US09788470B2
The component supply device includes a table on which a wafer sheet is carried and a pickup head which picks up a component on the wafer sheet carried on the table. The pickup head includes multiple component supply side suction nozzles, and a switching mechanism which switches the multiple component supply side suction nozzles between a pickup position at which the tip of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles faces down and a transfer position at which the tip of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles faces up. The arrangement of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles corresponds to the arrangement of multiple mounter side suction nozzles equipped on the mounting head of the mounter.
US09788465B2
An actuator apparatus is described as having a stator device, a cover device, a contact device and an attenuation device. The stator device and the cover device are joined in such a manner so that a hollow space is formed between the stator device and the cover device. The cover device has an opening, through which the contact device is guided into the hollow space, so that the contact device runs at least partially in the hollow space and at least partially in the cover device. The attenuation device is positioned in the opening in such a manner so that a high-frequency electromagnetic radiation that travels through the opening is more highly attenuated by the attenuation device than the radiation would be attenuated without the presence of the attenuation device.
US09788461B2
A chassis supporting a plurality of circuit cards in an electronic and/or optical system includes one or more fans at an output of an exhaust air plenum, wherein the one or more fans are configured to enhance airflow from an intake air plenum to the output; and an airflow divider disposed in the exhaust air plenum and attached or disposed to the chassis, wherein the airflow divider is dimensioned and located in the exhaust air plenum to segment the exhaust air plenum into multiple sections causing balanced airflow from the intake air plenum to the output and over the circuit cards disposed in the chassis for cooling thereof.
US09788458B2
A motor controller, including: a supporting frame, a control circuit board, and a control box. The control box includes: a cavity, a base plate, and a plurality of fins. The control circuit board is disposed on the base plate in the cavity. The fins are disposed outside the cavity on an outer side surface of the base plate. Cooling ducts are formed between adjacent fins. The control box is fixed on the supporting frame.
US09788448B2
A housing (10) includes locking portions (13) on both sides of a mounting surface (12). A fixing member (60) includes a housing mounting portion (61) to be arranged along the mounting surface (12) in the housing (10) and locked by the locking portions (13). A plurality of ribs (18) arranged while being spaced apart in a first direction (front-back direction) along the mounting surface (12) and respectively extending in a second direction (vertical direction) intersecting with the first direction are provided on the mounting surface (12) of the housing (10). The housing mounting portion (61) of the fixing member (60) is provided with a plurality of grooves (69) extending in the second direction and to be fit to the respective ribs (18).
US09788442B2
A housing locking apparatus includes a shell, a cover, a fixing member, a blocking member and an operation member. The shell includes an abutting portion protruding inside of the shell and a restriction member protruding outside of the shell. The cover includes a covering plate and a sidewall protruding from the covering plate. The sidewall defines a restriction hole and abuts against the outside of the shell. The restriction member is movably received in the restriction hole. The fixing member is attached to the covering plate. The blocking member and the operation member are both rotationally attached to the fixing member. An end of the blocking member abuts against the abutting portion. The operation member rotates around the fixing member at a first direction to press the blocking member to rotate to position the end of the blocking member between the covering plate and the abutting portion.
US09788440B2
A rollable display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a printed circuit board connected to an edge of the display panel, and a roller which the display panel is rolled onto or unrolled from. The roller has a cylindrical shape having an inner space, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the inner space.
US09788433B2
A circuit board includes an inorganic material insulating layer, a first circuit pattern layer formed on a surface of the inorganic material insulating layer, a first build-up insulating layer formed on the inorganic material insulating layer and formed of an organic material, and a second circuit pattern layer formed on a surface of the first build-up insulating layer.
US09788429B2
A display device includes a panel substrate, a first printed circuit board (PCB), a driver integrated circuit (IC), and a second PCB. The panel substrate includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first PCB is disposed on the second substrate. The driver IC is disposed on the first substrate and is electrically connected to the first PCB. The second PCB is disposed on the first substrate and is electrically connected to the driver IC. The driver IC includes a first pad and a second pad. The first pad is disposed on an upper or lateral surface of the driver IC, the first pad being configured to transmit signals received via the first PCB. The second pad is disposed on a lower surface of the driver IC, the second pad being configured to receive the signals from the first PCB and to transmit the signals to the second PCB.
US09788428B2
The invention provides a stacked structure comprising a master circuit board and at least two slave circuit boards. The master circuit board comprises a plurality of connecting seats. Each slave circuit board is equipped with a connector, and defined with a plurality of post-production process areas. Wherein the connector of each slave circuit board is disposed on one of post-production process areas, and inserted into the corresponding connecting seat. When the connector of the slave circuit board must be through other slave circuit boards in order to insert the corresponding connecting seat, the post-production process areas that are disposed on other slave circuit boards and impede the connection between the connector and the corresponding connecting seat will be cut into hollow areas. Accordingly, the connector of the slave circuit board is capable of inserting the corresponding connecting seat through the hollow areas of other slave circuit boards.
US09788426B2
A printed wiring board including: a first substrate on which a plurality of pads to be connected to a connector is arranged to form a front array and a rear array in two rows; a second substrate that is laminated on the first substrate and formed with first wirings connected to first pads of the front array and second wirings connected through vias to second pads of the rear array; engageable parts that are to be engaged with engagement parts of the connector; and one or more reinforcement layers that are provided at the frontward side in the connecting direction than the engageable parts of the first substrate and/or the second substrate. The wirings each have a part formed to have a constant width along the inserting direction to the connector and an expanded-width part expanded to have a wider width than the constant width in the inserting direction of the connector.
US09788423B2
Provided is a copper foil for a printed wiring board including a roughened layer on at least one surface thereof. In the roughened layer, the average diameter D1 at the particle bottom being apart from the bottom of each particle by 10% of the particle length is 0.2 to 1.0 μm, and the ratio L1/D1 of the particle length L1 to the average diameter D1 at the particle bottom is 15 or less. In the copper foil for printed wiring board, when a copper foil for printed wiring having a roughened layer is laminated to a resin and then the copper layer is removed by etching, the sum of areas of holes accounting for the resin roughened surface having unevenness is 20% or more. The present invention involves the development of a copper foil for a semiconductor package substrate that can avoid circuit erosion without causing deterioration in other properties of the copper foil. In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil for a printed wiring board and a method of producing the copper foil, in which the adhesion strength between the copper foil and the resin can be enhanced by improvement of the roughened layer of the copper foil.
US09788422B2
The present invention provides a conductive material including: (A) a π-conjugated polymer, (B) a dopant polymer which contains one or more repeating units selected from “a1” to “a4” respectively represented by the following general formula (1) and has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, and (C) one or more metal oxide nanoparticles whose metal oxide is selected from indium-tin oxides, tin oxides, antimony-tin oxides, antimony-zinc oxides, antimony oxides, and molybdenum oxides having a particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm. There can be provided a conductive material that has excellent film-formability and also can form a conductive film having high transparency and conductivity, superior flexibility and flatness when the film is formed from the material.
US09788419B2
A multi-layer printed circuit board includes an insertion end, two edge fingers provided on the insertion end, two chamfers formed at two opposite inner corners at two trailing edges of the two edge fingers, and two single-ended transmission lines extending from the two trailing edges of the two edge fingers and converging towards each other to form a differential pair. A first ground reference plane is disposed underneath the two single-ended transmission lines and the differential pair with a leading edge terminates at the trailing edges of the two edge fingers and a first cut-out portion formed at the leading edge. Other ground reference planes are disposed underneath the first ground reference plane with leading edges terminate at the trailing edges of the edge fingers and second cut-out portions are formed at the leading edges, wherein the second cut-out portions are larger than the first cut-out portion.
US09788412B2
Techniques and arrangements for forming ground bonds between a plurality of components are provided. In one form, a grounding arrangement includes a first circuit board including a first ground plane and a flange member electrically coupled to the first ground plane. The arrangement also includes a second circuit board including a second ground plane, and a polymeric member including an electrically conductive coating. The polymeric member forms a bond between the first ground plane, the flange member, and the second ground plane. In one particular but non-limiting aspect of this form, the grounding arrangement is utilized in a human machine interface having a liquid crystal display. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
US09788406B2
An example laser cooling system may include a first laser to induce a transition of a plurality of electrons in a medium to an excited energy state via absorption of photons. The laser cooling system may also include a second laser to stimulate emission from the medium of emitted photons having a higher energy than an energy of the absorbed photons.
US09788404B2
An apparatus for producing a plasma including a control circuit which is electrically connected to a piezoelectric transformer in order to excite the piezoelectric transformer. A hand-held device that uses the apparatus. The piezoelectric transformer is constructed of several layers. The control circuit is implemented on a circuit board, and the piezoelectric transformer is held over the circuit board by means of a region of a first end. A high voltage is applied to a second free end of the piezoelectric transformer. The plasma is produced at atmospheric pressure.
US09788402B2
An electronic lighting system with a driver includes transformers that are dedicated to particular lamp receptacles that include interloper diode and resistor sets that fine tune the functioning of the driver. A buck converter and power factor correction, and a zeta scan are included. A comparator circuitry receives an external control signal and compares it to feedback from the output side of the circuitry, and thereby controls a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) circuitry, which cooperates with feedback-based MOSFETs and a MOSFET gate driver circuit. This aids in dimming capabilities, recognizes and corrects for outages and recognizes and corrects for changes in the different size lamps that a user may install.
US09788397B2
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) based illumination device may include a Light Control and Data Interface Module (LCDIM). The LCDIM may include an LED driver that supplies electrical power to the LED based light engine of the LED based illumination module. The LCDIM may include a radio frequency (RF) transmitter that communicates a signal indicative of an operational status of the LED based light engine to another device on a wireless communications network using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packet. Additionally, in a lighting control system, a light control device may include a RF transmitter to communicate a signal indicative of a lighting control command to the LCDIM using a BLE advertising packet.
US09788396B2
A system and method for discovering at least one dimming control protocol installed in a plurality of lighting devices and for controlling a plurality of dimming levels of the plurality of lighting devices are disclosed. The system may include at least one gateway that connects to at least one plurality of luminaires and/or LED's, at least one sensor subsystem and at least one power meter. The system and method may exchange information between a plurality of light devices and a self-organized, self-discovering gateway device. The gateway may use one or more known control protocols as an input and is able to handle multiple light devices that support different control protocols. This ability makes the gateway a universal lighting control gateway.
US09788385B2
The lighting device includes a control unit configured to set desired values of drive currents of solid state light sources with different light emission colors. The control unit has a normal mode and a correction mode. The normal mode is a mode of setting the desired values to normal desired values corresponding to instruction values representing a desired color of colors. The correction mode is a mode of setting the desired values to corrected desired values corresponding to corrected instruction values obtained by correcting the instruction values.
US09788384B1
Apparatuses and systems are provided for changing the spectrum of light emission from a light-emitting diode (LED) light set. The LED light set may include LEDs, each of which having at least a first LED chip and a second LED chip configured to emit light at differing wavelengths. The first and second LED chips may be connected in series with opposite polarities. Responsive to receiving a power flow in a first direction from a power terminal, the first LED chip may emit light of a first color while the second LED chip may remain powered off. Responsive to receiving the power flow in a second direction opposite the first direction from the power source, the second LED chip may emit light of a second color different than the first color while the first LED chip may remain powered off.
US09788376B2
An example LED backlight driving circuit includes: an LED circuit including a plurality of LED columns that are connected in parallel, each of LED column including one or more LEDs that are connected in series; an LED control circuit connected to constant current circuits corresponding to a parallel number of the LED columns, the LED control circuit including a circuit that controls ON/OFF of a driving current of the LED and a dimming determination circuit that outputs a control signal capable of arbitrarily setting the driving current according to a dimming signal. The LED control circuit performs control based on first driving in which dimming is performed by varying a current value of the driving current of the LED and second driving in which the ON/OFF of the driving current is controlled in addition to the varying of the current value.
US09788375B2
A lighting device includes: a DC power source circuit; an output control circuit including a chopping switch to adjust an output current by chopping of the chopping switch; light source switches respectively connected to the light sources; and a control unit for controlling a time period for which a current flows in the light sources. The control unit controls the output control circuit such that an operation period for which the chopping is conducted and a stop period for which the chopping is stopped are repeated alternately and performs switchover of the light source switches to be sequentially and selectively turned on, and the switchover is conducted during the stop period with a time interval from a beginning of the stop period.
US09788374B1
A power and control assembly is disclosed. An LED driver is sized and adapted to fit within a single compartment of an electrical gang box, such as a two-gang box. An alternating current (AC) dimmer or other component is installed in an adjacent compartment. The AC dimmer supplies its output to the LED driver, which converts the AC power to an appropriate direct current (DC) power for LED lighting fixtures. The LED driver is typically recessed into the compartment, and is covered by a switch or another control element. In some cases, the switch may be a mechanical dummy selected for its aesthetic or fascial characteristics. In other cases, the switch or control element may be functional. With similar multiple-gang boxes, a number of drivers may be installed in the gang box and switches may allow both dimming and zone control.
US09788372B2
A gate off delay compensation circuit includes a sensing interval determiner configured to determine an interval in which a driving voltage corresponds to a first and second level of a reference voltage as a driving voltage sensing interval, a driving voltage excess interval determiner configured to determine a driving voltage excess interval defined as an interval in which the driving voltage is larger than the reference voltage and a driving voltage period determiner configured to determine a period of the driving voltage based on the driving voltage sensing interval and the driving voltage excess interval. Therefore, a gate off delay compensation circuit 100 decreases an average driving current and an average driving voltage and allows decrease of a variation of a driving current according to a change of a input voltage VIN.
US09788368B2
An induction heating generator includes a rectifier circuit (10). Four capacitors (C1, C2, C3, C4) form a bridge circuit between two output terminals of the rectifier circuit (10). The bridge circuit includes a first capacitor series (C1, C2) and a second capacitor series (C3, C4). An induction coil (L) is interconnected in the center of the bridge circuit. At least two semiconductor switches (S1, S2) are connected in each case parallel to one of the capacitors (C1, C2) of the first capacitor series (C1, C2). The induction heating generator includes a control circuit block (14, 16, 18, 20, 22) for controlling the control electrodes of the semiconductor switches (S1, S2). A shunt element (SE) is connected in series with the first capacitor series (C1, C2).
US09788358B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface.
US09788356B2
The disclosure provides a terminal device, and frame sending and receiving methods, which relate to the field of communications. The terminal device includes: a confirming component configured to send a broadcast control frame to another terminal device which supports a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct-connecting technology, and confirm that the another terminal device which replies a broadcast response frame supports dynamic frame interaction after receiving the broadcast response frame replied by the another terminal device; and a scanning component configured to send a scanning request frame to the another terminal device which supports the dynamic frame interaction, wherein the field indicating the address of the receiving end in the scanning request frame is null. The length of the frames are greatly reduced by dynamically and self-adaptively adjusting the lengths of interaction frames for the frames in a scanning phase, a discovery phase and an operating phase respectively, thereby effectively solving the problem of power consumption; and meanwhile, a simple physical-connecting solution can be realized, and therefore devices which support Wi-Fi direct-connecting can simply interact with one another.
US09788350B2
A wireless connection method between a plurality of electronic devices using an out of band channel is provided. The wireless connection method includes receiving a first hash value through the out of band channel, receiving device identification information of electronic devices in proximity to an electronic device through a main wireless channel, calculating hash values of the device identification information, and performing a wireless connection of the electronic device with a surrounding electronic device that has the hash value identical to the first hash value among the calculated hash values.
US09788346B2
A method and a device for transmitting data in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting a plurality of request to send (RTS) frames through a plurality of subchannels, each of the plurality of subchannels having a 20 megahertz (MHz) bandwidth; receiving at least one clear to send (CTS) frame through at least one idle subchannel; and transmitting a data frame. If the at least one CTS frame includes channel information related to the at least one idle subchannel through which the CTS frame is transmitted by the station, the data frame is transmitted through the at least one idle subchannel indicated by the channel information. A number of the at least one idle subchannel through which the CTS frame is transmitted is less than a number of the plurality of subchannels through which the plurality of RTS frames are transmitted.
US09788327B2
Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for reducing interference in a heterogeneous network. Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for delinking downlink and uplink resource partitioning in a heterogeneous network. In aspects, the delinking is accomplished by reliably delivering uplink grant to a UE, e.g., pico UE in a pico CRE region, without using downlink Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) resources in which an interfering cell limits transmission to reduce interference to other victim cells. In techniques, instead of using the regular PDCCH sent in downlink ABS resources for uplink grant transmission, the uplink grant is sent on another more reliable downlink control channel using resources configured to avoid interference with transmissions from an interfering base station. In techniques, the DL grant is sent on PDCCH in non-downlink ABS resources, but the UE employs enhanced UE capabilities (e.g., interference cancellation) to process the received control information.
US09788316B2
A user equipment, base station and method for performing a measurement in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving, from a first base station, information indicating a resource region for performing the measurement; performing the measurement for the resource region; and transmitting, to the first base station, a report for the measurement. The resource region is determined as a combination of at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and at least one downlink subframe.
US09788313B2
Embodiments of an enhanced base station and method for communicating through an enhanced distributed antenna system (eDAS) are generally described herein. The eDAS includes geographically-separated antenna nodes and each of the antenna nodes has a plurality of antenna elements. The base station may perform physical-layer baseband processing for each of the antenna nodes at a centralized processing location, and may cause the antenna nodes to transmit reference signals in accordance with a multiplexing scheme to allow user equipment to perform channel estimation for the antenna elements of any one or more of the antenna nodes. The base station may also cause the antenna nodes to transmit signals having synchronization codes to allow the user equipment to synchronize with the antenna elements of any one or more of the antenna nodes. In some embodiments, the base station may communicate with the antenna nodes over a physical-layer interface.
US09788310B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may determine at least a first and second resource set configured for a control channel and may determine a common set of aggregation levels for the first and second resource sets. The apparatus may further determine first rate-matching parameters for the first resource set and second rate-matching parameters for the second resource set, and may process the control channel using the common set of aggregation levels and the first and second rate-matching parameters.
US09788308B2
A method and wireless communication network that employs adapted control channel information to facilitate centralized and distributed scheduling of network resources for a network with mobile communication devices of differing bandwidth capabilities are described. The method includes transmitting control channel data of a first format over a control channel, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data transmitted within a first frequency band and transmitting control channel data of a second format over the control channel, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data transmitted over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band.
US09788307B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the invention relates to a method for a terminal to transmit a UCI in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor, wherein the method involves the steps of: forming a first cell group having a PCell; forming a second cell group having one or more SCells; receiving one or more data in the second cell group; and transmitting HARQ-ACK information on the one or more data through a PUCCH, wherein, when the first and second cell groups are managed by an identical base station, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the PCell, and, when the first and second cell groups are managed by different base stations, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the second cell group.
US09788298B1
Examples of devices, systems, and methods to provide visuo-haptic notifications are disclosed. In one example, a visuo-haptic notification is provided by using a surface. A signal to cause an actuator to change a position of notification portion of the surface from an original position to a notification position is generated and output to the actuator to provide the visuo-haptic notification. In some examples, the notification portion of the surface has a display. The display may be visible when the notification portion of the surface is in the notification position and not visible when the notification portion of the surface is in the original position. At least part of the visuo-haptic notification can be provided on the display.
US09788296B2
A mobile communication system capable of performing communication between a user equipment device connected to a relay device and a core network if the relay device moves. A relay device sets a tracking area of a base station device to be connected with the own device as a tracking area of the own device. For example, when the relay device moves along an arrow, the tracking area of the relay device is changed from a first tracking area to which a fourth base station device belongs to a third tracking area to which a tenth base station device belongs. Upon change of the tracking area of the relay device as described above, a user equipment device transmits a tracking area update request signal of the own device to a target second mobility management entity.
US09788292B2
Systems and associated methods for reciprocity calibration of MIMO wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a base station, a first set of pilot symbols by receivers (RXes) of the base station based on a first pilot symbol transmitted from a transmitter (TX) of at least one reference antenna, transmitting, by the base station, a second pilot symbol by TXes of the base station, wherein the transmitted second pilot symbol is received by an RX of the at least one reference antenna as a second set of r0,i pilot symbols calculating non-reciprocity compensation factors based on the first set of pilot symbols and the second set of pilot symbols.
US09788279B2
System-wide uplink band gain control in a distributed antenna system (DAS) based on per-band gain control of remote uplink paths in remote units is disclosed. In one embodiment, for each uplink band in the DAS, a gain control system receives remote uplink band power measurements for each remote uplink path for the uplink band. Based on these power measurements, the gain control system determines if the uplink gain of all of the remote uplink paths of the plurality of uplink paths of the uplink band should be adjusted. If the uplink gain of the remote uplink paths of the uplink band should be adjusted, the gain control system directs a remote uplink gain control circuit for each remote uplink path of the uplink band to adjust the uplink gain by a defined remote uplink band gain level.
US09788267B2
A mobile electronic device (e.g., mobile phone) includes an acceleration sensor, a communication module, and a controller. The controller detects a moving state of an own device based on an acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor. When detecting that the own device in the moving state is stopped, the controller causes the communication module to search for the base station after the lapse of a first period of time. When detecting that the own device in the moving state is stood still, the controller causes the communication module to search for the base station before the lapse of the first period of time.
US09788263B1
A hybrid wireless client apparatus including: a hybrid client controller, at least one antenna, and a plurality of shared and discrete components coupled to one another to form at least one transmit and receive chain each coupled to the at least one antenna for orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) wireless communications with a wireless access point (WAP). The hybrid client controller is coupled to the plurality of shared and discrete components and configured to determine an eligibility of at least one neighboring wireless client node on a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a relay target, and responsive to an affirmative eligibility determination to initiate on the hybrid wireless client apparatus both local communications with the WAP together with a relay of distinct communications between the WAP and the at least one neighboring wireless client node as the relay target.
US09788261B2
Methods, a Base Station (BS), and a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving a signal are provided. The method for transmitting a signal by a first BS in a wireless communication system includes receiving control information including information related to transmission of a Reference Signal (RS) by one or more second BSs, from the one or more second BSs which are neighboring BSs of the first BS, and transmitting signals to a UE based on information as to a second resource identified in the received control information, wherein the second resource corresponds to an identical resource to that used by the one or more second BSs for transmitting the RS.
US09788255B2
Methods and apparatuses for Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi Direct operation are disclosed. In one example, audio data is exchanged between a wireless Wi-Fi/WFD device and a Wi-Fi/WFD base over a private network using a Wi-Fi Direct communications link. A Wi-Fi communications link between the wireless Wi-Fi/WFD device and a Wi-Fi Access Point is formed over a non-private network. Audio data is exchanged between the wireless Wi-Fi/WFD device and the Wi-Fi/WFD base over a non-private network using the Wi-Fi communications link.
US09788253B2
A communication control method according to a first aspect is a method for performing offloading to switch traffic to be transmitted and received between a user terminal and a cellular base station to a wireless LAN system. The communication control method comprises: a step A in which the user terminal transmits a wireless LAN terminal identifier being an identifier of the user terminal in the wireless LAN system, to the cellular base station; and a step B in which the cellular base station, before performing the offloading, transmits the wireless LAN terminal identifier received from the user terminal to an access point of the wireless LAN system. The wireless LAN terminal identifier is used for wireless authentication of the user terminal at the access point.
US09788249B2
A wireless communication apparatus allocates data to a first communication network and a second communication network and performs wireless communication. In this state, the wireless communication apparatus determines the first communication network or the second communication network to be a communication network available for an application, on the basis of the radio quality of the first communication network, the radio quality of the second communication network, and a type of the application. Then, the wireless communication apparatus notifies the application of network information for specifying the determined available communication network.
US09788243B2
A system is proposed to provide handover in a mobile telecommunications environment, particularly applicable to 3GPP networks, in which a user device, such as a mobile telephone provides a buffer status report to the target base station during a handover procedure. The target base station uses this status report to allocate appropriate resources for uplink data to be transmitted from the user device to the target base station.
US09788240B2
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include grouping a plurality of user equipment served by a serving cell radio into one or more groups based on an approximate location of each of the plurality of user equipment and a proximity of each of the plurality of user equipment in relation to each other; selecting a master user equipment for each group; receiving inter-frequency measurement information or inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement information associated with one or more neighboring cell radios; receiving a first service request for a first user equipment of a particular group; and selecting a particular neighboring cell radio for a service hand-out of the first user equipment based, at least in part, on the first service request and inter-frequency measurement information or inter-RAT measurement information received from a particular master user equipment for the particular group.
US09788233B2
User equipments (UEs) may be scheduled by, in a cell, determining relative priorities of data radio bearers (DRBs), each DRB associated with an active UE. A limit is established dividing radio resources available for allocation in the cell during a scheduling period into at least a first limited portion and a second remaining portion. According to the determined relative priorities: a) up to the first limited portion of the radio resources are allocated to only the DRBs that have a guaranteed bit rate (GBR), and thereafter b) the second remaining portion of the radio resources are allocated to only the DRBs which have not been fully allocated from the first limited portion. In carrier aggregation the radio resources are allocated in turn in each different cell per step a) and thereafter in turn in each different cell per step b).
US09788232B2
A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the UWB system to accommodate differences in animals, such as scheduling or attempting transmissions between the wearable device and the data management server in such a way as to increase the likelihood of a successful transmission.
US09788230B2
A terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands. The terminal apparatus receives, in a downlink subband, response information for an uplink data transmitted in an uplink subband in accordance with setting information which is received from the base station apparatus and indicates a relationship between the uplink subband and the downlink subband used to receive the response information, where the uplink subband being one of the plurality of uplink subbands, and where the downlink subband being one of the plurality of downlink subbands.
US09788228B2
A mobile gateway device collects identities of a first set of radio nodes which are within one hop of the mobile gateway; and checks at least the collected identities against a first table and a second table. The first table lists node identities and corresponding data validity timers. The second table lists node identities and no corresponding data validity timers. From the checking the device selects a group of radio nodes to activate for collecting and reporting data. The device determines parent child relations among the radio nodes, which are sensor nodes of a wireless sensing network in an embodiment, and uses the list to activate only those nodes for which it does not have valid data to sense new data and transmit their sensing results.
US09788218B2
Disclosed are an optimized alarm processing method and device, and an alarm associated information setting method, wherein the alarm processing method includes: a logic function module detecting an event which can trigger an alarm, and sending an alarm generation request to an alarm generation module; the alarm generation module determining alarm type, alarm path and level of the alarm triggered by the event in accordance with the alarm associated information stored in an alarm associated information storage module; if the determined alarm type is a correlated alarm, first inquiring an alarm memory module and judging whether the next level of alarm on the alarm path to which the correlated alarm belongs is reported or not, if not reported, generating and reporting the alarm; if reported, no generating or reporting the alarm.
US09788210B2
Systems disclosed herein may allocate buffer space using methods, which prevent other resource allocation methods from apportioning the other resources in a way that inhibits system needs from being met. As such, buffer space may be dynamically allocated without impeding other resource allocation by basing the buffer space allocation at least on the traffic priority class that each allocated buffer will handle. Alternatively, buffer space may be dynamically allocated without impeding other resource allocation by basing the buffer space allocation at least on the bandwidth needs of each respective buffer being allocated. Alternatively still, buffer space may be dynamically allocated without impeding other resource allocation by basing the buffer space allocation at least on a function of the traffic priority class that each allocated buffer will handle and the bandwidth needs of each respective buffer being allocated.
