low friction surface protrudes further than the high friction surface.
US09717144B2
There are provided a conductive nanowire network, a conductive board and transparent electrode utilizing it, and a method for producing the same. The conductive nanowire network of the invention has essentially unbroken, continuous conductive nanowires randomly formed into a network. In the method for producing a conductive nanowire network according to the invention, nanofibers are applied in a random network-like fashion onto a substrate covered with a conductive layer, the conductive layer regions that are not covered with the nanofibers are removed, and then the nanofibers are removed. The network structure (wire diameter and network density) are also controlled to obtain a transparent electrode exhibiting both transparency and conductivity.
US09717143B2
A method for fabricating a flexible substrate and a flexible substrate prefabricated component are disclosed, the flexible substrate comprises an electronic device and a flexible layer provided with the electronic device. The fabrication method comprises: disposing a single-sided adhesive layer at a central portion of a surface of a support substrate, an adhesive side of the single-sided adhesive layer being in contact with the support substrate; disposing a double-sided adhesive layer at a peripheral region of the support substrate; disposing the flexible layer on surfaces of the single-sided adhesive layer and the double-sided adhesive layer, the flexible layer being bonded to the double-sided adhesive layer; disposing the electronic device in a region of a surface of the flexible layer corresponding to the single-sided adhesive layer; cutting the flexible layer along a boundary of the electronic device and removing the flexible layer from the single-sided adhesive layer.
US09717139B1
In one or more implementations, an inductively coupled plasma torch cooling device that employs example techniques in accordance with the present disclosure includes an annular chamber configured to allow a flow of coolant to pass through the annular chamber, an inlet port, and an outlet port.
US09717137B2
An x-ray housing can include a tubular unitary body having an external fin array adjacent to an internal fin array through a heat exchanger portion of the unitary body, the internal fin array being on a luminal surface of a housing lumen of the unitary body. The external fin array can extend from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing. The external fin array may be at a discrete and defined location, and extend around only a portion (e.g., 25%) of a circumference or external surface of the housing. The internal fin array can extends from the first end of the housing to an arced manifold recess at the second end of the housing, and be located in a finned recess that is adjacent to and dimensioned correspondingly with the external fin array.
US09717136B2
A steering wheel for a vehicle may include a frame, a foam layer, a decorative member, a switch assembly and a contact element. The frame may include a central hub, a rim, and a spoke extending between the central hub and the rim. The foam layer may encase at least a portion of the frame. The decorative member may be mounted to the frame and may be at least partially formed of an electrically conductive material. The switch assembly may be mounted to the decorative member. The contact element may extend from the decorative member and may contact the frame to electrically connect the electrically conductive material of the decorative member with the frame.
US09717134B2
A technique for controlling order of selecting elements from an ordered set of N elements, the technique provides applying to the ordered set a mathematical function P converting the order, in which the elements are preliminarily ordered in the set, into a desired order defined by the function P. The elements may further be selected from the set according to the new order defined by the function P. The elements in the set comprise at least one of the following: devices, items, parameters, values.
US09717132B2
An intelligent lighting control system is provided. The system includes at least one smart lighting device, including a control module, a lighting module, a microphone module and a wireless communication module, where the control module is connected to the lighting module, the microphone module, and the wireless communication module, respectively; the microphone module is configured to receive a voice instruction from a user and send the voice instruction to the control module; and the control module is configured to convert the voice instruction to a voice data signal. The system also includes a cloud server configured to perform voice recognition analysis on the voice data signal, convert the voice data signal to a control signal, and send the control signal to at least one smart home device. Further, the system includes the at least one smart home device configured to receive the control signal and perform a corresponding function.
US09717127B1
A dimming system includes a signal generating circuit, a first dimming circuit and a second dimming circuit. The signal generating circuit generates the driving signal according to the input signal, and switches the driving signal between multiple states according to the switch signal. The first dimming circuit generates the dimming signal to adjust the luminance of the LED device according to the driving signal. When the driving signal is switched from the first states to the second states, the dimming signal is changed by the first dimming circuit so that the luminance of the LED device is adjusted from the first luminance to the second luminance. The second dimming circuit adjusts the input signal according to the control signal so that the dimming signal is adjusted and the luminance of the LED device is between the first luminance and minimum luminance, or between the second luminance and minimum luminance.
US09717123B1
An LED controller for a multiple LED channel system using PWM method for LED dimming function incorporates a digital dimming control circuit to generate the PWM signals for driving the LED channels to spread out or cancel out the power supply transients generated by the LED transient current during PWM modulation for dimming operation. The digital dimming control circuit implements an audible noise reduction method whereby the active period of the PWM signals for some of the LED channels are shifted within the switching cycle to align at least some of the rising signal edges with some of the falling signal edges so as to cancel out the voltage transients on the LED power rails generated at the signal transitions. Furthermore, the rising and falling signal edges that are not lined up are spread out through the PWM switching cycle so that the power supply transients are spread out.
US09717117B2
The present invention includes a removable lighting assembly containing: a housing; a solid state lighting unit contained within the housing and electronically communicating with the housing; and a deflector fixed about the solid state lighting unit for deflection of the light emanating therefrom.
US09717114B1
Method and apparatus for a thermos having a peltier or similar thermoelectric device mounted thereon wherein the peltier is operated by turning a generator assembly so that the peltier is actuated. The apparatus is designed for use in emergency or survival situations where there is no electricity available. The wall of the container is adapted to receive a peltier therein. The peltier comprises an aluminum block having fins thereon that forms a cooling or heating module to heat or cool liquid contained inside the container. The peltier may be attached to the container or operated at a distance therefrom. A battery may also boost the energy from the generator assembly.
US09717107B2
A disclosed method includes preventing a first mobile device from connecting to configured networks having connectivity information stored in a configured networks list stored in memory of the first mobile device, establishing a peer-to-peer connection with a second mobile device, performing a data transfer from the first mobile device to the second mobile device over the peer-to-peer connection while continuing to prevent the first mobile device from connecting to the configured networks, and enabling the first mobile device to connect to the configured networks after completion of the data transfer.
US09717104B2
System and method for providing data access to mobile network nodes of a digital data network, said system comprising: a local mobility anchor node, herewith LMA, which has an uplink interface to an upstream network, a plurality of mobility access gateways, herewith MAGs, which are fixed access points comprising a wired interface to the LMA, one or more mobile mobility access gateways, herewith mMAGs, which are mobile, in particular vehicle, access points comprising a wireless interface to a MAGs or other mMAGs, a mobile network node, herewith MNN, comprising a wireless interface to a MAG or mMAG, each of said mMAGs configured for establishing a network binding to the LMA through an access point, by connecting to said access point, the access point being a MAG or another mMAG, such that data packets arrived at the LMA and destined to the MNN are routed and forwarded to the MNN through the mMAG.
US09717103B2
In a wireless communication system, a terminal apparatus is capable of reporting, to a base station apparatus, information indicating a mobility state of the terminal apparatus. In a case where the terminal apparatus reports information (history information) to the base station apparatus as mobility state indicating information, the terminal apparatus notifies the base station apparatus of a radio resource control connection setup complete message containing information indicating the presence of the history information that is notified as the mobility state indicating information. The history information contains an identifier of a cell that the terminal apparatus visited and the duration of stay in the cell. The base station apparatus notifies the terminal apparatus of information as to whether to report the mobility state indicating information. In a case where the terminal apparatus reports the mobility state indicating information on the basis of the information notified by the base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus reports the history information to the base station apparatus using a radio resource control message different from the radio resource control connection setup complete message.
US09717102B2
Disclosed are an access method for a WiFi access point, a WiFi access point and a WiFi system, which relate to communications technology. The present application adds to a WiFi system the RAN and PSCN of a 3G network, and adds a 3G module to an AP, so that the AP can serve as a 3G terminal to access the 3G network, thereby connecting the AP and an AC/BRAS through the RAN and PSCN. Because the 3G network has broader coverage, implementing access point access through the 3G network reduces the complexity of an AP accessing the AC/BRAS.
US09717100B2
The present subject matter discloses a method implemented on a base station for generating Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) reference segments and detecting PRACH preambles in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system. The base station performs a series of mathematical techniques to generate the PRACH reference segments using a CAZAC sequence used for detecting PRACH preambles. Further, the base station identifies the PRACH by using a signal received by the base station. The base station segments the signal to generate contiguous or non-contiguous segments. Further, the base station uses a segment by segment multiplication and subsequent addition approach performed between values at each frequency location of PRACH frequency segments with a complex conjugate of the values at a corresponding frequency location of a PRACH reference segment. Subsequently the products are added together. The sum is then processed to detect one or more PRACH preambles and timing delays.
US09717098B2
Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes performing clear channel assessment (CCA) to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum, transmitting a request-to-send (RTS) signal to a set of user equipments (UEs) using the unlicensed spectrum when a determination is made that the unlicensed spectrum is available, and receiving, in the unlicensed spectrum, a common clear-to-send (CTS) signal and an individual CTS signal from one or more of the UEs in response to the RTS signal. A second method includes transmitting an RTS signal in an unlicensed spectrum or a V-RTS signal in a licensed spectrum, addressed to a set of UEs, and transmitting a CTS-to-self signal in the unlicensed spectrum along with the transmission of the V-RTS signal.
US09717093B2
An access point includes an antenna module, a wireless network module and a processor, wherein when the access point connects with an electronic device and operates in a training stage to determine at least an optimal antenna for the electronic device, the processor determines a number of a plurality of training packets, a delay time between the plurality of training packets and a length of at least one of the plurality of training packets according to a connecting status between the access point and the electronic device, and transmits the plurality of training packets to the electronic device via the wireless network module and the antenna module.
US09717081B2
A method for managing uplink carrier frequencies is provided, which is applicable to the field of communication. The method includes the following steps: A state switching response message sent by a UE is received, where the state switching response message includes a result of state switching performed by on a secondary uplink carrier serving cell; The result of the state switching is notified to a secondary uplink carrier non-serving cell in a secondary carrier active set through an RNC. A device and a system for managing uplink carrier frequencies are further provided. Through the method, device, and system provided in embodiments of the present invention, the uplink carrier frequencies are managed, so as to facilitate transmission of uplink data during multi-cell collaboration.
US09717080B2
The invention relates to a universal mapping of resource elements (REs) to enhanced resource element groups (eREG) that applies to both the PDCCH and PDSCH regions; the mapping is universal since it is not user or cell-specific but applies to the resource block pairs irrespective of the actual reference signals used. The mapping is such that all REs of the resource block pair are assigned to one out of a plurality of eREGs. According to the mapping, the REs are sequentially assigned to the eREGs, in predetermined orders. Within an OFDM symbol a pair of REs is assigned to the same eREG, wherein the two REs are spaced apart from each other by 3 or 6 subcarriers.
US09717071B2
Long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) deployments with unlicensed spectrum leverage more efficient LTE communication aspects over unlicensed spectrum, such as over WIFI radio access technology. In order to accommodate such communications, various uplink procedures may be modified in order to handle communications between licensed and unlicensed spectrum with LTE/LTE-A deployments with unlicensed spectrum.
US09717067B2
Apparatus and method relating to wireless communication access points are described. In one embodiment an apparatus including one or more antennas to function as an access point for wireless communication is described. In some cases the apparatus or methods may include determining location information and/or one or more operating characteristics of one or more wireless communication access points.
US09717066B2
A system and method for implementing a low-power local-area network for use with a mobile terminal satellite modem. This low-power local-area network enables sensors on an asset to transmit sensor data to a mobile terminal affixed on the asset. The mobile terminal reports the sensor data along with asset position information to a centralized facility via a communications satellite.
US09717059B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power control method and apparatus, relate to the field of wireless communications, and are invented for reducing power pressure of an air interface of a base station and ensuring a stable network environment. The method includes: determining whether received total wideband power (RTWP) of an air interface exceeds a set first congestion threshold value; when the RTWP of the air interface exceeds the set first congestion threshold value, sending a congestion indication to a radio network controller (RNC), where the congestion indication is used for indicating that the RNC is forbidden from up-regulating a target signal-to-interference ratio (SIR); receiving a target SIR sent by the RNC; down-regulating the target SIR sent by the RNC; and notifying, based on the down-regulated target SIR, a user equipment (UE) to reduce transmit power. The present invention is mainly applied to the field of power control.
US09717057B2
The present disclosure relates to an uplink congestion control scheme. In one embodiment, an uplink congestion control method is provided, comprising steps of: determining whether or not a congestion status of a serving cell is changed based on a rise over thermal, RoT, measurement; sending to a set of user equipment, UEs, a signaling to indicate the change of the congestion status; and performing an uplink congestion control based on the RoT measurement and with enhanced transmission format combination, E-TFC, reselection by at least one UE from the set of UEs based at least on the signaling.
US09717056B2
An electronic device includes a first communication unit that performs wireless communication; a connection unit that connects a communication device including a second communication unit which performs wireless communication; and a control unit that (a) determines whether the communication device is capable of receiving predetermined power if the communication device and the connection unit are connected, and (b) performs a process of restricting wireless communication of the second communication unit if the communication device is not capable of receiving the predetermined power.
US09717052B2
A method for receiving radio packets through short-range wireless communication includes receiving a first radio signal through the short-range wireless communication, identifying a preamble used for synchronization of the short-range wireless communication from a analog signal of the received first radio signal, determining whether the frequency from the identified preamble is within a specified frequency offset range, and processing data from the received first radio signal if the frequency from the identified preamble is within the specified frequency offset range.
US09717047B2
Methods, devices, and systems are described to enable fair message transmission and to reduce maximum power consumption of stations in a wireless network. For example, a first station of the wireless network may transmit a message including a first neighbor list to a second station of the wireless network. The first neighbor list may identify one or more stations within a particular range of the first station. The second station may selectively transmit, based on a comparison between the first neighbor list and a second neighbor list and a random countdown, a copy of the message including the second neighbor list to another station of the wireless network. The second neighbor list may identify one or more stations within a particular range of the second station.
US09717042B2
Network discovery comprises discovering networks being available for a device and automatically providing communication settings for at least one of discovered networks to the device. The network discovery may be device initiated or network-initiated. The communication settings provision may be effected by network discovery functionality or another functionality such as device management functionality.
US09717033B2
An access point includes an antenna module, a wireless network module and a processor, wherein the processor includes a plurality of Modulation and Coding Scheme code (MCS) codes supported by the electronic device. When the access point operates in a training stage for determining at least one optimal antenna adapted to the electronic device, the processor uses a specific MCS code from the plurality of MCS codes to transmit the plurality of training packets to the electronic device via the antenna module and the wireless network module without switching the other MCS codes for determining the at least one optimal antenna adapted to the electronic device.
US09717031B2
A method and system for reporting cell resource utilization associated with a plurality of operators sharing resources of a cell are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes associating each of a plurality of operators with a different one of a plurality of public land mobile networks, PLMNs. The method includes monitoring cell resource utilization for each PLMN. The method also includes transmitting cell resource utilization for each one of at least one of the plurality of PLMNs.
US09717018B2
Techniques are described for encoding an audio video stream that is transmitted over a network, for example a wireless or IP network, such that an entire frame of audio and an entire frame of video are transmitted simultaneously within a period required to render the audio video stream frames by an application in a receiver. Aspects of the techniques include receiving audio and video RTP streams and assigning an entire frame of RTP video data to communication channel packets that occupy the same period, or less, as the video frame rate. Also an entire frame of RTP audio data is assigned to communication channel packets that occupy the same period, or less, as the audio frame rate. The video and audio communication channel packets are transmitted simultaneously. Receiving and assigning RTP streams can be performed in a remote station, or a base station.
US09716995B2
This disclosure includes systems and methods for adjusting one or more roaming parameters using information regarding WLAN activity and/or a connection characteristic indicative of the reliability of the connection.
US09716987B2
A method of operating a portable terminal having a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided. The method includes displaying a message regarding whether to set a dual SIM active function, selecting an area included in the message, and confirming a setting of the dual SIM active function upon the selection of the area included in the message.
US09716982B2
A method in a user equipment node for providing interactive services to a user of the user equipment node, comprising the steps of receiving an interactivity media file comprising information which is to be presented to the user. An interactivity description fragment is also received, the interactivity description fragment comprising one or more command signals for controlling how the information received in the interactivity media file is to be presented to the user. The information received in the interactivity media file is presented to the user using the one or more command signals received in the interactivity description fragment.
US09716980B1
An improved active-beacon/passive-listener time difference of arrival navigation system that relies on the multiple beacons to transmit uncoded acoustic pulses of a same frequency that propagate in the system at a same time for high-speed device tracking. Beacons are scheduled to transmit independent of the location of listening devices in the system. Listening devices may receive multiple encoded radio frequency pulses (RF) prior to a single acoustic pulse, and then resolves which RF pulse corresponds to the acoustic pulse using triangulation techniques.
US09716974B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems of displaying location entity information associated with the current geographic location of a mobile device include obtaining data indicative of a current geographic location of the mobile device and providing map imagery of a geographic area associated with such current location. A first interface element is provided for display on the map imagery at a location indicative of the current geographic location of the mobile device. A location entity is determined as a best match from a list of nearby location entities and a second interface element providing information about the determined location entity is provided for display on the map imagery. Data indicative of user selection of one or more of the first and second interface elements can be received. Upon selection, a separate display area including information about the determined location entity is automatically provided for display.
US09716967B2
A communication terminal apparatus includes an antenna controller and a target-side data transceiver. Before data communication is performed with an information processing apparatus via an antenna of the communication terminal apparatus, the antenna controller changes at least one of a resistive component of the antenna, voltage to be applied to the antenna, and current to be applied to the antenna, thereby changing a state of the antenna to cause a change in a magnetic field that results from the change in the state of the antenna and can be sensed by the information processing apparatus. After the antenna controller has changed the state of the antenna, the target-side data transceiver performs the data communication with the information processing apparatus.
US09716965B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a content sharing between a mobile terminal and a call counterpart is facilitated in the course of making a phone call in-between. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication with an external terminal device while the external terminal is currently in a phone call with a call counterpart, a touchscreen configured to display a content list of contents to share with the call counterpart, and a controller to control the touchscreen, wherein in response to receiving a user input to request a sharing of at least one content in the content list, the controller to control a request, to the external terminal device, to share the sharing requested content with the call counterpart.
US09716956B2
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across a piezoelectric film; an insertion film inserted into the piezoelectric film, located in at least a part of an outer peripheral region in a resonance region and outside the outer peripheral region, and not located in a center region of the resonance region; a protective film on the upper electrode and the piezoelectric film; and a wiring line connecting to the lower electrode and covering an outer periphery of the protective film in an extraction region of the lower electrode, wherein in the extraction region, an outer periphery of the insertion film is further out than an outer periphery of the upper electrode and further in than an outer periphery of the piezoelectric film, and the outer periphery of the protective film is further out than the outer periphery of the insertion film.
US09716951B2
A speaker box with side acoustic emission structure is disclosed. The speaker box has a cabinet having an acoustic window, a speaker unit mounted in the cabinet and including a diaphragm, a voice coil and a magnetic circuit, the diaphragm disposed in the side of the acoustic window and not faced to the acoustic window and having a dome and a suspension surrounding the dome, the dome having a plurality of reinforcements aligned in multi-row, the area of one of the plurality of reinforcements which is closest to the acoustic window that is maximum for improving vibration of the diaphragm.
US09716949B2
A panel-form loudspeaker is disclosed. The panel-form loudspeaker includes a lower cover including a recess, and a vibration acoustic unit facing the recess with a periphery thereof fixed on the lower cover for actuating the lower cover to vibrate and generate sound.
US09716939B2
A method for generating an auditory environment for a user may include receiving a signal representing an ambient auditory environment of the user, processing the signal using a microprocessor to identify at least one of a plurality of types of sounds in the ambient auditory environment, receiving user preferences corresponding to each of the plurality of types of sounds, modifying the signal for each type of sound in the ambient auditory environment based on the corresponding user preference, and outputting the modified signal to at least one speaker to generate the auditory environment for the user. A system may include a wearable device having speakers, microphones, and various other sensors to detect a noise context. A microprocessor processes ambient sounds and generates modified audio signals using attenuation, amplification, cancellation, and/or equalization based on user preferences associated with particular types of sounds.
US09716936B2
An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.
US09716928B2
A given communications apparatus is included among plural first communications apparatuses, among which at least execution results of data processing of the given communications apparatus is communicated by multi-hop communication whereby, the execution results are transmitted to a second communications apparatus that performs a process based on the execution results. The given communications apparatus includes a storage device storing therein identification information of a specified communications apparatus that requires plural hops to communicate with the second communications apparatus and is among the plural first communications apparatuses, exclusive of the given communications apparatus; and a wireless communications circuit that transmits to a nearby communications apparatus of the given communications apparatus, request information that includes the identification information stored in the storage device and that requests the specified communications apparatus to execute the data processing of the given communications apparatus and to transmit execution results of the data processing.
US09716917B2
A method and an apparatus for processing content recording in a network are provided. The method for operating a media server to process a recording request in a network includes registering a plurality of user devices, receiving, from at least one user device among the plurality of the user devices, at least one recording request, determining at least one priority of the at least one recording request, and processing the at least one recording request in accordance with the at least one priority.
US09716911B2
A terminal device for carrying out an interactive internet protocol television (IPTV) service comprises: a near distance communication unit to receive set-top box information from a remote controller which controls a set-top box used for the interactive IPTV service; a session setup unit to set up a session to communicate between the terminal device and the set-top box based on the set-top box information; a content information receiver to receive, from the set-top box, content information on content being played by the set-top box over the set up session; a content information transmitter is configured to transmit the content information received from the content information receiver to an information provider; and content-related information receiver to receive content-related information from the information provider, the content-related information is extracted by the information provider from prestored information on a plurality of contents based on the content information.
US09716909B2
A mobile video editing and sharing systems for social media referred to as the CAPTURE system, which improves over prior video editing systems for smartphones through a more extensive editing suite including functionality for adding and altering music to video files. The video editing portion of the system allows for further creative freedom and expansion than what is already offered. Firstly, current limitation on video are length are far too short; the system allows users to record up to one full minute of video, as well the ability to choose previously recorded video footage from the user's “Camera Roll” within the iOS software. Following this, the CAPTURE system offers a variety of specialty filters in addition to the color alteration filters typically provided in prior systems. The filters include reverse, speed and 3D effect, which adjust the visual content of the video without altering the music track.
US09716906B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enabling functionality of a trigger mechanism based on log entries in a traffic log. An example method involves (i) accessing a stored traffic log, wherein the log includes multiple ordered log entries including a first log-entry and a second log-entry; (ii) making a first determination that the first log-entry corresponds to a show-segment video-component (VC) of a live show, wherein the first log-entry further corresponds to a broadcast time-period; (iii) making a second determination that the second log-entry is positioned immediately after the first log-entry; (iv) making a third determination that the second log-entry corresponds to a manual start-time type; and (v) responsive to making the three determinations, enabling functionality of a trigger mechanism during the broadcast time-period, wherein the enabled trigger mechanism is configured to cause processing of a next log entry in the log in response to being triggered.
US09716901B2
Methods and systems are provided for separating signal-correlated and signal-uncorrelated error components in quantization noise. Such separation leads to a generalization of the conventional rate-distortion optimization problem. For the commonly used assumption of a Gaussian process, a quantizer according to this principle is implemented in a straightforward manner using a dithered quantizer and appropriate pre-filters and post-filters. If the penalization of the signal-uncorrelated error component is increased over that of the signal-correlated error component, then the pre-filter emphasizes the signal spectrum more, reducing the differential entropy rate of the pre-filtered signal. Accordingly, the signal-uncorrelated noise is reduced for a given rate.
US09716900B2
In an example, a method for video coding includes processing a Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that comprises one or more SEI message structures in a raw byte sequence payload (RBSP), such that one or more SEI message structure includes at least one nesting SEI message structure having one or more SEI messages. In various embodiments, the SEI NAL unit is processed, and a syntax element, indicative of a number of SEI messages comprised within the at least one nesting message structure, is coded.
US09716899B2
An example video coding device is configured to determine a depth value associated with a block of video data included in a dependent depth view, based on one or more neighboring pixels positioned adjacent to the block of video data in the dependent depth view, and generate a disparity vector associated with the block of video data, based at least in part on the determined depth value associated with the block of video data. The video coding device may further be configured to use the disparity vector to generate an inter-view disparity motion vector candidate (IDMVC), generate an inter-view predicted motion vector candidate (IPMVC) associated with the block of video data based on a corresponding block of video data in a base view, and determine whether to add any of the IDMVC and the IPMVC to a merge candidate list associated with the block of video data.
US09716893B2
Techniques related to matched filtering of prediction and reconstruction signals for video coding are described.
US09716890B2
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.
US09716875B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating quantization and compression of three-dimensional graphics data using screen space metrics at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting one or more sets of data comprising at least one of camera data, output format data, and geometry data, and obtaining geometry of a three-dimensional (3D) original object based on the geometry data. The method may further include computing, in camera space, visual quality of the 3D original object when moved closer to or farther away from a camera based on at least one of the camera data and the output format data, and computing a metric based on the visual quality. The method may further include compressing the 3D original object into a 3D quantized object based on the metric.
US09716874B2
A source video comprising 2D image frames is acquired, and an image frame including two or more motion vectors describing motion in the image frame is obtained, wherein each of the motion vectors is associated with a region of the image frame. A parameter is calculated for the following: (a) a lateral speed of the image frame, using the motion vectors, and (b) a direction of motion of the image frame, using the more motion vectors. A deformation value is generated using an algorithm that uses both of the parameters, and is applied to the image frame to identify a modified image frame. The modified image frame is blended with a bridge frame that is a non-solid color and different from the modified image frame, to generate a blended frame. The direction of motion and velocity of motion parameters are calculated from the motion vectors.
US09716871B2
An encoder may include a luma transform, a transformer, and a chroma transform. The luma transform may determine a linear luminance value based upon a plurality of primary color values of a pixel. The transformer may generate a transformed luminance value based upon the linear luminance value and a plurality of transformed color values based upon corresponding more than one of the primary color values of the pixel. The chroma transform may determine a plurality of chroma values based upon corresponding plurality of transformed color values and the transformed luminance value of the pixel.
US09716867B2
A color filter array includes a plurality of first pixels transmitting light having visible wavelengths, a plurality of second pixels transmitting light having a first range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum, a plurality of third pixels transmitting light having a second range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum, and a plurality of crosstalk detection pixels each including a first half pixel and a second half pixel, wherein the first half pixel transmits light having first wavelengths in a part of the first range, and wherein the second half pixel partially transmits light having second wavelengths in a part of the second range.
US09716864B2
A monitoring system includes a plurality of image-capturing apparatuses each including an event detector that executes on a corresponding captured image at least one of a plurality of processing algorithms for detection of a monitor event, and a transmission controller that outputs to a network only a processing result of the executed processing algorithm when a monitor event is not detected and that outputs to the network at least the captured image when a monitor event is detected; and a management apparatus managing the plurality of image-capturing apparatuses via the network and including an event determination unit that determines occurrence of a monitor event in accordance with the received processing result and a record controller that records the received captured image.
US09716851B2
The present invention makes it possible to read a pixel signal at high speed. A pixel array includes a plurality of pixels that store an electrical charge. The amount of stored electrical charge is based on the amount of received light. A first pixel current source and a second pixel current source are coupled in parallel between a ground voltage and a pixel output node on a pixel signal read line. A switch is disposed in a wiring path that couples the pixel output node, the second pixel current source, and the ground voltage.
US09716844B2
Various techniques are provided for implementing an infrared imaging system, especially for low power and small form factor applications. In one example, a system includes a focal plane array (FPA). The FPA includes an array of infrared sensors adapted to image a scene. A low-dropout regulator (LDO) is integrated with the FPA and adapted to provide a regulated voltage in response to an external supply voltage. The FPA also includes a bias circuit adapted to provide a bias voltage to the infrared sensors in response to the regulated voltage. The FPA also includes a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) adapted to provide signals from the infrared sensors corresponding to captured image frames. Other implementations are also provided.
US09716843B2
Techniques are disclosed for measurement devices and methods to obtain various physical and/or electrical parameters in an integrated manner. For example, a measurement device may include a housing, an optical emitter, a sensor, a distance measurement circuit, a length measurement circuit, an electrical meter circuit, a display, an infrared imaging module, and/or a non-thermal imaging module. The device may be conveniently carried and utilized by users to perform a series of distance measurements, wire length measurements, electrical parameter measurements, and/or fault inspections, in an integrated manner without using multiple different devices. In one example, electricians may utilize the device to perform installation of electrical wires and/or other tasks at various locations (e.g., electrical work sites). In another example, electricians may utilize the device to view a thermal image of one or more scenes at such locations for locating potential electrical faults.
US09716836B2
A mobile terminal capable of sensing a touch input, and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit configured to receive an image in a camera mode; a display unit configured to sense a touch input; a control unit configured to designate a region on the basis of a touch input sensed by the display unit, execute the camera mode when a region is designated, control the camera unit to capture the received image, and display the captured image in the designated region.
US09716829B2
A zoom lens include, from an object side, a first magnification-varying group, an aperture stop and a second magnification-varying group, the first magnification-varying group including: a positive first lens unit configured not to move for zooming; a negative second lens unit configured to move during zooming; and one or more magnification-varying lens units configured to move during zooming, the magnification-varying lens units having a positive combined refractive power, the second magnification-varying group including: a negative first sub lens unit configured not to move for zooming; a negative second sub lens unit configured to move during zooming; and a positive third sub lens unit, the second magnification-varying group moving the second sub lens unit to the image side to displace a focal length range of the entire system toward a long focal length side.
US09716819B2
Ranging devices, systems, and methods are provided. In embodiments, a device includes a casing with four openings and an array with depth pixels. The depth pixels are arranged in four quadrants, so that pixels in each of the quadrants receive light through one of the four openings. The depth pixels may generate samples in response to the received light. For a certain frame, a controller reads out samples from each of the quadrants before completing reading out the samples of any one of the quadrants. In some embodiments, reading out is performed by using interleaved rolling shutter for the rows.
US09716809B2
In low-resolution processing (reduction processing) in which input image data is separated into character print data and image print data to generate print data of lower resolution than that of the input image data, if a plurality of pixels is simply reduction-processed to one pixel, color of a color image surrounding a character may change. In an image processing method, calculation for performing reduction processing so that the plurality of pixels in the input image data corresponds to one pixel in the print data is performed as follows. A ratio of using a pixel value of a character attribute pixel in the calculation is set to 0, or set smaller than a ratio of using a pixel value of an image attribute pixel. As a result, a change in the color of the color image surrounding the character can be prevented.
