US09736967B2
Cooling apparatus cooling for an electrical or electronic device, comprising an at least partially hollow body containing a refrigerant and having a plurality of electrically conductive sections Each electrically conductive section has a respective coupling portion suitable to be operatively associated with a corresponding electrically conductive part of the electrical or electronic device, wherein the at least partially hollow body further comprises one or more electrically insulating sections. Each electrically insulating section is positioned between and electrically insulates from each other two adjacent electrically conductive sections.
US09736955B2
An electronic circuit has at least one first printed circuit board extending in a first plane, and at least one second printed circuit board extending in a second plane that extends in parallel to, and outside of, the first plane, and also has at least one first connector device, in electrical contact with the first printed circuit board, and a second connector device, in electrical contact with the second printed circuit board and arranged on a second printed circuit board side facing away from the first printed circuit board, both connector devices being designed together to receive an associated plug-in board and to electrically contact this plug-in board using both printed circuit boards, the first connector device being arranged, at least in part, on a second plane side facing away from the first printed circuit board.
US09736952B2
There is provided an on-vehicle electronic module that includes an external connecting function and environment resistant reliability similar to a previous on-vehicle electronic module and that simultaneously achieves downsizing without a male connector housing component and cost reduction due to reduction of the number of components and assembly man-hours. There are included a circuit board 1 including a mounting region 2 and a terminal forming region 3, and a case housing the mounting region 2 of the circuit board 1. Electronic components 9 and 10 are mounted on the mounting region 2. A board terminal is formed in the terminal forming region 3. The case includes a case member 13 integrally formed with a wall surface and a male connector housing 13a. The wall surface forms a case internal space 21 that houses the mounting region 2. A female connector is mounted to the male connector housing 13a. The circuit board 1 penetrates the case member 13 such that the terminal forming region 3 is exposed to a housing space 22 side of the male connector housing 13a.
US09736950B2
There is provided a display device in which a drain hole is provided in incised portion of a middle cabinet supporting a display panel and a back cover, and thus plural circuit films and a printed circuit board and the like that are arranged in a circuit section coupled to the display panel can be protected by preventing inflow of moisture from the outside despite considerable reduction of a width of a front rim.
US09736939B2
A printed circuit board may include: a first circuit layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the first circuit layer; a high-rigidity layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and a second circuit layer disposed on the high-rigidity layer and connected to the first circuit layer by a first via extending through the first insulating layer and the high-rigidity layer, wherein a rigidity of the high-rigidity layer is greater than a rigidity of the first insulating layer.
US09736929B2
The present invention is a transparent conductive laminate comprising a base, a low-refractive-index layer, an intermediate-refractive-index layer, and a transparent conductive layer, the low-refractive-index layer, the intermediate-refractive-index layer, and the transparent conductive layer being sequentially stacked on at least one side of the base either directly or through one or more layers, the low-refractive-index layer having a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.50, and the intermediate-refractive-index layer having a refractive index of 1.50 to 1.80 and a film density of 2.5 to 4.5 g/cm3. The present invention provides a transparent conductive laminate that exhibits excellent moisture-heat resistance and excellent optical properties, and an electronic device or module.
US09736924B2
A reinforcing member for a flexible printed wiring board that maintains an electromagnetic wave shielding effect and a ground effect of the printed wiring board over a long period of time. A reinforcing member is disposed opposite a predetermined part of a ground wiring pattern and includes one surface opposing and in electrical conduction with the predetermined part of the ground wiring pattern. The other surface is in electrical conduction with an external ground member which is at a ground potential, the one surface and the other surface opposing each other. The reinforcing member includes a base made of conductive metal and a surface layer formed on a surface of a base to constitute at least a part of the other surface, the surface layer has higher conductivity and corrosion resistance than the base made of metal, and the surface layer is 0.004 to 0.2 μm thick.
US09736909B2
Universal dimmers are provided including a mode selection circuit configured to receive an input related to a load associated with the universal dimmer. The mode selection circuit is configured to select between more than two modes of operation of the universal dimmer. Related methods of operation are also provided.
US09736905B2
The invention describes an analog bleeder control arrangement (1) realized for use between a power supply (4) and a load (3), which bleeder control arrangement (1) is realized to generate a bleeder activation signal (20_on) to activate a bleeder (20) arranged between the power supply (4) and the load (3), and wherein the bleeder activation signal (20_on) is generated only upon detection of a phase-cut edge (LE, FE) on a voltage input signal (Uin). The invention further describes an LED lamp driver (2), realized to drive a lighting load (3) comprising a number of LED light sources (30) and comprising such a bleeder control arrangement (1). The invention also describes a lighting arrangement (6) comprising an LED lighting load (3); a driver circuit (2) realized to drive the lighting load (3); a bleeder (20) for providing compatibility between a dimmer (5) and the driver (2); and such a bleeder control arrangement (1) realized to activate the bleeder (20) only upon detection of a phase-cut edge (LE, FE) on a power supply input signal (Uin).
US09736898B2
Circuits and methods for driving an LED from a secondary side of a transformer are disclosed herein. An embodiment of the method includes monitoring an input voltage to determine the power level intended to drive the LED. The current flow through the primary side of the transformer is adjusted to make the power actually driving the LED equal to the power intended to drive the LED.
US09736894B2
A power adaptor including an input for connection to an AC power supply, an output for connection to a load, and a resonant circuit coupled to the input that provides power to the output suitable for driving the load, is provided. The resonant circuit has two or more resonant frequencies, which are not harmonics of each other. The power adaptor includes a controller adapted to drive the resonant circuit at, or near, each of the two or more resonant frequencies to select different characteristics of the current drawn from the AC power supply, in use.
US09736889B2
An electrode for the ohmic heating of a particulate liquid flowing therethrough having an inlet and an outlet that are fluidly connected and are arranged in such a way that there is a change of direction of 60°-120° between the inlet and the outlet. A cell for the ohmic heating of a particulate liquid flowing therethrough may have two such electrodes and a dielectric tube that fluidly connects the two electrodes. An apparatus for the ohmic heating of a particulate liquid flowing therethrough may have six such cells that are fluidly connected in series and are electrically connected to a triphasic power supply, so that the increase of temperature of the liquid at any cell is substantially the same.
US09736882B2
The disclosure provides for acquiring information related to a DRX configuration that is preferred by a Capillary Network Gateway (CGW) for a capillary network and selecting a DRX configuration, based on the acquired information, to be applied by a Radio Access Network (RAN) node to substantially match said preferred DRX configuration. The selected DRX configuration can be signaled to the gateway such that the gateway can adapt, or configure, its DRX configuration accordingly. Also, the selected DRX configuration is applied, or otherwise utilized, by the RAN node. This way, also the RAN node applies the DRX configuration that is preferred by the gateway for the capillary network. Hereby it is made possible to achieve a sufficient synchronization of the DRX configurations utilized by the gateway and the RAN node, respectively. Consequently, this may allow for a synchronization of the DRX configurations of the capillary network and a 3GPP network.
US09736880B2
A method of activating or deactivating frequency resources at a terminal configured with a primary frequency resource and one or more non-primary frequency resources in a wireless communication system, and the terminal are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a medium access control (MAC) signal for activating the one or more non-primary frequency resources; activating the one or more non-primary frequency resources; and deactivating the one or more non-primary frequency resources on expiry of a specific time period configured by radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the specific time period being for which of the one or more non-primary frequency resources are activated.
US09736879B2
A wireless communications system includes a base station; and a wireless station. The base station, after receiving a first control signal that includes classifying information, configures by a second control signal, transition of a communication mode and releases by a third control signal, the transition of the communication mode. The wireless station performs transition of a mode of communication by the communication mode configured by the second control signal, and releases by the third control signal, the transition of the communication mode.
US09736876B1
A method including, while link status information of first and second stations conflict, one of: receiving a request signal from the second station and based on the request signal, transmitting a response signal from the first station to the second station via a previously established link, where the request signal requests establishment of a new link between the first and second stations; and transmitting a data signal including a packet to the second station, where the data signal satisfies an address resolution protocol. The method further includes: subsequent to receiving the request signal or transmitting the data signal, tearing down the link status information of the first station including changing the link status information of the first station to match the link status information of the second station; and subsequent to tearing down the link status information of the first station, establishing the new link with the second station.
US09736875B2
Direct device-to-device (D2D) communications may be coordinated to reduce interference to the sets of radios involved in the individual device-to-base station or device-to-access point communications for the individual devices of the D2D communications. Coexistence management plans for the individual devices may be used to determine a D2D coexistence management plan to reduce interference among the many communications, both for the D2D communications and for non-D2D communications of the individual devices.
US09736871B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving information related to an association identification (AID) in a wireless communication system, the transmitting/receiving method comprising: a step in which a second STA having a direct link to a first STA receives an announcement frame related to an updated AID from the first STA; and a step in which the second STA transmits an ACK frame in response to the announcement frame, wherein the announcement frame comprises one or more AID-MAC address pairs and the second STA updates the AID of an STA corresponding to the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.
US09736862B2
Systems, methods, and devices for a delay indication in a wireless message are described herein. In one aspect an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a first message from a second apparatus. In some aspects, the first message is a request-to-send (RTS) message. The access point further including a processing system, configured to generate a second message in response to reception of the first message. The second message comprising a delay indicator, the delay indicator indicating a delay after which a third message may be transmitted by the second apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the second message to the second apparatus.
US09736851B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a wireless equipment for transmitting an uplink signal through a reduced transmission resource block (RB) in a wireless communication system. The wireless equipment can comprise: a processor; and a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting an uplink signal under control of the processor. When the RF unit is set to a predetermined channel bandwidth and a predetermined frequency range and must satisfy a predetermined maximum allowed value of spurious radiation to protect another frequency range, the uplink signal can be transmitted according to a predetermined maximum number of RBs instead of a total number of RBs for the predetermined channel bandwidth.
US09736840B2
A communication method between a plurality of terminals and a resource allocation method in an infrastructure network are disclosed. A terminal according to an embodiment communicates with at least one other terminal using a particular frequency band in a third time section distinguished from a first time section for reception of a downlink data and a second time section for transmission of an uplink data, thereby providing a technology of generating a small-scale network partly with respect to a particular region in a network with an extensive coverage of an infrastructure network.
US09736833B2
One embodiment is directed to a method for operating base stations in a heterogeneous network. The method may include receiving, by a first base station, an indication for a second base station to use flexible time division duplex mode (502), assessing an amount of interference that will be caused by the second base station (504)-(508), deciding how to adjust a transmission power of the second base station (509), and sending the second base station a request to adjust the transmission power (510).
US09736828B2
A network node, a UE and respective methods therein are provided for enabling transmission of data using a resource element reserved for CRS. The method in the network node for scheduling a downlink data transmission to the UE currently connected to the network node, comprises determining to schedule data transmission to the UE using at least one resource element reserved for transmitting CRSs during at least one subframe; and transmitting data to the UE using the at least one resource element reserved for transmitting the at least one CRS during the at least one subframe.
US09736815B2
A method and apparatus for focused communication is disclosed. The method includes a base transmitter array in communication with at least one client device at the same frequency. The base transmitter array provides a focused data communication to the client device.
US09736813B2
There is provided a method for use in a user equipment when the user equipment is in idle mode or any other low activity state, and when the user equipment bandwidth is smaller than the cell transmission bandwidth. The method comprises the steps of determining a paging position of the user equipment in the frequency domain; receiving, from the network, paging information within the user equipment reception bandwidth; and changing, if indicated by the network, the paging position of the user equipment within the cell transmission bandwidth.
US09736800B2
A method is provided for detection and synchronization for a multistation wireless communication system (WiFi) implementing a layer, termed the MAC or Medium Access Control layer, provided for implementing a multiple access protocol and a physical layer, termed the PHY or Physical Layer, provided for achieving synchronization and detection functions, the MAC layer transmitting commands to the PHY layer so as to carry out the multiple access protocol and the PHY layer generating in response at least one waveform carrying synchronization signals and detection signals, the MAC layer implements an orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal cyclic signal to construct the at least one waveform.
US09736796B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for reporting power headroom in support of multiple link connections. The method comprises: receiving, by a user equipment, one or more configured power headroom report parameters from at least one of multiple base stations to which the multiple link connections are connected; maintaining, at the user equipment, multiple groups of power headroom report timers respectively corresponding to the multiple link connections and maintaining multiple groups of triggering conditions for reporting power headroom respectively corresponding to the multiple link connections, wherein a number of groups of the multiple groups of the power headroom report timers and the number of groups of the multiple groups of triggering conditions for reporting the power headroom are identical to the number of connections of the multiple link connections respectively; if at least one triggering condition of one group of the triggering conditions for reporting the power headroom is met with respect to a corresponding base station of the multiple base stations, then calculating the power headroom for the corresponding base station and generating a power headroom report; and sending the power headroom report to the corresponding base station.
US09736791B1
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). For example, a communication network implemented in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure may support transmission power adaptation in a network of moving things comprising various fixed nodes, mobile nodes, and/or a combination thereof, which are selectable to achieve any of a variety of system goals.
US09736781B2
Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for a mobile computing device with a primary processing unit configured to operate in a normal mode and a reduced power mode. The mobile computing device may include a secondary processing unit, coupled with the primary processing unit, configured to provide, to a remote computing server, location data of the mobile computing device. The secondary processing unit may be configured to receive, from the remote computing server, one or more POIs contained within a geofence, identified based on the provided location data. The providing and receiving may be performed on behalf of the primary processing unit while the primary processing unit is in the reduced power mode. Operation of the secondary power processing unit may require less power than operation of the primary processing unit in the normal mode.
US09736780B2
Embodiments herein describe apparatuses, systems, and methods for signaling to support downlink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communications with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network. In embodiments, the UE may be configured with a plurality of channel state information (CSI) processes (e.g., via radio resource control (RRC) signaling) to use for providing CSI feedback to an evolved Node B (eNB) to support downlink CoMP communications. The UE may be configured with a plurality of sets of CSI processes. The UE may further receive a downlink control information (DCI) message from the eNB that indicates one of the configured sets of CSI processes on which the UE is to provide CSI feedback to the UE. The UE may generate the CSI feedback for the indicated set of CSI processes, and transmit the CSI feedback to the eNB in a CSI report.
US09736766B2
The present invention relates to a method for performing communication between terminals (D2D). Specifically, the method is characterized in that when a terminal communicating with another terminal is to perform an additional communication with yet another terminal, the channel sequence of the communicating terminal is determined, and one of the two terminals communicating with each other is defined as the channel synchronization reference terminal performing synchronization.
US09736762B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards devices and methods for identifying preferred access networks based at least in part on access network information including access network assistance information, steering policies, or access commands. In some embodiments, conflicts between access network information and access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policies may be rectified in identifying a preferred access network.
US09736759B2
Provided are a service control method and device. The method includes: acquiring related information of a user service and real-time status information of a service used by a user, wherein the related information includes: information needing to be referenced for regulating a control policy for the user service; based on the related information and real-time status information which are acquired, monitoring a current service status of a mobile network; and generating or adjusting user control policy information according to a result of the monitoring, and issuing the generated or adjusted user control policy information. The technical solution solves the problem in the related art of being unable to dynamically adjust the control policy of a user, thereby improving the mobile network quality, and improving the network experience of the user.
US09736751B2
Disclosed is a data transmission method. The method includes that: when downlink data is transmitted, a master node shunts, on a Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer, the downlink data to obtain shunted data packets, and sends the shunted data packets to shunting nodes; the shunting nodes process the shunted data packets, and send the processed data packets to a User Equipment (UE); and when uplink data is transmitted, the master node converges data packets sent from the shunting nodes and data packets sent from the UE, and sends the converged data packets to a core network. Also disclosed is a data transmission system. With embodiments of the disclosure, mobile communications system is able to provide an optimized service, a higher bandwidth and better performance.
US09736750B2
A radio communication system includes: a visit information storage unit that stores plural visit information elements each indicating information on a visit to a cell visited by a user equipment; a cell visit detector that detects that the user equipment that was visiting a first cell starts a visit to a second cell differing from the first cell; a ping-ponging state determiner that determines whether a ping-ponging state has occurred, in which state start and ending of a visit to the second cell is repeated, wherein the determination is made based on a visit information element on a visit to the second cell visited by the user equipment; and a calculator that calculates a visit time length of the visit to the second cell in accordance with the determination by the ping-ponging state determiner.
US09736733B2
Embodiments contemplate network stack virtualization which may be virtualization of a portion of the communication stack, such as the protocol stack, in some embodiments, multiple functionally of independent copies of the protocol stack may be simultaneously running on the terminal and/or serving the needs of different applications. This may allow independent operation from the application point of view, including connectivity to different networks with different identities. Embodiments contemplate that any number of such virtual network stacks can be instantiated, perhaps in some embodiments depending on the characteristics of an active application. Embodiments also contemplate the presentation of multiple allocated internet protocol (IP) addresses that may have sufficient information to enable an intelligent source IP address selection on the WTRU. The WTRU may be able to select an optimum IP address, perhaps in some embodiments depending on which application may be started.
US09736726B2
A node receives status data associated with a current collector in the network, where the node is active on the current collector. The node also receives status data associated with a candidate collector in the network, where the node is not active on the candidate collector. An analysis of the status data of the collectors is generated, where the analysis includes at least comparing respective network loads reported in the received status data. An optimal collector is determined from among the current collector and the candidate collector. The determination of the optimal collector is based at least in part upon the analysis of the status data of the collectors. The node remains active on the current collector when the current collector is determined to be the optimal collector, and the node becomes active on the candidate collector when the candidate collector is determined to be the optimal collector.
US09736710B2
Techniques for providing mobile device content delivery acceleration are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including a mobile device and a mobile accelerator system. The mobile accelerator system may include point of presences (“POPs”) configured to facilitate accelerated content delivery to the mobile device from a content server. For example, the mobile device may be configured to: determine an entry POP from POPs of a mobile accelerator system; and create a dedicated transport channel with the entry POP. The entry POP of the mobile accelerator system may be configured to: receive a query to a content server from the mobile device via the dedicated transport channel; determine at least a portion a dynamic path between the mobile device and the content server; and route data transfers between the mobile device and the content server through the at least a portion of the dynamic path.
US09736703B2
A method of managing Wi-Fi access points using a Wi-Fi network manager is disclosed. Measurement data is received from a plurality of Wi-Fi access points via a control interface. Optimized adjustments to one or more Wi-Fi parameters associated with one or more of the plurality of access points are searched based at least in part on a set of network optimization goals and the measurement data received from the plurality of access points. At least some of the optimized adjustments to the one or more Wi-Fi parameters are transmitted to the one or more of the plurality of access points using the control interface.
US09736701B2
Various arrangements for limiting inaccuracy of dead reckoning are presented. Proximity data may be collected using a plurality of proximity sensors of a mobile device. A position of the mobile device may be determined in relation to a user using the proximity data. Whether to determine a location of the mobile device using a dead reckoning technique may be determined at least partially based on the position of the mobile device in relation to the user.
US09736698B2
The present invention relates to a wireless network, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for partitioning a coordination area in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining antenna directions of respective cells, base station locations of respective cells, and scope of a coordination area within the wireless network; determining an initial coordination area based on the scope of the coordination area and the base station locations in respective cells; partitioning the initial coordination area into an inner area and an outer area; partitioning the outer area into an inward area and an outward area based on the antenna directions of cells within the outer area and the base station locations of cells within the outer area; and combining the inner area and the inward area within the outer area into a new coordination area. The method is simple and easy. It may solve a problem of coordination area edge caused by partitioning a coordination area and meanwhile avoid the association between coordination areas, thereby reducing the complexity of scheduling.
US09736697B2
A method for a wireless local area network performed by an access point (AP) configured to communicate over a primary subchannel and a secondary subchannel. The AP transmits a frame including a quiet channel element to a receiving station. The quiet channel element indicates that the secondary subchannel is to be quieted during a quiet interval in which the AP tests the secondary subchannel for a presence of radar transmissions and the receiving station does not send any frame to the AP. The quiet channel element includes an AP quiet mode field indicating whether a communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval. The primary subchannel and the secondary subchannel are quieted during the quiet interval if the AP quiet mode field indicates the communication to the AP is not allowed with the primary subchannel during the quiet interval.
US09736690B2
Apparatus and method for multi cell communication using beamforming in wireless communication system
A multicell access method using beamforming in a wireless communication system is provided. In the method for operating a terminal, an access procedure for accessing a first base station using a first antenna and accessing a second base station using a second antenna is performed. Communication with the first base station is performed using the first antenna. Communication with the second base station is performed using the second antenna.
US09736682B2
A user may point a control device at a controllable device for which control is desired, and the control device may detect the targeted controllable device. Additionally, the control device may detect a plurality of wireless nodes and list the available wireless nodes. For example, the control device may identify wireless nodes associated with a particular room in the house, or the control device may detect the wireless nodes within a certain range. The list may be a selectable list and a user may select the desired device to control from the list. Upon detection or user selection, the control device may establish control of the wireless node and initiate actions associated with the selected device.
US09736672B2
Techniques described herein may provide for device discovery of direct communication paths, to enable direct mode communication, between communication devices. The discovery of the communication paths may be based on identifiers that may be defined at the application level and included in device discovery requests. In one implementation, the identifiers may be SIP-URIs (session initiation protocol (SIP)-uniform resource identifiers (URIs)).
US09736665B2
A mobile device determines whether the mobile device is docked with a docking station that connects to a VoIP network, where the mobile device is capable of receiving calls to a cellular telephone number and calls to a VoIP telephone number. The mobile device notifies, if the mobile device is docked with the docking station, a call handling node in a cellular network to forward calls destined for the cellular telephone number to the VoIP telephone number at a VoIP call server. The mobile device receives a call forwarded from the VoIP call server, where the call was originally destined for the cellular telephone number.
US09736664B2
A computer-implemented system and method to manage the communication of a user are disclosed. In one embodiment, when a person tries to electronically convey a message to the user, the status of the user, the identity of the person, and the urgency of the message can be identified. The access priority of the person can be determined based on the person's identity. Then, the message can be managed using one or more rules and in view of the status of the user, the access priority of the person and the urgency of the message.
US09736663B1
Computer media, systems, and computer-implemented methods for enhancing SMS messaging sessions with user data are provided. A data sharing agreement between a service provider and a receiving entity, such as broadcaster or a consumer goods manufacturer, is established. A user with a wireless device sends an SMS message to the receiving entity. Data associated with the user is retrieved by the service provider in accordance with the data sharing agreement and is transmitted to the receiving entity along with the SMS message.
US09736657B2
A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
US09736653B2
Methods and systems of indoor positioning of a user and delivery of information thereto are described. A system may include a communication device and a plurality of networked devices. The communication device may receive incoming information which is intended for receipt by a user, and transmit a request signal responsive to the receiving of the incoming information. Each of the networked devices may receive the request signal, and determine which one of the networked devices is situated to notify the user of the incoming information. The networked device situated to notify the user may proceed to notify the user of the incoming information.
US09736649B1
Disclosed herein are techniques for determining a location of an antenna supporting structure. Crowdsourced data associated with antennas that are installed on a same antenna supporting structure but are used for different air interface types and/or data from aerial images can be used, alone or in combination, to more accurately and more efficiently determine the location of the antenna supporting structure and therefore the locations of the antennas on the antenna supporting structure.
US09736640B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for obtaining measurements of a range between devices based on a Round Trip Time (RTT) for an exchange messages. In particular, described are techniques for sharing channel parameters between or among wireless transceiver devices to assist in initiating exchange of signals between neighboring wireless transceiver devices.
US09736639B2
A second device (12) comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal to a first device (11); a receiver configured to receive a second signal that has been transmitted by the first device (11); a demodulator configured to demodulate a second message from the second signal, the second message including an indication of signal strength of the first signal as measured by the first device (11); a signal strength measuring module configured to measure signal strength of the received second signal; and a calculator configured to use the indication of the measured signal strength included in the second message and the signal strength of the second signal as measured by the second device (12) to calculate a measure of the distance between the first and second devices (11, 12).
US09736634B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to wireless coverage indication. In some embodiments, a current location of a user device may be obtained. Coverage information of wireless coverage associated with the user device may be obtained. A change in coverage may be determined based at least in part on the current location and the coverage information. A notification may be generated based at least in part on the change in coverage. The notification may be transmitted to one or more intended recipients, such as a user of the user device (e.g., in response to a query for information associated with the change in coverage) or one or more applications executing on the user device.
US09736632B2
A user apparatus includes processing modules that execute processing using basic area information, and an area information supply module that supplies basic area information to the processing modules. The area information supply module includes an event detection unit that detects an event, an area information acquisition unit that acquires basic area information in accordance with an event being detected, and an area information notification unit that notifies the processing modules of the basic area information. The area information acquisition unit acquires detailed area information in accordance with a request signal being received. The area information notification unit notifies a processing module of the detailed area information.
US09736621B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising communication circuitry configured to receive a message, and execution circuitry configured to, in response to the message comprising an instruction to intercept a direct device-to-device (D2D) communication, render the apparatus capable of storing at least in part the direct device-to-device communication in at least one of the apparatus and a memory. The intercepting may comprise lawful interception.
US09736620B2
Provided is a method for MTC in LTE-A. The method includes that pieces of MTC UE are divided into at least one cluster unit, each of which includes one piece of second UE as a cluster head and at least one piece of first UE as cluster members, wherein the first UE sends data information to the second UE through a PUSCH; after receiving the data information, the second UE forwards the data information to an eNB; after receiving the data information, the eNB sends DTG information to the first UE so as to complete data information transmission. In the meanwhile, a system and device for MTC communication in LTE-A are provided. Accordingly, the utilization rate of resources is improved when there are limited frequency spectrum resources, the burden of a base station is reduced and interference on uses around is reduced.
US09736611B2
A system enhances spatialization in an audio signal at a receiving location. The system applies a phase difference analysis to signals received from an array of spaced apart input devices that convert sound into electrical signals. The system derives spatial or directional information about the relative locations of the sound sources. The converted signals may be mixed using weights derived from the spatial information to generate a multichannel output signal that, when processed by a remote or local audio system, generates a representation of the relative locations of the sound sources at the originating location at the receiving location.
US09736602B2
Actuator systems for oral-based appliances utilizing transducers which are attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a dental or oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such oral appliances may be a custom-made device which receives incoming sounds and transmits the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element. The transducer element may utilize electromagnetic or piezoelectric transducer mechanisms and may be positioned directly along the dentition or along an oral appliance housing in various configurations.
US09736594B2
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) electret acoustic sensors or microphones, devices, systems, and methods are described. Exemplary embodiments employ electret comprising an inorganic dielectric material such as silicon nitride in MEMS electret acoustic sensors or microphones. Provided implementations include variations in electret acoustic sensor or microphone configuration and recharging of the electret.
US09736588B2
An aftermarket digital signal router that is installed in a vehicle when a factory loudspeaker system is replaced with an aftermarket loudspeaker system. The digital signal router comprises a first and a second analog signal receiver to receive at least two sources of audio from the vehicle. It also comprises a vehicle data transceiver that receives digital data from the vehicle's data network. It processes audio signals based on the data and status of the vehicle's data network and transmits the processed audio signals to an aftermarket amplifier. In some embodiments, the digital signal router is flashable with different versions of firmware so that it can work with different types of vehicle while transmitting audio that is compatible to most aftermarket amplifiers. The digital signal router is also adapted to handle potential conflict of two audio streams based on the signals of the vehicle's data network.
US09736585B2
A control circuit configured to control a speaker is disclosed. The control circuit is configured to drive the speaker at a predetermined frequency that may correspond to a resonance frequency. The control circuit comprises a speaker driver in communication with a controller. The controller is operable to control a drive frequency of the speaker by monitoring at least a sample of each of a plurality of wavelengths of a current draw of the speaker in the form of a voltage signal. Based on the voltage signal, the controller is operable to identify a voltage differential and adjust the drive frequency of the speaker in response to the voltage differential to maintain the predetermined frequency.
US09736583B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for a level-dependent compression system for hearing assistance devices, such as hearing aids. The present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device having a buffer for receiving time domain input signals and a frequency analysis module to convert time domain input signals into a plurality of subband signals. A power detector is adapted to receive the subband signals and to provide a subband version of the input signals. A nonlinear gain stage applies gain to the plurality of subband versions of the input signals, and a frequency synthesis module processes subband signals from the nonlinear gain stage and to create a processed output signal. The device also includes a filter for filtering the signals, and a level-dependent compression module. The level-dependent compression module is adapted to provide bandwidth control to the plurality of subband signals produced by the frequency analysis stage.
US09736580B2
Techniques are disclosed for scene analysis including the use of acoustic imaging and computer audio vision processes for monitoring applications. In some embodiments, an acoustic image device is utilized with a microphone array, image sensor, acoustic image controller, and a controller. In some cases, the controller analyzes at least a portion of the spatial spectrum within the acoustic image data to detect sound variations by identifying regions of pixels having intensities exceeding a particular threshold. In addition, the controller can detect two or more co-occurring sound events based on the relative distance between pixels with intensities exceeding the threshold. The resulting data fusion of image pixel data, audio sample data, and acoustic image data can be analyzed using computer audio vision, sound/voice recognition, and acoustic signature techniques to recognize/identify audio and visual features associated with the event and to empirically or theoretically determine one or more conditions causing each event.
US09736575B2
A method of manufacturing a microphone includes steps of forming a sound element; forming a semiconductor chip; coupling the sound element and the semiconductor chip to each other; inserting the sound element and the semiconductor chip into a case; and forming a sound hole in a lower portion of the case and in a lower portion of the sound element.