US09788202B2
The invention is a method for authorizing a device to establish a communication session with an access point of a WLAN. A secure token comprises a data related to a telecom network subscription and is connected to the device. The device comprises credentials required for establishing the communication session with the access point. The method comprises the following steps: asking the secure token to initiate an authentication by using the data, running an authentication process initiated by the secure token by using the data and a communication channel provided by the telecom network, in case of successful authentication, sending an authentication pattern from the secure token to the device, authorizing use of the credentials thanks to the authentication pattern in the device and establishing the communication session between the device and the access point by using said credentials.
US09788194B1
Presently disclosed are methods and systems to dynamically adjust base station configurations based on the altitude of the base station. One embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a cellular base station system. The method includes determining that an altitude of a cellular base station exceeds a threshold. The method also includes configuring the cellular base station with one or more operational parameters based on the determined altitude. The one or more operational parameters includes at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a transmit power, a carrier frequency, a handoff parameter, and a whitelist.
US09788192B2
A mobile data network supports making subscriber data addressable as devices in a mobile data network. Each data chunk is assigned a device address in the mobile data network. The data chunk can then be addresses as a device in the mobile data network. A first implementation allows accessing data in existing mobile data networks by sending a text message to the device address of the data chunk. When the data chunk receives a text message, it responds with one or more text messages that deliver the data in the data chunk to the sender who sent the text message. A second implementation includes a subscriber data mechanism in the mobile data network that supports tracking, transfer and management of subscriber data in the mobile data network. Making subscriber data addressable as a device simplifies data-centric communication in a mobile data network.
US09788189B2
A method of authenticating a mobile station on an alternate communications network is disclosed, the mobile station being associated with a default communications network. The mobile station comprises a baseband processor to manage the antenna-related functions and a SIM card to accommodate a default SIM associated with the default communications network for receiving network credentials from the baseband processor. The method comprises providing a SIM card device to intercept communications between the baseband processor and the SIM card, monitoring the network credentials in respect of the network that the mobile station is actively in communication with, determining whether the mobile station needs to switch to an alternate network, and identifying or receiving from a user the alternate network, consulting a SIM bank, comprising at least one alternate SIM, and selecting an alternate SIM having a mobile station identification variable compatible with the alternate network, receiving a network authentication request on the mobile station from the alternate network, and allocating the selected mobile station identification variable to the mobile station so as to identify the user of the mobile station on the alternate network.
US09788178B2
A method for acquiring recommending information, a terminal and a server are provided. In the method, a first terminal receives a second telephone number affiliated with a second terminal sent by a recommender using a third terminal. The first terminal sends a request for recommending information to a server according to the first telephone number of the first terminal, a telephone number of the recommender, and the second telephone number, so that the server generates recommending information according to the request for recommending information, and pushes the recommending information to the second terminal affiliated with the second telephone number.
US09788167B2
A BLE location system and method are disclosed. The BLE system may provide accurate location of a BLE enabled object in a three dimensional space. The three dimensional space may be a building and the BLE system and method permits accurate location at a room, bay, and bed level in the three dimensional space to be determined. In some embodiments, the BLE system may determine if a BLE enabled object crosses a boundary and the boundary may be, for example, a boundary to a room, such as a door, a boundary to a space, such as a hallway or meeting area, or a boundary to a particular location identified by set of coordinates (X,Y or X,Y,Z for example). The determination of the boundary crossing of the BLE enabled object or the location of the BLE enabled object may be used for staff and patient locating and their associated workflows as well as high accuracy asset tracking in a hospital embodiment.
US09788160B1
Dynamic location tracking may be performed by a mobile app executing on a mobile computing device. A first geo-fence of a predefined size is set on a mobile operating system of a mobile computing device to notify a mobile app when the first geo-fence is crossed by the mobile computing device. The notification occurs even when the mobile app is suspended or not running. Notification is received from the mobile operating system that the mobile computing device has crossed the first geo-fence. A location of the mobile computing device is received. A second geo-fence is set on a mobile operating system of the mobile computing device based on the location of the mobile computing device.
US09788156B1
A method, executed by one or more processors, includes determining a geofence by receiving an indication to determine a first location. The method includes determining a second location. Furthermore, the method includes connecting sequentially each of a set of sequentially determined locations to determine a geofence, wherein the set of sequentially determined locations includes at least the first location and the second location.
US09788154B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing precise and custom location based service discovery application for wired and wireless devices. Specifically, a network device determines a location of a client device. The network device also identifies a first region including the location of the client device, and identifies at least one network device associated with the first region. Responsive at least to determining that the at least one network device is associated with the first region that comprises the location of the client device, the network device selects the at least one network device, from a set of network devices, for presenting as an available resource to the client device.
US09788145B2
In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a system, method, and device for detecting motion based on channel fading characteristics are presented. One or more packets may be received wirelessly from a wireless transmitter. A fading profile may be determined for each packet. From the plurality of fading profiles, one or more parameters indicative of fading change, changes in shape of fading profiles, fading variance, and of other channel characteristics may be determined. A classifier function may be trained to associate parameter values with a lack of motion, with device motion, or with motion of an object in the vicinity of a stationary wireless-enabled device. The classifier function may be used to determine whether there is motion based on one or more subsequently received packets.
US09788139B2
A headset, which may be configured to process audio for a player participating in an online multiplayer game, may support auto-pairing with audio basestations. In this regard, an audio basestation may be utilized in communicating game and chat audio content from an associated game console to a paired headset and in communicating microphone audio from the paired headset to the console. The auto-pairing may comprise automatically exchanging signals with an audio basestation, in response to the headset coming within a determined distance of the audio basestation; and pairing with the audio basestation based on processing of the exchanged signals. The pairing may result in establishing one or more wireless links for game and chat audio to be communicated to the headset and microphone audio to be communicated from the headset. The determined distance may correspond to physical contact (e.g., tapping) between the headset and the basestation.
US09788138B2
Embodiments include systems and methods of allocating application functions to motion-correlated devices. A processor may determine whether a first motion of a first mobile device and a second motion of a second mobile device are correlated. The processor may allocate a first application function to the first mobile device and a second application function to the second mobile device in response to determining that the first motion and the second motion are correlated.
US09788135B2
A method generating a virtual audio signal for a listener. The method includes estimating spherical harmonic coefficients based on an individual character of the listener. The estimated spherical harmonic coefficients are compared to a distribution of known spherical harmonic coefficients. The estimated spherical harmonic coefficients are iteratively updated and compared to the distribution of known spherical harmonic coefficients until convergence. The individual character and the converged spherical harmonic coefficients are then applied to a mono-channel sound.
US09788132B2
A narrow directional microphone includes a unit case having a front end portion to which a microphone unit is mounted, and a side surface functioning as a grip, an acoustic tube formed of resin material in a tubular shape, covering the microphone unit, and attached to the front end portion of the unit case such that the microphone unit is positioned to an inner bottom portion of the acoustic tube, a piezoelectric film that is arranged in at least one part of the acoustic tube, and that generates a detection output based on a mechanical deformation of the acoustic tube, and an output signal processing unit including an attenuation circuit that attenuates an audio signal from the microphone unit with the detection output from the piezoelectric film and sends the attenuated audio signal to a signal output unit.
US09788129B2
A facility is provided for the wireless resonant charging of rechargeable hearing instruments. The hearing instrument is freely positionable in a charging device for charging purposes. The charging device for the wireless charging has a transmit antenna arrangement, a transmit amplifier for actuating the transmit antenna arrangement and a charging space. The transmit antenna arrangement has two feeding points, which are spatially arranged in relation to the charging space such that a circularly polarized electromagnetic field can thus be generated in the charging space. The transmit amplifier actuates the antennas accordingly to generate a circularly polarized electromagnetic field in the charging space. In the process a coil arrangement generates a circularly polarized HF field. A good resonant coupling, even with a tilted hearing instrument, is possible, in other words with an undetermined and unpredictable orientation and position of the receive coil of the hearing instrument.
US09788117B2
A wireless speaker audio system configured to receive audio information wirelessly transmitted by an audio source including first and second wireless transceivers. The first wireless transceiver establishes a bidirectional secondary wireless link with the audio source for receiving and acknowledging receipt of the audio information. The first and second wireless transceivers communicate with each other via a primary wireless link. A wireless audio system including an audio source and first and second wireless transceivers. The first and second wireless transceivers communicate via a primary wireless link. The audio source communicates audio information to the first wireless transceiver via a secondary wireless link which is configured according to a standard wireless protocol. The first wireless transceiver is configured to acknowledge successful reception of audio information via the secondary wireless link. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09788115B2
System, method, and apparatus including receiving an identification of content played a playback system and an identification of location of the playback system. A playlist of content is associated with the location. A request is received to retrieve the playlist of content and the requested playlist of content is sent to a playback system.
US09788113B2
An example implementation may involve receiving, via a network interface, an indication that the first playback device is calibrated. The implementation may also involve updating a calibration state variable to indicate that the first playback device is calibrated based on receiving the indication that the first playback device is calibrated. The implementation may further involve sending, via the network interface, an indication of the updated calibration state variable to a second device.
US09788112B2
An active noise equalization (ANE) system may be run on the existing audio/infotainment system as a software library. The ANE system may share components (e.g., microphones and sensors) with other audio applications. Some ANEs include a complex-domain formulation of a multiple-frequency multiple-channel ANE that requires less memory and processing requirements. The complex-domain system replaces the multiplication of multiple real gains with multiple real signals with a single complex multiplication operation.
US09788109B2
Architectures of numbers of microphones and their positioning in a device for sound source direction estimation and source separation are presented. The directions of sources are front, back, left, right, top, and bottom of the device, and can be determined by amplitude and phase differences of microphone signals with proper microphone positioning. The source separation is to separate the sound coming from different directions from the mix of sources in microphone signals. This can be done with blind source separation (BSS), independent component analysis (ICA), and beamforming (BF) technologies. The device can perform many kinds of audio enhancements for the device. For example, it can perform noise reduction for communications; it can choose a source from a desired direction to perform speech recognition; and it can correct sound perceiving directions in microphones and generate desired sound images like stereo audio output. In addition, with source separation, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, and other audio encoding and surround sound effects can be straightforward.
US09788105B2
A headset includes a wearable body, first and second earphones extending from the wearable body, controls for controlling an external communication/multimedia device wirelessly, a microphone for picking up vocal data from a user of the headset system and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit includes circuitry for processing the vocal data into a distinctly audible vocal feedback signal, circuitry for enhancing the vocal feedback signal thereby producing an enhanced vocal feedback signal and circuitry for mixing the enhanced vocal feedback signal with audio signals originating from the external communication/multimedia device, thereby producing a mixed output signal and then sending the mixed output signal to the user via the earphones. The external communication/multimedia device comprises a vocal command application and the headset further comprises a vocal command control for sending vocal commands to the external communication/multimedia device and to the vocal command application.
US09788103B2
A speaker system (1, 1′, 1″) comprises a first speaker driver group (G1), comprising at least one first speaker driver (S1) and a first amplifier (A1), and a second speaker driver group (G2), comprising at least one second speaker driver (S2) and a second amplifier (A2). The speaker system further comprises a digital signal processor (2), adapted to provide a first signal to the first speaker driver group (G1) and a second signal to the second signal group (G2), wherein the first and second signals differ with respect to frequency range and at least one of the speaker driver groups comprises at least 4, 6, 8 or 10 speaker drivers.
US09788100B2
A headphone with over the head passage and two earphone housings is provided, with one housing attached at each end of the over the head passage at attachment areas thereof, and an electrical lead element passing between the over the head passage and the earphone housing. The over the head passage is connected at the attachment area to an earphone housing at an earphone attachment site arranged externally of the earphone housing, and the earphone housing comprise a lead element opening spaced from the earphone attachment site. The lead element opening is larger than the electrical lead element and the lead element is slidably arranged in the lead element opening.
US09788099B2
Methods and apparatuses for delivering sound to a user ear are disclosed. In one example, an apparatus for delivering sound to an ear canal includes a body dimensioned to fit in a cavum concha area of a user ear, and a stabilizer member extending from the body arranged to bypass contact with a crus helix and contact a concha area of the user ear.
US09788095B2
A stateless cord management device for storage and deployment of a cord, cable, or wire including a body having a sidewall with oppositely disposed open ends. A channel is at least partially defined by the sidewall and disposed therethrough between the oppositely disposed open ends. An access opening extends longitudinally along and through the sidewall between the oppositely disposed open ends of the sidewall. The access opening is at least partially defined by cooperatively disposed and abutting free ends of the sidewall, the free ends being at least partially separable from one another permitting access into the channel. A retention member extends into the channel along its width thereby at least partially defining a retention member recess for receipt and retention of at least a portion of a cord, cable, or wire therein.
US09788086B2
A measurement system comprises a measurement unit, a transmitter, an autarkic power unit and a control unit. The measurement unit measures a quantity repeatedly and the transmitter connects the measurement system to a network and transmits data to the network based on the measurements of the measurement unit. Further, the autarkic power unit supplies electrical energy to the measurement unit, the transmitter and the control unit. Additionally, the control unit controls the measurement of the quantity and the transmission of data dynamically based on a currently available amount of energy provided by the power unit. Further, the control unit stops measurements by the measurement unit and keeps the transmitter connected to the network, if the currently available amount of energy is below a predefined energy limit indicating that the currently available amount of energy is too low for taking measurements and for keeping connected to the network.
US09788078B2
A method for providing media content in a computer network includes storing the media content, where the media content includes a segment having a group of frames. The method also includes determining a transmission rate for traffic to a client device. The method further includes selecting a subset of frames to drop from the group of frames based on (i) the transmission rate and (ii) a frame difference distortion (FDIFF) metric of each frame in the subset of frames. The method also includes shaping the segment by dropping the selected subset of frames from the group of frames, where the shaped segment has a lower bitrate than the segment. In addition, the method includes transmitting the shaped segment to the client device.
US09788076B2
An apparatus, e.g. a wireless media access point, includes a transceiver, a non-transitory storage medium, and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver and the storage medium. The processor is configured by instructions stored on the storage medium to transmit a first multicast channel associated with a first group temporal key (GTK), and to simultaneously transmit a second multicast channel associated with a second GTK.
US09788074B2
A mobile terminal may continuously provide information corresponding to video data included in a region selected from a reproduction screen, even though outputting of the reproduction screen output on a touch screen is limited. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen configured to output a reproduction screen corresponding to video data, a user input unit configured to receive a user input limiting outputting of the reproduction screen, and a controller configured to output list information regarding a plurality of preset regions included in the reproduction screen when the user input is received, and extract video data corresponding to a selected region on the basis of a touch applied to the list information, wherein the controller may form a control command for outputting summary information corresponding to the extracted video data over time.
US09788069B1
A user device and method for operating the same includes a memory and a controller storing an external recommendation list received from a head end in the memory. The controller generates a most viewed programming list and generates a recommend recording list based on the external recommendation list and the most viewed programming list. The controller stores at least one content from the recording recommendation list in the memory.
US09788067B2
Systems and methods for facilitating caching of programming data are provided herein, including receiving two or more programming data portions, storing the respective programming data portions, managing access to a storage component or a communication component based on programming data portions stored within the storage component, merging programming data portions with a database, and generating a sleep signal based on a period of inactivity which exceeds an inactivity threshold. In one or more embodiments, caching of programming data may include determining a programming data set based on user profile data, parsing the programming data set into two or more programming data portions, converting respective programming data portions into a binary format, transmitting a first programming data portion of the respective programming data portions, and transmitting additional programming data portions of the respective programming data portions based on a sleep signal.
US09788062B2
Processes, systems and devices are described to enhance the television or other media viewing experience based upon excitement data that is associated with the program. Excitement data can be used to identify the most exciting portions of media programs, therefore allowing for improved identification of programs or portions of programs for viewing, streaming, recording or other purposes.
US09788058B2
A method and system are disclosed for automatic insertion of interactive television (TV) triggers into a broadcast data stream. The automatic insertion of the Interactive TV trigger can be based on recognition of one or more elements within the broadcast data stream. In particular, a recognized element can trigger the insertion of the interactive TV trigger into the broadcast data stream. Furthermore, the interactive TV trigger can be pre-inserted into the stored broadcast content having the recognized element prior to being broadcast.
US09788056B2
Methods and systems for a media guidance application that may stimulate the senses of users. The media guidance application may determine a preferred biometric state associated with a media asset, determine a current biometric measurement of a user, cross-reference the preferred biometric state in a database to determine a difference in sensory stimulation between the current biometric state of the user and the preferred biometric state, and cause the user to be stimulated to account for the difference.
US09788052B1
Multiple device recording may be provided. First, a recording device may be added to a network. Next, in response to adding the recording device to the network, recording device attribute data and recording device metadata may be received from the recording device. The received recording device metadata may then be translated. Then, using the translated metadata, asset data corresponding to assets on the recording device may be displayed. The asset data may be displayed in such a way to indicate which assets on the recording device are supported and which assets on the recording device are not supported.
US09788051B2
A device and method for transmitting/receiving video data is disclosed. A sink device configured to receive video data from a source device includes communication circuitry configured to communicate with the source device; and a controller configured to transmit a probe request frame for detecting the source device, to receive a probe response frame from the source device receiving the probe request frame via the communication circuitry, and to obtain information regarding at least one external input source of the source device from the probe response frame.
US09788041B2
Methods and system for generating companion content for rendering on a secondary device during presentation of content on a main device include detecting execution of a local application on the secondary device by a server application. The local application establishes a wireless connection through an application programming interface (API) with the secondary device and a device that interfaces with the main device and accesses metadata defining content being rendered on the main device. The local application transmits the metadata received from the device to the server application. Historical data is generated based on the metadata received from the secondary device. The metadata within the historical data is analyzed to identify surfing paths of one or more users over time. Companion content is generated based on the surfing paths of the one or more users and forwarded to the secondary device for rendering while the secondary device is connected to the device that interfaces with the main device.
US09788039B2
In embodiments of a camera system application program interface (API) for third-party integrations, a camera device captures images as a video stream and communicates the video stream to a cloud-based service. The cloud-based service implements a service application that processes video data received as the video stream. The cloud-based service exposes the camera system API that can be invoked by a third-party application running on a client device to request the video data and camera data that is associated with the camera device. The API permits access by the third-party application to the video data and the camera data from the cloud-based service. The API is exposed for the third-party application to communicate with the cloud-based service via a network connection, and the camera device communicates with the cloud-based service via a secure connection to provide the requested camera data and communicate the video stream to the cloud-based service.
US09788038B2
A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
US09788028B2
A system and method for providing guaranteed channels in a switched digital video network using multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. In one implementation, when a request for a guaranteed channel is received from a subscriber station (e.g., a set-top box or STB), a determination may be made as to which edge QAM device the requested channel is assigned to. A bandwidth pipe modeling may be performed for the assigned edge QAM to determine an optimal bitrate of a particular MABR stream that may be packed into the edge QAM's bandwidth pipe. Thereafter, the particular MABR stream may be joined to facilitate streaming of the requested channel via the QAM serving the subscriber station.
US09788027B1
Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing a distributed media system, where ad hoc network connections may be created and optimized on a localized level. This efficiently allows for capture and distribution of media data, as well as the optimized allocation of bandwidth on the network in a distributed manner.
US09788023B2
Methods of operating a communications system comprise, in one example, inserting advertising in a program stream by a receiving device based, at least in part, on an encrypted segmentation message embedded in the program steam. The at least one segmentation message defines an expanse of the program stream to receive the advertising. At least one embedded decoy message is included in the program stream, as well. In one example the receiving device, which may be a set-top terminal, for example, is coupled to a display device, such as a television, at a user location. A method of operating a receiving device coupled to a display device at a user location is also disclosed, comprising programming the receiving device to record a program and recording the program based, at least in part, on at least one segmentation message in a program stream. Systems are disclosed, as well.
US09788018B2
Error concealment techniques for video decoding are described. For example, a video decoder after finding a corrupted picture in a bit stream, finds a suitable neighbor for the corrupted picture. For example, the video decoder favors pictures with the same parity as the corrupted picture and considers picture order count and picture corruption in choosing a neighbor. The decoder then modifies syntax elements for the encoded video in the bit stream to allow the neighbor to be used in concealing the corruption in the corrupted picture. The modification of syntax elements can depend on the particular video decoder implementation. For example, in a software-only multithreaded video decoder, a task graph is modified, while in a system utilizing video acceleration, syntax elements for reference lists are modified.
US09788014B2
An image processing device includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform: acquiring image data having a plurality of objects; calculating an amount of characteristic of each of the objects, the amount of characteristic indicating a degree of change in pixel values; setting a process order based on the amount of the characteristic of each of the objects; setting a target value, the target value being a reference value to reduce a data size of the image data; reducing an object data size of at least one of the plurality of objects based on the process order in such a way that the data size of the image data becomes smaller than or equal to the target value, thereby generating a reduced object; and generating reduced image data having a data size smaller than the data size of the image data by using the reduced object.
US09788012B2
Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation.
US09788011B2
This invention is a digital signal processor form plural sums of absolute values (SAD) in a single operation. An operational unit performing a sum of absolute value operation comprising two sets of a plurality of rows, each row producing a SAD output. Plural absolute value difference units receive corresponding packed candidate pixel data and packed reference pixel data. A row summer sums the output of the absolute value difference units in the row. The candidate pixels are offset relative to the reference pixels by one pixel for each succeeding row in a set of rows. The two sets of rows operate on opposite halves of the candidate pixels packed within an instruction specified operand. The SAD operations can be performed on differing data widths employing carry chain control in the absolute difference unit and the row summers.
US09787999B2
Method for decreasing the bit rate needed to transmit videos over a network by dropping video frames
An aspect of the disclosure is directed to transmitting a reduced stream of encoded video frames. An original stream of encoded video frames is analyzed, a plurality of frames are removed without re-encoding encoded video frames to generate the reduced stream of encoded video frames, and the reduced stream and metadata describing the plurality of removed frames are transmitted. An aspect of the disclosure is directed to creating a new version of an original stream of encoded video frames from a reduced stream of encoded video frames. The reduced stream of encoded video frames is received, the plurality of removed frames is identified based on metadata related to the reduced stream, a plurality of replacement frames are generated, and the plurality of replacement frames are added to the reduced stream of encoded video frames to recreate the new version of the original stream of encoded video frames.
US09787998B2
A transform processor may process original data that includes video information by using at least one of first and second processing methods, and generates at least one of first and second transformed data. Index determination logic may determine an index satisfying a determination condition based on at least one of the first and second transformed data. Energy compaction determination logic may determine energy compaction of at least one of the first and second transformed data based on the determined index. Output selection logic may selectively output one of the first and second transformed data based on the determined energy compaction. An entropy encoder may encode data output from the output selection logic.
US09787994B2
According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index.
US09787989B2
Methods of encoding and decoding video are described. The methods for encoding and decoding a picture partitioned into blocks include determining an activity rank for a block, based on a block size of the block and an intra-coding mode for the block; calculating a normalization value based on the activity rank divided by an average activity rank determined over a plurality of previously-encoded/decoded blocks; and quantizing/dequantizing a set of transform domain coefficients for the block using a quantization step size adjusted by the normalization value.
US09787986B2
Various embodiments are directed to techniques for dividing compressed video data into portions for load balancing or redundancy among multiple video transcoders. A device includes an analysis component to analyze NAL units of compressed video data representing a motion video to identify a GOP refresh, and to compare a period of time represented by frames of the motion video following the GOP refresh to a maximum; a division component to divide the compressed video data at a first point coincident with the GOP refresh to define a start of a compressed video portion, and at a second point to define an end of the compressed video portion to include frames of the motion video representing a shorter period of time between the first and second points than the maximum; and an assignment component to assign the compressed video portion to a transcoding device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09787985B2
A system and a method are disclosed for encoding and decoding a video frame using spatial prediction. The video frame is separated into a plurality of image blocks, and a plurality of spatial predictors is created for an image block using methods well-known in the art. The set of predictors is reduced to a set containing fewer spatial predictors before continuing the coding process for the block. The reduction of spatial predictors involves comparing a plurality of spatial predictors and grouping or processing a subset of the spatial predictors to a set of representative spatial predictors. Because the number of spatial predictors is reduced, fewer bits may be used in a bit stream to identify a chosen spatial predictor, thus improving the efficiency of the coding process.
US09787984B2
Systems and methods may be provided for determining whether or not to output the “decoded pictures yet to be output” (DPYTBO) after decoding a random access point (RAP) picture of the second of two consecutive coded video sequences in a bitstream. The DPYTBO pictures may reside in a portion of memory coupled to a video decoder. The portion of memory may correspond to the Decoder Picture Buffer (DPB) of the video decoder. The picture resolution in the bitstream is allowed to change only at the start of a CVS. The first coded picture in a coded video sequence (CVS) may be a RAP picture. The second CVS may or may not have a picture resolution that is different from the picture resolution corresponding to the first CVS.
US09787983B2
A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus are provided. The video encoding method includes: prediction encoding in units of a coding unit as a data unit for encoding a picture, by using partitions determined based on a first partition mode and a partition level, so as to select a partition for outputting an encoding result from among the determined partitions; and encoding and outputting partition information representing a first partition mode and a partition level of the selected partition. The first partition mode represents a shape and directionality of a partition as a data unit for performing the prediction encoding on the coding unit, and the partition level represents a degree to which the coding unit is split into partitions for detailed motion prediction.
US09787981B2
In terms of the transmission of the coding method, it is ensured to decode information coded according to the intra-frame prediction coding with vector information. An error of a piece of divisional image information targeted for image prediction coding and a piece of predicted information is determined to perform prediction coding. A data stream in which a piece of information for identifying a prediction method and a piece of information subjected to prediction coding according to the method are arranged is produced according to the process sequence of the prediction coding for each process on the divisional image information. At this time, the data stream has a pair of vector information and the error information as information subjected to prediction coding for each process on the divisional image information on condition that the prediction method is intra-frame prediction coding with vectors.
US09787976B2
A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display panel including a plurality of display units, and a microlens array including a plurality of microlens elements disposed on top of a light emitting surface of the display panel. The plurality of microlens elements are one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of display units. In at least one direction of the display unit arrangement, a distance between a center of a microlens element and a center of the corresponding display unit gradually increases from a center of the display panel to an edge of the display panel. N number of adjacent display units together display an image and form a display unit group, wherein N is a positive integer larger than 1. Each display unit group displays a same image.
US09787972B2
An image display device includes a display including a plurality of light emitting elements that are two-dimensionally arranged, the plurality of light emitting elements being divided into a plurality of division regions, each of which includes more than one of the plurality of light emitting elements; and a lens that is located near a surface of the display so as to correspond to the division regions and that forms a display image by focusing each of images displayed in the respective division regions as a real image or a virtual image so that the focused images overlap on a same image plane.