US09716808B2
There is provided an image communicating apparatus which is capable of performing a deemed voice communication, and includes a telephone control unit configured to control communication by connecting a telephone, and a modem configured to control FAX communication by the deemed voice communication. In the image communicating apparatus, communication is controlled so that a detection unit configured to perform detection processing of detecting facsimile reception by software performs the detection processing during a period in which the modem cannot detect the facsimile reception.
US09716798B2
A network element of an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem buffers network resource usage information in the cloud. After generating network resource usage information based on an observation of network resource usage, the network element transmits the network resource usage information to a cloud-based storage service for buffering. Once a network resource usage collection function is available, the network element retrieves the network resource usage information from the cloud-based storage service and transmits it to a charging collection function for generation of call detail records.
US09716797B2
A mobile wireless communication control device includes a moving object information holder that stores a communication state of each moving object which moves in a plurality of wireless zones and information showing a wireless zone to which the moving object belongs, and a call admission determinator that refers to the information held by the moving object information holder, and determines whether a moving object which is going to start communications can start the communications on the basis of the number of calls of moving objects in communication in a first wireless zone to which the moving object which is going to start the communications belongs, and the number of calls of moving objects in communication in a second wireless zone adjacent to the first wireless zone.
US09716794B1
Apparatus and method for sharing state information using a web-enabled system and a phone service system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a presence module is used to identify a currently accessed web page to an agent during an on-line session. In some embodiments, documents are delivered to a user through a web browser concurrent with an audio message delivered by phone. Concurrent delivery of documents configured to accept an electronic signature is disclosed.
US09716789B2
The present disclosure relates to a method, device, terminal and server for replying a call. The method includes during the course of receiving an incoming call, sending a caller number to a yellow pages server when a number consistent with the caller number is not stored in a local address book, which determines a caller name corresponding to the caller number, receiving the caller name returned by the yellow pages server, determining whether a call reply operation is performed by a user, when the call replying operation is performed by the user, determining a designated grouping type corresponding to the caller number according to the caller name, determining a designated reply content matched with the designated grouping type according to a corresponding relationship between the grouping type and the reply content, and sending the designated reply content to the caller number.
US09716787B1
A system includes a processor configured to receive coordinate information identifying an upcoming cellular dead zone on a vehicle route. The processor is also configured to generate an alert to the upcoming cellular dead zone. The processor is further configured to offer an automatic call-back for an ongoing phone call and automatically call back a number associated with the ongoing phone call in response to exiting the cellular dead zone if the call was dropped in the cellular dead zone and the offer was accepted.
US09716785B2
Disclosed is an information communication terminal having a configuration in which it is possible to prevent a wrong operation of the information communication terminal due to an unconscious operation of an input equipment during operating an audio output equipment. That is, the information communication terminal includes a controller. The controller operates a detection sensor that detects an object approaching during operating the audio output equipment. And the controller controls a status of being input into the input equipment based on a detected result of the detection sensor.
US09716781B2
A mobile terminal includes: a rib configured to protrude within a terminal body; and a connector installed in the rib and configured to electrically connect a printed circuit board (PCB) installed within the terminal body and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) supported by at least one side wall of the rib, wherein the connector includes: a housing formed of an insulating material and configured to include an accommodation portion covering the rib; and a terminal installed in the housing and including a first contact portion in contact with the FPCB accommodated within the accommodation portion and a second contact portion configured to be bent and extend from the first contact portion so as to be in contact with the PCB.
US09716777B2
A case is provided for a portable Radio Frequency (RF) communications device having an RF antenna. The case includes a base and a plurality of walls, extending from the base. The base and the plurality of walls have requisite dimensions to receive a portable Radio (RF) having an outer surface with a first portion and a second portion. First dielectric characteristics adjacent to the first portion having a relatively low effect on a frequency characteristic of an RF antenna arrangement and second dielectric characteristics adjacent to the second portion having a relatively high effect on the frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement. When the communications device is disposed in the case, the case is adapted to cover part of the first portion of the communications device so as to cause a dielectric parameter adjacent a part of the first portion of the communications device to be relatively high, and a dielectric parameter adjacent the second portion to be relatively low. A method for fitting the case on the RF communications device and method for manufacturing the device is also provided.
US09716775B2
An authentication method based on a time stamp is executed by at least one processor of a server. At least two force renew messages are generated in turn when a configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) of the server is changed. The at least two force renew messages are encrypted asymmetrically with a private key of the server. The encrypted force renew messages are sent to a client according to a generating order of the force renew messages. A reply message is sent to the client when receiving a renew message from the client.
US09716772B1
Technologies are described herein for delegating requests in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment. A calling service in the SOA environment can delegate the task of obtaining data used in a computation to a called service that performs the computation. In order to delegate, the calling service may provide a request specification that defines a mechanism by which the called service can obtain the data. For example, the request specification might define a request to another service in the SOA for obtaining the data. The calling service might also provide an authentication ticket that can be utilized to confirm that the calling service has delegated the task to the called service. The called service can utilize the request specification and the authorization ticket to obtain the data. The obtained data may then be used to perform a computation. The results of the computation may then be provided to the calling service.
US09716767B2
The embodiments of the invention provide a method for pushing input resources, comprising: obtaining user characteristic information in a client terminal, the user characteristic information including user interest information or user position information; obtaining at least one input resource based on the user characteristic information; the input resources including at least one of input method skin, input method font, and input method font size; pushing the at least one input method resource to the client terminal. The embodiments of the invention further provide a system for pushing input resources. The technical solutions of the embodiments of the invention can easily and conveniently achieve replacement of input resources.
US09716762B2
A message broker may initialize, responsive to a connection notification published via vehicle connection to a vehicle-associated topic tree topic to which a service delivery network is subscribed, a lost-connection notification to be published to the topic by the broker upon broker identification of the connection as lost, and when a periodic notification over the connection to the message broker is missed, publish the lost-connection notification to the vehicle-associated topic. A service delivery may receive a message publish request for a vehicle topic via a message broker to which the service delivery network and vehicle subscribe; and send a wakeup message to the vehicle out-of-band from the message broker to request the vehicle to reconnect to the message broker when a type of the message requires the vehicle to be connected to publish the message and the vehicle is disconnected.
US09716758B2
A system for reduction of discontinuous-receive (DRx) transmissions for a network access device (NAD) of a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle includes: the telematics unit, configured to determine whether vehicle ignition of the telematics-equipped vehicle is on or off, the telematics unit further comprising the NAD, the NAD being configured to communicate with a network entity to perform a periodic updating procedure; the network entity, configured to communicate with the NAD for performance of the periodic updating procedure. The NAD and the network entity are further configured to reduce a frequency at which the periodic updating procedure is performed for the NAD in a DRx state relative to the frequency at which the periodic updating procedure is performed for the NAD in a vehicle ignition-on state.
US09716750B2
The present application discloses a method for providing media content in an interactive manner. A first server provides first content to a remote client. When it is determined that the first content meets a predefined condition, the first server suspends providing the first content to the remote client, and obtains media content and corresponding content inquiries from a second server that is distinct from the first server. The media content and the content inquiries are provided to the remote client that is configured to render the media content and the content inquiries on its display to the user and receive user responses to the content inquires. Then, the first server receives the user responses from the remote client, updates the user's account when the user responses satisfy predefined response criteria, and resumes providing the first content to the remote client based on the updated user account.
US09716743B2
In the new architecture, a client that desires access to a piece of hardware sends HTTP requests to a device server. The server receives a HTTP requests, accesses a device on behalf of the client, and send the device's response back to the client in the form of an HTTP response. This architecture has three primary advantages. First, it offers a clean interface for clients where all devices are accessed as if they are web servers. Second, it helps make devices more secure whereby clients can be prevented from accessing hardware directly, and all device access is forced through the narrow HTTP access protocol and checked for compliance with a desired security policy. Third, since HTTP allows local and remote servers to be contacted, the proposed architecture makes it easy for clients to communicate with devices that are not physically co-resident with the client but which are accessible via a network connection.
US09716739B2
The present disclosure discloses a system and method for determining deterioration in call quality between one or more wireless end-users based on codec characteristics. Specifically, a network device determines a codec associated with a call between two client devices. Then, the network device determines a transmission rate based on the codec. Moreover, the network device estimates a number of packets to be received by an access point that a first client device is associated with based on the transmission rate, and compares the estimated number of packets to an actual number of packets received by the access point. If a difference between the estimated number and the actual number of packets exceeds a threshold, the network device diagnoses that a poor call quality associated with the call is due to either the first client device or network connectivity between the first client device and the access point.
US09716738B2
A streams manager monitors cost of one or more VMs hosting a streaming application, determines when cost can be reduced, and requests a cloud manager provision one or more VMs that have a lower cost. In response, the cloud manager provisions the VM(s) that have the lower cost. The streams manager then deploys a portion of the streaming application to the VM(s), thereby reducing the cost of running the streaming application.
US09716736B2
A method, apparatus and/or system related to discovery and launch system and method. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes accessing a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device, determining if there is a similar application locally stored on a networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network, and either populating a table of the operating system of the client device with a list of applications and/or presenting identifiers to the client device to enable a user thereof to select an identifier therethrough.
US09716735B2
Embodiments provide efficient delivery of multiple media channels to in-transport terminals, for example, to reduce channel zapping delay in a bandwidth efficient manner. For example, an in-transport media (ITM) server can distribute multiple channel offerings to ITM clients in a transport craft. Meanwhile, the ITM server can monitor which channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients, and can transmit feedback to a remote media server, accordingly. Based on the feedback, the ITM server can receive the channel offerings from the remote media server, in such a way that one or more of the channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients, and one or more of the channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients.
US09716724B1
A cloud based data loss prevention (DLP) system (“cloud DLP system”) implements offline scanning of content stored in a cloud-based service belonging to an enterprise in accordance with the enterprise's policy and control. The cloud DLP system provides alerts or remediation in response to detection of non-compliance cloud content. In some embodiments, the cloud DLP system is provided with the access credential of the enterprise to access the cloud-based service. In other embodiments, the enterprise's login credential remains within the enterprise data network and an on-premises client obtains an access token for the cloud DLP system.
US09716721B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for creating structured data using data received from unstructured textual data sources. One of the methods includes receiving unstructured textual data, identifying one or more keywords in the unstructured textual data, determining one or more patterns included in the unstructured textual data using the identified keywords, identifying one or more intelligence types that correspond with the unstructured textual data using the determined patterns, and associating, for each of the identified intelligence types, a data subset from the unstructured textual data with the respective intelligence type.
US09716718B2
Systems and methods that facilitate operational support for network infrastructures are discussed. The disclosed system and method facilitate a unified view of the current state of the network and networked devices including real-time log monitoring and for providing metrics for long term system planning. One such method can include the acts of automatically discovering a device deployed on a network, receiving device and network related data in real-time, determining whether a device is authorized, terminating device network access, filtering device data, validating device configuration, configuring a device and providing an output for use by a user. The disclosed system and method can be utilized, for example, to reduce the time involved in troubleshooting and resolving network issues, for establishing a baseline for network performance and for network capacity planning.
US09716713B2
Systems and methods are describe wherein a service provider provides media services that can include, but are not limited to, telephone, radio, interactive and television services. A user residence and/or a user receiving device are designated as a primary location or device for receiving the services of the service provider. An authorization center authenticates a request to provide the service(s) at one or more secondary location/device. The verification process can include, but is not limited to, password(s), Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and biometric identifiers such as voice, retina, finger print and DNA.
US09716710B2
Technologies for secure access to platform security services include a computing device having a processor and a security engine. The computing device establishes a platform services enclave in a virtual machine of the computing device using secure enclave support of the processor. The platform services enclave receives a platform services request from an application enclave via a first authenticated session and transmits the platform services request to a virtual security engine established by a host environment via a second authenticated session. The first and second authenticated sessions may be authenticated by report-based attestation and quote-based attestation, respectively. The virtual security engine transmits the platform services request to the security engine via a long-term pairing session established by the virtual security engine with the security engine. The security engine performs the platform services request using hardware resources shared with other platform services enclaves. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09716707B2
A method and device device for authentication are provided. The method includes: a second authenticator transmitting to a first authenticator a first identity authentication message; the first authenticator transmitting to an authentication server a second identity authentication message; the authentication server verifying the validity of a secure domain where the second authenticator is at and of the first authenticator on the basis of the second identity authentication message; the authentication server returning to the first authenticator a third identity authentication message; the first authenticator transmitting to the second authenticator a fourth identity authentication message; the second authenticator proceeding to verification when the fourth identity authentication message is received; the second authenticator transmitting to the first authenticator a fifth identity authentication message; and the first authenticator proceeding when the fifth identity authentication message is received.
US09716705B2
A system and method validates user supplied photographs and/or characteristics using a video, audio or series of images of the user responding to instructions, and uses such validation in searching and/or matching.
US09716703B2
The embodiments described herein recite a geo-location based community of interest (COI) system and method that add the capability to configure Network Connect Devices (NCD) to identify the location of the source and destination IP addresses. The NCDS may drop any packets that are destined to an IP address outside of its predefined radius. For any sent/received packets, the geo-location position of the remote IP-address on the wide area network (WAN) may be determined. The distance between two points on the earth given their latitudes and longitudes of the devices may be determined. If the distance is greater than the predefined range, the data packets may be denied. If the distance falls within the pre-determined range, the data packets are allowed to reach their destination.
US09716697B2
Systems and methods of matching identifiers between multiple datasets are described herein. A system can transmit a first identifier vector to a third party server. The first identifier vector can include a first identifier, first parameters, and second parameters. The system can receive, from the third party server, the first identifier vector encrypted based on a third-party encryption. The system can receive, from the third party server, a second identifier vector encrypted based on the third-party encryption associated with the third party server. The second identifier vector can include a second identifier, third parameters, and fourth parameters. The system can determine a correlation count between the first identifier vector and the second identifier vector. The system can determine that the first identifier corresponds to the second identifier based on the correlation count. The system can generate one identifier key for both the first identifier and the second identifier.
US09716688B1
A method, system and computer program product for a VPN for containers and VMs implemented on different network node. A number of network hardware nodes have containers and VMs running on them. The containers and VMs are aggregated into VPNs assembled across the hardware nodes. Each hardware node has a network edge programmable switch configured to route packets to containers and VMs only inside a particular VPN. The switch detects a number of the VPN inside the packet header, replaces this number by a standard broadcast header number and multi-casts the packet to the containers and the VMs inside the VPN.
US09716679B2
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a display unit displaying information on a display screen, an operation unit including a text input key, and a control unit. The control unit displays text in response to input from the operation unit in a state of displaying an initial screen on the display screen, shows an application using text to a user for selection, starts up the application in accordance with the user's selection, and executes the application, using the text inputted from the operation unit.
US09716670B2
Disclosed are a switch, a switching system, a switching network chip component, and a forwarding chip component. The switch includes: a switching network chip component packaged as an independent device, a forwarding chip component packaged as an independent device, and a controller. The switching system includes at least one switch and at least two network devices connected to the switch. The switching network chip component includes: a first cartridge housing, a switching network chip, a first heat dissipation component, and a first power supply component arranged inside the first cartridge housing. The forwarding chip component includes: a second cartridge housing, a forwarding chip, a second heat dissipation component, and a second power supply component arranged inside the second cartridge housing.
US09716666B2
A computer-implemented method may include running the process on a first processing node. The process running on the first processing node initially operates on first data. The method may include monitoring the process to identify a first data node that provides the first data to the process. In addition, the method may include determining whether performance would likely be improved by transferring the process to a second processing node. The method may include transferring the process to the second processing node. Further, the method may include transferring a result of the process operating on the first data from the second processing node to the first processing node.
US09716665B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for randomly mapping entries in a suitable lookup table across multiple switch devices and/or multiple switch chipsets in each of the multiple switch devices by using two or more independent hash functions. In some embodiments, the number of entries in the lookup table is equal to be the least common multiple of all possible M (i.e., a number of switch devices) choosing R values (i.e., a desired redundancy level).
US09716661B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a forwarding module that is configured to receive a group of first data packets. The forwarding module is configured to modify a data flow value in response to receiving each first data packet. The forwarding module is also configured to store each first data packet in a first output queue based on the data flow value not crossing a data flow threshold after being modified. Furthermore, the forwarding module is configured to receive a second data packet. The forwarding module is configured to modify the data flow value in response to receiving the second data packet, such that the data flow value crosses the data flow threshold. The forwarding module is configured to store the second data packet in a second output queue based on the data flow value having crossed the data flow threshold.
US09716659B2
Systems and methods are provided for quality of service over broadband networks. A network device performs a probe transaction over a tunnel of a broadband network. Based on the probe transaction, parameters are determined reflecting tunnel performance, and, based on the parameters, target transmit and receive rates are determined for data communications over the tunnel. Based on the target transmit and receive rates, data communications to and from a first node of the network are regulated. When the tunnel comprises a peered tunnel, the regulation of received data communications comprises performing a set rate transaction with a peer second node of the network (the set rate transaction establishes a rate for data transmitted over the tunnel by the peer second node to the first node). When the tunnel comprises a peerless tunnel, the regulation of received data communications comprises shaping data traffic received by the first node over the tunnel.
US09716657B1
Exemplary embodiments provide a client in a network sending data packets to a server using multiple paths. The client may check if the server can receive packets sent at the backup ports of the client by including an option in a first packet sent to the server. The option included in the packet may provide a list of available backup ports that may be used by the client to communicate with the server. If the server supports the option, the server includes the option in an acknowledgment packet sent back to the client. The client and the server may create a mapping from the client's backup ports to the client's primary port. Thus, when the server receives a packet sent at a backup port, the server treats the packet as if the packet was sent at the primary port of the client.
US09716649B2
A query is propagated from a querying node to a destination node in a network of connected nodes, where at least one node is designated as a delay node. A query is transmitted from the querying node to one or more connected nodes in the network of connected nodes. One or more nodes, from the one or more connected nodes, are designated as delay nodes, wherein delay nodes apply delays to the query before retransmitting the query to other nodes from the one or more connected nodes. Upon receiving the query, each node, from the one or more connected nodes, retransmits the query to another one or more nodes from the one or more connected nodes. The query is repeatedly received and retransmitted by the connected nodes until the query is received at the destination node.
US09716648B2
An apparatus including a plurality of path computation elements (PCEs) associated with a plurality of inter-coupled domains and configured to communicate with a path computation client (PCC) associated with one of the domains and to implement a Forward Search Path Computation (FSPC) for a preferred path crossing the domains from a source node in a source domain of the plurality of inter-coupled domains to a destination node in a destination domain of the plurality of inter-coupled domains, wherein the preferred path is computed without using a determined order of the domains from the source domain to the destination domain.
US09716644B2
Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include systems, methods and software for content type classification. Some such embodiments include determining a potential state of classification for packets associated with a session based at least in part on a packet associated with the session that is a packet other than the first packet of the session.
US09716641B2
A system may include equipment divided into control groups. Each control group may be assigned a supervisor node. A server computer may communicate with the equipment in a control group via the supervisor node associated with that control group. The server computer may store a profile of the equipment. The profile may contain physical locations of the equipment, settings of the equipment, components of the control groups, and the association of supervisor nodes with the control groups. A display unit may display the profile of the plurality of the equipment as an overlay of the physical locations of the plurality of equipment on a map.
US09716634B2
A fulfillment bridge orchestrates various types of fulfillment that fall generally into three categories of fulfillment: CSB platform based automated provisioning; external automated provisioning; and manual workflow provisioning. External automated provisioning is implemented through fulfillment agents. The fulfillment agents can implements self-registration for allowing the fulfillment bridge to understand the capabilities of the fulfillment agent. Examples of such capabilities include, but are not limited to, supported actions and input/output parameters. Adapters of the fulfillment bridge interface with the fulfillment agents and fulfillment scripts that are independently operated with respect to the CSB platform can be use to interface with the fulfillment adapters.
US09716629B2
It is provided an apparatus, comprising enforcement means having an own capability to enforce a policy for a service, and/or to detect a traffic, and/or to detect the service in a communication system; determining means configured to determine, based on the own capability and a control information on a capability to be controlled for enforcing the policy and/or for detecting the traffic and/or for detecting the service, whether the own capability is to be activated, wherein the control information is received from a steering apparatus; and activating means configured to activate the own capability for the service depending on the determination by the determining means.
US09716624B2
Systems and methods for centralized configuration of a distributed computing cluster are disclosed. One embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a user environment that facilitates a selection of a service to be run on hosts in the distributed computing cluster and configuration of the service or hosts in the distributed computer cluster. The disclosed technology can further configure each of the hosts in the distributed computing cluster to run the service based on a set of configuration settings.
US09716617B1
System, methods, and apparatuses used to monitor network traffic of a datacenter and report security threats are described. For example, one embodiment scales out a hierarchy of microservices in a security system. In particular, the embodiment calls for scaling out a hierarchy of microservices in such a security system, creating a new microservice of a first hierarchy, configuring data plane connectivity between the new microservice and a microservice of a second, higher-level hierarchy; configuring data plane connectivity between the new microservice and a microservice of a third, lower-level hierarchy; and configuring the microservices of the third level of hierarchy to include the new microservice in load balancing decisions to the first hierarchy.
US09716616B2
In one embodiment, a networking switch includes an interswitch link (ISL) interface configured to communicate with a second networking switch via an ISL and a networking port configured to connect to an access switch in Layer-2 (L2) via a virtual link aggregation (vLAG) with the second networking switch. The networking switch includes a virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) module configured to perform active interact protocol (IP) forwarding. Moreover, the VRRP module is configured to indicate a status of the networking switch to the second networking switch via the ISL. The status is one of: initialization when the networking switch is not currently active (INIT), back-up status when the networking switch is acting as a back-up switch (BACK-UP), or master status when the networking switch is acting as a master switch (MASTER). In addition, the networking switch is positioned at a boundary between L2 and Layer-3 (L3).
US09716611B1
A computer-implemented method is disclosed to enhance link anomaly tolerance in a small computer system interface (SCSI) system. The method starts with detecting a SCSI command failed at a SCSI target, where the SCSI target is communicatively coupled with a SCSI initiator through a set of communication links and the failed SCSI command is sent from the SCSI initiator. After detecting the failure, the SCSI target withholds returning a response for the failure. Then the SCSI target checks a status of the set of communication links periodically within the withholding duration while the response for the failed SCSI command is withheld. The SCSI target returns the response for the failed SCSI command upon at least one of two conditions is met: (1) The withhold duration expires; (2) The set of communication links is determined to function normally based on checking the status of the set of communication links.
US09716609B2
A technique for modifying virtual files involves tracking changes locally. A method according to the technique may include virtually representing a file on, for example, a streaming client, and writing modifications to the virtual file into a diff-file on the streaming client. A system according the technique may include a virtual file associated with a remotely stored file, a diff-file, stored locally, associated with the remotely stored file, and a diff-file integration engine. The diff-file may include local changes to the virtual file. The diff-file integration engine may be capable of combining the virtual file with the diff-file to create a locally modified virtual file.
US09716605B2
In a scenario of a flexible Ethernet, the number of Ethernet frame streams received by an Ethernet interface of a receiver and a bit width of each Ethernet frame stream may need to be adjusted. A corresponding scrambling circuit is disposed for each data segment in the Ethernet frame streams, so as to separately perform scrambling on each data segment, where the number of bits of each data segment is M. Furthermore, X scrambling circuits corresponding to X data segments in a first Ethernet frame stream may separately calculate scrambling results of the X data segments. Therefore, if an adjusted bit width of each Ethernet frame stream is an integral multiple of M, a corresponding number of scrambling circuits may be reconfigured to perform scrambling on each adjusted Ethernet frame stream.
US09716600B1
An augmented router that reads and analyzes asserted source and asserted destination of a message, selected message metadata, message data type and other relevant message attributes to determine (i) whether the message is proper to deliver to the asserted destination, (ii) whether the asserted source is, or should be, quarantined and (iii) whether message format should be converted between Web mail and Small Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). The augmented router optionally accumulates statistics on messages that are forwarded, and on messages that the router declines to forward.
US09716592B1
System and methods for efficiently distributing data packets in a multi-path network while maintaining flow affinity are provided. In one aspect, a system and method includes calculating hash values for distributing different flows, or sets of flows, of data packets received at a routing device. The hash value is calculated not only using information in the data packets, but also based on additional information that is determined based on an N-bit derived from the data packets. In some cases, calculating a hash value based on the additional information increases the entropy of the hashing function, thus enabling a routing device to distribute different flows of data packets over a greater number of network paths. Each routing device can derive a different, and randomly generated N-bit key while maintaining flow affinity for each received data packet in a given flow of data packets.
US09716589B2
A secure communications arrangement including an endpoint is disclosed. The endpoint includes a computing system. The computing system includes a user level services component and a kernel level callout driver interfaced to the user level services component and configured to establish an IPsec tunnel with a remote endpoint. The computing system also includes a filter engine storing one or more filters defining endpoints authorized to communicate with the endpoint via the IPsec tunnel. The computing system also includes a second kernel level driver configured to establish a secure tunnel using a second security protocol different from IPsec.
US09716587B1
A halting key derivation function is provided. A setup process scrambles a user-supplied password and a random string in a loop. When the loop is halted by user input, the setup process may generate verification information and a cryptographic key. The key may be used to encrypt data. During a subsequent password verification and key recovery process, the verification information is retrieved, a user-supplied trial password obtained, and both are used together to recover the key using a loop computation. During the loop, the verification process repeatedly tests the results produced by the looping scrambling function against the verification information. In case of match, the trial password is correct and a cryptographic key matching the key produced by the setup process may be generated and used for data decryption. As long as there is no match, the loop may continue indefinitely until interrupted exogenously, such as by user input.
US09716580B2
In an embodiment, a computer implemented method of an online course, includes receiving a server quantity via a browser interface, the server quantity being the number of servers to be loaded with an operating system and a course application to provide a computer-based teaching environment to a student user, wherein the browser interface operates within a database. The method further includes receiving a server-student allocation via the browser interface, the server-student allocation being a number that determines the proportion of students in the computer-based teaching environment to the servers providing the computer-based teaching environment. The method also includes determining a reservation permission for the computer-based teaching environment during a timeslot based on the server quantity, the server-student allocation, and available assets, wherein the available assets includes an unreserved server, and providing, via the browser interface, the reservation permission for the computer-based teaching environment during the timeslot.
US09716561B2
A communication device has a transmission/reception unit and a communication processing unit. The transmission/reception unit is configured to conform to a plurality of communication methods. The communication processing unit selects one of the plurality of communication methods with respect to each time slot based on device time in accordance with a predetermined selection rule, to perform communication via the transmission/reception unit by the selected communication method. In time synchronization master processing, a first communication device gives device time of the device itself as a time stamp to a time synchronization request signal and transmits the time synchronization request signal. In time synchronization slave processing, a second communication device receives the time synchronization request signal and calibrates the device time of the device itself based on the time stamp in the time synchronization request signal.
US09716559B2
Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for improved coverage estimation of wireless cellular networks through User Equipment (UE) idle mode measurement and reporting. A UE may include a signal measurement module to measure a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a serving cell of the UE, the UE in an idle mode, and to determine if the RSRP is below a threshold value. The UE may also include a cell search and selection module to search for a neighbor cell in response to determining that the RSRP is below the threshold value, and to camp on the neighbor cell if the search succeeds. The UE may further include a data logging module to log information associated with the neighbor cell, if the neighbor cell search succeeds and to log information associated with the serving cell, if the neighbor cell search fails.
US09716549B2
Exemplary embodiments described herein include a bi-directional Free Space Optical (FSO) communication unit that may be used in a multi-node FSO communication system. The bi-directional FSO unit may include a co-boresighted optical unit such that received and transmitted beams are coincident through a common aperture. Embodiments described herein may be used to correct or accommodate the alignment errors of the received and transmitted beams.
US09716542B2
Embodiments are provided for facilitating text- and voice-based communications that are destined for an electronic device connected to a non-terrestrial network. According to certain aspects, the electronic device can be previously registered with a data center and can have an active service or product with the data center. A data center receives a communication request that is intended for the electronic device. The data center examines the communication request to identify the electronic device, and modifies the communication request to indicate an identification of the electronic device. The data center transmits the modified communication request to an on-board communications network system for delivery to the destination device.
US09716541B2
A method for wireless communications is described herein according to certain aspects. The method comprises receiving interference from at least one interference source at each one of two or more polarizations, measuring a strength of the received interference at each one of the two or more polarizations, selecting one of the two or more polarizations based on the measured interference strengths, and communicating with a remote device using the selected one of the two or more polarizations.
US09716537B2
Techniques for performing automatic antenna sector-level sweep switching are described herein. According to an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a lookup table for storing a set of antenna configuration entries and a sector-level sweep (SLS) controller implemented in hardware that is communicatively coupled to the lookup table. The SLS sweep controller is operative to read an antenna configuration entry from the set of antenna configuration entries stored in the lookup table and output control signals to configure a set of one or more antennas based on the antenna configuration entry. The SLS controller is further operative to switch between different antenna configuration entries in the set of antenna configuration entries stored in the lookup table in response to a signal from a timing source thereby periodically changing the configuration of the set of one or more antennas.
US09716533B2
An information processing system includes an information storage medium and an information processing apparatus for performing near field communication with the information storage medium. The information processing apparatus includes: at least one antenna coil; and a computer processor configured to: perform near field communication with the information storage medium via the antenna coil, thereby reading information from the information storage medium in proximity to the antenna coil; detect an orientation of the information storage medium that can perform the near field communication; and perform predetermined processing using the information read from the information storage medium and the orientation of the information storage medium.
US09716529B1
A transceiver includes an equalizer, an adaptation module, an error detector, and a controller. The equalizer receives an input signal via the single twisted-pair Ethernet cable, including outputs of an analog front end of the receiver and an echo canceller, to cancel electromagnetic interference from the input signal. The adaptation module adapts parameters of one or more of i) the equalizer, ii) the analog front end, and iii) the echo canceller based on an error in an output of the equalizer due to the electromagnetic interference. The error detector detects when the error is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold and in response sets an error indicator to indicate no error for a predetermined period of time. The controller controls adaptation of the parameters of the one or more of i) the equalizer, ii) the analog front end, and iii) the echo canceller based on the error indicator.
US09716528B2
In one embodiment, a channel on which a receiving node will receive a data packet that is transmitted at a particular time in a channel-hopping network is determined according to a channel-hopping receive schedule of the receiving node. Channel characteristics of the determined channel are computed. Then, a code rate of the data packet is selected based on the computed channel characteristics of the determined channel. After the code rate selection, the data packet is transmitted on the determined channel to the receiving node using the selected code rate.
US09716527B2
Method and apparatus for simultaneously showing Code Domain Power and Code Domain Error Power for various code channels by receiving a signal, evaluating the signal, ascertaining a Code Domain Power for a code channel, ascertaining a Code Domain Error Power for the code channel, and simultaneously showing the Code Domain Power and the Code Domain Error Power.