US09736574B2
An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.
US09736569B2
Retention members for an in-ear headphone include a base portion and a substantially straight flexible finger extending from the base portion. Absent external forces, the flexible finger includes a substantially straight longitudinal axis and a back surface extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion and having a plurality of recesses along a length of the back surface. The flexible finger is configured to, during use, bend into a curved shape for disposition under a user's antihelix. In-ear headphones include a shell defining a volume housing an audio driver, a nozzle extending from the shell configured for at least partial insertion into an ear canal, and a flexible retention member coupled to the shell, the flexible finger including a substantially straight longitudinal axis, a back surface, and a concave front surface.
US09736562B2
A sound receiving system is disclosed, each of the plurality of basic array devices has an output terminal connected with one filter, each of the plurality of filters has an output terminal connected with an input terminal of the second sound-mixing output device; the basic array device includes a microphone array, the microphone array includes a plurality of microphones longitudinally arranged along a straight line in order, and two adjacent microphones in the microphone array are separated with a distance of 1 n λ ; each microphone has an output terminal connected with one of the time delay circuits, each time delay circuit has an output terminal connected with an input terminal of the first sound-mixing output device; and the i-th time delay circuit has a delay time defined by adding (n-i) times of unit time to a delay time of the last time delay circuit. The present invention can increase the output of the forward acoustic wave actuation, decrease the output of the oblique acoustic wave within a center frequency bandwidth, and obtain a required directional characteristic. The present invention can be widely used in sound pickup (sound transmitting) applications.
US09736561B2
A smartpen configured for hands free audio recording is disclosed. One example smartpen may be configured so that a microphone contained in the smartpen is automatically oriented for unobstructed reception of ambient sound when the smartpen is placed on a supporting surface. Another example smartpen may have a weight distribution that causes the smartpen to roll to a desired orientation of the microphone when the smartpen is placed on a supporting surface with the microphone in a different orientation. Still another example smartpen may have one or more surface features disposed on a surface of the body of the smartpen, where the surface features are configured to position the microphone in a desired orientation when the smartpen is placed on a supporting surface.
US09736560B2
The present disclosure generally provides an apparatus and method of forming a liquid impermeable sealed audio speaker that can be easily manufactured and provides a high quality audio output. In an effort to overcome the shortcomings of conventional sealed speaker designs that typically utilize complicated and expensive means of shielding their electronic components from liquids and other sources of contamination, one or more of the embodiments of the disclosure provided herein include a sealed enclosure that has at least one liquid impermeable region that prevents or substantially inhibits the movement of a liquid from the exterior region into the internal region. In general, the liquid impermeable regions, or hereafter simply “liquid permeable regions,” are configured to prevent the ingress of liquids or other contaminants, while allowing the production of a desired sound quality.
US09736557B2
The present invention discloses a method for assigning and processing a label in an optical network. The method includes: learning that a label switched path is required to be established in an optical network; generating a label, in which the label is used for indicating that a first optical channel data unit is multiplexed to a second optical channel data unit; the label includes a tributary slot type indication field that is used for indicating a tributary slot type of the second optical channel data unit, and the label further includes a tributary slot assignment indication field that is used for indicating a tributary slot occupied in the second optical channel data unit into which the first optical channel data unit is multiplexed; and sending the label to a node on the label switched path by a signaling message of GMPLS.
US09736551B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box (STB) comprising a controller to analyze scheduled media content with limited temporal accessibility provided by a content provider, select a portion of the media content based on the analysis of the media content and a recipient media device to receive the portion of the media content, transmit the portion of the media content to a DVR to store the portion of the media content, and transmit a metadata pointer associated with the portion of the media content to a server. A request to accept the portion of the media content is received by the recipient media device via the server, and the portion of the media content is retrieved from the DVR by the server based on the metadata pointer when the recipient media device accepts the request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09736543B2
A set-top box device includes a network interface module and a client interface module. The network interface module is configured to receive interactive content instructions and an interactive content notification over an Internet protocol data connection, and to receive an associated on-demand content video stream from a television service provider. The network interface module is also configured to connect to a website containing product information for a product associated with the on-demand content video stream. The client interface module is configured to output the on-demand content video stream, to output the interactive content notification concurrently with the on-demand content video stream in response to outputting a portion of the on-demand content video stream and based on the interactive content instructions, and to output the website currently with the on-demand content video stream in response to a selection of the interactive content notification.
US09736536B2
Techniques for preventing circumvention of digital rights management protections on electronic content are provided. A method according to these techniques includes receiving a content stream, obtaining samples from the content stream, generating a histogram based on the samples from the content stream, classifying the content stream as including audio content or non-audio content based on the histogram, and modifying portions of the content stream responsive to classifying the content stream as including non-audio content. The content stream can be modified such that any video content included in the content stream would be rendered unplayable, while audio content included in the content stream remains playable.
US09736533B2
A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a current request from a user for first video information. Such a request may, for example, be received with a user interface module. A first video stream and a second video stream may be received simultaneously, where the first video stream comprises the first video information currently requested by the user, and the second video stream comprises second video information not currently requested by the user. A video receiver module may, for example, perform such receiving. The first video stream may be processed to present the first video information to the user at the current time. Further, the second video stream may be pre-processed in preparation for being presented to the user in the future. A video processing module may, for example, perform such video stream processing.
US09736531B2
According to an aspect, an apparatus may include a media streaming device including electronic circuitry configured to receive media content wirelessly from a media content source, and an output cord segment having a first end portion integrally coupled to a structure of the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a receiving device, where the electronic circuitry is further configured to transmit the received media content through the output cord segment to the receiving device. The apparatus may include a power cord segment having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the media streaming device, and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a power source.
US09736528B2
A streaming device may broadcast multimedia content, such as television signals, to electronic devices in a customer premises. The device may include a tuner to receive a signal, corresponding to a number of television channels, and to extract a second signal corresponding to a selected channel. The device may include a media processor to transcode the extracted signal to a second encoded format. The device may further authenticate a destination device as a destination device that is authorized to receive at least some of the television channels, and receive, from the destination device, channel selection information that identifies the selected channel. The device may further include a communication interface to transmit the signal, in the second encoded format, to the destination device.
US09736520B2
In one embodiment, a method of organizing multimedia content includes obtaining, by a server, a first video program. Also, the method includes selecting a first video, where the first video is a first subset of the first video program, and where the first video forms a first branch of the first video program and selecting a second video, where the second video is a second subset of the first video program. Additionally, the method includes selecting a first partial video, where the first partial video is a first subset of the first video and selecting a second partial video, where the second partial video is a second subset of the first video. The method also includes establishing a multi-dimensional index tree including a first video program level, a first video level, a first partial video level.
US09736518B2
Apparatuses and methods are described herein for broadcasting content, including, but not limited to, receiving, by a server, a request from a broadcasting device for a first viewing device to take over an output stream, the output stream containing media content of the broadcasting device. The request is related by the server to the first viewing device. The server receives media content of the first viewing device, and sends the media content of both the broadcasting device and the first viewing device to be outputted by one or more other viewing devices simultaneously.
US09736509B2
A method and computer readable medium for encoding data onto a channel broadcasting a program are disclosed. For example, the method selects a channel that is being used to broadcast a program, generates data having characteristics in accordance with an error burst signature and transmits the data on the channel that is being used to broadcast the program.
US09736506B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupleable to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09736501B2
A system and method and apparatus of enabling the detection of re-occurrence of an event in an audio-video broadcast is herein described. Further a system, method and apparatus to insert the most appropriate s “event sound” is also discussed herein. A apparatus using the methods is also disclosed herein.
US09736489B2
For each prediction unit (PU) belonging to a coding unit (CU), a video coder generates a candidate list. The video coder generates the candidate list such that each candidate in the candidate list that is generated based on motion information of at least one other PU is generated without using motion information of any of the PUs belonging to the CU. After generating the candidate list for a PU, the video coder generates a predictive video block for the PU based on one or more reference blocks indicated by motion information of the PU. The motion information of the PU is determinable based on motion information indicated by a selected candidate in the candidate list for the PU.
US09736466B2
System and method for video processing. First video levels for pixels for a left image of a stereo image pair are received from a GPU. Gamma corrected video levels (g-levels) are generated via a gamma look-up table (LUT) based on the first video levels. Outputs of the gamma LUT are constrained by minimum and/or maximum values, thereby excluding values for which corresponding post-OD display luminance values differ from static display luminance values by more than a specified error. Overdriven video levels are generated via a left OD LUT based on the g-levels. The overdriven video levels correspond to display luminance values that differ from corresponding static display luminance values by less than the error threshold, and are provided to a display device for display of the left image. This process is repeated for second video levels for a right image of the stereo image pair, using a right OD LUT.
US09736465B2
An exemplary embodiment of a 3D camera system for a patient positioning and monitoring system is described. In the system a pair of image detectors are provided where the image detectors are each associated with a heater thermally connected to conducting pads provided at the periphery of the image detectors. The heaters and conducting pads act to contain the image detectors in a substantially constant temperature micro climate thereby preventing external temperature variations from causing the relative positions of the image detectors to change so as to record portions of images as different pixels and hence reduce the consistency with which the identification of matching portions of images obtained by the image detectors can be utilized to determine the 3D positions of imaged objects.
US09736457B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may, for example, receive a request for a telepresence seat at an event, obtain media content comprising event images of the event that are captured by an event camera system, receive images that are captured by a camera system at a user location, and provide the media content and video content representative of the images to a processor for presentation at a display device utilizing a telepresence configuration that simulates the first and second users being present at the event, where the providing of the first and second video content establishes a communication session between the first and second users. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09736449B1
A 3D video generator receives a two-dimensional image to be converted to a first three-dimensional video. The 3D video generator generates a depth map based on depth values for each of a plurality of pixels in the input image. Based on the depth map, the input image and a view disparity value, the 3D video generator creates a series of modified images that are associated with the input image. When combined, the series of modified images comprises a 3D video.
US09736448B1
Methods, systems, and media for generating a summarized video using frame rate modification are provided. In some embodiments, a method for editing a video is provided, the method comprising: receiving, using a hardware processor, a video file; identifying a plurality of frames at a playback frame rate from the video file; generating an edited video file by extracting a subset of the plurality of frames, wherein the extracted frames in the subset of the plurality of frames are separated by a predetermined length in the plurality of frames and wherein extracting the subset of the plurality frames modifies a frame rate of at least a portion of the video file to an effective frame rate; storing the edited video file; and presenting the edited video file at the playback frame rate.
US09736446B1
An aspect of automated color adjustment of media files includes receiving profile data corresponding to a subject of image capture. The profile data indicates color values of an element associated with the subject. An aspect also includes storing the profile data in a memory device coupled to a computer processor, capturing an image of the subject, and processing the image and adjusting color aspects based on the color values associated with the element.
US09736440B2
A holographic projection device includes an image display and a plurality of reflective projection panels. The plurality of reflective projection panels intersect one another at an vertex. A method for operating the holographic projection device includes receiving projection coordinates of the vertex on the image display, receiving a vector connecting coordinates of an image center of the image display and the projection coordinates of the vertex, and shifting a plurality of images displayed on the image display according to the vector to project the plurality of images onto the plurality of reflective projection panels to form a holographic image.
US09736431B2
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with configuration of content subscription packages. In various embodiments, a subscription package management/selection entity (“SPM”) may provide a facility for configuring and/or managing one or more content subscription packages. The SPM may be configured to facilitate generation of subscription packages using one or more tiers. The SPM may be configured to communicate with a content consumption device to provide subscription package information for consumption by a content consumer. The SPM may also be configured to facilitate a consumer in selecting and/or purchasing one or more content subscription packages. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09736428B1
Systems and methods for providing remote visitation and other services to non-residents of controlled-environment facilities via display devices. In some embodiments, a method may include performing, by one or more computer systems, receiving a command to initiate a remote visitation session between a resident and a non-resident of a controlled-environment facility, and enabling the non-resident's participation in the remote visitation session, wherein the non-resident participates in the remote visitation session using a display device selected from the group consisting of: a display device set, a projector, and a monitor.
US09736426B2
When a picture displayed on a client device is enlarged, the client device may be configured to insert new pixels between two adjacent pixels in the picture. When actual values of the new pixels are stored on a server, the client device may submit a request to the server for actual values of the new pixels. Responsive to the request, the server may first calculate interpolation values in accordance with the same interpolation algorithm and then calculate a difference value based on the interpolation values and the actual values stored on the server. If the calculated difference value is greater than a threshold value, the server may transmit the actual values for the new pixels to the client device. Otherwise, the server may instruct the client device to calculate the interpolation values.
US09736424B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an object and acquire image data; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire image capturing conditions of the image capturing apparatus; a holding unit configured to hold history information of peripheral devices that have been connected to the image capturing apparatus; and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire image capturing auxiliary information related to image capturing performed by the image capturing unit based on the image capturing conditions acquired by the first acquisition unit and on the history information held in the holding unit.
US09736420B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing configured to house an electronic component; a first housing member comprising a first wall; a second housing member comprising a second wall overlapping the first wall with a gap therebetween; a first connecting structure configured to fix the first wall and the second wall; a second connecting structure positioned closer to an end of the first wall or the second wall than the first connecting structure and configured to connect the first wall and the second wall with play between the first wall and the second wall.
US09736417B2
An object is to realize a control system capable of displaying a display screen of a television receiver (control target device) including a high-resolution display device and quickly performing processes such as a movement of the display, a change in a display magnification, a change in a display angle, and the like through intuitive operations. In the control system (1000), by specifying one point of a display screen on a second display unit (23) of a remote control device (2), that is, acquiring one-point specifying information, it is possible to perform a display position changing process (movement process) using absolute position coordinates. Accordingly, for example, when a control target device (1) serves as a television receiver (control target device) including the high-resolution display device, the second display unit (23) of the remote control device is able to display a display screen of the control target device and quickly perform movement of the display through an intuitive operation.
US09736409B2
A semiconductor apparatus, a solid-state image sensing apparatus, and a camera system capable of reducing interference between signals transmitted through adjacent via holes, preventing an increase in the number of the via holes, reducing the area of a chip having sensors thereon and the number of mounting steps thereof. First and second chips are bonded together to form a laminated structure, a wiring between the first chip and the second chip being connected through via holes, the first chip transmitting signals obtained by time-discretizing analog signals generated by respective sensors to the second chip through the corresponding via holes, the second chip sampling the signals transmitted from the first chip through the via holes at a timing different from a timing at which the signals are sampled by the first chip and quantizing the sampled signals to obtain digital signals.
US09736407B2
An imaging apparatus that forms an image of a light beam transmitted through an imaging lens on an imaging element includes a laminated material that is provided on the imaging element, the light beam being transmitted through the laminated material, the laminated material being provided at a position at which an end portion of an upper surface of the laminated material allows an outermost light beam out of light beams to be transmitted therethrough, the light beams entering a pixel in an outer end portion of the imaging element in an effective pixel area, the position having a width Hopt.
US09736406B2
Analog signals having different output levels are converted into a plurality of digital signals using a plurality of reference signals having mutually different slopes, and a ratio of the plurality of different slopes and an offset amount are calculated on the basis of the digital signals. Then, on a frame-by-frame basis, a correction coefficient for correcting digital signals obtained by carrying out analog-digital conversion on analog signals output from a pixel section of an image sensor is calculated on the basis of the ratio of slopes and the offset amount. The correction coefficient includes the ratio of slopes and an offset correction value, and the offset correction value is obtained by carrying out a filtering process that performs weighted adding of the offset amount and the offset correction value calculated in a previous frame using a cyclic coefficient.
US09736397B2
A system for performing closed captioning enables a caption prepared remotely by a captioner to be repositioned by someone other than the captioner, such as by a program originator. This capability is particularly useful when, for example, the program originator wishes to include a banner in a video but also wishes to avoid having a closed caption interfere with the banner. In one illustrative system, the program originator is a broadcast station that includes a conventional encoder and a broadcast station computer. In one arrangement, control data generated at the station computer is incorporated into the caption data by the station computer. In another arrangement, the control data is sent from the station computer to the captioner computer, which incorporates the control data into the caption data.
US09736392B2
A method for determining a distance between an image sensor and an object includes acquiring a first image for an object and a second image distinguished from the first image, using a cut-off filter for cutting off one of R G and B signals, and determining a distance between the image sensor and the object.
US09736386B2
There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to perform exposure control of a first pixel group and exposure control of a second pixel group independently of each other, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The control unit controls gain or an exposure time of the first pixel group and gain or an exposure time of the second pixel group independently of each other.
US09736384B2
A method is described to greatly improve the efficiency of and reduce the complexity of image compression when using single-sensor color imagers for video acquisition. The method in addition allows for this new image compression type to be compatible with existing video processing tools, improving the workflow for film and television production.
US09736374B2
Methods and systems for parking lot occupancy determination. Video of an entrance to a parking lot (or other facility) can be acquired utilizing one or more video cameras focusing on a pre-defined vision-based region of interest and a pre-defined video-based region of interest. The video can be video processed via a classifier that is pre-trained to take into account potential camera shake disturbances to generate video output data thereof. The video output data can then be trajectory smoothed. The video output data (following trajectory smoothing) can then be analyzed for parking lot occupancy data such that the impact of camera shake with respect to the video camera(s) is minimized to determine parking lot occupancy.
US09736369B2
A system and corresponding components for providing a virtual video patrol functionality comprised of a plurality of sensor units and a monitoring station. The sensor units are preferably deployed in a configuration such that physically adjacent sensor units have overlapping fields of view. Each sensor unit is preferably configured to generate and transmit an alert to the monitoring station upon the detection of an event. The monitoring station may request video data from a specifically addressed sensor unit as well as additional sensor units with fields of view overlapping with the specifically addressed sensor unit. Requested video data from sensor units may be processed and combined using stitching algorithms. A user input device and display in the monitoring station allows virtual panning of the combined video image. The sensor units are preferably implemented as street light sensor units combined with a street light illumination source.
US09736365B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting zoom operations using a plurality of optical chain modules, e.g., camera modules, are described. Switching between use of groups of optical chains with different focal lengths is used to support zoom operations. Digital zoom is used in some cases to support zoom levels corresponding to levels between the zoom levels of different optical chain groups or discrete focal lengths to which optical chains may be switched. In some embodiments optical chains have adjustable focal lengths and are switched between different focal lengths. In other embodiments optical chains have fixed focal lengths with different optical chain groups corresponding to different fixed focal lengths. Composite images are generate from images captured by multiple optical chains of the same group and/or different groups. Composite image is in accordance with a user zoom control setting. Individual composite images may be generated and/or a video sequence.
US09736363B2
During capturing, image data obtained by applying a simplified development process to RAW image data is recorded together with a RAW image. Afterward, image data obtained by applying a high quality development process to the RAW image data is generated, and this image data replaces the image data obtained by the simplified development. Information indicating a state of progress of the high quality development process is displayed in association with an image, thereby enabling selection of the processes in consideration of the state of progress. It is possible to achieve an imaging apparatus capable of recording a RAW image without the need of a circuit for performing a high-speed development process and in such a manner that the RAW image can be easily reproduced when necessary.
US09736355B1
A variable focal length (VFL) lens system is utilized to determine surface Z-height measurements of imaged surfaces. A controller of the system is configured to control a VFL lens (e.g., a tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction lens) to periodically modulate its optical power and thereby periodically modulate a focus position at a first operating frequency, wherein the periodically modulated VFL lens optical power defines a first periodic modulation phase. A phase timing signal is synchronized with a periodic signal in the controller that has the first operating frequency and that has a second periodic modulation phase that has a phase offset relative to the first periodic modulation phase. A phase offset compensating portion is configured to perform a phase offset compensating process that provides Z-height measurements, wherein at least one of Z-height errors or Z-height variations that are related to a phase offset contribution are at least partially eliminated.
US09736352B2
An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes a body, an imaging unit provided in the body, the imaging unit for capturing an image of an object and generating an image, a focus lens movable in an optical axis direction, the focus lens for adjusting a focus state of the image, an evaluation value detector for detecting a focus evaluation value of the image, a movement detector for detecting a moving direction and an amount of movement of the body in the optical axis direction, and a controller for controlling movement of the focus lens. The controller determines a direction to which the focus lens is to be moved, based on the moving direction of the body in the optical axis direction detected by the movement detector and the focus evaluation value detected by the evaluation value detector.
US09736351B2
A transmission apparatus configured to transmit image data to a reception apparatus through a network, in which a setting value for generating captured data and a setting value for generating image data by an encoding unit are updated according to reception of a command that sets the setting value for generating the captured data by the image capturing unit. When the setting value for generating the captured data is updated according to the received command, notification is performed through the network regardless of a restart process is performed.
US09736346B2
The present invention provides an imaging system generating a high resolution image using low resolution images taken by a low resolution image sensor. Also, the imaging system generates a wide angle of view image. Enhancement of resolution and enlargement of angle of view are accomplished by optical axis change, utilizing one or more micromirror array lenses without macroscopic mechanical movements of lenses. The imaging system also provides zoom and auto focusing functions using micromirror array lenses.
US09736337B2
One example relates to a print system for adjusting a color profile. The print system can comprise a system comprising a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a profile transformer to receive a color sample comprising a color measurement of a proper subset of a gamut of colors printable with ink deposited at a printer. The profile transformer can also provide an adjusted color profile for the printer based on (i) an original color profile associated with a substrate for the printer and (ii) the color sample.
US09736329B2
An image scanning method includes: generating, in a terminal, a scan job ticket as a data file including a content of job to store scan data generated by scanning in a storage, the scan data being to be; sending the scan job ticket from the terminal to a scanning apparatus; receiving, in the scanning apparatus, the scan job ticket and accepting an initiation operation for initiating the job in response to the receiving of the scan job ticket; performing, in the scanning apparatus, the scanning to generate the scan data in response to the accepting of the initiation operation; and storing the scan data in the storage.
US09736324B2
A sheet post-processing device is mounted in an image forming apparatus that includes an image reading unit and an image forming unit. The image forming unit is located under the image reading unit with a space therebetween. The sheet post-processing device includes: a first tray that is located in the space and houses a sheet ejected from the image forming unit; a post-processing unit that is located in the space and performs post-processing on a sheet in the first tray; a transfer member that, after the post-processing is performed on a sheet in the first tray, transfers the sheet to a front side of the image forming apparatus; and a second tray that is located closer to the front side of the image forming apparatus than the first tray and houses a sheet transferred by the transfer member.
US09736322B2
An electronic device that checks a connected state of a signal line is provided. The electronic device includes a controller configured to transmit a check signal and at least one module configured to include a closed loop and receive the check signal. When the controller receives the check signal through the closed loop, the controller determines that the at least one module is connected to the controller.
US09736319B2
Mobile device application usage history is collected across a plurality of mobile device applications. A mobile device application usage trigger event is received. For each of a plurality of candidate push notifications, a quality score adjustment is determined as a function of the collected mobile device application usage history and the trigger event. An opportunity to push a notification to the first mobile device is auctioned based on the adjusted quality scores. The notification of the auction winner is pushed to the first mobile device.
US09736318B2
Responsive to determining to transition a voice call from voice communications over a voice network to streamed text over a packetized data network, a voice conversation correlation identifier is created that identifies the voice call and specifies incoming and outgoing streamed text data as part of the voice call. Additional outgoing speech spoken by a user associated with the voice call is converted to streamed text data. The streamed text data identified by the voice conversation correlation identifier is sent within an outgoing text stream over the packetized data network. Streamed response text data identified by the voice conversation correlation identifier is received within an incoming text stream over the packetized data network. The received streamed response text data within the incoming text stream is converted to speech output as part of the voice call.
US09736317B2
In one implementation, an apparatus includes an audio detection circuit, a central processor, and the switch. The audio detection circuit is configured to determine whether audio is present in an input signal and generate an audio presence indicator indicative of the audio. The central processor is configured to receive the audio presence indicator and a mute command. The central processor generates a switch command based on the mute command. The switch is configured to block the input signal from a digital signal processor in response to the switch command. The central processor generates a dynamic mute message that indicates audio is detected while a mute command is active.
US09736314B2
A broadcasting system provides a telephone number as identity information during a registration process of a user equipment intended to be used as a user broadcasting equipment. The telephone number is one of many telephone numbers associated with the broadcasting system. During the registration process in which the user equipment is identified as a user broadcasting equipment, various information associated with the user equipment are obtained and stored. The identity information, i.e., the telephone number, maps to the stored information such that when the user equipment is used to dial the provided telephone number, the broadcasting system automatically recognizes the user equipment is making a dial to broadcast request. Upon checking the stored information associated with the user equipment, the broadcasting system allows the user equipment to broadcast to one or more other user equipment registered as listeners to a scheduled broadcast.
US09736306B2
An improved communication channel system, such as an improved interactive voice response (IVR) system, and methods that route calls to an appropriate customer agent terminal and correspondingly delivers selected data and selected treatments to be presented to a customer of an organization are described. An improved customer relationship management (CRM) system is in communication with the improved IVR system. Data stores associated with the improved CRM and/or IVR systems are specially configured to allow for datatables therein to be continuously reworked and updated to create and include new treatments specifically tailored on an individual customer level. The improved system includes a rules engine including logic specific to the suppression of treatments. Relevant, unsuppressed treatment information, including scripts and related data, is sent to the computing device of an organization agent, and the data is presented as a script in a GUI of the computing device.
US09736304B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a roster template used in scheduling agent resources to conduct a campaign involving sending outbound communications using a first channel of communication to generate inbound communications using a second channel of communication. Specifically, a forecast is generated establishing a success rate for generating an inbound communication using the second channel of communication as a result of sending an outbound communication using the first channel of communication and an average response time to receive the inbound communication. Further, the forecast identifies a number of inbound communications predicted to be received for the campaign. From the forecast, a number of agent resources needed to handle the inbound communications is identified and a roster template is generated that comprises shifts identifying agent resources to schedule based on the number of agent resources needed to handle the inbound communications.
US09736294B2
An approach is provided for determining contextual information for at least one first device and at least one second device. Then, the coordination platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the contextual information to determine one or more functions to deactivate the at least one first device. Subsequently, the coordination platform causes at least in part, an activation of the one or more functions at the at least one second device. Ultimately, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a transfer of the one or more functions from the at least one first device to the at least one second device. Finally, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a deactivation of the one or more functions at the at least one first device.
US09736293B2
Provided are a terminal and a method for deletion of specified content. The terminal includes: a determination unit for determining whether a specified content meets a present condition when receiving an operation instruction to delete the specified content; and an execution unit for determining whether to execute a deletion operation on the specified content according to a determination result. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, the probability of accidental deletions can be reduced, thereby enabling a deletion operation to be safer.
US09736289B2
Techniques described herein include a platform for providing user interaction with a vehicle's functions on a mobile device. In some embodiments, the vehicle and mobile device may both be in communication with a service provider computer, that may facilitate communications between the two. In some embodiments, a user is provided with various details related to the vehicle's condition as well as a list of functions that may be initiated by the user. The user is able to select one or more of the listed functions to be performed by the vehicle while located any distance from the vehicle. In some embodiments, the service provider computer may determine whether the user is authorized to initiate a particular vehicle function. Upon selection of a vehicle function from the list of vehicle functions, a processor device in the vehicle executes the function.
US09736285B2
[Object]To provide a communication terminal device capable of performing an image registration correlating with address book information with an easy operation.[Constitution]A mobile phone includes: a camera module 24 for shooting a subject; a memory 105 for storing address book information including telephone numbers; a numeric key portion 11 for an input; and a CPU 100 for extracting the address book information relating to information input by the numeric key portion 11 from the memory 105 and for storing an image shot by the camera module 24 by correlating the image with the address book information in the memory 105 at the same time. When the subject is shot by the camera module 24 after the information is input by the numeric key portion 11, the CPU 100 correlates the image with the extracted address book information and stores them in the memory 105.
US09736279B2
A mechanism is provided a data processing system for protocol servicing in network-attached storage. A protocol service executing in the data processing system in a clustered file system establishes a high priority recovery thread. The high priority recovery thread monitors health counters that count total requests in and total requests out for a client accessing a network-attached storage device via the protocol service. The high priority recovery thread determines a category of health of the protocol service based on the health counters. The mechanism takes corrective action based on the category of health of the protocol service.
US09736277B2
In an example of wireless communications, an access point may generate a frame and provide the frame for transmission to one or more stations. The frame may include a first signal field, a second signal field, and a data field. The first signal field may have a duration of 4 μs and may include a first signal portion and a first guard interval. The second signal field may have a duration of 4 μs and may include a second signal portion and a second guard interval. The data field may include at least one data symbol that has a symbol duration of 12.8 μs, excluding any guard interval duration. A station may detect the frame and process the frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09736275B1
A frame delineation method for a generic framing procedure (GFP) that includes: searching a serial data stream comprising GFP frames, octet by octet, to identify an eight octet sequence; and delineating GFP frames from the serial data stream in response to determining that a first group of four octets of the identified eight octet sequence comprises a valid Core Header, and in response to determining that a second group of four octets of the identified eight octet sequence comprises one of a valid Core Header and a valid descrambled Type Header.
US09736272B2
A method for generating and distributing serialized tokens is provided. The method may include receiving a request from at least one client. The method may further include determining whether the received at least one request is a request for generating names and definitions for a group of serialized tokens, deleting a names and definitions, and/or receiving a group of serialized tokens. Additionally, the method may include enabling the at least one client to generate names and definitions for a group of serialized tokens. The method may also include storing the names and definitions on a server. The method may also include deleting the names and definitions from the server. The method may also include formatting and distributing serialized tokens based on the names and definitions for the serialized tokens. The method may further include sending a response to the client based on the received request.