US09787968B2
A transmission apparatus includes a first data stream generation unit, a second data stream generation unit, and a data transmission unit. The first data stream generation unit generates an image compression data stream. The second data stream generation unit generates a audio compression data stream to which specific information which is not directly related to audio data is added. The data transmission unit multiplexes the image compression data stream generated by the first data stream generation unit and the audio compression data stream generated by the second data stream generation unit, and transmits the resulting data stream.
US09787959B2
A projection device comprising a MEMS mirror which oscillates about one or more oscillation axes to scan light from one or more lasers, across a display screen, to project pixels which define an image onto a display screen is disclosed. A method comprising selecting a laser class for the projection device; calculating relationship between maximum accessible emission limit and distance, for the selected laser class, for a predetermined number of black pixels in an image; determining the distance between a display screen and the projection device; and modifying a pixel stream which defines said image which is to be projected by the projection device, so that the pixel stream is provided with said predetermined number of black pixels is provided.
US09787955B2
In a multi-projection device, each of the projectors comprises a light shielding plate. The light shielding plate has an end formed into a sawtooth shape and is also provided with a gradation coated part which is coated such that white-light transmittance gradually decreases in the direction away from the end.
US09787952B2
A color filter array for an image sensing device is disclosed. The color filter array includes a plurality of pixels and a control unit. The plurality of pixels is utilized for generating a plurality of pixel data of an image. The control unit is utilized for controlling the plurality of pixels. In addition, each of the plurality of pixels is divided into a plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to the same color. When outputting the plurality of pixel data, each of the plurality of pixels accumulates pixel value of at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels in each of the plurality of pixels as the pixel data outputted by each of the plurality of pixels.
US09787946B2
The disclosed video processing device contains: a video acquisition unit that acquires surroundings information including video taken of the surroundings of a vehicle; a line-of-sight acquisition unit that acquires the origin and direction of the line of sight of the driver of the aforementioned vehicle; a line-of-sight video generation unit which generates, from the surroundings information, line-of-sight video corresponding to the origin of the line of sight; a blocking-information computation unit that computes, on the basis of the origin of the line of sight, blocking information including video or a region of the body of the aforementioned vehicle that blocks the driver's line of sight; and a display-video generation unit that generates display video on the basis of the line-of-sight video and the blocking information.
US09787936B2
A display device system including a display screen, adapted to display digital content, a structural assembly, secured to the rear face of the display screen, configured to mount the display screen on a vertical surface, and a case for the display screen including a main body, one or more handles connected to the main body, and a locking mechanism, configured to releasably secure to the display screen. The main body is configured to couple and decouple from the display screen to provide structural rigidity during transportation, and is configured to surround at least the perimeter of the display screen. The rear side of said structural assembly comprises a recessed mounting mechanism configured to mate with a mounting device on a vertical surface, and the handles of the case are configured to position the display screen on the mounting device and be decoupled from the display screen thereafter.
US09787928B2
Ping-pong readout architecture allows for faster frame rates in CMOS image sensors. However, various problems are created by this architecture due to cross-talk between components. Provided herein are novel ping-pong readout layouts which better isolate components to reduce crosstalk issues. Also provided herein are novel timing schemes for operating ping-pong readout circuits which prevent crosstalk signal spikes or readout corruption.
US09787924B2
According to one embodiment, an image sensor device includes a sensor array on a semiconductor substrate, the sensor array including blocks, each of the blocks including a pixel and outputting a signal of the pixel; a first insulating layer on the sensor array; semiconductor layers on the first insulating layer; analog-digital converting circuits on the semiconductor layers, the analog-digital converting circuits corresponding to the blocks and processing the signal; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and the analog-digital converting circuits; and interconnect portions electrically connecting the analog-digital converting circuits to the blocks via a region between the semiconductor layers, the interconnect portions extending across the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US09787922B2
An image signal processor may include a sensor interface that includes a pixel defect preprocessing (PDP) component that performs an initial adjustment of pixel values for patterned defect pixels in raw pixel data captured by an image sensor. To adjust a patterned defect pixel, the PDP component may apply an interpolation technique to values in a gain lookup table according to the pixel's location in the image frame to determine the gain value for the pixel, and then apply the gain value to the pixel. The PDP component may provide the raw pixel data with the adjusted patterned defect pixels to two or more other modules for additional processing. The other modules may include an image processing pipeline that may detect other defective pixels in the raw pixel data and correct the patterned defect pixels and the other defective pixels, for example using a weighted combination of neighboring pixels.
US09787909B1
Method and apparatus for controlling signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in high dynamic range automatic exposure control imaging are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, image data is received and a shadow threshold is determined based on the image data. Further, a respective threshold integration ratio is determined for each merge transition of a plurality of exposures having a respective plurality of exposure times. The threshold integration ratio is determined based on a threshold SNR for the merge transition. In the method and apparatus, an integration ratio for each merge transition is determined based on the shadow threshold and the threshold integration ratios. An output image is generated based on the determined integration ratios for each merge transition.
US09787908B1
Systems are provided to facilitate imaging of a person or other target in an environment by providing modulated illumination to the target and to other aspects of the environment. Modulated illumination is provided to the target such that the target receives more illumination when a camera is capturing images of the target than during other periods of time. Modulated illumination is provided to background objects or other portions of the environment of the target such that the background or other non-target elements of the environment receive less illumination when the camera is capturing images than during other periods of time. In this way, imaging of a target can be improved by increasing effective illumination of the target while decreasing glare and other effects of illumination of background objects. The illumination can be modulated at a sufficiently high frequency that the illumination appears, to the human eye, to be substantially constant.
US09787899B1
A system and method for determining information about a scene of an image capture event, wherein a first set of image data and a second set of image data of a scene is recorded during an image capture event. Information is determined about the scene by comparing the first and second sets of image data and an image is generated based on the determined information. In some embodiments, depth map information is further generated based on the information. In some embodiments, the image is deblurred based on the information.
US09787897B2
Systems and methods for extending operation of radio-frequency (RF) power amplifiers. In some embodiments, a system for operating a battery-powered wireless device can be implemented. The system includes a boost converter capable of generating a boosted-voltage output. The system further includes a controller coupled to the boost converter and configured to generate a control signal for the boost converter to generate the boosted-voltage output under a selected condition. The system further includes a switching circuit configured to route the boosted-voltage output of the boost converter to an RF block under the selected condition. Such an RF block can include a power amplifier. Accordingly, the power amplifier can operate for a longer time when powered by a battery.
US09787894B1
A method includes receiving statistical image data for a set of image data. The statistical image data includes composite intensity metrics for each of a plurality of color channels for each of a plurality of cells of a subsampling grid. A histogram is generated for each of the color channels based on the composite intensity metrics. A gain for each of the color channels is determined based on the histograms. The gains for each of the color channels are applied to the set of image data. The set of image data is stored after applying the gains to generate an image data file.
US09787893B1
In one example, digital image frames are accessed, each of the digital image frames having an associated control value for an automatic image capture processing function. A measure of information content change is determined for a current digital image frame relative to at least one previous digital image frame. A measure of information content reliability with respect to the automatic image capture processing function is determined for the current digital image frame. The control value associated with the current digital image frame is corrected based on the determined measure of information content change and the determined measure of information content reliability. A final control value for the automatic image capture processing function is output based on corrected control values for one or more digital image frames.
US09787892B2
A safety device is provided for motorcycle riders, including a safety helmet and a camera device which is situated on the safety helmet, the safety helmet having a facial area in which the face of a user of the safety helmet is situated when used as intended. It is provided that the camera device is situated on the safety helmet in such a way that it at least partially detects the facial area, the camera device being connected to at least one warning device which outputs a warning as a function of data collected by the camera device.
US09787889B2
An image sensor may include an image pixel array with both image pixels to gather image data and phase detection pixels to gather phase information. The image sensor may dynamically group the phase detection pixels into focus zones. Based on the characteristics of the scene being imaged and the use settings of the image sensor, the image sensor may determine the size, shape, and number of focus zones to be grouped. One or more focus zones may then be used to gather phase information data. The focus zones may vary in size and shape across the pixel array. A scene with low illumination level may result in larger focus zones with more phase detection pixels to ensure reliable phase information data.
US09787882B1
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for use with an imaging device weighing less than eight ounces, such as a lightweight digital camera or a camera-equipped cell phone, in conjunction with a base apparatus capable of locating and re-locate the imaging device relative to a built environment, and generating and displaying discontinuous time-lapse image sequences. The inventive apparatus provides for the rotation of the attached imaging device to capture a set of images that provide complete coverage of the items and features that are visible from the location of the apparatus or to duplicate an image taken from any compass heading and pitch reachable by the apparatus.
US09787880B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of video pre-processing for motion estimation, the apparatus comprising a similarity description module, a storage module, a verdict module, and a motion estimation module. The similarity description module receives a first image in a video, the first image consisting of first blocks, and calculates the similarity descriptors of every first block and a second block of a second image in the video. The second block corresponds to a reference block among the first blocks. The similarity descriptor of each block, which corresponds to a pixel matrix, indicates whether the pixel values of at least one pair of adjacent pixels in the pixel matrix are identical. The verdict module determines whether the similarity descriptors of the second and reference blocks are identical and reaches a verdict, whereby motion estimation is selectively performed on the second block.
US09787879B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an image data receiving device including 1st to Kth lane reproduction circuits, 1st to Kth timing adjustment circuits, 1st to Kth lane reproduction outputs, and 1st to (K−1)th selectors. The Nth lane reproduction circuit transmits data of an nth pixel. The (N+1)th lane reproduction circuit transmits data of an (n+1)th pixel adjacent to the nth pixel. The Nth timing adjustment circuit has an input terminal electrically connected to the Nth lane reproduction circuit. The (N+1)th timing adjustment circuit has an input terminal electrically connected to the (N+1)th lane reproduction circuit. The Nth lane reproduction output can be electrically connected to an output terminal of the Nth timing adjustment circuit. The Nth selector can electrically connect one of the output terminal of the Nth timing adjustment circuit and the output terminal of the (N+1)th timing adjustment circuit to the (N+1)th lane reproduction output.
US09787875B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus (EA) and a user authentication method thereof both can prevent information leakage and disadvantages caused by an unauthorized access to the EA. The EA is configured to store a combination of a recognizing-code and a key-code correlated therewith, the combination being in relationship with each of plural users, and to give a user an exclusive authority for executing a specific process if an inputted combination of a recognizing-code and a key-code=the stored combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code. In case of a request for accepting the specific process, if the inputted combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code is≠the stored combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code, the EA notifies, without executing the specific process, initiating a receipt of instructing the specific process to user of the inputted combination.
US09787873B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image determining unit configured to determine a gradation value for each predetermined range in input image data; and a screen generator configured to arrange dot images around a plurality of growth centers in a halftone dot screen to form respective dot blocks if an input area rate indicating a ratio of black to white in dot images at the gradation value is smaller than a value at which an image defect occurs, and form bridges to connect adjacent dot blocks during a smallest gradation number if distances between the adjacent dot blocks decrease to a predetermined value or less along with growth of the dot blocks, to form a void halftone dot image.
US09787858B2
In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.
US09787852B2
Systems and methods that transport Charging Data Records (CDRs) using GTP′ for offline charging. One embodiment comprises a Charging Data Function (CDF) that communicates with a Charging Gateway Function (CGF) of an offline charging system using GTP′. The CDF assembles a GTP′ request for a transaction, assigns a sequence number for the transaction, and assigns a timestamp to the sequence number. The CDF inserts the sequence number in a GTP′ header of the GTP′ request, inserts the timestamp assigned to the sequence number in the GTP′ header of the GTP′ request, and sends the GTP′ request to the CGF.
US09787850B2
A method permitting the control of the service quality and/or service fees of telecommunication services in which several service nodes are involved. During the initiation and/or implementation of a communication service, an exchange of signaling data occurs between a communications terminal and at least two service nodes which are involved in the communication service. The control node detects whether the service data transmitted by the at least two service nodes relate to the very same communication service. Then the control node selects service data from the transmitted service data and uses these service data for controlling the service quality and/or service fees.
US09787846B2
A user device for generating a scene, the user device comprising: an object determiner configured to determine an object for the scene, the object being associated with at least one audio signal; a relative position/orientation determiner configured to determine a relative position/orientation between the user device's user and the object; an audio position processor configured to spatially audio signal process the at least one audio signal to generate at least two channel audio signal based on the relative position/orientation.
US09787839B1
A telephone call to a remote party may encounter a number of abnormal conditions, which prevents the call from being offered to the remote party's interface. These conditions may be indicated to the calling party using call progress information conveyed as out-of-band information, in the form of signaling elements and/or as in-band information, in the form of audio information. The audio information may include a special information tone and/or an intercept announcement. The call handler originating the outbound call may provide the audio information to a speech analytics component that analyzes the audio information. The analyzed audio information may be reconciled with the out-of-band information. Various rules can be applied to ascertain how to disposition the call in instances where the in-band and out-of-information are inconsistent. Once reconciled, accurate call disposition information can be recorded in the call record for that call.
US09787836B2
A system and method for producing audio messages for use in a contact center. A customer may specify message content, and provide a voice specification, which may identify a preferred voice artist and other aspects of the audio message including the language, accent and tone of the message. The service may produce the recording and provide it to the customer.
US09787833B2
In nurse call systems that enable communication from a plurality of cordless handsets with a plurality of extension terminals carried by nurses belonging to a group, a nurse call conversion unit is provided between a nurse call control device and a private branch exchange. A call signal for a group representative call in which only an identification number for a group is given is transmitted by the nurse call conversion unit from the nurse call control device to the private branch exchange. From this call signal, the private branch exchange generates a call signal for extension terminals belonging to a group and calls the extension terminals.
US09787817B2
A communication system includes a first device configured to transmit a signal to each of a first transmission path and a second transmission path provided within a vehicle, a control device configured to control an in-vehicle device on the basis of the signal transmitted to the second transmission path and transmit a signal indicating a result of control to a third transmission path, and a second device configured to detect a fraud state in the vehicle by performing a comparison on the basis of first information included in the signal received from the first transmission path and second information included in the signal received from the third transmission path.
US09787813B2
An apparatus and method for storing an image in a storage folder corresponding to a file name in a mobile device are provided. The method includes obtaining a keyword list by analyzing a file name of the data to be stored, searching for at least one storage folder having a folder name corresponding to at least one keyword included in the keyword list, determining one of the found storage folders, and storing the data in the determined storage folder.
US09787811B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing information. Phone numbers are stored in an address book in a memory of the terminal. Call history information for a phone number together with a first option for editing of information associated with the phone number are displayed on a display of the terminal, if the phone number is in the address book.
US09787810B1
An angle adjusting mechanism for a mouthpiece bearing portion of a telephone includes a hinge, a guiding member, a connecting member, a pushing member, a first wheel, and a second wheel. The hinge and the guiding member are fixed on opposite ends of the connecting member. The first wheel is fixed on the pushing member, and the second wheel is fixed on the mouthpiece bearing portion. The first wheel and the second wheel engage together and an end of the pushing member is connected to the guiding member. The hinge can rotate to slide the pushing member to rotate the first wheel. The second wheel turns to achieve a constant angle for the handset bed even if main body of telephone is propped up to an angle from a supporting surface.
US09787807B1
A phone case configured for use in capturing a digital video during the course of a proposal. The phone case comprises a first housing for receiving a mobile phone, a second housing connected to the first housing by a first hinge, a pedestal disposed within the second housing and connected to a second hinge, the pedestal adapted to support an engagement ring. The second housing is capable of moving to an open position, away from the first housing, and the pedestal moves to an open position while or after the second housing moves to an open position. Methods for using the case to capture digital video during the course of a proposal are also disclosed.
US09787801B2
Method of transmission of data between a server and a client, said transmission using a multihoming protocol, as SCTP, over a network comprising at least one principal link and one secondary link connecting the server and the client, said method comprising the steps of: a) set-up of a connection between the server and the client; b) allocation of a bandwidth over the principal link to the transmission of data from the server to the client; c) transmission of data from the server to the client over the principal link as long as said allocated bandwidth is not fully used; and d) if the allocated bandwidth has been fully used, transmission of data from the server to the client over the secondary link.
US09787799B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for managing content items having multiple resolutions may be provided. In some embodiments, a user device may send a request to access one or more images from a content management system. The one or more images may be categorized on the user device by an expected use that determines that the one or more images be in a first version. A second version of the one or more images may be received while a background download of the first version of the one or more images may be performed. In some embodiments, the first version may correspond to a high-resolution image whereas the second version may correspond to a lower resolution image.
US09787795B2
Systems and methods described herein can take advantage of the caching abilities of the browser and the idle time of the user to prefetch tag libraries of one or more tags for execution in a subsequent content page. For example, these systems and methods can provide the ability to prefetch and not execute a tag library on a content page before it is required so the tag library is cached in the browser. When the browser hits the page that uses the tag library, the tag library can be quickly retrieved from memory and executed.
US09787791B2
A processor-implemented method manages a data cache for a computer system. One or more processors maintain a cache for one or more data resources requested by a client process. In response to a request from the client process for a cached data resource, the processors send a first request to a server process for the data resource, and a second request to the server process for an indication of whether or not the data resource has been modified since the data source was most recently cached. Responses to the first or second requests from the server process are compared with the cached data resources so as to identify whether the response to the second request is inaccurate. One or more processors disable caching for the data resource in response to a predetermined number of inaccurate second requests associated with the data resource being identified.
US09787790B2
A method includes altering a request interval threshold when a cache-hit ratio falling below a target, receiving a request for content, providing the content when the content is in the cache, when the content is not in the cache and the time since a previous request for the content is less than the request interval threshold, retrieving and storing the content, and providing the content to the client, when the elapsed time is greater than the request interval threshold, and when another elapsed time since another previous request for the content is less than another request interval threshold, retrieving and storing the content, and providing the content to the client, and when the other elapsed time is greater than the other request interval threshold, rerouting the request to the content server without caching the content.
US09787787B2
A method and a system for processing measurement data for website statistics are provided. The measurement data is processed in parallel bucket writers and stored in buckets. Upon receiving a report request the buckets are processed in parallel bucket queriers to obtain report data.
US09787784B2
A web server is disclosed that is configured to track requests for web pages on a third party web server. The tracking web server traps a web page request, such as a PURL (Personalized URL) for a personalized web page, before it attempts to serve the web page requested. The URL of the web page request is analyzed to determine the location of the requested page on a third party server, and details of the contact with which the personalized web page is associated. Receipt of the web page request is then recorded in a memory associated with the server, and the web page request is forwarded to the third party server for processing. The redirection to the third party web server may be seamless, such that the contact requesting the page does not know of the redirection. In this way, a tracking web server is provided which can supply a personalized tracking and forwarding function.
US09787782B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for managing events associated with the detection of wireless devices. The disclosed embodiments utilize a residential wireless access point for detecting the signal transmitted by a wireless device. A user configures a wireless device detection program to perform specified events in response to the detection and/or absence of a wireless device. The disclosed embodiments may provide home automation functions, home security functions, and/or provide child monitoring features.
US09787781B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems store an identifier for a user device when the user device is determined to be accessing a network service and store a time at which the user device is determined to be accessing the network service for each instance of the user device being determined to be accessing the network service. Periods of time during each day of the week in which the user device is likely to accessing to the network service are determined based upon the stored identifier and times. Whether the user is likely to access the network service while at work or at home is determined based upon the determined periods of time in which user devices are likely to be accessing the network service.
US09787777B2
Methods and apparatus for wireless communications in regional networks, e.g., ad hoc peer to peer networks, are described. Wireless communications devices transmit and monitor for presence indicator signals broadcast from other peer communications devices in its local vicinity. A wireless communications device maintains a list of discovered devices in its vicinity. A first wireless communications device transmits a paging signal directly over an airlink to a second communications device, which is on its list and to which it desires to send data units, e.g., user data in a peer to peer traffic segment. In response to a received paging response signal from the second device, the first device transmits data units, intended for the second device, to a third device, which acts as an intermediary node. The power level for the data unit signal is controlled to be lower than the power level used for the paging signal. FIG. 4
US09787776B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for transmitting a received packet at a first network node through an aggregated connection. The first network node determines session information of the received packet and determines whether a new tunnel needs to be selected for transmitting the received packet. When a new tunnel needs to be selected, a hash result is determined. The hash result is substantially based on the session information and the number of available tunnels. A first tunnel is determined for transmitting the received packet according to the hash result. The session information and tunnel ID of the first tunnel is then stored in a first database. The received packet is transmitted through the first tunnel. When a new tunnel need not be selected, a lookup is performed to determine a tunnel ID substantially based on the session information. The received packet is transmitted through the determined tunnel.
US09787772B2
Methods and systems for a storage system are provided. The methods include maintaining a logical object associated with a resource of a storage system by a management console; creating a first policy associated with the logical object; selecting an annotation category associated with the logical object and assigning a value to the annotation category, where the annotation category defines an attribute associated with the logical object; providing a duration for generating an alert when the first policy is violated; assigning a threshold value for first policy violation; and setting an indicator for foregoing an alert associated with a second policy, when the first policy is violated.
US09787758B2
An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption of an Application Processor (AP) in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first processor for supporting a first Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) protocol stack, and a second processor for supporting a second IMS protocol stack. The first processor includes an AP for processing a multimedia service, and the second processor includes at least one of a Communication Processor (CP), a Modem Processor (MP), and a Baseband Processor (BP) for processing a communication service.
US09787757B2
Systems and methods for identifying content in electronic messages are provided. An electronic message may include certain content. The content is detected and analyzed to identify any metadata. The metadata may include a numerical signature characterizing the content. A thumbprint is generated based on the numerical signature. The thumbprint may then be compared to thumbprints of previously received messages. The comparison allows for classification of the electronic message as spam or not spam.
US09787756B2
The invention relates to systems and methods that enable a mobile device to be approximated with an object in order to enable control of the object. In one possible embodiment of a method of the invention, a mobile device is brought in physical proximity with an object, the identity of the object is determined wirelessly, based on such determination, a remote control user interface is presented by the mobile device, the mobile device receives input relating to a desired control action for the object, and the mobile device wirelessly communicates with a remote computer to facilitate control of the object. Various embodiments of the invention are possible to address a wide range of practical applications.
US09787752B2
Described herein is a technology for modifying hotspot objects in a user interface (UI). In one implementation, a view of a user interface is presented on a display by a hotspot manager. UI interaction including selection of a location in the view is received. A hotspot object associated to the selected location of the view may be modified based on the UI interaction when the hotspot manager is in an edit mode. The hotspot object contains information of the selected location. An updated content of the hotspot object may be presented in the edit mode, the updated content resulting from changes to an existing hotspot object or addition of a new hotspot object.
US09787729B2
A transmission management system, when a request for starting communication with a second transmission terminal is received from a first transmission terminal, obtains first service contents information associated with first service identification information for identifying a service to be provided to the first transmission terminal, and causes a relay device to transmit content data that matches the first service contents information to the second transmission terminal in response to receiving content data at the relay device from the first transmission terminal.
US09787715B2
A system for augmenting an attacker map of a network of resources, including a deception management server within a network of resources, generating an attacker map for the network, the attacker map including one or more attack paths traversing some or all of the resources, each attack path corresponding to one or more successive attack vectors, wherein an attack vector is an object in memory or storage of a first resource of the network that may potentially lead an attacker to a second resource of the network, and a deployment module for planting one or more decoy attack vectors in some of all of the resources of the network, wherein the deception management server generates an augmented attacker map by augmenting the attack paths based on the decoy attack vectors added by the deployment module.
US09787710B1
A method and system is provided for eliminating vulnerabilities on a data network including a router for directing data in the data network. An example method includes transmitting a request through the data network to obtain access to a device coupled to the data network; accessing the device to obtain a list of available resources of the device; comparing each of the available resources of the device with resource rules in a database to identify network vulnerabilities associated with the available resources and determining an action for repairing the network vulnerabilities associated with the available resources of the device. Furthermore, according to the method, instructions can be transmitted to the device to perform the action for repairing the network vulnerabilities associated with the available resources.
US09787702B2
An electronic control unit is provided for installation in a vehicle. The electronic control unit is operable to provide intrusion detection for the vehicle electronic systems. The electronic control unit comprises: a processor; a memory; and an interface to a vehicle network bus coupled to vehicle electronic control units. The processor utilizes the interface to monitor data on the vehicle network bus. An intrusion detection program is stored in the memory and is executable by the processor. The processor utilizes the intrusion detection program to detect one or more anomalies in the monitored data. The electronic control unit generates an alert upon detection of one or more anomalies.
US09787701B2
An insider attack resistant system for providing cloud services integrity checking is disclosed. In particular, the system utilizes an automated integrity checking script and virtual machines to check the integrity of a service. The system may utilize the integrity checking script and virtual machines to execute a set of operations associated with the service so as to check the integrity of the service. When executing the set of operations, the system may only have access to the minimum level of access to peripherals that is required for each operation in the set of operations to be executed. After each operation is executed, the system may log each result for each operation, and analyze each result to determine if a failure exists for any of the operations. If a failure exists, the system may determine that a change in an expected system behavior associated with the service has occurred.
US09787692B2
A network storage system for a download intensive environment is provided. The network storage comprises at least a data storage server (DSS) that includes an interface enabling connection of the DSS to a network at a location that enables at least a view of network transactions performed by a plurality of clients; a storage unit; and a system adapted to monitor the network transactions occurring on the network and identification of the network transactions as belonging to a registered client of the DSS, and storing in the storage the transactions with an identification corresponding to the registered client.
US09787685B2
A method for a device to connect to a wireless network is provided. The method includes: acquiring authority use data of a user; processing the authority use data to obtain an authority result; and sending the authority result to a terminal device.
US09787659B2
Techniques for secure access management to virtual environments are provided. A user authenticates to a portal for purposes of establishing a virtual machine (VM). The portal interacts with a cloud server and an identity server to authenticate the user, to acquire an Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number for the VM, and to obtain a secure token. The user then interacts with a secure socket layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) server to establish a SSL VPN session with the VM. The SSL VPN server also authenticates the token through the identity server and acquires dynamic policies to enforce during the SSL VPN session between the user and the VM (the VM managed by the cloud server).
US09787656B1
Embodiments of intelligent facility devices for use in controlled facility environments are described. In various embodiments, the intelligent facility devices provide limited or controlled access to data networks for inmates of a controlled facility. An embodiment of a method may include receiving a request for access to a network from a user interface device. The method may also include determining an authorized duration of network access for the user interface device. Additionally, the method may include establishing a temporary network access session between the user interface device and the network for the authorized duration of network access.
US09787653B2
An encrypted cached content system includes a user IHS, a content provider IHS, and a caching IHS. The caching IHS includes a caching engine that is configured to receive a content request from the user IHS. The caching engine generates a user-side key using content identifying information in the content request, and forwards the content request to the content provider IHS over a network as a content partial information request. In response to receiving a content partial information response from the content provider IHS over a network, the caching engine generates a content-provider-side key using header information in the content partial information response. The caching engine performs a hashing operation on the content request using a combination of the user-side key and the content-provider-side key to produce a hashed content request, and uses the hashed content request to retrieve content from the cache.