US09716524B2
A system and apparatus including a non-device specific power or data source module coupled to an extension module to form a case to protect specific devices and methods of forming same.
US09716521B2
The gain of an amplifier in a receiver operating in a cellular communication system is controlled by determining one or more gain variability metrics, which are then used to produce first and second threshold values. A frequency difference between a current carrier frequency and a target carrier frequency is ascertained and then compared to the threshold values. Target gain setting production is based on comparison results: If the frequency difference is larger than the first threshold, a full automatic gain control algorithm is performed; if the frequency difference is smaller than the first threshold and larger than the second threshold, an optimized automatic gain control algorithm is performed, wherein the optimized automatic gain control algorithm uses a current gain setting as a starting point; and if the frequency difference is smaller than both the first and second thresholds, the current gain setting is used as the target gain setting.
US09716518B2
A transportation system comprising a vehicle having a first electrically operated component, a second electrically operated component and a wireless controller system. The wireless controller system is used for selectively controlling the operation of the first electrically operated component and the second electrically operated component.
US09716512B2
An analog-to-digital converter circuit is described that includes register space to keep one or more values to establish upper and lower thresholds of the analog-to-digital converter. The analog-to-digital converter circuit also includes first and second comparators to compare an analog input signal against the upper and lower thresholds and to trigger an analog-to-digital conversion process in response to the analog input signal crossing one of the thresholds. The analog-to-digital converter circuit also includes first logic circuitry to discard a result of the analog-to-digital conversion process if the result is within a prior analog-to-digital conversion process's thresholds. The analog-to-digital converter circuit also includes second logic circuitry to provide the result as an output and generate an interrupt if the result is not within the prior analog-to-digital conversion process's thresholds.
US09716511B1
A signal processing device includes a plurality of converters, a generator, a distributor, a first line, and a second line. A plurality of converters is configured to convert analog signals to digital signals based on a clock signal to output the digital signals. The generator is configured to generate the clock signal based on a reference signal. The distributor is configured to distribute a generated clock signal to the plurality of converters. The first line passes through only a region assigned to each of the plurality of converters to supply the analog signal to the converter. The second line passes through only the region to supply a distributed clock signal to the converter.
US09716509B2
For analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) which utilize a feedback digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for conversion, the final analog output can be affected or distorted by errors of the feedback DAC. A digital measurement technique can be implemented to determine switching mismatch error for the feedback DAC in a continuous-time delta-sigma modulator (CTDSM) or in a continuous-time pipeline modulator. The methodology forces each DAC unit elements (UEs) to switch a certain amount times and then use the modulator itself to measure the errors caused by those switching activities respectively. The obtained errors can be stored in a look-up table and fully corrected in digital domain or analog domain.
US09716506B2
A phase lock method is provided. The method includes: sampling a data signal according to a plurality of reference clocks and outputting a sampling result; performing a first logic operation according to the sampling result and outputting a first logic result; delaying the first logic result and outputting the delayed first logic result; performing a second logic operation according to the first logic result and the delayed first logic result and outputting a second logic result; outputting a first frequency adjustment signal according to the second logic result; and performing a phase lock according to the first frequency adjustment signal and a frequency of the data signal.
US09716502B1
An integrated circuit protection device, including: groups of radiation detection elements distributed in a matrix array; logic gates combining outputs of the detection elements in rows and in columns, each output of a detection element being connected to a gate combining a row and to a gate combining a column; and a circuit for interpreting signals supplied by said logic gates and including an event counter and a delay element.
US09716496B2
The present disclosure aims to provide a high-durability switch device. The switch device includes: a switch key top and a switch key bottom that are freely displaceable relative to each other, the switch key top including key top reception and transmitting coils that are connected to each other, and the switch key bottom including: a key bottom transmitting coil having a relative positional relationship with the key top receiving coil that changes according to a relative displacement operation with respect to the switch key top; a key bottom receiving coil having a relative positional relationship with the key top transmitting coil that changes according to the relative displacement operation with respect to the switch key top; a current supplier supplying current to the key bottom transmitting coil; and a determiner determining relative displacement with respect to the switch key top from induced current in the key bottom receiving coil.
US09716495B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a two lead electronic switch adapted to replace a mechanical switch. In one embodiment, a device is provided that includes a sensor and an electronic circuit having a voltage limiting circuit. The electronic circuit is configured to deactivate/activate the voltage limiting circuit to operate the electronic circuit in a first/second state in response to determining that an output of the sensor is less/more than a threshold voltage. The circuit includes first and second terminals configured to receive a switch voltage used to provide power for the device. The device sets the switch voltage to a first voltage level operative to power the electronic circuit and the sensor while the electronic circuit is operating in the first state and to a second voltage level operative to power the electronic circuit and the sensor while the electronic circuit is operating in the second state.
US09716489B1
An improved slicer for a data receiver is described. In particular, an improved slicer architecture with improved noise immunity and improved tolerance to signal level shift of an input signal to the data receiver is disclosed. The improvement is achieved through using multiple comparators to account for a wider range of the noise and input signal level shift. Other methods and apparatuses are described therein, including a two-comparator and a four comparator embodiments.
US09716481B2
Radio frequency (RF) filter structures and related methods and RF front-end circuitry are disclosed. In one embodiment, an RF filter structure includes a first terminal and a first tunable RF filter path defined between the first terminal and a second terminal. The first tunable RF filter path is tunable to provide impedance matching between the first terminal and the second terminal at a first frequency. The first frequency may be provided within a first frequency band. Additionally, the RF filter structure includes a second tunable RF filter path defined between the first terminal and the second terminal. The second tunable RF filter path is tunable to provide impedance matching between the first terminal and the second terminal at a second frequency. The second frequency may be within a second frequency band. In this manner, the RF filter structure is configured to provide impedance tuning for multiple impedance bands simultaneously.
US09716479B2
The present disclosure provides an amplifier and associated methods of operations. An exemplary amplifier an input terminal; an output terminal; a first virtual ground node; a second virtual ground node; an operational amplifier coupled with the input terminal and the output terminal; a resistive input section coupled with an input of the operational amplifier; and a resistive feedback section coupled with an output of the operational amplifier. The resistive input section includes a fixed input resistor coupled with the input terminal and the first virtual ground node, and a switchable input resistor segment coupled with the fixed input resistor in parallel. The resistive feedback section includes a fixed feedback resistor coupled with the output terminal and the first virtual ground node, and a switchable feedback resistor segment coupled with the fixed feedback resistor in parallel.
US09716466B2
A power conversion apparatus, a photovoltaic module, and a communication device and a photovoltaic system including the same are discussed. The power conversion apparatus includes an inverter unit to perform alternating current (AC) voltage conversion based on direct current (DC) voltage from a solar cell module, a controller to control the inverter unit, and a communication unit to add a carrier frequency signal containing predetermined information to the converted AC voltage and output the AC voltage containing the predetermined information to a grid and, when a level of the converted AC voltage is equal to or less than a predetermined level, to add the carrier frequency signal containing the predetermined information to DC voltage and output the DC voltage containing the predetermined information to the grid. Consequently, it is possible to stably transmit information.
US09716463B2
The invention is directed to a piezovoltaic energy harvesting laminate that includes a photovoltaic laminar wafer comprised of a plurality of photovoltaic cells and a dielectric wafer that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A boundary laminate interface is disposed between the photovoltaic laminar wafer and the dielectric wafer. The boundary laminate contains a metallization layer electrical terminal for the photovoltaic cells and a conduction layer of the dielectric wafer.
US09716460B2
Motor drive control apparatus and methods are presented for speed reversal control for drives used with output filters and transformers using a high or maximal drive current command to facilitate dissipation of regenerative energy seen in this system during speed reversal with open loop control to reverse the spin direction of a driven motor while quickly transitioning through zero speed.
US09716445B2
A controller controls a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch and a sixth switch, so that an alternating current electric power is fed to an alternating current electric grid. Moreover, the controller firstly turns on a first route including the first switch and the second switch, and then the controller turns on a second route including the third switch and the fourth switch if the second route meets a first specific condition, and then the controller turns on a third route including the fifth switch and the sixth switch if the third route meets a second specific condition.
US09716441B2
An improved AC-to-DC charge pump for use, for example, in voltage generation circuits. In one embodiment, two 2-diode charge pumps are coupled in back-to-back configuration, and adapted to develop a substantially stable voltage on a mid-level rail. In one other embodiment, two 3-diode charge pumps are coupled in back-to-back configuration, and adapted also to develop a substantially stable voltage on a mid-level rail. In one preferred embodiment, all diodes are implemented as current-source-biased MOSFETs.
US09716439B2
A power converter with an isolated topology may include a primary side and a secondary side. The secondary side includes a self-powered synchronous rectifier. The synchronous rectifier includes a synchronous rectifier transistor having at least a drain and a gate, a voltage regulator having at least an input that is coupled to the drain of the synchronous rectifier transistor, and an auxiliary transistor having at least a drain that is coupled to the drain of the synchronous rectifier transistor. The auxiliary transistor is on a same die as the synchronous rectifier transistor. The synchronous rectifier also includes a clamping device having at least an output that is coupled to the gate of the auxiliary transistor, and a gate driver circuit having at least: a power supply input that is coupled to the output of the voltage regulator, and an output that is coupled to a gate of the synchronous rectifier transistor.
US09716437B2
A switching power supply comprises a power converter that includes a transformer, a low side switch and a high side switch. The low side switch draws current from a supply voltage through a primary winding of the transformer. The high side switch discharges current from the primary winding of the transformer to a snubber capacitor. The controller synchronously controls the opening and closing of the low side switch and the high side switch. The power converter can be included in a flyback converter. The power converter can generate a regulated output voltage.
US09716431B2
An IGBT/FET-based energy savings device, system and method wherein a predetermined amount of voltage below a nominal line voltage and/or below a nominal appliance voltage is saved, thereby conserving energy. Phase input connections are provided for inputting analog signals into the device and system. A magnetic flux concentrator senses the incoming analog signal and a volts zero crossing point detector determines the zero volts crossing point of the signal. The positive half cycle and negative half cycle of the signal are identified and routed to a digital signal processor for processing the signal. The signal is reduced by pulse width modulation and the reduced amount of energy is outputted, thereby yielding an energy savings for an end user.
US09716429B2
A power supply system includes a charging pump module including a plurality of charging pump circuits, wherein each charging pump circuit includes a plurality of transistor switches and is coupled to a flying capacitor set in parallel and the flying capacitor set includes a plurality of flying capacitor units; and a control module for generating a plurality of control signals to switch a connection relationships of the plurality of flying capacitor units; wherein the plurality of charging pump circuits charges the plurality of flying capacitor units and the connection relationships of the plurality of flying capacitor units determines a generation of a charging voltage; an amplifying module for utilizing the charging voltage as a voltage source to generate an amplifying voltage; and a load module for processing a dynamic charging operation in a predetermined period according to the amplifying voltage, to make the load module achieve a predetermined voltage.
US09716419B2
A foot-powered energy generation device includes a step plate that moves between an upper position and a lower position in response to the step action of a user. The device also includes an electrical generator, and a gear train that will cause a rotor of the generator to rotate in response to movement of the step plate up and down. A carriage is mechanically interconnected to the step plate and the gear train to cause the rotation of the gear train in response to the step plate motion.
US09716418B2
A electrically insulating member, which covers a stator core, has a plurality of engagement claws, which extend in the axial direction of a rotary shaft, and a plurality of positioning projections, at positions in the circumferential direction differing from those of the engagement claws, which extend further than the engagement claws. A sensor board, on which a plurality of magnetic sensors are fixed in place, has engagement parts, which engage with the engagement claws, and positioning recesses, into which the positioning projections are inserted.
US09716409B2
There are disclosed a motor comprising a stator and a rotor rotary with respect to the stator, the stator comprising a stator core comprising a back yoke and a plurality of teeth projected from the back yoke 311 in a radial direction; an insulator provided in a predetermined portion in a radial direction with respect to the stator core to insulate the stator core from outside; and an insulation film formed from the other portion in the radial direction with respect to the stator core to the plurality of the teeth, to insulate stator core from the coil and the teeth, so as to reduce the manufacture price, with an easy manufacture process and an improved product reliability.
US09716381B2
An electrostatic discharge clamp circuit is provided for low power applications. The clamp circuit includes: a detection circuit, a bias circuit and a shunting circuit having at least one shunt transistor. The detection circuit is configured to detect an occurrence of an electrostatic charge on a power supply node and trigger discharge of the electrostatic charge through the shunting circuit. The bias circuit is coupled between the detection circuit and the shunting circuit and applies a bias voltage to the gate terminal of the shunt transistor. During an electrostatic discharge event, the bias circuit is configured to generate a bias voltage that is substantially equal to the supply voltage; whereas, during the absence of an electrostatic discharge event, the bias circuit is configured to generate a bias voltage that is substantially half of the supply voltage.
US09716374B2
Electrical harnesses and methods of manufacturing electrical harnesses are disclosed. The electrical harnesses may comprise an electrically conductive wire, an electrical connector in electrical communication with the conductive wire, a metal clad fiber (“MCF”) braided shield surrounding a portion of the electrically conductive wire, and an overbraid surrounding a portion of the MCF braided shield, wherein the electrical connector comprises an integrated backshell. Methods of making electrical harnesses may comprise connecting an electrical connector with a conductive wire, disposing a metal clad fiber (“MCF”) braided shield to at least partially surround the conductive wire; and disposing an overbraid to at least partially surround the MCF braided shield, wherein the electrical connector comprises an integrated backshell.
US09716369B1
Method and devices for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, are provided. The laser devices include multiple laser emitters integrated onto a substrate (in a module), which emit green or blue laser radiation.
US09716367B2
The present disclosure relates to nitride based optoelectronic and electronic devices with Si CMOS. The disclosure provides a semiconductor device, comprising a sapphire substrate, and a laser region and a detector region deposed on the sapphire substrate. The laser is formed onto the substrate from layers of GaN, InGaN and optionally the AlGaN. The detector can be an InGaN detector. A waveguide may be interposed between the laser and detector regions coupling these regions. The semiconductor device allows integration of nitride base optoelectronic and electronic devices with Si CMOS. The disclosure also provides a method for making the semiconductor devices.
US09716362B2
A rotating safety outlet includes an outer case and a rotating piece defining plug holes and received inside the outer case and configured to rotate relative to the outer case. A pair of power conducting pieces is coupled to the rotating piece. A pair of latching assemblies is coupled to the outer case. The rotating piece is rotated along a predetermined angle of rotation by a plug inserted into the plug holes. The plug inserted into the plug holes resists against the power conducting pieces. When the rotating piece is rotated along the predetermined angle of rotation, the pair of power conducting pieces contacts the pair of latching assemblies to cause the plug, the pair of power conducting pieces, and the pair of latching assemblies to be electrically coupled together. A latching assembly locks the rotating piece in place after being rotated along the predetermined angle of rotation.
US09716357B2
A smart home electric power connecting system comprises an electric power connecting guide rail and a socket board module. A slot is formed on the top surface of the electric power connecting guide rail, three conductive copper wires are arranged in the slot, and the three conductive copper wires are connected with a live wire, a null wire and a ground wire of a power source respectively. The socket board module can be inserted in the slot of the electric power connecting guide rail. The electric power connecting guide rail is arranged at the position of a skirting line, a power source bus system is extended to all rooms, the socket board module is capable of being inserted at any place provides available jacks for plugs of electric devices, and an available power source is provided for household appliances nearby.
US09716353B2
A disclosed coaxial connector includes: an external conductor having a cylindrical shape to be screwed together with a counterpart connector including a circular opening end, the external conductor having a contact surface provided on inner periphery of the external conductor, with which the opening end comes into contact, and also having a slit formed to allow the external conductor to stretch and shrink in a longitudinal direction of the external conductor; and a center conductor provided coaxial with the external conductor, the center conductor having a length long enough to reach a substrate on which the counterpart connector is provided upright.
US09716351B2
The plug with overheat warning device includes a main member, prongs, and an overheat warning device. The prongs are extended from within the main member towards and outside of a front side of the main member. The overheat warning device is housed inside the main member. The overheat warning device includes a control board, a temperature sensor, and an alarm generator. The control board is configured with a power circuit, a temperature sensing circuit, and an alarm control circuit.
US09716340B2
A connector is such that a first housing (10) is provided with a slider (21) formed with two cam grooves (24), a second housing (30) is formed with two cam followers (36) and contact edges (27) are formed at entrances (24E) of the cam grooves (24). An outer peripheral surface of the cam follower (36) has a substantially semicircular surface (41) on a rear side in an entering direction into the cam groove (24). A receiving surface (44) extending in the same direction as the entering direction into the cam groove (24) from an end part of the substantially semicircular surface (41) facing the contact edge part (27) is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cam follower (36), and at a right angle or at an angle α smaller than a right angle to a sliding direction of the slider (21).
US09716339B2
A connector part for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment is provided. The connector part has a pin projecting axially forwardly from a support and a sliding carriage which is in sealing engagement with the pin. The sliding carriage is movable between an unmated position and a mated position along the pin. A diaphragm is furthermore provided which encloses a volume around the pin. The diaphragm has a first sealing portion that is sealed to the sliding carriage and a second sealing portion that is sealed to a portion of the connector part which is stationary relative to the pin.
US09716337B2
A connecting device for electrically connecting electrical lines to electrical contacts includes a flexible circuit board or printed circuit board, a base support, and a cover. The electrical lines or conductors are disposed on the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board has a contacting-making region, in which at least one electrical line is electrically connected to at least one electrical contact. The electrical contacts are disposed on the base support. The flexible circuit board is disposed between the base support and the cover and the base support and the cover form a sealed housing for the contacting-making region.
US09716334B1
An electrical connector includes, in an embodiment, an electrically-conductive blade and a receiving body allowing a secure connection through a twist-lock arrangement. The electrically-conductive blade may include a neck and one or more shoulders that have a shoulder-span. The receiving body may include a hole to receive at least a portion of the blade, the hole including a length that is less than the shoulder-span of the one or more shoulders of the blade, and may further include a bulging portion to allow rotation of the blade when the blade extends through the hole of the receiving body such that the neck of the blade is aligned with the bulging portion, the bulging portion including at least one stop to limit the rotation of the blade. An assembly method describes, in an embodiment, a method of assembling the aforementioned electrical connector.
US09716332B1
Embodiments disclose a contact part comprising a sleeve forming a receiving space for a plug-in contact to be inserted in an insertion direction; a contact spring secured to an inside of the sleeve, the contact spring comprising a first protrusion, a second protrusion and an intermediate section between the first and second protrusions; and a plate-shaped contact tab attached to the sleeve so as to form the receiving space between the contact tab and the contact spring, the contact tab comprising a profile oriented towards the contact spring, the profile having a flat portion extending towards the intermediate section of the contact spring. Applications for the present disclosure include high-current plug connections, such as those used in vehicles and onboard wiring systems.
US09716306B2
A directional coupler including a first transmission line including a terminal part provided with a matched termination, and a front end part being an end portion on a side opposite to a side of the terminal part; a second transmission line electromagnetically coupled with the first transmission line; and a third transmission line electromagnetically coupled with the first transmission line, wherein each of the second and third transmission lines includes a near end and a far end, the near end being positioned on a side closer to the front end part when tracing the first transmission line from the front end part, the far end being positioned on a side farther from the front end part when tracing the first transmission line from the front end part, and wherein the near end is terminated to have an impedance smaller than a characteristic impedance of the second transmission line.
US09716300B2
An electrochemical cell system is configured to utilize an oxidant reduction electrode module containing an oxidant reduction electrode mounted to a housing to form a gaseous oxidant space therein that is immersed into the ionically conductive medium. A fuel electrode is spaced from the oxidant reduction electrode, such that the ionically conductive medium may conduct ions between the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes to support electrochemical reactions at the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes. A gaseous oxidant channel extending through the gaseous oxidant space provides a supply of oxidant to the oxidant reduction electrode, such that the fuel electrode and the oxidant reduction electrode are configured to, during discharge, oxidize the metal fuel at the fuel electrode and reduce the oxidant at the oxidant reduction electrode, to generate a discharge potential difference therebetween for application to a load.
US09716299B2
Thermal interface materials and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The thermal interface material can include a matrix and a filler. The filler can include graphene and multilayer graphene disposed within the matrix. Alternatively, the thermal interface material can also include a matrix, a metallic filler, and a graphene filler.
US09716298B2
A rechargeable battery module includes a plurality of unit battery cells and a bus bar interconnecting a first electrode terminal of a first unit battery cell of the unit battery cells and a second electrode terminal of a second unit battery cell of the unit battery cells, the first electrode terminal having a first plurality of surfaces, the second electrode terminal having a second plurality of surfaces, and the bus bar having a third plurality of surfaces, the first plurality of surfaces being configured to face and make surface contact with corresponding ones of the third plurality of surfaces, the second plurality of surfaces being configured to face and make surface contact with corresponding ones of the third plurality of surfaces, and the first, second, and third pluralities of surfaces facing along a plurality of directions.
US09716297B2
An energy storage module, an energy storage system including such modules, and a method for manufacturing an energy storage system are disclosed. The energy storage module may include an energy storage cell unit and a cooling plate unit which are kept in thermal contact with each other by a first retaining element having a through-hole and two deformed end portions. One of the end portions is deformed after the first retaining element has been arranged through the energy storage cell unit and the cooling plate unit. Two or more modules may be stacked together to form an energy storage system. The modules may be held together by a second retaining element arranged through the through-hole of the first retaining element.
US09716295B2
An in-situ coin cell includes a case, a cap coupled to the case, and an energy storage member disposed between the case and the cap, where a through hole is defined in at least one of the case and the cap, the energy storage member includes a current collector adjacent to the through hole, and another through hole is defined in the current collector. The in-situ coin cell may further include a transparent window between the current collector and at least one of the through holes.
US09716290B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode having a positive active material, and an electrolyte, wherein a positive electrode potential at the time of charging is 3.7 V or less with respect to a lithium metal potential, and the electrolyte contains a cyclic sulfate compound having a specific structure.
US09716288B2
A rechargeable lithium battery and a method of preparing the same are described. The rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive active material; a negative electrode including a negative active material; and a liquid electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent. A separator is interposed between the negative electrode and positive electrode and includes a support. A fluoro-based polymer layer is positioned on both sides of the support. The positive electrode includes the positive active material in an amount from about 30 to about 70 mg/cm2.
US09716287B2
A fuel cell comprising an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and a reference electrode electronically connected to each other; a first biocatalyst comprising a consolidated bioprocessing organism (e.g., a cellulomonad or clostridium or related strains, such as Cellulomonas uda (C. uda), C. lentocellum, A. cellolulyticus, C. cellobioparum, alcohol-tolerant C. cellobioparum, alcohol-tolerant C. uda, Clostridium cellobioparum (C. cellobioparum) and combinations thereof) capable of fermenting biomass (e.g., cellulosic biomass or glycerin-containing biomass) to produce a fermentation byproduct; and a second biocatalyst comprising an electricigen (e.g., Geobacter sulfurreducens) capable of transferring substantially all the electrons in the fermentation byproduct (e.g., hydrogen, one or more organic acids, or a combination thereof) to the anode electrode to produce electricity is disclosed. Systems and methods related thereto are also disclosing a consolidated bioprocessing organism.
US09716285B2
A method of manufacturing a proton conducting fuel cell composite membrane includes the step of electrospinning a non-charged polymeric material, such as PVDF and PSF, into fiber mats. The fibers are fused to one another to provide a welded porous mat. The welded porous mat is filled with proton conducting electrolyte, such as PFSA polymer, to generate a proton conducting composite membrane. The resulting proton conducting fuel cell membrane comprises a randomly oriented, three dimensional interlinked fiber lattice structure filled with proton conducting electrolyte, such as PFSA polymer.
US09716281B2
The present invention provides a fuel cell electrode, and a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) using the same. The fuel cell electrode is formed by adding carbon nanotubes to reinforce the mechanical strength of the electrode, cerium-zirconium oxide particles to prevent corrosion of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and an alloy catalyst prepared by alloying a second metal (such as Ir, Pd, Cu, Co, Cr, Ni, Mn, Mo, Au, Ag, V, etc.) with platinum to prevent the dissolution, migration, and agglomeration of platinum.
US09716273B2
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium composite metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1. A method of preparing the positive active material includes adding a lithium metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 2 to a Zr salt-containing solution to obtain a mixed solution, drying the mixed solution to obtain a dried product, and heat-treating the dried product to prepare a lithium composite metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1. A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including the positive active material. LiaZrbNicCodMeZrfO2 [Chemical Formula 1] where, 0.9≦a≦1.1, 0
US09716265B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a precursor co-precipitate material for a cathode active material composition. During manufacture of the precursor co-precipitate material, an aqueous solution containing at least one of a manganese sulfate and a cobalt sulfate is formed. Next, a NH4OH solution is added to the aqueous solution to form a particulate solution comprising irregular secondary particles of the precursor co-precipitate material. A constant pH in the range of 10-12 is also maintained in the particulate solution by adding a basic solution to the particulate solution.
US09716252B2
An organic light emitting display panel including a partition wall to prevent different organic light emitting materials from being mixed with each other between adjacent light emitting areas. The partition wall may protrude from a surface of a pixel definition layer or a first common layer. Accordingly, desired light colors are generated by organic light emitting patterns respectively disposed in the light emitting areas.
US09716248B2
A display having thin-film transistor (TFT) structures may be used to display images within an active area of the display, which is surrounded by an inactive border area. In order to reduce the inactive area, a TFT passivation layer may be used to help protect conductive routing lines at the outer edge of the border so that encapsulation layers need not be formed all the way to the edge. At least some of the conductive routing lines in the inactive area may be stacked or coupled in parallel to help reduce border width. The TFT passivation layer may also cover the lateral edges of the routing lines to help prevent corrosion during an anode etch. The encapsulation layers may also be formed in a bent portion of the display substrate to help adjust the neutral stress plane such that metal traces formed in the bent portion do not crack.
US09716236B2
Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first and the second electrodes, where the organic material layer contains the compound of Formula 1 and improves luminous efficiency, stability, and life span of the element.
US09716229B2
The invention provides a photopolymerisable or photocrosslinkable reactive mesogen for forming a charge transporting or light emitting polymer network, the mesogen having an asymmetric structure (II): B1-S1-A1-M-(A-S-B)n (II) wherein: A and A1 are chromophores; S and S1 are spacers; B and B1 are endgroups which are susceptible to photopolymerisation or photocrosslinking; M is a non-chromophoric aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic moiety; and n is an integer from 1 to 3; wherein, when the value of n is greater than 1, each of the groups A, S and B may be the same or different. Preferably, M is of the formula Y−Zm, wherein Y is an aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic or heterocyclic moiety, Z is an aliphatic linking group and m is an integer from 2 to 4, and wherein each of the Z groups may be the same or different. The invention also provides a material for forming a light emitting or charge transporting polymer network comprising the photopolymerisable or photocrosslinkable reactive mesogen, a charge transporting or light emitting polymer network which is obtained by polymerisation or crosslinking of the mesogen, a process for the preparation of the polymer via photopolymerisation or photocrosslinking of suitable end-groups of the mesogen, a device comprising a polymer layer formed from the charge transporting or light emitting polymer network, a process for applying a charge transporting or light emitting polymer network to a surface and a backlight or display comprising a charge transporting or light emitting polymernetwork.
US09716211B2
There is provided a semiconductor phosphor nanoparticle comprising: a nano particle core composed of a compound semiconductor, a first coating layer coating the nano particle core, and a second coating layer bonded to an outer surface of the first coating layer through Si—O bonding.
US09716209B2
This application provides a method of manufacturing an n-p-n nitride-semiconductor light-emitting device which includes a current confinement region (A) using a buried tunnel junction layer and in which a favorable luminous efficacy can be obtained and to provide the n-p-n nitride-semiconductor light-emitting device. The p-type activation of a p-type GaN crystal layer stacked below a tunnel junction layer is performed in an intermediate phase of a manufacturing process in which the p-type GaN crystal layer is exposed to atmosphere gas with the tunnel junction layer partially removed, before the tunnel junction layer is buried in an n-type GaN crystal layer. In the intermediate phase of the manufacturing process in which the p-type GaN crystal layer is exposed, p-type activation is efficiently performed on the p-type GaN crystal layer, and a p-type GaN crystal layer with low electric resistance can be obtained.
US09716207B2
A method for forming a photovoltaic device includes forming a photovoltaic absorption stack on a substrate including one or more of I-III-VI2 and I2-II-IV-VI4 semiconductor material. A transparent conductive contact layer is deposited on the photovoltaic absorption stack at a temperature less than 200 degrees Celsius. The transparent conductive contact layer has a thickness of about one micron and is formed on a front light-receiving surface. The surface includes pyramidal structures due to an as deposited thickness. The transparent conductive contact layer is wet etched to further roughen the front light-receiving surface to reduce reflectance.
US09716194B2
A thin film solar cell includes a protection layer, a substrate and a photovoltaic conversion structure having a stack of one or several of non-planar light absorption layers, a first conductive layer being light transmissive and a second conductive layer being at least partially transparent or totally reflective. When the second conductive layer is totally reflective, it reflects the sunlight to the adjacent part of the thin film solar cell, proceeding another photovoltaic conversion and generating electric power again. If the non-planar light absorption layer is sloped enough, there will be several photovoltaic conversions produced by the same incident sunlight. More power will be generated and the efficiency of conversion is increased. If the second conductive layer is at least partially transparent, the incident light will be reflected less. However, the structure will provide several opportunities of photovoltaic conversions for the light with larger incident angle.
US09716187B2
In one embodiment, a trench Schottky rectifier includes a termination trench and active trenches provided in a semiconductor layer. The active trenches are configured to be at a shallower depth than the termination trench to provide a trench depth difference. The selected trench depth difference in combination with one or more of the dopant concentration of the semiconductor layer, the thickness of the semiconductor layer, active trench width to termination trench width, and/or dopant profile of the semiconductor layer provide a semiconductor device having improved performance characteristics.
US09716182B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween, a source electrode and a drain electrode that are in contact with the semiconductor film, and an oxide film over the semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. An end portion of the semiconductor film is spaced from an end portion of the source electrode or the drain electrode in a region overlapping with the semiconductor film in a channel width direction. The semiconductor film and the oxide film each include a metal oxide including In, Ga, and Zn. The oxide film has an atomic ratio where the atomic percent of In is lower than the atomic percent of In in the atomic ratio of the semiconductor film.
US09716179B2
A thin film transistor substrate is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; and plural thin film transistor (TFT) units, an insulating layer, a pixel electrode and an alignment layer sequentially disposed thereon. The TFT units comprise a gate insulating layer, an active layer and source and drain electrodes; the insulating layer has contact vias to expose the drain electrodes of the TFT units; and the pixel electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and extents to the contact vias to electrically connect with the drain electrodes. Herein, a side wall of at least one of the contact vias has a first inclined portion at a first direction and a second inclined portion at a second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, and an inclination of the pixel electrode on the first inclined portion is different from that on the second inclined portion.