US09736264B2
Learning personal audio systems and methods are disclosed. A learning personal audio system characterizes the digitized ambient sound so as to generate feature data for the digitized ambient sound, instructs a network interface to transmit the feature data to the remote server, requests one or more appropriate sound profiles from the remote server based upon the feature data, receives one or more selected sound profiles, selected by the remote server based upon the feature data, and initiates processing of the digitized ambient sound based upon the one or more selected sound profiles received from the remote server to generate digitized processed sound. The one or more selected sound profiles for the learning personal audio system are based upon sound profiles which are manually selected by a plurality of other users of personal audio systems similar to the learning personal audio system.
US09736257B2
A server cluster and method for providing a push notification service are provided. The method includes searching for, by a management server cluster, a first push server corresponding to predetermined search criteria from among a plurality of push servers upon receiving a request to connect with a push server from a mobile terminal; providing, by the management server cluster, connection information regarding the found first push server to the mobile terminal; and delivering, by the first push server, upon generation of a notification event after connecting with the mobile terminal, event information corresponding to the push notification event to the connected mobile terminal.
US09736255B2
The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example access to a user's online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows.
US09736250B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for non-network controller communication. In general, an example wireless network may comprise a network controller (NC) device and at least one network member (NM) device. The at least one NM device may respond to inquiries received from outside-of-network (OoN) devices by providing at least an NC device name in a user-friendly form. This information may be provided via a new information element (IE). Should the at least one NC device later receive a service discovery request (e.g., from the OoN device), the at least one NC device may determine whether services it may provide are currently unavailable, and may then transmit a service discovery response including at least unavailable service information. In at least one embodiment, service discovery responses may also include information about current consumers of the unavailable services.
US09736247B2
A system for providing access to one or more application device, such as a respective processed application program, is connected to a telecommunications network including at least one user device. The system includes a manager device connected to the respective application device, and the manager device communicatively connects to the respective user device. Each application device includes a respective processing state and a state table of each respective processing state. The manager device updates the respective processing state of the state table for each application device and respective user device. Each user device accesses the manager device to obtain the respective processing state in the state table of the particular application device for the particular user device. User devices can switch communications with the manager device and application device, providing continuing operations of the application device with same processing state.
US09736244B2
It is provided a method, comprising detecting a request for establishing a session between a peer and a network, wherein the request is received from the peer and comprises an identifier of a user of the network; checking, if the request is detected, whether a first session is established, wherein the first session is a session of the user which is established between the peer and the network; determining, if it is checked that the first session is established, whether the first session is dead or alive; flushing the first session if it is determined that the first session is dead; triggering an establishment of the requested session if it is determined that the first session is dead.
US09736242B2
A Fiber Channel (FC) switch system includes a server IHS and a storage IHS that each communicate using an FC protocol. A switch IHS couples the server IHS to the storage IHS. A first converter in the switch IHS receives first FC data traffic from the server IHS and converts it to first FC over Ethernet (FCoE) data traffic. A protocol processing engine in the switch IHS is coupled to the first converter and receives the first FCoE data traffic from the first converter and processes it to provide second FCoE data traffic for delivery to the storage IHS. A second converter in the switch IHS is coupled to the protocol processing engine and the storage IHS and receives the second FCoE data traffic from the protocol processing engine, converts it to second FC data traffic, and sends the second FC data traffic to the storage IHS.
US09736241B2
A first device that is coupled to a second device receives a first Fiber Channel frame, wherein the first Fiber Channel frame has a priority indicated by the second device. The first device responds to the second device with a second Fiber Channel frame that has an identical priority to the priority indicated by the second device.
US09736238B2
This invention relates to a communication system including a first apparatus having a first storage medium, and a second apparatus for transmitting data to the first apparatus, the second apparatus comprising: a second storage medium for storing management information of data to be transferred to the first storage medium; communication means for communicating data with the first apparatus; edit means capable of editing the management information; and control means for making a control to transfer data stored in the second storage medium to the first storage medium by way of the communication means on the basis of the management information edited by the edit means.
US09736227B2
A system and a method are provided for enabling a user to connect a serial port of a device server to a serial device, query and capture data and settings pertaining to the serial device such that the device server can communicate and exchange data with the serial device without requiring customized programming. The device server may periodically query and capture user-specified data from the serial device. A poll configuration feature may be used to specify one or more commands which the device server will periodically query from the serial device. The response to each poll may be further sliced into a multiplicity of smaller portions according to user-specified filter rules. The captured data may be presented to other users online by way of a Web Manager, and the device server may establish machine-to-machine communications by way of XML and a Command Line Interface.
US09736221B2
Methods and systems for transparent user interface integration between remote applications and their local counterparts are described, providing a seamless, unified user experience, and allowing integration of a start menu, dock, taskbar, desktop shortcuts, windows, window and application switching, system tray elements, client-to-host and host-to-client file type association, URL redirection, browser cookie redirection, token redirection, status message interception and redirection, and other elements. These methods and systems further enhance theme-integration between a client and remote desktop or virtual machine by remoting all UI elements to a recipient for generation, including text controls, buttons, progress bars, radio buttons, list boxes, or other elements; presenting them with the receiver's product and OS-specific UI; and returning status back to the sender. This may achieve a more unified and transparent UI integration. Furthermore, international text may be correctly received in cross-language environments, or translated into the language of the presenting environment.
US09736218B2
A method is described. The method comprising the steps of receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto. A device is also described.
US09736208B2
A method and an apparatus for sharing media using a social network in a communication system are provided. A method of a transmit terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, generating media comprising location information associated with the media, and registering the generated media to the media server. A method of a receive terminal for sharing media using a social network includes transmitting to a media server, identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal, transmitting location information of the receive terminal to the media server, and receiving from the media server, media corresponding to the location information among media registered by the at least one counterpart terminal.
US09736206B2
Client device for playing media content, comprising: a connection interface for establishing a connection with a server and for receiving a media content from the server via the connection; a detector for detecting, whether the media content is to be continued beyond a termination of the connection with the server, and for providing a detection result in case it is determined that the media content is to be continued beyond a determination of the connection with the server; and a processor for taking an action to continue the media content beyond a termination of the connection with the server.
US09736198B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a telephone having computer instructions to execute a web server application in the telephone. The web server application can be operable to detect an incoming plain old telephone service call, identify a calling party identifier from the incoming plain old telephone service call, and direct one of a plurality of devices detected by web server application to present the calling party identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09736197B2
A method of extending calls includes receiving a request to establish a call session with a called party, and establishing the call session between the calling party and the called party. The method further includes monitoring the length of the established call session, and receiving a message requesting a termination of the call session. Still further, the method includes, in response to receiving the message requesting the termination of the call session, maintaining the established call session for an additional time period, wherein the additional time period plus the monitored length of the established call session is equal to or greater than a threshold of time.
US09736194B1
Described are techniques for establishing communication between multiple devices. Responsive to a request received from a first device, connection data associated with one or more other devices may be accessed to determine whether the other devices may be accessed via a HTTP connection or a SIP connection. Parameters of the communication may also be determined from the request. Based on configuration data determined from the devices, communication data received from the first device may be transcoded for receipt by other devices, and data received from other devices may be transcoded for receipt by the first device. Web data unrelated to communications between devices may be passed to a web server.
US09736190B2
In a communication system, a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS): receives a first SIP message for establishing an IMS centralized service session; receives early session media information; and sends a second SIP message carrying the early session media information to a media gateway control device. The early session media information is carried in the second SIP message in a form of regular session media information, thus the media gateway control device uses an existing circuit switched bearer to transmit early session media to a first user equipment. The existing circuit switched bearer is established under control of the media gateway control device for a session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment. The SCC AS receives an off-hook signal from the second user equipment, and sends the regular session media information to the media gateway control device.
US09736187B2
A data processing method and system, providing a data transmitting interface to a parallel computing system, are provided. The parallel computing system includes a mapper, a reducer, and an operation device. The data transmitting interface intercepts a parallel computing input command transmitted from the mapper and an output result transmitted from the operation device. The data transmitting interface transmits the parallel computing input command to the operation device after receiving the parallel computing input command and when the parallel computing input command is not abnormal based on a security policy is determined. The data transmitting interface transmits the output result to the reducer after receiving the output result and when the output result is not abnormal based on the security policy is determined.
US09736178B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting suspicious Internet addresses may include (1) monitoring Internet communications of an entity (e.g., an organization or individual), (2) compiling an Internet-address history for the entity that includes one or more Internet addresses involved in the Internet communications of the entity, (3) detecting, after compiling the Internet-address history for the entity, an additional Internet address that may be used in future Internet communications involving the entity, (4) computing a similarity metric between the additional Internet address and at least one Internet-address in the Internet-address history, (5) determining that the similarity metric indicates that the additional Internet address is suspicious, and (6) performing a security action in response to determining that the similarity metric indicates that the additional Internet address is suspicious. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09736177B2
A method of automated security testing includes recording a macro. The recorded macro is played and a web request is intercepted while playing the macro. The web request may be attacked and sent to a web server. A response from the web server based on the web request is received, and the response of the web server is processed to determine any vulnerabilities.
US09736175B2
Electromagnetic (EM)/radio frequency (RF) emissions may be detected and corresponding EM personas may be created. One or more EM personas may be associated with a super-persona corresponding to a particular entity. EM personas, super personas, and/or supplemental identifying information can be used to enforce security protocols.
US09736173B2
Methods and systems for intrusion attack recovery include monitoring two or more hosts in a network to generate audit logs of system events. One or more dependency graphs (DGraphs) is generated based on the audit logs. A relevancy score for each edge of the DGraphs is determined. Irrelevant events from the DGraphs are pruned to generate a condensed backtracking graph. An origin is located by backtracking from an attack detection point in the condensed backtracking graph.
US09736171B2
Disclosed are various examples of providing analog security for digital data. Content is split into a plurality of framelets. A first framelet is sent to a first client device. A second framelet is sent to a second client device. When the first and second client devices are oriented such that the first and second framelets are aligned in a particular manner, the content is made viewable to a user.
US09736168B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for security verification of communications to tenants of an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for security verification of communications to tenants of an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to allow tenants to selectively implement security measures with respect to inbound communications, etc. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may allow tenants to efficiently and effectively implement security measures for in-bound emails.
US09736161B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for preventing an information leakage based on a telephone authentication. The present invention includes a first step in which a telephone-authentication data-loss-prevention (DLP) file policy is set by a generator as a user of a user terminal assembly including a server-connection terminal through using the server-connection terminal and the server-connection terminal sends the telephone-authentication DLP file policy and requests a generation of a telephone-authentication DLP file to a DLP server assembly through an internet network; a second step in which the DLP server assembly generates a contents identification (CID) by using information including the telephone-authentication DLP file policy and stores a telephone-authentication DLP file information including the CID and the telephone-authentication DLP file policy; and a third step in which the server-connection terminal or the DLP server assembly generates the telephone-authentication DLP file, wherein the telephone-authentication DLP file including the CID as a header of an original data file that is a general file. A telephone authentication is needed when a reader reads the generated telephone-authentication DLP file.The method and the system for preventing the information leakage based on the telephone authentication according to an embodiment of the present invention, secure can be effectively enhanced by combining a DLP and a telephone authentication. Also, even though data is leaked, a location of the data can be known through the telephone authentication. Also, encryption of all kinds of data such as personal information, a general document, and so on is possible. Thus, applicable objects and scopes can be broadened.
US09736148B2
In a method of approving access to a server network from any terminal requesting access, a communication request is sent from the terminal to a server on a first communication path. An image containing a series of symbols is communicated to the user on a communication path different from the first path. From the image the user calculates a response based upon a particular pattern in the image defining certain symbols which are then used in an operation to determine from the symbols a response which is different from the symbols. A comparison is made between the response received and a previously stored response to assess whether access should be allowed.
US09736140B1
Described is a process for securely authorizing access to media content from a first device to a second device. Access to content may be authorized by performing authentication from the first device. Information used for authentication (e.g. login information) is not shared with the second device. Instead, a token may be used to authenticate the second device. The authorization process may be done in a secure manner by sharing only the generated token with the second device. Authentication information may not be derived from the token, and accordingly, even if the second device is not secure or the token is exposed, authentication information remains secure.
US09736133B2
A method for providing enhanced authenticity for a multimedia data item, the multimedia data item including captured multimedia data with associated metadata, wherein the method includes receiving the multimedia data item over a transmission path. The method further includes defining path information for the received multimedia data item based on the used transmission path; and storing the path information to the multimedia data item for providing enhanced authenticity of the association between the metadata and the captured multimedia data.
US09736128B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for delegating computations of resource-constrained mobile clients, in which multiple servers interact to construct an encrypted program representing a garbled circuit. Implementing the garbled circuit, garbled outputs are returned. Such implementations ensure privacy of each mobile client's data, even if an executing server has been colluded. The garbled circuit provides secure cloud computing for mobile systems by incorporating cryptographically secure pseudo random number generation that enables a mobile client to efficiently retrieve a result of a computation, as well as verify that an evaluator actually performed the computation. Cloud computation and communication complexity are analyzed to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed system for mobile systems.
US09736125B2
In the communications system, a user equipment UE accesses a core network via a first network-side device by using a first air interface and connects to the first network-side device via a second network-side device by using a second air interface to access the core network. The method includes: acquiring, by the network-side device, an input parameter; calculating, by the network-side device, an access stratum root key KeNB* according to the input parameter and an access stratum root key KeNB on the first air interface, or using, by the network-side device, the KeNB as the KeNB*; and generating, by the second network-side device, an access stratum key on the second air interface according to the KeNB*, or sending, by the first network-side device, the KeNB* to the second network-side device.
US09736111B2
The at least one distributed virtual CPE comprising at least one IP Edge node, at least one Carrier Grade NAT node, at least one User Configuration Server and at least one Line Configuration Server, the method creating said at least one distributed virtual CPE upon the reception of traffic from a home in the access line corresponding to said home; modifying said at least one distributed virtual CPE upon a customer request; removing said at least one distributed virtual CPE, upon a traffic inactivity timeout detected in said access line or upon an administrative command; and associating a line identifier and a customer identifier to said at least one distributed virtual CPE, wherein said association, termed vCPE context, is known partially or totally by the at least one IP Edge node, the at least one Carrier Grade NAT, the at least one User Configuration Server and the at least one Line Configuration Server, and is kept active during the whole life cycle of said distributed virtual CPE from the creation to the removal.
US09736109B2
Method and system for processing a request associated with a user from a requesting node to an answering node in a telecommunications network. A repository is associated with the answering node, the repository including a data structure including a plurality of user profiles associated with a plurality of users. In the answering node a user profile of the plurality of user profiles is associated with the user. The method comprising the steps of assigning a unique user index to each user profile in the data structure, wherein the user index is representative of the location of the user profile within the data structure, communicating at least one user index to the requesting node, incorporating the user index in the request by the requesting node, transmitting the request from the requesting node to the answering node, and retrieving the user profile associated with the user associated with the request by the answering node on the basis of the user index.
US09736108B2
Overhead of sending data from one application to another by doing input and output processing can be costly. The present invention provides a method of transmitting data with a low overhead between applications in a multi-tenant runtime environment. The multi-tenant runtime detects a connection between tenants, and then performs low-overhead data transmission mechanisms by cloning data from one tenant space to another tenant space, while keeping the data isolated for two tenants.
US09736101B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to automated systems for organizing and facilitating information exchange between members of an organization. Automated systems that represent embodiments of the present invention allow for creation and administration of hierarchical groupings of members of the organization to facilitate efficient dissemination of information among members of groups. Embodiments of the present invention provide for automated and intelligent routing of information and communications among many different types of communications media and devices through which members of the organization can distribute and exchange information with one another. Embodiments of the present invention additionally provide for sophisticated logging, tracking, and monitoring of information distribution and management within the organization.
US09736094B2
A user interface in a social networking system enables users to connect to and interact with each other using a third-party communication service, such as a VoIP or video chat service. A user initiates an interaction with another user in the social networking system, which passes the users' information to the third-party communication service provider to allow it to provide the requested service. The social networking system may pass an encrypted identifier for the users so that the third-party communication service does not have access to the real identities of the social networking system's users. A user of the social networking system may use this process to video conference with users of the third-party communication service, rather than just other users of the social networking system, and vice versa.
US09736091B2
Under the present disclosure, a chat interface and computer program product for comparing free time between instant message chat members in order to schedule an upcoming event are provided. One approach includes: storing individual calendars corresponding to each member of the chat; initiating a free time comparison; and combining the individual calendars corresponding to each member of the chat into a free time summary calendar, wherein the free time summary calendar indicates at least one of free time periods that are simultaneously available to all of the members of the chat and conflict time periods during which at least two chat members simultaneously have an event scheduled. The free time summary calendar may be viewed in day, week, and month view formats.
US09736081B2
Methods, computer-readable media and apparatuses to improve storage and compression of data are disclosed. A processor receives a data stream, wherein the data stream comprises multiplexed data from a plurality of different sources, analyzes the data stream to identify a source of the plurality of different sources for each block of data of the data stream, demultiplexes the data stream based on the source of the each block of data of the data stream and applies a compression to the data stream that is demultiplexed based on the source of the each block of data of the data stream.
US09736076B2
A configuration in which a device server is connected to a client and is also locally connected to a USB device suppresses data transfer volume fluctuation due to network delay, maintains the data transferring volume at a value guaranteed by the isochronous output transfer and improves network robustness under the isochronous output transfer process. The device server includes a data buffer portion for the isochronous output transfer data and performs advance reading of the isochronous output transfer data after sending back a transfer completion response unconditionally to the client upon receiving an isochronous output transfer request from the client. When the retention data volume in the data buffer portion reaches the upper limit threshold, the transfer data buffered in the data buffer portion is transferred to the device over the isochronous output transfer.
US09736069B1
A packet processor includes a header processor and a packet memory. A receive direct memory access block is configured to receive a packet with a header and a payload and to route the header to the header processor and to route the payload to the packet memory such that the header processor begins processing of the header while the payload is loaded into packet memory.
US09736068B2
Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for providing more efficient switching of data traffic in networks that include a link aggregation domain. In embodiments, when packets arrive at one virtual link trunking (VLT) unit via an inter-node link (INL) from a peer VLT unit in the VLT domain, the first VLT unit checks whether the Media Access Control source address (MAC SA) was learned on a VLT LAG. If the MAC SA was learned on a VLT LAG, then, in embodiments, a special packet is sent to a VLT termination unit to have it learn the MAC destination address of the original packet on a sub-LAG from which the special packet was received. Learning the MAC destination address on the sub-LAG rather than the parent LAG allows for more direct switching of future packets.
US09736050B2
Keep alive management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a keep alive interval is calculated by an operating system of the computing device. The keep alive interval is used to maintain one or more notification channels between one or more applications of the computing device and a network.
US09736049B2
Disclosed herein is a method, a computer program product, and a carrier for indicating one-way latency in a data network (N) between a first node (A) and a second node (B), wherein the data network (N) lacks continuous clock synchronization, comprising: a pre-synchronization step, a measuring step, a post-synchronization step, an interpolation step, and generating a latency profile. The present invention also relates to a computer program product incorporating the method, a carrier comprising the computer program product, and a method for indicating server functionality based on the first aspect.
US09736046B1
A system and method are provided to model a network path with performance characterization for individual path segments of the network path and correlate the faults and performance issues to identify the factors that are causing network path performance degradation. The system described herein provides for codebook correlation technology to identify the root cause of network path performance degradation. In an embodiment, an algorithm is provided to model the network path with performance characterization and analysis. The performance of a network path is determined by performance characteristics of individual hops along the network path. The path performance is then characterized with weighted attributes indicative of performance over individual hops along the network path. The individual hops along the network path are modeled with weighted attributes indicative of performance. The performance symptoms may be aggregated to determine path performance using codebook correlation to perform a causal analysis.
US09736045B2
Systems, methods, and devices related to estimating backhaul quality, detecting Internet connectivity, and managing server load are described herein. In some aspects, a wireless device is configured to determine a characteristic of a communication link. The device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a request for a communication from a server. The device further includes a receiver configured to receive the communication from the server, over the communication link, in response to the request. The device further includes a processor configured to compute a target amount of at least one of traffic or time to receive the communication. The processor is further configured to terminate the communication based on the computed time or amount of traffic received. The processor is further configured to determine a characteristic of the communication link based on the communication from the server.
US09736040B2
A system, method and/or computer program product monitors delivery of text messages related to network traffic between a user's electronic system and a server. A capture server captures a network traffic message from a user's electronic system to a solution server. In response to capturing a request for specific information from the solution server, the capture server captures a related text message from the solution server to a text message gateway. The capture server then monitors a text message log within the user's electronic system, which contains a record of text messages received by the user's electronic system. In response to the text message log containing no record of the text message from the solution server within a predetermined length of wait time, the capture server generates and transmits an alert message to the solution server.
US09736039B2
In a method of identifying matching packets at different locations in a network, a first plurality of packets is received at a first location in the network, and a first subset thereof is selected in accordance with a filter. A second plurality of packets is received at a second location in the network, and a second subset thereof is selected in accordance with the same filter. Each packet in the first and second subsets is parsed to extract invariant header fields from an outermost IP header inwards, until a minimal set of invariant header fields is obtained for that packet, or until it is determined that a minimal set is not obtainable for that packet. A packet signature is computed from the minimal set for each packet having a minimal set, and the packet signatures arc compared to identify matching packets in the first and second subsets.
US09736023B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for changing a status of cluster nodes, which determine whether to change statuses of respective cluster nodes themselves to an active status or a standby status without intervention by a manager through self-diagnosis and change the status of the nodes.
US09736018B2
A server computing device may be configured to perform dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) operations that include broadcasting a communication message that includes information advertising that a telecommunication resource in a first telecommunication network is available for allocation and use by wireless devices in a second telecommunication network, determining lease criteria parameters of a resource lease associated with the advertised telecommunication resource, determining network capability of the second telecommunication network, selecting one of a DSA Lite network configuration, DSA9 network configuration, and DSAX network configuration based on the determined network capability and determined lease criteria, determining configuration parameters for one or more nodes in each of the first and second telecommunication networks based on the selected network configuration, and sending the determined configuration parameters to components in each of the first and second networks.
US09736014B2
An approach is provided in which a mobile device collects serviceability data from applications executing on the mobile device based upon one or more serviceability state changes provided by a server. The mobile device filters the collected serviceability data according to one or more collection filter rules provided by the server and, in turn, sends the filtered serviceability data to the server accordingly.
US09736011B2
An embodiment may include at least one server processor that may control, at least in part, server switch circuitry data and control plane processing. The at least one processor may include at least one cache memory that is capable of being involved in at least one data transfer that involves at least one component of the server. The at least one data transfer may be carried out in a manner that by-passes involvement of server system memory. The switch circuitry may be communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and to at least one node via communication links. The at least one processor may select, at least in part, at least one communication protocol to be used by the links. The switch circuitry may forward, at least in part, via at least one of the links at least one received packet. Many modifications are possible.
US09736010B2
Web page optimization systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one implementation, a number of master pages and page layouts used to generate the web pages are defined. A number of channels are then defined to be associated with certain ones of the master pages and the page layouts. User device generating the request, a browser used to generate the request, or other suitable components of a user agent string in a web page request is then identified. A web page is dynamically rendered in response to the identified components of the user agent string using the master page and the page layout associated with a channel identified by such components of the web page request.
US09736008B1
Adjusting a WebSocket communication rate is disclosed. A WebSocket frame is received. It is determined that the WebSocket frame includes an indicator of a desired WebSocket communication rate. A transmission rate of a WebSocket communication is adjusted. The transmission rate is adjusted based at least in part on the received desired WebSocket communication rate.
US09736006B2
A generic address resolution system facilitates communications among multiple network applications with heterogeneous addressing mechanisms, thereby allowing the network applications to interoperate with each other and/or with modules for providing enhanced functionalities. The address resolution system includes a resource mapping module that modularizes the components needed for address resolution and abstracts content from the underlying address types and content used by the network applications. The address resolution system includes a context engine that analyzes the addressing data to be resolved, selects one or more appropriate destination network applications based on contextual rules, and creates the application mapping template for the end-end routing of the communications among the network applications.
US09736000B2
Cable systems and assemblies integrate a reduced number of twin axial copper pairs to transmit and received in a full-duplex transmission signals at transmission speeds greater than or equal to one hundred Giga bytes per second. The reduced number of twin axial copper pairs comprise four or less twin axial copper pairs, in which each pair forms a single twin axial full-duplex cable for passive or active communication of the signals. A processor can be integrated with the twin axial copper pairs operate to encode the signals for fast transmission speeds.
US09735999B2
An interface is provided for processing digital signals in a standardized format in a distributed antenna system. One example includes a unit disposed in a distributed antenna system. The unit includes an interface section and an output section. The interface section is configured for outputting a first complex digital signal and a second complex digital signal. The first complex digital signal is generated from a digital signal in a standardized format received from a digital base station. The output section is configured for combining the first complex digital signal and the second complex digital signal into a combined digital signal. The output section is also configured for outputting the combined digital signal. The combined digital signal comprises information to be wirelessly transmitted to a wireless user device.
US09735997B2
The present invention concerns a method for correcting a frequency shift on symbols received by a receiver, each symbol being composed of N samples and of a cyclic prefix of a predetermined number Δ samples, the Δ samples being a copy of Δ samples of the N samples. The receiver: —calculates for each symbol, a correlation between at most the Δ samples of the cyclic prefix and the at most Δ samples among the last samples, —averages the correlations over a number of symbols and determines one smooth frequency shift estimation for each averaged correlation, —calculates an exponential from the smooth frequency shift estimation, delays the received symbols by a delay, —multiplies the exponential by the delayed received symbols.
US09735995B2
A broadcast signal transmitter is disclosed. A broadcast signal transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an input formatting module configured to perform baseband formatting and to output at least one PLP (Physical Layer Pipe) data; a BICM (Bit Interleaved Coded Modulation) module configured to perform an error correction process on the PLP data; a framing and interleaving module configured to interleave the PLP data and to generate a signal frame; and a waveform generating module configured to generate a broadcast signal by inserting a preamble into the signal frame and performing OFDM modulation.
US09735993B2
Transmitted signals are modified to facilitate the emulation of circular convolution in non-contiguous transmission environments. These modified signals may be derived from well-known signature sequences. In an exemplary method, a tail portion of a final segment of a base signal is prefixed to an initial segment of the base signal, to form a first transmit segment. One or more additional transmit segments are formed by prefixing, to each of the one or more segments of the base signal other than the initial segment, a tail portion of the immediately preceding segment of the base signal. The transmit segments so formed are transmitted in respective ones of the plurality of non-contiguous transmit-time intervals. Corresponding methods for receiving the transmitted segments and reconstructing the base signal are also described, as are corresponding transmitting and receiving apparatuses.
US09735989B1
The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of an equalizer that uses both cross-coupled cascodes and inductive peaking to reduce distortion in a signal received from a communication channel by attenuating lower frequencies and amplifying higher frequencies. At lower frequencies, when the effects of inductive impedance within the equalizer are negligible, the equalizer essentially functions as a traditional cascode amplifier that presents high gain. At higher frequencies, the increases in inductive impedances within the equalizer act to boost a gain of the equalizer.
US09735981B2
Session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking can be facilitated via a mobility network comprising a router and a virtual internet gateway. A router associated with a private branch exchange, can comprise a cellular modem to facilitate radio communication with a cellular network. The router can also perform operations associated with converting wireline signal data to cellular signal data and cellular signal data to wireline signal. A mobility network can also convert wireline signal data to cellular signal data via a virtual Internet gateway that can be used to encrypt or decrypt a voice signal.
US09735980B2
A packet-switched, fault-tolerant, vehicle communication internetwork (100, 400, 500) comprising port-based VLANs. Two or more VLANs are embodied where a source node (110, 410, 510,610) comprises two or more network interface circuits (130,140, 415,425, 515,525, 630,640), and where looping is precluded via specific VLAN tagging and switch ports (131-134, 200, 300, 420, 430, 435, 445, 455, 465, 535, 540, 545, 560, 575, 585, associated with at least one specific VLAN. A destination node (120, 440, 450, 460, 570, 580, 590, 620) may feedback packets to the source node via a general VLAN tag along pathways associated with the two or more specific outgoing VLAN tags.
US09735979B2
A system for providing access to the internet, comprises a network of routers (R) hereinafter designated “new routers”) wherein each new router (R) has a CPU (112) that has, or is associated with, a public area (142) that allows simultaneous access to the new router's CPU by more than one user account. The system is so arranged that a pre-registered user with a user account identified by an identifier, typically a user name and/or password, can access the internet from any new router (R) in the network by connecting to the public area (142) of the new router's CPU (112) and entering the account identifier of the pre-registered user account.
US09735976B2
In a method for vehicle communication, a first vehicle provides first data for communication with a server. The first data is transmitted to a server by radio using a first communication protocol. The server transmits second data to a second vehicle by radio using the first communication protocol, the second data being determined depending on the first data. Depending on the second data, third data is transmitted by the second vehicle to a third vehicle by radio using a second communication protocol.
US09735974B2
Measures, including methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums, for use in processing multicast group membership discovery protocol messages in a data center network including a plurality of compute servers. Each compute server in the plurality is capable of running one or more virtual machines. At a multicast group membership discovery protocol proxy located on a compute server in the plurality, a multicast group membership discovery protocol report message is received requesting delivery of data associated with a specified multicast group from a specified multicast data source. It is determined whether the specified multicast data source is hosted by a virtual machine running on the compute server. In response to a positive determination, a request corresponding to the received multicast group membership discovery protocol report message is forwarded to the virtual machine hosting the specified multicast data source on the compute server.