US09787652B2
An apparatus for decoding a media stream includes a memory module, a processor module coupled to the memory module, wherein the memory module contains instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive a media stream including a segment signaling information and a plurality of segments, wherein the plurality of segments includes encoded and unencoded segments, wherein the segment signaling information includes identification of at least two segment groups each including at least one segment, identify at least one segment group using the segment signaling information in the media stream, identify at least one segment decoding algorithm for the at least one segment group, identify at least one decoding key for the at least segment group, and decode each encoded segment within the at least segment group using the at least segment decoding algorithm and the at least one decoding key.
US09787647B2
Decision trees can be securely evaluated with reasonable computation speed and bandwidth utilization. A user device encrypts input vectors using a client's public key in an additively homomorphic encryption system. A server computer effectively randomizes the decision tree for each use, such that a value indicative of a path resulting from applying an input vector to the decision tree is different each time the decision tree is used. The server computer homomorphically computes the evaluations of each decision node. The server computer provides the value indicative of the path through the decision tree as one part accessible by the client, and another part accessible by the server. The server computer uses the parts to look up a corresponding output value from a database of output values for each path. In this operation, only the output value corresponding to the combined parts can be retrieved, and only by the intended recipient.
US09787637B2
Embodiments described herein may be directed to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, computer program products, computer-executable instructions, and/or applications for securely and anonymously accessing web resources and customizable attribution of identity. In accordance with the present disclosure, a user may inspect and analyze a webpage as well as the underlying source code from an “arm's length” using a secure analysis application to prevent exposure on the user's local machine. The secure analysis application may provide increased flexibility in masking and/or modifying the user's digital persona to external websites. Additionally, the secure analysis application may be integrated with a translation service to translate textual web content without the web content provider being alerted that a translation is taking place.
US09787635B1
Techniques for identifying external user names and enforcing policies are disclosed. A request is received from a first client device within a first network to access an external application that is outside of the first network. An identification of an external user account associated with the received request is identified. A determination is made, based at least in part on the identification, of a policy to apply to the request. The policy is applied.
US09787633B2
Techniques for dynamically configuring a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server in a virtual network environment are described. In one example embodiment, DHCP bindings are configured using virtual machine (VM) inventory objects. Further, the configured DHCP bindings are transformed by replacing the VM inventory objects in the configured DHCP bindings with associated media access control (MAC) addresses using a VM object attribute table. Furthermore, the transformed DHCP bindings are sent to the DHCP sever for assigning Internet protocol (IP) addresses to multiple VMs running on a plurality of host computing systems in a computing network.
US09787624B2
An apparatus, a system, and a method in which a message notification application such as an e-mail notification application resident in a first memory on a wearable electronic device is configured to provide messaging actions; where the message notification application has a user interface to present content of a message originating from an message application resident on a mobile computing device; where the message notification application is configured to analyze a notification of the message to obtain an incomplete data set; and where the message notification application is configured to work with a server configured to integrate with one or more application programming interfaces of one or more messaging service providers, where the server has a server module configured to receive the incomplete data set and use all or a portion of the incomplete data set as search query terms to retrieve an instance of the message in its full-message format.
US09787622B2
System, method and electronic device providing proximity based communication and notification are disclosed. Presence of the electronic device is detected in a pre-defined area according to a detection methodology. The electronic device is then engaged according to an availability of identification details of the electronic device. The electronic device receives one time authentication request to collect the business identity and map it with the network identity. The business identity of the electronic device is verified and contact details of the electronic device are obtained. Subsequently when the electronic device enters the proximity range of a WiFi network, the system identifies its presence. The system identifies the contact details of the device based on the mapping of the network identity and business identity of the electronic device. The system sends multi-mode message communications to the electronic device based on defined proximity rules. The proximity rules can also be defined in such a way that the system sends multi-mode message communications to the electronic devices of the business.
US09787621B2
An identification message is sent from a sensor apparatus, over a wireless communication network, in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device in the sensor apparatus. The identification message includes a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus. The identification message is received at a network server. A pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message is accessed by the network server. A response action is caused to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile. The sensor apparatus is paired to a subscriber account before first use, thereby allowing secure initialization.
US09787618B2
A Content Centric Network (CCN) communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes managing a Forwarding Information Base (FIB) indicating destinations to forward an interest message that requests content, which is performed by a CCN node, wherein the FIB includes at least one of a name prefix field indicating a content name, a face list field indicating destinations to forward an interest that requests content with the content name, and a congestion impact field indicating a relative time taken to receive the content from a corresponding destination in response to the interest message, receiving a first interest message, and forwarding the first interest message to at least one destination node determined by taking into account the congestion impact field.
US09787605B2
Some embodiments provide a method for implementing a logical router in a network. The method receives a definition of a logical router for implementation on a set of network elements. The method defines several routing components for the logical router. Each of the defined routing components includes a separate set of routes and separate set of logical interfaces. The method implements the several routing components in the network. In some embodiments, the several routing components include one distributed routing component and several centralized routing components.
US09787599B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the network storage provider storage component.
US09787597B1
A client computing device identifies a model and data to be populated into the model of a webpage. The client computing device identifies a reference to a model definition resource and invokes a model definition resolver to identify the actual location of the model definition resource from a remote computer using the reference. The model definition resolver obtains the requested model definition resource from the remote computer using the actual location. The client computing device invokes one or more APIs to perform constraint enforcement on the identified data with respect to the identified model. Upon successful performance of constraint enforcement, the client computing device performs data binding for the data and the model and save the identified data, which may be further processed, into a repository of data models.
US09787576B2
Techniques for propagating routing awareness for autonomous networks are described. In at least some embodiments, routing awareness refers to attributes of autonomous networks that route communication sessions between different endpoints. According to various embodiments, routing awareness indicates whether a particular autonomous network supports a protocol for propagating routing awareness among different autonomous networks. Routing awareness may also include performance attributes of autonomous networks. Such routing awareness enables entities involved in routing communication sessions to make informed decisions regarding routing and handling of communication sessions.
US09787562B2
The invention relates to the technical field of domestic networks. A domestic network based on the present UPnp-Standard allows AV connections to be set up between two network subscriber stations—Network connections such as these are set up and managed under the control of a network station which is in the form of a control point. In this case, the UPnP-Standard allows the network station which is the form of a control point to log off the network after setting up an AV connection, and thus to be inactive while the AV connection that has been set up is in existence. This results in the problem that an AV connection which has been set up unnecessarily remains in existence even after the desired AV data stream has been transmitted, so that further connection requests for such stations must be answered with a rejection. The invention solves this problem in that it provides additional monitoring means in the network subscriber stations which determine whether the connection has remained unused for a specific time. If yes, a signaling request is sent to all the network subscriber stations. If the connection partner station does not then respond, the connection which has been set up can likewise be added autonomously by the requesting station.
US09787560B2
The present describes a traffic routing system to establish a connection with a primary service location, receive a list of service location peers from the primary service location, execute a performance test of the primary service location and each of the service location peers, identify a best performing service location based at least in part on the performance test, and update a database with results of the performance test of the primary service location and each of the service location peers. The traffic routing system may use business rules to expand the criteria to identify the best performing service location. The business rules may include weights that prioritize certain performance characteristics of corresponding service locations including bandwidth cost, energy cost, or idle capacity.
US09787559B1
In one example, a network device external to a services complex injects a plurality of probe packets along service chains provided by the services complex, wherein each of the plurality of probe packets includes a first timestamp indicating a time at which the network device sent the respective probe packet. Each of a plurality of service nodes in the services complex modifies each of the plurality of probe packets by inserting a respective second timestamp indicating a respective time at which the respective service node processed the respective one of the plurality of probe packets. An analytics device aggregates probe report information received from each of the plurality of service nodes to determine one or more path monitoring metrics.
US09787551B2
A method is operable in a network comprising multiple service endpoints, the service endpoints running on a plurality of devices, wherein the multiple service endpoints form one or more sub-clusters. The method includes defining a group from an arbitrary set of nodes comprising service instances across the machines of the one or more sub-clusters, wherein each node in the group assumes one or more discrete responsibilities involved in processing of a request across the group. In response to a request made at a node the group, the service type of the request is dynamically determined; and, based on the type of the request, one or more nodes in the group are selected to be responsible for processing the request.
US09787549B2
A resource requirements method and system is provided. The method includes identifying dependencies and calculating a utilization value for a source server. The source server is mapped to an application and a source infrastructure is compared to a target infrastructure. Deficiencies and differences associated with the target infrastructure are determined and dependency requirements for fulfillment in the target infrastructure are generated. The utilization value is compared to a resource capability of the target server and resource requirements for fulfillment on the target server are generated.
US09787548B2
Fast service discovery method and apparatus in a dynamic resource environment using hierarchical Bloom filters. The fast service discovery method includes when resources are discovered, hierarchically classifying the resources based on multiple levels, designing multiple hierarchical Bloom filters for respective pieces of level information to respectively correspond to the multiple levels, and transforming the resources into a resource coordinate system via the Bloom filters, and identifying an available service using the resource coordinate system.
US09787547B2
A method for determining network topology of a provider network includes selecting a first network element, selecting a first port on the first network element, and iteratively performing connectivity validation tests using the first port, wherein each connectivity validation test is associated with a type of network element and yields a result that indicates whether a second port on a second network element of the associated type is connected to the first port. A system for discovering topology of a network, the system comprising a topology discovery engine in operable communication with a near network element and operable to identify a first port of a far network element that is connected to a second port of the near network element by remotely altering operation of the near network element to cause the second network element to respond in a manner that identifies the first port.
US09787546B2
A network management system is for a network having network devices. The network management system includes a display, a memory, and a processor coupled to the display and memory and configured to send queries to the network devices, obtain responses from the network devices based upon the queries, and determine a physical network map for the network devices based upon the responses. The processor is also configured to establish connections with some of the network devices, determine a virtual network map for the network devices based upon the responses and the established connections, store mapping data related to the determined physical network map and virtual network map in the memory, and display an image on the display related to the stored mapping data.
US09787545B2
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: obtain information at least in part regarding one or more first aspects of one or more intermediate electronic communication devices for serving as one or more nodes of one or more standby point-to-point communication networks upon activation thereof for use by an origination electronic communication device to communicate at least in part with a destination electronic communication device, the one or more intermediate electronic communication devices having one or more second aspects as one or more mobile electronic communication devices. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US09787544B2
A Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) device of a network having a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) device. The PCEF device includes a processing unit that detects a tunneled packet and the packet's Internet Protocol version type and determines whether activation of PCC rules in accordance with the IP version type of the tunneled packet is required from the PCRF device. The PCEF device includes a network interface unit in communication with the processing unit and the network that requests from the PCRF device required activation of PCC rules and identifies the IP version type of the tunneled packet to the PCRF device with the request and receives from the PCRF device the PCC rules activation. The processing unit enforces the PCC rules on the tunneled packet. Methods of handling and enforcing rules at a PCEF device of a network and at a PCRF device are also disclosed.
US09787541B2
A mobile communication system includes a control device and a base station device. Data communication between the control device and the base station device is conducted using a fixed-length data size and a variable-length data size. The control device transmits information indicating whether a data size of the data communication has a fixed length or a variable length. The base station device receives the information from the control device.
US09787539B2
An information handling system includes a shared network port, and a controller. The shared network port is configured to listen for network traffic during a discovery process in response to the information handling system being inserted into a managed network, and to receive a specific packet that is associated with a managed network. The controller includes a dedicated network port. The controller is configured to communicate with the shared network port, to determine whether the dedicated network port is enabled in response to receiving the specific packet, if the dedicated network port is enabled: to disable the dedicated network port, to enable a shared network port, and to initiate communication over the shared network port; and if the dedicated network port is not enabled: to initiate the communication over the shared network port.
US09787534B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for generating event tests associated with a testing project. In use, an indication of one or more event types is received for creating one or more events on which to perform event testing associated with at least one testing project. Additionally, an indication of one or more parameters associated with the one or more events on which to perform the event testing is received. Further, one or more event files are generated for testing the one or more events based on the one or more event types and the one or more parameters. In addition, the one or more event files are sent to one or more event processing systems for testing the one or more events, the testing of the one or more events including storing information associated with all faults resulting from the testing of the one or more events in a risky events repository that is capable of being utilized to generate testing rules for additional testing projects. Moreover, at least one report including information associated with a result of testing the one or more events is generated.
US09787530B2
A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to an organization. The organization may comprise an internal network, such as Internet Protocol (IP) network. An alternative communication path communicatively couples communication devices of the organization to a public communication network. A recovery application operates on devices of the organization. The recovery network receives periodic availability indicators from devices within the organization. The recovery network identifies a communication endpoint of the intended recipient of a communication request using the availability indicators.
US09787524B1
Methods and devices to allow multiple operating system images to simultaneously access a Fiber Channel fabric through a common host bus adapter port are described. For each requesting operating system image, a fabric switch maintains a unique port identifier value and a unique fabric channel address so that each operating system image may be uniquely identified across the fabric.
US09787519B2
Cable systems and assemblies integrate a reduced number of twin axial cables 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 cables comprise four or less twin axial cables, in which each pair forms a single twin axial full-duplex cable for passive or active communication of the signals at multiple different transmission rates concurrently. A processor can be integrated with the twin axial cables and operate to encode the signals for fast transmission speeds at the different transmission rates.
US09787503B2
A gateway utilizes a proxy Internet Protocol (“IP”) addressing scheme to communicate with disparate network service providers. A first IP address prefix may be received from an alternative service provider in communication with the gateway. The gateway may assign a proxy IP address from the first IP address prefix for computing devices in communication with the gateway. A second IP address prefix may be received from a master service provider in communication with the gateway. The computing devices may be provisioned with an actual IP address assigned from the second IP address prefix. The gateway may then route data traffic utilizing the assigned proxy IP address between the alternative service provider and the computing devices utilizing the actual assigned proxy IP address. The gateway may further route data traffic utilizing the actual assigned IP address between the master service provider and the computing devices utilizing the actual assigned IP address.
US09787502B2
Embodiments of the present technology provide out-of-band captive portal devices, networks, and methods. An example of a method includes executing a redirection of a client request for network access to a captive portal login, initiating an association between the wireless controller and the client, receiving authentication credentials of client from the captive portal login, negotiating a change of authorization with a wireless controller in accordance with RFC 5176 protocol, wherein the controller includes a mapping to a captive portal Internet Protocol (IP) address, and redirecting the client to a URL specified in the client request for network access.
US09787497B2
A next-generation mobile communication network apparatus and method using link layer routing. The network apparatus uses an existing IP address as an identifier while using a link layer address as a locator, and utilizers a location server that manages mapping between the IP address and the link layer address, thereby providing mobility.
US09787492B2
In general, techniques are described for provisioning network devices in an Ethernet-based access network. For example, an access node located in an Ethernet-based access network positioned intermediate to a back office network and a customer network may implement the techniques. The access node comprises a control unit that discovers a demarcation point device that terminates the access network of the service provider network at the customer network. The control unit of the access node implements an Ethernet protocol to provide layer two network connectivity between the service provider network and the customer network, authenticates the demarcation point device based on a unique identifier assigned to the demarcation point device and, after successfully authenticating the demarcation point device, provisions the demarcation point device.
US09787491B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for interleaving communications with a home area network (HAN) and a data network. A gateway device interleaves communications within timeslots of a time slotted channel hopping protocol. A gateway device can be configured to determine, during a first portion of a timeslot, whether the gateway device received a portion of a message from a data network. If the gateway device receives no messages from the data network during the first portion of the timeslot, the gateway device switches to listen for communication from the HAN during a second portion of the timeslot. If the gateway device receives a portion of the message from the HAN, the gateway device continues to receive receives the remainder of the message until one or more trigger conditions that cause the gateway device to listen for communication from the data network.
US09787489B2
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for identifying an ideal or target network of a member of a professional network or social network, or one or more characteristics of such a network. Based on a type of the member, one or more attributes of a profile of the member, and/or one or more goals of the member, characteristics may be identified that support achievement of those goals or that promote more effective use of the professional network or social network by the member. By way of illustration, an ideal or target user network of a member seeking to improve her future job opportunities may include a minimum number of connections to members employed by different organizations, while an ideal or target user network of a member seeking a mentor may include a maximum number of connections to members holding senior positions within the member's industry or functional area.
US09787488B1
In general, techniques are described for simplifying admission control signaling between subscriber devices, access nodes, and service edge routers to facilitate subscriber-specific admission control for multicast streams. In one example, a service edge router receives a service request and accesses a subscriber profile to determine whether the requesting subscriber is authorized to receive the service. Upon authorization, the service edge router returns the service request to the access node in a substantially similar form in which the service request was received. The access node receives the service request on a service edge router-facing interface, indicating the service edge router has granted authorization for the subscriber device to receive multicast traffic associated with the multicast group identified within the service request. The access node therefore modifies internal mapping tables that determine local elaboration of multicast traffic associated with the multicast group to include an interface to the subscriber device.
US09787486B2
Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses for enabling chat sessions are presented. In response to detecting that a first user is viewing a first program, a chat invitation may be automatically transmitted to a second user. The chat invitation may identify the first user and the first program, and further may invite the second user to initiate a chat session with the first user. An updated chat invitation may be automatically transmitted in response to detecting that the first user has changed to viewing a second program, and a chat session that has been initiated may subsequently be transferred to another device. Content prioritization settings may be accounted for in transmitting one or more chat invitations, and before a chat invitation is transmitted, it may be determined that a sufficient amount of time has elapsed to suggest that the user will continue viewing the first program.
US09787485B1
The disclosed subject matter relates to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for ordering notifications for display in a social networking environment. One example system is configured to obtain a set of notifications for a user, wherein each notification in the set of notifications is generated in response to an event in a social network and, for each notification in the set of notifications, determine an event type associated with the notification and calculate a priority score for the notification based on the event type associated with the notification. The system is further configured to display the set of notifications based on the priority score for each notification in the set of notifications.
US09787481B2
A technique is presented for performing a physical unclonable function (PUF) using an array of SRAM cells. The technique can be viewed as an attempt to read multiple cells in a column at the same time, creating contention that is resolved according to process variation. An authentication challenge is issued to the array of SRAM cells by activating two or more wordlines concurrently. The response is simply the value that the SRAM produces from a read operation when the challenge condition is applied. The number of challenges that can be applied the array of SRAM cells grows exponentially with the number of SRAM rows and these challenges can be applied at any time without power cycling.
US09787478B2
A method includes: establishing a telecommunication link between a device and a service provider system via a telecommunication network; receiving a device public key via the telecommunication network from the device at the service provider system, the device public key predating the establishment of the telecommunication link; verifying, at the service provider system, that the device stores a device private key in a secure storage area of the device, the device private key corresponding to the device public key, the device public key and the device private key being a cryptographic key pair; and authorizing, by the service provider system, sign-up of the device for service enrollment in response to verifying that the device stores the device private key in the secure storage area of the device.
US09787473B2
Techniques for use of carbon nanotubes as an anti-tampering feature and for use of randomly metallic or semiconducting carbon nanotubes in the generation of a physically unclonable cryptographic key generation are provided. In one aspect, a cryptographic key having an anti-tampering feature is provided which includes: an array of memory bits oriented along at least one bit line and at least one word line, wherein each of the memory bits comprises a memory cell, wherein the cryptographic key is stored in the memory cell, and wherein the memory cell is connected to the at least one bit line; and a metallic carbon nanotube interconnect which connects the memory cell to the at least one word line. A cryptographic key and method for processing the cryptographic key are also provided.
US09787464B2
A method for compensating for a sampling clock-offset includes calculating a positive threshold and a negative threshold of pulse-shaped data symbols to be received, calculating a positive sum ratio and a negative sum ratio from received samples, and compensating for a sampling clock-offset in response to the positive sum ratio being less than or equal to the positive threshold and the negative sum ratio being less than or equal to the negative threshold.
US09787461B1
A method for measuring one-way delays in a communications network, the method comprising: maintaining a virtual clock state comprising information for converting times measured with respect to remote clocks into times as would be measured with respect to a local reference clock; registering, for each packet of the plurality of packets in a communications session between the first and second nodes, a timeset comprising transmission and reception times at the first and second nodes; converting, responsive to the virtual clock, times in the timeset measured with respect to the first node clock or the second node clock, into times as would be measured with respect to the reference clock; calculating, for each packet of the series of packets, a forward one-way delay (FOWD) from the first node to the second node and a reverse one-way delay (ROWD) from the second node to the first node, responsive to the converted timeset.
US09787455B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, to a method for an operation of cancelling or mitigating interference, and an apparatus therefor. A method of cancelling or mitigating interference in a wireless communication system performed by a terminal includes receiving, from a serving cell, restricted configuration information of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) which a dominant interference cell transmits, detecting the EPDCCH using the restricted configuration information of the EPDCCH, and performing an operation of cancelling or mitigating interference for the dominant interference cell using the detected EPDCCH, wherein the restricted configuration information of the EPDCCH includes a restricted set of parameters related to the EPDCCH configurable by the dominant interference cell.
US09787446B2
A method (700) for processing resource blocks in a receiver may include receiving (701) a signal comprising transmissions from a plurality of radio cells, wherein received samples of the signal are arranged in a plurality of resource blocks (300); forming (702) a plurality of clusters ({xi,jN}) based on a similarity criterion with respect to the plurality of resource blocks (300); and assigning (703) each resource block of the plurality of resource blocks (300) to one cluster of the plurality of clusters ({xi,jN}).
US09787424B2
An electronic device may include a processor and a network interface that may include a first radio and a second radio. The processor may be configured to perform wireless communication jamming attack detection by occasionally performing clear channel verification utilizing the network interface to determine whether a threshold number of devices' channels are incapacitated in a wireless network within a threshold amount of time and/or by sending a heartbeat signal from the first radio and determining whether the second radio received the heartbeat signal.
US09787410B2
System for use in combination with a remote node powered by a first number of lines, each line thereof being capable of providing power to the remote node in an active state of the line and not being capable of providing power to the remote node in a non-active state of the line; said system comprising: a second number of convertors; and a power control part configured for controlling the power provided by each line of said first number of lines to a converter of said second number of converters, in function of the time, depending of the states of the first number of lines.
US09787396B2
There is provided an optical transmission device including: a generator configured to convert an electric signal into a plurality of parallel signals, modulate the plurality of parallel signals, shift center frequencies of spectra of the plurality of modulated parallel signals into different frequencies, so as to generate signals accommodated in a plurality of sub-channels each having different center frequencies, and generate a multiplexed signal by multiplexing the signals accommodated in the plurality of sub-channels; a transmitter configured to optical-modulate the multiplexed signal and transmit the optical-modulated signal to an optical reception device; and a controller configured to control a frequency spacing between adjacent sub-channels of the plurality of sub-channels, based on a monitoring result of reception characteristics of the signals accommodated in the plurality of sub-channels within the multiplexed signal in the optical reception device.
US09787387B2
The transmitter maps an antenna port to a logical antenna port through a first virtualization. The transmitter maps the logical antenna port to a transceiver unit (TXRU) through a first operation. The transmitter maps the TXRU to a logical TXRU through a second operation. The transmitter maps the logical TXRU to a physical antenna element through a second virtualization.
US09787382B2
A system for transmitting information between nodes in a point-to-point wireless communication system. The system includes a node with an antenna array and a beamformer that is controllable to orient a main lobe of the antenna array in a desired direction. A spacing of the plurality of antenna elements in the array is adjustable to control a direction of a grating lobe of the antenna array to complete a communication link with a node in the network. Signals are simultaneously transmitted in the direction of the main lobe and the grating lobe to different nodes in the network.
US09787368B2
A near field communication (NFC) antenna includes a ferrite sheet, an antenna coil, and a passive booster. The antenna coil is formed on the ferrite sheet, and includes an inner sub-coil. The passive booster is formed on the ferrite sheet. A projection of the passive booster onto a plane does not overlap with a projection of an area enclosed by the inner sub-coil onto the plane. The projection of the passive booster onto the plane overlaps with a projection of the antenna coil and a projection of the ferrite sheet onto the plane.
US09787367B2
A reading apparatus reads transmission information from a first tag and a second tag arranged in a road via wireless communication, and is loaded on a vehicle. The reading apparatus comprises an antenna and a controller. The antenna outputs a request signal for requesting transmission of predetermined information to the first tag and the second tag. The first tag is arranged at a first reference point as reference. The second tag is arranged at a second reference point as reference away from an advancing direction of the vehicle with respect to the first reference point. The controller stops output of the request signal when acquiring a reference distance between the first reference point and the second reference point from the first tag, calculates a required time for which the vehicle moves to the second reference point on the basis of the reference distance and a travelling speed of the vehicle.
US09787360B2
An alternating current (AC) zero-crossing indicator apparatus including a current adjusting circuit for adjusting a DC signal current for a duration of time the same as the duration of a received zero-crossing detection signal. The zero-crossing indicator apparatus additionally includes a voltage retainer for maintaining a constant DC voltage applied to a connected load during the adjusting of the DC signal current. Also included is a zero-crossing sensor for generating a zero-crossing indication signal responsive to sensing of the adjusting of the DC signal current.
US09787355B2
Systems and methods for communication using hybrid signals are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for communication includes a processing system configured to encode a first set of information in a plurality of symbols and to encode a second set of information according to a spacing among the symbols. The apparatus may further comprise a transmitter configured to transmit to a device the symbols with the spacing among the symbols. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication includes a processing system configured to decode a first set of information from a plurality of symbols encoded with the first set of information or a second set of information from a spacing among the symbols by determining the spacing among the symbols. The apparatus may further comprise a receiver configured to receive the symbols via a wireless communication.
US09787353B2
Disclosed is an RF front-end with improved insertion loss having at least a first resonator with a first port and a second port and at least a second resonator having a third port and a fourth port, wherein the first resonator and the second resonator are magnetically coupled by no more than 5%. Also included is at least one coupling structure coupled between the second port of the first resonator and the third port of the second resonator, wherein the coupling structure has a coupling control input for varying a coupling coefficient between the first resonator and the second resonator such that an RF signal transfer between the first port of the first resonator and the fourth port of the second resonator is controllably variable between 5% and 95%.
US09787350B2
An electronic device for point-to-multipoint transmission of a digital signal over a radio communication network includes a transmitter-receiver configured to receive a radio-frequency input digital signal and generate therefrom a baseband digital signal and includes a digital signal processor. The digital signal processor includes a receiving module, an input buffer, an audio decoder module and an output buffer. The transmitter-receiver is further configured to receive the duplicated baseband output digital signal and generate therefrom a radio-frequency output digital signal. The transmitter-receiver is configured to receive the radio-frequency input digital signal on the basis of Bluetooth® specifications and transmit the radio-frequency output digital signal on the basis of Bluetooth® specifications, and the microcontroller is configured to realize a unidirectional asynchronous packet data link. There is further described a system for point-to-multipoint radio transmission including a plurality of electronic devices for point-to-multipoint transmission of a digital signal over a radio communication network.