US09716174B2
A semiconductor stack of a FinFET in fabrication includes a bulk silicon substrate, a selectively oxidizable sacrificial layer over the bulk substrate and an active silicon layer over the sacrificial layer. Fins are etched out of the stack of active layer, sacrificial layer and bulk silicon. A conformal oxide deposition is made to encapsulate the fins, for example, using a HARP deposition. Relying on the sacrificial layer having a comparatively much higher oxidation rate than the active layer or substrate, selective oxidization of the sacrificial layer is performed, for example, by annealing. The presence of the conformal oxide provides structural stability to the fins, and prevents fin tilting, during oxidation. Selective oxidation of the sacrificial layer provides electrical isolation of the top active silicon layer from the bulk silicon portion of the fin, resulting in an SOI-like structure. Further fabrication may then proceed to convert the active layer to the source, drain and channel of the FinFET. The oxidized sacrificial layer under the active channel prevents punch-through leakage in the final FinFET structure.
US09716163B2
Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes first and second selecting elements coupled to a variable resistance element, and each of the first and second selecting elements includes a single-electron transistor.
US09716154B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one first gate structure, at least one source drain structure, at least one bottom conductor, and a first dielectric layer. The first gate structure is present on the substrate. The source drain structure is present on the substrate. The bottom conductor is electrically connected to the source drain structure. The bottom conductor has an upper portion and a lower portion between the upper portion and the source drain structure, and a gap is at least present between the upper portion of the bottom conductor and the first gate structure. The first dielectric layer is at least present between the lower portion of the bottom conductor and the first gate structure.
US09716153B2
Scaling a charge trap memory device and the article made thereby. In one embodiment, the charge trap memory device includes a substrate having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region electrically connecting the source and drain. A tunnel dielectric layer is disposed above the substrate over the channel region, and a multi-layer charge-trapping region disposed on the tunnel dielectric layer. The multi-layer charge-trapping region includes a first deuterated layer disposed on the tunnel dielectric layer, a first nitride layer disposed on the first deuterated layer and a second nitride layer.
US09716151B2
A Schottky device includes a plurality of mesa structures where one or more of the mesa structures includes a doped region having a multi-concentration dopant profile. In accordance with an embodiment, the Schottky device is formed from a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type. Trenches having sidewalk and floors are formed in the semiconductor material to form a plurality of mesa structures. A doped region having a multi-concentration impurity profile is formed in at least one trench, where the impurity materials of the doped region having the multi-concentration impurity profile are of a second conductivity type. A Schottky contact is formed to at least one of the mesa structures having the dope region with the multi-concentration impurity profile.
US09716150B2
Techniques for device isolation for III-V semiconductor substrates are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating a III-V semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an indium phosphide (InP)-ready layer; forming an iron (Fe)-doped InP layer on the InP-ready layer; forming an epitaxial III-V semiconductor material layer on the Fe-doped InP layer; and patterning the epitaxial III-V semiconductor material layer to form one or more active areas of the device. A III-V semiconductor device is also provided.
US09716145B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises epitaxially growing a plurality of silicon layers and compressively strained silicon germanium (SiGe) layers on a substrate in a stacked configuration, wherein the silicon layers and compressively strained SiGe layers are alternately stacked on each other starting with a silicon layer on a bottom of the stacked configuration, patterning the stacked configuration to a first width, selectively removing a portion of each of the silicon layers in the stacked configuration to reduce the silicon layers to a second width less than the first width, forming an oxide layer on the compressively strained SiGe layers of the stacked configuration, wherein forming the oxide layer comprises fully oxidizing the silicon layers so that portions of the oxide layer are formed in place of each fully oxidized silicon layer, and removing part of the oxide layer while maintaining at least part of the portions of the oxide layer formed in place of each fully oxidized silicon layer, wherein the compressively strained SiGe layers are anchored to one another and a compressive strain is maintained in each of the compressively strained SiGe layers.
US09716139B2
A method for forming a high voltage transistor is provided. First, a substrate having a top surface is provided, following by forming a thermal oxide layer on the substrate. At least a part of the thermal oxidation layer is removed to form a recess in the substrate, wherein a bottom surface of the recess is lower than the top surface of the substrate. A gate oxide layer is formed in the recess, then a gate structure is formed on the gate oxide layer. The method further includes forming a source/drain region in the substrate.
US09716129B1
The inventive concept provides a memory device, in which memory cells are arranged to have a low variation in electrical characteristics and thereby enhanced reliability, an electronic apparatus including the memory device, and a method of manufacturing the memory device. In the memory device, memory cells at different levels may be covered with spacers having different thicknesses, and this may control resistance characteristics (e.g., set resistance) of the memory cells and to reduce a vertical variation in electrical characteristics of the memory cells. Furthermore, by adjusting the thicknesses of the spacers, a sensing margin of the memory cells may increase.
US09716126B2
A method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor includes forming a first element isolation and a first active region of a pixel area, and a second isolation and a second active region of a peripheral circuit area, forming a gate electrode film covering the first element isolation, the first active region, the second element isolation and the second active region, implanting an n-type impurity selectively into at least a part of the gate electrode film corresponding to the pixel area, and forming, after the implanting of the n-type impurity, a first gate electrode of the pixel area and a second gate electrode of the peripheral circuit area by patterning the gate electrode film. The part of the gate electrode film includes a portion located above a boundary between the first element isolation and the first active region.
US09716117B2
The invention relates to the field of display technologies, and discloses a method for producing a via, a method for producing an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device to prevent a chamfer from being formed in producing the via, to promote the product quality and improve the display effect of the display device. The method for producing a via comprises: employing a first etching process to partially etch a top film layer in an area that needs to form a via above an electrode, wherein the vertical etching amount achieved by employing the first etching process is less than the thickness of the top film layer; and employing a second etching process for which the vertical etching rate is larger than the lateral etching rate to etch the remaining part in the area that needs to form a via, until the electrode is exposed.
US09716116B1
Provided is a TFT array substrate, which increases the area of a drain electrode of a TFT within a light-shielding zone to have the drain electrode overlapping a portion of a horizontal projection of a common electrode, wherein the drain electrode and the common electrode constitute a first storage capacitor and a pixel electrode and the common electrode constitute a second storage capacitor. The pixel electrode and the drain electrode are electrically connected and thus are of the same potential. The first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor are connected in parallel and collectively form a storage capacitor such that the storage capacitor has a capacity that is equal to the sum of capacities of the first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor, whereby, without reducing aperture ratio, the capacity of the storage capacitor is increased, crosstalk and image sticking are alleviated, and product display quality is enhanced.
US09716107B2
This composite substrate has a single-crystal semiconductor thin film (13) provided to at least the front surface of an inorganic insulating sintered-body substrate (11) having a thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/m·K and a volume resistivity of at least 1×108 Ω·cm. The composite substrate also has, provided between the inorganic insulating sintered-body substrate (11) and the single-crystal semiconductor thin film (13), a silicon coating layer (12) comprising polycrystalline silicon or amorphous silicon.As a result of the present invention, metal impurity contamination from the sintered body can be inhibited, even in a composite substrate in which a single-crystal silicon thin film is provided upon an inexpensive ceramic sintered body which is opaque with respect to visible light, which exhibits an excellent thermal conductivity, and which further exhibits little loss at a high frequency range, and characteristics can be improved.
US09716101B2
Techniques for forming 3D memory arrays are disclosed. Memory openings are filled with a sacrificial material, such as silicon or nitride. Afterwards, a replacement technique is used to remove nitride from an ONON stack and replace it with a conductive material such as tungsten. Afterwards, memory cell films are formed in the memory openings. The conductive material serves as control gates of the memory cells. The control gate will not suffer from corner rounding. ONON shrinkage is avoided, which will prevent control gate shrinkage. Block oxide between the charge storage region and control gate may be deposited after control gate replacement, so the uniformity is good. Block oxide may be deposited after control gate replacement, so TiN adjacent to control gates can be thicker to prevent fluorine attacking the insulator between adjacent control gates. Therefore, control gate to control gate shorting is prevented.
US09716098B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a laminated body. The laminated body is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The laminated body includes a plurality of conducting layers and a first interlayer insulating film. The first interlayer insulating film is disposed between the plurality of conducting layers. A second interlayer insulating film is formed to cover this laminated body. The second interlayer insulating film includes boron.
US09716096B1
A semiconductor structure includes a first fin structure, a gate structure, a first spacer, and a second space spacer. The gate structure traverses the first fin structure. The first fin structure has an exposed portion exposed out of the gate structure. The first spacer is positioned at and in contact with a side of the exposed portion of the first fin structure. The second space spacer is positioned at and in contact with another side of the exposed portion of the first fin structure. The first spacer has a top surface over than a top surface of the second spacer.
US09716088B1
A first semiconductor structure including a first bonding oxide layer having a first metallic structure embedded therein and a second semiconductor structure including a second bonding oxide layer having second metallic structure embedded therein are provided. A high-k dielectric material is formed on a surface of the first metallic structure. A nitride surface treatment process is performed to provide a nitrided surface layer to each structure. The nitrided surface layer includes nitridized oxide regions located in an upper portion of the bonding oxide layers and either a nitridized high-k dielectric material located in at least an upper portion of the high k dielectric material or a nitridized metallic region located in an upper portion of the second metallic structure. The nitrogen within the nitridized metallic region is then selectively removed to restore the upper portion of the second metallic structure to its original composition. Bonding is then performed.
US09716083B2
An optical apparatus includes a substrate 1, a wiring pattern 8 formed on the substrate 1, a light-receiving element 3 and a light-emitting element 2 provided on the substrate 1 and spaced apart from each other in a direction x, a light-transmitting resin 4 covering the light-receiving element 3, a light-transmitting resin 5 covering the light-emitting element 2, and a light-shielding resin 6 covering the light-transmitting resin 4 and the light-transmitting resin 5. The wiring pattern 8 includes a first light-blocking portion 83 interposed between the light-shielding resin 6 and the substrate 1 and positioned between the light-receiving element 3 and the light-emitting element 2 as viewed in x-y plane. The first light-blocking portion 83 extends across the light-emitting element 2 as viewed in the direction x.
US09716082B2
The disclosed technology relates generally hybrid displays with pixels that include both inorganic light emitting diodes (ILEDs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The disclosed technology provides a hybrid display that uses a mixture of ILEDs and OLEDs in each pixel. In certain embodiments, each pixel in the hybrid display includes a red ILED, a blue ILED, and a green OLED. In this instance, the OLED process would not require a high resolution shadow mask, thereby enhancing the manufacturability of OLEDs for larger format displays. Additionally, the OLED process in this example would not require any fine lithography. The OLED subpixel (e.g., green subpixel) can be larger and the ILEDs can be small (e.g., micro-red and micro-blue ILEDs). The use of small ILEDs allows for other functions to be added to the pixel, such as micro sensors and micro integrated circuits.
US09716081B2
A method of forming a wafer stack includes providing a sub-stack comprising a first wafer and a second wafer. The sub-stack includes a first thermally-curable adhesive at an interface between the upper surface of the first wafer and the lower surface of the second wafer. A third wafer is placed on the upper surface of the second wafer. A second thermally-curable adhesive is present at an interface between the upper surface of the second wafer and the lower surface of the third wafer. Ultra-violet (UV) radiation is provided in a direction of the upper surface of the third wafer to cure a UV-curable adhesive in openings in the second wafer and in contact with portions of the third wafer so as to bond the third wafer to the sub-stack at discrete locations. Subsequently, the third wafer and the sub-stack are heated so to cure the first and second thermally-curable adhesives.
US09716067B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) package having first and second dies with first and second input/output (I/O) interconnect structures, respectively. The IC package may include a bridge having first and second electrical routing features coupled to a portion of the first and second I/O interconnect structures, respectively. In embodiments, the first and second electrical routing features may be disposed on one side of the bridge; and third electrical routing features may be disposed on an opposite side. The first and second electrical routing features may be configured to route electrical signals between the first die and the second die and the third electrical routing features may be configured to route electrical signals between the one side and the opposite side. The first die, the second die, and the bridge may be embedded in electrically insulating material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09716066B2
A 3D interconnect structure and method of manufacture are described in which metal redistribution layers (RDLs) are integrated with through-silicon vias (TSVs) and using a “plate through resist” type process flow. A silicon nitride or silicon carbide passivation layer may be provided between the thinned device wafer back side and the RDLs to provide a hermetic barrier and polish stop layer during the process flow.
US09716064B2
Electrical fuse (eFuse) and resistor structures and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming metal gates having a capping material on a top surface thereof. The method further includes protecting the metal gates and the capping material during an etching process which forms a recess in a dielectric material. The method further includes forming an insulator material and metal material within the recess. The method further includes forming a contact in direct electrical contact with the metal material.
US09716062B2
A three-dimensional NAND device includes a first set of word line contacts in contact with a contact portion of respective odd numbered word lines in a first stepped word line contact region, and a second set of word line contacts in contact with a contact portion of respective even numbered word lines in a second stepped word line contact region. The even numbered word lines in the first word line contact region do not contact a word line contact while the odd numbered word lines in the second word line contact region do not contact a word line contact.
US09716061B2
A flexible polymeric dielectric layer has first and second major surfaces. The first major surface has a conductive layer thereon. The dielectric layer has at least one via extending from the second major surface to the first major surface. The conductive layer includes electrically separated first and second portions configured to support and electrically connect a light emitting semi-conductor device to the conductive layer.
US09716057B1
A composite semiconductor device, such as a high-voltage cascode, is constructed in a single package by mounting a first die on a first planar substrate and second die mounted on a second planar substrate, where the substrates are separated by a gap filled with a dielectric encapsulant. The substrates may be separated both vertically and as well as laterally, to lie in different parallel planes. The substrates are in a leadframe that also includes interconnections, heat sinks, package pins, and removable tie-bars, forming a contiguous metallic structure. Multi-device frames containing multiple leadframes joined by additional tie-bars may be used to process multiple composite semiconductor devices together in, e.g., step-and-repeat wire and die bonding processes and batch encapsulation molding batch processes.
US09716056B2
A method for providing an inductively loaded integrated circuit includes providing a wafer with an integrated circuit formed thereon, the integrated circuit comprising at least one substrate via, including one or more substrate vias that are to be inductively loaded, and fabricating an inductive element on the backside of the wafer that electrically connects to the substrate vias that are to be inductively loaded. A corresponding apparatus includes a wafer with an integrated circuit formed on a top side of the wafer and an inductive element formed on a back side of the wafer, and at least one substrate via that extends through the wafer and electrically connects the inductive element to the integrated circuit. In certain embodiments, the inductive element comprises a plurality of conductive layers. In some embodiments, the inductive element comprises multiple turns on each conductive layer.
US09716050B2
Provided in one embodiment is a method of forming an interfacial layer or a seal, the method comprising: providing a composition that is at least partially amorphous, the composition having a glass transition temperature Tg and a crystallization temperature Tx; heating the composition to a first temperature that is below Tx; disposing the heated composition to form the interfacial layer or the seal; and cooling the interfacial layer or the seal to a second temperature that is below Tg.
US09716047B2
A method for measuring a substrate is provided. The method comprises irradiating a measurement beam into a site box of an identifiable pattern of a substrate, detecting a center position of the irradiated measurement beam, calculating an amount of shift of the center position of the measurement beam from the center position of the site box, and correcting the center position of the measurement beam to the center position of the site box by compensating the calculated amount of shift.
US09716044B2
The present disclosure provides a method of making an integrated circuit. The method includes forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate; forming a stressed contact etch stop layer (CESL) on the gate stack and on the semiconductor substrate; forming a first dielectric material layer on the stressed CESL using a high aspect ratio process (HARP) at a deposition temperature greater than about 440 C to drive out hydroxide (OH) group; forming a second dielectric material layer on the first dielectric material layer; etching to form contact holes in the first and second dielectric material layers; filling the contact holes with a conductive material; and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
US09716043B2
In a method of forming a wiring structure, a first mask having a first opening including a first portion extending in a second direction and a second portion extending in a first direction is formed. A second mask including a second opening overlapping the first portion of the first opening and third openings each overlapping the second portion of the first opening is designed. The second mask is fabricated to include a fourth opening by enlarging the second opening. The fourth opening overlaps a boundary between the first and second portions of the first opening. An insulating interlayer is etched using the first and second masks to form first and second via holes corresponding to the fourth and third openings, and a trench corresponding to the first opening. First and second vias and a wiring are formed to fill the first and second via holes and the trench.
US09716040B2
A wafer processing method of processing a wafer with a plurality of devices disposed in areas demarcated by projected division lines and formed on a face side thereof includes a protective member placing step of placing a protective member for protecting the face side of the wafer on the face side of the wafer which is divided into individual device chips, a resin laying step of laying a die-bonding resin on the reverse sides of the individual device chips by applying a die-bonding liquid resin on the reverse side of the wafer and hardening the applied die-bonding liquid resin, and a separation step of separating the device chips with the die-bonding liquid resin laid on the reverse sides thereof from the wafer.
US09716038B2
A method for fabricating a self-aligned via structure includes forming a tri-layer mask on an ILD layer over a lower metal wiring layer, the tri-layer mask includes first and second insulating layers and a metal layer in between the insulating layers; defining a trench pattern through the first insulating layer and metal layer, the trench pattern having a first width; defining a first via pattern in a lithographic mask over the trench pattern, the first via pattern having a second width that is larger than the first width; growing a metal capping layer on an exposed sidewall of the trench pattern to decrease the first width to a third width that defines a second via pattern; transferring the trench pattern into the ILD layer to form a trench; and transferring the second via pattern through the ILD layer and into the metal wiring layer to form a via.
US09716037B2
Gate aligned contacts and methods of forming gate aligned contacts are described. For example, a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of gate structures above an active region formed above a substrate. The gate structures each include a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, and sidewall spacers. A plurality of contact plugs is formed, each contact plug formed directly between the sidewall spacers of two adjacent gate structures of the plurality of gate structures. A plurality of contacts is formed, each contact formed directly between the sidewall spacers of two adjacent gate structures of the plurality of gate structures. The plurality of contacts and the plurality of gate structures are formed subsequent to forming the plurality of contact plugs.
US09716034B2
A method comprises forming a plurality of interconnect components over a gate structure, wherein a bottom metal line of the interconnect components is connected to the gate structure through a gate plug, depositing a dielectric layer over a top metal line of the interconnect components, forming an opening in the dielectric layer, depositing a first barrier layer on a bottom and sidewalls of the opening using a non-plasma based deposition process, depositing a second barrier layer over the first barrier layer using a plasma based deposition process and forming a pad in the opening.
US09716024B2
Provided is temporary bonding laminates for used in a manufacture of semiconductor devices, by which a member to be processed can be temporarily supported securely and readily during a mechanical or chemical process of the member to be processed and then the processed member can be readily released from the temporary support without damaging the processed member even after a high temperature process, and processes for manufacturing semiconductor devices. The temporary bonding laminate includes comprising (A) a release layer and (B) an adhesive layer wherein the release layer (A) comprises (a1) a resin 1 having a softening point of 200° C. or more and (a2) a resin 2; the resin 2 after curing has capable of being dissolved at 5% by mass or more, at 25° C., in at least one of solvents selected from hexane and the like.
US09716023B2
A method of bonding a device wafer to a carrier wafer includes disposing a first adhesive over a central portion of a carrier wafer, the first adhesive having a first glass transition temperature, disposing a second adhesive over a peripheral portion of the carrier wafer, the second adhesive having a second glass transition temperature greater than the first glass transition temperature, and bonding the first adhesive to an active front side of the device wafer and the second adhesive to a peripheral portion of the front side of the device wafer. Related assemblies may be used in such methods.
US09716018B2
Various embodiments provide methods for manufacturing a baseplate for an electronic module and an electronic module comprising a baseplate, wherein the baseplate comprises a conductive material; and a recess formed in one main surface of the baseplate and being adapted to accommodate an electronic chip.
US09716017B2
A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor die mounted on a first surface of an interposer die so that a die connection portion of the semiconductor die faces to the first surface of the interposer die, a protection portion may be disposed on the first surface of the interposer die to cover the semiconductor die, and an interconnection structure disposed in and on the interposer die. The interconnection structure may include an external connection portion that is located on a second surface of the interposer die opposite to the semiconductor die, a through electrode portion that penetrates the interposer die to have an end portion combined with the die connection portion, and an extension portion that connects the through electrode portion to the external connection portion. Related methods are also provided.
US09716008B2
An apparatus for doping impurities includes: a bath reserving liquid containing impurity elements; a liquid transport device transporting the liquid on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; a laser optical system which scans and irradiates light pulses of laser onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate; an X-Y manipulator moving the semiconductor substrate; and an arithmetic and control unit which controls the liquid transport device and X-Y manipulator. Flow rate of the liquid and scanning velocity of the light pulses are determined, by a characteristic dimension of the irradiation area along the flow direction of the liquid, an overlapping ratio of the irradiation area, and the radius of a bubble generated in the liquid. The impurity elements are doped into a part of the inside of the semiconductor substrate at the determined flow rate and scanning velocity.
US09716006B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: (a) providing a SiC epitaxial substrate in which on a SiC support substrate, a SiC epitaxial growth layer having an impurity concentration equal to or less than 1/10,000 of that of the SiC support substrate and having a thickness of 50 μm or more is disposed; (b) forming an impurity region, which forms a semiconductor element, on a first main surface of the SiC epitaxial substrate by selectively injecting impurity ions; (c) forming an ion implantation region, which controls warpage of the SiC epitaxial substrate, on a second main surface of the SiC epitaxial substrate by injecting predetermined ions; and (d) heating the SiC epitaxial substrate after (b) and (c).
US09715998B2
The invention discloses a method for monitoring level of paraben comprising: dissolving a sample in a solvent and obtaining a supernatant containing paraben by ultrasonic vibration and high speed centrifugation; performing a derivatization reaction between a derivatization reagent and paraben by adding the derivatization reagent into the supernatant to obtain a derivatization solution containing a tagged paraben; extracting the derivatization solution by an extractant to obtain an extract containing the tagged paraben; and ionizating the tagged paraben by a laser beam and analyzing mass-to-charge ratio of the tagged paraben by an analyzer to determine molecular weight thereof.
US09715996B2
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus which comprises a process chamber; an electrode configured to generate plasma from a gas supplied into the process chamber; an RF power supply configured to output an RF power; a transmission line configured to transmit the RF power to the electrode from the RF power supply; an impedance matching unit connected to the transmission line and configured to match plasma impedance; and a controller configured to output a control signal to the impedance matching unit, wherein the impedance matching unit comprises an adjustable capacitor having a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches corresponding to the plurality of capacitors, the plurality of switches being switched on/off according to the control signal so that capacitance of the adjustable capacitor is adjusted.
US09715994B2
A charged particle beam drawing apparatus in an embodiment includes an information generation part to generate encoded information on drawing data having a layered structure and check information on the format check, if the drawing data passes the check by the format check part; an information storage part to store the encoded information and the check information; a code inspection part to inspect the drawing data by using the encoded information in the information storage part, when the drawing data is to be rechecked in the format check based on the check details; an information inspection part to inspect the check information in the information storage part while omitting the format check, if the drawing data passes the inspection by the code inspection part; and a check execution part to execute check with processing details of the format check changed according to the inspection result.
US09715993B2
A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a deflector to collectively deflect each beam in an “on” state, by tracking control in such a way as to follow stage movement, an obtaining processing circuitry to obtain a deviation amount of an irradiation position of each beam of multi-beams depending on a tracking amount of the tracking control, a correction coefficient calculation processing circuitry to calculate a correction coefficient for correcting the deviation amount of the irradiation position depending on the tracking amount, for each beam of the multi-beams and for each irradiation position, a shot data generation processing circuitry to generate shot data where deviation of an irradiation position of each beam of multi-beams depending on a tracking amount is to be corrected using a correction coefficient, for each tracking operation, and a deflection control processing circuitry to control plural blankers, based on the shot data.
US09715990B2
Window tiles for electron beam systems are provided. The window tiles can comprise a first surface and a second surface, and one or more features extending from the first surface to the second surface. The one or more features can have a non-uniform or tapered cross-section between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface can be configured to be exposed to vacuum conditions and can be configured to receive electrons accelerated from an electron beam generator. The second surface can be configured to allow electrons to pass through to a foil. The window tiles can improve electron beam processing systems for example by increasing electron throughput, lowering power consumption, reducing heat absorption to the foil, improving and increasing foil life, and potentially allowing for use of smaller and cheaper machines in electron beam processing.
US09715987B2
A semiconductor device may include the following elements: a semiconductor substrate, an insulator positioned on the substrate, a source electrode positioned on the insulator, a drain electrode positioned on the insulator, a gate electrode positioned between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a hollow channel surrounded by the gate electrode and positioned between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a dielectric member positioned between the hollow channel and the gate electrode, a first insulating member positioned between the gate electrode and the source electrode, and a second insulating member positioned between the gate electrode and the drain electrode.
US09715986B2
A relay assembly configured for use in a vehicle electrical distribution center. The relay assembly includes a circuit board, a first and second relay disposed the circuit board and a plurality of terminals electrically coupled to the first and second relays. The relay assembly also includes removable fuses to protect the circuits controlled by the first and second relays against over-current conditions. In one embodiment, the relay assembly is packaged as a mini-ISO relay package.
US09715983B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided in which power control relay switches may be configured to switch at or near a predetermined time during an AC cycle and/or that are configured to control a velocity of an armature of the relay switch during switching. An input power source may provide alternating current (AC) power and a voltage or current level of the AC power may be sensed. A relay controller may switch the relay switch based on a time at which the voltage or current is at or near a zero-crossing. The relay controller may be configured to close the relay switch based on when a voltage of the power input is at a zero-crossing, and is configured to open the relay switch based on when a current of the power input is at a zero-crossing.
US09715980B2
A breaker (1) is provided with: a fixed piece (2) which has a fixed contact; a movable piece which has a movable contact at a front end portion and pushes the movable contact against the fixed contact to bring same into contact with each other; a thermally responsive element that deforms in accordance with a change in temperature and thereby actuates the movable piece so that the movable contact separates from the fixed contact; and a case body (71) of a resin case that accommodates the fixed piece (2), the movable piece, and the thermally responsive element. The case body (71) has recess portions (75, 77) which are recessed from a peripheral portion, and the fixed piece (2) has a withdrawal portion (25) that withdraws from the recess portions (75, 77) of the case body (71) by a predetermined first distance (D1) or more, and is embedded in the case body (71).
US09715978B2
A key of a keyboard and a low travel dome switch utilized in the key. The key may comprise a key cap, and a low travel dome positioned beneath the key cap, and operative to collapse when a force is exerted on the low travel dome by the key cap. The low travel dome may comprise a top portion, and a group of arms extending from the top portion to a perimeter of the low travel dome and at least partially defining a tuning member located between two of the group of arms. The low travel dome may also comprise a group of elongated protrusions. Each of the group of elongated protrusions may extend from one of the top portion, or one of the group of arms. At least one of the group of elongated protrusions may extend into the tuning member.
US09715974B2
An electrical multiple stage switch assembly includes an assembly casing, a first component carrier, and at least one multiple stage switch including a first disc contact, at least one second disc contact, and an actuator. The first and second disc contacts are positioned with their centers substantially aligned, and the first and second disc contact are adapted to flex into an electrical connection when the actuator is pressed and to flex back into a non-electrical connection when the actuator is released. A controlling member includes a controlling part for each switch, and the controlling part includes a spacing member adapted to limit the smallest possible distance between adjacent component carriers.
US09715967B2
A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.
US09715963B2
A contact-free electrical connector arrangement is provided for transferring inductive energy from a primary connector component to a secondary connector component, comprising a pair of connector components each including a housing containing a chamber, a ferrite core arranged in the chamber, and a coil arranged in the chamber for cooperation with the core. An input cable supplies electrical energy to the coil contained in the housing of a primary one of said components, and an output cable removes inductively-transferred energy from the coil contained in the housing of a secondary one of said components. According to an operating method of the invention, a parameter is measured at the primary coil for interrupting the energy supply when the secondary component is not present.
US09715960B2
A mechanism for fixing together first and second parts and comprising first and second guides provided respectively in or attached to the first and second parts. The mechanism further comprises first and second magnetic components coupled respectively to the first and second guides such that the first magnetic component is rotatable with the first guide and the first part, and the second magnetic component cannot rotate relative to the second guide, the magnetic components being moveable axially and rotationally with respect to each other and having magnetic poles oriented such that rotation of said first magnetic component causes relative axial movement of the magnetic components between a locking position in which one of the magnetic components straddles the two guides and an unlocking position in which it does not straddle the two guides.
US09715959B2
The present invention relates to a permanent magnet suitable for a magnetic angle encoder. The permanent magnet has an annular cylindrical structure and comprises a first permanent magnet unit and a second permanent magnet unit. The first permanent magnet unit and the second permanent magnet unit are geometrically symmetrical with respect to a diametral cross section. The magnetization intensity of the first permanent magnet unit and the magnetization intensity of the second permanent magnet unit are parallel to the axial direction of the annular cylinder and are in opposite directions, or the magnetization intensity of the first permanent magnet unit and the magnetization intensity of the second permanent magnet unit are perpendicular to the diametral cross section and are parallel to one another and in the same direction.
US09715948B2
Steam generators are in the form of tubular heat exchangers in which molten lead coolant flows within the pipes, while the water-steam flows in a space between the pipes, the steam generators are arranged in separate boxes and communicate with the reactor cavity by means of circulation conduits for raising and discharging the lead coolant, the steam generators and most of the circulation conduits and are arranged higher than the level of the lead coolant within the reactor cavity, and the circulation pumps are arranged within the reactor cavity on the circulation conduits and for raising the “hot” lead coolant, and a technical means is provided for ensuring natural circulation of the lead coolant through the reactor core when the circulation pumps are switched off. The specific volume of lead coolant per unit of power of the reactor is reduced and the safety of the reactor is increased.
US09715947B2
Filtering systems and methods remove debris from coolant in a nuclear reactor setting. One or more filters are installed outside coolant reservoirs specifically where coolant will flow toward the reservoir, such as during a transient or other coolant leak event. Useable filters permit coolant through-flow while catching, straining, diverting, or otherwise removing debris from the coolant without significant interference with the coolant flow.Filters can be installed at any location in a flow path for coolant flowing toward the reservoir, including pipes draining into a suppression pool, floor or personnel platform gratings, areas around main steam legs or steam generators, in a reactor drywell, etc. One or more filters are installed by securing the filter in a coolant flow path into a coolant source. Installation and maintenance can be performed during any maintenance period.