US09735958B2
A key ceremony application creates bundles for custodians encrypted with their passphrases. Each bundle includes master key share. The master key shares are combined to store an operational master key. The operational master key is used for private key encryption during a checkout process. The operational private key is used for private key decryption for transaction signing in a payment process. The bundles further include TLS keys for authenticated requests to create an API key for a web application to communicate with a service and to unfreeze the system after it has been frozen by an administrator.
US09735951B2
An electronic device is provided including a processor, a communications interface coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a module saved in the memory. The module configures the processor to receive a first communications packet from a remote device via the communications interface including information useful for estimating a clock offset of the remote device, and determine an upper bound of the clock offset of the remote device with respect to the electronic device based on the information.
US09735948B2
System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate communication of data over a multi-wire data communications link, particularly between two devices within an electronic apparatus. A receiving device receives a sequence of symbols over a multi-wire link. The receiving device further receives a clock signal via a dedicated clock line, wherein the dedicated clock line is separate from, and in parallel with, the multi-wire link. The receiving device decodes the sequence of symbols using the clock signal. In an aspect, a second clock signal is embedded in guaranteed transitions between pairs of consecutive symbols in the sequence of symbols. Accordingly, the receiving device decodes the sequence of symbols using the clock signal received via the dedicated clock line while ignoring the second clock signal.
US09735947B2
A transmitting device includes a controller and a transmitter. The controller, in operation, adds an offset to a transmission power or a transmission power density of first data mapped in a remaining resource other than a data resource, to control a transmission power or a transmission power density of second data mapped in the data resource, for use of a second mapping pattern. A part of a resource on which a reference signal is to be mapped in a first mapping pattern of the reference signal is replaced with the data resource in a second mapping pattern of the reference signal. The transmitter, in operation, transmits a signal including the first data, the second data, and the reference signal.
US09735946B2
According to certain aspects, resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions may be determined in a subframe-type dependent manner. As a result, PUCCH regions for different subframes may vary based on the subframe types.
US09735945B2
At the beginning of every epoch the invention estimates the average traffic demand from cellular and device-to-device traffic in each sector in either DL or UL directions based on history from previous epochs. It partitions the network into interfering sectors and employing device-to-device traffic to determine the dynamic fractional frequency reuse FFR patterns for each of these clusters. Then, in every frame, for the set of sectors co-located at the same base station and instantaneous traffic demands, the invention solves the problem of device-to-device traffic placement and scheduling of cellular and device-to-device traffic jointly.
US09735943B2
Methods and systems for providing a virtual private network service on a per mobile application basis are presented. In some embodiments, a mobile device that is connected to private network may determine that one of its mobile applications is requesting to communicate with a private network. The mobile device may intercept one or more system calls to communicate with the private network issued by the mobile application. The mobile device may generate a communication link to a virtual private network (VPN) server on a port of the mobile device through which to transmit communications from the mobile application to the private network. The mobile device may instruct the VPN server to transmit one or more messages from the mobile application to an access gateway for forwarding to the private network.
US09735942B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) coverage enhancements, for example, for machine type communications (MTC). In aspects, the PBCH coverage enhancements may be applied by non-MTC devices. A method for wireless communications typically performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes determining a set of resources for a new physical broadcast channel (PBCH) with enhanced coverage relative to a legacy PBCH and communicating to at least one user equipment (UE) based on the determined set of resources for the new PBCH. In aspects, the new PBCH may be transmitted on a subframe allocated for communicating with MTC devices (MTC subframe).
US09735928B2
Aspects describe maximizing a Euclidean distance for an ACK transmission as a function of the number of bits in a HARQ-ACK and a modulation order. Encoding includes placing escape sequences in the HARQ-ACK, wherein the number of escape sequences is based on the number of bits and the modulation order. Multiple encoded ACK blocks are combined to obtain a vector sequence that is multiplexed with the encoded data and interleaved, such as on a “time-first” manner. Scrambling is performed as a function of the size and the modulation order. For a 1-bit ACK, the scrambling is performed to achieve any two corners in any constellation for transmission for the ACK. For a 2-bit ACK, the scrambling is performed to achieve any four corners in any constellation for transmission for the ACK.
US09735924B2
The present invention provides an uplink feedback method, user equipment, and a base station, where the method includes: detecting, by user equipment, downlink data in at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames; performing joint encoding, by the user equipment, for a feedback for the downlink data in the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames; and transmitting, by the user equipment in an uplink sub-frame corresponding to the last sub-frame of the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames, joint uplink feedback information for the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames, so as to resolve the issue of how to perform uplink feedback when downlink bandwidth is different from uplink bandwidth.
US09735915B2
[Objective] To make it possible to effectively relay remaining signals even when any input failure occurs on a propagation path.[Solution] Provided is an optical branching/insertion device including: a trunk-side detection/branching unit for detecting a failure of a trunk-side optical signal inputted from the trunk side and outputting it as a first detection result, and for splitting the trunk-side optical signal and sending the split signals respectively to the trunk side and to the branch side; a branch-side detection unit for detecting a failure of a branch-side optical signal inserted from the branch side and outputting it as a second detection result, and for sending the branch-side optical signal as an insertion signal; an insertion signal adjustment unit for outputting the insertion signal with its pass-through degree having been adjusted on the basis of the first detection result, as a first adjusted signal; a trunk signal adjustment unit for outputting the trunk-side optical signal with its pass-through degree having been adjusted on the basis of the first detection result, as a second adjusted signal; and a combining/output unit for outputting, to the outside, an optical signal into which the first adjusted signal and the second adjusted signal are combined together, as a trunk-side output optical signal.
US09735914B2
A method for data transport that includes providing a branch terminal between a first and second trunk terminal, wherein a branching unit is present at an intersect between the first and second trunk terminal and the branch terminal. The branching unit includes a reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) at least one attenuator. A signal is sent from a second terminal of the first and second trunk terminal to the branding unit. The signal may include a branch traffic component trunk traffic component. The branching unit includes at least one attenuator for attenuating the trunk traffic component so that the trunk traffic component of the signal cannot be detected at the branch terminal.
US09735900B2
Network analysis employs a band-limited multi-tone test signal having a tunable center frequency to test a device under test (DUT). A hybrid network analyzer includes a test signal source to provide the band-limited multi-tone test signal, and a local oscillator (LO) source to provide a tunable LO signal configured to track the tunable center frequency of the band-limited multi-tone test signal. The hybrid network analyzer further includes a receiver to convert into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal using the tunable LO signal one or both of the band-limited multi-tone test signal and a response signal from a device under test (DUT) produced in response to the band-limited multi-tone test signal. The test signal source is further configured to provide a tunable single-tone test signal and a broadband multi-tone test signal to test the DUT in various modes.
US09735897B2
An electronic device includes: a sensor circuitry configured to generate information about a user's motion, at least one processor configured to determine a plurality of threshold values to be compared with a radiation power value and set the radiation power value associated with the determined plurality of threshold values, and an antenna configured to perform a communication in accordance with power.
US09735895B2
Certain embodiments herein relate to reducing impairments in signals transmitted over a service provider network. A selective filtering device may be placed at various locations in the service provider network to reduce the noise. For example, the devices may be located in, coupled to, or otherwise associated with a tap, an optical node, an amplifier, or other location in the service provider network that may be upstream from user devices at customer premises locations. The selective filtering device may be selective in the way that it may use various types of filtering techniques to eliminate or reduce the noise in a signal. Such techniques may be based on the power densities of carriers and noise in the signal, as well as information associated with scheduled communications in the service provider network.
US09735876B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and an apparatus for partitioning calibration data into line card and pluggable properties and processing the partitioned data using a processor of the line card. For example, calibration information corresponding to components in the pluggable module may be stored on the pluggable module and transferred from the pluggable optical module to the processor on the line card. The processor may combine the calibration information received from the optical module with calibration information corresponding to properties on the line card to obtain system calibration information. The system calibration information may be used to configure one or more components used to process electric signals sent to or received from the optical module.
US09735865B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for detecting an optical network. The method comprises: receiving, by a management device, a reflection peak power reported by a testing device, where the reflection peak power is a reflection peak power of an optical splitter that is obtained by the testing device according to a reflected optical signal, the reflected optical signal is an optical signal obtained by reflecting, by the optical splitter, a testing optical signal that is sent by the testing device and is transmitted to the optical splitter through an optical cable, and the optical splitter reflects the testing optical signal by using a reflective film disposed on an end surface of one optical output port. a detector does not need to carry a testing device to a site, to perform detection, efficiency of detecting performance of an optical network is improved.
US09735862B2
A system and method are disclosed for providing broadband network access to mobile devices during air travel. The system transmits a first signal from a phased array antenna towards an airspace. The system also steers the phased array antenna towards an aircraft within the airspace based on a determined movement of the aircraft, a device signal generated by a mobile device aboard the aircraft, or a combination thereof. The system also determines a frequency shift associated with a return of the first signal from the aircraft. Still further, the system determines a second signal of a different frequency based on the frequency shift.
US09735858B2
A method for establishing radiofrequency links via a satellite having several spots between a gateway and a service area comprising a plurality of elementary covering zones, designated cells, each cell being associated to a spot and including a plurality of terrestrial terminals, a forward link between the gateway towards the plurality of terrestrial terminals including a first step in which the gateway emits a first analog radiofrequency signal towards the satellite, with a first spectral efficiency; a second step in which a payload of the satellite receives the first analog radiofrequency signal; a third step in which the payload processes the first analog radiofrequency signal, and a fourth step in which the payload emits a plurality of second analog radiofrequency signals towards the cells with a second spectral efficiency, the first spectral efficiency being greater than the second spectral efficiency.
US09735849B2
In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting a signal by a transmission point in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of generating complex modulation symbols for a terminal which is in a partially connected interference channel state; applying symbol extension to each of the complex modulation symbols, using a pre-coding matrix; and mapping the extended complex modulation symbols to resource elements, wherein the symbol extension is performed by multiplying an element of one column of the pre-coding matrix by each of the complex modulation symbols.
US09735843B2
Certain aspects are directed to a base station router disposed in a distributed antenna system. The base station router includes a backplane and a controller. The backplane can manage an availability of sectors for coverage zones. Each sector can include communication channels to be radiated to mobile devices in the coverage zones and can represent an amount of telecommunication capacity. The controller can respond to a traffic indicator by causing the backplane to redistribute the availability of at least one sector. The sector can be redistributed from a first coverage zone to a second coverage zone.
US09735830B2
The present invention provides a transmission method which generates and sends a transmission signal generated from a multiplexing OFDM signal or a multiplexing wavelet-OFDM signal employing a multiplexing-spread chip sequence in which a chip of a code sequence for spread and a code sequence for combination, and a chip of a code sequence for localization are multiplied and multiplexed, and a receiving method which makes a high SN ratio improvement rate possible by converting the received signal to a frequency domain to acquire the multiplexing-spread chip sequence and by performing de-spreading and localizing processing to detect a localized pulse. According to the data transmission using the transmission and receiving method, data is mapped into a code sequence, and the receiving side can detect the data as the kind of code sequence, the shift time of a localized pulse and the polarity at a high SN ratio improvement rate.
US09735819B2
A radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit for generating a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, it includes a first receiver comprising a paging indicator channel demodulator for demodulating a paging indicator channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal, and a second receiver including a pilot channel demodulator for demodulating a pilot channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal.
US09735817B2
The present invention provides a multi-channel array distortion compensation apparatus and method. The apparatus determines, according to a status of a first indication signal, whether to trigger a signal compensation operation; determines, according to a status of a second indication signal, a first adjustment condition is met, compares power of a received signal with a power threshold, and if the power of the received signal is greater than the threshold power, compensates the received signal according to a first adjustment factor; and if the status of the second indication signal does not meet the first adjustment condition, determines the status of the second indication signal meets a second adjustment condition, performs auxiliary compensation according to a second adjustment factor. By compensating signal distortion caused by chip stacking for a received signal, this reduces costs for implementing a multi-channel array system without the need to increase system complexity.
US09735815B1
To provide a radio apparatus including an amplifier, a first mixer, an analog-to-digital converter, a distortion compensator, and an oscillator. The amplifier amplifies power of a transmission signal. The mixer unit mixes a feedback signal from the amplifier with a local signal of a predetermined frequency. The analog-to-digital converter performs analog-to-digital conversion on an output signal of the mixer unit. The distortion compensator compensates nonlinear distortion of the amplifier based on a digital signal obtained by performing the analog-to-digital conversion. The oscillator changes a frequency of the local signal to be mixed with the feedback signal in the first mixer in a time division manner, with frequency spacing corresponding to a sampling rate of the analog-to-digital converter.
US09735811B2
A method and apparatus for compensating for nonlinearities in a non-linear device for manipulating a signal is described. Shortly before an initial discrete power increase is applied to the device, a first pre-distortion function is generated on the basis of a first set of DPD parameters and applied to the signal before it reaches the device. A predetermined time period after the initial power increase, the first pre-distortion function stops being applied to the signal, and a second pre-distortion function is generated on the basis of a second set of DPD parameters and applied to the signal. Shortly before a subsequent discrete power increase is applied to the device, the first pre-distortion function is generated on the basis of the first set of DPD parameters and applied to the signal.
US09735809B2
A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) codeword by performing LDPC encoding, an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword, and a modulator configured to modulate the interleaved LDPC codeword according to a modulation method to generate a modulation symbol. The interleaver performs interleaving by dividing the LDPC codeword into a plurality of groups, rearranging an order of the plurality of groups in group units, and dividing the plurality of rearranged groups based on a modulation order according to the modulation method.
US09735803B2
A dimensional compression unit 13 multiplies a feature quantity extracted from an image by a check matrix of an error correcting code which consists of binary elements each of which is 0 or 1, to compress the image.
US09735801B1
A sigma-delta modulator includes a plurality of quantizers, an input path, a feedback path, a loop filter, a pre-filter, and a connection path. The plurality of quantizers are configured to produce a plurality of quantized signals. The input path is configured to lead an input signal to the plurality of quantizers. The feedback path is configured to feed back a feedback signal into the input path, and the feedback signal is produced by averaging the plurality of quantized signals. The loop filter is put on the input path before the plurality of quantizers, and the loop filter is configured to receive the input signal and the feedback signal. The pre-filter is configured to output a signal to a corresponding quantizer which is one of the plurality of quantizers.
US09735789B2
A device includes a lock detect circuit that is structured and arranged to: convert a reference clock to a reference triangle wave; convert a feedback clock to a feedback triangle wave; determine whether the feedback triangle wave is within a tolerance margin that is defined relative to the reference triangle wave; and generate a determiner output that is a first value when the feedback triangle wave is not within the tolerance margin, and a second value when the feedback triangle wave is within the tolerance margin.
US09735777B2
A method is provided for safely switching off a photovoltaic module comprising solar cell groups, a first conductor electrically connected to the solar cell groups, and a second conductor electrically connected to the solar cell groups. The safety device comprises at least one first safely switching element and one second safety switching element, wherein the safety switching elements are arranged in parallel across the solar cell groups and are connected to the first conductor and the second conductor in an electrically conductive manner. If an error state occurs, at least one of the safety switching elements is switched by means of a switching process, such that a shorted circuit is produced across the solar cell groups. The at least two safety switching elements perform the switching process in working areas that differ at least partially regarding the temperature.
US09735772B2
An integrated circuit includes at least one integrated cell disposed at a location of the integrated circuit. The at least one integrated cell may have two integrated devices coupled to at least one site of the integrated cell and a multiplexer, and the two integrated devices respectively oriented in two different directions of orientation. A first integrated device of the two integrated devices that is oriented in one of the two directions of orientation is usable. The integrated circuit may include a controller configured to detect the direction of orientation which, having regard to the disposition of the integrated cell at the location, may allow the first integrated device to be usable, and to control the multiplexer to couple the first integrated device electrically to the at least one site.
US09735758B2
Analog interference filter devices and methods for isolation of desirable portions of a radio frequency signal. Signal compensation is used to provide desirable center frequency, passband width, ripple, rolloff, stopband and distortion performance. The filter is implemented with passive and/or active components.
US09735754B2
A bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) includes a bulk acoustic resonance unit and at least one compensation layer. The bulk acoustic resonance unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the piezoelectric layer each include a material that modifies a resonance frequency based on a temperature, and the at least one compensation layer includes a material that adjusts the resonance frequency modified based on the temperature in a direction opposite to a direction of the modification.
US09735753B2
A magnetically-coupled structure is integrated with an integrated circuit in back end-of-line (BEOL) digital CMOS fabrication processes. A differential primary (or secondary) coil is formed by patterning a thick copper (Cu) metal layer, and a single-ended secondary (or primary) coil is formed by patterning a thick aluminum (Al) top metal bonding layer. Crossovers and/or cross-unders are formed using thin metal layers. One embodiment provides a stacked balun with a differential primary input winding defined in the copper layer, directly underneath a single-ended spiral winding defined in the aluminum layer. The spiral forms the single-ended secondary output of the balun and is rotated by 90° to prevent metal shorting for its cross-under connections. Another embodiment provides a transformer with one differential primary (or secondary) coil defined in the copper layer and another differential secondary (or primary) coil defined in the aluminum layer and adding a center tap. The position of the tap is selected to compensate for phase differences and provide desired balance.
US09735752B2
Apparatus and methods for tunable filters are provided. In certain configurations, a tunable filter includes a semiconductor die attached to a laminated substrate, such as a substrate of a multi-chip module (MCM). The tunable filter includes a vector inductor implemented using two or more conductors arranged on different conductive layers of the laminated substrate. The vector inductor's conductors are inductively coupled to one another and electrically connected in parallel to provide the vector inductor with high quality factor (Q-factor). The semiconductor die includes a variable capacitor that is electrically connected with the vector inductor to operate as a tunable resonator. Additionally, a frequency characteristic of the tunable filter, such as a passband, can be controlled by selecting a capacitance value of the variable capacitor, thereby tuning a resonance of the resonator.
US09735751B1
A system for tuning an audio reproduction device is disclosed. The system includes an audio signal generator for generating an audio signal to be played back in an audio reproduction device and sending the audio signal to the audio reproduction device; a microphone signal module for receiving a microphone signal from a microphone, the microphone signal recording a sound wave reproduced by the audio reproduction device when the audio signal is played back in the audio reproduction device; a comparison module for determining whether the microphone signal matches target sound signature data; and a filter module for applying a digital filter to emulate a target sound signature responsive to determining that the microphone signal does not match the target sound signature data.
US09735748B2
An apparatus includes an input terminal to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to communicate the RF signal to a low noise amplifier (LNA) via an input signal path, and a capacitor attenuator coupled to the input terminal to attenuate the RF signal by a controllable amount and having a first portion controllable to include a used part configured on the input signal path and an unused part coupled between the input signal path and an AC reference node, and a second portion coupled between the LNA and the AC reference node.
US09735744B1
A power amplification circuit includes: a first amplifier that is input with a first signal and outputs a second signal; a bias circuit that supplies a bias current or voltage to the first amplifier; and a control voltage generating circuit that generates a control voltage in accordance with the first signal. The bias circuit includes a first transistor that outputs the bias current or voltage, a second transistor provided between the emitter or source of the first transistor and ground, and a third transistor that is supplied with the control voltage and that supplies a first current or voltage to the second transistor. The value of the first current or voltage when the signal level is a first level is larger than the value of the first current or voltage when the signal level is a second level. The first level is higher than the second level.
US09735739B2
A power amplifier module includes an amplifier transistor and a bias circuit. A first power supply voltage based on a first operation mode or a second power supply voltage based on a second operation mode is supplied to the amplifier transistor. The amplifier transistor receives a first signal and outputs a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal. The bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second transistors. The first transistor is connected in series with the first resistor and is turned ON by a first bias control voltage which is supplied when the first operation mode is used. The second transistor is connected in series with the second resistor and is turned ON by a second bias control voltage which is supplied when the second operation mode is used.
US09735737B2
A radio frequency low noise amplifier circuit with a receive signal input, a receive signal output, and a voltage source include a low noise amplifier and a coupled inductor circuit with a primary inductive chain connected to the output of the low noise amplifier and to the voltage source. The coupled inductor circuit further includes a secondary inductive chain with a first inductor electromagnetically coupled to the primary inductive chain, and a second inductor in series with the first inductor and magnetically coupled to the primary inductive chain. The second inductor is connected to a feedback node of the low noise amplifier. There is an output matching network connected to the first inductor of the secondary inductive chain and to the receive signal output.
US09735727B2
A controller for an electric motor includes a protective circuit for limiting current or for polarity reversal protection, the protective circuit including a field effect transistor having a gate. The protective circuit further includes a control unit for providing a control voltage for the gate, a smoothing capacitor for charge storage being provided at the gate.
US09735721B2
A rotary drive system having a voltage source and an electric motor. The motor has a stator with independent phases and a rotor, an inverter designed to connect each phase to the voltage source in order to generate phase currents, and a device for controlling the inverter. The control device includes a unit for determining whether the fundamental frequency of the phase currents is lower than a frequency threshold equal to, at the most, 100 Hz, and a unit for generating a command, configured such that, when the fundamental frequency is determine as being lower than the frequency threshold, the command causes the appearance of a homopolar component in the phase currents.
US09735719B2
The present invention relates to the field of generator technology. It is an object of the invention to control the stability in an electric grid in which a plurality of generators are connected providing electric power to the grid. A static exciter system includes a control device for controlling the field voltage of the field winding of at least two generators connected to a grid system via a busbar.
US09735708B2
Technologies are generally described for generating electrical power from piezoelectric power. Example devices/systems described herein may use one or more of a piezoelectric device, a plurality of solid particles, and/or a container. In various examples, an electrical power generator apparatus is described, where the apparatus may be configured to provide an electrical signal upon application of a mechanical stress to the piezoelectric device. Some example apparatus may also be configured to contain the plurality of solid particles in the container, which may be coupled to at least a portion of a surface of the piezoelectric device. When a mechanical force is exerted on the plurality of solid particles, the plurality of solid particles may be effective to receive at least a portion of the mechanical force and responsively apply the mechanical stress to the piezoelectric device.
US09735705B2
In a power conversion device, a constant voltage can be supplied even when the voltage of an alternating current power supply fluctuates. A switching element Q1 and switching element Q2 are connected to a direct current power supply series circuit. A connection point of a direct current power supply and direct current power supply is a neutral point terminal, a connection point of the switching element Q1 and switching element Q2 is an output terminal, switch elements S1 and S2 are connected between the output terminal and neutral point terminal, switch elements S3 and S4 are connected between a terminal R of an alternating current power supply having a terminal S connected to the neutral point terminal, and the output terminal, and a first element and second element selected from among the switching elements Q1 and Q2 and switch elements S1 to S4 are turned on and off complementarily.
US09735703B2
An improved solar energy utilization system is described based on the use of a smart load center which can automatically select the use of utility power or solar-derived power independently for each of a number of load circuits based on availability of utility and solar power, preset user priorities, battery charge status, time of day, instantaneous consumption, historical consumption patterns and weather forecasts.
US09735689B2
A control circuit is used in a switching converter including at least, a switching transistor and a coil connected to the switching transistor. The control circuit includes: a current comparing circuit that asserts a peak current sensing signal when a current flowing in the coil during the ON period of the switching transistor reaches a threshold current. The current comparing circuit includes: a first comparator that compares a sensed voltage according to the current flowing in the switching transistor and the coil with a threshold voltage defining the threshold current, and generates a comparison signal; and a variable delay circuit that generates the peak current sensing signal by delaying the comparison signal, a delay amount of the variable delay circuit varying according to a period of time from a turn-on of the switching transistor to a transition of the comparison signal.
US09735680B2
A constant on-time pulse width control-based apparatus capable of detecting a transient event of a voltage converter includes a specific comparator, a logic circuit, and a controller. The specific comparator generates a logic control signal to the logic circuit according to two resultant signals of the controller. The logic circuit generates a pulse control signal with an on-time pulse width to charge an output capacitor according to the logic control signal. The controller generates the two resultant signals to the specific comparator by generating a voltage ramp signal and amplifying an output voltage ripple signal based on a reference voltage, and detects the transient event to dynamically adjust the on-time pulse width of the pulse control signal according to the amplified output voltage ripple signal.
US09735679B2
A voltage regulator includes a delay chain having a plurality of delay elements, a thermometer to binary encoder coupled to multiple nodes in the delay chain to provide a first binary number that is indicative of an estimated delay of the delay chain, and a latch coupled to the thermometer to binary encoder to receive the binary number. The voltage regulator also includes a signal processing circuit for providing a control signal indicative of a difference between the first binary number with a second binary number that represents a target delay, and a voltage control circuit coupled to the signal processing circuit for providing an output voltage based on the control signal from the processing circuit.
US09735678B2
A highly efficient voltage conversion circuit device with both asymmetric and symmetric gate voltages is disclosed, to obtain high efficiency for low or medium load currents through the asymmetric gate voltage control and high efficiency for high load currents through the symmetric gate voltage control. The device includes an intermediate voltage generation circuit unit, gate voltage driver circuits connected to the intermediate voltage generation circuit unit, and multi-phase switches connected to the asymmetric gate voltage driver circuits, etc. The intermediate voltage generation circuit unit includes a voltage reference circuit unit that provides the reference voltage for the intermediate voltage generation, an active current pull-down circuit unit, a current pull-up that is supplied by a high value resistor, and a charge storage capacitor.
US09735677B2
A DC-DC converter operating in pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) modes includes a plurality of PWM signal generators. The PWM signal generators generate PWM signals with different duty cycles. PWM signals with larger duty cycles may be selected for use in undervoltage situations.
US09735671B2
A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) may be used to generate a supply voltage for operating a controller, such as a lighting controller for a LED-based light bulb. A base of the BJT may receive current generated from the supply voltage to control operation of the BJT. Although the base of the BJT would be at a lower voltage than the emitter, a base drive circuit may be coupled between the emitter and the base of the BJT to increase the voltage. As one example, the base drive circuit may be a charge pump. In another example, the BJT may function as its own charge pump. In yet another example, a positive and a negative base current of the BJT may be independently controlled to regulate an output supply voltage VDD from the BJT.
US09735669B2
A power supply circuit includes: an anti-electromagnetic interference circuit configured to receive input alternating current power and to output filtered alternating current power; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the filtered alternating current power; a current correction circuit configured to perform passive power factor correction on the rectified alternating current power; a single-ended flyback converter circuit coupled to the output of the current correction circuit; and a dimming control circuit coupled between the output of the single-ended flyback converter circuit and a light load, wherein the current correction circuit is configured to control a waveform of the rectified alternating current power to follow a current output to the light load in order to provide passive power factor correction.
US09735660B2
A rotary electric machine includes: a stator; a rotor; a control device that causes the stator to generate a rotating magnetic field; and a magnetic flux supply element supported by a rotary shaft so as to be rotatable relative to the rotary shaft, disposed radially inward of the rotor across a gap, and having auxiliary magnets. Each auxiliary magnet is formed such that opposite end portions thereof in the circumferential direction are radially opposed to holding magnets when the relative rotation angle of the magnetic flux supply element is a strengthening angle. The control device executes field weakening control or field strengthening control, thereby changing the relative rotation angle of the magnetic flux supply element.
US09735654B2
An electric motor/generator includes a rotor with magnets mounted on the surface of the rotor, the magnets facing the stator over a gap. The magnets have a very high flux density but a limited ability to withstand high stator currents at high temperatures, preferably magnets made of the N48H material. By providing rotor magnet cooling means that reduces the temperature of the magnets by a cooling fluid, use of magnets with lower maximum working temperature and higher flux density is permitted and thereby higher flux can be obtained from the magnets.
US09735647B2
An electromagnetic actuator having a body and an electric motor driving at least one motion transmission element connected to the body via a brake device, a magnetic torque limiter, and a unidirectional transmission member, the brake device including an electrical activator member so that when the activator member is powered, the unidirectional transmission member is released relative to the body. When the activator member is not powered, the unidirectional transmission member is secured to the body and opposes pivoting of the transmission element in one direction of rotation up to a maximum transmissible torque defined by the magnetic torque limiter.
US09735643B2
A rotating electric machine includes a motor section and a controller section. The motor section includes an annular stator, a winding wire wound on the stator, and a rotor rotatably disposed inside the stator. The controller section is positioned in an axially non-overlapping position with the stator and controls an electric power supply to the winding wire for a drive control of the motor section. The rotating electric machine also includes a cover having a cylindrical shape which seamlessly covers the controller section and the motor section. The rotating electric machine further includes a lid section for sealing of an end part of the cover. As a result, the rotating electric machine is sealed from dust and water.
US09735635B2
A permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a rotor including a core body and an overhang protruding further in an axial direction than a core of a stator. An end surface of the core body includes an N-region disposed on a north pole and an S-region disposed on a south pole. The overhang includes first permanent magnets arranged along an outer edge of the end surface with distances therebetween and a plurality of second permanent magnets disposed on the end surface and adjacent to the first permanent magnets. The first permanent magnets include at least one of a permanent magnet comprising a north pole facing the N-region and a permanent magnet comprising a south pole facing the S-region. The second permanent magnets are provided in the configuration which causes the second permanent magnets to generate a magnetic flux extending from the S-region toward the N-region.