US09787343B2
A system and method for managing subscriber mobile devices comprising: a home network (400) of a first mobile network operator (MNO1), in which data associated with at least one physical SIM of a subscriber device with an embedded SIM card (eUICC) is obtained, and a destination network (300) of a second mobile network operator (MNO2) which the device travels to, obtaining static data and dynamic data associated with at least one virtual SIM (503, 603) of the device. The dynamic data comprise a subscriber authentication key (Ki) and is obtained from a SIM provider platform (500, 600) on which the destination network (300) relies. The static data comprise IMSI/MSISDN identities and is stored in a pool (202) of the destination network (300).For a given virtual SIM, it is checked whether there is an association in a mapping table (106) of the first mobile network operator (MNO1) between the static data from the pool (202) and the physical SIM data from the home network (400).
US09787338B2
An example system comprises a first antenna and a modem. The first antenna is configured to receive a signal from a transmitting radio frequency unit. The signal includes data and a known sequence. The modem is configured to retrieve the known sequence from the signal, transform the known sequence and the data into a frequency domain, calculate averages of groups of neighboring frequency points in the frequency domain to reduce the effect of nonlinear noise in the signal, the neighboring frequency points corresponding to the preamble in the frequency domain, compare the calculated averages to an expected frequency response in the frequency domain, determine a correction filter to apply to the data based on the comparison, apply the correction filter on the data in the frequency domain to create corrected data, transform the corrected data from the frequency domain to the time domain, and provide the data.
US09787336B1
Embodiments of a mobile communication device and method for digital pre-distortion (DPD) are disclosed herein. The mobile communication device may scale a sequence of input samples by per-sample scale factors to generate a sequence of output samples for input to a power amplifier (PA), the input samples scaled to compensate for distortion of the PA. The mobile communication device may generate the scale factors based on per-sample inner products between a common weight vector and a per-sample distortion compensation vectors. The mobile communication device may generate the distortion compensation vectors based on vector outputs of predetermined distortion compensation functions. The mobile communication device may update the common weight vector based on a distortion error sequence between the sequence of output samples and a sequence of feedback samples.
US09787335B1
A method and an apparatus for determining validity of samples for a digital pre-distortion apparatus is disclosed. It is an object of at least one embodiment to provide a method and an apparatus for determining validity of samples for a digital pre-distortion apparatus that is configured to compensate for nonlinearity of a power amplifier in an efficient manner by accurately estimating a pre-distortion coefficient with a low-capacity memory.
US09787307B2
A hybrid touch button, including: a touch display unit having a touch display area; a mechanical switch having a plurality of conductive contacts; and a control unit, having a power interface for coupling with a power source, a first interface coupled with the touch display area, a second interface coupled with the plurality of conductive contacts, and an output interface, wherein the control unit derives first input information from the first interface and second input information from the second interface, and determines an output configuration of the output interface according to the first input information and the second input information.
US09787300B2
A control circuit for turning on a power semiconductor switch comprises an input which is configured to receive a signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch, a variable current source which is configured to supply a current with a variable level to a control input of the power semiconductor switch in order to switch on the power semiconductor switch, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the variable current source in a closed control loop in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch.
US09787296B1
A delay circuit includes: a plurality of delay units that are serially coupled with each other in a form of loop and sequentially delay an input signal of the delay circuit; an input control unit that selects a delay unit to receive the input signal of the delay circuit among the plurality of the delay units; and an output control unit that controls an output signal of a predetermined delay unit among the plurality of the delay units to be outputted as an output signal of the delay circuit, when the output signal of the predetermined delay unit is enabled N times, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 0.
US09787292B2
The present disclosure relates to latch structures and, more particularly, to high performance multiplexed latches and methods of use. The multiplexed latch includes: a first latch structured to receive a data signal D0 and comprising a plurality of inverters which receive a respective input clock signal; and a second latch signal structured to receive a data signal D1 and comprising a plurality of inverters which receive a respective input clock signal.
US09787291B1
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a switched capacitor circuit includes pre-charging a capacitor using a voltage buffer having an input coupled to an input node of the switched capacitor circuit and an output coupled to the capacitor, coupling the input node to the capacitor, wherein a first charge is collected on the capacitor, and integrating the first charge using an integrator.
US09787290B2
Circuitry that accepts a data input and an enable input, and generates an output sum based on the data input includes an input stage circuit that includes an input register. The input register accepts the enable input. The circuitry further includes a systolic register operatively connected to the input stage circuit, and the systolic register is operated without any enable connection. The circuitry further includes a multiplier connected to the systolic register, which is configured to generate a product value. The circuitry further includes an output stage circuit that includes an adder that calculates the output sum based least in part on the product value.
US09787285B2
Apparatus and methods for digital step attenuators are provided herein. In certain configurations, a DSA includes a plurality of DSA stages that can be set in an attenuation mode or in a bypass mode using a plurality of switching circuits. A first switching circuit of the plurality of switching circuits includes a field effect transistor (FET) switch, a gate resistor, one or more gate resistor bypass switches, and a pulse generation circuit. The gate resistor is electrically connected between a switch control input and a gate of the FET switch, and a switch control signal can be provided to the switch control input to turn on or off the FET switch. In response to detecting a rising and/or falling edge of the switch control signal, the pulse generation circuit can control the one or more gate resistor bypass switches to bypass the gate resistor.
US09787279B2
A balun transformer includes an input terminal into which an unbalanced signal is input, a converter that includes at least a first signal line connected to the input terminal and that converts the unbalanced signal into a balanced signal, a first output terminal connected to the first signal line, a second output terminal from which the balanced signal is output, the balanced signal being also output from the first output terminal, and a capacitor connected between the input terminal and the second output terminal.
US09787278B1
A technique relates to a lossless microwave switch discussed herein. Multiple ports are included in the lossless microwave switch. Tunable filters are included in the lossless microwave switch. Each of the ports is operatively coupled a corresponding one of the tunable filters.
US09787277B2
A variable filter circuit includes a serial arm connected between ports (P1-P2), a parallel arm having a resonator connected in series between ports (P1-P3), and another parallel arm having another resonator connected in series between ports (P2-P3). The serial arm includes a capacitor connected between the ports (P1-P2), and the parallel arms include variable capacitances connected in series to the resonators.
US09787275B2
A low voltage electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter of an electric vehicle is provided. In the low voltage EMI filter, a pair of Y capacitor units are respectively installed in input and output ends of the low voltage EMI filter. A normal mode (DM) filter and a common mode (CM) filter are installed between the pair of Y capacitor units. The pair of Y capacitor units, the DM and CM filters discharge CM and DM noises generated in a low voltage battery connection unit to a sash GND (earth) step by step and reduce noises of the low voltage battery connection unit.
US09787271B2
Method and system for providing automatic gate bias and bias sequencing for field effect transistors
A feedback gate bias circuit for use in radio frequency amplifiers to more effectively control operation of LDFET, GaNFET, GaAsFET, and JFET type transistors used in such circuits. A transistor gate bias circuit that senses drain current and automatically adjusts or biases the gate voltage to maintain drain current independently of temperature, time, input drive, frequency, as well as from device to device variations. Additional circuits to provide temperature compensation, RF power monitoring and drain current control, RF output power leveler, high power gain block, and optional digital control of various functions. A gate bias circuit including a bias sequencer and negative voltage deriver for operation of N-channel depletion mode devices.
US09787269B2
In some embodiments, a method for processing an audio signal in an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio signal and a parameter, the parameter indicating a location of an auditory event boundary. An audio portion between consecutive auditory event boundaries constitutes an auditory event. The method further includes applying a modification to the audio signal based in part on an occurrence of the auditory event. The parameter may be generated by monitoring a characteristic of the audio signal and identifying a change in the characteristic.
US09787268B2
In some embodiments, a method for processing an audio signal in an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio signal and a parameter, the parameter indicating a location of an auditory event boundary. An audio portion between consecutive auditory event boundaries constitutes an auditory event. The method further includes applying a modification to the audio signal based in part on an occurrence of the auditory event. The parameter may be generated by monitoring a characteristic of the audio signal and identifying a change in the characteristic.
US09787264B2
Techniques and mechanisms for providing signal communication with a configurable transceiver circuit. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises transceiver circuitry including an output stage and current mirror circuitry. The output stage is coupled to receive a differential signal pair and to provide at least one output signal based on the differential signal pair. In another embodiment, configuration logic is operable to select between a first mode and a second mode of the transceiver circuit. The first mode includes the current mirror circuitry being disabled from providing a current signal to the output stage, and a first circuit path being closed to provide voltage to the output stage. The second mode includes the first circuit path being open and the current mirror circuitry being enabled to provide a current signal to the output stage.
US09787251B2
An oscillator and method for generating a signal are provided. The oscillator comprises an electro-mechanical resonator and a reconfigurable oscillator driver. The reconfigurable oscillator driver starts the oscillator in single-ended mode to avoid latching and transitions the oscillator to differential mode in such a manner as to sustain oscillations therein. The reconfigurable oscillator driver may comprise two back-to-back banks of inverters and an adjustable feedback resistor. In single-ended mode, one bank is disabled and the other bank is enabled. To transition to differential mode and improve the quality of the signal, the number of enabled inverters is equalized in both banks.
US09787250B2
A semiconductor device includes an electronic component that includes an oscillator and has terminals on one face. A semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the electronic component and also includes terminals on one face thereof. The electronic component and the semiconductor chip are mounted to a mounting base such that the terminals of the electronic component and the terminals of the semiconductor chip face in the same direction. First bonding wires are connected to the terminals of the semiconductor chip, and second bonding wires having an apex height smaller than that of the first bonding wires connect the terminals of the electronic component to the terminals of the semiconductor chip. A sealing member completely seals within at least the electronic component.
US09787249B2
An electrical circuit includes: at least one inductor, at least one varactor, and at least two transistors, all of which electrically arranged to form a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having an oscillation frequency; wherein the at least two transistors includes a first transistor and a second transistor; wherein the first transistor has a first bulk terminal and a first parasitic diode disposed between the first bulk terminal and the first transistor; wherein the second transistor has a second bulk terminal and a second parasitic diode disposed between the second bulk terminal and the second transistor; wherein application of a first control voltage to the first bulk terminal, application of a second control voltage to the second bulk terminal, or application of first and second control voltages to the first and second bulk terminals, respectively, is effective to change the oscillation frequency of the VCO.
US09787246B2
A motor drive control device includes a three-phase rectifier; a boosting circuit including a reactor, a switching element, and a backflow preventing element and boosts a direct-current bus voltage supplied from the three-phase rectifier; a smoothing capacitor; an inverter circuit; a boosting control unit; an inverter control unit; and a circuit protecting unit suppresses a ripple current flowing through the smoothing capacitor. In the circuit protecting unit, a correlation of an on-duty ratio of the switching element included in the boosting circuit, the output power of the inverter circuit, and an estimated ripple current are set. On the basis of the on-duty ratio of the switching element, output power of the inverter circuit, and the correlation, the circuit protecting unit determines an estimated ripple current flowing through the smoothing capacitor. When the estimated ripple current exceeds a preset threshold, the circuit protecting unit suppresses the ripple current.
US09787244B2
An air conditioner includes an inverter circuit, a control unit that controls the inverter circuit, a compressor having a protection device (a pressure switch), and a phase-voltage detection circuit (a U-phase voltage detection circuit) that detects a voltage at any of three-phase windings (compressor windings) of the compressor. The control unit includes a shutdown-cause specifying unit that determines presence or absence of an operation of the protection device based on a phase voltage value detected by the phase-voltage detection circuit, by turning on any of a plurality of switching elements constituting the inverter circuit, after the compressor has been shut down, and specifies a cause of the shutdown of the compressor.
US09787230B2
A synchronous motor control device for an electric vehicle is provided which is able to reduce torque ripple through simple calculation and is excellent in practicability. In a synchronous motor control device which controls a traction synchronous motor, torque ripple compensation unit is provided which adds, to a motor drive current, a sine-wave correction current whose phase is opposite to that of torque ripple which is generated in the motor and has a frequency which is six times that of a rotation speed of the motor. Specifically, in the case of a configuration including a vector control type basic controller, the torque ripple compensation unit outputs a correction current command iq_c, and a value iq_ref obtained by adding the correction current command iq_c to a q-axis current command is used for control.
US09787226B2
When the current flowing through each electric terminal of an AC motor 21 reaches the vicinity of zero, an operation putting the electric terminals of the AC motor 21 into an opened state, or putting an electric terminal into a conductive state via a reflux diode inside an inverter 11, is carried out. Herein, as an operation such that the current flowing through each electric terminal reaches the vicinity of zero, the electric terminals are short-circuited by all upper arm or lower arm switching elements of the inverter 11 being turned on. By so doing, a flow of electromagnetic energy of a reactance component of the AC motor 21, from the AC motor 21 into the inverter 11 side when the drive of the inverter 11 is stopped, is prevented or suppressed. As a result of this, an overvoltage or overcurrent is prevented.
US09787220B2
An energy harvester comprising a mass that is subjectable to environmental forces for bringing it into the status of a moving mass, and means linked to the mass for converting and storing of energy embodied in the moving mass, which means are arranged for subsequent release of said energy, wherein the mass is part of a compliant system comprising a frame and first and second elastic beams connecting the mass to the frame, wherein the first and second elastic beams are provided with opposite stiffnesses so as to arrange that in a predefined range of excursions of the moving mass, said mass experiences a preselected stiffness.
US09787218B2
A driving circuit is a circuit selectively outputting one of a staircase wave and a square wave from an output terminal, to drive a capacitive load, and includes a first power source supplying a constant voltage VH, a first FET connected between the output terminal and the first power source, a first transformer in which an output side coil is connected to a gate of the first FET, a first input terminal connected to an input side coil of the first transformer via a capacitive element, a second power source supplying a constant voltage VL, a second FET connected between the output terminal and the second power source, a second transformer in which an output side coil is connected to a gate of the second FET, and a second input terminal connected to an input side coil of the second transformer via a capacitive element.
US09787211B1
An AC power converter converts power from an AC power source to an AC load. A DC power holding source is coupled to an input half-bridge switch, a common half-bridge switch and an output half-bridge switch. A controller is coupled to at least two of the input half-bridge switch, the common half-bridge switch, and an output half-bridge switch. The controller switches the input half bridge at the first switching frequency in boost mode and at the line frequency in buck mode. The controller also switches the output half bridge switch at the first switching frequency in buck mode and at the line frequency in boost mode. Input and output low pass filters can eliminate switching frequency energy from entering the AC source and load. The converter maintains a DC power holding source voltage slightly above peak AC input voltage and significantly less than twice the peak AC input voltage.
US09787208B2
A testing device is provided. The testing device comprises a processor and a switching AC to AC power converter that has no DC link. The processor is configured to set a plurality of bi-directional switches in the power converter in a configuration of on/off states that cause a substantially set electric current to flow through a component being tested by the testing device.
US09787204B2
A drive control circuit for a switching power supply device. The drive control circuit includes an output control circuit configured to generate an output control signal with a pulse width corresponding to an output voltage of the switching power supply device, a threshold setting circuit configured to determine a winding threshold voltage according to a direct current input voltage applied to the series resonant circuit formed of the leakage inductance of an isolation transformer and a capacitor of the switching power supply device, a winding detection circuit configured to compare a voltage generated in a tertiary winding of the isolation transformer with the winding threshold voltage and to accordingly output a winding detection signal, and a drive circuit configured to receive the winding detection signal and the output control signal, and to generate a pulse-width controlled drive signal for driving a first switching element of the switching power supply device.
US09787203B2
A power source management method and a power source are provided. The method includes: comparing a feedforward control signal with a feedback control signal by using a logic control circuit, outputting the signals after the comparison, and performing matching, to obtain control signals of switching transistors of a full-bridge topology circuit; and adjusting the control signals of the switching transistors of the full-bridge topology circuit by using the logic control circuit, so that operating duty cycles of two bridge arms on a primary side match, are symmetric within one switch period of the logic control circuit, or match for a long time, to prevent transformer biasing. The power source management method and the power source can achieve good feedforward performance, suppress input disturbance, and additionally prevent transformer biasing, which ensures that the power source works normally.
US09787201B2
A DC-DC converter is operated in a boost mode by operating a plurality of low-voltage side switches with a first fixed duty cycle (greater than 0.5), with cutting off a plurality of the first high-voltage side switches and a plurality of the second high-voltage side switches, with conducting a plurality of the first diodes of the first high-voltage side switches and a plurality of the second diodes of the second high-voltage side switches, and with alternatively conducting and cutting off a bidirectional switch. In a buck mode, the low-voltage side switches are cut off and a plurality of diodes of the low-voltage side switches are conducted. Furthermore, the first high-voltage side switches are complemented and are operated with a second fixed duty cycle (less than 0.5) while the second high-voltage side switches are conducted and cut off alternatively and the bidirectional switch is switched on and off.
US09787199B2
The power reception amount of input power from an AC power supply is controlled through a first switching circuit. DC voltage is controlled through a second switching circuit, to control charge power for a first DC voltage source. DC voltage obtained by a third switching circuit is converted to AC by an inverter, to supply the resultant power to an AC load. DC voltage is controlled through a fourth switching circuit, to control charge power for a second DC voltage source. Thus, distribution control of the input power is performed. In addition, in the distribution control of the input power, operation of the second switching circuit or the fourth switching circuit is stopped to allow stop of the charging for the first DC voltage source or the second DC voltage source.
US09787197B2
A switching power supply unit includes input terminals, output terminals, first to third primary windings and first to third secondary windings, a switching circuit, a rectifying smoothing circuit, and a driver. In the switching circuit, first and second switching devices, third and fourth switching devices, and first and second capacitors, coupled in series to one another, are disposed in parallel between the input terminals. In the rectifying smoothing circuit, first to third arms, each having two of rectifying devices disposed in series, are disposed in parallel between the output terminals, the first secondary winding is coupled between the first and the second arms to form an H-bridge coupling, the second and the third secondary windings are coupled between the second and the third arms to form an H-bridge coupling, and a choke coil is disposed between the first to the third arms and an output capacitor.
US09787195B1
A DC-to-AC inverter provides power to a DC-to-AC converter via an isolation transformer. The DC-to-AC converter drives a DC load. A sensing circuit on the primary side of the isolation transformer senses the current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer. A capacitor is connected across the primary winding in parallel with the magnetizing inductance of the primary winding to form a parallel L-C combination. The capacitance of the capacitor is selected with respect to the magnetizing inductance such that the parallel L-C combination resonates at a nominal steady-state operating frequency of the DC-to-AC inverter, which causes the current through the primary winding to be proportional to a current through the DC load. The current through the primary winding is sensed and provided as a feedback signal to the DC-to-AC inverter to cause the DC-to-AC inverter to adjust the operating frequency to maintain the current at a desired magnitude.
US09787193B2
A switching power supply includes: a rectifying unit; a Bulk capacitor; a converter; a monitoring circuit; a control circuit, controlling discharging of the Bulk capacitor, being configured to perform controls such that the voltage across the Bulk capacitor maintains the peak value after the Bulk capacitor having been charged to a peak value of AC voltage, and to perform controls such that the Bulk capacitor discharges from a peak value when the instantaneous absolute value of the AC voltage is smaller than or equal to the preset voltage. A method for controlling a voltage of a Bulk capacitor in the switching power supply includes detecting an instantaneous absolute value of the AC voltage; comparing the detected instantaneous absolute value of the AC voltage with a preset voltage; and controlling discharging and charging state of the Bulk capacitor according to comparison results.
US09787183B2
A driver and a driving control method for a power converter are provided. The driver includes a level shift circuit, a negative voltage generator and a first PMOS transistor. The level shift circuit provides an output signal, wherein the output signal has a first operation voltage and a second operation voltage. When the output signal received by the negative voltage generator is the first operation voltage, the negative voltage generator outputs the first operation voltage. When the output signal received by the negative voltage generator is the second operation voltage, the negative voltage generator generates and outputs a third operation voltage, and the third operation voltage is lower than the second operation voltage. A control terminal of the first PMOS transistor is coupled to an output terminal of the negative voltage generator. An output terminal of the first PMOS transistor provides a driving voltage.
US09787182B2
A self-adaption current control circuit includes: a regulating transistor, a first sampling comparison circuit, a proportion control circuit, a variable sampling resistor, and a second sampling comparison circuit. The self-adaption current control circuit adjusts the resistance value of the variable sampling resistor and the coefficient of the proportion circuit simultaneously through the proportion control circuit. Meanwhile, the resistance value of the variable sampling resistor and the coefficient of the proportion circuit can be increased or decreased in the same proportion so that the input voltage of a second sampling comparison circuit can be in an appropriate input range.
US09787173B2
A multilevel converter has a plurality of series-connected sub modules, which each have at least one first switch, one second switch and one capacitor. Current is output by way of the capacitor during discharging phases and current is received or charging the capacitor during charging phases. At least one of the sub modules has two part-modules that are galvanically connected to each other or are formed by two part-modules that are galvanically connected to each other. Each has a first switch, a second switch and a capacitor, and a first and a second part-module terminal. The galvanic connection between the two part-modules includes at least one inductive element.
US09787168B2
Disclosed is a linear synchronous motor comprising an elongate stator extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of coil windings, and a runner having a multiplicity of successive magnets disposed along the length thereof the longitudinal direction. The elongate stator has a plurality of elongate-stator segments arranged successively in the longitudinal direction, with each elongate-stator segment separated from the next successive elongate-stator segment by a gap. A total section length of one elongate-stator segment and an adjacent gap is a constant value over a plurality of successive elongate-stator segments, wherein a runner length measured in the longitudinal direction across all magnets successively disposed on the runner, is an integer multiple of the total section length.
US09787164B2
The invention relates to an electrical machine (1, 51), in particular an asynchronous machine, comprising a stator (2), a rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis (3) and magnetically interacts with the stator (2) during operation of the electrical machine (1, 51), a shaft (5) on which the rotor (4) is fixed and which has an axial hole (6), and an inflow element (7, 47) which extends into the axial hole (6) such that a coolant (15), in particular a cooling liquid (15), can flow into the axial hole (6) from the inflow element (7, 47). The invention also relates to a cooling system (50) comprising an electrical machine (1, 51) and a coolant circuit (55) for transporting the coolant (15), in particular the cooling liquid (15), through the axial hole (6), and to a vehicle (61) comprising a cooling system (50).
US09787161B2
A method and apparatus for gas compression and expansion that simultaneously serves as storage tank for the compressed gas, and heat exchanger for heat transfer to the environment to maintain near-isothermal conditions.
US09787160B2
An electrical machine with a rotor or the stator including a plurality of discrete field modules, and the other one of the rotor and the stator including a plurality of armature coils connected to different power converters. Each field module includes one or more field coils which can be activated independent of the field coils of the neighbouring field modules. When at least one of the field coils is inactivated, e.g. because of a defect, each of the power converters is allowing less power to pass through when an armature coil connected to it is moving over an inactivated field coil, and more power to pass through when the armature coil connected to it is moving over an activated field coil.
US09787151B2
An energy conversion system includes rotor, stator and shell components configurations for increasing power efficiency and improving replacement and repair efficiency. The system harvests environmental energy for lower power generation and accounts for non-mechanical sources of rotational resistance within the generator.
US09787144B2
According to an embodiment, a rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a first coil, first magnetic poles and second magnetic poles. The stator includes a second coil, third magnetic poles and fourth magnetic poles. One of a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole opposite to the first magnetic pole is formed such that a leading end of the one of the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole lies opposite a central portion of an opposite surface of the stator. One of a third magnetic pole and a fourth magnetic pole opposite to the third magnetic pole is formed such that a leading end of the one of the third magnetic pole and the fourth magnetic pole lies opposite a central portion of an opposite surface of the rotor.
US09787136B2
Examples disclose a system comprising a power supply, coupled to an output power and an auxiliary power. The system is further comprising a controller to interrupt the output power through a switch coupled to the output. The controller is to interrupt the output power based a determination the output power is below an output threshold. The controller is further to interrupt the auxiliary power coupled to the output. The controller is to interrupt the auxiliary power based on a determination the auxiliary power is below an auxiliary threshold. Additionally, the system discloses the switch is to disconnect the output power.
US09787122B2
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to applying a charge pulse to the terminals of the battery during a charging operation, measure a plurality of voltages of the battery which are in response to the first charge pulse, determine a charge pulse voltage (CPV) of the battery, wherein the charge pulse voltage is a peak voltage which is in response to the first charge pulse, determine whether the CPV of the battery is within a predetermined range or greater than a predetermined upper limit value and adapt one or more characteristics of a charge packet if the CPV is outside the predetermined range or is greater than a predetermined upper limit value.
US09787119B2
Provided are: an electric storage device having improved reliability in charging a storage battery; and a charging method. This electric storage device is provided with: an SOC calculation section which calculates a charge rate when a battery voltage reached a predetermined value, in the cases where the battery voltage reached the predetermined value when a lithium ion storage battery is being charged; a voltage difference calculation section, which calculates a battery voltage difference corresponding to a difference between the charge rate and a charge rate at which lithium is deposited; a charge complete voltage calculation means, which calculates a charge complete voltage by adding the voltage difference to the battery voltage obtained when the battery voltage reached the predetermined value; and a charge control means, which completes the charging of the lithium ion storage battery in the cases where the battery voltage reached the charge complete voltage.
US09787118B2
A balancing circuits and methods for hybrid batteries having two different rechargeable batteries that are coupled in series includes coupling a fuel gauge to each battery to determine the state of charge of each battery, comparing the state of charge of the two batteries, and if the state of charge of the two batteries is more than a predetermined difference, then enabling a switching converter to source current to a node between the batteries or to sink current from the node between the batteries, as required to tend to equalize the state of charge of the two batteries. Otherwise, if the state of charge of the two batteries is equal within a predetermined allowance, then disabling the switching converter.
US09787109B2
A battery pack includes a battery pack housing defining an interior region with first and second interior spaces and an intermediate space. The battery pack housing includes inlet and outlet apertures communicating with the first and second interior spaces, respectively. The battery pack has a battery module disposed in the first interior space having a first battery cell and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger defines a first flow path portion therethrough. The battery pack has a fan assembly disposed in the intermediate space having a first electric fan, and a thermally conductive housing disposed in the second interior space that defines a second flow path portion. The first electric fan urges air to flow through the inlet aperture, the first flow path portion, a portion of the first electric fan, the second flow path portion, and the outlet aperture.
US09787107B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (2) for state of charge compensation having a battery system (10) for providing electrical energy comprising a series connection of a first battery sub-module (13) and a second battery sub-module (13′) having a first voltage conversion module (20′) wherein the first voltage conversion module (20′) is electrically connected to the second battery sub-module (13′), and wherein an electrical component (30) can be connected to the first voltage conversion module (20′) and can be supplied with electrical energy from the connected second battery sub-module (13′), wherein the apparatus (2) has a switching device (26) for switching an electrical connection between the first battery sub-module (13) and the first voltage conversion module (20′) and wherein the apparatus (2) has a control device (11) which is designed to control the switching device (26) such that electrical energy flows from the first battery sub-module (13) to the second battery sub-module (13′) and/or that electrical energy flows from the second battery sub-module (13′) to the first battery sub-module (13).