US09715931B2
A resistive memory apparatus including a resistive memory cell array and a control unit is provided. The resistive memory cell array includes resistive memory cells. The control unit is configured to receive a logic data, determine a logic level of the logic data, and select one resistive memory cell from the resistive memory cells. The control unit provides a set signal or a reset signal to the selected resistive memory cell in a writing period according to the logic level of the logic data. The set signal includes a first set pulse and a second set pulse having a polarity opposite to that of the first set pulse. The reset signal includes a first reset pulse and a second reset pulse having a polarity opposite to that of the first reset pulse. A writing method of the resistive memory apparatus is also provided.
US09715913B1
Techniques and circuitry are presented for more rapidly and accurately obtaining a temperature code (TCO) on an integrated circuit. A comparison voltage is ramped up and two counts are determined concurrently, a first count on how many clock cycles for the comparison voltage to ramp up from a low reference voltage to a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) and a second count for the number of clock cycles for the comparison voltage to go from the low reference voltage to a high reference voltage. The TCO value is then obtained by using the second count in a post-processing calibration to adjust the first count. An initial calibration can also be included when the circuit is powered up.
US09715910B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to data storage and computer memory, and more particularly, to systems, integrated circuits and methods for accessing memory in multiple layers of memory implementing, for example, third dimension memory technology. In a specific embodiment, an integrated circuit is configured to implement write buffers to access multiple layers of memory. For example, the integrated circuit can include memory cells disposed in multiple layers of memory. In one embodiment, the memory cells can be third dimension memory cells. The integrated circuit can also include read buffers that can be sized differently than the write buffers. In at least one embodiment, write buffers can be sized as a function of a write cycle. Each layer of memory can include a plurality of two-terminal memory elements that retain stored data in the absence of power and store data as a plurality of conductivity profiles.
US09715890B2
Various embodiments concern a gimbaled flexure having a dual stage actuation structure. The flexure comprises a gimbal on which a motor is mounted. The motor comprises a first terminal, one or more layers of piezoelectric material, and a metal stiffener disposed directly on the first terminal. The stiffener comprises a layer of metal defining a majority of a top side of the motor. The first terminal can be gold sputtered on the piezoelectric material while the stiffener can be nickel plated on the gold. The stiffener can cause the motor, and the flexure on which it is mounted, to curl upon electrical activation of the motor.
US09715887B2
A storage system includes a magnetic write head, a magnetic storage medium, a channel circuit comprising a write data output, wherein the channel circuit is operable to process write data to be recorded on the magnetic storage medium by the magnetic write head, and a preamplifier operable to receive the write data from the channel circuit, wherein the preamplifier comprises a number of register pages configured to store pattern dependent write current characteristics for a variety of magnet lengths, and wherein the preamplifier is operable to retrieve the write current characteristics based on magnet lengths and to record data bits on the magnetic storage medium using the write current characteristics.
US09715886B2
In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic head. The magnetic head has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion together providing a tape bearing surface. The first portion has two pieces flanking the second portion in an intended direction of tape travel thereacross. The second portion has at least one array of transducers. A longitudinal axis of each of the at least one array is defined between opposite ends thereof. The longitudinal axis of each of the at least one array of transducers is oriented at an angle relative to the line oriented orthogonally to the intended direction of tape travel thereacross, the angle being between 0.2° and about 10°.
US09715879B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for selectively interacting with a server to build a local dictation database for speech recognition at a device. In some implementations, a computing device receives an audio sample. The computing device may determine that the received audio sample does not match any of one or more existing audio samples stored in the local dictation database of the computing device. The received audio sample may be transmitted to a remote server for detection of one or more words indicated by the received audio sample. The computing device may receive data identifying the one or more words, and update the local dictation database to store the received audio sample in association with the one or more words.
US09715874B2
Techniques are described for updating an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system that, prior to the update, is configured to perform ASR using a first finite-state transducer (FST) comprising a first set of paths representing recognizable speech sequences. A second FST may be accessed, comprising a second set of paths representing speech sequences to be recognized by the updated ASR system. By analyzing the second FST together with the first FST, a patch may be extracted and provided to the ASR system as an update, capable of being applied non-destructively to the first FST at the ASR system to cause the ASR system using the first FST with the patch to recognize speech using the second set of paths from the second FST. In some embodiments, the patch may be configured such that destructively applying the patch to the first FST creates a modified FST that is globally minimized.
US09715871B2
The present invention provides a multilayer dash isolation pad having superior formability and sound absorption performance. The multilayer dash isolation pad includes a decoupler and a sound absorption and insulation layer. The decoupler is a soft felt manufactured from urethane foam or octalobal cross-section fiber, and the sound absorption and insulation layer includes a compressed felt manufactured from octalobal cross-section fibers. In particular, the shape factor (α) of the octalobal cross-section fiber is 2.0 to 2.7. Particularly, the multilayer dash isolation pad according to the present invention does not decrease thickness or be contracted upon press molding after pre-heating felt, such that superior formability in components can be obtained and a sound absorption coefficient may be enhanced without increase in the weights and thicknesses of the decoupler and the sound absorption and insulation layer.
US09715869B1
A stand adapted for placement between the legs of a player while in a sitting position supports the weight of a standard 5-string resonator banjo or banjo of similar head radius. A locking telescopic design with an instrument cradle allows the player to adjust the height to accommodate a comfortable playing position. The stand removes all of the weight of the banjo from the back, shoulders and legs of the player and allows for a more comfortable practice or playing session.
US09715864B2
A method for content displaying implemented by a mobile device that comprises a display, the method comprising detecting a user touch on the display via a graphical user interface, generating a lens animation effect in a region of content based on the user touch, wherein the lens animation effect at least magnifies the region of content shown on the display, and displaying the lens animation effect on the display adjacent to a location of the user touch.
US09715859B2
The invention provides an LCD panel of dot inversion mode; without changing source driving power-consumption, adjusting the routing inside LCD panel: for even numbers n, the adjacent (n−1)-th gate scan line (G(n−1)) and n-th gate scan line (G(n)) are disposed closely, with TFTs of (n−1)-th column located above (n−1)-th gate scan line (G(n−1)), and TFTs of n-th column located below n-th gate scan line (G(n)); the gates of part of the TFTs of (n−1)-th column and n-th column are connected to (n−1)-th gate scan line (G(n−1)), and the gates of part of TFTs of the (n−1)-th column and n-th column are connected to n-th gate scan line (G(n)); with a jumper design on the end of a de-multiplexer to change the parity inversion mode of LCD panel to achieve dot inversion. As such, the invention overcomes the flicker and crosstalk problems and improve LCD panel display quality.
US09715856B2
Provided are a common voltage adjustment circuit for a display panel and a display apparatus. The adjustment circuit comprises: a filter unit (101) configured to filter a PWM signal provided externally and provide a DC voltage signal obtained through the filtering to a first voltage clamp unit; a first voltage clamp unit (102) configured to adjust the DC voltage signal to obtain a first adjusted signal and provide the first adjusted signal to a feedback amplification unit; a feedback amplification unit (103) configured to amplify the first adjusted signal to obtain a first amplified signal and provide the first amplified signal to a second voltage clamp unit; and a second voltage clamp unit (104) configured to adjust the first amplified signal to output a second adjusted signal and provide the voltage value of the second adjusted signal to the display panel. The adjustment circuit can rapidly and precisely adjust the common voltage of the display panel to reduce the flicker phenomenon during the displaying of the display panel.
US09715851B1
The present disclosure discloses a display panel, a method of manufacturing the display panel, a flexible display device and a method of controlling the flexible display device. The display panel according to the present disclosure includes display units and sensing units configured to detect brightness of the display units, and the display units and the sensing units are simultaneously formed on different regions of a same base substrate.
US09715849B2
A data compensation circuit and OLED display including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the circuit compensates a voltage drop of a power voltage applied to a display panel of the display. The circuit includes an average current calculator configured to calculate an average current value of each of M×N pixel blocks. The circuit also includes a voltage drop calculator configured to calculate one or more pixel block voltage drops of the power voltage of each of the selected target pixel blocks based at least in part on an X-axis voltage drop and a Y-axis voltage drop of each of target pixel block. The circuit further includes an interpolator configured to interpolate the pixel block voltage drops of adjacent target pixel blocks so as to calculate a pixel voltage drop of a target pixel selected among one of the target pixel blocks.
US09715831B2
A permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system is provided for an aircraft equipped with a pilot-controllable drive wheel drive system for autonomous ground movement without reliance on the aircraft's engines or external tow vehicles, including an onboard wireless communications link installed to remain permanently with the aircraft designed to interface wirelessly with ground personnel at any airport, aerodrome, or airfield where the aircraft lands immediately upon landing. The permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system provides a substantially instantaneous connection between a pilot and ground personnel to facilitate guidance of pilot-controlled autonomous ground movement during taxi, parking in nose-in and parallel orientations, and pushback without reliance on visual signals. The present communications system establishes and maintains cockpit to ground communications during pilot-controlled autonomous aircraft ground movement to enhance the safety of ramp operations and improve the speed at which ramp operations can be safely conducted.
US09715828B2
The invention provides a meter display device for a vehicle having improved visibility of indicated contents. A meter display device includes a pointer having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state, a dial having a plurality of numeral indicating portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, aligned at intervals in the array direction, and individually change lighting modes, and a controller configured to change the lighting modes of the plurality of numeral indicating portions in accordance with the vehicle state.
US09715818B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for processing sensor data are presented. In some embodiments, a security server may receive sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at a premises. Subsequently, the security server may classify a first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data, (e.g., based on the first portion of the received sensor data being associated with a critical function). In addition, the security server may classify a second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data (e.g., based on the second portion of the received sensor data being associated with a non-critical function). Thereafter, the security server may process the critical sensor data, and further may provide the non-critical sensor data to a network server for processing.
US09715814B2
It may be determined that analysis of a user's location data indicates that a condition signifying that the user is wandering has been triggered. Directions to an approved location may be generated for the user. It may be concluded that the user did not follow the directions when the user does not reach the approved location within a specified time period, and the user's caregiver may be alerted that the user is wandering.
US09715808B2
A monitoring device for monitoring a risk of drowning for users of one or more alarm devices is provided. The alarm devices include one or more detectors configured to detect status data. A controller circuit is configured to receive status data from the alarm device, to detect a triggering event, and, in response to the triggering event, to select one of a plurality of alarm protocols based on the status data. A user interface unit is configured to convey the selected alarm protocol to the user.
US09715807B2
Various embodiments include, for example, a wireless device that includes a short-range wireless transceiver to communicate RF signals including a beacon signal to identify the wireless device and to facilitate the association of the wireless device with the plurality of mobile communication devices in proximity to the wireless device. Each corresponding one of the plurality of mobile communication devices includes a mobile communication device processor that executes a student application, downloaded from an app store associated with the operating system of the corresponding one of the plurality of mobile communication devices that facilitates location of the corresponding one of the plurality of mobile communication devices. Attendance data is stored indicating that a student associated each corresponding one of the plurality of mobile communication devices is in a classroom associated with the wireless device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09715800B2
Lighting control for location finding is disclosed. According to embodiments, lighting control can include determining, using a group of location detectors, a first location of a computing device of a user, and obtaining, from the computing device, a target location for the user. Lighting control can include determining a path from the first location to the target location, the path determined at least based on a lighting system including a group of light emitting diode (LED) arrays, and indicating, using a first LED array of the group of LED arrays, a first portion of the path to the target location. The first portion of the path can be indicated by determining, for the plurality of LEDs of the first LED array, at least one LED that is visible at the first location, and outputting light from the at least one LED that is visible at the first location.
US09715799B2
Systems and methods of using a fire spread forecast and BIM to guide occupants using smart signs are provided. Some methods can include receiving a first signal indicative of a first location of a fire event in a monitored region, using the first location and BIM information to project an area into which the fire event will spread in the monitored region, and identifying at least one smart sign in the monitored region to enable for guiding an occupant in the monitored region to an exit door in the monitored region while avoiding the first location and the area.
US09715789B1
In a method and system of incorporating team challenges into a social game, a request to start a team challenge is received. The team challenge includes an in-game task that a plurality of players is to complete, with the plurality of players including an initiator and a helper. A selection of the helper from a set of buddies is received, with the set of buddies being based on a social network of the initiator. A completion of the in-game task by each of the plurality of players is detected. A reward is provided to each of the plurality of players based on the completion. In this way, new players are attracted to the social game, and current players increase their levels of participation in the social game.
US09715785B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for provisionally crediting a financial account of a gaming environment based on player funds received by gaming devices in the form of wagers. The financial account can be maintained at a financial institution. The player funds can be currency, electronic funds, or combinations therefor. Once the currency is physically transferred to the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Similarly, for wagers using electronic funds, once the settled funds are received by the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Using provisional credits, benefits from the funds can be enjoyed by the gaming operator prior to the physical currency and/or settled funds being received and processed by the financial institution.
US09715784B2
A gaming console or system including a video display, and a game control processor arranged to control images displayed on the video display. The game control processor is arranged to play a first game displayed on the video display and, if a winning combination results, the console or system pays a prize. The console or system is characterized in that the game control processor includes a dynamic game feature whereby a feature game occurs upon a first trigger condition of the first game, and wherein a second trigger condition influences one or more gameplay aspects of the feature game such as to alter the likelihood of occurrence of at least one possible outcome of a set of possible outcomes of the feature game.
US09715775B2
A biological information storing apparatus includes: a biological information storing unit for storing biological information for authenticating reception of a first service; a biological information acquisition unit for acquiring biological information for authenticating reception of a second service different from the first service; and a determination unit for determining whether the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit and the biological information stored in the storing unit coincide with each other, wherein when the determination unit determines that the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit and the biological information stored in the storing unit coincide with each other, either the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit or the biological information stored in the storing unit is selected and stored into the storing unit as biological information for authenticating the reception of the first service and the second service.
US09715767B2
The objective of the present application is to provide a method and apparatus for processing real-time vehicle operating data, aiming at solving the technical problem that car owners couldn't obtain real-time vehicle operating data to ensure safety via an existing vehicle-mounted system. The method comprises: obtaining real-time vehicle operating data from an electronic control unit of the vehicle via a vehicle bus; reading the real-time vehicle operating data from a serial port; determining whether there is data that needs to be answered in the real-time vehicle operating data and storing the real-time vehicle operating data into a data queue whose data need to be answered and a data queue whose data doesn't need to be answered respectively after the determination; transmitting the real-time vehicle operating data to a background server, so that the background server can provide current vehicle with diagnostic message or service information. Compared with the prior art, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application can provide car owners with remote diagnosis or remote service conveniently, thereby reducing various costs of using cars.
US09715761B2
Methods and systems are described for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a fully-formed object represented in a noisy or partial scene. An image processing module of a computing device receives images captured by a sensor. The module generates partial 3D mesh models of physical objects in the scene based upon analysis of the images, and determines a location of at least one target object in the scene by comparing the images to one or more 3D reference models and extracting a 3D point cloud of the target object. The module matches the 3D point cloud of the target object to a selected 3D reference model based upon a similarity parameter, and detects one or more features of the target object. The module generates a fully formed 3D model of the target object using partial or noisy 3D points from the scene, extracts the detected features of the target object and features of the 3D reference models that correspond to the detected features, and calculates measurements of the detected features.
US09715754B2
Interactive mesh deformation for in-plane 3D segmentation/delineation for radiation therapy planning done on a slice by slice basis of a region/a volume of interest (VOI, ROI). Segmentation starts by some automatic 3D algorithm approximating the organ surface roughly by some triangular surface mesh which mesh is afterwards manually refined by the user who deforms it to bring it closer to the region of interest. The deformation is an invertible, i.e. one-to-one, mapping avoiding self-intersections of the deformed mesh thereby preserving the topology of the anatomy. The deformation mapping involves a Gaussian function (Gaussian deformation kernel) restricting the deformation to a local region. The user picks with the pointer a start point on a selected image slice through the volume and moves it to some end point. The distance the mesh vertices move decreases exponentially with the distance to the start point. Additionally, surface mesh resolution is increased by iteratively subdividing mesh triangles in the vicinity of a user-selected contour in a surface mesh until every pixel or voxel contains at least one triangle vertex.
US09715744B2
The present invention relates to a method and device of obtaining a beam hardening correction coefficient for carrying out beam hardening correction on computed tomography data. The method includes the steps of: firstly, acquiring an original reconstructed image and an original sinogram of an object of a particular size; secondly, obtaining an error-reduced sinogram after processing the original reconstructed image by error reduction; thirdly, sampling and calculating an average value of the original sinogram and an average value of the error-reduced sinogram; fourthly, optimizing the original sinogram according to the error-reduced sinogram to determine a coefficient vector of optimization function for the object of the particular size; and finally fitting the coefficient vector of the optimization function of the original sinogram to obtain the beam hardening correction coefficient for the object of the particular size.
US09715743B2
Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus including a memory storing instructions, and a control unit configured to execute the instructions to detect an image of an object of interest within an image of real space, detect an orientation of the real space object image with respect to a real space user perspective, generate a modified image comprising an image of a modified object, corresponding to the real space object, such that an orientation of the modified object image corresponds to a desired user perspective, and display the modified image.
US09715742B2
The present invention relates to a display device and to an method for operating same and more particularly, to a method for producing advertisement content using a display device and to the display device for the same, which enable a user to accurately and quickly produce advertisement content and display the produced advertisement content in the case where advertisement content is displayed by using the display device as signage. The present invention generates first content included in the advertisement content, generates second content included in the advertisement content, sets the execution time of the first and second content, and stores the advertisement content including the first content, the second content, and the setting information. Accordingly, the display device can display a protection screen for preventing an afterimage screen or burn-in which may occur while displaying an advertisement screen on the display device for a long time, thereby protecting the display unit while maximizing information delivery to the user.
US09715741B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus for reproducing an input curve on a mobile device comprising detecting the input curve, sampling the input curve into a discrete set of vertices, performing a normalized dot product of an edge leading into each one of the discrete set of vertices and a tangent to an edge leading from each one of the discrete set of vertices, setting one or more spline stiffness parameter based on the normalized dot product corresponding to each vertex; and converting the sampled input curve into one or more spline patch with the set spline stiffness parameter corresponding to each vertex.
US09715733B2
A road calibration system and a method for calibration of a road surveillance system are provided. The road surveillance system monitors a surveillance area of a road using vehicle surveillance devices. The vehicle surveillance devices measure a position of a vehicle passing the surveillance area and are synchronized with a global timing signal. In order to calibrate the vehicle surveillance devices such that a position determination of the vehicle surveillance devices is equal, a calibration vehicle with predefined calibration markers is passed through the surveillance area. During the passage each measurement device measures a position of an assigned calibration marker at a predetermined time and compares a measured distance between the positions of the calibration markers with a reference distance between the positions of the calibration markers.
US09715727B2
Image data representing an image captured by a video endoscopic device is converted from a first color space to a second color space. The image data in the second color space is used to determine the location of features in the image.
US09715725B2
Methods and systems for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes altering one or more design clips based on how the one or more design clips will appear in output generated by a wafer inspection process for a wafer. The method also includes aligning the one or more altered design clips to the output generated for the wafer during the wafer inspection process. In addition, the method includes detecting defects on the wafer based on the output aligned to the one or more altered design clips.
US09715721B2
Focus detection is to determine whether an image is in focus or not. Focus detection is able to be used for improving camera autofocus performance. Focus detection by using only one feature does not provide enough reliability to distinguish in-focus and slightly out-of-focus images. A focus detection algorithm of combining multiple features used to evaluate sharpness is described herein. A large image data set with in-focus and out-of-focus images is used to develop the focus detector for separating the in-focus images from out-of-focus images. Many features such as iterative blur estimation, FFT linearity, edge percentage, wavelet energy ratio, improved wavelet energy ratio, Chebyshev moment ratio and chromatic aberration features are able to be used to evaluate sharpness and determine big blur images.
US09715720B1
System and methods are provided for performing image noise reduction. A pixel having an initial pixel value is selected from an image for performing noise reduction, wherein the image is stored in a data structure in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. A block window including a plurality of pixel blocks associated with the selected pixel is determined, wherein a pixel block includes a plurality of pixels. A plurality of pixel block average values for the plurality of pixel blocks are calculated, wherein a pixel block average value corresponds to an average pixel value of a pixel block. A weighted average of the plurality of pixel block average values with respect to the selected pixel is calculated using a bilateral filtering algorithm. The data structure is updated by replacing the initial pixel value of the selected pixel with the weighted average of the plurality of pixel block average values.
US09715718B2
An image processing device includes: an input information obtaining section for obtaining input information for changing a display region in an image as a display object; a display image processing section for generating an image inside the display region determined on a basis of the input information as a display image; and a display section for displaying the generated display image on a display, wherein when the input information obtaining section obtains input information for scaling the display image, the display image processing section scales the display image according to the input information, and performs image manipulation making visibility of a region in a predetermined range including a focus as a center of scaling in an image plane different from visibility of another region.
US09715714B2
Content creation and licensing control techniques are described. In a first example, a content creation service is configured to support content creation using an image along with functionality to locate the image or a similar image that is available for licensing. In another example, previews of images are used to generate different versions of content along with an option to license images previewed in an approved version of the content. In a further example, fingerprints are used to locate images used as part of content creation by a content creation service without leaving a context of the service. In yet another example, location of licensable versions of images is based at least in part on identification of a watermark included as part of an image. In an additional example, an image itself is used as a basis to locate other images available for licensing by a content sharing service.
US09715711B1
Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for an autonomous vehicle having one or more autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, accident risk factors may be determined for autonomous operation features of the vehicle using information regarding the autonomous operation features of the vehicle or other accident related factors associated with the vehicle. The accident risk factors may indicate the ability of the autonomous operation features to avoid accidents during operation, particularly without vehicle operator intervention. The accident risk levels determined for a vehicle may further be used to determine or adjust aspects of an insurance policy associated with the vehicle.
US09715703B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for billing based on a duration of a service period, comprises sending fleet data from a third party entity to a toll authority via a toll rental entity, matching toll data with the fleet data by the toll authority, if the toll data matches the fleet data: charging an account by the toll authority and sending the matched data to the toll rental entity, determining, by the toll rental entity, if the sent matched data is related to an opt-in for duration based tolling or an opt-out for duration based tolling, if the sent matched data is related to an opt-in for duration based tolling, charging the third party entity for the duration based tolling, and if the sent matched data is related to an opt-out for duration based tolling, applying at least one of: a fee for the duration based tolling, a toll usage amount, a service fee for the duration based tolling, and a service fee for the toll usage.
US09715701B2
Example embodiments of a system and method for image-based listing of an item, using an image of multiple items, are generally described herein. In some example embodiments, an image-based listing system includes an identifying module to identify a portion of an image of multiple items, the portion of the image depicting the item; a tagging module to associate tag information with the portion of the image, the tag information being associated with the item; and a listing module to list the item, the listing of the item comprising displaying at least some tag information.
US09715698B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing a user with supplemental content based on the user's preferences and location. The disclosure provides a computer program that allows users to discover and organize content from a platform that is accessible from a mobile device or computer. Additionally, the disclosure provides a system for determining a user's location while indoors. The system can associate the user's location with specific content or items in a store and provide the user with supplemental content related to those items.
US09715695B2
Methods and systems for estimating airport usage demand. Airport parking traffic usage data and flight-time table data can be compiled with respect to an airport (or more than one airport). The airport parking traffic usage data and flight-time table data can be analyzed using an efficient time matching approach (e.g., a time segment matching algorithm). An efficient method to match passengers and flights is introduced. Passenger behavior can be estimated with respect to the airport based on the airport parking traffic usage data and flight-time table data.
US09715691B2
A computer-implemented method, including processing, with a processing device, information regarding an account involved in a transaction involving an individual, wherein the information regarding the account is received by a receiver, and further wherein the information regarding the account is processed prior to a processing, a completion, a consummation, or a cancellation, of the transaction, generating, with the processing device, a report or a message in response to the processing of the information regarding the account, wherein the report or the message contains information regarding a charge-back regarding a previous transaction involving the account, and transmitting, with or from a transmitter, the report or the message to a communication device associated with a merchant, vendor, or provider, of a good, product, or service.
US09715690B2
A computer-based method includes receiving, at a computer-based authorization system, a request to authorize payment to a first party at an electronic payment device from an account with funds that have been paid by a second party. The request includes an encrypted indication of an account number that corresponds to the account and a cash card number entered by the first party at the electronic payment device. The method further includes deriving an unencrypted version of the account number from the encrypted indication; comparing the unencrypted version of the account number to one or more identification codes in an electronic database, where one of the identification codes corresponds to the account; and authorizing payment from the account at the payment device based, at least in part, on whether the comparing yields a match between the unencrypted version of the account number and the identification code that corresponds to the account.
US09715686B2
An approach is provided for securely authenticating an identity of a user participating in an electronic transaction. A request for a biometric identifier/security question is converted to a first Quick Response (QR) code. Based on user attributes and a request from the user's mobile device to a computer to initiate the transaction, the first QR code is disassembled into first and second portions. The first portion, but not the second portion, is sent to the mobile device. Responsive to the mobile device reassembling the first QR code, receiving and converting the biometric identifier/answer to the security question to a second QR code, disassembling the second QR code into first and second portions, and transmitting the first portion of the second QR code to the computer, the second QR code is reassembled. The transaction is authorized based on whether the biometric identifier/answer matches a data repository record.
US09715683B2
A pump surrogate controller system and method allows multiple point of sale systems to control a particular service system. For example, a register at a cashier stand may activate the same fuel pump as an automated checkout kiosk. The surrogate controller may further coordinate the transmission of transaction data to the appropriate destinations. For example, transaction information relating to a fuel transaction may be delivered to the appropriate point of sale for completion. Transactions that are pre-authorized prior to a purchaser's arrival at a service station may also be activated using the surrogate controller. Fuel dispensing may be dependent on confirmation that the vehicle and dispensing pump are in close proximity.
US09715679B2
Method and system for presenting a view of a calendar on an electronic display. In one embodiment, the method comprises presenting on the display an entry corresponding to a scheduled meeting having at least two participants; presenting on the display a first timeline associated with a first one of the participants, the first timeline comprising an incremental listing of time of day in accordance with a first time zone; presenting on the display a second timeline adjacent the first timeline, the second timeline associated with a second one of the participants and comprising an incremental listing of time of day in accordance with a second time zone; and wherein the entry is presented on the display relative to the first and second timelines to thereby reflect start and end times of the scheduled meeting relative to each of the first and second time zones.
US09715678B2
Methods and systems are provided for presenting a plurality of shared calendars in a single electronic display frame or window where each of the plurality of shared calendars is displayed in a common view mode relative to other displayed shared calendars. Users may select one or more shared calendars to be displayed in the same display frame or window as their own calendar. Upon selection of a shared calendar to be displayed alongside a first calendar, an aggregate view object is called to control and coordinate all shared calendars selected for display in the common window or frame. The aggregate view object determines the view data object, including view mode (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) and other calendar display settings of the first or active calendar displayed in the common view of shared calendars.
US09715667B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving one or more first directives that direct a transportation vehicle unit to transport a first end user; receiving, while the transportation vehicle unit is en route to or is transporting the first end user, one or more second directives that direct the transportation vehicle unit to transport a second end user while transporting the first end user, the transportation vehicle unit having been determined to be able to accommodate transport of the second end user while transporting the first end user; and verifying that compliance with the one or more second directives will not conflict with one or more obligations to transport the first end user by the transportation vehicle unit. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09715662B2
A computer implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for inconsistency detection between structured and non-structured data. The method comprising: automatically determining, by a computer, inconsistencies between fields in electronics records, the fields comprise at least a structured field and a non-structured field, the fields are designed to be able to include overlapping information in structured and non-structured form; and indicating, by the computer, to a user potential inconsistencies. Optionally, the indication uses a visual cue when displaying the electronic record to the user, wherein the visual cue indicates the fields which are determined to comprise inconsistent content.
US09715661B2
According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a tool for modelling, instantiating and/or executing a Bayesian agent in an application. The tool comprises a modelling module which is adapted to enable a user to determine a template for the Bayesian agent. The template comprises a Bayesian network, which comprises nodes and/or node-level meta-data. The node-level meta-data at least defines node behavior and/or an association of a node with a software defined sensor and/or one or more software defined actuators. Also the template comprises template-level metadata at least defining lifecycle properties for the Bayesian agent. The template is suitable to be instantiated and executed as the Bayesian agent instance.
US09715657B2
A medical diagnosis support apparatus includes a training data obtaining unit that obtains training data, an inference means candidate creating unit that creates a plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, an inference performance evaluation unit that evaluates the performance of the plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, an information validity evaluation unit that evaluates the validity of information presented by each of the plurality of inference means candidates based on the training data, and an inference means selection unit that selects an inference means from the plurality of inference means candidates based on the performance of the plurality of inference means candidates and the validity of the information presented by each of the plurality of inference means candidates.
US09715652B2
The invention describes a multiple information carrier having at least one electrically conductive layer and an electorally non-conductive substrate, wherein at least one first electrically conductive layer in the form of a touch structure, and second electrically conductive layer in the form of an antenna, are present in places on the substrate.
US09715626B2
A method and system for the automatic identification of audio, video, multimedia, and/or data recordings based on immutable characteristics of these works. The invention does not require the insertion of identifying codes or signals into the recording. This allows the system to be used to identify existing recordings that have not been through a coding process at the time that they were generated. Instead, each work to be recognized is “played” into the system where it is subjected to an automatic signal analysis process that locates salient features and computes a statistical representation of these properties. These features are then stored as patterns for later recognition of live input signal streams. A different set of features is derived for each audio or video work to be identified and stored. During real-time monitoring of a signal stream, a similar automatic signal analysis process is carried out, and many features are computed for comparison with the patterns stored in a large feature database. For each particular pattern stored in the database, only the relevant characteristics are compared with the real-time feature set. Preferably, during analysis and generation of reference patterns, data are extracted from all time intervals of a recording. This allows a work to be recognized from a single sample taken from any part of the recording.
US09715620B2
The present invention provides an efficient three dimensional scanning of a person.
US09715619B2
A user is authenticated based on user features that can be captured by a camera, such as facial features or eye features. In order for the user to be authenticated, an image is captured of the user while the user is within an interaction zone, which is an area that is within both a field of view of the camera and a suitable distance range from the camera. If the user is not within the suitable distance range from the camera, then feedback is provided indicating that the user is not within the suitable distance range from the camera. Various feedback can be provided, such as one or a combination of audio, visual, and haptic feedback. The feedback notifies the user that an adjustment is to be made to the location of the user and/or the camera in order for the user to be within the interaction zone.