US09735626B2
With a non-contact power supply system, a non-contact power supply device, and power supply target device of the present invention, power is supplied from a power supply coil of the non-contact power supply device to a power receiving coil of the power supply target device by non-contact power supply utilizing magnetic interaction. During the non-contact power supply, first, a power supply coil exhibiting a first interaction stronger than a predetermined reference interaction is selected as a candidate excitation coil, and a high-frequency voltage is supplied to the power supply coil of the candidate excitation coil. Second, a power supply coil exhibiting a second interaction weaker than the reference interaction and power supply coils adjacent to this power supply coil are selected as candidate excitation coils, and the high-frequency voltage is supplied to the power supply coils of these candidate excitation coils.
US09735623B2
A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
US09735606B2
A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit substrate, a secondary-side non-contact charging module, and a heat dissipating sheet. The circuit substrate comprises a substrate, an electronic component that is mounted to the substrate, and a shield case that covers the electronic component. The heat dissipation sheet is in contact with the shield case.
US09735596B2
A battery control device includes: a measurement unit that individually measures an amount of discharging current of each discharging secondary battery of discharging secondary batteries among a plurality of secondary batteries which are independently charged and discharged; a time calculating unit that calculates time required for discharging said each discharging secondary battery until said each discharging secondary battery reaches a constant battery capacity based on a discharging current rate for said each discharging secondary battery which is calculated based on the amount of discharging current, and a state of charge (SOC) of said each discharging secondary battery; a number calculating unit that calculates an expected number of charging secondary batteries among said plurality of secondary batteries, which become fully charged in a required time, based on a charging current rate for each charging secondary battery of charging secondary batteries among said plurality of secondary batteries which is calculated based on an amount of charging current of said each charging secondary battery, a SOC of said each charging secondary battery, and the required time, and calculates a total value of the expected number and an existing number of said charging secondary batteries among said plurality of secondary batteries which are already fully charged; and a control unit that determines whether or not to raise the charging current rate based on the total value.
US09735572B2
The present invention relates to a system (100) for supplying low-voltage DC power to at least one electronic communication device (3;6) in a power line carrier communication system furthermore including a power line carrier coupler comprising a coupling capacitor (10) electrically linked to a medium-voltage line (8) of a power distribution network. According to the invention, the system (100) comprises means (15) for generating a first low DC voltage value based on a current-to-voltage conversion of the leakage current related to said coupling capacitor (10), said first low DC voltage value being able to act as power supply to at least one active electronic component (13) of said at least one electronic communication device (3;6).
US09735571B2
A system may include a power module that includes a group of power supplies, particular ones of the group of power supplies being operable at a group of voltages ranging from a first voltage to a second voltage. The system may further include a controller coupled to the particular ones of the group of power supplies, the controller being to ramp up an output voltage, associated with the group of power supplies, from the first voltage to the second voltage in a group of discrete steps; where ramping up the output voltage by a particular one of the group of discrete steps is performed while a load is receiving power from the group of power supplies; and where ramping up the output voltage by a particular one of the group of discrete steps prevents over-current protection on the group of power supplies from being activated.
US09735562B2
A termination unit (1) for a superconducting cable (3), has an internal electrically insulating envelope (2) containing the phase conductors (3A, 3B, 3C) of the cable (3) in a cryogenic fluid. The internal envelope (2) has, for each phase conductor (3A, 3B, 3C), one first electrical connector (6A, 6B, 6C) connected to the corresponding phase conductor (3A, 3B, 3C) and protruding from the internal envelope (2). The termination unit (1) further has an electrically conductive, grounded casing (7) surrounding the internal envelope (2) and the first electrical connectors (6A, 6B, 6C), the grounded casing (7) comprising one bushing (8A, 8B, 8C) for each one of the first electrical connectors (6A, 6B, 6C), each bushing (8A, 8B, 8C) being connected to one of the first electrical connectors (6A, 6B, 6C) by a second electrical connector (9A, 9B, 9C) and being adapted to transmit voltage and current from its associated phase conductor (3A, 3B, 3C).
US09735556B2
An exterior member has a straight tube body to be arranged at a vehicle underfloor portion of a vehicle and at least one rigidity adding portion to add rigidity to the straight tube body.
US09735553B1
A system for testing an insulative material for a spark plug comprises a test spark plug having at least a center electrode and an insulator comprised of an insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the center electrode, wherein the insulator has an end that is closed, whereby the closed end of the insulator encloses an end of the center electrode. The system further includes a test engine that simulates engine conditions, wherein a conventional spark plug is installed in a first ignition port of the test engine and the test spark plug is installed in a second ignition portion of the test engine and a control system for controlling ignition signals to the test spark plug and the conventional spark plug.
US09735545B1
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) including a substrate and a bottom distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) having a plurality of layers deposited on the substrate. The VCSEL also includes a first charge confining layer deposited on the bottom DBR, an active region deposited on the first charge confining layer, and a second charge confining layer deposited on the active region. A current blocking layer is provided on the second charge confining layer, and a top epitaxial DBR including a plurality of top epitaxial DBR layers is deposited on the current blocking layer. A top electrode is deposited on the top epitaxial DBR, a bottom electrode is deposited on the bottom DBR and adjacent to the active region, and a top dielectric DBR is deposited on the top epitaxial DBR and the top electrode.
US09735543B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for improving tolerances of in-plane optical alignment of optical interconnects. An example method includes depositing a first reflector with a first spectral reflectivity on an end of an optical fiber, coupling a laser to another end of the optical fiber, changing a spectral reflectivity of a region of the first reflector adjacent to the end of a core of the optical fiber from the first spectral reflectivity by exposure to the laser, resulting in a first reflector with multiple regions of spectral reflectivity, and coupling the first reflector to an integrated unit comprising an optical cavity deposited on a second reflector.
US09735537B1
A system includes N master oscillators to generate N master oscillator driving signals. The system includes N splitters to split each of the N master oscillator signals into M coherent signals with M being a positive integer greater than one. A modulator and fiber amplifier stage adjusts the relative phases of the M coherent signals and generates M×N amplified signals. The M×N amplified signals are aggregated into M clusters of N fibers. The system includes M spectral beam combination (SBC) modules to combine each of the M clusters. Each SBC module combines the M×N amplified signals at N wavelengths and generates M tiled output beams. Each SBC module employs a single dimensional (1D) fiber optic array to transmit one cluster of N amplified signals from the M signal clusters and generates one tiled output beam of the M tiled output beams.
US09735528B2
An interposer for electrically coupling a battery-management circuit board in a power supply and a motherboard is described. The interposer includes: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; first spring connectors, disposed on the top surface, which electrically couple to the battery-management circuit board; and second spring connectors, disposed on the bottom surface and electrically coupled to the first spring connectors, which electrically couple to the motherboard. Spring connectors in a first subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey power signals have a first vertical height, and spring connectors in a second subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey monitoring signals for the power supply have a second, smaller vertical height. In this way, the first subset is activated before the second subset is activated, thereby ensuring that an electrical path for the power signals is established first.
US09735522B2
An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulating housing, receptacle terminals, and a shield shell covering the insulating housing. The receptacle terminals, arranged in a row and disposed on the insulating housing, sequentially include a first ground terminal, a first power terminal, two first differential signal terminals, a second power terminal, and a second ground terminal. The electrical receptacle connector is capable of receiving an electrical plug connector to be inserted therein in either upside-up or upside-down directions. The electrical plug connector includes upper-row plug terminals and lower-row plug terminals arranged in 2-fold rotational symmetry. Therefore, the electrical receptacle connector using the single-row receptacle terminals and the electrical plug connector using the corresponding double-row plug terminals compose a new type of USB Type-C connectors.
US09735520B2
A push-on coaxial cable connector includes a port grip, a joint, and a cable clamp.
US09735518B1
A wall mountable connector to provide mechanical and electrical connections for a thermostat. The wall mountable connector may include a field wire receiving cavity, with a first column of wiring terminals and a second column of wiring terminals, with each of the wiring terminals configured to receive a field wire. Each of a first column of pin terminals may be electrically coupled with each of the first column of wiring terminals and each of a second column of pin terminals may be electrically coupled with each of the second column of wiring terminals. In some cases, the first column of pin terminals may be spaced a distance of 3 to 20 millimeters from a first side edge of the housing, and the second column of pin terminals may be spaced a distance of 3 to 20 millimeters from an opposing second side edge of the housing.
US09735499B2
A wire holder (4) for a modular communications connector includes insertion cavities (21, 22, 25) positioned for receiving a set of twisted conductor pairs so that each conductor pair can be inserted in an insertion cavity and/or two conductor pairs can be inserted in a same insertion cavity, depending on the communications cable type, its constructive features, the type of application, such that it provides a better performance, such as for data communications cables for high data rates. The wire holder (4) distributes the set of insertion cavities (21, 22, 25) in more than two planes, such that a first plane comprises two insertion cavities (21) that each accept one pair of conductors, a second plane comprises an insertion cavity (25) that accepts one pair of conductors and a third plane includes an insertion cavity (22) that accepts more than one pair of conductors.
US09735494B2
Pluggable connector having a connector housing with a receiving space that opens to a leading end of the connector housing. The pluggable connector includes an edge interface that is positioned within the receiving space and has a mating edge. The pluggable connector also includes a guard assembly that is coupled to the connector housing and includes a front wall and a spring member that operably engages the front wall. The front wall has an edge slot. The spring member is biased to hold the front wall in a forward position with respect to the edge interface. The front wall compresses the spring member as the front wall moves from the forward position to a displaced position. The mating edge moves through the edge slot and clears the front wall as the front wall moves to the displaced position.
US09735484B2
Electrical connectors provide signal connections between electronic devices using electrically-conductive contacts, or electrical contacts. In some applications, a connector including a solid substrate body may facilitate the connection of cables with a complementary connector.
US09735482B1
A wall mountable connector is configured for securing a thermostat to a wall. The wall mountable connector is further configured to provide electrical connections with field wires exiting the wall and in turn to provide electrical connection with the thermostat. In some instances, the wall mountable connector is configured to provide easier connections with the field wires. In some cases, for example, the wall mountable connector is configured to better accommodate more commonly used field wires, and in some cases, space the more commonly used field wires from one another.
US09735477B2
Terminal pin for electrically connecting a carrier of electrical leads or an electronic component by means of a solder connection between the carrier or component and the terminal pin, wherein an end of a pin body is provided with a swaged cap of a material which is harder than the material of the pin body and which has an outer surface which is suitable for making the solder connection, wherein the cap has an inner circumferential edge where the cap is at least locally narrowed to inside of the outer circumference of the pin body, and wherein there is no additional material between the pin body and the cap.
US09735473B2
An antenna for diversity operation comprising a plurality of connected antenna units (100). The antenna units each having a first radiation element (102) with length of a quarter of a wavelength at a first operating frequency a second radiation element (104) with length of a quarter of a wavelength at a second operating frequency distinct from the first operating frequency, the second radiation element sharing with the first radiation element a segment of the first radiation element. A feed point for coupling a feed to one of said first or second radiation elements such that the elements resonate at the first and second operating frequencies respectively and at substantially orthogonal polarizations. Diversity antennas configured with two or more of the antenna units.
US09735469B1
A system and method provides time delays for an antenna array such as an electronically-scanned antenna array in a wide band range. The system and method can utilize time delay units including a radio frequency integrated circuit time delay unit portion provided on a radio frequency integrated circuit and an interposer time delay unit portion. The interposer time delay portion is provided on an interposer associated with the radio frequency integrated circuit.
US09735468B2
The embodiments of the present application disclose an antenna array control apparatus, method, and system. The apparatus includes a link establishing unit, multiple modems, and multiple AISG interfaces, and the AISG interfaces are configured to receive an antenna array configuration signal; the multiple modems are connected to the link establishing unit, and the modems are configured to decode the antenna array configuration signal to obtain an antenna array configuration instruction; and the link establishing unit is connected to multiple electric motors and configured to establish a communications link between each electric motor and one modem according to the antenna array configuration instruction. The multiple AISG interfaces are used in the apparatus as control ports, and a communications link between an antenna array and the multiple AISG interfaces can be connected in multiple manners, so that multiple antenna arrays are more flexibly controlled.
US09735452B2
An apparatus and a method for monitoring a breakdown of a battery system component are provided to more accurately determine whether a cooling fan for cooling a battery of an environment-friendly vehicle or a part related to the cooling fan fails. The method for monitoring a breakdown of a battery system component compulsorily driving, by a controller, the cooling fan and measuring the current temperature of the battery when the battery management system fails to receive a pulse width modulation PWM signal that represents an operation state of the cooling fan and a feedback signal (PFM) of the cooling fan from a cooling fan controller.
US09735451B2
Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, wherein the battery module is configured in a structure in which a sensor (a “temperature sensor”) to measure the temperature of at least one of the battery cells is disposed between the at least one of the battery cells and a corresponding member contacting the at least one of the battery cells, the corresponding member is provided at a region thereof contacting the at least one of the battery cells with a groove formed in a shape corresponding to the temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is disposed in contact with the outside of the at least one of the battery cells in a state in which the temperature sensor is mounted in the groove.
US09735450B2
Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).
US09735444B2
A method is provided for fabricating a graphene-doped, carbohydrate-derived hard carbon (G-HC) composite material for alkali metal-ion batteries. The method provides graphene oxide (GO) dispersed in an aqueous solution. A carbohydrate is dissolved into the aqueous solution and subsequently the water is removed to create a precipitate. In one aspect, the carbohydrate is sucrose. The precipitate is dehydrated and exposed to a thermal treatment of less than 1200 degrees C. to carbonize the carbohydrate. The result is the formation of a graphene-doped, carbohydrate-derived hard carbon (G-HC) composite. Typically, the G-HC composite is made up of graphene in the range of 0.1 and 20% by weight (wt %), and HC in the range of 80 to 99.9 wt %. The G-HC composite has a specific surface area of less than 10 square meters per gram (m2/g). A G-HC composite suitable for use in alkali metal-ion batteries electrodes is also provided.
US09735442B2
A fuel cell includes a proton-exchange membrane, and a cathode and anode fixed on its opposite sides. The anode delimits a flow conduit between a molecular-oxygen inlet area and a water outlet area. The cathode includes a support for catalyst material. The support has first and second materials to which catalyst is fixed, the first material being a graphitized material. The second material has a resistance to corrosion by oxygen that is greater than that of the first material. A quantity of the second material at the inlet area is greater than a quantity of the second material at the water outlet. The cathode comprises a first layer including the first material and a second layer including the second material. A thickness of the second layer decreases between the molecular-oxygen inlet area and the water outlet area.
US09735437B2
A wet state control device for fuel cell includes a priority control unit for preferentially controlling either one of a pressure and a flow rate of cathode gas when a wet state of a fuel cell is adjusted, a water temperature control unit for controlling a temperature of cooling water when the wet state of the fuel cell is not completely adjustable by a control of the priority control unit, and a complementary control unit for controlling the other of the pressure and the flow rate of the cathode gas to complement a response delay of the water temperature control unit.
US09735436B2
A separator for a fuel cell includes a thin metal plate, protrusions that are formed on the metal plate to be close to each other, and gas passages formed by the protrusions. Each gas passage has a first opening corresponding to an inlet and a second opening corresponding to an outlet. The gas passages include a first gas passage, which has a relatively low pressure loss of gas flow, and a second gas passage, which has a relatively high pressure loss of gas flow. The area of the first opening of the first gas passage is set to be smaller than the area of the first opening of the second gas passage.
US09735434B2
At least a portion of the enclosure of a thermal battery is formed of a ceramic material that is non-porous and electrically-non-conductive. The thermal battery includes at least one cell, a squib that when activated causes the at least one cell to become active, and an enclosure that surrounds the at least one cell and the squib. Squib terminals and battery terminals extend through the enclosure and are electrically connected to the squib and to the at least one cell, respectively. At least the portion of the enclosure through which the squib and battery terminals extend is formed of the ceramic material. The enclosure includes a container and a header. At least the header is made from the ceramic material, and preferably both the container and the header are made from the ceramic material.
US09735432B2
The present invention provides a method for fabricating core-shell particles supported on a carrier, the method including: forming a solution by adding a first metal supported on a carrier to a solvent; adjusting a pH of the solution from 7 to 14 and adding a metal salt of a second metal thereto; and forming core-shell particles by adding a reducing agent to the solution and forming a shell including the second metal on a surface of a core particle including the first metal, and core-shell particles fabricated by the method.
US09735429B2
A lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder that binds an active material to a current collector in the positive electrode or negative electrodes or both. The binder contains a base material including a resin having a benzene ring, and a polyacene additive selected from the group consisting of naphthalene, anthracene, tetracene, and derivatives thereof. The active material is a carbonaceous material or a lithium-containing composite oxide having a crystal structure in which a distance between nearest oxygen atoms is 0.19 to 0.29 nm. Adhesion of the binder to the active material during the manufacturing of the lithium ion secondary battery is led to a closest-packed crystal plane in the crystal structure of the active material, so that inhibition of moving of lithium ions in and out of the active material due to the binder may be reduced.
US09735405B1
A vehicle battery pack system includes a cable bracket that has a conductive base, and a clamp. The base includes a mount, base arm, and base bridge. The mount is configured to be mounted to an electrical ground. The base bridge defines an aperture and fixedly couples the mount to the base arm. The base arm has a concave surface. The clamp includes a clamp arm and clamp bridge. The clamp bridge defines an aperture. The clamp arm is fixedly coupled to the clamp bridge and has a concave surface opposing the concave surface of the base arm. A fastener is received through the apertures to couple the clamp to the base. A protrusion extends radially inward from at least one of the concave surfaces. The protrusion is coupled for electrical communication with the mount to transmit electricity between the protrusion and the electrical ground.
US09735404B2
A battery case for mounting under a floor of a vehicle comprises a case body containing a battery module and a cover for closing over an opening of the case body. A reinforcement member for reinforcing the case body is attached to an outer surface of the case body. The case body is provided with a gas circulation hole for letting a gas flow from within the case body into the reinforcement member. The reinforcement member is provided with a gas exhaust port for letting out the gas having flown into the reinforcement member.
US09735403B2
Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including (a) two or more battery modules having cell units, each of which includes one or more battery cells, connected in parallel to one another, (b) a pair of an upper case and a lower case to surround an upper part and a lower part of the battery modules in a state in which the battery modules are erected on their sides, (c) a bus bar assembly disposed at a front of the battery modules to electrically connect the battery modules to one another in parallel, and (d) a fastening hole formed at a front of the upper case and/or a front of the lower case to position or fix the battery module assembly.
US09735399B2
A secondary battery pack including a battery cell having first and second electrode terminals at a top thereof, an electrically insulative mounting member having an opening, through which the second terminal is exposed, the mounting member being mounted to a top of the cell, a protection circuit module (PCM) including a protection circuit board (PCB), having a protection circuit, loaded on the mounting member, a connection member (A) connected to the first terminal, and a connection member (B) connected to the second terminal, the PCB being provided with a through hole, through which the connection member (B) is exposed, and an insulative cap coupled to an upper end of the cell to surround the mounting member in which the connection members and the PCB are loaded on the mounting member, wherein the sum of a height of the PCM and a height of the cap is 3.0 mm or less.
US09735391B2
An organic optoelectronic component includes a first electrode which is made of an electrically conductive material, an active region which is made of an organic material, a second electrode which is made of an electrically conductive material, an encapsulating layer sequence which is made of a dielectric material, and a third electrode which is made of an electrically conductive material. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged on different sides of the active region. The encapsulating layer sequence is arranged between the first electrode and the third electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode can be contacted from outside the component.
US09735390B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display apparatus including a first substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area; a second substrate that faces the first substrate; a first metal layer in the peripheral area of the first substrate, the first metal layer including a plurality of holes; and a sealing member that bonds the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes includes a region that does not overlap the sealing member.
US09735389B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate including a first base layer, an element layer disposed on the first base layer and including a plurality of emission patterns, and a protection layer that is non-conductive, the protection layer covering the element layer, and a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and the second substrate including a plurality of nanorods extending toward the first substrate, at least a portion of the nanorods penetrating the protection layer, the second substrate being electrically connected to the element layer through the nanorods penetrating the protection layer.
US09735381B2
A thin film transistor array includes thin film transistors positioned in a matrix, each of the thin film transistors including a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a gate insulation layer formed on the gate electrode, a source electrode formed on the gate insulation layer, a drain electrode formed on the gate insulation layer, a pixel electrode formed on the gate insulation layer and connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode, a semiconductor layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, an interlayer insulation film covering the source electrode, the drain electrode, the semiconductor layer and a portion of the pixel electrode, and an upper pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulation film and connected to the pixel electrode. The interlayer insulation film has one or more concave portions and one or more via hole portions.
US09735376B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2(L3)n3 Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, M, L1, L2, L3, n1, n2, and n3 are the same as defined in the specification.
US09735372B2
An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes a novel carbazole derivative that has a wide energy gap and can be used for a transport layer or a host material in a light-emitting element. A carbazole derivative in which the 4-position of dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran is bonded to the 2- or 3-position of carbazole has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative. Further, a light-emitting element having high emission efficiency has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative.
US09735371B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), to the use of this compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I). The invention furthermore relates to the preparation of the compound of the formula (I) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I).
US09735369B2
Disclosed are an organic compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1, an organic optoelectric device including the organic compound, and a display device including the organic optoelectric device.
US09735364B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The OLED display device includes a base substrate (21), an anode (23), a cathode (26) and an organic functional layer (25), the anode (23), the cathode (26) and the organic functional layer (25) formed on the base substrate (21), and the organic functional layer (25) located between the cathode (26) and the anode (23), the anode (23) and/or the cathode (26) being a topological insulator with a two-dimensional nanostructure, and the topological insulator with the two-dimensional nanostructure being adhered on the base substrate (21) by an adhesive layer. The OLED display device overcomes the problem of non-uniform display lightness which is caused by the high transmission resistance and high IR drop of metal electrodes of OLED display devices.
US09735363B2
In a method for imprinting optoelectronic components with at least one bus bar, the bus bar following the shape of the optoelectronic component and allowing a homogeneous color impression on the rear face of the component, the bus bar is printed on a basic material before deposition of a photoactive layer. The basic material may comprise a substrate, or an electrically conductive transparent layer on a substrate. Subsequently, a conductive layer on the substrate is structured to form isolated regions, the photoactive layer is deposited and structured, and then a counter electrode is applied and structured.
US09735359B2
A method of forming a memory cell material comprises forming a first portion of a dielectric material over a substrate by atomic layer deposition. Discrete conductive particles are formed on the first portion of the dielectric material by atomic layer deposition. A second portion of the dielectric material is formed on and between the discrete conductive particles by atomic layer deposition. A memory cell material, a method of forming a semiconductor device structure, and a semiconductor device structure are also described.
US09735352B2
A phase-change memory element with an electrically isolated conductor is provided. The phase-change memory element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; a phase-change material layer electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least two electrically isolated conductors, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, directly contacting the phase-change material layers.
US09735350B2
A method provides a magnetic junction having a top and sides. A first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a second magnetic layer are deposited. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the first and second magnetic layers. A free layer is one of the magnetic layers. A reference layer is the other of the magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer includes an amorphous magnetic layer having nonmagnetic constituent(s) that are glass-forming. An anneal is performed in a gas having an affinity for the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The gas includes at least one of first and second gases. The first gas forms a gaseous compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s) The second gas forms a solid compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The second gas is usable if the anneal is performed after the magnetic junction has been defined. The solid compound is at least on the sides of the magnetic junction.
US09735340B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic component is provided where resin adhesive rarely spreads before curing. The method includes providing a first sealing member and forming a frame-shaped glass layer on a principal surface of the first sealing member. Moreover, the first sealing member is cut into multiple first sealing members and second sealing members are bonded with resin adhesive to inner frame regions on the principal surface of the first sealing member defined by the glass layer.
US09735338B2
A bulk acoustic wave resonator structure that isolates the core resonator from both environmental effects and aging effects. The structure has a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed between two electrodes. The structure is protected against contamination, package leaks, and changes to the piezoelectric material due to external effects while still providing inertial resistance. The structure has one or more protective elements that limit aging effects to at or below a specified threshold. The resonator behavior is stabilized across the entire bandwidth of the resonance, not just at the series resonance. Examples of protective elements include a collar of material around the core resonator so that perimeter and edge-related environmental and aging phenomena are kept away from the core resonator, a Bragg reflector formed above or below the piezoelectric layer and a cap formed over the piezoelectric layer. The resonator structure is suspended in a cavity in a cap structure.
US09735330B2
A lead frame for mounting LED elements includes a frame body region and a large number of package regions arranged in multiple rows and columns in the frame body region. The package regions each include a die pad on which an LED element is to be mounted and a lead section adjacent to the die pad, the package regions being further constructed to be interconnected via a dicing region. The die pad in one package region and the lead section in another package region upward or downward adjacent to the package region of interest are connected to each other by an inclined reinforcement piece positioned in the dicing region.
US09735325B2
According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the transferring a first group from a first support to a second support; the deforming the second support to convert each pitch of the semiconductor chips in the first group transferred on the second support into a second pitch different from the first pitch; the forming an insulating layer around each of the semiconductor chips, the insulating layer covering each of the semiconductor chips in the first group arranged in the second pitch; and the dicing the insulating layer. The first group is selected from a plurality of semiconductor chips supported by the first support. The plurality of semiconductor chips is arranged in an initial pitch. The first group is arranged in a first pitch being longer than the initial pitch.
US09735323B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element of a peak emission wavelength in a range of 430 nm to 470 nm and a fluorescent member. The fluorescent member includes a first phosphor including a silicate having a composition that contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl, F, and Br, and Mg and Eu, a second phosphor including an aluminate that has a composition containing Lu and Ce, and a third phosphor having emission spectrum with a half bandwidth of 86 nm or less and including a silicon nitride that has a composition containing at least one of Sr or Ca, and containing Al and Eu.
US09735303B2
A color light field imaging sensor array for use as a lensless imaging camera, tactile or proximate gesture user interface, image display, or combination. Each sensor array pixel comprises groups of at least three LEDs, OLEDs, or similar devices having differing emission color wavelengths configured to provide light amplitude measurement signals. For each pixel, a first output signal is produced by subtracting a function of the light amplitude measurement signal from an LED of a mid-value color wavelength from a function of a light amplitude measurement signal from an LED of a higher-value color wavelength. A second output signal is produced by subtracting a function of a light amplitude measurement signal from lower-value color wavelength LED from a function of the light amplitude measurement signal obtained from mid-value color wavelength LED. A third output signal is produced from function of light amplitude measurement signal associated with lowest-value color wavelength LED.
US09735301B2
A layer of an n-type chalcogenide compositions provided on a substrate in the presence of an oxidizing gas in an amount sufficient to provide a resistivity to the layer that is less than the resistivity a layer deposited under identical conditions but in the substantial absence of oxygen.
US09735297B2
A preparation method of the light absorption layer of a copper-indium-gallium-sulfur-selenium film solar cell is provided. The method employs a non-vacuum liquid-phase chemical technique, which comprises following steps: forming source solution containing copper, indium, gallium, sulfur and selenium; using the solution to form a precursor film on a substrate by a non-vacuum liquid-phase process; drying and annealing the precursor film. Thus, a compound film of copper-indium-gallium-sulfur-selenium is gained.
US09735294B2
A solar cell according to an embodiment includes a substrate; a barrier layer of a nano rod structure on the substrate; a back electrode layer disposed on the barrier layer; a light absorbing layer disposed on the back electrode layer; a buffer layer disposed on the light absorbing layer, and a window layer disposed on the buffer layer.
US09735293B2
This solar cell element, which is increased in the conversion efficiency due to improved effect of passivation, includes a semiconductor substrate in which a p-type first semiconductor region and an n-type second semiconductor region are stacked such that the first semiconductor region is located nearmost a first principal surface side and the second semiconductor region is located nearmost a second principal surface side; and a first passivation film containing aluminum oxide and arranged on the first principal surface side of the first semiconductor region. In the inside of the first passivation film of the solar cell element, the first ratio obtained by dividing the aluminum atomic density by the oxygen atomic density is 0.613 or more and less than 0.667 and the second ratio obtained by dividing the sum of the aluminum atomic density and the hydrogen atomic density by the oxygen atomic density is 0.667 or more and less than 0.786.
US09735284B2
A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a crystalline region over an insulating surface, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer, and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer in a region overlapping with the crystalline region. The crystalline region includes a crystal whose c-axis is aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer.
US09735283B2
The present invention provides a TFT on a polymer substrate and a method for producing the TFT. The TFT is, due to its characteristics, particularly suited for applications as backplane in LCD displays and solar cell devices.
US09735281B2
An oxide semiconductor crystallization method may include depositing an In—Ga—Zn oxide over the substrate while heating a substrate to a temperature of 200 to 300° C., and heat-treating the deposited In—Ga—Zn oxide at a temperature of 200 to 350° C., thereby forming an oxide semiconductor layer crystallized throughout an entire thickness thereof.
US09735278B2
An array substrate, a display panel and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on the base substrate, and the TFT includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, source/drain electrodes and an interlayer insulating layer. The source/drain electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode, and the interlayer insulating layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The gate electrode, the gate insulating layer and the active layer are arranged sequentially in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the array substrate, and the first electrode, the interlayer insulating layer and the second electrode are arranged sequentially in the thickness direction of the array substrate.