US09787106B2
A method (900) of reducing variation of an energy storage capacity of a battery across its cycle life is disclosed. The method can include the step (901) of monitoring one or more voltages of one or more cells of a battery for a predetermined discharge usage time. Where a profile of the one or more voltages during the predetermined discharge usage time meets a predefined usage criterion, the method can include the step (907) of increasing a discharge voltage limit of the one or more cells. An energy management circuit (614) can be configured with a control circuit (702) operable to increase the discharge limit and to limit discharge of the cells when the discharge limit is reached.
US09787104B2
The power transmission system includes a power transmitting device that transmits AC power and a power receiving device that receives the AC power. The power transmitting device includes AC converters, a power-transmitting side resonance coil, and a power-transmitting side controller. The power receiving device includes a power-receiving side resonance coil, a rectifier, a DC converter, a power-receiving side controller, and a power-source circuit.
US09787102B2
This invention is related to a novel method and apparatus that provides selective and enhanced power flow in wireless power transfer systems with multiple receivers. Auxiliary circuits are introduced in the receiver circuits (and relay circuits if applicable) so as to ensure proper frequency-selective wireless power flow to the appropriate targeted receivers, with the pickup power by the non-targeted receivers substantially reduced even if the chosen tuned frequencies for different receivers are not widely apart.
US09787099B2
A set of generators are connected in parallel using an electrical bus. One of the generators includes selectively connected inputs including a first input associated with a generator and a second input associated with the bus. A controller is configured to receive a first electrical characteristic from the first input assigned to a first connection and a second electrical characteristic from the second input assigned to a second connection. The controller is configured to generate a switching signal to assign the first input to the second connection or assign the second input to the first connection in response to a difference between the first electrical characteristic and the second electrical characteristic exceeding a threshold.
US09787094B2
A power demand regulation system has a power demand regulation device that regulates the load applied to equipment of an electrical power system by a load apparatus operating by means of power from the electrical power system, which supplies power to consumers. When regulating the load to the equipment, the power demand regulation device selects a load apparatus as the subject of a request for an alteration of operating state on the basis of by-apparatus load information, which is information of each load apparatus, and a regulation target value, which is the amount of load that is to be regulated, and, in the period from the start to the end of regulation, executes a plurality of times the outputting of an alteration request that requests the alteration of the operating state of the selected load apparatus.
US09787092B2
An aircraft power management system includes an electrical power supply input configured to be coupled to an electrical power supply, a first power supply bus bar coupled to the power supply input, at least one primary electrical equipment including a primary load coupled in parallel to the first power supply bus bar, a bus bar switch configured to selectively deactivate the first power supply bus bar downstream of the at least one primary electrical equipment, a load monitoring device configured to monitor the power demand of the primary load and to output a deactivation signal to the bus bar switch for selectively deactivating the first power supply bus bar, if the monitored power demand of the primary load exceeds a primary threshold, and at least one tertiary electrical equipment including a tertiary load coupled to the first power supply bus bar downstream of the at least one primary electrical equipment.
US09787086B2
To protect an electrical load connected to an output port from anomalous electricity in an apparatus that provides output electricity at the output port from input electricity accepted through an input port thereof, an input sensing unit is electrically connected to the input port and configured to indicate an overvoltage event. A power control unit generates, responsive to the overvoltage event, a modulation signal that defines at least one amplitude notch of variable temporal width. A switching mechanism electrically interposed between the input port and the output port transitions into conducting and non-conducting states in accordance with the modulation signal to superimpose the amplitude notch on electricity conveyed to the output port through the switching mechanism.
US09787079B2
An over-current protection circuit including, a current supply switch with a first terminal coupled to a supply current input and with a second terminal coupled to a supply current output. The current supply switch is switchable at least between an on-state, in which the current supply switch provides a conductive connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and an off-state, in which the current supply switch interrupts the conductive connection between the first terminal and the second terminal. The over-current protection circuit receives a supply current via the supply current input and provides the supply current via the supply current output if the switch is in the on-state. The current supply switch includes a High Electron Mobility Transistor.
US09787063B2
A sealing ring for a spark plug that has an external thread for screwing into an internal combustion engine, a collar and a thread undercut between the external thread and the collar. The sealing ring includes a ring-shaped solid sealing element made from metal. The sealing element has two planar annular sealing surfaces that are arranged parallel to one another. An annular retaining element composed of an elastomer for engaging in the thread undercut of the spark plug in a self-retaining manner is attached to the sealing element on the inner ring side thereof. Also included is a spark plug comprising such a sealing ring, and an internal combustion engine comprising such spark plugs.
US09787059B2
A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a multilayer body including a first end surface and a second end surface which are opposed to each other, wherein a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer are stacked; a pair of recesses that are formed on the second semiconductor layer, separated from the second end surface, and separated from each other in the direction parallel to the first and second end surfaces; a ridge portion that is a protrusion between the pair of recesses and extends along the direction perpendicular to the first and second end surfaces; a band-shaped electrode disposed on the ridge portion; and a light guide layer formed on the second semiconductor layer between the ridge portion and the second end surface and guides light from the light emitting layer.
US09787052B2
A technique related to a semiconductor chip is provided. An optical gain chip is attached to a semiconductor substrate. An integrated photonic circuit is on the semiconductor substrate, and the optical gain chip is optically coupled to the integrated photonic circuit thereby forming a laser cavity. The integrated photonic circuit includes an active intra-cavity thermo-optic optical phase tuner element, an intra-cavity optical band-pass filter, and an output coupler band-reflect optical grating filter with passive phase compensation. The active intra-cavity thermo-optic optical phase tuner element, the intra-cavity optical band-pass filter, and the output coupler band-reflect optical grating filter with passive phase compensation are optically coupled together.
US09787051B2
Compact optical frequency sources are described. The comb source may include an intra-cavity optical element having a multi-material integrated structure with an electrically controllable active region. The active region may comprise a thin film. By way of example, the thin film and an insulating dielectric material disposed between two electrodes can provide for rapid loss modulation. In some embodiments the thin film may comprise graphene. In various embodiments of a frequency comb laser, rapid modulation of the CEO frequency can be implemented via electric modulation of the transmission or reflection loss of an additional optical element, which can be the saturable absorber itself. In another embodiment, the thin film can also be used as a saturable absorber in order to facilitate passive modelocking. In some implementations the optical element may be formed on a cleaved or polished end of an optical fiber.
US09787045B2
A method for installing a wedge connector positioned between two conductive cables includes connecting a head coupler portion of a disconnect assembly to a wedge frame, wherein the head coupler portion includes an extension rod within a longitudinal bore; positioning the wedge frame and a first end of the extension rod against the wedge connector; connecting the head coupler portion to a tool coupler portion of the disconnect assembly, wherein the tool coupler portion is connected to a hydraulic drive tool that includes a ram; causing the hydraulic drive tool to apply force to a second end of the extension rod, wherein applying the force to the second end causes the first end to apply force to the wedge connector; and disconnecting the head coupler portion from the tool coupler portion.
US09787035B1
The present disclosure relates to an electrical plug connector, such as a high-voltage plug connector, for a vehicle. The plug connector comprises a plug with a plug casing, one or more electrical contact parts accommodated in the plug casing, a socket with a socket casing, and a protective housing at least partly encasing the plug casing and the socket casing. The protective housing comprises an attachment flange in a connection area reaching up to a counterpart connectable thereto. An engagement ridge of the protective housing is spaced apart from the attachment flange in the longitudinal direction L of the plug connector and at least positively engages in an engagement channel of the plug casing.
US09787032B1
Ground springs for connector receptacles. The ground springs may protect circuitry in an electronic device from stray voltages when a connector insert is inserted into a connector receptacle housed in the electronic device. One example may have a contacting portion located such that when a connector insert is mated with the connector receptacle, the contacting portion of the ground spring electrically connects to a shield of the connector insert before a ground contact of the connector insert electrically connects to a signal contact on a tongue of the connector receptacle.
US09787026B2
An electrical connector includes first and second connector parts and an electrical connection detector. The electrical connection detector includes a contact spring with a spring contact on the first connector part and a contact strip on the second connector part. The electric connection detector establishes an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together. The second connector part includes an electrically insulating protrusion which forms a guide bevel that rises in a joining direction of the first connector part toward the second connector part. The spring contact is guided over the guide bevel, rests behind the protrusion, and physically contacts the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together to thereby establish an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip.
US09787021B2
A connector unit for connecting at least two cables includes a male part, a female part, and a shuttle piston. The shuttle piston includes at least one magnetic connecting device for establishing a magnetic connection between the shuttle piston, and at least one magnetic connecting aid of the male part and at least one latching structure for establishing a force-fitting connection between the shuttle piston and the female part. The male part includes the magnetic connecting aid for interaction with the magnetic connecting device of the shuttle piston for establishing the magnetic connection between the shuttle piston and the male part, and an interaction area for interaction in a force-fitting manner with at least one backing latch of the female part. The female part includes the backing latch for establishing the force-fitting connection and for interacting at least with the interaction area of the male part in a force-fitting manner.
US09787010B1
An electrical connector has at least one latch that is rotatable on the connector body to allow a module board to be clamped between an upper clamp surface of the latch and a lower clamp surface of the connector body. The electrical connector has connector pins having contact points within an opening of the connector body. When a module board is inserted into the opening, the contact points are pushed from a first height elevation to a second height elevation, which is level with the lower clamp surface.
US09787008B2
A USB cable end connector and the method of making the same are disclosed. The cable end connector includes a first contact module, a second contact module, a central grounding unit sandwiched between the two contact modules, a shielding shell enclosing the first and the second contact modules; and a grounding means attached to the first and the second contact modules along a height direction of the connector. The grounding means includes an upper grounding pad and a lower grounding pad. The upper grounding pad and the lower grounding pad are assembled to a first and a second insulators of the contact modules along a height direction, respectively. The upper grounding pad is sandwiched between the first contact module and the shielding shell. The lower grounding pad is sandwiched between the second contact module and the shielding shell.
US09786997B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing antenna structures to optimize transmission and reception of wireless signals from ground-based signal distribution devices, which include, but are not limited to, pedestals, hand holes, and/or network access point platforms. Wireless applications with such devices and systems might include, without limitation, wireless signal transmission and reception in accordance with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad/af standards, UMTS, CDMA, LTE, PCS, AWS, EAS, BRS, and/or the like. In some embodiments, an antenna might be provided within a signal distribution device, which might include a container disposed in a ground surface. A top portion of the container might be substantially level with a top portion of the ground surface. The antenna might be communicatively coupled to one or more of at least one conduit, at least one optical fiber, at least one conductive signal line, or at least one power line via the container.
US09786988B2
The invention relates to a source for a reflector antenna, comprising: a pseudo-cavity, a first sigma excitation device for exciting the pseudo-cavity in such a way as to generate a sum channel signal via a coaxial waveguide, a second excitation device for exciting the pseudo-cavity in such a way as to generate a difference channel signal, the second device comprising eight probes angularly distributed around a principal emission axis of the source, and a difference supply circuit for supplying the eight excitation probes according to the two modes TE21.
US09786983B2
Provided is an antenna device including an antenna element configured to receive a broadcast wave and a signal that is superimposed on the broadcast wave and then is transmitted, a ground element having a predetermined length, the ground element being configured to be capable of adjusting a relative position with respect to the antenna element, and a feeding part to which the antenna element and the ground element are connected and from which the signal received by the antenna element is taken out.
US09786976B2
A transmission line design includes a first transmission line configured to transfer at least one first signal. The transmission line design further includes a second transmission line configured to transfer at least one second signal, wherein the second transmission line is spaced from the first transmission line. The transmission line design further includes a high-k dielectric material between the first transmission line and the second transmission line. The transmission line design further includes a dielectric material surrounding the high-k dielectric material, the first transmission line and the second transmission line, wherein the dielectric material is different from the high-k dielectric material.
US09786975B2
A transmission line is provided and includes a center conductor suspended above a ground plane and comprising a line of printed, self-supporting metallic material, ground walls disposed on either side of the center conductor and comprising stacked lines of printed metallic material and a lid suspended above the center conductor between the ground walls and comprising arrayed lines of the printed, self-supporting metallic material.
US09786973B2
Techniques for implementing tunable lumped element filters with transmission line sections. Transmission lines sections are used to implement one or more inductive or capacitance component elements of the filter. The filter is tunable by changing the dielectric constants of the transmission lines. In particular implementations there is an individual transmission line section for each lumped element component of a filter. Different filter circuits may be combined to provide a universal tunable filter assembly.
US09786960B2
An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage devices aligned in a first direction and each having an electrode terminal extending in a direction orthogonal to the first direction; a holding member configured to hold the plurality of electric storage devices; and a circuit case housing a circuit thereinside, wherein the holding member has an opening, and the circuit case is formed into a size corresponding to the opening so as to close the opening.
US09786956B2
Apparatus and methods to reduce granule disruption during manufacture of electrochemical cells, such as a metal halide electrochemical cell, are provided. In one embodiment, a current collector can include a diffuser strip extending beneath an aperture configured to receive an injection stream of molten electrolyte. The diffuser strip can be configured to dissipate an injection stream of molten electrolyte when the molten electrolyte is injected into an electrochemical cell. In this way, disruption of a granule bed by the injection of the molten electrolyte during manufacture of the electrochemical cell can be reduced.
US09786952B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a high-capacity, long-life lithium secondary cell suppressing a reduction in capacity particularly with respect to use under a high-temperature environment, and having improved cycle properties. The lithium secondary cell comprises a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode active material layer containing a silicon-based material as a negative electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution in which the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer are immersed, the electrolytic solution contains one or more of specific cyclic acid anhydrides.
US09786949B2
An object of the present invention or a problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide, as a material for use as a positive electrode of a sodium secondary battery, a novel material that allows the resulting battery to have capacity characteristics superior to those of conventional batteries. The composite metal oxide of the present invention has a composition represented by the general formula NaxMeyO2, where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, and Ni, x satisfies 0.8
US09786942B2
A membrane electrode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first gas diffusion layer and a first catalyst layer. The second electrode includes a second gas diffusion layer and a second catalyst layer. The first catalyst layer or the second catalyst layer includes a carbon nanotube-metal particle composite including carbon nanotubes, polymer layer, and metal particles. The polymer layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotubes and defines a plurality of pores uniformly distributed; the metal particles are located in the pores. A fuel cell including the membrane electrode is also disclosed.
US09786941B2
A membrane electrode assembly for fuel cells includes a proton conducting membrane having a first side and a second side. The proton conducting membrane in turn includes a first polymer including cyclic polyether groups and a second polymer having sulfonic acid groups. The membrane electrode assembly further includes an anode disposed over the first side of the proton conducting layer and a cathode catalyst layer disposed over the second side of the proton conducting layer.
US09786930B2
A fuel cell system and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes rapidly increasing an angular speed of a rotating magnetic field of an induction motor to maximize iron loss of the induction motor, thereby resulting in an increase in the temperature of a rise cell stack. The method further includes eliminating torque of a driving motor generated by an increase in the angular speed of the rotating magnetic field, using a torque eliminator. The torque eliminator includes a P-stage reducer or a hydraulic break.
US09786919B2
Current collector, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device having superior shut down function are provided. According to the present invention, a current collector having a resin layer on at least one side of a conductive substrate is provided. Here, thermoplastic resin particles substantially free of a conductive agent are dispersed in a thermosetting resin base material containing the conductive agent to structure the resin layer; a value of mass ratio given by (thermoplastic resin particles)/(conductive agent) is 0.3 to 1.5; and a value given by (average thickness of conductive agent)/(average thickness of thermoplastic resin particles) is 0.3 to 4.0.
US09786915B2
A solid state lithium carbon monofluoride battery includes an anode comprising Li, a solid electrolyte, and a cathode including CFx and LPS. The cathode can also include a carbon compound. The solid electrolyte can include LPS. The LPS can include β-Li3PS4. The cathode LPS can include β-Li3PS4. A method of making a battery is also disclosed.
US09786913B2
To provide a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrode rechargeable battery, with which it is possible to improve input/output characteristics, particularly by reducing resistance in a low SOC state in which DCIR increases, and to provide a manufacturing method for same. The cathode active material includes layered hexagonal crystal lithium nickel manganese composite oxide particles represented by the general formula (A): Li1+uNixMnyCozMtO2 (where 0≦u≦0.20, x+y+z+t=1, 0.30≦x ≦0.70, 0.10≦y≦0.55, 0≦z≦0.40, 0≦t≦0.10, and M is one or more elements selected from Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W), and further including Na, Mg, Ca and SO4, in which the total amount of Na, Mg and Ca is 0.01 to 0.1 mass %, the amount of SO4 is 0.1 to 1.0 mass %, and the ratio of the integrated intensity of the diffraction peak on plane (003) to that on plane (104) obtained by powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα rays is 1.20 or greater.
US09786911B2
Disclosed is a cathode active material for secondary batteries comprising at least one compound selected from the following formula 1: (1−s−t)[Li(LiaMn(1−a−x−y)NixCoy)O2]*s[Li2CO3]*t[LiOH] (1) wherein 0
US09786909B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a lithium compound and a negative electrode current collector supporting the lithium compound. A log differential intrusion curve obtained when a pore size diameter of the negative electrode is measured by mercury porosimetry has a peak in a pore size diameter range of 0.03 to 0.2 μm and attenuates with a decrease in pore size diameter from an apex of the peak. A specific surface area (excluding a weight of the negative electrode current collector) of pores of the negative electrode found by mercury porosimetry is 6 to 100 m2/g. A ratio of a volume of pores having a pore size diameter of 0.05 μm or less to a total pore volume is 20% or more.
US09786906B2
Composite materials for a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The composite materials comprise Li[M1−xLix]O2 or yLi2MnO3.(1−y)LiMO2 (M=Ni, Co, Mn, 0
US09786882B2
The invention relates to an arrangement comprising an energy storage module, a module carrier, particularly a vehicle body, and a ball lock bolt for fastening the energy storage module on the module carrier.
US09786875B2
The invention relates to a power storage module (10) capable of containing a plurality of power storage elements (14), the module including: a housing (16) including at least a plurality of side walls and two end walls (18A; 18B), the side walls consisting of one piece (20) having a closed outline and being sized so as to surround the power storage elements; a wall (22) for supporting the power storage elements, which is separate from the walls of the housing, and which extends essentially parallel to one of the side walls, referred to as a reference wall (20A); a means (24A-24B) for changing the position of the supporting wall (22) between at least an assembly position, in which the supporting wall is located at a first distance from the reference wall (20A), and an operating position, in which the supporting wall is located at a second distance from the reference wall (20A) that is greater than the first distance.
US09786874B2
Disclosed herein is an electrode assembly including two or more unit cells, each of which includes a cathode, an anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, electrode tabs protruding from the respective electrodes, wherein the unit cells are stacked in a height direction on the basis of a plane, at least two of the unit cells having different planer sizes, and one or more corners of each of the unit cells, which do not tangent to one side of each of the unit cells at which the electrode tabs are formed, are round.
US09786867B2
A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting display device that includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode in a display area of a display substrate, and an organic light emitting display device, the method including forming an auxiliary electrode in a non-display area of the display substrate; forming a first electrode that is electrically connected with the drain electrode and the auxiliary electrode; providing a magnetic particle on the first electrode in the non-display area of the display substrate, the magnetic particle being carried in an organic material; fixing the magnetic particle to the first electrode using a first electromagnet; removing the organic material; forming an organic light emitting material on the first electrode and the magnetic particle; removing the magnetic particle and the organic light emitting material formed on the magnetic particle using a second electromagnet provided at a distance from the magnetic particle; and forming a second electrode on the first electrode and the organic light emitting material.
US09786863B2
Provided is a white organic light emitting device which can improve abnormal light emission and efficiency and reliability of the device.A white organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first light emitting unit including a first emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; a second light emitting unit including a second emitting layer on the first light emitting unit; and a charge generation layer between the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and a volume of a metal in the charge generation layer is 1.0% or less of the total volume of the charge generation layer.
US09786858B2
The invention provides a light emitting device, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting layer comprises an emitting material having a first triplet energy level (T1); and an exciton quenching layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the exciton quenching layer comprises a non-emitting quenching material having a second triplet energy level (T1); wherein the exciton quenching layer is disposed adjacent to the light emitting layer; wherein the emitting material emits by phosphorescence or delayed fluorescence; and wherein the first triplet energy level (T1) is higher than the second triplet energy level (T1). Methods of making the same are also provided.
US09786857B2
A field effect transistor photodetector that can operate in room temperature includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a channel to allow an electric current to flow between the drain and source electrodes, and a gate electrode to receive a bias voltage for controlling the current in the channel. The photodetector includes a light-absorbing material that absorbs light and traps electric charges. The light-absorbing material is configured to generate one or more charges upon absorbing light having a wavelength within a specified range and to hold the one or more charges. The one or more charges held in the light-absorbing material reduces the current flowing through the channel.
US09786855B2
A polymer based photo-detector has photoresponsivity in Ultraviolet, Visible, Near and Mid Infrared regions. The photo-detector comprises a single layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a photoactive layer; with no additional buffer layer for accepting Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared radiation as well as no buffer layer to block charge carrier injection. The PVA layer's photoresponsivity is extended from Ultraviolet to Near Infrared by changing its nano-morphology on a low thermal device structure. The primarily photo-generated charge carriers diffuse through the amorphous part of the polymer layer and split into charge carriers on the electrodes or by the charge traps in the layer. The charge carrier generation is in the picosecond range; thus the exciton and Polaron drift diffusion cause electrical conduction of the polymer layer under Ultraviolet illumination. The low thermal mass of the MEMS based structure reduces localized heating effect due to Infrared radiation, increasing responsivity of the photo-detector.
US09786844B2
Provided is a mask assembly, an apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a display apparatus using such mask assembly and apparatus. The mask assembly deposits a deposition material on a first pixel among a plurality of pixels disposed on a device substrate and including the first pixel and a second pixel includes a mask substrate, a molding layer stacked on the mask substrate and including a hole corresponding to a position of the second pixel, a blocking plate detachably mounted in the hole and configured to block the second pixel from the deposition material by covering the second pixel when the blocking plate is detached from the hole.
US09786838B2
An integrated circuit package including an integrated circuit die including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side including at least one magnetoresistive device formed thereon. The integrated circuit package also may include a first magnetic shield disposed on or adjacent the first side of the integrated circuit die, wherein the first magnetic shield is formed of a composite material.
US09786835B2
A design structure for an integrated radio frequency (RF) filter on a backside of a semiconductor substrate includes: a device on a first side of a substrate; a radio frequency (RF) filter on a backside of the substrate; and at least one substrate conductor extending from the front side of the substrate to the backside of the substrate and electrically coupling the RF filter to the device.
US09786827B2
A light-emitting diode package includes a package body. The package body includes an upper insulation substrate including upper conductive patterns, a lower insulation substrate including lower conductive patterns, and middle conductive patterns disposed between the upper insulation substrate and the lower insulation substrate. The package body also includes an upper via disposed in the upper insulation substrate, a lower via disposed in the lower insulation substrate, the upper via and the lower via not overlaid with each other.
US09786824B2
A method can be used for producing an optoelectronic component. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip has a front face and a rear face. A sacrificial layer is applied to the rear face. A molded body is formed the optoelectronic semiconductor chip being at least partially embedded in the molded body. The sacrificial layer is removed.
US09786819B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a conductive substrate and a first metal layer disposed on the substrate. The first metal layer is formed so as to be electrically connected with the substrate, and the first metal layer includes an Au based material. A joining layer is formed on the first metal layer. The joining layer includes a second metal layer including Au and a third metal layer including Au. A metallic contact layer and an insulating layer are formed on the joining layer. A semiconductor layer is formed on the metallic contact layer and the insulating layer and includes a red-based light emitting layer. An electrode is formed on the semiconductor layer and is made of metal. The insulating layer includes a patterned aperture, and at least a part of the metallic contact layer is formed in the aperture.
US09786806B2
A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate and a detection element and p-type and n-type MOS transistors, which are arranged on the silicon substrate, wherein the detection element includes a semiconductor layer, electrodes, and a Schottkey barrier disposed therebetween, the semiconductor layer is arranged just above a layer having the same composition and height as those of an impurity diffusion layer in the source or drain of the p-type or n-type MOS transistor, a region, in the silicon substrate, having the same composition and height as those of a channel region, in the silicon substrate, just below a gate oxide film of the p-type MOS transistor or the n-type MOS transistor, or a region, in the silicon substrate, having the same composition and height as those of a region just below a field oxide film disposed between the p-type and the n-type MOS transistor.
US09786798B2
A connection box for a photovoltaic module is provided and includes a housing, a diode, and a pair of connection terminals. The pair of connection terminals are electrically connected to each other through the diode, and each of the pair of connection terminals includes a base, first connection portion, and a second connection portion. The base is mounted on the housing. The first connection portion includes a first end integrally connected with the base and a first connection region connectable with the diode. The second connection portion includes a connection end electrically connected with the base and having a second connection region connectable with a bus bar.
US09786793B2
To increase the on-state current of a transistor whose channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor layer. To provide a transistor where a resistance-reducing element is introduced into a region of an oxide semiconductor layer which overlaps with part of a source or drain or part of a gate. For example, the thickness of a region of a conductive layer serving as a source or drain or a gate (at least part of a region overlapping with an oxide semiconductor layer) is made smaller than that of the other region of the conductive layer. A resistance-reducing element is introduced into the oxide semiconductor layer through the conductive layer thinned partly, thereby obtaining the oxide semiconductor layer where the resistance-reducing element is introduced into the region overlapping with part of the source or drain or part of the gate. Thus, the on-state current of the transistor can be increased.
US09786791B2
The disclosed provides a thin film transistor, an array substrate, a display device and methods of manufacturing the thin film transistor and the array substrate. An active layer of the thin film transistor is formed of metallic oxide material, and a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor both are formed of graphene or silver nanowire. The source electrode and the drain electrode are formed through an ink-jet printing process. Due to characteristics of graphene or silver nanowire, the manufacturing process of the thin film transistor may be simplified, the performance of the thin film transistor may be improved and the size of a channel region may be decreased. Further, an aperture ratio of the array substrate and the display device having such a thin film transistor may be increased.
US09786788B1
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of vertical-transport fin field effect transistors that are arranged at a locally-variable fin pitch. Within a first region of the device, a first plurality of fins are arranged at a first pitch (d1), and within a second region of the device, a second plurality of fins are arranged as a second pitch (d2) less than the first pitch. The second plurality of fins share merged source, drain and gate regions, while the source, drain and gate regions for the first plurality of fins are unmerged.
US09786787B2
A p channel TFT of a driving circuit has a single drain structure and its n channel TFT, an LDD structure. A pixel TFT has the LDD structure. A pixel electrode disposed in a pixel unit is connected to the pixel TFT through a hole bored in at least a protective insulation film formed of an inorganic insulating material and formed above a gate electrode of the pixel TFT, and in an inter-layer insulation film disposed on the insulation film in close contact therewith. These process steps use 6 to 8 photo-masks.