US09715588B2
A method of detecting a malware based on a white list comprises: receiving on a server side a program feature and/or a program behavior of a program to be detected sent from a client side; comparing the program feature and/or the program behavior of the detected program with legitimate program features and/or legitimate program behaviors stored in a white list; obtaining a legitimacy information of the unknown program based on the comparison result and feeding this back to the client side. In the invention, a legitimate program is determined by using a white list, thereby determining an illegitimate program excluded from the white list as a malware, which performs a determination and detecting and removing of a malware from another perspective.
US09715577B2
A method for patient ID resolution in recordation of patient data acquired by a medical device (10) comprises: receiving patient data from the medical device comprising pre-gap patient data (50) followed in time by a time gap (52) followed in time by post-gap patient data (54); receiving one or more timestamped patient ID entries (56, 58) associated with the received patient data; associating first patient ID information with the pre-gap patient data; and associating second patient ID information with the post-gap patient data; wherein the associating operations are based on the one or more timestamped patient ID entries (56, 58) associated with the patient data.
US09715572B2
A method and system to perform physical synthesis in a chip design process using hierarchical wire-pin co-optimization are described. The method includes providing boundary conditions to each of a plurality of macros of the chip design from a unit level controller, the boundary conditions including initial pin locations and an indication of which of the pins are movable pins for each of the plurality of macros, performing macro-level physical synthesis at each of the plurality of macros, and providing feedback to the unit level controller based on the macro-level physical synthesis performed at each of the plurality of macros, the feedback including a proposed new location for the movable pins of each of the plurality of blocks. The method also includes performing hierarchical co-optimization at the unit level controller based on the feedback from each of the plurality of macros to determine locations for the movable pins.
US09715571B1
Systems and methods are provided for simulations of printed circuit boards (PCBs). Geometry data related to a PCB is determined from layout data associated with the PCB. A finite element mesh is generated based at least in part on the geometry data related to the PCB, the finite element mesh including one or more mesh components. One or more conductors passing through the one or more mesh components are identified. A volume fraction of the one or more conductors within the one or more mesh components is computed. One or more physical properties of the one or more mesh components are adjusted based at least in part on the volume fraction.
US09715563B1
Methods, devices and systems for virtual, remote and real-time collaboration between surgeons and engineers using system learning and intelligent and timely disbursement of design and performance information to engineering teams embarking on the preliminary design event of a personalized orthopedic implant or personalize surgical instrument utilizing a case-based reasoning expert system. Additive manufacturing technology and statistically controlled advanced manufacturing processes quickly produce personalized medical devices worldwide.
US09715554B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify usage of quick response codes. An example method includes inspecting a received request to identify a QR code associated with the request, the request being received from a device in response to an instruction included in the QR code. The example method further includes storing a record indicating access to the identified QR code. The example method further includes determining a redirect universal resource locator (URL) associated with the identified QR code. The example method further includes transmitting a redirect message to the device, the redirect message to instruct the device to navigate to the redirect URL.
US09715549B1
Aspects of adaptive topic marker navigation are described. According to one feature, an adaptive topic is established and associated with a marker. The adaptive topic may be initially established based on a user's history of browsing activity. Over time, a change in status associated with the adaptive topic is monitored. The change in status may be associated with a change in purchase history of the user, a change in geographic location of the user, or a change in content associated with the active topic, for example. In response to the change in status, a query associated with the adaptive topic may be updated and performed, to provide an updated collection of content for the adaptive topic. In another feature, a navigation page including static and active topic markers may be reorganized over time according to a relevancy of adaptive topics, to provide an adaptive navigation page for the user.
US09715543B2
Systems and methods for personalization using image clouds to represent content. Image clouds can be used to identify initial user interest, present recommended content, present popular content, present search results, and present user profile information. Image clouds are interactive, allowing users to select images displayed in the image cloud, which can contribute to presenting more personalized content as well as updating a user's profile.
US09715540B2
Systems and associated methods configured to provide user-driven audio content navigation for the spoken web are described. Embodiments allow users to skim audio for content that seems to be of relevance to the user, similar to visual skimming of standard web pages, and mark point of interest within the audio. Embodiments provide techniques for navigating audio content while interacting with information systems in a client-server environment, where the client device can be a simple, standard telephone.
US09715533B2
Example methods and systems are directed to providing multi-dimensional search results. A source (e.g., a closed captioning stream) may provide a series of keywords. The series of keywords may be used to generate a series of searches. The results from the searches may be presented as part of a user interface in a grid. For example, one row may be presented for each keyword, with the row for the keyword containing the results from searching using that keyword. Alternatively, one column may be presented for each keyword, with the column for the keyword containing the results from searching using that keyword. The series of keywords may be generated once. Alternatively, new keywords may be periodically added to the series of keywords, causing the grid to be updated. Old keywords and their corresponding search results may periodically be removed from the grid.
US09715525B2
This invention relates to methods for storing and searching data. Embodiments of the invention make use of suffix trees to support binary pattern matching. Embodiments of the invention can be shown to have comparable search speeds to searches of known suffix trees, but are advantageous in that they have lower memory usage requirements which is important in large data environments.
US09715510B2
A system and method, which may be an offline method, extracts relevant image features about listing items in a network-based publication system for enabling image similarity searching of such listing items. When a seller lists an item, an image of the item is uploaded and may be sent to a picture processing service, which generates several digests. The digests are compressed data structures each representing a particular image feature such as edge, color, texture, or words. These digests are then stored in a search database, where the digests can be used to retrieve listings by image similarity at scale. A similar process can be performed for a query listing for searching the search database for items similar to the query listing.
US09715508B1
A system may use a configurable detected to identify a feature in a received image and an associated candidate tag based on user-defined items of interest, and to determine an associated accuracy metric. Moreover, based on the accuracy metric, costs of requesting the feedback from one or more individuals and a feedback threshold, the system may use a scheduler to selectively obtain feedback, having a feedback accuracy, about the candidate tag from the one or more individuals. Then, the system may generate a revised tag based on the feedback when the feedback indicates the candidate tag is incorrect. Next, the system presents a result with the feature and the candidate tag or the revised tag to another electronic device. Furthermore, based on a quality metric, the system may update labeled data that are to be used to retrain the configurable detector.
US09715496B1
A user may request assistance or information using natural language, such as by speaking or entering a text. A response may be automatically determined to the request of the user be performing semantic processing to understand the request and formulate an appropriate response. A response may be automatically determined, be computing features from the request, using the features to select a node of a graph corresponding to the request, and then causing an action to be performed to provide a response to the user. For example, the action may include providing information to the user, requesting further information from the user, or connecting the user with a customer service representative.
US09715495B1
Provided is a process of enhancing or suppressing measures of relationships between documents based on the relationships arising from text pertaining to selected topics, the process including: obtaining a corpus of documents; obtaining a set of topics by self-extracting topics according to the tokens present in text of the documents or manual provision; receiving a selected topic among the set of topics, the selection indicating that relationships between the documents are to be enhanced or suppressed in virtue of the relationships arising from text relating to the selected topic; forming a relationship graph of the documents, wherein: the relationships between pairs of the documents are determined based on co-occurrence of n-grams in the pairs of the documents, and wherein the relationships are enhanced or suppressed in response to co-occurring n-grams being in the respective set of n-grams of the selected topic.
US09715485B2
Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09715483B2
A method, a system, and a computer medium for testing may be provided. An instruction including a natural language assertion statement may be received. The instruction may be parsed. The natural language assertion statement may be evaluated to true or false.
US09715477B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided for sharing bandwidth in a data processing system having a plurality of locations. The method includes splitting data into a plurality of data elements. The method also includes sending, from a sender, each one of the plurality of data elements to a different location selected from the plurality of locations. The method further includes sending a message from the sender to each of the locations receiving one of the data elements, where the message is sent from the sender separate from the data elements. The message includes information about the data elements, and for each location receiving one of the data elements, an address of the location. The message includes all of the addresses of all of the locations of the plurality of locations receiving one of the data elements of the data.
US09715475B2
A data processing system is disclosed that includes machines having an in-line accelerator and a general purpose instruction-based general purpose instruction-based processor. In one example, a machine comprises storage to store data and an Input/output (I/O) processing unit coupled to the storage. The I/O processing unit includes an in-line accelerator that is configured for in-line stream processing of distributed multi stage dataflow based computations. For a first stage of operations, the in-line accelerator is configured to read data from the storage, to perform computations on the data, and to shuffle a result of the computations to generate a first set of shuffled data. The in-line accelerator performs the first stage of operations with buffer less computations.
US09715467B2
A single-ended receiver is coupled to an input-output (I/O) pin of a command and address (CA) bus. The receiver is configurable with dual-mode I/O support to operate the CA bus in a low-swing mode and a high-swing mode. The receiver is configurable to receive a first command on the I/O pin while in the high-swing mode, initiate calibration of the slave device to operate in the low-swing mode in response to the first command, switch the slave device to operate in the low-swing mode while the CA bus remains active, and to receive a second command on the I/O pin while in the low-swing mode.
US09715466B1
Examples of techniques for processing I/O operations in a channel are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: copying, by a system assist processor, a subchannel of the channel into a lower portion of a channel communication area responsive to receiving the I/O operation; copying, by the system assist processor, channel program information from a designated starting location in a customer memory into a control block; building, by the system assist processor, a starting channel communication area into a top portion of the control block; queuing, by the system assist processor, the control block to a queue for the channel; processing, by the channel, the I/O operation responsive to retrieving the control block from the queue.
US09715464B2
Hardware accelerated synchronization of data movement across multiple direct memory access (DMA) engines is provided using techniques in which the order of descriptor processing is guaranteed for scenarios involving a single CPU and multiple DMA engines as well as those involving multiple CPUs and multiple DMA engines.
US09715462B2
Protecting contents of storage in a computer system from unauthorized access. The computer system comprises one or more processing units sharing the storage, the processing units each having at least one processor cache. Each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a protected section key in the chip cache, data transferred between its processor cache and the protected section, and each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a segment key, data transferred between the chip cache and the storage, when data relates to a specific segment of the storage.
US09715458B2
A computer system has physical processors supporting virtual addressing. Virtual processors represent multiple execution threads, and logical state of all threads of a virtual processor is stored in a state descriptor field in main memory when the virtual processor is removed from one of the physical processors. Each thread has assigned a thread identifier, which is unique in the respective virtual processor only, and each virtual processor has assigned a unique state descriptor identifier. Address translations for the threads of the multiple virtual processors under their respective thread identifier and state descriptor identifier are stored, and a sequence number is generated when an entry in the translation lookaside buffer is created. The sequence number is stored together with a respective thread identifier, state descriptor identifier, and a valid bit in a respective translation lookaside buffer entry. A determination is made as to whether an address translation is stored in the translation lookaside buffer for a current thread identifier and a current state descriptor identifier by comparing the translation lookaside buffer entries with the entries in the state descriptor/thread array.
US09715454B2
The disclosed invention enables the operation of an MIMD type, an SIMD type, or coexistence thereof in a multiprocessor system including a plurality of CPUs and reduces power consumption for instruction fetch by CPUs operating in the SIMD type. A plurality of CPUs and a plurality of memories corresponding thereto are provided. When the CPUs fetch instruction codes of different addresses from the corresponding memories, the CPUs operate independently (operation of the MIMD type). On the other hand, when the CPUs issue requests for fetching an instruction code of a same address from the corresponding memories, that is, operate in the SIMD type, the instruction code read from one of the memories by one access is parallelly supplied to the CPUs.
US09715450B2
A multiprocessor system providing transactional memory. A first processor initiates a transaction which includes reading first data into a private cache of the first processor, and performing a write operation on the first data in the private cache of the first processor. In response to detecting that prior to the write operation the first data was last modified by a second processor, the first processor writes the modified first data into a last level cache (LLC) accessible by the multiple processors. The system sets a cache line state index string to indicate that the first data written into the LLC was last modified by the first processor, invalidates the first data in the private cache of the first processor, and commits the transaction to the transactional memory system. This allows more efficient accesses to the data by the multiple processors.
US09715445B2
A memory system or flash card may include an algorithm for identifying and accounting for the rewrite frequency of data to be written to the card. The file system partition or file type of data may be used for monitoring rewrite frequency and predicting future rewrites. A learning algorithm that monitors rewrites may be implemented in firmware for accurate and dynamic identification of file types/partitions with the most likely rewrites. The identification of rewrites may be used to sort the data into groups (e.g. hot data=likely rewritten, and cold data=not likely to be rewritten). The hot data may stay in single level cell (SLC) update blocks longer, while the cold data can be moved to MLC blocks sooner.
US09715437B2
Systems and methods for error recovery include determining an error in at least one stage of a plurality of stages during a first cycle on a hardware circuit, each of the plurality of stages having a main latch and a shadow latch. A first signal is transmitted to an output stage of the at least one stage to stall the main latch and the shadow latch of the output stage during a second cycle. A second signal is transmitted to an input stage of the at least one stage to stall the main latch of the input stage during the second cycle and to stall the main latch and the shadow latch of the input stage during a third cycle. Data is restored from the shadow latch to the main latch for the at least one stage and the input stage to recover from the error.
US09715435B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for interconnect failover between a primary storage controller and a secondary storage controller. The secondary storage controller may be configured as a backup or failover storage controller for the primary storage controller in the event the primary storage controller fails. Data and/or metadata describing the data (e.g., data and/or metadata stored within a write cache) may be mirrored from the primary storage controller to the secondary storage controller over one or more interconnect paths. Responsive to identifying a failover trigger for a failed interconnect path, the secondary storage controller is instructed to fence (e.g., block) I/O operations from the failed interconnect path. Streams of data and/or metadata that were affected by the failure may be instructed to transmit such data and/or metadata over one or more non-failed interconnect paths to the secondary storage controller during failover of the failed interconnect path.
US09715432B2
Exemplary aspects are directed toward resolving fault suppression in hardware, which at the same time does not incur a performance hit. For example, when multiple instructions are executing simultaneously, a mask can specify which elements need not be executed. If the mask is disabled, those elements do not need to be executed. A determination is then made as to whether a fault happens in one of the elements that have been disabled. If there is a fault in one of the elements that has been disabled, a state machine re-fetches the instructions in a special mode. More specifically, the state machine determines if the fault is on a disabled element, and if the fault is on a disabled element, then the state machine specifies that the fault should be ignored. If during the first execution there was no mask, if there is an error present during execution, then the element is re-run with the mask to see if the error is a “real” fault.
US09715430B2
A controller for a solid state drive is proposed. The solid state drive comprises a plurality of memory cells, wherein each memory cell comprises a floating gate transistor for storing a symbol when programmed with a threshold voltage associated with that symbol, and wherein each threshold voltage is variable over the memory cells of the plurality of memory cells thereby defining a corresponding threshold voltage distribution. The controller comprises: an encoding unit for encoding information bits into encoded bits; a mapping unit for mapping the encoded bits into symbols to be stored, each one for being stored into a respective target memory cell, wherein the mapping comprises associating the symbols to be stored with the target memory cells in such a way that the threshold voltage distributions associated with said symbols to be stored define overlapping regions smaller than a predetermined overlapping region indicative of an admitted bit error rate; a demapping unit for demapping read symbols read from the target memory cells and providing metrics indicative of a distance between the threshold voltage distributions associated with the read symbols; a conversion unit for converting the metrics into an indication of the reliability of the read symbols; and a soft decoding unit for soft decoding the read symbols according to the indication of the reliability of the read symbols thereby obtaining the information bits. A corresponding solid state drive is also proposed.
US09715427B2
An internal buffer caches data from a memory. A memory address conversion unit receives as input a read request from a request source. A hit determination unit determines whether or not data of any one of two or more read out candidate addresses in which payload data requested by the read request and corresponding are stored has been cached or is going to be cached in the internal buffer. When data of any one of the addresses has been cached or is going to be cached in the internal buffer, a command issue interval control unit outputs to the memory a partial read command to instruct to read data from an address other than the address of the data that has been cached or is going to be cached in the internal buffer out of the read out candidate addresses, after a predetermined delay time has elapsed.
US09715425B2
A method includes receiving a plurality of streams of data from a plurality of data sources. During a first time interval of receiving the streams of data, the method further includes dividing each of the plurality of streams into a first time-aligned data segment to produce a set of first time-aligned data segments. The method further includes generating a first data matrix from data blocks of the set of first time-aligned data segments. The method further includes encoding the first data matrix using an encoding matrix to produce a first coded matrix. The method further includes slicing the first coded matrix into a first set of encoded data slices based on the first orientation. The method further includes outputting a first set of encoded data slices of the first coded matrix.
US09715422B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for detecting root cause for software failure and hardware failure. The system comprises a debugging unit with one or more preconfigured communication protocols. The debugging unit identifies one or more debugging issues and performs protocol level transactions with the hardware, participating in the system integration, through a suitable communication protocol. The debugging unit also determines status of the protocol level data transaction based on whether a data read failure has occurred during this transaction. The status is unsuccessful when there is a data read failure in the data transaction and the status is successful otherwise. The root cause for the failure is detected to be one of the hardware components when the status is unsuccessful and the software application when the status is successful. Finally, the detected root causes are resolved using appropriate techniques.
US09715417B2
The invention sets forth a New Network Model for building and managing distributed computing networks based on a fundamental network building block referred to as a DIME; an acronym for Distributed Intelligent, Managed, Entity, and a Signaling Infrastructure. The network model enables dynamic management of the programs comprising the DIME. Five of these programs are used for implementing the functional management services commonly referred to as Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security, or FCAPS, at the DIME level. A combination of FCAPS management and Signaling Infrastructure enables DIME based Workflows, which are groups of connected DIMEs programmed to execute in coordination with each other to produce desired results. The network model further enables basic Workflow requirements, including those of task specialization; priority based mediation; fault tolerance; reliability; and resiliency.
US09715411B2
A technique for mapping logical threads to physical threads of a simultaneous multithreading (SMT) data processing system includes mapping one or more logical threads to one or more physical threads based on a selected SMT mode for a processor. In this case, respective resources for each of the one or more physical threads are predefined based on the SMT mode and an identifier of the one or more physical threads. The one or more physical threads are then executed on the processor utilizing the respective resources.
US09715410B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing a protected function are provided. A computer-implemented method includes allocating and initializing a guest virtual address for a virtual machine function. A user bit and a valid bit are configured to protect a page associated with the guest virtual address. Once the user bit and the valid bit are configured, the virtual machine function is mapped to the guest virtual address. Supervisor mode is requested in order to access the virtual machine function. In supervisor mode, the virtual machine function is validated and executed.
US09715408B2
In an approach for scheduling the execution of a workload in a computing environment, a computer receives a request for scheduling execution of a computing job, wherein the computing job includes a plurality of computing tasks to be executed in a sequence, and wherein at least one computing task requires access to a set of data. The computer identifies information related to the computing environment, wherein the information comprises at least processors available to execute each computing task of the plurality of computing tasks and storage device proximity to the processors. The computer determines an execution configuration for the computing job based, at least in part, on the received request, the information related to the computing environment, and current utilization of the processors' resources. The computer schedules execution of the execution configuration for the computing job.
US09715406B2
An operating system provides a pool of worker threads servicing multiple queues of requests at different priority levels. A concurrency controller limits the number of currently executing threads. The system tracks the number of currently executing threads above each priority level, and preempts operations of lower priority worker threads in favor of higher priority worker threads. A system can have multiple pools of worker threads, with each pool having its own priority queues and concurrency controller. A thread also can change its priority mid-operation. If a thread becomes lower priority and is currently active, then steps are taken to ensure priority inversion does not occur. In particular, the current thread for the now lower priority item can be preempted by a thread for a higher priority item and the preempted item is placed in the lower priority queue.
US09715403B2
Optimized extended context management for virtual machines is disclosed. An example system includes a memory, processor, VM, and kernel, which executes the VM using guest space, stores a guest state in an extended state register, which the VM has access to, receives an instruction, saves the guest state, and determines whether the kernel is configured to handle the process using kernel space. If so, the process is handled using kernel space without using user space, and if not, a user state in the extended state register is restored, the process is handled using user space, an updated user state is stored in the extended state register, the updated user state is saved, and the guest state is restored in the extended state register. Finally, execution of the VM using the guest space is resumed.
US09715400B1
Techniques are described for importing and using virtual machine images in configured manners, such as by a virtual machine image importation service on behalf of clients. An image may be retrieved based on a client-provided location, and various characteristics of the image may be identified via application of multiple heuristic or other assessment tests to various aspects of the retrieved image such as a master boot record, filesystem, or directory structure of the image to determine a testing vector that is compared to identification vectors associated with known operating systems, in order to automatically determine a specific operating system installed on the image to be imported. Modifications may be made to drivers, configuration and system files of the retrieved image based on the identified operating system and other image characteristics.
US09715385B2
Vector exception handling is facilitated. A vector instruction is executed that operates on one or more elements of a vector register. When an exception is encountered during execution of the instruction, a vector exception code is provided that indicates a position within the vector register that caused the exception. The vector exception code also includes a reason for the exception.
US09715380B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes transmitting a message from a network element to a network controller, the message identifying a data store of the network controller and a data model and a transformation document stored in the identified data store; downloading the identified data model and identified transformation document to the network element; applying the downloaded transformation document to the downloaded data model to generate a platform interface file; and programming the platform interface file at the network element. In certain embodiments, the data model is a YANG data model; in other embodiments, the data model is a YIN representation of a YANG data model. The transformation document may comprise eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (“XSLT”) document.
US09715375B1
Techniques are described for parsing a software program using parallel processing. In one example, a method includes tokenizing input source text to form a token stream having a plurality of tokens, partitioning the token stream into partitions by division and by statement, parsing two or more of the partitions in parallel, and traversing the common symbol dictionary to detect semantic errors. Partitioning includes storing an entry representing each partition in a partition table, including scanning the token stream in reverse starting at the end of each division. Parsing the partitions in parallel includes building, for each statement partition, an annotated syntax tree (AST) to represent the statement, storing, for each symbol, an entry in a common symbol dictionary, and generating error messages corresponding to syntax errors detected while parsing the partitions.
US09715372B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards generating an intermediary (e.g., declarative) model based upon reflecting on and interpreting command line applications or the like, to represent a default user interface and default code transformation process. The intermediary model is modifiable to provide a customized output program. The models may be persisted, edited and otherwise modified to perform a management task, for example.
US09715367B2
An example implementation involves a computing device transmitting, via a local area network, a command that instructs a playback device to play a particular audio signal. The example implementation also involves the computing device receiving data indicating a detected audio signal corresponding to playback of the particular audio signal by the playback device, where the detected audio signal includes a portion of the particular audio signal. The implementation further involves the computing device obtaining data indicating a predetermined audio characteristic and determining an audio processing algorithm based on the detected audio signal and the predetermined audio characteristic. The example implementation involves causing the playback device to apply the determined audio processing algorithm when playing audio via at least one speaker.
US09715364B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for switching display modes based on connections between devices. In one aspect, it is determined that an external display has been connected to or disconnected from a mobile device. Based on the determining, an application executing on the mobile device is switched between a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, a single user interface is displayed on the touch screen of the mobile device. In the second display mode, a first user interface is displayed on the external display and a second user interface, for receiving user inputs, is displayed on the touch screen of the mobile device.
US09715348B2
Presented herein are mass data storage systems, file system protocols, non-transitory machine readable devices, and methods for storing data blocks in data file systems. Methods for compressing snapshot data in a data file system are disclosed which include: loading a snapshot file with one or more data blocks, the snapshot representing a state of the data file system at a point in time; determining if at least one of the snapshot data blocks is less than a predetermined byte value; responsive to a snapshot data block having a size that is less than the predetermined byte value, identifying a packed block configured to store data chunks from plural distinct snapshots and having available sufficient storage space to store the snapshot data block; and adding to the packed block the snapshot data block and lost-write context information corresponding to the snapshot data block.
US09715346B2
Methods and systems for managing, storing, and serving data within a virtualized environment are described. In some embodiments, a data management system may manage the extraction and storage of virtual machine snapshots, provide near instantaneous restoration of a virtual machine or one or more files located on the virtual machine, and enable secondary workloads to directly use the data management system as a primary storage target to read or modify past versions of data. The data management system may allow a virtual machine snapshot of a virtual machine stored within the system to be directly mounted to enable substantially instantaneous virtual machine recovery of the virtual machine.
US09715343B2
A multidimensional storage array (SA) system includes storage elements (SEs) arranged in storage array partitions, a plurality of input shifters, and a plurality of output shifters. One respective input shifter and output shifter is associated with one partition. The SEs are arranged into rows and columns and each store particular bit(s) of a data word. Each of the input shifters implements a positional shift to a data word that is then loaded to the associated partition. Each of the output shifters unloads a loaded data word, reverses the positional shift of the unloaded data word, and provides the data word to a requesting device, such as a decoder. The loaded data words are exposed so that multiple row or column addressed data words may be unloaded from the SA simultaneously in a single clock cycle. Multiple column or row address data word segments may be physically diagonally arranged within each storage array partition.
US09715340B2
Techniques for use in messaging from a portable communication device having a camera module are described. In an instant communication session, the portable device displays a message thread involving two or more participants and a text input field for entering text. In response to an input to capture an image, the portable device automatically captures a photographic image via the camera module, attaches the photographic image to a message, and sends the message to at least one of the two or more participants.
US09715338B2
A method for presenting digitally stored information to a user, including providing, from a server to a client device, timeline information having first and second time points, each time point being relative to when a user accesses the timeline information, the first time point being associated with a digital audio or digital video media file, the second time point being associated with additional content, the additional content being a text or a file comprising video, audio, image, text, a webpage, user comment or user rating in a digital format. Accessing the timeline information causes the client device to start a timing procedure, the client device automatically starting playing the media file when timing reaches the first time point of the timeline information and the client device automatically presenting, to the user, the additional content when the timing reaches the second time point of the timeline information.
US09715336B2
Disclosed here are methods, devices, paradigms and structures for creating, displaying and facilitating the selection of art, design and décor. A digital art device (“device”) facilitates creating and displaying a digital art in accordance with the relationship to a viewer. The device can include sensors such as cameras, gyroscopes, audio processor, photometer, eye-tracking sensors, etc., to identify various types of human interaction, and the environment around the device. The device displays, adapts, or transforms the digital art according to the observed human interaction and/or surroundings of the device. Tools will allow developers to create new applications for displaying and creating digital art to be viewed on the device. Developers can access underlying décor discovery and visualization tools to process color, style and other décor-related attributes. The capabilities of the device and the décor discovery and visualization tools can be exposed as new functions in the applications created for the device.
US09715335B2
A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.
US09715334B2
Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for personalized timeline presentation. Client devices may be presented with video content in association with a content management account. A video content item may be associated with more than one pause point, with each pause point indicating a time at which playback of the video content item was paused. Different profiles associated with the content management account may be associated with different pause points for the same video content item. Playback of the video content item may be resumed at one of the pause points when one of the profiles is selected.
US09715327B2
A portable medical device is operated in an active mode in which the device receives a user input at an input interlace and provides the received user input to a processor of the device. The active mode is terminated and the device is operated in a safe mode, in which the received user input is not provided to the processor and/or one or more device function is disabled, in response to determining that the received user input was received in an out of bounds region of the input interface. The safe mode is terminated in response to receiving a predetermined user input comprising an activation input.
US09715326B2
Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to display a first output and simultaneously display a second output corresponding to user input superimposed on the first output. In some examples, a second output is displayed on a display simultaneously with and superimposed on a first output. The second output corresponds to user input. In an area of the display that the first output and the second output overlap, the second output is opaque and the first output is visible through the opaque second output. In an area of the display that the first output and the second output do not overlap, the first output is visible. The first output may be a video portion of a video telephone conference, and the second output may correspond to annotations or notes that are received from a user during the telephone conference.
US09715324B2
A single-layer multi-touch sensing electrode group of a touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes including a plurality of first sub-electrodes and a plurality of second sub-electrodes that are alternately arranged. Each of the first sub-electrodes includes a first body and a first extension portion. A first accommodating space is formed between the first body and the first extension portion. Each of the second sub-electrodes includes a second body and a plurality of second extension portions. At least one second accommodating space is formed among the second extension portions. Each of first accommodating spaces accommodates one of the second extension portions, and the second accommodating spaces accommodate the first bodies. A plurality of mutual capacitance changes between the first electrodes and the second electrodes are for calculating a position of a touch event.
US09715318B2
There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US09715316B2
A touch panel includes a dummy electrode capable of protecting a circuit included in the touch panel for shielding against static electricity.
US09715315B2
A touch screen display device is disclosed. One innovative aspect includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first touch electrodes, a first connecting portion and a plurality of second touch electrodes. Each pixel includes an emission layer electrically connected to the first touch electrodes. The first touch electrodes are spaced apart from each other and the second touch electrodes. The first connecting portion connects between the first touch electrodes and has a resistance greater than that of each first touch electrode.
US09715309B2
A touch sensitive detecting method, applicable to a touch panel or screen, comprises: setting at least one dummy pad to a dummy high voltage; after setting the at least one dummy pad to the dummy high voltage, setting a sensing electrode nearby the at least one dummy pad to floating; after the sensing electrode is set to floating, setting the at least one dummy pad to a ground voltage and a driving electrode to a driving voltage; measuring the voltage of the sensing electrode; setting the sensing electrode to the ground voltage and stopping measurement; and determining whether an externally conducted object is approximating or touching the touch panel or screen nearby the sensing electrode by comparing a difference between a threshold voltage and the measured voltage of the sensing electrode.
US09715308B2
An area of a region arranged on one side out of a display region in a direction in which scanning signal lines extend is reduced. A display apparatus includes: a partial circuit; a plurality of scanning signal lines; and a plurality of scanning signal connection wirings for connecting the partial circuit and each of the plurality of scanning signal lines. Each of the plurality of scanning signal lines extends in an X-axis direction, and is arranged with a pitch in a Y-axis direction. A plurality of ends respectively included in the plurality of scanning signal connection wirings are connected to the partial circuit, and are arranged in the Y-axis direction. A distance in the Y-axis direction between the respective centers of the two ends adjacent to each other is narrower than the pitch.
US09715306B2
A multi-stimulus controller for a multi-touch sensor is formed on a single integrated circuit (single-chip). The multi-stimulus controller includes a transmit oscillator, a transmit signal section that generates a plurality of drive signals based on a frequency of the transmit oscillator, a plurality of transmit channels that transmit the drive signals simultaneously to drive the multi-touch sensor, a receive channel that receives a sense signal resulting from the driving of the multi-touch sensor, a receive oscillator, and a demodulation section that demodulates the received sense signal based on a frequency of the receive oscillator to obtain sensing results, the demodulation section including a demodulator and a vector operator.
US09715304B2
This disclosure generally describes an input device, a display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device, and an assembly for an input device. The input device comprises a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a first layer, and a processing system configured to detect presence of input objects in a sensing region defined proximate to the plurality of sensor electrodes. The input device further comprises a plurality of routing traces disposed in a second layer and coupled with the processing system, and a plurality of vias arranged in a regular pattern within an areal extent of the sensing region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of vias couple the plurality of sensor electrodes with the plurality of routing traces.