US09735277B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising etching a fin of a fin-shaped field effect transistor (FinFET) to form a reduced fin, and laterally etching the reduced fin to form a fin channel including a first fin channel sidewall and a second fin channel sidewall opposing the first fin channel sidewall. The method further comprises forming a first thin dielectric tunnel and a second thin dielectric tunnel on the first fin channel sidewall and the second fin channel sidewall, respectively. Each thin dielectric tunnel prevents lateral epitaxial crystal growth on the fin channel. The method further comprises etching an insulator layer disposed between the fin channel and a substrate of the FinFET to expose portions of a substrate surface of the substrate. A source epitaxy and a drain epitaxy are formed from vertical epitaxial crystal growth on the exposed portions of the substrate surface after epitaxial deposition.
US09735270B2
A process is described for manufacturing an improved PMOS semiconductor transistor. Recesses are etched into a layer of epitaxial silicon. Source and drain films are deposited in the recesses. The source and drain films are made of an alloy of silicon and germanium. The alloy is epitaxially deposited on the layer of silicon. The alloy thus has a lattice having the same structure as the structure of the lattice of the layer of silicon. However, due to the inclusion of the germanium, the lattice of the alloy has a larger spacing than the spacing of the lattice of the layer of silicon. The larger spacing creates a stress in a channel of the transistor between the source and drain films. The stress increases IDSAT and IDLIN of the transistor. An NMOS transistor can be manufactured in a similar manner by including carbon instead of germanium, thereby creating a tensile stress.
US09735263B2
An insulated gate field-effect transistor (IGFET) device includes a semiconductor body (200) and a gate oxide (234). The semiconductor body includes a first well region (216) doped with a first type of dopant and a second well region (220) that is doped with an opposite, second type of dopant and is located within the first well region. The gate oxide includes a relatively thinner outer section (244) and a relatively thicker interior section (246). The outer section is disposed over the first well region and the second well region. The interior section is disposed over a junction gate field effect transistor region (218) of the semiconductor body doped with the second type of dopant. A conductive channel is formed through the second well region when a gate signal is applied to a gate contact (250) disposed on the gate oxide.
US09735242B2
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a stepped conductive source/drain structure with a cavity defined therein, the cavity being located vertically above an active region, a non-conductive structure positioned in the cavity, a layer of insulating material positioned above the gate structure, the stepped conductive source/drain structure and the non-conductive structure, a gate contact opening defined in the layer of insulating material and a conductive gate contact positioned in the gate contact opening that is conductively coupled to the gate structure, wherein at least a portion of the conductive gate contact is positioned vertically above the non-conductive structure.
US09735237B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and, more specifically, to active area designs for SiC super-junction (SJ) power devices. A SiC-SJ device includes an active area having one or more charge balance (CB) layers. Each CB layer includes a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity-type and a plurality of floating regions having a second conductivity-type disposed in a surface of the semiconductor layer. The plurality of floating regions and the semiconductor layer are both configured to substantially deplete to provide substantially equal amounts of charge from ionized dopants when a reverse bias is applied to the SiC-SJ device.
US09735236B2
This invention describes a field-effect transistor in which the channel is formed in an array of quantum dots. In one embodiment the quantum dots are cladded with a thin layer serving as an energy barrier. The quantum dot channel (QDC) may consist of one or more layers of cladded dots. These dots are realized on a single or polycrystalline substrate. When QDC FETs are realized on polycrystalline or nanocrystalline thin films they may yield higher mobility than in conventional nano- or microcrystalline thin films. These FETs can be used as thin film transistors (TFTs) in a variety of applications. In another embodiment QDC-FETs are combined with: (a) coupled quantum well SWS channels, (b) quantum dot gate 3-state like FETs, and (c) quantum dot gate nonvolatile memories.
US09735232B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes several operations as follows. A semiconductor substrate is received. A trench along a depth in the semiconductor substrate is formed. The semiconductor substrate is exposed in a hydrogen containing atmosphere. Dopants are inserted into a portion of the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric is filled in the trench. The dopants are driven into a predetermined distance in the semiconductor substrate.
US09735223B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit arranged on the substrate, a dam unit arranged at a periphery of the display unit and on the substrate and an encapsulating layer to encapsulate the display unit, wherein the encapsulating layer includes an organic film covering the display unit, and an inorganic film covering the organic film and the dam unit, and wherein a hardness of the dam unit is lower than that of the inorganic film. According to this, lateral moisture-proof characteristics of the organic light-emitting display apparatus are improved.
US09735221B2
The display module includes first and second FPC substrates disposed on top of each other. The first substrate has an IC mounted on it. The second FPC substrate has a cutout inside which the IC is disposed.
US09735216B2
An organic light emitting display (OLED) device is disclosed. The OLED device includes a substrate configured to include a sub-pixel defined into an emission region and a driving region. A first bank pattern configured to define the emission region of the sub-pixel is formed on the substrate. A second bank pattern configured to include an opening, which exposes the emission region and a part of the driving region, is formed on a part of an upper surface of the first bank pattern. An organic emission layer is formed in the opening. As such, the occupied area of the organic emission layer becomes wider. Therefore, the thickness deviation of the organic emission layer is prevented or minimized.
US09735215B2
A pixel demarcation layer includes a first pixel demarcation sub-layer and a second pixel demarcation sub-layer stacked on the first pixel demarcation sub-layer. The pixel demarcation layer is divided into a display area and an edge area located outside the display area. The first pixel demarcation sub-layer includes a plurality of first openings positioned within the display area each corresponding to a light-emitting region of a respective sub-pixel unit. The second pixel demarcation sub-layer includes a plurality of second openings each coated with an organic light-emitting material. Each of the second openings includes a first area positioned in the display area and corresponding to a set of the first openings. Each of the second openings also includes a second area positioned in the edge area and configured to provide an initiating terminal from which the first area corresponding to the second area is coated with the organic light-emitting material.
US09735212B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device including an anode, a cathode, a plurality of organic layers and a partition member. The plurality of organic layers is disposed between the anode and the cathode, where at least one layer is separated to minimize current leakage into neighboring pixels. The partition member is disposed between the neighboring pixels and configured to separate the plurality of organic layers. The least one separated layer includes a charge generation layer. Because at least one layer is separated, current leakage into neighboring pixels can be minimized. Accordingly, defects resulting from light leakage and the mixing of colors of light from neighboring pixels may be reduced and display quality is enhanced.
US09735204B2
Each imaging pixel provided in a solid-state imaging device includes a charge accumulation part which is a diffusion region formed in a substrate, a gate electrode formed lateral to the charge accumulation part on the substrate, an insulating film formed on the charge accumulation part, and a contact plug connected to the charge accumulation part so as to penetrate the insulating film and made of semiconductor. The contact plug is, at a lower part thereof, embedded in the insulating film, and is, at an upper part thereof, exposed through the insulating film. Silicide is formed on the upper part of the contact plug, and the charge accumulation part and the gate electrode are covered by the insulating film.
US09735202B1
Systems and methods for improving performance of a non-volatile memory that utilizes a Vacancy Modulated Conductive Oxide (VMCO) structure are described. The VMCO structure may include a layer of amorphous silicon (e.g., a Si barrier layer) and a layer titanium oxide (e.g., a TiO2 switching layer). In some cases, the VMCO structure or VMCO stack may use bulk switching or switching O-ion movements across an area of the VMCO structure, as opposed to switching locally in a constriction of vacancy formed filamentary path. A VMCO structure may be partially or fully embedded within a word line layer of a memory array.
US09735196B2
A method of fabricating a pixel array includes forming a transistor network along a frontside of a semiconductor substrate. A contact element is formed for every pixel in the pixel array that is electrically coupled to a transistor within the transistor network. An interconnect layer is formed upon the frontside to control the transistor network with a dielectric that covers the contact element. A cavity is formed in the interconnect layer. A conductive layer is formed along cavity walls of the cavity and a dielectric layer is formed over the conductive layer within the cavity. A photosensitive semiconductor material is deposited over the dielectric layer within the cavity. An electrode cavity is formed that extends into the contact element. The electrode cavity is at least partially filled with a conductive material to form an electrode. The electrode, the conductive layer, and the photosensitive semiconductor material form a photosensitive capacitor.
US09735190B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device which includes a plurality of pixels including an imaging pixel for generating a captured image and a focus detection pixel for detecting a focus, in which the focus detection pixel includes a microlens, a photoelectric conversion unit which receives light incident from the microlens, a light-shielding unit which shields a portion of light incident on the photoelectric conversion unit, and a dimming filter which dims the light incident on the photoelectric conversion unit and is formed to contain a black pigment. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US09735171B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of control gate electrodes, a semiconductor layer, and a charge accumulation layer. The plurality of control gate electrodes are provided as a stack above a substrate. The semiconductor layer has as its longitudinal direction a direction crossing the substrate, and faces the plurality of control gate electrodes. The charge accumulation layer is positioned between the control gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. A gap is provided between the semiconductor layer and a lower end portion of the charge accumulation layer.
US09735164B2
Devices and methods for forming a device are presented. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with at least a first region for accommodating an anti-fuse based memory cell. A fin structure is formed in the first region. The fin structure includes top and bottom fin portions and includes channel and non-channel regions defined along the length of the fin structure. An isolation layer is formed on the substrate. The isolation layer has a top isolation surface disposed below a top fin surface, leaving the top fin portion exposed. At least a portion of the exposed top fin portion in the channel region is processed to form a sharpened tip profile at top of the fin. A gate having a gate dielectric and a metal gate electrode is formed over the substrate. The gate wraps around the channel region of the fin structure.
US09735161B2
A memory device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a first active region, a second active region, a gate structure, and a capping layer. The first active region and the second active region are alternately disposed in the substrate. The gate structure is disposed in the substrate and between the first active region and the second active region. The capping layer is over the gate structure to define a void therebetween.
US09735159B2
An integrated circuit and method with a single stress liner film and a stress relief implant where the distance of the stress relief implant to the transistors is adjusted for improved transistor performance.
US09735157B1
A semiconductor device includes a first active area, a second active area and a first gate line. The second active area is spaced apart from the first active area. The first gate line includes a first gate part crossing the first active area along a first imaginary line, a second gate part crossing the second active area along a second imaginary line, and a third gate part connecting the first gate part and the second gate part and extending along a third imaginary line crossing the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line. The first gate part, the second gate part and the third gate part are arranged so that the first gate line has a shape of 180° rotational symmetry. A point of the rotational symmetry is located on the first gate part.
US09735153B2
A semiconductor device includes a first fin structure disposed on a substrate. The first fin structure extends in a first direction. A first sacrificial layer pattern is disposed on the first fin structure. The first sacrificial layer pattern includes a left portion and a right portion arranged in the first direction. A dielectric layer pattern is disposed on the first fin structure and interposed between the left and right portions of the first sacrificial layer pattern. A first active layer pattern extending in the first direction is disposed on the first sacrificial layer pattern and the dielectric layer pattern. A first gate electrode structure is disposed on a portion of the first active layer pattern. The portion of the first active layer is disposed on the dielectric layer pattern. The first gate electrode structure extends in a second direction crossing the first direction.
US09735152B2
A starting non-planar semiconductor structure is provided having a semiconductor substrate, raised semiconductor structures coupled to the substrate, and a layer of isolation material(s) surrounding the raised structures. The isolation layer is recessed to expose about 40 nm to about 70 nm of the raised structures. The increased height of the exposed raised structures, compared to conventional, allows for a taller gate and taller spacers, which reduces undercut under the spacers and short-channel effects from the loss of isolation material in fabrication.
US09735149B2
An SBD includes a semiconductor substrate; an anode electrode which is in Schottky contact with a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a cathode electrode which is in ohmic contact with a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. A trench extending from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate toward the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate is provided in the semiconductor substrate, and an inner surface of the trench is covered with an insulating film. An insulating layer is deposited at a deep portion of the trench, and a conductive layer is deposited at a shallow portion of the trench. An n-type front surface region in contact with the anode electrode, an n-type rear surface region in contact with the cathode electrode, and an n-type intermediate region connecting the front surface region and the rear surface region are provided in the semiconductor substrate.
US09735146B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an input terminal, a transistor, and an output terminal. The input terminal is configured to receive an input signal. The transistor includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a drift region that has a resistance in series between the first and second source/drain regions and that is configured to attenuate an ESD voltage in the input signal. The output terminal is connected to the second source/drain region.
US09735144B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a semiconductor layer having a first doped region, a second doped region, and an intrinsic region formed therein, and a plurality of insulating elements respectively formed therein. The plurality of insulating elements is respectively formed in a portion of the semiconductor layer between the first, second and third doped regions. The intrinsic region is formed at least in the semiconductor layer between one of the second and third regions and the other one of the second and third regions or between one of the second and third regions and the first region. The first doped region is formed with a first conductivity type, and the second and third doped regions are formed with a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
US09735139B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing optoelectronic devices including light-emitting diodes, including the steps of: a) forming a first integrated circuit chip including light-emitting diodes; b) bonding a second integrated chip to a first surface of the first chip; c) decreasing the thickness of the first chip on the side opposite to the first surface to form a second surface opposite to the first surface; d) bonding, to the second surface, a cap including a silicon wafer provided with recesses opposite the light-emitting diodes; e) decreasing the thickness of the second chip; f) decreasing the thickness of the silicon wafer before step d) or after step e), each recess being filled with a photoluminescent material; and g) sawing the structure obtained at step f) into a plurality of separate optoelectronic devices.
US09735138B2
A method of making an integrated circuit package includes: (a) forcing a circuit layered structure that includes a metal substrate and a circuit pattern, the metal substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, the circuit pattern including at least two spaced apart die contacts that protrude from the first surface of the metal substrate, the metal substrate directly interconnecting the die contacts; (b) bonding first and second terminal contacts of an electronic die to the die contacts, respectively; and (c) forming an insulator layer on the first surface of the metal substrate to encapsulate the die and the die contacts after step (b).
US09735132B1
A semiconductor package includes a first chip, an insulating protection layer, a second chip, a plurality of second conductive bumps and an underfill. The insulating protection layer is disposed on a first active surface of the first chip and includes a concave. Projections of a plurality of first inner pads and a plurality of first outer pads of the first chip projected on the insulating protection layer are located in the concave and out of the concave, respectively. The second chip is flipped on the concave and includes a plurality of second pads. Each of the first inner pads is electrically connected to the corresponding second pad through the corresponding second conductive bump. The underfill is disposed between the concave and the second chip and covers the second conductive bumps.
US09735131B2
A package includes a first device die, and a first encapsulating material encapsulating the first device die therein. A bottom surface of the first device die is coplanar with a bottom surface of the first encapsulating material. First dielectric layers are underlying the first device die. First redistribution lines are in the first dielectric layers and electrically coupling to the first device die. Second dielectric layers are overlying the first device die. Second redistribution lines are in the second dielectric layers and electrically coupling to the first redistribution lines. A second device die is overlying and electrically coupling to the second redistribution lines. No solder region connects the second device die to the second redistribution lines. A second encapsulating material encapsulates the second device die therein. A third device die is electrically coupled to the second redistribution lines. A third encapsulating material encapsulates the third device die therein.
US09735130B2
A chip package may include: a first die; at least one second die disposed over the first die; and a lid disposed over lateral portions of the first die and at least partially surrounding the at least one second die, the lid having inclined sidewalls spaced apart from and facing the at least one second die.
US09735128B2
Techniques for constructing an electronic module are provided herein. For example, the techniques include orienting at least one die having a top side (e.g., a first side), a bottom side (e.g., a second side) and one or more side walls, on a substrate with the top side of the die proximate the substrate, coating the bottom side and each of the side walls of the die with a stress buffer material, forming a reconstructed wafer by encapsulating the coated die within a mold compound, and removing the substrate to expose the top side of the die.
US09735126B2
A solder alloy is providing, the solder alloy including zinc, aluminum, magnesium and gallium, wherein the aluminum constitutes by weight 8% to 20% of the alloy, the magnesium constitutes by weight 0.5% to 20% of the alloy and the gallium constitutes by weight 0.5% to 20% of the alloy, the rest of the alloy including zinc.
US09735122B2
Disclosed herein are various chip packaging structures and methods of fabrication. In one embodiment, a flip chip package structure can include: (i) a pad on a chip; (ii) an isolation layer on the chip and the pad, where the isolation layer includes a through hole that exposes a portion of an upper surface of the pad; (iii) a metal layer on the pad, where the metal layer fully covers the exposed upper surface portion of the pad; and (iv) a bump on the metal layer, where side edges of the bump do not make contact with the isolation layer.
US09735114B1
A first insulation layer comprising stacked prepreg layers is provided, and a metallic protective layer is formed on the first insulation layer. A first alignment mark is formed on the first insulation layer, and an accommodation cavity is formed in the first insulation layer according to the first alignment mark. A second alignment mark is formed on the first insulation layer according to the first alignment mark. A carrier plate is attached on the first insulation layer through a thermal release tape layer, and the semiconductor device is temporarily fixed on the thermal release tape layer within the accommodation cavity according to the second alignment mark. A semi-cured second insulation layer is placed over the first insulation layer, and the second insulation layer is laminated and cured. A re-distribution layer is formed on the second insulation layer, and the re-distribution layer is electrically connected with the semiconductor device.
US09735097B1
A package substrate includes a first conductive wire layer having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. A width of the first end portion is greater than that of the second end portion. An isolating layer covers the second end portion and contains the first conductive wire layer. The isolating layer defines blind holes which have conductive portions. A second conductive wire layer covers the isolating layer, and includes a third end portion facing the second end portion and a fourth end portion opposite to the third end portion. A width of the third end portion is greater than that of the fourth end portion. Solder mask layers are formed on the first conductive wire layer and on the second conductive wire layer, each solder mask layer defining an opening.
US09735096B1
A metal plate 1 to be a lead frame has a plating with Sn or Zn or a plating with various alloys containing these metals only on the side faces and half-etched faces 6, and a noble metal plating layer formed on the front surface as a surface on which a semiconductor device is to be mounted.
US09735090B2
An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor structure, a through-silicon-via (TSV) structure that penetrates through the semiconductor structure and a connection terminal connected to the TSV structure. A metal capping layer includes a flat capping portion that covers the bottom surface of the connection terminal and a wedge-shaped capping portion that is integrally connected to the flat capping portion and that partially covers a side wall of the connection terminal. The metal capping layer may be formed by an electroplating process in which the connection terminal is in contact with a metal strike electroplating solution while a pulse-type current is applied.
US09735087B2
Disclosed herein are a device having an embedded heat spreader and method for forming the same. A carrier substrate may comprise a carrier, an adhesive layer, a base film layer, and a seed layer. A patterned mask is formed with a heat spreader opening and via openings. Vias and a heat spreader may be formed in the pattern mask openings at the same time using a plating process and a die attached to the head spreader by a die attachment layer. A molding compound is applied over the die and heat spreader so that the heat spreader is disposed at the second side of the molded substrate. A first RDL may have a plurality of mounting pads and a plurality of conductive lines is formed on the molded substrate, the mounting pads may have a bond pitch greater than the bond pitch of the die contact pads.
US09735086B2
A power semiconductor module includes a substrate having a first side for being arranged to face a heat sink and for being thermally conductively connected to the heat sink, a power semiconductor component arranged on an opposing second side of the substrate, and an electrically insulating housing defining a cavity in which the substrate and the power semiconductor component are accommodated. The housing includes a frame which surrounds the substrate in a frame-like manner, and a hood for being fastened to the heat sink by way of fastening means. The hood includes a pressing die for making contact with the substrate so as to pre-stress the substrate elastically against the heat sink by means of the hood and the pressing die at least when the power semiconductor module is fastened on the heat sink. The frame accommodates the substrate in an interlocking manner and/or is fastened to the substrate.
US09735084B2
In a microelectronic device, a substrate has first upper and lower surfaces. An integrated circuit die has second upper and lower surfaces. Interconnects couple the first upper surface of the substrate to the second lower surface of the integrated circuit die for electrical communication therebetween. A via array has proximal ends of wires thereof coupled to the second upper surface for conduction of heat away from the integrated circuit die. A molding material is disposed in the via array with distal ends of the wires of the via array extending at least to a superior surface of the molding material.
US09735082B2
A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material.
US09735069B2
A method for dry processing a substrate in a processing chamber is provided. The substrate is placed in the processing chamber. The substrate is dry processed, wherein the dry processing creates at least one gas byproduct. A concentration of the at least one gas byproduct is measured. The concentration of the at least one gas byproduct is used to determine processing rate of the substrate.
US09735061B1
Methods to form multi Vt channels, including a single type of WF material, utilizing lower annealing temperatures and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include providing an interfacial-layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first high-k dielectric-layer on the interfacial-layer; forming a second high-k dielectric-layer and a first cap-layer, respectively, on the first high-k dielectric-layer; removing the second high-k dielectric and first cap layers in first and second regions; forming a second cap-layer on the first high-k dielectric-layer in the first and second regions and on the first cap-layer in a third region; performing an annealing process; removing the second cap-layer from all regions and the first cap-layer from the third region; forming a third high-k dielectric-layer over all regions; forming a work-function composition-layer and a barrier-layer on the third high-k dielectric-layer in all regions; removing the barrier-layer from the first region; and forming a gate electrode over all regions.
US09735059B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin region with long and short sides, a first field insulating layer including a top surface lower than that of the fin region and adjacent to a side surface of the short side of the fin region, a second field insulating layer including a top surface lower than that of the fin region and adjacent to a side surface of the long side of the fin region, an etch barrier pattern on the first field insulating layer, a first gate on the fin region and the second field insulating layer to face a top surface of the fin region and side surfaces of the long sides of the fin region. A second gate is on the etch barrier pattern overlapping the first field insulating layer. A source/drain region is between the first gate and the second gate, in contact with the etch barrier pattern.
US09735054B2
A method for forming a gate tie-down includes opening up a cap layer and recessing gate spacers on a gate structure to expose a gate conductor; forming inner spacers on the gate spacers; etching contact openings adjacent to sides of the gate structure down to a substrate below the gate structures; and forming trench contacts on sides of the gate structure. An interlevel dielectric (ILD) is deposited on the gate conductor and the trench contacts and over the gate structure. The ILD is opened up to expose the trench contact on one side of the gate structure and the gate conductor. A second conductive material provides a self-aligned contact down to the trench contact on the one side and to form a gate contact down to the gate conductor and a horizontal connection within the ILD over an active area between the gate conductor and the self-aligned contact.
US09735047B1
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a spacer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the spacer extends to a top surface of the gate structure, a top surface of the spacer includes a planar surface, the spacer encloses an air gap, and the spacer is composed of a single material. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer, a work function metal layer, and a low resistance metal layer, in which the high-k dielectric layer is U-shaped. The semiconductor device also includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and a hard mask on the spacer, in which the top surface of the hard mask is even with the top surface of the ILD layer.
US09735035B1
Disclosed are methods of preparing a semiconductor substrate having a metal seed layer for a subsequent electroplating operation. In some embodiments, the methods may include contacting the surface of the semiconductor substrate with a plasma to treat the surface by reducing metal oxides thereon and thereafter measuring a post-plasma-contact color signal from said surface, the color signal having one or more color components. The methods may then further include estimating the extent of the oxide reduction due to the plasma treatment based on the post-plasma contact color signal. In some embodiments, estimating the extent of the oxide reduction due to the plasma treatment is done based on the b* component of the post-plasma contact color signal. Also disclosed are plasma treatment apparatuses which may implement the foregoing methods.
US09735028B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a bottom layer, a middle layer, and a top layer on the substrate. The method also includes patterning the top layer to form a patterned top layer and patterning the middle layer by a patterning process including a plasma process to form a patterned middle layer. The plasma process is performed by using a mixed gas including hydrogen gas (H2). The method further includes controlling a flow rate of the hydrogen gas (H2) to improve an etching selectivity of the middle layer to the top layer, and the patterned middle layer includes a first portion and a second portion parallel to the first portion, and a pitch is between the first portion and the second portion.
US09735025B2
A method of etching a first region including a multilayered film, in which first dielectric films and second dielectric films serving as silicon nitride films are alternately stacked, and a second region including a single-layered silicon oxide film is provided. The etching method includes a first plasma process of generating plasma of a first processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and an oxygen gas within a processing vessel of a plasma processing apparatus; and a second plasma process of generating plasma of a second processing gas containing a hydrogen gas, nitrogen trifluoride gas and a carbon-containing gas within the processing vessel. A temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to a first temperature in the first plasma process, and the temperature of the electrostatic chuck is set to a second temperature lower than the first temperature in the second plasma process.
US09735023B2
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a first block copolymer that comprises a first block and a second block; where the first block has a higher surface energy than the second block; a second block copolymer that comprises a first block and a second block; where the first block of the first block copolymer is chemically the same as or similar to the first block of the second block copolymer and the second block of the first block copolymer is chemically the same as or similar to the second block of the second block copolymer; where the weight percent based on total solids of the first block of the second block copolymer is greater than that of the first block of the first block copolymer; where the first block copolymer phase separates into a first morphology of cylindrical or lamellar domains when disposed singly on a substrate.
US09735016B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, upper impurity regions in upper portions of the substrate, metal electrodes electrically connected to the upper impurity regions, metal silicide layers between the metal electrodes and the upper impurity regions, and a lower impurity region in a lower portion of the substrate. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device and an apparatus used in fabricating the semiconductor device is also provided.
US09735015B1
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising: providing a preliminary structure having a first region and a second region and comprising a plurality of first trenches in the first region; forming a metal layer filling the first trenches covering on the preliminary structure, wherein the metal layer comprises a concave portion in the second region and the concave portion defines an opening; forming a metal nitride layer on the metal layer by an nitride treatment; and performing a planarization process to remove the metal nitride layer and a portion of the metal layer to expose the preliminary structure.
US09735013B2
Provided herein are approaches for patterning a semiconductor device. In an exemplary approach, a method includes providing a set of contact openings through a photoresist formed atop a substrate, and implanting ions into just a sidewall surface of the set of contact openings. In an exemplary approach, the ions are implanted at an implant angle nonparallel with the sidewall surface to prevent the ions from implanting a surface of the substrate within the set of contact openings, and to form a treated layer along an entire height of the contact opening. The method further includes etching the substrate within the set of contact openings after the ions are implanted into the sidewall surface. As a result, by using an angled ion implantation to the contact opening sidewall surface as a pretreatment prior to etching, local critical dimension uniformity is improved.
US09735012B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided including co-implanting a halo species and carbon in a semiconductor layer with a finite tilt angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor layer. Furthermore, a semiconductor device is provided including an N-channel transistor comprising a halo region made of a halo species with a dopant profile formed in a semiconductor layer and a carbon species implanted in the semiconductor layer with substantially the same dopant profile as the dopant profile of the halo region.
US09735011B2
A method is provided for fabricating a metal interconnect structure. The method includes forming a reticle having a metal line pattern region and at least a scattering bar by an optical proximity correction process; and providing a semiconductor substrate having a first dielectric layer and at least one conductive via. The method also includes aligning the reticle with the semiconductor substrate with the conductive via to align the scattering bar next to the conductive via; and forming metal line patterns on the first dielectric layer and a top surface of the conductive via to completely cover the conducive via.
US09735010B1
A semiconductor substrate is a provided and an insulating layer is formed thereon. A cavity structure is formed above the insulating layer, including a lateral growth channel and a fin seed structure arranged in the lateral growth channel. The fin seed structure provides a seed surface for growing a fin structure. One or more first semiconductor structures of a first semiconductor material and one or more second semiconductor structures of a second, different, semiconductor material are grown sequentially in the growth channel from the seed surface in an alternating way. The first semiconductor structures provide a seed surface for the second semiconductor structures and the second semiconductor structures provide a seed surface for the first semiconductor structures. The second semiconductor structures are selectively etched, thereby forming the fin structure comprising a plurality of parallel fins of the first semiconductor structures. Corresponding semiconductor structures are also included.
US09735008B2
Methods of controlling island size and density on an OMVPE growth film may comprise adding a surfactant at a critical concentration level, allowing a growth phase for a first period of time, and ending the growth phase when desired island size and density are achieved. For example, the island size and density of an OMVPE grown InGaN thin film may be controlled by adding an antimony surfactant at a critical concentration level.
US09735002B2
A method and apparatus for removing volatile residues from a substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a method for volatile residues from a substrate includes providing a processing system having a load lock chamber and at least one processing chamber coupled to a transfer chamber, treating a substrate in the processing chamber with a chemistry comprising halogen, and removing volatile residues from the treated substrate in the load lock chamber.
US09734996B2
A method of mass spectrometry comprises ionizing a sample and obtaining mass spectral data relating to a plurality of ion detection events. The method then comprises applying match tolerances for mass to charge ratio (m/z), chromatographic retention time (tr), and ion mobility drift time (td), to the ion detection events in order to determine possible charge state connections. The method also comprises constructing a tentative isotope chain and querying ion detection events for a match to the tentative isotope chain. Once a tentative isotope chain has been constructed, the method further comprises determining a corresponding theoretical molecular mass and a corresponding theoretical isotopic distribution, querying one or more lookup tables and returning one or more parameters (New X, New X′, Δ New X′) related to the fractional mass to charge ratio (fm/z) and at least one of: ion mobility drift time (td); and nominal mass to charge ratio (Nm/z), of the ion detection events, and using the one or more parameters (New X, New X′, Δ New X′) to determine a unique charge state of the ions.
US09734995B2
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed wherein the intensity of an analyte is determined by determining the intensity of first characteristic fragment ions when the intensity of the first characteristic fragment ions is within a first intensity range corresponding to the detection or unsaturated range of an ion detector. However, when the intensity of the first characteristic fragment ions is outside of the first intensity range so that the ion detector would saturate then the intensity of the analyte is determined by determining the intensity of second different characteristic fragment ions.