US09786784B1
A vertical fin field effect transistor (V-FinFET) is provided as follows. A T-shaped fin structure extend vertically from an upper surface of a substrate. The T-shaped fin structure includes a lower part and an upper part. The lower part is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate. The upper part of the T-shaped fin structure is vertically stacked on the lower part of the T-shaped fin structure. A gate insulating layer surrounds the lower part. A work-function-control pattern surrounds the lower part. The gate insulating layer is interposed between the work-function-control pattern and the lower part of the T-shaped fin structure. A gate electrode is disposed on a sidewall of the work-function-control pattern.
US09786780B2
An integrated circuit includes a gate structure over a substrate. A silicon-containing material structure is in each of recesses that are adjacent to the gate structure. The silicon-containing material structure has a first region and a second region, the second region is closer to the gate structure than the first region, and the first region is thicker than the second region.
US09786778B1
A semiconductor device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a silicon carbide layer of which at least a portion is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the silicon carbide layer including an n-type first silicon carbide region, a plurality of p-type second silicon carbide regions, and a plurality of n-type third silicon carbide regions. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of first conductive layers each of which is in contact with the n-type first silicon carbide region, a number n, n being 2, 3, 4 or 5, of first gate electrodes that are provided between two adjacent first conductive layers of the plurality of first conductive layers, and extend in the first direction, and a plurality of first gate insulating layers each of which is provided between one of the n first gate electrodes and the n-type first silicon carbide region.
US09786772B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, having an emitter layer of a first conductivity type, a collector layer of a second conductivity type and a drift layer of the first conductivity type sandwiched therebetween, the emitter layer disposed at a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate and the collector layer disposed at a rear surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a base layer of the second conductivity type between the drift layer and the emitter layer, a buffer layer of the first conductivity type between the collector layer and the drift layer, the buffer layer having an impurity concentration higher than that of the drift layer, and having an impurity concentration profile with two peaks in regard to a depth direction from the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a defect layer, formed in the drift layer and having an impurity concentration profile with a half-value width of not more than 2 μm in regard to the depth direction from the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US09786770B1
A semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor structure having a side wall that is non planar and that extends farther outward at an upper portion than at a lower portion of the side wall. The semiconductor structure extends underneath a semiconductor layer wherein a top portion of the structure contacts the semiconductor layer.
US09786762B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film provided on the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode having a metal layer, a metal oxide layer and a silicon layer containing a dopant, provided sequentially on the gate insulating film; and a transistor having a gate insulating film and a gate electrode.
US09786761B2
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including an active region, an interfacial layer including a lower insulating layer on the active region, the lower insulating layer doped with a chalcogen element having an atomic weight equal to or greater than 16, a gate insulation layer on the interfacial layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer.
US09786760B1
Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having an air spacer between a gate and a contact by forming a gate on a substrate and over a channel region of a semiconductor fin. A contact is formed on a doped region of the substrate such that a space between the contact and the gate defines a trench. A first dielectric layer is formed over the gate and the contact such that the first dielectric layer partially fills the trench. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer such that an air spacer forms in the trench between the gate and the contact.
US09786757B2
This disclosure provides a horizontal structure by using a double STI recess method. The double STI recess method includes: forming a plurality of fins on the substrate; forming shallow trench isolation between the fins; performing first etch-back on the shallow trench isolation; forming source and drain regions adjacent to channels of the fins; and performing second etch-back on the shallow trench isolations to expose a lower portion of the fins as a larger process window for forming gates of the fins.
US09786743B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor stacked structure including at least an electron transit layer and an electron supply layer over a substrate. The electron supply layer includes a first portion and second portions sandwiching the first portion, and the first portion has a higher energy of a conduction band than that of the second portion, and includes a doped portion doped with an n-type impurity and undoped portions that sandwich the doped portion and are not doped with an impurity.
US09786716B2
Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor image sensor device. The method includes providing a substrate having a pixel region, a periphery region, and a bonding pad region. The substrate further has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The pixel region contains radiation-sensing regions. The method further includes forming a bonding pad in the bonding pad region; and forming light-blocking structures over the second side of the substrate, at least in the pixel region, after the bonding pad has been formed.
US09786708B2
A solid-state image pickup unit including a pixel section having a plurality of unit pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix formation, wherein a unit pixel includes a conductive region of a first conductivity type having a surface adjacent to a multilayer wiring layer, a charge accumulation region of a second conductivity type formed within the first conductive region, wherein the charge accumulation region is separated from the surface of the conductive region adjacent to the multilayer wiring layer by a separation section, and a contact disposed in the conductive region, the contact electrically connecting the charge accumulation region and an external wire of the multilayer wiring layer.
US09786707B2
Image sensors comprising an isolation region according to embodiments are disclosed, as well as methods of forming the image sensors with isolation region. An embodiment is a structure comprising a semiconductor substrate, a photo element in the semiconductor substrate, and an isolation region in the semiconductor substrate. The isolation region is proximate the photo element and comprises a dielectric material and an epitaxial region. The epitaxial region is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the dielectric material.
US09786701B2
A circuit may include an array of single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cells, each SPAD cell configured to be selectively enabled by an activation signal. The circuit may include a control circuit configured to selectively enable a subset of the array of SPAD cells based on a measured count rate of the array of SPAD cells.
US09786689B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.
US09786683B1
This nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a memory cell; a wiring part connecting the memory cell array to an external circuit; and a transistor that connects the wiring part and the external circuit, the transistor including: a first insulating layer including a first region, a second region, and a third region, the second and third regions being disposed on both sides of the first region, and a height of an upper surface of the first region being lower than those of the second region and the third region; a semiconductor layer disposed along upper surfaces of the first region, the second region, and the third region; and a gate electrode layer disposed via the semiconductor layer and a gate insulating film, on an upper part of the second region.
US09786681B1
Memory-opening semiconductor material portions and support opening fill structures can be simultaneously formed through a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first sacrificial material layers. Dopant species that retard or prevent etching of the material of the support opening fill structures can be implanted into an upper portion of each support opening fill structure, while memory-opening semiconductor material portions are masked from implantation. After formation of a second alternating stack and second openings therethrough, the sacrificial material of the memory-opening semiconductor material portions is removed while the support opening fill structures is not removed. Damage to the first sacrificial material layers during formation of the staircase contact region and resulting leakage paths from word lines to the substrate through support pillar structures can be avoided or reduced by not removing the support opening fill structures.
US09786679B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a mask layer on the stacked body. The method includes forming a stopper film in a part of the mask layer. The method includes forming a plurality of mask holes in the mask layer. The mask holes include a first mask hole overlapping on the stopper film. The method includes, by etching using the mask layer, forming holes in the stacked body under other mask holes than the first mask hole on the stopper film, but not forming holes in the stacked body under the stopper film. The method includes forming memory films and channel bodies in the holes.
US09786676B2
A vertical memory device includes a channel, a dummy channel, a plurality of gate electrodes, and a support pattern. The channel extends in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate. The dummy channel extends from the upper surface of the substrate in the first direction. The plurality of gate electrodes are formed at a plurality of levels, respectively, spaced apart from each other in the first direction on the substrate. Each of the gate electrodes surrounds outer sidewalls of the channel and the dummy channel. The support pattern is between the upper surface of the substrate and a first gate electrode among the gate electrodes. The first gate electrode is at a lowermost one of the levels. The channel and the dummy channel contact each other between the upper surface of the substrate and the first gate electrode.
US09786674B2
Provided is a method of forming a decoupling capacitor device and the device thereof. The decoupling capacitor device includes a first dielectric layer portion that is deposited in a deposition process that also deposits a second dielectric layer portion for a non-volatile memory cell. Both portions are patterned using a single mask. A system-on-chip (SOC) device is also provided, the SOC include an RRAM cell and a decoupling capacitor situated in a single inter-metal dielectric layer. Also a method for forming a process-compatible decoupling capacitor is provided. The method includes patterning a top electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a bottom electrode layer to form a non-volatile memory element and a decoupling capacitor.
US09786671B2
Niobium-containing film forming compositions are disclosed, along with methods of synthesizing the same, and methods of forming Niobium-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes using the Niobium-containing film forming compositions.
US09786670B2
To increase a storage capacity of a memory module per unit area, and to provide a memory module with low power consumption, a transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor film, a silicon carbide film, a gallium nitride film, or the like, which is highly purified and has a wide band gap of 2.5 eV or higher is used for a DRAM, so that a retention period of potentials in a capacitor can be extended. Further, a memory cell has n capacitors with different capacitances and the n capacitors are each connected to a corresponding one of n data lines, so that a variety of the storage capacitances can be obtained and multilevel data can be stored. The capacitors may be stacked for reducing the area of the memory cell.
US09786669B2
A semiconductor device that can transmit and receive data without contact is popular partly as some railway passes, electronic money cards, and the like; however, it has been a prime task to provide an inexpensive semiconductor device for further popularization. In view of the above current conditions, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a memory with a simple structure for providing an inexpensive semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. A memory element included in the memory includes a layer containing an organic compound, and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a TFT provided in the memory element portion is used as a conductive layer which forms a bit line of the memory element.
US09786661B2
A semiconductor device including a gate structure on a channel region portion of a fin structure, and at least one of an epitaxial source region and an epitaxial drain region on a source region portion and a drain region portion of the fin structure. At least one of the epitaxial source region portion and the epitaxial drain region portion include a first concentration doped portion adjacent to the fin structure, and a second concentration doped portion on the first concentration doped portion. The second concentration portion has a greater dopant concentration than the first concentration doped portion. An extension dopant region extending into the channel portion of the fin structure having an abrupt dopant concentration gradient of n-type or p-type dopants of 7 nm per decade or greater.
US09786659B2
A semiconductor component has a semiconductor body zone, a first electrically conductive layer adjacent to the semiconductor body zone, a first dielectric layer with first dielectric properties and a second dielectric layer with second dielectric properties. The first dielectric properties differ from the second dielectric properties. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are arranged between the semiconductor body zone and the first electrically conductive layer. A second electrically conductive layer is applied between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. A first voltage divider is switched between the first electrically conductive layer and the semiconductor body zone. The second electrically conductive layer is electrically conductively connected only to the voltage divider.
US09786655B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate arranged oppositely; a sealant disposed in non-display areas; and a peripheral wiring disposed in the non-display areas of the array substrate and/or the opposite substrate and including at least one electrostatic discharge (ESD) structure.
US09786648B1
An IC includes logic cells, selected from a standard cell library, and fill cells, configured for compatibility with the standard logic cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The IC includes such NCEM-enabled fill cells configured to enable detection and/or measurement of a variety of short-circuit failure modes, including at least one chamfer-short-related failure mode, one AACNT-short-related failure mode, one GATECNT-short-related failure mode, and one TS-short-related failure mode.
US09786642B1
A miniaturized LED package substrate allowing for the better installation of an electrostatic protection device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a circuit layer. The circuit layer is positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and electrically connected to the upper substrate and the lower substrate. At least one cavity is defined at the lower substrate, and each of the at least one cavity passes through the lower substrate to expose a portion of the circuit layer.
US09786638B2
Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device including a plurality of first light-emitting elements mounted in a matrix form on a common wiring board. Each of the first light-emitting elements has a single crystal semiconductor multilayer structure and is a semiconductor element in the form of a chip that emits light in a given band of wavelengths. When attention is focused on the plurality of first light-emitting elements that belong in a given area of all the plurality of first light-emitting elements, the orientations of the common crystal axes of the first light-emitting elements adjacent to each other at least in one of the row and column directions differ.
US09786630B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method improves the yield of manufacturing semiconductor devices. There are provided an insulating film for covering multiple bonding pads, a first protective film over the insulating film, and a second protective film over the first protective film. In semiconductor chips, multiple electrode layers are coupled electrically to each of the bonding pads via first openings formed in the insulating film and second openings formed in the first protective film. Multiple bump electrodes are coupled electrically to each of the electrode layers via third openings formed in the second protective film. In pseudo chips, the second openings are formed in the first protective film and the third openings are formed in the second protective film. The insulating film is exposed at the bottom of the second openings coinciding with the third openings. A protective tape is applied to a principal plane to cover the bump electrodes.
US09786628B2
A package component includes a surface dielectric layer including a planar top surface, a metal pad in the surface dielectric layer and including a second planar top surface level with the planar top surface, and an air trench on a side of the metal pad. The sidewall of the metal pad is exposed to the air trench.
US09786624B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate having a groove in an upper surface. A semiconductor device is mounted on the substrate to cover one portion of the groove and leaving another portion exposed.
US09786623B2
A PoP semiconductor device has a top semiconductor package disposed over a bottom semiconductor package. The top semiconductor package has a substrate and a first semiconductor die disposed over the substrate. First and second encapsulants are deposited over the first semiconductor die and substrate. A first build-up interconnect structure is formed over the substrate after depositing the second encapsulant. The top package is disposed over the bottom package. The bottom package has a second semiconductor die and modular interconnect units disposed around the second semiconductor die. A second build-up interconnect structure is formed over the second semiconductor die and modular interconnect unit. The modular interconnect units include a plurality of conductive vias and a plurality of contact pads electrically connected to the conductive vias. The I/O pattern of the build-up interconnect structure on the top semiconductor package is designed to coincide with the I/O pattern of the modular interconnect units.
US09786613B2
Various methods and devices that involve EMI shields for radio frequency layer transferred devices are disclosed. One method comprises forming a radio frequency field effect transistor in an active layer of a semiconductor on insulator wafer. The semiconductor on insulator wafer has a buried insulator side and an active layer side. The method further comprises bonding a second wafer to the active layer side of the semiconductor on insulator wafer. The method further comprises forming a shield layer for the semiconductor device. The shield layer comprises an electrically conductive material. The method further comprises coupling the radio frequency field effect transistor to a circuit comprising a radio frequency component. The method further comprises singulating the radio frequency field effect transistor, radio frequency component, and the shield layer into a die. The shield layer is located between a substrate of the radio frequency component and the radio frequency field effect transistor.
US09786608B2
A bonded wafer structure having a handle wafer, a device wafer, and an interface region with an abrupt transition between the conductivity profile of the device wafer and the handle wafer is used for making semiconductor devices. The improved doping profile of the bonded wafer structure is well suited for use in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The bonded wafer structure is especially suited for making radiation-hardened integrated circuits.
US09786603B1
Conductive contacts and methods of forming vias include forming a trench that penetrates a dielectric layer to expose a surface of an underlying conductor. Exposed surfaces of the dielectric layer and the exposed surface of the underlying conductor are nitridized to form a layer of nitridation at the exposed surfaces. The exposed surface of the underlying conductor is etched away to form a recessed area in the underlying conductor. A conductive via is formed in the trench and the recessed area that forms a conductive contact with the underlying conductor.
US09786598B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first plug; a bit line which is in contact with the first plug and over the first plug and extended in one direction; a second plug including a first part adjacent to the bit line and a second part adjacent to the first plug; a double air gap which is disposed between the first part of the second plug and the bit line and includes a first air gap surrounding the first part of the second plug and a second air gap parallel to sidewalls of the bit line; and a capping layer suitable for capping the first and second air gaps.
US09786595B1
Antifuse structures are provided for use in applications such as field programmable gate arrays and programmable read-only memories. High aspect ratio channels within an antifuse dielectric layer are used to form antifuse electrode projections. The projections are configured to enhance the electric field across the antifuse structures, thereby facilitating dielectric breakdown. The antifuse structures can enable low voltage programming.
US09786591B2
A device includes a metal pad and a passivation layer having a portion overlapping the metal pad. A capacitor includes a bottom capacitor electrode underlying the passivation layer, wherein the bottom capacitor includes the metal pad. The capacitor further includes a top capacitor electrode over the portion of the passivation layer; and a capacitor insulator including the portion of the passivation layer.
US09786588B2
The invention provides a circuit substrate and a package structure. The circuit substrate includes a molding compound having a chip-side surface and a solder ball-side surface opposite from the chip side surface. A first conductive bulk is formed embedded in the molding compound. The first conductive bulk has a first number of first chip-side bond pad surfaces and a second number of first solder ball-side surfaces exposed from the chip side surface and the ball-side surface, respectively. The width of the first conductive bulk is greater than the first width of the first chip-side bond pad surfaces and the second width of the first solder ball-side surfaces.
US09786582B2
A leadframe for encasing in a mold material includes a plurality of interconnected support members. A die pad is connected to the support members and includes a bottom surface. The die pad is configured to receive a die. A downset is connected to the die pad and positioned below the bottom surface. The downset includes at least one wall defining an interior volume for receiving a flow of the mold material to reduce the velocity of the mold material flow through the downset.
US09786575B2
A printed circuit module and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The printed circuit module includes a printed circuit substrate with a thinned die attached to the printed circuit substrate. The thinned die includes at least one device layer over the printed circuit substrate and a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the at least one device layer. A polymer layer is disposed over the BOX layer, wherein the polymer has a thermal conductivity greater than 2 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK) and an electrical resistivity of greater than 103 Ohm-cm.
US09786573B2
An electronic component package includes: a core including a cavity, a first resin layer, a second resin layer and a reinforcing layer disposed between the first resin layer and the second resin layer; and an electronic component disposed in the cavity, wherein a thickness of the first resin layer is different from a thickness of the second resin layer.
US09786568B2
A method of manufacturing a wafer. The method includes providing a wafer that includes a plurality of semiconductor device structures, and testing at least one of the plurality of semiconductor device structures. Based on a test result, a substance is provided on a selected portion of the wafer to selectively configure a circuit element within the at least one of the plurality of semiconductor device structures.
US09786566B2
A method comprises forming a first set of one or more fins in a first region from an insulated substrate and a second set of one or more fins in a second region from the insulated substrate. The insulated substrate comprises a silicon substrate, and an insulator layer deposited on the silicon substrate. The first region comprises a first material layer and the second region comprises a second material layer.
US09786565B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor configuration including first and second gate electrodes, each of the first and second gate electrodes having at least a bottom layer and an upper layer including polycrystalline silicon grains, wherein the first gate electrode is a nMOS gate electrode formed in an nMOS region of the transistor configuration, wherein the polycrystalline silicon grains included in the bottom layer of the first gate electrode have a greater particle diameter than the polycrystalline grains included in the upper layer of the second gate electrode.
US09786561B2
A wafer processing method for dividing a wafer into individual device chips along division lines is disclosed. The wafer processing method includes a back grinding step of grinding the back side of the wafer in the condition where a protective tape is attached to the front side of the wafer, thereby reducing the thickness of the wafer to a predetermined thickness, and a reinforcing insulation seal mounting step of mounting a reinforcing insulation seal capable of transmitting infrared light on the back side of the wafer. The wafer processing method further includes a modified layer forming step of applying a laser beam along each division line to thereby form a modified layer inside the wafer along each division line and a wafer dividing step of applying an external force to the wafer to thereby divide the wafer into the individual device chips along each division line.
US09786558B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a bit line structure and a contact plug. The contact plug is adjacent a sidewall of the bit line structure and is on a sloped surface of the bit line structure. Moreover, in some embodiments, a level of the sloped surface of the bit line structure becomes lower as the sloped surface approaches the sidewall of the bit line structure.
US09786554B1
A method for forming conductive lines on a wafer comprises forming a first hardmask, a planarizing layer, a second hardmask, a layer of sacrificial mandrel material on the second hardmask, and patterning a mask on the layer of sacrificial material. A first sacrificial mandrel and a second sacrificial mandrel and a gap are formed. A layer of spacer material is deposited in the gap. Portions of the first sacrificial mandrel and the second sacrificial mandrel are removed, and exposed portions of the second hardmask, the planarizing layer and the first hardmask are removed to expose portions of the insulator layer. The second hardmask, the spacers, and the planarizing layer are removed. Exposed portions of the insulator layer are removed to form a trench in the insulator layer, and the trench is filled with a conductive material.
US09786553B1
A semiconductor structure including a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) interconnect structure that contains an air gap located on each side of an interconnect metal or metal alloy structure, is provided wherein each air gap has a uniform (i.e., homogenous) shape. The uniform shape of the air gap can aide in reducing the electrical performance variation which is typically observed with prior art interconnect structures containing air gaps that have a non-uniform shape.
US09786550B2
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a contact to interface with an interconnect in a semiconductor device are described. The device includes a dielectric layer formed on a semiconductor layer, and a contact fabricated in a via formed within the dielectric layer. An interconnect formed above the contact interfaces with an exposed surface of the contact opposite a surface closest to the semiconductor layer. The contact includes a contact material in a first portion of the contact and an interface metal in a second portion of the contact.
US09786549B2
A method of forming a dual damascene metal interconnect for a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a layer of low-k dielectric, forming vias through the low-k dielectric layer, depositing a sacrificial layer, forming trenches through the sacrificial layer, filling the vias and trenches with metal, removing the sacrificial layer, then depositing an extremely low-k dielectric layer to fill between the trenches. The method allows the formation of an extremely low-k dielectric layer for the second level of the dual damascene structure while avoiding damage to that layer by such processes as trench etching and trench metal deposition. The method has the additional advantage of avoiding an etch stop layer between the via level dielectric and the trench level dielectric.
US09786547B2
A method of making a channel region in a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a first transistor area arranged adjacent to a second transistor area; growing an epitaxial layer on the second transistor area of the substrate; forming a trench in the substrate between the first transistor area and the second transistor area; performing a condensation technique to thermally mix materials of the epitaxial layer and the substrate; and filling the trench with a dielectric material to form a shallow trench isolation region between a first channel region of the first transistor and a second channel region of the second transistor; wherein performing the condensation technique is performed after forming the trench.
US09786545B1
A method includes providing a structure having a first hardmask layer, interposer layer, second hardmask layer and mandrel layer disposed respectively over a dielectric stack. An array of mandrels is patterned into the mandrel layer with a mandrel mask. An ANA trench is patterned into the mandrel layer with a first cut mask. The ANA trench is patterned into the interposer layer with a second cut mask. An organic planarization layer (OPL) is disposed over the structure. The OPL is etched to dispose it only in the ANA trench such that a top surface of the OPL is lower than the second hardmask layer. The structure is etched to form a pattern in a dielectric layer of the dielectric stack to form an array of metal lines in the dielectric layer, a portion of the pattern formed by the ANA trench forms an ANA region within the dielectric layer.
US09786538B2
An attachment member (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base (4) composed of a ceramic sintered body, which has an annular part (6) corresponding to a shape of an object (2), a bottom surface (7) located inside the annular part (6), and a plurality of column shaped protruding parts (8) protruding from the bottom surface (7), and is provided with an attachment surface (3) supporting and attaching the object (2) inside the annular part (6) by a plurality of the protruding parts (8); and a film (5) that covers at least a part of the bottom surface (7), exposes top surfaces (11) of the protruding parts (8), and has higher hydrophilicity than the base (4). Accordingly, it is possible to provide the attachment member (1) that is excellent in attachment force for the object (2), and suppresses contamination of the object (2).
US09786536B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor manufacturing, in particular to reticle rack systems. The teachings of the present disclosure may be embodied in a reticle rack unit including a frame with four uprights and multiple crossbars and four turnstiles. The frame may have a longest dimension defining a front side and a back side. The four turnstiles may be mounted to the frame to pivot around a respective rotational axis parallel to the four uprights. Each turnstile may define a plurality of reticle nests sized to hold reticles.
US09786533B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus which can efficiently transfer substrates using a conveying mechanism including a plurality of substrate holding members. The substrate processing apparatus transfers a processed substrate to an intermediate conveying unit using a transport mechanism when the processed substrate returns to a substrate receiving unit. When a conveying mechanism withdraws the processed substrate from the intermediate conveying unit and transfers the processed substrate to the substrate receiving unit, a control unit determines whether both of a first substrate processed first among a plurality of substrates withdrawn from the substrate receiving unit as a set and a succeeding substrate processed later than the first substrate should be transferred together after waiting until the succeeding substrate is transferred to the intermediate conveying unit or to transfer the first substrate without waiting for the succeeding substrate, when the first substrate is transferred to the intermediate conveying unit.
US09786529B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to pyrometry during thermal processing of semiconductor substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a pyrometry filter for a thermal process chamber. In certain embodiments, the pyrometry filter selectively filters selected wavelengths of energy to improve a pyrometer measurement. The pyrometry filter may have various geometries which may affect the functionality of the pyrometry filter.
US09786525B2
An apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers includes at least a wet bench and an automatic handling system of a wafer carrier removably connected thereto. The wet bench includes a first processing tank, a second processing tank and a third processing tank, separated from one another, each processing tank being dedicated to a different chemical, as well as a special cleaning and drying tank for processing the automatic handling system when the wafer carrier has been removed.
US09786521B2
A chip package method can include: forming bonding pins on a first region of a first surface of a carrier; forming an insulating layer on an inactive face of a chip, where the inactive face of the chip is opposite to an active face of the chip; pasting the chip on a second region of the first surface of the carrier by the insulating layer; electrically coupling electrodes on the active face of the chip to the bonding pins by conductive wires; forming an enclosure to cover the chip and the bonding pins by a molding process; and peeling away the carrier from the enclosure to expose the bonding pins and the insulating layer on a surface of the enclosure.
US09786509B2
A wafer processing method includes a first grinding step and a second grinding step. In the first grinding step, first grinding abrasives are moved in a processing feed direction that is a direction orthogonal to a holding surface of a chuck table of grinding apparatus and a wafer is ground to form a first circular recess in the back surface of the wafer. In the second grinding step, second grinding abrasives formed of finer abrasive grains than the first grinding abrasives are moved down in an oblique direction from the center side of the wafer toward the periphery of the wafer and the first circular recess is ground.
US09786506B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for an array substrate, which relates to the technical field of displaying and comprises the steps of: S1: forming a pattern which comprises a first gate electrode (2) on a substrate (1); S2: forming a second gate electrode (4) above the first gate electrode (2) on the substrate (1) after step S1, and conducting oxidation treatment on the surface of the second gate electrode (4) to form a gate-insulating layer, the first gate electrode (2) and the second gate electrode (4) forming a gate electrode together; and S3: forming a layer-level structure of a pattern which comprises an active layer, source and drain electrodes, a data line, a passivation layer and a pixel electrode on the substrate after step S2. Also provided are an array substrate and a display device.
US09786501B2
A method for placing a resist film of a region having a small film thickness with good shape accuracy is provided. The method has processes of placing a photoresist film 15 on a substrate body 10, exposing the photoresist film 15 using a halftone mask 30 having light transmittances of three or more tones, and developing the photoresist film 15. The photoresist film 15 after the development has a first photoresist film 16 and a second photoresist film 17 that is thicker than the first photoresist film 16. On the substrate body 10 after the development, the second photoresist film 17 is placed at a location where the second photoresist film 17 can be placed without removing the photoresist film 15.
US09786496B2
Methods of densifying films, cross-linking films, and controlling the stress of films are provided herein. Methods include forming a removable film on a substrate comprising a material to be densified, and annealing the substrate to transfer stress from the removable film to the material and thereby densify the material. Some methods involve depositing a tensile capping layer on the material to be densified on a substrate and annealing the substrate at a temperature greater than about 450° C. Some methods include clamping the substrate including the material to be densified to a shaped pedestal using an electrostatic chuck to apply compressive stress to the material to be densified.