US09715284B2
A method for executing an application through a user interface displayed by an electronic device includes the steps of displaying on the user interface at least one application icon, an application icon being associated to an application, displaying on the user interface at least one input icon, an input icon being associated to an input mode for one or more applications, one of the at least one application icon or the at least one input icon being part on the user interface of a list of icons movable along a first direction of the user interface, capturing one or more user inputs along the first direction to move the list of icons in the first direction, detecting a user input linking an input icon with an application icon to select respectively the associated input mode and application, and executing the selected application using the selected input mode.
US09715275B2
An apparatus, method, computer program and apparatus wherein the apparatus comprises: a user input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: control a display to display a user interface item; and associate, in response to actuation of the user input device, a user interface item with a tactile indication so that the tactile indication is provided whenever the user interface item is displayed.
US09715265B1
Methods and apparatus for scheduling and controlling power management activities are disclosed. An example method includes detecting, by a computing device, playback of video content at a frame rate that is greater than a predetermined threshold frame rate. The example method further includes, in response to the detection of the playback of video content at the frame rate greater than the threshold frame rate, overriding a screen dimming operation of the computing device.
US09715258B1
In one embodiment a disk array enclosure includes: a two rack (2RU) enclosure configured with a multiplicity of rows of backplane slots on an inner bottom panel of the 2RU enclosure, a multiplicity of 2.5 inch disks mounted lengthwise in parallel to the inner bottom panel, and a multiplicity of paddle cards, each connected to one of the 2.5 inch disks and slotted into one of the backplane slots.
US09715255B2
In one example an electronic device comprises a controller, a chassis comprising a first section and a second section, and a hinge assembly to connect the first section of the chassis to the second section of the chassis comprising a housing, a first shaft rotatable about a first axis, a second shaft rotatable about a second axis, a belt drive assembly to couple the first shaft to the second shaft, and a tension assembly to apply a tension to the belt drive assembly. Other examples may be described.
US09715254B2
A case for a tablet computing device can include a first cover configured to hold the tablet computing device. The first cover can include a first attachment mechanism. The case can include a second cover. The second cover can include a keyboard, one or more second attachment mechanisms, and/or one or more sensors. The first attachment mechanism can be configured to couple with the one or more second attachment mechanisms to hold the case in an open keyboard configuration such that the keyboard is uncovered and a screen of the tablet computing device is uncovered. The keyboard can be turned on when the one or more sensors detect that the case is in the open keyboard configuration.
US09715248B2
A supporting base for an electronic device includes a mounting plate and two standing pieces. The two standing pieces are rotatably fixed to the mounting plate. The two standing pieces can rotate from a closed position to an open position. When the two standing pieces are in the closed position, the mounting plate supports the electronic device in a first manner. When the two pieces are in the open position, the two pieces clamp the electronic device in a second manner. An electronic device assembly is also provided.
US09715247B2
The invention relates to layered graphene-ferroelectric structures for use as transparent electrodes in touch panels and display screen applications.
US09715239B2
Systems, methods, and related computer program products for using a distributed arrangement of wirelessly connected sensing microsystems are described. A plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems is provided, each sensing microsystem including a temperature sensor and a processor. The plurality of sensing microsystems is configured to jointly carry out at least one shared computational task. Each sensing microsystem may include a power management circuit configured to determine an amount of electrical power available for dedication to the at least one shared computational task or a heating effect generated in performing the shared computational task. The at least one shared computational task is apportioned among respective ones of the plurality of sensing microsystems according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each respective sensing microsystem or the determined heating effect.
US09715233B1
A system and method for enabling a user of a mobile communications device to select or input a second taxi-start location parameter for a substantially autonomous vehicle to navigate to within a pre-determined period of time and wherein the successful registering and processing of the second taxi-start location parameter overrides a previously user-inputted first taxi-start location parameter. The system and method includes executing a first set of programmatic instructions wherein the user can, via a coupled user-interface device, select or input a second taxi-start location parameter, and wherein the user-supplied input comprises a second taxi-start location parameter for a substantially autonomous vehicle to navigate to that is separated by a distance from a previously user-inputted first taxi-start location parameter, and wherein the distance separation is between and inclusive of 12 meters and 4502 meters. The first set of programmatic instructions is further operable to register and process the second taxi-start location parameter generated between 6 seconds and 5581.2 seconds after the generation and processing of the first taxi-start location parameter.
US09715226B2
A numerical controller with a multi-core processor estimates moving instruction creation processing time required for creation of a moving instruction that is to be executed in a predetermined cycle on the basis of a machining instruction obtained from a machining program and divides a process for creating the moving instruction with respect to cores of the multi-core processor on the basis of the estimated processing time. Consequently, processing performance for the moving instruction creation process is improved.
US09715217B2
There is provided a device for regulating the operation of a horological movement, including a magnetic escapement, which includes a resonator and a magnetic escapement mobile turning about an axis. The mobile includes at least one magnetic track with a plurality of magnets having an angular dimension that is greater than their radial dimension. The resonator includes at least one magnetic element for coupling to the magnetic track. The coupling element extends radially relative to the axis of rotation, and has a contour with a portion oriented substantially angularly when the resonator is in the rest position. When the mobile is driven in rotation, each magnet penetrates beneath the coupling element and gradually accumulates some potential magnetic energy. The magnet then exits from beneath the coupling element through the portion and the coupling element receives a pulse located around its rest position.
US09715204B2
A discharge circuit unit for minimizing standby power occurring in a standby mode and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The discharge circuit unit is connected to an input line of alternating current (AC) power and discharges a capacitive element for reducing noises. The discharge circuit unit includes a discharge circuit including first and second resistance units connected in series to discharge the capacitive element in response to a discharge control signal generated when an input of the AC power is interrupted, and a detection circuit that detects whether the input of the AC power is interrupted, and includes third and fourth resistance units connected in series so as to generate the discharge control signal when it is detected that the input of the AC power is interrupted. Each of the first to fourth resistance units includes at least one of a resistor and a switch.
US09715202B2
A fixing member including a surface layer having high resistance to wear is provided. The fixing member includes a surface layer containing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and a fluorine resin having a melting point lower than that of the PTFE. In the DSC (endothermic) curve obtained by heating a sample of the surface layer at a temperature raising rate of 20° C./min with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), an endothermic peak 1 having a peak top in the temperature range of 330° C. or more and 340° C. or less, and an endothermic peak 2 having a peak top in the temperature range lower than that of the endothermic peak 1 are present, and the sum ΔH of the amount of heat of fusion based on the endothermic peak 1 and the amount of heat of fusion based on the endothermic peak 2 is 40 J/g or more and 55 J/g or less.
US09715191B2
A powder feeding mechanism includes: a feeding member, provided under powder, for feeding the powder; and a vibration applying member for applying reciprocating acceleration to the feeding member in a feeding surface direction along a powder feeding surface of the feeding member. Maximum acceleration applied from the vibration applying member to the feeding member in a powder feeding direction is smaller than maximum acceleration applied from the vibration applying member to the feeding member in a direction opposite to the powder feeding direction to feed the powder in the powder feeding direction by the feeding member.
US09715190B2
A toner conveyance roller for an image forming apparatus including a toner image forming mechanism including a developing roller and the toner conveyance roller which is arranged opposite to the developing roller and used for supplying and scraping toner, wherein the toner conveyance roller has a roller part and a shaft part, the roller part includes a substantially cylindrical elastic layer composed of an elastic foaming body on a surface of the roller part, and a density of the elastic layer is higher in a longitudinal center part of the roller part than in both longitudinal end parts thereof, and a method for manufacturing the toner conveyance roller including a step of heat-pressing the crown-shaped elastic foaming body, and thereby, forming the elastic layer.
US09715189B2
An image forming apparatus including: a first processing unit configured to subject input image data to tone correction with use of a tone correction table; a second processing unit configured to subject the image data to dither processing; a correction unit configured to correct the image data with use of a correction amount based on positional deviation of scanning lines caused by a mirror face tangle error; a deflection unit configured to deflect light beams emitted from the light source with a mirror face to form the scanning lines; an extraction unit configured to extract a feature amount of the tone correction table; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a change in tone characteristics in a case where the feature amount extracted by the extraction unit exceeds a predetermined range.
US09715187B2
Provided are a method of producing a compound having a colorant structure suitable for a pigment dispersant, and a pigment dispersant, a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner each containing the compound. The production method is a method of producing a compound in which a polymer portion and a colorant portion are bonded to each other through a linking group, the method including the steps of: (a) polymerizing a vinyl-based polymerizable monomer represented by the formula (A) with a radical initiator having a protective group by living radical polymerization to provide a polymer having the protective group at a terminal thereof; (b) hydrolyzing the protective group of the polymer having the protective group at a terminal thereof obtained by the step (a) to deprotect the polymer; and (c) bonding the deprotected polymer obtained by the step (b) and a colorant to each other through a covalent bond.
US09715164B2
The disclosure concerns a camera mouth mount including a mouth piece coupled to a camera mount and configured for holding the camera mount with the mouth of a user. The mouth piece includes a pair of opposing bite supports extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the bite supports being connected at a junction disposed at the distal end. The camera mount is coupled to the junction of the bite supports. Various embodiments are described wherein a mouth piece is coupled to a camera mount. The camera mouth piece is used to hold a camera in ones mouth for the purpose of obtaining media while performing an activity such as surfing or another action sport.
US09715163B2
A case system includes an electronic device and the electronic device has a charge port. A case is provided and the electronic device is removably positioned in the case. The case is in electrical communication with the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned within the case. A pair of lights is provided and each of the lights is movably coupled to the case. Thus, each of the lights is positionable between a deployed position and a stored position. Each of the lights selectively emits light when the lights are positioned in the deployed position thereby facilitating the electronic device to take a picture. A charging unit is coupled to the case. The charging unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned within the case. Thus, the charging unit charges the electronic device.
US09715162B2
A vibration motor controller controls driving velocity of a vibration motor relatively moving a vibrator and a contactor contacting the vibrator, the vibrator oscillated by an electromechanical energy transducer to which first and second frequency signals having a phase difference are applied, and includes a phase difference determiner storing a relationship between the frequency and phase difference between the first and second frequency signals, and determines the phase difference with respect to the frequency based on the relationship, and a controller controlling velocity of the vibration motor based on the frequency of the first and second frequency signals and the phase difference determined by the phase difference determiner based on the frequency. The relationship between the frequency and phase difference in the phase difference determiner does not include a relationship between frequency lower than a resonance frequency in frequency-velocity characteristics of the vibration motor, and the phase difference.
US09715127B2
A compact imaging lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power and consisting of a single lens element; and a second lens group having positive refractive power and consisting of a plurality of lens components. A position of the first lens group is fixed with respect to an image plane. At least a portion of the second lens group is moved as a shift lens group in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis. Specified conditional expressions are satisfied.
US09715125B2
A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group having negative refracting power, a third lens group having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group having negative refracting power in order from an object side, in which the lens groups move in magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end such that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, a negative lens group disposed closer to an image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and the focusing lens group moves toward the image focusing side at focusing from infinity to a close object, the zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression.
US09715124B2
A control device includes: a controller that outputs control, signals pertaining to at least two directions, respectively, based on predetermined gains in a normal operation mode, and outputs control signals based on gains set with respect to the two directions, respectively, in a learning operation mode; a controlled amount calculating unit that receives the control signals and outputs signals pertaining to drive parameters with respect to at least two motors, respectively, wherein the controlled amount calculating unit includes: a characteristic difference calculating unit that calculates characteristic differences between at least the two motors based on the control signals; and a gain compensator that corrects controlled amount pertaining to drive parameters of at least the two motors according to the calculated characteristic differences of at least the two motors, and outputs the signals.
US09715122B2
A liquid crystal display system is provided. The liquid crystal display system includes a backlight module, an LCD panel, and polarized glasses. The LCD panel includes a first polarizer, a liquid crystal layer, an array substrate, and a color film substrate. The polarized glasses include a second polarizer. The direction of the polarized light axis of the second polarizer is perpendicular to the direction of the polarized light axis of the first polarizer when the polarized glasses are used for displaying the display picture of the LCD panel. A private display can be performed for specific users by the present invention.
US09715121B2
The present invention is for a switchable 3-dimensional conversion device having a spacer stably formed at a predetermined height by imprinting, a manufacturing method thereof and a stereoscopic image display device using the same, the method includes: providing a first electrode on an inner surface of a first substrate; applying a resin material to the first electrode to a predetermined thickness; placing a mold structure which has a concave part formed with a predetermined depth thereon, on the resin material; stamping the resin material using the mold structure, in order to form a spacer pattern; dry etching the spacer pattern to form a spacer; forming a plurality of second electrodes, which are spaced from one another and have longitudinal axes in one direction, respectively, on a second substrate; and arranging the first and second substrates opposite to each other, bonding the same, and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
US09715115B2
An example demultiplexer may include at least one dispersive element that is common to multiple wavelength channels. The demultiplexer may additionally include multiple field lenses positioned optically downstream from the at least one dispersive element, where a number of the field lenses is equal to a number of the wavelength channels. An example multiplexer may include a single piece power monitor assembly that includes a collimator lens array, a focusing lens array, and a slot integrally formed therein. The collimator lens array may be positioned to receive multiple wavelength channels from a laser array. The focusing lens array may be positioned to focus multiple portions of the wavelength channels onto an array of photodetectors. The slot may be configured to tap the portions from the wavelength channels collimated into the single piece power monitor assembly by the collimator lens array and to direct the portions toward the focusing lens array.
US09715110B1
A head up display can be used in an automotive application and provides information for viewing above a glareshield or dashboard. The head up display includes a waveguide combiner and a compact projector. The waveguide combiner is at least partially disposed above the glareshield or dashboard and can provide dual axis pupil expansion. The waveguide combiner can present conformal or near conformal information and vehicle instrumentation information.
US09715100B2
Regarding a blade inspection system, each of endo scope guide devices for a borescope has an insertion portion guide tube for guiding an insertion portion and a first fixing portion which is provided on the insertion portion guide tube and fixes the insertion portion guide tube in a corresponding external access port. When the insertion portion is attached into the insertion portion guide tube, lengths of extending portions of the endoscope guide devices are different between the plurality of endoscope guide devices extending from the corresponding external access port so that a position for observing a predetermined portion of a blade by an observation optical system of the insertion portion comes to a position determined in advance for each of the corresponding external access ports.
US09715095B2
A method for SPIM microscopy, wherein the sample is moved continuously, and a plurality of images are taken at time intervals by means of a detection arrangement during the movement. The image capture duration or exposure time is dimensioned such that the movement path of the sample lies within a predetermined resolution range of the detection objective. The speed of the sample movement is determined and set by the image capture duration or exposure time and/or the distortion of the point spread function generated by the sample movement of the sample. The image blur is corrected computationally by the respective image capture duration and the movement speed. A sharp image is generated in this way. The actual optical section thickness of the light sheet is determined from the light sheet thickness, and the movement speed is determined therefrom and from user settings.
US09715093B2
A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein magnification change is effected by changing all distances between adjacent lens groups. The second lens group is moved from the object side toward the image side during magnification change from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. The position of the third lens group at the telephoto end is nearer to the image side than the position of the third lens group at the wide-angle end.
US09715084B2
Provided are lens optical systems. A lens optical system includes first to third lenses sequentially arranged in a direction from an object to an image sensor. The first lens may have a positive refractive power and an entrance surface convex toward the object. The second lens may have a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape convex toward the image sensor. The third lens may have a positive refractive power, and at least one of entrance and exit surfaces of the third lens may have an inflection point in a direction from a center region toward an edge thereof. The outer diameter D3 (in millimeters) of the exit surface of the third lens and the diagonal length ImgHMAX of a maximum pixel region of the image sensor may satisfy 2.6
US09715083B2
An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second and third lens element. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery. The second lens element has a positive refracting power, and has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, and has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has negative refracting power, and has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery.
US09715082B2
A lens barrel includes a lens drive ring which moves a movable lens group along an optical axis, a first inputter including an actuator and generating a first rotational input, a second inputter which generates a second rotational input, a power transmission clutch including a first input member, a second input member and an output member, wherein the first input member is rotatable and is associated with the first inputter, the second input member is rotatable and is associated with the second inputter, and the output member is rotatable and is associated with the lens drive ring; and a load controller. When the second rotational input, which is generated by the second inputter, is applied to the second input member to thereby cause the first input member to rotate, the load controller exerts a rotational load on the actuator.
US09715081B2
A lens barrel includes a barrel-shaped first barrel having a pair of cam grooves that have two cam locus curves congruent with each other and are separated from each other on a circumferential surface, and a second barrel that has a pair of cam pins formed of a first cam pin that is engaged with one of the pair of cam grooves and a second cam pin that is engaged with another of the pair of cam grooves, and an urging portion that urges the first cam pin in a radial direction of the first barrel, and moves in an optical axis direction relatively to the first barrel, and is configured such that in engagement of the pair of cam pins and the pair of cam grooves, a disposition distance between the pair of cam pins differs from a disposition distance between the pair of cam grooves.
US09715079B2
A lens device (3A) is connected to a lens device (3B) to be used in association therewith. The lens device includes a setting unit (25) setting the lens device (3A) as a master, and a control unit (22) driving a control object of the lens device (3A) in response to a control signal input to the lens device (3A) and transmitting the control signal for driving the control object of the lens device (3B) to the lens device (3B) with respect to the control object for which the master has been set by the setting unit. The control unit transmits a mode switching signal which instructs to switch to a slave operating mode that is operated in response to the control signal input from the lens device (3A), to the lens device (3B), with respect to the control object for which the master has been set.
US09715075B2
A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a frame and a fiber optic module including a rack mount portion, a center portion, and a main housing portion. The rack mount portion is stationarily coupled to the frame, the center portion is slidably coupled to the rack mount portion along a sliding direction, and the main housing portion is slidably coupled to the center portion along the sliding direction. The main housing portion of the fiber optic module includes fiber optic connection locations for connecting cables to be routed through the frame. The center portion of the fiber optic module includes a radius limiter for guiding cables between the main housing portion and the frame, the center portion also including a latch for unlatching the center portion for slidable movement. Slidable movement of the center portion with respect to the rack mount portion moves the main housing portion with respect to the frame along the sliding direction.
US09715074B2
An access terminal box includes a protective cover, a base, and a base plate, where the protective cover includes a cover plate and side walls that are disposed around the cover plate, the cover plate and the side walls form an open-mouthed box structure, the base is fastened inside the open-mouthed box structure of the protective cover by using a first detachable structure, the base is fastened to the base plate by using a second detachable structure. In embodiments of the present invention, when the base is to be detached from the base plate, it is not required to first detach the protective cover; therefore, a fiber coiled on the base can be better protected, damage to the fiber can be avoided, and it is suitable for non-professional personnel to detach the access terminal box.
US09715069B2
Disclosed is a photo diode. The photo diode includes: at least two branched waveguides configured to receive beating signals; absorbing layers disposed in vertical directions to the waveguides, and disposed while being spaced apart from distal ends of the waveguides by a predetermined interval; and one or more intermediate layers formed based on the distal ends of the waveguides and disposed with the absorbing layers at upper end of the one or more intermediate layers.
US09715066B2
Embodiments herein relate to orthogonally coupling light transmitted from a photonic transmitter chip. An optical apparatus may include a splitter to split light from a light source into a first path and a second path, and a grating to receive light from the first path at a first side and light from the second path at a second side opposite the first side to transmit diffracted light from the first path and the second path in a direction orthogonal to the photonic transmitter chip. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09715062B2
An optical axis adjustment method for optical interconnection, includes: providing, on a substrate, an optical transmitter including light sources and a mark for acquiring a position of each of the light sources; providing, on the substrate, an optical waveguide including cores each allowing light emitted from the respective light sources to propagate through the core; determining a first position based on the mark as a position of each of the light sources; and forming, at a second position in the optical waveguide corresponding to the first position, first mirrors configured to reflect the light emitted from the respective light sources and make the light propagate through the respective cores.
US09715053B2
A light guide having; an entrance portion; a light-splitting portion; a first and a second light guide portion; and a first and a second reflective portion provided in or on the first and second light guide portions, respectively. The first and second light guide portions emit light reflected by the first reflective portion and light reflected by the second reflective portion to outside as a first linear light beam and a second linear light beam, respectively. The light-splitting portion projects toward the entrance portion, and has a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface and a connecting section. The entrance portion has a light-diffusing section opposed to the connecting section in a direction of optical axis, and the light-diffusing section diffuses the light emitted from the point light source toward the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion.
US09715045B2
The present invention relates to an optical film including an acryl-based film; and a functional coating layer formed on at least one surface of the acryl-based film, containing a conductive material and a water-dispersible resin and having surface resistance of 109 W/Sq to 1013 W/Sq.
US09715034B2
A method includes obtaining, with a plurality of receivers of a logging tool, a set of induction, multi-spacing, multi-frequency measurements of a plurality of nested casings. The method also includes inverting, with a processor, the set of measurements for magnetic permeability or electrical conductivity. The method further includes calibrating, with the processor, the set of measurements using differences between measured responses of the logging tool, and simulated responses of the logging tool resulting from inverting the set of measurements for the magnetic permeability or electrical conductivity of the plurality of nested casings, to determine a calibrated set of measurements. The method also includes inverting, with the processor, the calibrated set of measurements for thickness of individual casings of the plurality of nested casings, to determine the thickness of the individual casings.
US09715020B2
A system and method for measuring a radioactive concentration of a radiopharmaceutical is disclosed. The system includes a container, an interrogation region associated with the container, a radiation detector, a signal capture device, and a microprocessor system. The radiation detector focuses radiation emitted from the interrogation region, a measurement of which is then obtained by the signal capture device. The microprocessor system is in data communication with the signal capture device, and is capable of calculating the radioactive concentration of the radiopharmaceutical contained in the interrogation region from the radiation measurement obtained by the signal capture device.
US09715018B2
A GPS OTA testing method and system is provided. The GPS OTA testing method comprises: placing a terminal under test on a rotating table in a darkroom, and generating a GPS signal by a GPS satellite signal generator in the darkroom; acquiring the satellite signal strength at each of the angles and in each of the polarization directions, and forming a signal strength direction map; searching for an optimal angle and an optimal polarization direction and acquiring a sensitivity corresponding to the optical angle and the optimal polarization direction; and acquiring a sensitivity at each of the angles and in each of the polarization directions according to the sensitivity corresponding to the optimal angle and the optimal polarization direction and according to the signal strength direction map and integrating the sensitivities to acquire an antenna signal strength.
US09715016B2
Within examples, systems and methods of generating a synthetic image representative of an environment of a vehicle are described comprising generating a first image using infrared information from an infrared (IR) camera, generating a second image using laser point cloud data from a LIDAR, generating an embedded point cloud representative of the environment based on a combination of the first image and the second image, receiving navigation information traversed by the vehicle, transforming the embedded point cloud into a geo-referenced coordinate space based on the navigation information, and combining the transformed embedded point cloud with imagery of terrain of the environment to generate the synthetic image representative of the environment of the vehicle.
US09715012B2
Methods and apparatus for scanning articles, such as footwear, to provide information regarding the contents of the articles are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a platform configured to contact footwear to be scanned, an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the platform into the footwear and to receive electromagnetic waves from the footwear and the platform, a transceiver coupled with antennas of the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to at least one of the antennas to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from at least another of the antennas corresponding to the electromagnetic waves received by the others of the antennas, and processing circuitry configured to process the received electrical signals from the transceiver to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.
US09715006B2
A homodyne radar system includes a mixer that outputs a signal having a mixer output frequency that is a frequency difference between two input signals. When the frequency difference is small, low frequency noise may mask the actual signal. A variable phase shifter is added to one of the mixer inputs to change the phase at a predetermined rate of change. The phase shifter shifts the frequency of the input signal so that the mixer output frequency is offset by the predetermined rate. The low frequencies are mapped to frequencies that are above the noise frequencies. The phase shift may be achieved by adding a constant phase at predetermined time intervals. The sampling frequency for the resulting signal may need to be increased to accommodate the higher frequencies.
US09715003B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.
US09714998B2
A method and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provide subject/object motion detection and correction during a MRI scan. The method includes generating via a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radio-frequency signal for the MRI scan. The radio-frequency signal contains a successive repetition of pulse sequences, each pulse sequence starting with a radio-frequency excitation pulse. A time between two successive radio-frequency excitation pulses are defined as a repetition time. Detecting, from a readout signal emitted in response to the pulse sequence, time-points in which motion has occurred. Interleaves are automatically created. A sampling of the k-space is performed by arranging k-space MRI readout signals acquired over each repetition time of the pulse sequence into several groups of interleaves of uniform k-space sampling reconstructing separately each subset of interleaves for obtaining low resolution MR images.
US09714991B2
A susceptometer includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes including: a first pair of electrodes disposed on the substrate; a second pair of electrodes disposed on the substrate, the second pair of electrodes arranged collinear with the first pair of electrodes to form a set of aligned electrodes; and a third pair of electrodes disposed on the substrate, the third pair of electrodes arranged noncollinearly with set of aligned electrodes; and a solenoid circumscribingly disposed around the electrodes to: receive the sample such that the solenoid is circumscribingly disposed around the sample; receive an alternating current and produce an primary magnetic field based on the alternating current; and subject the sample to the primary magnetic field.
US09714989B2
A magnetic field sensor apparatus for determining two or three components of a magnetic field includes at least one Wheatstone bridge with two half-bridges, wherein each half-bridge includes at least two bridge resistors, and at least one of the two bridge resistors is a magnetic-field-sensitive resistor with respect to a magnetic field component in an X/Y magnetic field sensor plane. Arranged symmetrically between the two magnetic-field-sensitive bridge resistors is a ferromagnetic flux concentration element which generates magnetic field components which are anti-symmetric with respect to a Z magnetic field component oriented perpendicular to the X/Y magnetic field sensor plane and are in the X/Y magnetic field sensor plane. A coordinate aspect proposes a method for determining a two-dimensional or three-dimensional orientation of an external magnetic field by such a magnetic field sensor apparatus.
US09714984B2
An apparatus for estimating a deterioration may include a battery pack, a state information sensing unit configured to sense a state of the battery pack to generate state information, a conversion operation unit configured to convert into an open circuit voltage (OCV) using the generated state information and estimate a state of charge (SOC) using the converted OCV, a first SOH estimation operation unit configured to estimate a first state of charge (SOH) using the estimated SOC, a battery aging factor calculation unit configured to calculate a battery aging factor using the estimated SOC, a second SOH operation unit configured to apply the calculated battery aging factor to a preset lookup table to calculate a second SOH, and a filtering unit configured to filter the first SOH and the second SOH to generate a final SOH.
US09714982B2
A method and a device are provided for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. Transient characteristics are generated that represent a correlation between the remaining capacity and a closed circuit voltage, the correlation transitioning from one of a charging-side and a discharging-side characteristic to the other when the charging/discharging of the battery has been switched, on the basis of map data of a charging-side characteristic that is only conducted from a fully-discharged to a fully-charged state and a discharging-side characteristic that is only conducted from the fully-charged to the fully-discharged state, the characteristics representing a correlation between the remaining capacity and the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery. When charging and discharging of the battery have been switched, the remaining capacity of the battery is estimated from the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery by using the transient characteristics until polarization of the battery enters a saturated state.
US09714970B2
A method is provided for indicating a presence of a high voltage at a high-voltage component equipped in a vehicle. The method includes the steps of connecting an external reader to a communication bus of the vehicle, outputting a signal by way of the high-voltage component or by way of a component control unit which is connected to the high-voltage component, to the communication bus, wherein the signal indicates whether a high voltage is present at the high-voltage component, and reading the signal from the communications bus by way of the external reader.
US09714967B1
The present disclosure is directed to an integrated electrostatic sensor for an engine. The sensor includes an outer housing having a body with a first end and a second end. The first end is configured for securing the sensor to the engine and includes a sensing face. The sensor also includes an electrode configured within the housing adjacent to the sensing face and an amplifier configured with the electrode. The electrode contains a plurality of electrons configured to move as charged particles flow past the sensing face. Thus, the amplifier is configured to detect a particulate level as a function of the electron movement. The electrostatic sensor also includes a circuit board configured within the housing and electrically coupled to the amplifier. As such, the circuit board is configured to send one or more signals to a controller of the engine indicative of the particulate level.
US09714963B2
A power meter generates a time series of observations of power drawn by a device configured to operate in an active mode and to transition through a sequence of inactive modes comprising one or more intermediate inactive modes each having a bounded time duration terminating in a final inactive mode of unbounded time duration, and further configured to transition from any of the inactive modes to the active mode in response to a device activation signal. An electronic data processing device is programmed to determine statistical characteristics of the power draw of the device in each of the inactive modes by fitting a state model to the time series of observations. The state model represents each intermediate inactive mode including its bounded time duration and further includes a probabilistic representation of the transition from any of the inactive modes to the active mode in response to a device activation signal.
US09714959B2
A busbar module including a busbar through which current of a measurement subject flows and a hold portion that holds the busbar and has a recess portion), the busbar and the hold portion being integrally formed; and a magnetic sensor module including a magnetic sensor that detects an intensity of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the busbar, and being able to be selectively assembled with the busbar module by housing the magnetic sensor module to the recess portion of the hold portion are included.
US09714955B2
An accelerometer in a mobile device is calibrated by taking multiple measurements of acceleration vectors when the mobile device is held stationary at different orientations with respect to a plane normal. A circle is calculated that fits respective tips of measured acceleration vectors in the accelerometer coordinate system. The radius of the circle and the lengths of the measured acceleration vectors are used to calculate a rotation angle for aligning the accelerometer coordinate system with the mobile device surface. A gyroscope in the mobile device is calibrated by taking multiple measurements of a rotation axis when the mobile device is rotated at different rates with respect to the rotation axis. A line is calculated that fits the measurements. The angle between the line and an axis of the gyroscope coordinate system is used to align the gyroscope coordinate system with the mobile device surface.
US09714947B2
Cell based sensor. The present invention relates to a novel cell based sensor useful for drug discovery that comprises a cell line with professional regulated exocytosis of secretory granules transfected with a non-protease hydrolase as a reporter polypeptide stored in the regulated secretory granules of the cell line with professional regulated exocytosis and having either an endogenous or a heterologous molecule as a modulator of regulated secretory granules exocytosis. Said granule stored non protease-hydrolase reporter having at least: a high resistance to conditions already present inside the granules such as low pH and proteolysis by other proteases; enzymatic activity after exocytosis; a highly specific substrate; absence of toxicity when cell thawing; a very low level of secretion under unstimulated or basal conditions; and a high signal to background activity in a media compatible with cell culture viability and granule exocytosis for a high throughput robust and sensitive detection.