US09734991B2
An apparatus and method for the creation of negative ion beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes an RF ion source, having an extraction aperture. An antenna disposed proximate a dielectric window is energized by a pulsed RF power supply. While the RF power supply is actuated, a plasma containing primarily positive ions and electrons is created. When the RF power supply is deactivated, the plasma transforms into an ion-ion plasma. Negative ions may be extracted from the RF ion source while the RF power supply is deactivated. These negative ions, in the form of a negative ribbon ion beam, may be directed toward a workpiece at a specific incident angle. Further, both a positive ion beam and a negative ion beam may be extracted from the same ion source by pulsing the bias power supply multiple times each period.
US09734989B2
A film thickness distribution exists in a substrate plane after CMP step. This film thickness distribution results in, for example, variation in gate threshold value voltages of metal gates, and causes variation in element characteristics. It is an object of the present invention to easily improve the film thickness distribution processed by this CMP step.By using the ion beam etching method after the CMP step, the film thickness distribution in the plane of the substrate 111 is corrected. More specifically, when the ion beam etching is performed, the plasma density in the plasma generation chamber 102 is caused to be different between a position facing a central portion in the plane of the substrate 111 and a position facing an outer peripheral portion, so that the etching rate in the central portion in the plane of the substrate 111 and the etching rate in the outer peripheral portion in the substrate plane 111 are caused to be different.
US09734988B2
To form a complex and fine pattern by combining optical exposure technology and charged particle beam exposure technology, provided is an exposure apparatus that radiates a charged particle beam at a position corresponding to a line pattern on a sample, including a beam generating section that generates a plurality of the charged particle beams at different irradiation positions in a width direction of the line pattern; a scanning control section that performs scanning with the irradiation positions of the charged particle beams along a longitudinal direction of the line pattern; a selecting section that selects at least one charged particle beam to irradiate the sample from among the plurality of charged particle beams, at a designated irradiation position in the longitudinal direction of the line pattern; and an irradiation control section that controls the at least one selected charged particle beam to irradiate the sample.
US09734981B2
A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a circuitry to set, when a charged particle beam is deflected to move between plural small regions by a deflector, plural first mesh regions obtained by virtually dividing a chip region into regions by length and width sizes same as those of each of the plural small regions; determine whether a shot figure having been assigned exists in each of the plural first mesh regions; a circuitry to perform, for the plural first mesh regions, merging of two or more adjacent first mesh regions; a circuitry to measure, for each of plural second mesh regions each obtained by merging, the number of first mesh regions each having been determined that an assigned shot figure exists therein; and a circuitry to generate a map for each chip, where measured number of first mesh regions with the shot figure is defined as a map value.
US09734979B2
The present application provides a curved surface array distributed x-ray apparatus, characterized in that, it comprises: a vacuum box which is sealed at its periphery, and the interior thereof is high vacuum; a plurality of electron transmitting units arranged on the wall of the vacuum box in multiple rows along the direction of the axis of the curved surface in the curved surface facing the axis; an anode made of metal and arranged in the axis in the vacuum box which comprises an anode pipe and an anode target surface; a power supply and control system having a high voltage power supply connected to the anode, a filament power supply connected to each of the plurality of the electron transmitting units, a grid-controlled apparatus connected to each of the plurality of electron transmitting units, a control system for controlling each power supply.
US09734978B1
A process for producing small hollow, gas-filled shells called plasma-shells filled with an ionizable gas at a predetermined pressure for use in a gas discharge device such as a plasma display panel (PDP) device to create an enclosed pixel or cell structure.
US09734970B1
Disclosed embodiments relate to an auxiliary relay of an electronic contactor. In some embodiments, an auxiliary relay has its conducting state controlled by a plurality of lead switches, in a non-exposed state of contact parts to the outside. This may prevent dust or foreign materials from clinging to the contact parts.
US09734962B2
A key structure includes a carrying body, a frame body, a keycap and at least two connecting members. The frame body is disposed on the carrying body, and the frame body is disposed with a plurality of sliding grooves. The keycap has a plurality of cap edges and correspondingly covers the top of the frame body, and the keycap is disposed with a plurality of pivoting portions. The at least two connecting members are independent from each other. The at least two connecting members are connected between the keycap and the frame body, corresponding to the two cap edges opposite to each other. Each connecting member includes a pivoting rod and a sliding rod. Each pivoting rod pivots on each pivoting portion. Each sliding rod is slidably limited in each sliding groove, and the pivoting portions are correspondingly located on the outside of the sliding grooves.
US09734960B2
A switching device and apparatus for switching on suddenly has an actuating mechanism element operatively connected to a latching mechanism by a transmission mechanism, The latching mechanism operates a switching lever through a further transmission mechanism. A contact assembly has a fixed switching piece facing a moveable switching piece that is guided in a contact slide. In the latching mechanism, a lever is arranged in operative connection with a locking part that is operatively connected to a transmission element which acts on the moveable switching piece.
US09734957B2
A disconnector for photovoltaic applications having at least two modular contact boxes, each contact box having a box-like body coupled to a contiguous box-like body of a contiguous modular contact box. The box-like body forms a central seat that accommodates a rotatable contact and two peripheral seats, each of which accommodates a connection portion of a corresponding fixed contact that can be accessed from the outside of the modular contact box. The rotatable contact is able to rotate about the axis of the central seat with respect to the box-like body in order to engage the fixed contacts arranged with their connection portion in the peripheral seats or to disengage from the fixed contacts.
US09734956B2
The object of the present invention is to provide linked stacks of reduced graphene, in which excellent electrical property on the surface of graphene may be utilized, a method for producing the same, powder comprising the same, and film comprising the same. The object may be solved by using linked stacks of partly reduced graphene 11 comprising two or more stacks of partly reduced graphene 21 to 24 linked together, in which the stack of partly reduced graphene 21 has two or more sheets of partly reduced graphene 31 and a nanosubstance 32 held between the sheets of partly reduced graphene 31, the partly reduced graphene 31 has no carbonyl groups and has carboxyl groups 31a and hydroxyl groups 31b, and different stacks of partly reduced graphene 21 to 24 are linked to each other by an ester bond 34.
US09734953B2
A carbon paste including a carbon powder, a resin, and an oxygen releasing oxidizer. The amount of the oxidizer is 3 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the carbon powder and the resin. A solid electrolytic capacitor element is prepared by a method which includes making a valve-action metal powder sintered to obtain an anode body, electrolytically oxidizing a surface of the anode body to chemically convert the surface into a dielectric layer, electrolytic polymerization to form a semiconductor layer of an electro conductive polymer on the dielectric layer, applying the carbon paste onto the semiconductor layer, and drying and hardening the carbon paste to form a carbon layer.
US09734950B2
In an embodiment, a capacitor body 11 of a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 successively has a high-capacitance part CP1 and a low-capacitance part CP2 in the height direction, sharing one common internal electrode layer 14co among 30 internal electrode layers. The high-capacitance part CP1 includes 23 internal electrode layers 14-1 and one common internal electrode layer 14co, while the low-capacitance part CP2 includes one common internal electrode layer 14co and six internal electrode layers 14-2, where the facing distance FI2 of the seven internal electrode layers 14co and 14-2 included in the low-capacitance part CP2 is wider than the facing distance FI1 of the 24 internal electrode layers 14-1 and 14co included in the high-capacitance part CP1. The multilayer ceramic is capacitor capable of suppressing noise that may otherwise generate in a mounted state, while also reducing ESL in high-frequency ranges of several hundred MHz or higher.
US09734947B2
A strip cast alloy containing Nd in excess of the stoichiometry of Nd2Fe14B is subjected to HDDR treatment and diffusion treatment, yielding microcrystalline alloy powder in which major phase crystal grains with a size of 0.1-1 μm are surrounded by Nd-rich grain boundary phase with a width of 2-10 nm. The powder is finely pulverized, compacted, and sintered, yielding a sintered magnet having a high coercivity.
US09734943B2
A conductive structure for an electromagnetic device includes a conductive sheet and a plurality of protrusions. The conductive sheet includes two electrical connection terminals. The protrusions are arranged between the electrical connection terminals. The protrusions include a support. The support is connected to the conductive sheet. Adjacent two of the protrusions define a first heat dissipation passage.
US09734940B1
Communication cables incorporating a plurality of twisted pair components formed around a central member are described. A central member may extend lengthwise along a longitudinal length of a cable, and the central member may include a channel extending lengthwise that defines a longitudinal cavity through the central member. A plurality of twisted pair components may be formed around the central member, and each component may include a plurality of twisted pairs of individually insulated electrical conductors and at least one shield layer. The shield layer may include electrically conductive material, and the shield layer may be formed around at least one of the plurality of twisted pairs. Additionally, the shield layer may be in direct contact with the central member. Further, a jacket may be formed around the central member and the plurality of twisted pair components.
US09734939B2
A noise suppression cable includes an insulated wire including a conductor and an insulation covering an outer periphery of the conductor, a shield layer formed on an outer periphery of the insulated wire so as to be polygonal in a cross section thereof, an insulation layer formed on an outer periphery of the shield layer so as to be polygonal in a cross section thereof, and a magnetic tape layer formed on an outer periphery of the insulation layer so as to be polygonal in a cross section thereof.
US09734934B2
A coaxial cable includes a central conductor, and an electrical insulator formed around a circumference of the central conductor. The electrical insulator is made of an electrical insulating tape wrapped and overlapped around the circumference of the central conductor. The electrical insulating tape includes a plurality of voids formed on one outer circumferential surface.
US09734929B2
Example embodiments relate to a composition for forming a solar cell electrode, and a solar cell electrode prepared using the composition. The composition for forming a solar cell electrode includes a silver (Ag) powder, a glass frit, and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit includes silver (Ag); tellurium (Te); and at least one selected from the group of lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K), a molar ratio of the silver (Ag):the tellurium (Te) included in the glass frit is in a range of about 1:0.1 to about 1:50, and a molar ratio of the silver (Ag):lithium (Li), sodium (Na) or potassium (K) is in a range of about 1:0.01 to about 1:10. The solar cell electrode prepared using the composition has excellent fill factor and conversion efficiency due to minimized contact resistance (Rc) and series resistance (Rs).
US09734920B2
Systems and methods are provided for reusing existing test structures and techniques used to test memory data to also test error correction code logic surrounding the memories. A method includes testing a memory of a computing system with an error code correction (ECC) logic block bypassed and a first data pattern applied. The method further includes testing the memory with the ECC logic block enabled and a second data pattern applied. The method also includes testing the memory with the ECC logic block enabled and the first data pattern applied.
US09734917B2
A current balance circuit for a power management device having a first current channel and a second current channel, having: a first current sense circuit configured to detect a current flowing through the first current channel, and to provide a first current sense signal indicative of the current flowing through the first current channel; wherein the current balance circuit draws current from the second current channel to the first current channel based on the first current sense signal.
US09734908B1
A writing method for a resistive memory cell and a resistive memory using thereof are provided. In the writing method, a group of RESET signals is provided to the resistive memory cell, so as to execute a writing operation. A current of the resistive memory cell is detected to determine whether the writing operation of the resistive memory cell is completed. When the writing operation of the resistive memory cell is not completed, widths of filament paths in the resistive memory cell are determined to be narrowed or not. The voltage of word line of the resistive memory cell in the group of RESET signals is reduced when the widths of the filament paths in the resistive memory cell are narrowed.
US09734906B2
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses having a number of memory cells including drive circuitry to provide signal pulses of a selected time duration and/or amplitude, and an array of resistance change memory cells electrically coupled to the drive circuitry. The resistance change memory cells may be programmed for a range of retention time periods and operating speeds based on the received signal pulse. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09734905B2
A memory cell includes a first bidirectional resistive memory element (BRME), and a second BRME, a first storage node, and a second storage node. A resistive memory write to the cell includes placing the first BRME and the second BRME in complementary resistive states indicative of the value being written. During a subsequent restoration operation, the value as written in the first BRME and second BRME is written to the first storage node and the second storage node while a wordline connected to the memory cell is deasserted.
US09734903B2
A data storage device includes a memory die. The memory die includes a resistive random access memory (ReRAM) having a first portion and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion. A method includes determining whether to access the second portion of the ReRAM in response to initiating a first operation targeting the first portion of the ReRAM. The method further includes initiating a second operation that senses information stored at the second portion to generate sensed information in response to determining to access the second portion. The method further includes initiating a third operation to rewrite the information at the ReRAM in response to detecting an indication of a disturb condition based on the sensed information.
US09734901B2
The present invention provides a display device including a nonvolatile memory circuit to which data can be added without increasing the number of manufacturing steps, and an electronic appliance using the display device. A display device of the present invention has a memory circuit that includes a memory element with a simple structure in which an organic compound layer is interposed between a pair of conductive layers. According to the present invention having the above mentioned structure, a display device having a nonvolatile memory circuit to which data can be added can be provided without increasing the number of manufacturing steps.
US09734899B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell, the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage Vpgm and a write control voltage VBL to the memory cell, continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage VBL in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage VBL to Vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell.
US09734893B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit which can respond to changes of the amount of retained data at the time of standby is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a logic circuit (logic) and plural SRAM modules. The plural SRAM modules perform power control independently of the logic circuit, and an independent power control is performed among the plural SRAM modules. Specifically, one terminal and the other terminal of a potential control circuit of each SRAM module are coupled to a cell array and a local power line, respectively. The local power line of one SRAM module and the local power line of the other SRAM module share a shared local power line. A power switch of one SRAM module and a power switch of the other SRAM module are coupled in common to the shared local power line.
US09734886B1
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a first state and a second ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a different state. Each state may have a corresponding digit line voltage. The digit lines of the first and second ferroelectric memory cells may be connected so that charge-sharing occurs between the two digit lines. The voltage resulting from the charge-sharing between the two digit lines may be used by other components as a reference voltage.
US09734885B1
A method for operating a memory system includes receiving thermal data indicating a temperature at addresses in a memory array, and a write request associate with data. An address of the write request is decoded. It is determined whether a temperature at the address of the write request is above a threshold temperature. The data is sent to a short latency write queue responsive to determining that the temperature is not above the threshold temperature.
US09734883B1
A reference circuit for a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is provided. The reference circuit includes a plurality of device strings coupled in parallel. Each of the device strings includes a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices coupled in serial. A quantity of MTJ devices of each of the device strings is equal to a quantity of device strings. An equivalent resistance of the MTJ devices is equal to the resistance of one of the MTJ devices.
US09734874B1
In the context of a hard disk drive (HDD), an adhesive leak channel structural feature is positioned in an area at which an electrical feed-through is adhered with an adhesive to an enclosure base, where the leak channel feature inhibits the leakage of gas through the adhesive. Embodiments include providing the leak channel feature on the base and/or on the feed-through. Embodiments may further include application of an electrodeposition coating to the base in an area at which the adhesive is in contact.
US09734871B2
A voice retrieval apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a processor executing a voice recording process of storing recorded voices in the memory, an accepting process of accepting a retrieval term, a retrieval process of retrieving, from the recorded voices, a candidate segment where an utterance of the accepted retrieval term is estimated, a replay process of replaying voices in the candidate segment retrieved in the retrieval process, and a display control process of adding a marking to display information indicating a transition of the recorded voices in time based on the replay result of the voices in the candidate segment in the replay process, and displaying the display information with the marking on the display, the marking specifying an utterance location of the voices in the candidate segment.
US09734866B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for detecting an event in visual content including one or more of a video or a still image and searching an effects database for a post-production effect that corresponds to the event. Additionally, the post-production effect may be automatically added to the visual content. In one example, adding the post-production effect includes adjusting one or more of a display backlight level or a display position setting of a device that presents the visual content.
US09734862B1
A first tone is written at a first frequency to outer tracks that surround an inner track of a magnetic recording medium. A second tone is written at a second frequency different from the first frequency to the inner track. The first and second frequencies are both lower than a frequency of an AC erase signal. A crosstrack profile of the inner track is determined based on reading amplitude of the second frequency via the read/write head.
US09734859B2
A method for providing tracking error signals in an optical data storage system includes a step of receiving a wobble signal having a first frequency from the wobble detection system. The wobble detection system includes an optical pick up unit that detects positions of the head relative to lands and grooves. Characteristically, the wobble signal is amplitude modulated for positions intermediate between the land and the groove. The method further includes a step of receiving a primary tracking error signal from the wobble detection system. The wobble signal is multiplied with a synchronous signal to about a product signal. The product signal is positive for a first direction of motion and negative for a second direction of motion that is opposite that of the first direction. The product signal is integrated to obtain a quadrature track error signal.
US09734858B2
It is possible to provide a new information recording/reproduction method and a device which can realize a small-size large-capacity memory having a characteristic equivalent to or higher than a hologram memory. The optical information recording/reproduction device includes: recording light generator (51) which generates a recording light (55) in a polarization state having two mutually orthogonal polarization components with a phase difference at an arbitrary polarization base; reproduction light generator (61) which generates a reproduction light (65) in a polarization state having only a single polarization component at a arbitrary polarization basis; recording medium (71) in which optical information is recorded by recording light (55) and the recorded optical information is reproduced by reproduction light; and optical information detector (polarimeter 81) which retrieves information light (72) after being applied to recording medium (71) and detects the light as optical information. Provided is also an optical information recording/reproduction method using the device.
US09734841B2
Provided is a noise signal suppressing device including: an input unit configured to receive a sound signal; a time/frequency converting unit; an independent peak spectrum extracting unit configured to extract a peak spectrum having independence; a persistence determining unit configured to determine that the peak spectrum having independence persists for a predetermined period or longer; a noise-signal suppressing unit configured to suppress the peak spectrum having independence as the noise signal. The independent peak spectrum extracting unit includes: a first peak extracting unit configured to extract a peak spectrum having higher energy than that of an adjacent frequency signal, and a second peak extracting unit configured to extract a peak spectrum maintaining a frequency interval of equal to or larger than a predetermined value with respect to a peak spectrum adjacent thereto as the peak spectrum having independence.
US09734839B1
A device is configured with multiple applications that each respond to various commands. The correct application to receive a natural language command is identified by consideration of how well the command matches functions of the application. A target application to receive the command may additionally be selected by consideration of which application is most likely to receive a command. The likelihood of an application to receive a command may be determined by considering context. The command may be a voice input that is analyzed by speech recognition technology to determine word strings representing possible commands. Thus, the selection of a target application to receive the command may be based on any or all of the word strings from the natural language input, a closeness of fit between the command and an application, and the likelihood an application is the target for the next incoming command.
US09734828B2
In many speech-enabled applications, adaptation of speech recognition and language understanding tools for different users are employed. With such adaptation, identifying the particular user precedes applying the speech recognition and language understanding tools. According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus of identifying a user includes comparing personal information data received from a user network device against personal information accessible by the server; and identifying a speech profile specific to the user based on the results of comparing the personal information data retrieved from the first user network device against the personal information accessible by the server. The identified speech profile is used in processing a speech of the user. Through use of the method or corresponding apparatus, a user can proceed directly to the use of the speech recognition or other applications and bypassing a login sequence.
US09734819B2
Techniques (300, 400, 500) and apparatuses (100, 200, 700) for recognizing accented speech are described. In some embodiments, an accent module recognizes accented speech using an accent library based on device data, uses different speech recognition correction levels based on an application field into which recognized words are set to be provided, or updates an accent library based on corrections made to incorrectly recognized speech.
US09734818B2
A detector 5 detects words acoustically similar to each other from text information, and a selector 7 selects a synonym from a storage 6, the synonym corresponding to a word detected by the detector 5 and being acoustically neither the same as nor similar to any word existing in the text information. A replacer 8 replaces the word detected by the detector 5 with the synonym selected by the selector 7.
US09734815B2
Active noise control systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein. Anti-snoring systems can include a first pillow unit having at least one error microphone and at least one speaker, at least one reference microphone configured to capture sound produced proximate to the at least one reference microphone, and a control unit operatively coupled to the first pillow unit and the at least one reference microphone. In some aspects, the control unit can be configured to produce an anti-noise in the at least one speaker disposed in the first pillow unit by processing signals received from the at least one error microphone and the at least one reference microphone using gated dynamic adjustments such that the anti-noise cancels any sound produced proximate the at least one reference.
US09734807B2
Musical instrument of the type called “ocean drum” provided with three or more vibratile membranes, in the interspaces of which some balls of different materials and diameters, phosphorescent as well, are inserted. By tilting said drum, provided with two or more planes bearing some balls, the latter roll on the internal surface of the membranes produces sounds that evoke sea waves. Said “ocean drum” has a plurality of rings with a common central axis, aligned in a fixed way to enable the insertion of three or more vibratile membranes between them. Said rings are made of laminated plywood, solid wood or plastic material. They are glued, without discontinuity, to the circular membranes made of animal leather, or of polymer films provided with holes on a median diameter of the rings for more resistant gluing.
US09734806B1
The present invention is a guitar pick with an integral strap holder. The present invention comes in a variety of embodiments. In one set of embodiments, a slot can be made in the guitar pick, for accommodating a guitar strap. In another set of embodiments, a breakaway shaft can be connected to the guitar pick. The breakaway shaft contains a toothed slot for accommodating a guitar strap.
US09734804B1
The Drop Tuner comprising a pivoting lever element and two ring-like elements in an arrangement operable to quickly alter the position of a macro-tuner or other string tuning element on the instrument body to change the tension of a musical instrument string from one pre-selected pitch to another and back by moving the lever to one of two corresponding adjustable pre-selected positions. “Drop Tuner” refers to an adjustment device added to a string tuner element, macro-tuner or similar, with the capacity to quickly change from one adjustable predetermined pitch to another adjustable predetermined pitch and back comprising at least two adjustable predetermined tensioning positions.
US09734800B2
In one aspect, there is an organic light emitting display comprising: a display panel including subpixels; a data driver that supplies a data signal to the display panel; a scan driver that supplies a scan signal to the display panel; and a sensing circuit unit that measures the threshold voltages of driving transistors through sensor transistors of the display panel and prepares compensation data, wherein the scan driver turns on the sensor transistor of a selected subpixel to measure the threshold voltage of the driving transistor of the selected subpixel during a vertical blank interval of the display panel, and turns on the sensor transistors of non-selected subpixels to supply voltages below the threshold voltage of organic light emitting diodes to the non-selected subpixels during an image display interval of the display panel.
US09734798B2
A method of scheduling and performing computations for generating an interactive computer-generated animation on behalf of a client device to achieve a desired quality of service includes generating a computational configuration of computations that, when performed, produce the computer-generated animation with the desired quality of service. The configuration includes an identification of a first computation that outputs first data, a first start time for the first computation, and a first end time, where the first computation is to end before the first end time. The configuration also includes an identification of a second computation that depends on the first data, and a second start time for the second computation. The first computation is performed in response to an occurrence of the first start time and the second computation is performed in response to an occurrence of the second start time.
US09734796B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer program product for managing power consumption of a display. An illumination area of the display may be adjusted to limit or increase a number of activated light emitting devices, and thus, adjust power consumption of the display. A device may receive an input to adjust the first illumination area to the second illumination area. In response, a device may, for example, disable a portion of the first illumination area not included in the second illumination area. In another example, a device may enable a portion of the second illumination area not included in the first illumination area. An amount of operation time and/or energy storage may be calculated, based at least in part on a resize of an illumination area of the display.
US09734794B2
A device for driving a liquid crystal display, in which a pixel voltage is reduced by a kickback voltage variable according to grayscales, includes: a signal controller which receives an input image signal corresponding to a grayscale; an image signal corrector which corrects the input image signal and generates a data input signal; and a data driver which supplies a data voltage corresponding to the grayscale based on the data input signal, where the grayscale includes black, white grayscale and intermediate grayscales, the data voltage includes positive and negative voltages, and when a difference between a sum of the positive and negative voltages and a common voltage is defined an offset value, a first offset value corresponding to the black grayscale, a second offset value corresponding to the white grayscale and a third offset value corresponding to the intermediate grayscale satisfy the inequation: |first offset value−second offset value|≦50 mV.
US09734785B2
Provided is a gate driving unit including: a plurality of stages configured to be activated sequentially so as to generate gate signals; and a plurality of repair blocks having sizes smaller than the corresponding stages and configured to repair defects of the stages. Each of the repair blocks is disposed proximate to two or more stages so as to be configured to repair defects in the two or more stages.
US09734774B2
The image signal generating apparatus for a liquid crystal display element. A corner detector detects, when an input image signal contains multiple frame images each of which includes a first image area having a first tone and including a corner portion and a second image area having a second tone higher than the first tone and being adjacent in vertical, horizontal and oblique directions to the corner portion, the corner portion in each frame image, a tone provider generates an output image signal by providing a third tone lower than the second tone to one specific pixel adjacent in the oblique direction to a vertex of the corner portion in at least one of the multiple frame images. The tone provider provides the third tone to the specific pixel when the input image signal is a moving image signal.
US09734766B2
A lighting device includes a light source and a control section. The control section has a first mode and a second mode as luminance setting modes of the light source and sets, in order to exercise variable control of a reach time taken to change luminance of the light source to a determined value, the reach time on the basis of the first mode for a determined period at the time of switching from the first mode to the second mode.
US09734762B2
In a pixel circuit (10), TFTs (12) to (16) are connected and driven such that a threshold voltage Vth of a TFT (11), which is a drive transistor, can be held in a threshold holding capacitor (19) having a capacitance value c1, voltages, including a data potential Vdata representing an image to be displayed, can be held in a data holding capacitor (18) having a capacitance value c2, and charges in the data holding capacitor (18) and the threshold holding capacitor (19) are redistributed at the time of light emission. As a result, a potential obtained by multiplying the data potential Vdata by c1/(c1+c2) is provided to a gate potential of the TFT (11).
US09734761B2
The present disclosure relates to the art of display manufacture. There are provided a pixel circuit, a driving method for the same and a display device. The pixel circuit comprises a light-emitting device and a driving transistor connected in series between a first voltage signal terminal and a second voltage signal terminal, and the pixel circuit further comprises a light-emitting control module and a compensation module; the light-emitting control module has an input terminal connected to a first control signal, an output terminal connected to the source and the drain of the driving transistor, and the light-emitting module is configured to control the state of the driving transistor in response to the first control signal so that the light-emitting device emits light or is turned off; the compensation module has an input terminal connected to a second control signal, and an output terminal connected to the gate and the source of the driving transistor, and to the light-emitting control module, and the compensation module is configured to disconnect or connect the gate and the source of the driving transistor in response to the second control signal, so that the voltage at the gate of the driving transistor compensates for the threshold voltage of the driving transistor when the light-emitting device emits light. The issue of the poor uniformity of the light-emitting diode in luminance can be addressed by the above technical solutions.
US09734759B2
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display panel including a plurality of display pixels and a plurality of dummy pixels. The display also includes a scan driver including a plurality of first stages configured to sequentially supply a plurality of scan signals to the scan lines and a plurality of second stages configured to sequentially supply a plurality of scan signals to the dummy scan lines. The display also includes a data driver configured to provide corresponding data signals to the data lines, wherein each of the scan signals includes at least one first pulse to be applied as a bias voltage to a driving transistor of each of the display pixels and the dummy pixels and a second pulse to be applied as the corresponding data signal to the driving transistor.
US09734758B2
A display device includes light-emitting pixels, a voltage source, power supply lines for supplying drive voltage from the voltage source to each light-emitting pixel, a voltage drop amount estimating unit which estimates an amount of voltage drop between the voltage source and each light-emitting pixel, using video data indicating light emission luminance of each light-emitting pixel, a first storage unit which holds correction information indicating light emission characteristics obtained when a driving transistor in the light-emitting pixel operates both in linear and saturated regions, a second storage unit which holds reference characteristic information indicating light emission characteristics obtained when the driving transistor operates in the saturated region, and a luminance signal correcting unit which generates the luminance signal by correcting a reference level of the luminance signal associated with the light emission luminance, based on the estimated amount of voltage drop and the correction information.
US09734751B2
An inverter, a driving circuit, and a display panel are provided. The inverter comprises first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first transistor has a gate electrode connected with an initial signal input terminal, and a drain electrode connected with a source electrode of the sixth transistor. The second transistor has a drain electrode connected with a first clock signal input terminal. The fifth transistor has a source electrode connected with an output terminal. The sixth transistor has a drain electrode connected with a gate electrode of the fifth transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is controlled in such a way to prevent reverse conduction of the second transistor, the second capacitor is configured to maintain an electrical potential at the gate electrode of the fifth transistor, and the initial signal and the output signal are inverse to each other.
US09734750B2
A method of setting grey levels of pixels includes: acquiring tristimulus values of each grey level applied on a main subpixel region and a secondary subpixel region in a front view and in a side view; acquiring ideal luminance values for showing white at an ith grey level applied on the pixel in the front view and in the side view, where iε[m,n], m indicates a minimum grey level and n indicates a maximum grey level; determining actual grey levels for showing white at the ith grey level applied on main subpixel region and secondary subpixel region of all pixels, according to the ideal luminance values, tristimulus values of each grey level applied on main subpixel region and secondary subpixel region in the front view and in the side view. By using the method, gray levels of pixels imaging of LCD panels can be effectively and precisely set.
US09734748B2
A grayscale value setting method for a liquid crystal panel is disclosed which includes obtaining actual luminance values of each grayscale G of the liquid crystal panel at front and slant view angles; dividing actual luminance values according to the area ratio of the main pixel area M and the sub pixel area S, and establishing corresponding relationships between the grayscale and the actual luminance values in the main and the sub pixel areas; calculating theoretical luminance values of each grayscale; setting a grayscale combination, such that a sum of difference values between actual and theoretical luminance values of the front and slant view angle are minimal; and repeating the last step to obtain grayscales respectively input to the main pixel and the sub pixel areas at all of grayscales of the liquid crystal panel. A liquid crystal display setting a grayscale value using the above method is also disclosed.
US09734746B2
A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The method for driving the liquid crystal display device comprises the following steps: converting three primary color gray-scale data of a frame image to be displayed into multiple color gray-scale data; and presenting a first color field and a second color field of the frame image in sequence, wherein when each color field is presented, different sub pixels are driven according to a color of the backlight of the color field, the multiple color gray-scale data of the frame image, and pre-stored gray-scale data. According to the method, the color shift phenomena of the traditional liquid crystal display device can be eliminated.
US09734744B1
Disclosed is a digital sign system and method of use thereof. The system includes a digital sign having a controller board having a microcontroller, a temperature sensor communicably coupled to fans or a cooling/heating unit, an ambient light sensor, a GPS unit, a radar, a communication module, and a power source, wherein the controller board is in communication with an LED panel or another display module for digitally outputting messages, further wherein the digital sign is mounted on a pilot truck to allow the pilot truck to relay messages to a transport truck and oncoming vehicles. The digital sign is in communication with a second GPS unit disposed on the transport truck so as to track the real-time location of the truck. The digital sign measures the distance between a transport and the digital pilot truck sign and displays the relative distances between the two on the digital message board. In operation, the digital sign is configured to automatically adjust its brightness so as to optimize its visibility while reducing glare to other drivers on the road.
US09734738B2
An apparatus includes a display surface having a substantially rectangular region with a width of twenty-four feet. The region of the display surface has visual media content displayed thereon. A first lighting unit includes a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and optical elements arranged over the plurality of LEDs such that each optical element overlies only one associated LED. The first lighting unit is configured to illuminate the region of the display surface so that the visual media content on the region of the display surface can be viewed without additional lighting. A second lighting unit is laterally spaced from the first lighting unit along the width of region of the display surface. The second lighting unit includes a number of LEDs and optical elements arranged over the plurality of LEDs such that each optical element overlies only one associated LED.
US09734732B2
A laparoscopic surgery training kit and method is disclosed. The laparoscopic surgery training kit has improved portability and storability because it is collapsible and foldable. The laparoscopic surgery training kit is assembled by unfolding it into a taut condition and inserting a plurality of rods into a plurality of sleeves on a side panel arrangement to place the laparoscopic surgery training kit into its expanded condition. Holes or slits are provided, which are configured to allow insertion of surgical instruments, such as graspers, and/or configured to allow a camera to view the interior of the laparoscopic surgery training kit. In a preferred embodiment, the camera of a smartphone or tablet device is used, which is placed on the laparoscopic surgery training kit using a stand. The image viewed by the camera is shown to the trainee or examinee as a real-time display, preferably at eye-level. The trainee or examinee uses the one or more surgical instruments to manipulate one or more objects contained within the laparoscopic surgery training kit while viewing the real-time display.
US09734731B2
A braille display comprising an outer wall comprising an outer surface, an inner surface and a plurality of holes extending between the outer surface and the inner surface and which are arranged in an at least substantially regular pattern relative to each other. The braille display is further provided with braille cells wherein each braille cell comprises at least one tactile member which is movable between a first outer position and second outer position and activations means for moving the at least one tactile member between the first and second outer position. The at least one tactile member comprises a free top and each braille cell is located near the inner surface of the tactile member wherein each tactile member extends through one of the holes from the inner surface in a direction of the outer surface, at least if the tactile member is in the second position and wherein a position of the free top of the tactile member relative to the outer surface when the tactile member is in its first position differs from the position of the free top of the tactical member relative to the outer surface when the tactile member is in its second position, wherein each braille cell of a group of the braille cells is attached to the outer wall by means of a connection which acts on the one hand on the braille cell and on the other hand on the outer wall at a location adjacent to the braille cell.
US09734724B2
A method and system is provided for the recovery of an aircraft energy upset in a time-constrained descent. The system includes a computational unit to assess a number of adjustments involving a combination of speed changes, aerodynamic brake deployment and track miles adjustments that alter the energy dissipation profile whilst allowing the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined time-of-arrival over an incoming waypoint along the original descent path.
US09734720B2
A system for response mode verification according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a user interface device; a vehicle motion sensor located in a vehicle; a memory; and/or a processor communicably coupled to the user interface device, the vehicle motion sensor, and the memory, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a dispatch request, receive a first indication from the user interface device based on a user indicating acceptance of the dispatch request, record an acceptance time of the first indication, receive a second indication from the vehicle motion sensor based on the vehicle motion sensor monitoring a change in movement of the vehicle, and record a vehicle motion time of the second indication, generate a notification indicating that a difference between the vehicle motion time and the acceptance time exceeds a threshold time.
US09734716B2
A driving support device includes: a first vehicular information obtaining device that obtains a position and a moving direction of a first vehicle; a second vehicular information obtaining device that obtains a position and a moving direction of a second vehicle via a wireless communication with the second vehicle; a route intersection obtaining device that obtains an intersection between a predicted moving route of the first vehicle and a predicted moving route of the second vehicle; an end point obtaining device that obtains an end point of a unit road on a moving destination side of the first vehicle; a support determining device that determines a driving support content for a driver of the first vehicle, according to a distance between the intersection and the end point; and a warning device that warns the driver of the first vehicle according to the driving support content.
US09734713B2
Methods, systems and computer program product for determining parking occupancy. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on at least one distance between a parking location of a user and a destination of the user. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on one or more parking instances in a paid parking lot and is based on the distance from the paid parking lot. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on at least one route of a vehicle while searching for parking. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on a parking curve. The parking occupancy can be used to compute an estimated arrival time which includes an estimated searching for parking time. The parking occupancy information can be used to rank parking areas.
US09734708B2
The invention relates to a method for enabling a user to safely interact with a smart utility meter (1), comprising the following steps:—Transmission by said user of a command signal from a remote handheld electronic device (2) through a short range wireless optical communication link (3) between optical transmitting means (20) provided on said handheld electronic device (2) and optical receiving means (11) provided on said smart utility meter (1); —Reception of said command signal on said optical receiving means (11).
US09734706B2
A cable comprises a circuit, a switching element and an input connection for engaging an output connection of a sensor, the switching element configured to selectively enable the circuit of the cable assembly to process an accepted output of at least one of at least two sensors providing differing acceptable outputs and to provide a signal output corresponding to the accepted sensor output for processing by a monitor. A sensor includes an initiation element structured to cause a switching element associated with an input connection of the cable to change a mode of operation of the switching element to selectively enable the circuit to process an output of the sensor accepted by the cable and to provide a signal output corresponding to the accepted sensor output. A system comprises a monitor and the cable including the circuit and the switching element. Methods of operation are also disclosed.
US09734703B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to sensing apparatuses and methods. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, analog signals are obtained from a plurality of sensors and used to provide an output for particular ones of the sensors as follows. Analog signals are obtained from a particular sensor and one or more adjacent sensors. Different weighting factors are applied to the analog signals, based on the position of the sensor or sensors. The signals with the weighting factors applied thereto are combined to provide an output signal.
US09734698B2
A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.
US09734693B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for equipment monitoring comprising monitoring signals created by a PLC and sensors associated with a piece of equipment using a monitoring device comprising hardware communicatively coupled to a PLC and operative to transmit information over a communications network, transmitting signals from the monitoring device over the communications network to one or more databases stored on a server system comprising hardware and software communicatively coupled to the network, analyzing signals created by the PLC to determine the nature of the signals and using the analyzed signals to send alerts to one or more mobile service devices operated by technicians when emergency maintenance is required for the piece of equipment.
US09734692B2
A detection system for detecting a residential pest, the detection system may include a housing, a vibration sensor that is configured to sense vibration signals; a processor that is configured to process the vibration signals and detect residential pest activities; a coupler that once connected to a metal-including element of a resident vibrationally couples the metal-including element to the vibration sensor.
US09734690B2
Devices and methods of using a personal emergency reporting system device is described. The personal emergency reporting system (PERS) device wakes up based on timing, manual activation or an accelerometer in the PERS device detecting an abnormal condition. The PERS device measures the orientation and correlate and sends statistics to a console. The PERS device determines whether a predetermined threshold has been met to determine whether a fall event has occurred or whether to enter a more active monitoring state. The PERS device also determines whether it is appropriate to transmit an alarm to a central monitoring station via the console and transmits the alarm if desired.
US09734687B1
A portable control system reminder device is provided that, when plugged into a vehicle accessory receptacle or socket and the vehicle ignition switch is turned on, will charge a capacitor within the device, and when the vehicle ignition switch is turned off, will discharge this capacitor through a signaling device or circuit producing an alarm signal that will remind the parents or the driver of a vehicle that a child or a pet might be inside the vehicle. A voltage regulator preferably is provided to regulate the voltage for the system and with the purpose of reducing the size of the power storage capacitor.
US09734677B2
There is provided a tactile sensation providing device having a tactile sensation provider (20, 21, 22) configured to provide a tactile sensation by vibration and an atmospheric pressure controller 11 configured to control the atmospheric pressure of the space 50 opposite to the tactile sensation providing face 20a of the tactile sensation provider, when the tactile sensation provider vibrates.
US09734673B2
An automated teller machine (ATM) is proposed having a control panel (CP) that has elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) arranged therein that are provided for users of the automated teller machine (ATM) and that has a camera (CAM) to detect manipulation attempts on the automated teller machine (ATM). The camera (CAM) is mounted in a housing section of the automated teller machine (ATM) surrounding the control panel (CP) and aligned in such a way that the camera (CAM) captures images of at least two of the elements (1, 2) arranged in the control panel (CP). In particular, the camera (CAM) captures image of the money dispensing compartment (1) and the keypad (2) in order to unequivocally detect any overlays installed there and similar manipulation or skimming attempts.
US09734672B2
The gaming device disclosed herein includes a plurality of simultaneously, substantially simultaneously or sequentially played primary games, wherein a designated triggering event in at least one of the games causes the gaming device to change, modify, supplement, add to, activate or otherwise influence the paytable of at least another game.
US09734670B2
A secondary service provides a second, or collateral, service in connection with a client application associated with a first service. The secondary service receives user input from the client application and forwards the user input to at least one second server for the collateral service. The collateral service may be a lottery gaming system that generates or receives lottery entries as users perform certain actions. Other non-limiting examples of a collateral service that may receive user input via the secondary service include a data mining system, an advertising system, a loyalty and bonus system.
US09734669B1
A user is provided with a GUI that may allow the user to change functionality associated with a non-battery-powered card, a battery-powered card, a payment sticker, or another device (e.g., a mobile telephonic device). The GUI may be provided by a website so that a user views the GUI from a web-browser. At any time, for example, a user may change additional functionality performed at a point-of-sale purchase. A user may change the additional functionality for a card or a button of a card. A user may switch to associate a game of chance or skill to the purchase.
US09734668B2
A gambling smart card with betting limits is used in a gambling system. A gambler uses a smart card to place bets in a casino. The bet is reduced by a factor previously chosen by the gambler and agreed to by the casino. The smart card is programmed to reduce the bet by the agreed upon factor or percentage. The player appears to be betting more than the player actually bets because the winnings or losses will be reduced by the agreed upon factor.
US09734667B2
Portable wagering media may be utilized to alter play of wagering games.
US09734666B2
A gaming system and its operations include, for instance, providing, for presentation via one or more electronic display devices, first digital content for a first application. The first application is independent from a second application that concurrently presents second digital content. The operations can further include intercepting, by the first application via an application communication interface associated with the second application, data associated with the second digital content. The operations can further include determining, based on evaluation of the data associated with the second digital content via an electronic processing unit of the gaming system, a relationship between an aspect of the first digital content and an aspect of the second digital content. The operations can further include causing, by the first application via the electronic processing unit, the second application to automatically modify presentation of the second digital content in response to determining the relationship.
US09734653B2
An apparatus and method for providing one or more elongated coin souvenirs in a single payment transaction embossed with any or all available images. A user interface displays the available images and instructions on how to operate the apparatus. Once a user makes a selection and completes a payment transaction, the apparatus begins to press and emboss coins with chosen image or images. If multiple elongated coins are purchased, an electronic control system causes a delivery of a first coin and causes a pressing mechanism to elongate and emboss the first image onto the coin. Upon completion of this action, a delivery of a second coin to the pressing mechanism is impressed with the next image. These steps are then be repeated until all of the images purchased by the user are impressed onto coins and delivered to the user.
US09734646B1
A system for premise access includes a device for accessing the system by a prospective buyer that has a location determining subsystem. An application running on the device for accessing the system downloads a set of currently available premise listings. Upon arrival near one of the premises as determined by comparing a location of the device to each of the currently available premise listings, if the prospective buyer is authorized to enter the one of the premises and if the prospective buyer indicates a desire to enter the one of the premises, the application running on the device for accessing provides an access code for entry into the one of the premises (e.g. opens a lock or lockbox by radio frequency transmission, opens a lock or lockbox by infra-red transmission, displays a combination, etc.).
US09734645B2
A movable barrier operator transmits a message to a remote peripheral platform and, upon determining that the remote peripheral platform is presently able to carry out a given functionality, responsively permits a particular function to be carried out by the movable barrier operator. Conversely, upon determining that it cannot be ascertained whether the remote peripheral platform is presently able to carry out the given functionality, the movable barrier operator responsively prevents the movable barrier operator from carrying out the particular function. Also, upon detecting that a targeted remote platform does not acknowledge a previously re-transmitted message and further upon detecting that this same remote platform has also not acknowledged a subsequent wirelessly-transmitted second message, the system can switch to automatically retransmitting that second message a lesser number of times than would otherwise be required.
US09734642B2
An improved method for providing checkpoint background checks is described herein. In one embodiment, the pass control method can comprise collecting data related to the identity of a visitor with a checkpoint computer, transferring the data to a pass control server, querying one or more member profiles using the data, and returning a message to the checkpoint computer. In this method, the member profiles can comprise identity information and one or more flags. The flags can be related to an outcome of a previously performed background check performed using the identity information. The message returned to the checkpoint computer can be related to the flags within any of the member profiles comprising identity information that matches the data.
US09734628B2
Techniques are disclosed for creating digital assets that can be used to personalize themed products. For example, a workflow and pipeline used to generate a 3D model from digital images of a person's face and to manufacture a personalized, physical figurine customized with the 3D model are disclosed. The 3D model of the person's face may be simplified to match a topology of a desired figurine. While the topology is deformed to match that of the figurine, the 3D model retains the geometry of the child's face. Simplifying the topology of the 3D model in this manner allows the mesh to be integrated with or attached to a mesh representing desired figurine.
US09734625B2
A system is provided for panoptic visualization of a 3D representation of a complex system. The system includes a visualization engine configured to receive a digital 3D model of a complex system and produce a plurality of electronic document components including 2D images depicting elements of the complex system. The system also includes a data extractor configured to generate 2D derivatives of the 3D model, and communicate the 2D derivatives for inclusion in a panoptic visualization document collection. The data extractor may be configured to receive a document component including a 2D image depicting an element of the complex system, and extract from the 3D model, information identifying a spatial, design or functional relationship between the respective element and one or more other elements of the complex system. The data extractor may then be configured to provide the extracted information in metadata associated with the document component.
US09734620B2
An apparatus and method for graphics state management. The apparatus for graphics state management includes a state version manager configured to manage changes in graphics state versions by allocating or deallocating a memory for each of graphics states based on a page of a predetermined size, wherein the state version manager allocates or deallocates pages for each of the graphics state versions by using a string of binary values that indicates the respective reference states of each of those pages.
US09734619B2
Techniques for generating a 3-dimensional map view of a navigation system are disclosed. A position module determines a position of a user to which the 3-dimensional map view is to be displayed, a viewing direction and elevation for the user. A map viewer generates the 3-dimensional map view of the map data, wherein for objects located within a predefined distance to the position of the user the position and the representation of each object is calculated taking into account the viewing direction and the elevation, wherein for objects located outside the predefined distance at least one group of objects, to which the objects belong, is identified, and for each identified group the background image is selected and displayed in which the 3-dimensional objects of the identified group are shown from the determined viewing direction and elevation. A display device displays the generated map view.
US09734618B2
A sketch-based interface within an animation engine provides an end-user with tools for creating emitter textures and oscillator textures. The end-user may create an emitter texture by sketching one or more patch elements and then sketching an emitter. The animation engine animates the sketch by generating a stream of patch elements that emanate from the emitter. The end-user may create an oscillator texture by sketching a patch that includes one or more patch elements, and then sketching a brush skeleton and an oscillation skeleton. The animation engine replicates the patch along the brush skeleton, and then interpolates the replicated patches between the brush skeleton and the oscillation skeleton, thereby causing those replicated patches to periodically oscillate between the two skeletons.
US09734610B2
An image processing device according to one embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a first specifying unit, and a second specifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires an edge between a text region where the translucent text is superimposed and a background region where the translucent text is not superimposed. The first specifying unit acquires a plurality of pairs of a representative color in the text region and a representative color in the background region adjacent to each other with the edge placed therebetween, and specifies a text color and transparency of the translucent text from the plurality of pairs. The second specifying unit specifies a pixel color before the translucent text is superimposed for each pixel in the text region from a pixel color after the translucent text is superimposed, the text color and the transparency.
US09734607B2
A mutable multilevel data structure representing a graph structure may include multiple read-only levels and a single writable level. Each read-only level may include a vertex table (with references to edge tables on the same level or a different level containing elements of adjacency lists for some vertices) and an edge table (with elements of adjacency lists that changed since the previous read-only level). A hybrid variant may switch between a performance-optimized variant (whose edge tables include complete adjacency lists for vertices whose edge sets were modified) and a space-optimized variant (whose edge tables include only newly added adjacency list elements). The vertex tables and/or the writable level may be implemented using copy-on-write arrays, each including an indirection table and multiple fixed-sized data pages. Computations may be run on the read-only levels or on the writable level and read-only levels.
US09734604B2
A graphic display control device includes: a display screen; and a processor configured to perform: a graphic display control process to perform control to display a polygon on the display screen; a graphic value setting process to set a value denoting a characteristic for at least one of an angle and a side of the displayed polygon; an angle range determining process to determine a range of possible angle value as the value denoting the characteristic for a target angle of the displayed polygon based on the value denoting the characteristic set by the graphic value setting process; and an angle range display control process to perform control to display the range of possible angle value determined by the angle range determining process for the target angle.
US09734601B2
A system executes efficient computational methods for high quality image reconstructions from a relatively small number of noisy (or degraded) sensor imaging measurements or scans. The system includes a processing device and instructions. The processing device executes the instructions to employ transform learning as a regularizer for solving inverse problems when reconstructing an image from the imaging measurements, the instructions executable to: adapt a transform model to a first set of image patches of a first set of images containing at least a first image, to model the first set of image patches as sparse in a transform domain while allowing deviation from perfect sparsity; reconstruct a second image by minimizing an optimization objective comprising a transform-based regularizer that employs the transform model, and a data fidelity term formed using the imaging measurements; and store the second image in the computer-readable medium, the second image displayable on a display device.
US09734589B2
A motion tracking system for dynamic tracking of and compensation for motion of a patient during a magnetic resonance scan comprises a first camera positioned to view an optical marker along a first line of sight; a second camera positioned to view the optical marker along a second line of sight; and a computer system configured to analyze images generated by the first and second cameras to determine changes in position of the optical marker, and to generate tracking data for use by a magnetic resonance scanner to dynamically adjust scans to compensate for the changes in position of the optical marker, wherein the computer system is configured to dynamically adapt its image analysis to utilize images from all cameras that are currently viewing the optical marker.
US09734585B2
An image processing apparatus counts at least one of the number of pixels having an identical color to a target pixel, the number of pixels having a similar color to the target pixel, and the number of pixels having a different color from the target pixel in a target window, and determines an attribute of the target pixel based on a result of the counting.
US09734566B2
A system for determining a high resolution output image that includes receiving a low resolution image and determining an intermediate high resolution image. The system detects semantic features based upon the input image and selects corresponding semantic components from a database based upon the detected semantic features. The first intermediate high resolution image is modified based upon information from the corresponding semantic components to determine the high resolution output image.
US09734561B2
An image processing apparatus includes a smoothed-image generating unit that generates smoothed images obtained by smoothing an original image with degrees of smoothing, respectively, an illumination-image generating unit that generates an illumination image having pixel values of an illumination component of the original image by using the smoothed images that undergo weighting in which at least one of the smoothed images is assigned a different weight, a reflectance-image generating unit that generates a reflectance image on a basis of the original image and the illumination image, the reflectance image having pixel values of a reflectance component of the original image, and a reproduced-image generating unit that generates a reproduced image to enhance visibility of the original image, at least on a basis of the reflectance image and degree-of-enhancement information indicating a degree of enhancement of the reflectance component of the original image.
US09734558B2
A method generates a high-resolution (HR) image from a low-resolution (LR) image using regression functions. During a training stage, training HR images are downsampled to LR images. A signature is determined for each LR-HR patch pair based on a local ternary pattern (LTP). The signature is a low dimensional descriptor used as an abstraction of the patch pair features. Then, patch pairs with the same signature are clustered, and a regression function which maps the LR patches to the HR patches is determined. In some cases patch pairs of similar signatures can be combined for learning and a single regression function determined, thus decreasing the number of required regression functions. During actual upscaling, LR patches of an input image are similarly processed to obtain the signatures and from the regression functions. The LR patches can then be upscaled using the training regression functions.
US09734551B1
Implementations generally relate to providing depth-of-field renderings. In some implementations, a method includes linearizing an image. The method further includes partitioning a depth map of the image into a plurality of depth intervals. The method further includes blurring pixels associated with each depth interval, where the pixels of each depth interval are blurred separately from the pixels of the other depth intervals. The method further includes applying at least one camera response function to the image after the pixels of the plurality of depth intervals are blurred.
US09734549B2
A central processor unit (CPU) is connected to a system/graphics controller generally comprising a monolithic semiconductor device. The system/graphics controller is connected to an input output (IO) controller via a high-speed PCI bus. The IO controller interfaces to the system graphics controller via the high-speed PCI bus. The IO controller includes a lower speed PCI port controlled by an arbiter within the IO controller. Generally, the low speed PCI arbiter of the IO controller will interface to standard 33 MHz PCI cards. In addition, the IO controller interfaces to an external storage device, such as a hard drive, via either a standard or a proprietary bus protocol. A unified system/graphics memory which is accessed by the system/graphics controller. The unified memory contains both system data and graphics data. In a specific embodiment, two channels, CH0 and CH1 access the unified memory. Each channel is capable of accessing a portion of memory containing graphics data or a portion of memory containing system data.
US09734547B2
An information processing device includes a layer structure including one or more layers for displaying display information. The information processing device includes a storage unit configured to store, in a predetermined storage area, a priority level included in a request, when the request to display the display information in one of the layers included in the layer structure is received; a determining unit configured to determine whether to display, on the one of the layers, the display information corresponding to the request, based on the priority level stored in the predetermined storage area; and a display unit configured to display the display information on the one of the layers, when the determining unit determines to display, on the one of the layers, the display information corresponding to the request.
US09734545B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for executing a software method within a graphics processing unit (GPU) that minimizes the number of clock cycles during which the graphics engine is idled. The function of the software method is performed by a firmware method that is executed by a processor within the GPU. The firmware method is executed to access and optionally update the state stored in the GPU. Unlike execution of a conventional software method, execution of the firmware method does not require an exchange of information between a CPU and the GPU. Therefore, the CPU is not interrupted and throughput of the CPU is not reduced.
US09734543B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for tracking, registering, etc. of medical staff, patients, instrumentation, events, or the like according to a treatment staging plan. For example a medical apparatus includes a right-patient verification device having an interrogation interface device that elicits at least one of identification data, authorization data, or treatment plan data from a medical procedure authorization device associated with a patient; and a right-site verification device that generates patient-specific treatment staging data consistent with the at least one of the identification data, the authorization data, or the treatment plan data.
US09734542B2
Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. Often times a weight scale, blood pressure monitor, or other medical measurement device is shared among a group of users. A time-stamped physiological measurement is compared to a time-stamped message from a mobile device. If the timestamps are contemporaneous, then the physiological measurement is bound to the mobile device.
US09734536B2
The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for controlling investment funds, and more particularly to systems and methods for real-time projections based on consumer transactions. In one embodiment, an investment fund management system may include a consumer communication device configured to create a payment gateway with a Point of Sales (POS) terminal. The system further includes a portfolio server accessible over a data network. The consumer communication device is configured to execute a process including the steps of intercepting a transaction through the payment gateway; computing an expected return based on the investment of a transaction amount from said transaction; and providing the expected return to the consumer communication device.
US09734534B2
A method for reporting cash transactions comprises: registering with the federal and local government as a cashed based business; reporting of cash transaction by the cash based business at designated time frames; offering benefits by the federal and local government to the cash based business for accurate reporting of cash transactions; and accessing a penalty to the cashed based business if reporting of cash transactions by the cash based business is not done by the designated time frame.
US09734527B2
Systems and methods are provided for customizing consumer products. A display device may present a rendering of a customizable product to a user. The display device may also present a set of customizations on a scrollable axis. An input interface such as a touch interface may receive a selection of at least one customization from the user, and the rendering of the product may be updated to display the customizations selected by the user. An electronic file may be generated that includes product manufacturing details, which indicate the customizations selected by the user. The product may be an article of footwear, and a printer may print the selected customizations on the article of footwear.
US09734516B2
The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content.
US09734515B1
A mobile communication device that replenishes and manages ads to display on an active application. The mobile communication device comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, a memory, a plurality of applications, stored in the memory, wherein each application comprises an ad client, and an ad manager, stored in the memory. The ad manager, when executed by the processor, requests a plurality of ads from an ad gateway associated with the network associated with the mobile communication device. The ad manager then receives a plurality of ads from the ad gateway. The ad manager then stores these ads into an ad cache, embedded within the memory of the mobile communication device. The ad manager receives a request from an ad client of one of the applications for an ad to display. The ad manager sends an ad selected from the ad cache to the ad client in the active application.
US09734511B2
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for assigning a workspace. The system receives one or more reservation request for the workspace, associated with one or more facilities including one or more workspace areas. Each workspace area includes one or more workspaces. The system receives inputs including one or more of: weather condition data, occupancy rates data, and date data, associated with the one or more facilities. The system predicts an energy cost for each workspace area. The system determines a user desirability value for the each workspace area. The system determines a minimum cost for operating the one or more facilities, which satisfies the received reservation request. The system selects one or more workspace area in the one or more facilities according to the determined minimum cost and the received reservation request. The selected workspace area has maximum user desirability values.
US09734502B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a set of accounts associated with a specified time frame. One or more features and one or more feature combinations can be analyzed for each account in the set. Feature metrics for the one or more features and the one or more feature combinations can be determined for each account in the set. Threshold values for the feature metrics can be acquired. At least one rule can be implemented based on at least some of the feature metrics and at least some of the threshold values.
US09734500B2
A system and method for authenticating a candidate user accessing a host computing device as an authentic user is provided. The host computing device is in communication with an authenticating computing device. The method includes receiving, by the authenticating computing device, a request to authenticate the candidate user as an authentic user. The authentication request includes a user identifier. The method also includes retrieving, by the authenticating computing device, transaction data including payment transactions performed by the authentic user based on the user identifier. The method also includes generating, by the authenticating computing device, a challenge question and a correct answer based on the transaction data associated with the authentic user, and transmitting the challenge question for display on a candidate user computing device used by the candidate user.
US09734499B2
Systems and methods are provided for online transactions using pattern recognition. A user of a payment provider may create and register patterns drawn by the user on a pattern entry image. The user may register the patterns by associating transaction options with each drawn pattern. Each pattern may be used to execute a particular transaction such as a purchase transaction, a payment of a specific amount, a payment to a specific recipient, or a sales transaction. When the user wishes to execute a transaction such as an online payment to a particular recipient for a particular amount, the user can redraw the registered pattern associated with payments to that recipient for that amount. A pattern can be drawn at a particular location on the pattern entry image. Different transactions can be associated with patterns drawn at different locations.
US09734495B2
Mobile commerce authentication and authorization systems enable currently existing point-of-sale devices that are neither structurally nor systemically altered to conduct financial transactions with a customer using an access terminal across a wireless communications system. The point-of-sale devices receive an input from a payment instrument replacement, which identifies the transaction to the point-of-sale device as a transaction including an access terminal. Authentication of the user of the access terminal is achieved at least by application of position and/or location determinable features of the access terminal, the position and/or location of a point-of-sale device of a vendor or merchant where the customer seeks to purchase goods or services, and the payment sum entered on the point-of-sale device. A payment matching server may assist in processing the location data and the payment sum amount across communications network.
US09734494B2
A POS system 1 includes a reading device 15 that reads and outputs member information; a POS terminal 8 that executes a transaction process and outputs receipt print data based on the transaction process; and a print control device 12. The print control device 12 has a device communication unit 39 that receives the member information; a communication interface 35 that receives the receipt print data; a storage unit 38 that stores the member information received by the device communication unit 39; and a network communication unit 37 that transmits first data relating the member information and the receipt print data.
US09734490B1
A device (12, 312, 494) operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The device includes a reader (20, 314) that is usable to read check data from financial checks. The reader is also usable to read record document data associated with goods provided to a purchaser. At least one circuit (54, 332) of the device is operative to cause a determination to be made that check data and/or record document data corresponds to stored data. Responsive to the determination, check data and record data are made available to a payee terminal (346).