US09714936B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a method for evaluating cosmetics that allows development of cosmetics that can contribute to beautiful healthy skin. The object is achieved by a method of evaluating improvement in skin by an applied cosmetic, using as the index the change in stratum corneum thickness during the process of moistening and drying.
US09714933B2
A micro-droplet fluidic cell includes a membrane structure having a nanopore, a hydrophobic material disposed onto a portion of the membrane structure, and an analyte solution traversing the membrane structure and forming a micro-droplet on a first surface of the membrane structure. Also disclosed are methods for fast ionic current detection using the micro-droplet fluidic cell.
US09714929B2
Methods to classify a proppant with respect to functional performance is described and includes measuring a coefficient of restitution for the proppant. Methods to select a proppant, methods to design a proppant, methods to predict proppant performance in a subterranean formation, and methods for providing product specifications for proppants are also described as well as other uses.
US09714927B2
Provided is medical equipment for gas monitoring having a gas treatment system, including a first gas monitoring module and an integrated gas circuit board. A first gas circuit that may be a through passage with both inlet and outlet can be arranged inside the integrated gas circuit board. A gas outlet, at least one gas inlet and at least one monitoring interface can be arranged on a surface of the integrated gas circuit board. The gas inlet may include a first gas inlet, and the first gas inlet and the gas outlet can communicate with two ends of the first gas circuit. The monitoring interface may include a first monitoring interface for communication between the first gas circuit and the first gas monitoring module, and an internal gas inlet interface and an internal gas outlet interface for communication between the first gas circuit and a second internal gas monitoring module.
US09714920B2
A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterizing the detection area.
US09714916B2
The present disclosure provides a particle analyzer and a particle test control method and device thereof. The method comprises: after acquiring a diluted sample, preserving a part of the diluted sample, and monitoring whether a pore blocking event occurs during a counting process; when the pore blocking event occurs, suspending the test of the sample, and performing an unblocking operation; and after the unblocking operation is completed, controlling a liquid addition system to again acquire the preserved part of the sample from a reaction cell or a tube of the liquid addition system and inject it into a counting cell, and then re-counting the sample in the counting cell by an impedance method. The method makes full use of the residual diluted sample for a second test to eliminate the impact of pore blocking that occurs in the first measurement of the sample on the test result, and there is no need to be place the sample tube again at test position for re-acquisition and re-dilution, thereby reducing the probability of pore blocking.
US09714907B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for measuring a scattering intensity distribution capable of measuring a scattering intensity distribution in a reciprocal space in a short time. The method or apparatus for measuring a scattering intensity distribution causes X-rays emitted from an X-ray source (101) to be reflected by an X-ray optical element (102) so as to converge in the vicinity of a surface of a sample (SA), causes monochromatic X-rays condensed after passing through a plurality of optical paths to be incident on the sample at glancing angles (ω) that differ depending on the respective optical paths at a time in a state in which there is a correlation between an angle formed by each optical path of the monochromatic X-rays and a reference plane, and an angle formed by each optical path and a plane including the normal of the reference plane and an optical path located in the center of the respective optical paths, detects scattering intensities of the monochromatic X-rays scattered by the sample using a two-dimensional detector (103) and calculates a scattering intensity distribution in the reciprocal space based on the scattering intensity distribution detected by the two-dimensional detector and the correlation.
US09714894B2
A self-contained portable device for performing multiple tests on samples of hot asphalt mix and providing an analysis of the aggregate mixture of those samples, comprising an external housing which contains the other components, a test chamber into which samples are placed for analysis, a plurality of sieves located within the test chamber for separating and sorting aggregates, a drive shaft for rotating the sieves, guide rails for directing the rotation of the sieves in a multidirectional tilt pattern, a weighing component for weighing the samples, a wash component for directing water or other liquids into the test chamber and onto the samples, a heating component for raising the temperature of the test chamber, a pressure control component to lower the pressure within the test chamber, a controller to operate the various components, and a computer and computer software to process the results of the various tests and to prepare an analysis therefrom.
US09714893B2
A method for identifying an improved particle size distribution profile of a dispersion, the method including: (a) providing a dispersion comprising a liquid and particles dispersed in the liquid; (b) measuring a particle size distribution of the dispersion, resulting in a first particle size distribution profile; (c) adjusting at least one parameter associated with the dispersion; (d) measuring a dispersion characteristic, after adjustment of the at least one parameter; and (e) measuring the particle size distribution of the dispersion after adjustment of the at least one parameter, resulting in a second particle size distribution profile; wherein each of the first and second particle size distribution profiles comprises a plurality of data points of particle concentration values as a function of particle size.
US09714892B2
To simulate various rolling and sliding conditions, a wear testing machine can include a load roller arrangement having at least a first load roller, a second load roller, and a third load roller arranged in a triangular layout. A test roller can be disposed between and in simultaneous contact with the first, second, and third load rollers along at least three points of contact. The load rollers and the test roller can be configured to rotate with respect to each other at a same rotational speed or at different rotational speeds. In an embodiment, the wear testing machine can introduce lubricant to the points of contact between the three load rollers and the test roller.
US09714889B2
This invention concerns a sampling procedure for an aqueous hydrosoluble polymer solution flowing in a main circuit, enabling a sample to be collected to undergo at least one analysis under ambient air giving at least one property of the hydrosoluble polymer characterised in that a stabilizing solution is added to the aqueous hydrosoluble polymer solution, according to a discontinuous addition method, before or after sampling from the main circuit, so as to obtain a sample comprising a mixture of aqueous hydrosoluble polymer solution and stabilizing solution in which the hydrosoluble polymer is protected against attacks it may undergo in an atmosphere containing at least 10% by volume of oxygen.
US09714886B2
When injecting a sample into carrier-liquid channels (3A and 3B), injection shock is prevented. Septa 13 and 14 constitute the upper wall and the lower wall of a sample injection part (11) of the carrier-liquid channels (3A and 3B). A needle (27) can vertically penetrate the septum (13) on the upper wall side and also penetrate the septum (14) on the lower wall side. A needle moving unit (28) induces the needle (27) to penetrate the septum (14) on the lower wall side and induces the tip of the needle to face the inside of a sample vessel (26). A measurement pump (29) is operated for drawing and as a result a sample is drawn into the needle (27). Next, the needle (27) is extracted from the septum (14) on the lower wall side, the tip of the needle is induced to face the inside of the sample injection part (11), the measurement pump (29) is caused to discharge and as a result the sample within the needle (27) is injected.
US09714885B2
The present invention provides a fault prediction and condition-based repair method of an urban rail train bogie. An optimum service life distribution model of a framework, a spring device, a connecting device, a wheel set and axle box, a driving mechanism, and a basic brake device of a bogie is determined by adopting a method based on survival analysis; a reliability characteristic function of each subsystem is obtained; then, a failure rate of each subsystem of the bogie is calculated by adopting a neural network model optimized by an evolutionary algorithm; and finally, proportional risk modelling is conducted by taking the failure rate and safe operation days of each subsystem of the bogie as concomitant variables; and on the basis of cost optimization, thresholds and control limits for condition-based repair of a bogie system are obtained.
US09714883B2
A bearing test apparatus has a bearing cap coupled to an outer ring of a bearing to be tested (a “test bearing”), a driving rotary shaft coupled to an inner ring of the test bearing to rotate the inner ring, and a bearing torque meter for measuring a single torque of the test bearing, wherein an extension bar is formed at the bearing cap to protrude thereon, wherein the bearing torque meter includes a measurement rod configured to contact the extension bar and be fixed to support the extension bar in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the driving rotary shaft, and a power sensor for measuring a force applied to the measurement rod, wherein the single torque of the test bearing is calculated based on a distance from the driving rotary shaft to the measurement rod and a force applied to the measurement rod.
US09714880B2
The present invention provides an inertia test apparatus for a model ship that mimics a pitching inertia radius of an actual ship by reciprocating a model ship. The apparatus includes a base frame providing a supporting force, vertical frames integrally fixed at both sides of the base frame and having a hinge shaft on an upper end, a swing including a pair of fixing members rotatably hung on the hinge shafts of the vertical frames and a bed integrally formed at a lower ends of the fixing members, and providing a pitching inertia radius of the model ship by reciprocating about the hinge shafts, with the model ship seated on the bed, and a centering adjuster seating the model ship on the bed of the swing and matching a center of gravity of the model ship with a center of the swing by allowing the model ship to move.
US09714877B2
A torque sensor for being attached around a magnetostrictive rotating shaft includes a bobbin that is provided coaxially with the rotating shaft, wherein the bobbin includes a resin, a hollow cylindrical shape, and first inclined grooves and second inclined grooves formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, wherein the first inclined grooves are inclined at a predetermined angle relative to an axial direction, and wherein the second inclined grooves are inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the axial direction in an opposite direction of the first inclined grooves, a first detection coil including an insulated wire wound around the bobbin along the first inclined grooves, a second detection coil including the insulated wire wound around the bobbin along the second inclined grooves, and a measurement portion that detects a inductance variation of the first and second detection coils so as to measure a torque applied to the rotating shaft.
US09714866B1
A resist mask 40, having penetrating holes 41, is formed on a rear surface of a silicon substrate 2. A planar shape of each penetrating hole 41 is formed to a shape with which its respective sides are curved to inwardly convex arcuate shapes with respect to a regular quadrilateral that is a target shape of a transverse section at a processing ending end side of a corresponding cavity 3. Next, dry etching is applied to the silicon substrate 2. The cavities 3 are thereby formed in the silicon substrate 2. As the etching progresses, a transverse sectional shape of each cavity 3 decreases in inward projection amounts of the respective arcuate shaped sides in the transverse sectional shape of the corresponding penetrating hole 41 of the resist mask 40. At a processing ending end side of the cavity 3, its planar shape is substantially the same shape as the regular quadrilateral that is the target shape.
US09714853B2
A microfluidic flow rate sensor includes a droplet within a channel and a droplet movement detector that generates a signal based on the position and/or movement of the droplet within the channel. A processor determines the flow rate of a fluid through the channel based on the signal received from the droplet movement detector. In one example, the droplet movement detector is an optical detector, such as a combination of a lens and an image capturing device. In other examples, the droplet is electrically conductive, and at least a portion of the channel is conductive or includes electrical contacts. The position of the droplet within the channel is determined by observing the electrical characteristics of the channel.
US09714843B1
A wireless sensor network at a monitored location can be configured to generate sensor channel(s) of data to assess operational conditions at the monitored location. Inputs based on the sensor channel(s) of data are provided to a host system for analysis of a demand to one or more resources at the monitored location. Response messages can be generated based on the demand analysis and transmitted to actuator(s) at the monitored location to effect an adjustment to the operational conditions.
US09714841B2
A satellite and/or dead-reckoning navigation integrated positioning device with improved accuracy including position, velocity, etc. is disclosed. A tracking processing module performs, based on a GPS signal, acquisition and tracking thereof and demodulation of a navigation message. A GPS calculation module calculates position, velocity, and the like based on pseudo-range and Doppler frequency observations, and ephemeris data and gives the calculations to output judgment and tracking processing modules. Based on external support information including inertial sensor output, map information or information about differences between map position and measured position, along with the pseudo-range and Doppler observations, an integrated positioning calculation module estimates position, velocity, and the like, and gives the estimates to the output judgment module. The output judgment module compares outputs of the GPS calculation and the integrated positioning calculation modules to judge reliability of data from the integrated positioning calculation module and abnormality of external support data.
US09714839B2
A method for announcing content information in a navigation system, wherein the content information relates to non guidance direction instructions. The method comprises the step of receiving route information, the route information comprising a plurality of route segments that constitute a route from a start point to an end point, each route segment having an estimated time period for completion. The method also comprises the step of receiving content information which is to be announced. It is determined whether one or more of the route segments comprises an estimated time period for completion which is above a threshold value, and, if so, allocating such route segments as silent route segments. Content information is announced in one or more of the determined silent route segments.
US09714831B2
Various technologies pertaining to dynamically identifying travel segments to be taken by a traveler traveling in a region are described herein, where observations about travel segments in the region are sparse and subject to alteration. A computer-implemented graph can be loaded into a memory, where the computer-implemented graph is representative of the region. The computer-implemented graph includes nodes that represent locations in the region and edges that represent travel segments of the region, where the edges have costs assigned thereto, and further where there is a defined statistical relationship between the costs. When an observation about a travel path is received, using the computer-implemented graph, inferences can be made about costs of traversing other travel paths in the region.
US09714830B2
A measuring system includes a smart terminal and a measuring device. The smart terminal includes a first power source module, a first processor, a first wireless communication unit and a memory. The measuring device includes a measuring module, a second power source module and a second wireless communication unit. The measuring system may include one or more applications to provide a rich set of functionalities.
US09714829B2
An information processing apparatus includes an irradiation unit to irradiate a measurement target with a measurement pattern for distance measurement. An imaging unit obtains a captured image including the irradiated measurement target. A first detection unit detects first and second regions from the captured image. The first region includes a first portion of the measurement target that reflects a greater amount of light toward the imaging unit. The second region includes a second portion of the measurement target that reflects a lesser amount of light toward the imaging unit. A second detection unit detects, from the measurement pattern, a first region with which the first portion is irradiated and a second region with which the second portion is irradiated. A generation unit generates a measurement pattern that has different amounts of irradiation light depending on regions. A distance to the measurement target is derived using an obtained captured image.
US09714819B1
Stepped sabots for projectiles are provided. One sabot includes a cylindrical tubular body and at least one stepped surface within the cylindrical tubular body. The stepped surface is configured for engaging at least one complementary surface on a projectile and the stepped surface forms a progressively narrower inner diameter of the cylindrical tubular body.
US09714818B2
An arrow nock and nock receiver assembly may include first and second interconnections each including a groove portion and a finger. The fingers may have lips that are received in the groove portions. The connection between the nock and nock receiver may provide relative rotational alignment between the nock receiver and the nock as well as relative longitudinal alignment between the nock receiver and the nock.
US09714814B2
The invention relates to a riflescope mount for hand-held weapons, comprising at least one base rail (10) which is fixed to a weapon (23a, 23b, 23c) and which is detachably connected to at least one fixing at means connected to the riflescope (4a, 4b, 4c), wherein the base tail (10) that is mounted on the weapon (23a, 23b, 23c) comprises at least a mating plate (12, 12a) mounted on the weapon side or mounting elements on the weapon side, which is/are connected to the weapon (23a, 23b, 23c), and an adjusting plate (11, 11a) which is held on the mating plate (12, 12a) or the mounting elements such that the adjusting plate (11, 11a) can be adjusted in at least two mutually perpendicular plates, and on which the riflescope (4a, 4b, 4c) is detachably fixed via a receiving rail (7) or other mounting elements on the riflescope side, wherein, on the upper side of the adjusting plate (11, 11a) there is formed a separating plane (17), in the area of which the riflescope (4a, 4b, 4c), together with the receiving rail (7) thereof or other mounting elements on the riflescope side, can be removed from the weapon (23a, 23b, 23c) and transferred to another weapon (23a, 23b, 23c), wherein the receiving rail (7) to be mounted on the adjusting plate (11, 11a) or other mounting elements on the riflescope side is/are fixed detachably on the adjusting plate (11, 11a) by using fixing elements, and the association between the adjustment of the adjusting plate (11, 11a) and the mounting plate (12, 12a) always firmly connected on the weapon side remains the same for said weapon and the other weapon (23a, 23b, 23c) and the associated riflescope (4a, 4b, 4c).
US09714809B1
An electronic recurve bow includes an electronic control riser having a body configured to be held in a hand of a user, wherein the body includes a power supply configured to provide operating power, a user input configured to receive a user selection of a draw weight for the bow, a controller configured to receive the user selection of the draw weight from the user input and configured to output electronic control signals in response to the user selection of the draw weight, and a pair of electronically controlled laminated electroactive polymer limbs coupled to the electronic control riser, wherein each limb comprises a base material and an electronically controllable material, wherein the electronically controllable material comprises a material having a variable stiffness in response to the output electronic control signals.
US09714805B1
A compact silencer device for a firearm comprising of multiple chambers which trap the gases from a projectile exiting the barrel of a gun to slow down the gases and reduce the temperature, sound, and flash associated with the projectile. In one embodiment, the first chamber which attaches to the barrel of the firearm comprises of sound baffling materials or gas porting baffles which vent gases from the second chamber passing rearward. The second chamber comprises of a chamber which can accommodate a retractable third chamber of the device, the second and third chamber of the device can have sound baffles to slow down the gases from the projectile.
US09714802B1
A gas tube assembly for semiautomatic firearms is defined by a body having a first end, a second end, and a passage formed through the body between the respective ends. The first end of the body of the gas tube is constructed to cooperate with a gas block and the second end of the body is constructed to cooperate with a forward facing end of a receiver assembly. A first projection and a second projection each extend in a respective outward radial direction from the body proximate the second end of the body and a respective adjuster is associated with each respective projection. The adjusters are configured to movably cooperate with the respective projection to align the second end of the body relative to the receiver assembly.
US09714801B2
A fully automatic handgun has a barrel and a blowback, open bolt firing breech mechanism, which is mounted in a displaceable manner on a guide. The breech mechanism has a slide with a substantially U-shaped bracket, on which a breechblock is arranged. The slide is displaceably mounted on the guide and on the barrel.
US09714797B2
System for characterizing motion of an individual, notably a human individual, and associated method
System (1) for characterizing motion of at least one individual forming a target, comprising a radar emitting electromagnetic signals towards the target and receiving echoed signals, output as radar data, preprocessing means (11) receiving radar data as input and outputting a spectrogram representing time variations of the Doppler spectrum of the radar data, characterizing means (13) configured for outputting a probability density estimation of the state of a target, state means a vector of properties from a target, referred to as state vector, the system being characterized in that said state vector comprises at least one discrete target gait classification variable determining one target gait model among a set of determined target gait models, and a set of discrete and/or continuous motion parameters, the characterizing means comprising estimation means estimating the probability density of said state vector from said spectrogram.
US09714796B2
A Plate and Shell type plate heat exchanger, which comprises an inner shell (9) completely surrounding a plate pack (2) and inner end plates (11a, 11b) in the direction of the ends of the plate pack. The inner shell (9) is by its inner surface arranged into contact with the outer edge of the baffle plates (8a, 8b) arranged on the surface of the plate pack and by its outer surface the inner shell (9) is arranged to support itself against the inner surface of the shell (3) of the outer casing of the heat exchanger. The inner end plates (11a, 11b) are supported by their outer surface against the inner surface of the end plates (4a, 4b) of the outer casing.
US09714791B2
A method and to a control device 10 for operating an anode furnace including an extraction ramp arranged in a section of a heat-up zone and a burner ramp arranged in a section of a firing zone of the furnace unit, wherein operation of ramps is controlled by means of a control device of the furnace unit, wherein the ramps each have a read unit, wherein the section each have at least one stationary transponder unit, wherein the read units of the ramps communicate with the transponder units of the sections in which the ramps are arranged, wherein the respective transponder units are identified by means of the control device, and wherein a respective position of the ramps is determined by allocating the ramps to the respective transponder units.
US09714787B2
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a body having storage chambers formed therein, and a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator that form a refrigerating cycle to cool the storage chambers. The condenser may include a refrigerant condensation channel through which refrigerant from the compressor passes and a working fluid evaporation channel through which working fluid is evaporated due to heat exchange with the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant condensation channel. The condenser may be connected with a hot line, through which the working fluid evaporated through the working fluid evaporation channel flows and discharges heat to reduce condensation.
US09714783B2
A machine for making extruded ice obtained by passing a mass of ice in granules through an extrusion die (20) arranged at the end of a main cooled drum (4). The latter at one end has a flange (10) upon which a ring (14) clamping the die is fastened. Thus, screws for fastening the die to the main drum are not required, so that operations for the machine maintenance and for replacing the die are considerably facilitated.
US09714779B2
A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes a filter or a stacked filter system positioned in the flow path between an air inlet and an air outlet for filtering contaminants from the air. Movable filters are provided for selectively bypassing the filters to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. Preferably, the filters are high performance HEPA-like filter having substantially less pressure drop.
US09714775B2
Systems, tools, and methods are presented that enable a plurality of turbulators to enhance heat transfer within a heat exchanger of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The plurality of turbulators each include a ribbon member having a variable pattern formed over a length. In one instance, the variable pattern of the ribbon member includes a plurality of bends defining intervals of alternating pitch. The intervals progressively increase in dimension as the ribbon member is traversed over the length. In another embodiment, the intervals contain apertures whose area increases as the length is traversed. Other systems, tools and methods are presented.
US09714772B2
A thermostat may include a housing, a user interface, temperature sensors providing temperature sensor measurements, and a processing system configured to control an HVAC system based on a comparison of a determined ambient temperature and a setpoint temperature. The thermostat may (i) determine time intervals in which direct sunlight is incident on the thermostat; (ii) during time intervals in which direct sunlight is not incident on the thermostat, process the temperature sensor measurements according to a first ambient temperature determination algorithm to compute the determined ambient temperature; and (iii) during time intervals in which it is determined that direct sunlight is incident on the thermostat, process the temperature sensor measurements according to a second ambient temperature determination algorithm to compute the determined ambient temperature that compensates for a heating of the thermostat caused by the direct sunlight.
US09714753B2
An assembly for emitting light including a circuit board, an LED for producing a light, wherein the LED is arranged on the circuit board, an optical element, which is arranged in such a way that the optical element optically influences the light produced by the LED, and a spacing element, wherein the spacing element is arranged between the optical element and the circuit board.
US09714752B2
A lighting system includes an array of domed light emitting diodes covering a surface area of a substrate and two optics for processing emitted light. The first optic includes an inner surface facing the array and an exterior surface facing away from the array. The second optic includes grooves extending away from the array. The inner surface of the first optic can form a cavity that is large relative to the array. For example, the cavity can have a volume exceeding the volume of a cube, where each side of the cube has the surface area of the array.
US09714749B1
A vehicle grille assembly is provided herein and includes a light-transmissive grille. At least one light guide is contained within the grille and a light source is configured to supply light to the at least one light guide to illuminate the grille.
US09714747B2
A vehicle lamp includes a projection lens and a first light source. Light emitted from the first light source is irradiated forward through the projection lens. The shade blocks a part of light from the first light source toward the projection lens to form a low beam light distribution pattern. The light emitting unit causes light to be incident onto the projection lens to form a high beam supplementary light distribution pattern. The light emitting unit includes a second light source and a transparent member. Light emitted from the second light source is incident on the transparent member. The transparent member emits the incident light from the front end surface thereof. An emission window is formed in the upper surface of the transparent member and in rear of a front edge of the upper surface. The emission window emits the light incident onto the transparent member, toward the projection lens.
US09714744B2
A lighting device (11, 12, 13, 14) comprising a light source (101, 102, 103, 104) emitting light, and at least one optical element (30, 301, 302, 303, 304) arranged in front of said light source, said at least one optical element comprising an at least partially transparent material such as to allow at least part of the light emitted by the light source to be transmitted therethrough, wherein said at least one optical element comprises a plurality of through openings (20, 201, 211, 202, 212, 203, 213, 204, 214) adapted for collimating said light emitted by said light source such as to cause light exiting said at least one optical element to comprise a brightness varying with the direction in which said light exits said at least one optical element.
US09714740B2
Current natural gas measurement and regulation systems are sensitive to loss of electrical power, which can cause brownouts and curtailment of power in the local area if power systems reliant on natural gas are downstream from the station. A system for regulating the flow of natural gas and for guaranteeing the flow of natural gas from a source to at least one specific flow line even when the system is not provided with electrical power may be described. Such a system may include at least one of each of: a low-pressure regulation system, a high-pressure regulation system, an inlet gas filter, a relief valve, a low select relay, a differential pressure pneumatic relay, a reset relay, a 5-way universal relay, an electromechanically operated valve, a first manual multi-way valve, a second manual multi-way valve, a high calibration valve, a low calibration valve, a filter, and/or a differential pressure measurement system.
US09714738B1
An apparatus and system for removably storing storage containers in an area, such as a garage or shed, having one or more overhead area supports, such as a joist, ceiling or the like, so as to position the storage containers below the area supports and above the floor of the area. The apparatus has a container engaging section that holds the container and a mounting section that mounts the apparatus to the area supports. The container engaging section has a static support member and a dynamic support assembly that define a container space for a container. The static support member engages one lip of the container. The dynamic support assembly has a plurality of dynamic supports that move along a frame member, each dynamic support has a biasing mechanism that biases a lip engaging device to engage an opposing lip of the container to secure the container in the apparatus.
US09714727B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for supporting a flexible pipe. The method includes the steps of responsive to a change in at least one condition experienced by a flexible pipe, varying an amount of support provided at at least one location on the flexible pipe.
US09714724B2
An exhaust valve spindle for an exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine has a shaft and a valve disc at the lower end of the shaft, which valve disc at its upper surface has a seat area. The seat area is of a seat material comprising at least from 34.0 to 44.0% Cr, an aggregate amount of Nb and Ta in the range from at least 2.8 to 6.1%, from 0.3 to 2.0% Ti, at the most 0.2% Al, at the most 0.04% B, at the most 0.8% Fe, at the most 0.04% C, at the most 0.4% Si, and a balance of Ni, where the amount of Ti+Nb+0.5×Ta is in the range from 3.4 to 6.6%, and where the amount of Nb+0.5×Ta is less than 3.0% if the amount of Ti is larger than 1.5%.
US09714719B2
A removable independent steam jacket for a bottom outlet valve of a railroad tank car able to connect to an existing bottom outlet valve, with or without an integral steam jacket, in a field environment without having to take the tank car in for repairs having a partially annular hollow base with a rectangular cross-section and a plurality of pipes connected to the base extending away from the bottom of the base. The removable steam jacket also has a plurality of mounting brackets connected to the bottom the base for installing and removing it from the bottom outlet valve.
US09714711B2
A leaf seal is proposed for effecting a seal between two coaxial and relatively rotating components. The seal has an annular pack of stacked leaves, the pack being mountable to a first one of the components at root portions of the leaves and extending towards the other component such that end edges of the leaves cooperate to define a seal surface of the pack which is presented for air-riding interaction with a surface of the other component during relative rotation between the components such that, in use, a pressure drop is maintained axially across the pack. The seal surface of the pack incorporates a plurality of hydrodynamic lift-generating recesses spaced circumferentially around the pack. Each said recess extends circumferentially across a plurality of adjacent leaves in the pack, each of which leaves being spaced radially from said surface of the other component along at least part of its end edge.
US09714709B2
An article comprises a first member comprising a first carbon composite; and a second member disposed on the first member and comprising a second carbon composite and a reinforcing agent, wherein the second member has a gradient in the weight ratio of the second carbon composite to the reinforcing agent, and wherein the first member has one or more of the following properties different than those of the second member: elasticity; corrosion resistance; erosion resistance; or hardness.
US09714708B2
A cylindrical gasket includes a reinforcing member 70, a heat-resistant material 71, and pores which are dispersedly distributed in the reinforcing member 70 and the heat-resistant material 71, the reinforcing member 70 and the heat-resistant material 71 are intertwined with each other so as to be provided with structural integrity, and with respect to a total volume of the cylindrical gasket, the reinforcing member 70 occupies a volume of 32 to 60%, the heat-resistant material 71 occupies a volume of 5 to 58%, and the pores occupy a volume of 10 to 35%.
US09714704B2
A method and a system for choosing a transmission mode in a vehicle over the course of a road section, wherein the vehicle has applied coasting prior to this road section and wherein a highest permitted speed vmax is defined for the road section, below which an actual speed for the vehicle should be kept. A simulation of a future speed profile vsim_Gear for a possible gear position for a gearbox in the vehicle is conducted on the basis of a road slope obtained from map data in combination with vehicle positioning information and wherein the simulation simulates, when the road section lies ahead of the vehicle, an actual speed for the vehicle over the course of the road section. Next, an evaluation is carried out of whether a suspension of the coasting in favor of the possible gear position is recommended, wherein the possible gear position is deemed recommendable if a highest value vsim_Gear_max for the future speed profile exceeds the highest permitted speed vmax. The evaluation is then utilized in the choice of transmission mode.
US09714703B2
A method of controlling an automated transmission with positioning cylinders (6, 8, 20) controlled by shift valves or venting valves (10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24). At least one cut-off valve (4) is positioned in front of the shift or venting valves and a control device controls the valves while pressure pipes, which follow the cut-off valve (4), are connected with one another following the cut-off valve (4). Due to the fact that the cut-off valve (4), for reasons of design simplicity and cost, is generally designed as a simple 2/2 way valve which only allows pressure increase but not pressure reduction, the method provides control of the shift valves or ventilation or venting valves (16, 18), of a non activated positioning cylinder (8), so that the pressure pipe system is connected with an outflow pipe (14) for a pressure reduction in the pressure pipe system (30, 32, 34).
US09714685B2
A brake hub assembly couplable to the axle of a vehicle includes a brake hub defining a central axis and having a set of lugs, a brake disk in engagement with the hub and axially slideable over the set of lugs, and a stopping plate formed separately from the hub and fastened to the set of lugs. A first portion of the stopping plate extends between adjacent first and second lugs in the set of lugs. The brake hub assembly also includes an axial preload spring coupled to the hub for clamping the brake disk against the stopping plate. A first portion of the axial preload spring extending between the first and second lugs biases the brake disk toward the first portion of the stopping plate.
US09714683B2
A friction plate is formed by annularly fixing a plurality of friction material segments to a substantially annular core plate, and a minute groove is formed on a surface of the friction material segment.
US09714655B2
A rotary device includes a first rotor rotatable about a first axis and having at its periphery a recess bounded by a curved surface, and a second rotor counter-rotatable to the first rotor about a second axis, parallel to the first axis, and having a radial lobe bounded by a curved surface, the first and second rotors being coupled for intermeshing rotation, wherein the first and second rotors of each section intermesh in such a manner that on rotation thereof, a transient chamber of variable volume is defined, the transient chamber having a progressively increasing or decreasing volume between the recess and lobe surfaces, the transient chamber being at least in part defined by the surfaces of the lobe and the recess; the ratio of the maximum radius of the lobe rotor and the maximum radius of the recess rotor being greater than 1.
US09714654B2
An outlet device with collected the outer sound to control the waterway includes a shower, an electromagnetic valve, a control module and a power module with an impeller and a generator. The control module includes a sound detecting module, a calculating module, a processing module and a driving module. The sound detecting module collects the outer sound and outputs the control signal; the calculating module is connected to the power module to determine whether the real-time flowing value exceeds the preset value. If it exceeds the present value, the control module and the electromagnetic valve are turned off. The calculating module is connected to the sound detecting module and outputs the driving signal after receiving the control signal. The driving module is connected to the processing module and the electromagnetic valve. The driving module drives the electromagnetic valve when receiving the driving signal.