US09786483B2
An ion trap such as an ion cyclotron resonance analyzer cell (trap) is described wherein the ion trap comprises a plurality of electrodes and has at least one integrated ion detector, preferably a position-sensitive and/or time-sensitive ion detector, wherein at least part of said ion detector is configured as an electrode of said ion trap. Methods of position-sensitive detection of ions in such ion trap are described as well.
US09786482B2
A mass spectrometer including an ion source, an ion guide, a pulsed converter, and an electrostatic analyzer is disclosed, along with a method of mass spectrometry and an ion injector. The ion source generates ions, such as ions within a continuous or a quasi-continuous ion beam. The ion guide receives a portion of the ions generated by the ion source. The pulsed converter, which receives ions from the ion guide, includes at least one electrode connected to a RF signal. The pulsed converter may include a means for ejecting the ions in the form of ion packets. The electrostatic analyzer forms a two-dimensional electrostatic field in an X-Y plane. The electrostatic field is substantially extended in a Z-direction that is locally orthogonal to the X-Y plane and may be curved or linear. Ions undergo isochronous ion oscillations in the electrostatic field. The pulsed converter and electrostatic analyzer are Z-directionally elongated.
US09786474B2
A cathodic arc coating apparatus includes a vessel, a cathode disposed in the vessel, and a stinger assembly. The stinger assembly includes a first magnetic field generator disposed in a first stinger cup in selective contact with the cathode. The first stinger cup has at least a first electrically conductive cup portion spaced from a second electrically conductive cup portion by a thermally insulating layer therebetween.
US09786465B2
An apparatus and method to generate distributed x-rays. A hot cathode of an electron gun is used in vacuum to generate electron beams having certain initial movement energy and speed. Periodic scanning is performed with the initial low-energy electron beams, which are thus caused to be reciprocally deflected. A current-limiting device is provided in the travel path of the electron beams along the direction of the reciprocal deflection. Through holes arranged in an array on the current-limiting device, only part of the electron beams targeting specific positions can pass to form sequential electron beam currents distributed in an array. These electron beam currents are accelerated by a high-voltage electric field to obtain high energy, bombard an anode target, and thus sequentially generate corresponding focus spots and x-rays distributed in an array at the anode target.
US09786457B2
A circuit for use with a contactor including at least one contact is provided. The circuit includes a first segment including a voltage source, a first coil, a second coil, and a first transistor, wherein the first segment is configured to selectively conduct a closing current through the first coil, the second coil, and the first transistor to close the at least one contact. The circuit further includes a second segment including the first coil, a second transistor, and a first diode, wherein the second segment is configured to selectively conduct a holding current through the first coil, the second transistor, and the first diode to hold the at least one contact closed, and wherein the first diode is arranged such that substantially all current produced by the voltage source flows through the first coil.
US09786454B2
A mechanical switch that works by commutation of the current to an energy absorbing path or sequence of paths through at least one blocking semiconductor to open the circuit, wherein the commutation is caused by a sliding motion of at least one shuttle electrode over at least one stationary electrode.
US09786453B2
A rotational operation type switch includes a frame; a rotational operation button rotatably supported on the frame for rotational operation; a switching contact mechanism disposed below the operation button to face the operation button; and an operation mechanism disposed between the operation button and the switching contact mechanism, to switch the switching contact mechanism in conjunction with the rotational operation of the operation button. The switching contact mechanism includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of fixed contact electrodes disposed on the printed circuit board and spaced a predetermined distance away from each other, and a movable contact having a disc spring shape and disposed bridging between the plurality of fixed contact electrodes. The movable contact deforms to contact and separate from the fixed contact electrodes and switches an electrical connection between the fixed contact electrodes.
US09786440B2
An anode for use in a high voltage electrolytic capacitor is provided. The anode contains a sintered porous pellet and a leadwire extending therefrom in a longitudinal direction. The pellet is multi-layered to the extent that it contains at least a first layer positioned adjacent to a second layer, both of which extend along the length of the anode. The anode leadwire is embedded within the first layer. For this reason, the first layer has a thickness greater than that of the leadwire. Nevertheless, the use of a separate and distinct second layer adjacent to the first layer can allow each of the layers to be independently pressed using a multi-sided compaction device so that the properties of the anode are not significantly impacted by the presence of the relatively large anode leadwire.
US09786430B2
A magnetic resonance wireless power transfer method according to an aspect of the present invention includes transmitting power from a source coil to the Tx resonant coil using a magnetic induction method, transmitting the power from the Tx resonant coil to an Rx resonant coil, having a resonant frequency identical with that of the Tx resonant coil, via magnetically-coupled resonance, and transmitting the power from the Rx resonant coil to the device coil of an electronic device using the magnetic induction method. The Tx resonant coil and the Rx resonant coil are arranged at a right angle or a specific angle of inclination relative to each other.
US09786429B2
A bobbin for use in a magnetic module is provided. The bobbin comprises a winding body, a first plate and a second plate. The winding body is disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and further comprises a first end, a second end and a through hole. The first end comprises a first buckling portion, and the through hole penetrates the first end and the second end. The first plate includes a second buckling portion and a first opening, while the second buckling portion is adapted to engage with the first buckling portion. The second plate includes a second opening, and the second plate is engaged with the second end of the winding body.
US09786422B2
Apparatus 11 and 13 for interfacing two AC sources with two AC loads 17a 17b in the form of solenoid operated valves over a single conductor 25, with a return conductor 19 in an irrigation system is disclosed. The apparatus has an encoder circuit 11 with two inputs 21a 21b for connection to the two AC sources, and an output 23 for connection to the single conductor 25, and a decoder circuit 13 having an input 27 for connection to the conductor 25, and two outputs 29a 29b for connection to loads 17a 17b respectively. When the first input 21 a is powered, the first load 17a will be switched on, and when the second input 21b is powered, the second load 17b will be switched on. The decoder portion 13 incorporates switching circuits 43a 43b, interfaced with turn on delay timers 45a 45b respectively, to delay operating the loads at switch on, and turn-off delay timers 47a 47b to hold the loads on after switch off.
US09786420B2
Photosensitive molecular switch, having a chelate ligand, a metal ion bonded coordinatively to the chelate ligand, the metal ion being selected from the group of metal ions consisting of Mn2+, Mn3+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Co2+ and Ni2+, a photochromic system which is bonded covalently to the chelate ligand and can be isomerized by irradiation, this system being bonded coordinatively to the metal ion in one configuration and not bonded to the metal ion in the other configuration.
US09786418B2
A cable splitter includes a main body. The main body includes a top wall and an end portion. The top wall defines a splitting slot, a first guide slot, a second guide slot running through the top wall. The end portion includes a first guide arm and a second guide arm extending from the end portion and corresponding to the first guide slot and the second guide slot.
US09786416B1
A tape dispensing tool includes holder assembly and an applicator member. The holder assembly has a base portion and a retainer head that are spaced apart by a recess. A leader tape segment extends across the recess from a tape roll held by the base portion to the retainer head. The applicator member is moveably coupled to the holder assembly rearward of the leader tape segment. The applicator member includes a receiving surface and a pressing surface angled relative to one another. The cable bundle forces a proximal portion of the leader tape segment against the receiving surface as the cable bundle is received in the recess, which moves the applicator member. The movement of the applicator member causes the pressing surface to force a distal portion of the leader tape segment against the cable bundle to adhere the leader tape segment to the cable bundle.
US09786412B2
A sealed cabled assembly includes a cable and a cable moisture seal assembly. The cable includes a cable subcore, a metal shield layer surrounding the cable subcore, and a jacket surrounding the metal shield layer. The cable subcore includes an electrical conductor surrounded by an electrical insulation layer. The cable moisture seal assembly includes a sealant, a electrically conductive jumper member, and an outer sleeve. The cable includes a sealing region section extending from a first axial end to a second axial end, and in which a section of the jacket and a section of the metal shield layer are removed to expose a section of the cable subcore. The insulation layer and the conductor extend through the sealing region section. First and second sections of the jacket extend away from the sealing region section in first and second opposed directions, respectively. First and second sections of the metal shield layer extend away from the sealing region section in the first and second opposed directions, respectively. The outer sleeve surrounds the sealing region section. The sealant is disposed radially between the cable subcore and the outer sleeve, and engages the cable subcore to form a moisture barrier in the sealing region section between the first and second sections of the jacket. The jumper member electrically connects the first and second sections of the metal shield layer.
US09786411B2
A shielded electrical cable includes one or more conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and being spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. Each conductor set has one or more conductors having a size no greater than 24 AWG and each conductor set has an insertion loss of less than about −20 dB/meter over a frequency range of 0 to 20 GHz. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable, the first and second films including cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the first and second films in combination substantially surround each conductor set, and the pinched portions of the first and second films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor.
US09786397B2
A low profile transport device includes a frame having a top surface and a recess disposed along the top surface to hold and transport an object. The low profile transport device also includes a plurality of wheels disposed below the frame that support the frame, and a plurality of pivotable wheel struts coupled to the wheels. The wheel struts are each individually adjustable relative to the frame from a first position relative to the frame to a second position relative to the frame to allow the low profile transport device to climb an obstacle without tilting the frame. The low profile transport device also includes a motor that generates movement of the wheels.
US09786390B2
A memory device includes a non-volatile memory circuit suitable for storing system hard repair data, a temporary memory circuit suitable for storing system soft repair data, a system register circuit suitable for receiving and storing the system hard repair data or the system soft repair data during a boot-up operation, and a memory bank suitable for performing a repair operation based on first data stored in the system register circuit.
US09786388B1
A system, computer readable medium and a method. The method may include sending input data to a NAND flash memory unit that comprises the NAND flash memory array and instructing the NAND flash memory unit to write input data to the NAND flash memory array to provide programmed data; reading from the NAND flash memory array the programmed data to provide read data; comparing the input data and the read data to provide column errors statistics at a column resolution; and defining, by a flash memory controller, bad columns of the NAND flash memory array in response to the column error statistics.
US09786386B2
A memory chip for dynamic approximate storage includes an array of memory cells associated with at least two regions. The chip further includes at least one threshold register for storing values for thresholds for memory cells corresponding to each of the at least two regions; and control logic to programmatically adjust the values for the thresholds for the memory cells. A method of controlling a storage device for dynamic approximate storage includes modifying at least one value stored in a threshold register and associated with at least one cell in a region of a memory comprising at least two regions to apply a biasing for the at least one cell, wherein the biasing adjusts ranges for values in a cell.
US09786385B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with using a local voltage regulator embedded within a memory sub-array are described. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a memory sub-array including a set of memory cells and a local voltage regulator. The local voltage regulator is configured to generate a local voltage for powering the memory sub-array. The memory device includes switch logic connected to the memory sub-array and configured to select between the local voltage and a source voltage to power the memory sub-array. The source voltage is provided to the memory device by a host device.
US09786384B2
Disclosed is a display device including a light emission driver configured to sequentially generate a plurality of light emission signals having a disable level during a first period; and a scan driver configured to generate a plurality of shift outputs each having two enable pulses, and each outputting two scan signals, in response to two light emission signals among the plurality of light emission signals, by dividing the two enable pulses of a first shift output among the plurality of shift outputs, which correspond to the two light emission signals among the plurality of light emission signals, from each other.
US09786382B1
A memory element according to an embodiment includes: first through fourth impurity layers arranged in a semiconductor layer including first to third portions; a first gate wiring line disposed on the first portion located between the first and second impurity layers; a second gate wiring line disposed on the second portion located between the second and third impurity layers; a third gate wiring line disposed on the third portion located between the third and fourth impurity layers; a first insulating layer disposed between the first portion and the first gate wiring line; a second insulating layer disposed between the second portion and the second gate wiring line; a third insulating layer disposed between the third portion and the third gate wiring line; first wiring line electrically connected to the first through third gate wiring lines; and second wiring line electrically connected to the first through fourth impurity layers.
US09786381B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell unit including a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks including a plurality of pages, and a circuit configured to count a number of activated or non-activated memory cells in one or more pages when a first voltage is applied to gates of memory cells of said one or more pages to read data therefrom, count a number of activated or non-activated memory cells in said one or more pages when a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied to the gates of the memory cells of said one or more pages to read data therefrom, compare the counted numbers, and store, in a register, data about deterioration of the memory cells of said one or more pages depending on a comparison result.
US09786375B2
Embodiments describe techniques and configurations for an apparatus including a three-dimensional (3D) memory array having a plurality of strings of memory cells, where individual strings may have memory cells that correspond to different memory blocks (e.g., multiple memory blocks per string). For example, a first set of memory cells of a string may be included in a first memory block, and a second set of memory cells of the string may be included in a second memory block. The memory device may include separator wordlines disposed between wordlines associated with the first memory block and wordlines associated with the second memory block. The separator wordlines may receive different bias voltages during various operations of the memory device. Additionally, a wordline biasing scheme may be selected to program the first memory block based on whether the second memory block is programmed. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09786373B2
An electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) device includes a plurality of data areas in the EEPROM associated with a corresponding plurality of memory addresses, respectively, a data status indicator associated with each of the plurality of data areas. The data status indicator is configured to indicate that a data area is in an erase state, an uncertain state, or a valid state. The EEPROM device also includes a controller. A first data area and a second data area are configured to be a backup storage area for each other. In an erase and program cycle, at least one of the first or second memory areas is in a valid state throughout the erase and program cycle. Further, in an erase and program cycle, an erase operation is performed in one of the first or second memory areas, and a program operation is performed in the other data areas.
US09786365B2
An integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: a first wiring line group including at least three first wiring lines; a second wiring line group including second wiring lines; first resistive change elements each including a first and second terminals, and a first resistive change layer; a first select circuit including first input terminals connected to the second wiring lines and a first output terminal, the first select circuit selecting a first input terminal from the first input terminals, and output information from the first output terminal; a third and fourth wiring lines; and a second select circuit selecting two first wiring lines from the first wiring line group, connecting one of the selected two first wiring lines to the third wiring line, and connecting the other one of the selected two first wiring lines to the fourth wiring line.
US09786351B2
A semiconductor memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a plurality of word lines; a smart command generation unit suitable for generating a smart refresh command, which is enabled at a random cycle, in response to an active command; and a refresh operation control unit suitable for performing a refresh operation to at least one of adjacent word lines of a target word line among the plurality of word lines in response to the smart refresh command.
US09786337B2
A sensing buffer, or peripheral circuit or memory device may be provided. The sensing buffer may be configured to maintain a predetermined current according to a first current regardless of an external power supply and/or a temperature.
US09786335B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing logical operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier coupled to a pair of complementary sense lines, and a compute component coupled to the sense amplifier. The compute component includes a dynamic latch. The sensing circuitry is configured to perform a logical operation and initially store the result in the sense amplifier.
US09786314B1
A first waveguide core is configured to receive light via an input surface. The first waveguide core extends away from the input surface in a light propagation direction and terminates at a coupling region. A second waveguide core has a first end at the coupling region and a second end at a media-facing surface that is opposed to the input surface. The first end is separated from the termination of the first waveguide core by a gap in the coupling region. The coupling region includes an overlap between the first and second waveguide cores and is configured to promote evanescent coupling between the first and second waveguide cores.
US09786310B1
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, wherein the head comprises a laser configured to heat the disk while writing data to the disk. At least four different laser powers are applied to the laser and a fly height of the head over the disk is measured at each laser power. A lasing threshold power for the laser is detected based on the measured fly heights.
US09786309B1
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, wherein the head comprises a fly height actuator (FHA). A FHA control signal is applied to the FHA, wherein the FHA control signal comprises a DC component and an AC component. A fly height metric is measured representing a fly height of the head over the disk for different levels of the DC component. A modulation amplitude of the fly height metric is detected, and a minimum in the modulation amplitude of the fly height metric is detected.
US09786305B1
A magnetic read apparatus includes a first sensor, a shield layer, an insulating layer, a shield structure and a second sensor. The shield layer is between the first sensor and the insulating layer. The shield structure is in the down track direction from the insulating layer. The shield structure includes a magnetic seed structure, a shield pinning structure and a shield reference structure. The magnetic seed structure adjoins the shield pinning structure. The shield pinning structure is between the shield reference structure and the magnetic seed structure. The second sensor includes a free layer and a nonmagnetic spacer layer between the shield reference structure and the free layer. The shield reference structure is between the shield pinning structure and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The shield pinning structure includes a pinned magnetic moment. The shield reference structure includes another magnetic moment weakly coupled with the pinned magnetic moment.
US09786303B1
An apparatus comprises a magnetic pole and a near-field transducer positioned at or near a media-facing surface and is separated from the magnetic pole, the near-field transducer configured to generate a thermal spot. The apparatus further comprises a layer proximate the magnetic pole and the near-field transducer, and the layer is configured to reduce a magnetic field proximate a center of the thermal spot.
US09786299B2
Techniques for selecting an emotion type code associated with semantic content in an interactive dialog system. In an aspect, fact or profile inputs are provided to an emotion classification algorithm, which selects an emotion type based on the specific combination of fact or profile inputs. The emotion classification algorithm may be rules-based or derived from machine learning. A previous user input may be further specified as input to the emotion classification algorithm. The techniques are especially applicable in mobile communications devices such as smartphones, wherein the fact or profile inputs may be derived from usage of the diverse function set of the device, including online access, text or voice communications, scheduling functions, etc.
US09786292B2
Audio encoding apparatus, audio decoding apparatus, audio encoding method, and audio decoding method
An audio encoding apparatus capable of reducing the bit rate even if a codebook having a larger codebook number is selected in a split multi-rate lattice vector quantization is provided. Sub-vector determining unit (121) determines, in the spectrum of an input signal having been divided into a predetermined number of sub-vectors, a sub-vector using the largest number of bits. Positional information encoding unit (122) encodes the positional information of the determined sub-vector. Codebook indication value estimating unit (124) estimates a number of used bits for a codebook indication value of the largest number of used bits by use of the (N−1) other codebook indication values, and generates a number-of-used-bits estimation value. Difference calculating unit (125) calculates a difference by subtracting the number-of-used-bits estimation value from the actual value of the codebook indication value of the largest number of used bits. Difference encoding unit (126) encodes the difference information.
US09786280B2
A method for accessing electronic charts stored on an aircraft is provided. The method receives, via an onboard avionics system, location data for the aircraft; receives a set of speech data via a user interface of the aircraft; identifies one or more applicable electronic charts, based on the received location data and the received set of speech data, wherein the electronic charts stored on the aircraft comprise at least the one or more applicable electronic charts; and presents, via an aircraft display, a first one of the one or more applicable electronic charts.
US09786276B2
A speech-enabled management system is described herein. One system includes a grammar building tool configured to create a set of grammar keys based on ontology analytics corresponding to data received from a digital video manager (DVM) server, a speech recognition engine configured to recognize a speech command from a set of grammar files, a command translator configured to translate the recognized speech command to an executable command, and a processor configured to execute the speech command based on a particular grammar key from the set of grammar keys.
US09786268B1
An apparatus, method and computer program for inserting information into a conversation between two or more devices is provided. In one embodiment, speech data is received at a device. The speech data is analyzed and converted into text utilizing one or more speech-to-text algorithms. The text is examined to locate information that may be related to the text on the data network.
US09786267B2
A method and an apparatus for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal are provided. The method for recording and storing a user voice in a mobile terminal includes entering a page by executing an electronic book, identifying whether a user voice record file related to the page exists, generating a user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist, and playing by synchronizing the user voice stored in the user voice record file with the text if the user voice record file exists. Accordingly, a user voice can be recorded corresponding to a text of a page when recording a specific record of an electronic book, and the text corresponding to the user voice being played can be highlighted by synchronizing the user voice and the text.
US09786262B2
A noise cancelation device that programs, records, and saves sounds and noises and their respective sound waves, inverts them, and broadcasts the inverted sound waves, thereby reducing, deadening, canceling, or eliminating, the original sounds and noises, and their respective sound waves. Further, the noise cancelation device can save sounds and noises that have a constant, predictable, steady, and recognizable sound quality and their respective sound waves, and preprogram the respective inverted sound waves, which allows for the noise cancelation device to broadcast the preprogrammed inverted sound waves through speakers to reduce, deaden, or cancel the original sounds and noise when they are present. The noise cancelation device is portable and may be used in any location desired, or the noise cancelation device may be is fixed in its location.
US09786261B2
Embodiments relate generally to devices and methods for improved active noise cancellation hearing protection. For example, multiple speakers might be used in each earcup, with each speaker providing active noise cancellation for a narrow frequency range which is a portion of the total frequency range of the entire array of speakers. By dividing the active noise cancellation up across an array of speakers, each speaker can better target its specific narrow frequency range, resulting in improved active noise cancellation.
US09786258B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus may include a hanging element and a frame coupled to the hanging element. The frame may include a shoulder portion and a load-bearing crossbeam coupled to the shoulder portion. The load-bearing crossbeam may include a collar at a center of the load-bearing crossbeam. The collar may be sized to releasably secure a portion of an instrument. In some embodiments, the instrument may be a musical instrument, a tool, or a firearm.
US09786255B2
A method, computer program product, and system for adjusting a dynamic refresh frequency of a display device are disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining a current frame duration associated with a first image, computing, based on the current frame duration, a repetition value for a second image, and repeating presentation of the second image on a display device based on the repetition value. The logic for implementing the method may be included in a graphics processing unit or within the display device itself.
US09786253B2
A method for generating additional views from a stereo image defined by a left eye image and a right eye image. The method includes receiving as input at least one stereo image. The method includes, for each of the stereo images, generating a plurality of additional images. The method includes interlacing the additional images for each of the stereo images to generate three dimensional (3D) content made up of multiple views of the scenes presented by each of the stereo images. The interlacing may be performed such that the generated 3D content is displayable on a 3D display device including a barrier grid or a lenticular lens array on the monitor screen. The additional images may include 12 to 40 or more frames providing views of the one or more scenes from differing viewing angles than provided by the left and right cameras used to generate the original stereo image.
US09786245B2
A method of generating a driving voltage which drives a display panel, includes storing a driving voltage data corresponding to a driving frequency of the display panel in a memory, obtaining a frequency signal corresponding to the driving frequency of the display panel, reading out driving voltage data corresponding to the driving frequency of the display panel from the memory according to the frequency signal, and generating a driving voltage of the display panel based on the driving voltage data stored in the memory.
US09786243B2
A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages for providing gate signals, wherein a k-th stage (k is a natural number greater than 3) includes a first output transistor including a control electrode connected to a first node, an input electrode for receiving a clock signal, and an output electrode for outputting a k-th gate signal, a second output transistor including a control electrode connected to the first node, an input electrode for receiving the clock signal, and an output electrode for outputting a k-th carry signal, a pull-down unit connected to a discharge node to pull down the output electrode of the first output transistor in response to a signal of the discharge node, and a discharge unit configured to output a (k−1)-th carry signal output from a (k−1)-th stage to the discharge node in response to a (k+1)-th carry signal output from a (k+1)-th stage.
US09786242B2
A GOA circuit includes GOA circuit units. The GOA circuit units at every two stages share a pull-down circuit. The pull-down circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The present invention uses fewer transistors for the GOA circuit and lower the frequency of the first and second clock signals. The decrease in the frequency of the first and second clock signals helps a decrease in the frequency of charge and discharge to the parasitic capacitance and further a reduction in overall power consumption of the GOA circuit.
US09786241B2
A GOA circuit for an LCD includes GOA units connected in cascade and the plurality of GOA units at stages formed. The GOA unit at an nth stage corresponds to a scan line. The scan line includes a nth scan line, a (n+1)th scan line, and a (n+2)th scan line. The GOA unit at the an nth stage includes a first pull-down holding circuit, a pull-up circuit, a bootstrap capacitance circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a clock circuit. The improved GOA circuit at one stage corresponds to the output of three gate lines. So a number of the stages of the GOA circuit is reduced. Only ⅓ stage of the conventional GOA circuit is needed. Because of the decrease in the number of the stages, more flexibility of design is given to the GOA circuit at each stage. It is beneficiary for the design in narrow bezels.
US09786236B2
A liquid crystal panel and the driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel includes at least one storage electrode, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel areas. Each of the pixel areas includes a pixel electrode, a first TFT and a second TFT. The first TFT drives the corresponding pixel electrode. The gate of the second TFT connects with the previous scanning line, and one of the source and the drain of the second TFT connects to the corresponding pixel electrode within the pixel area, and the other one connects with the storage electrode. In this way, the optimal common voltage is applied to the liquid crystal panel when the liquid crystal panel is in a displaying process, and thus the display performance is guaranteed.
US09786234B2
A driving module for a driving device of a display system includes a control unit, for generating a control signal according to a polarity signal indicating whether the driving device performs a polarity inversion; a first driving unit, coupled to the control unit, a first voltage source and a second voltage source, for generating a positive output voltage at a first output end according to a first display voltage and charging the first output end via the second voltage source according to the control signal; and a second driving unit, coupled to the control unit, the second voltage source and a third voltage source, for generating a negative output voltage at a second output end according to a second display voltage and discharging the second output end via the second voltage source according to the control signal.
US09786232B2
A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel for displaying 2D/3D images, a driving circuit module, and a light-splitting device. The light-splitting device includes a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate and having at least one second electrode, a liquid crystal layer placed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality of spacers in the liquid crystal layer. The driving circuit module is configured to, when in the 3D display mode, provide a plurality of driving voltages between the first electrodes and the second electrode to make the liquid crystal layer an array of liquid crystal lenses and, when in the 2D display mode, to provide a deflection voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrode to reduce a refractive index difference between the liquid crystal molecules and the spacers with a predetermined range.
US09786229B2
Provided is a flexible display device including: a display region including pixels to display images, each pixel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) configured to receive a signal from a signal line and power from a power line to display the images; a non-display region outside the display region where images are not to be displayed, the non-display region including: a circuit mount region including therein a driving circuit configured to supply the signal through the signal line and the power through the power line to each pixel; and a bending region formed between the display region and the circuit mount region and configured to be bent flexibly, wherein the signal line and the power line are formed on a same layer in the bending region.
US09786221B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels including an organic light emitting device to be light-emitted by a data current based on a data voltage; a memory to store accumulated data to be displayed on each of the sub-pixels; a deterioration compensator including: a compensation scheme determiner; a compensation amount calculator; and a modulation data generation generator; a timing controller to arrange the modulation data of each of the sub-pixels as pixel data according to a pixel arrangement structure of the display panel; and a data driver to convert the pixel data into the data voltage.
US09786216B2
To reduce the occurrence of flicker in an image with almost no movement and reduce the occurrence motion blur in an image with movement, an image processing apparatus detects movement information from acquired image data. The image processing apparatus causes a display unit to perform first light emission to display a first frame, and also causes the display unit to perform second light emission to display a second frame, the first frame and the second frame corresponding to one frame of the acquired image data. The image processing apparatus controls at least either light emission time periods of the first light emission and the second light emission or light emission luminances of the first light emission and the second light emission based on the movement information.
US09786214B2
Disclosed is a pixel unit setting method for a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel units, each of which includes at least a blue sub pixel. The method includes dividing the blue sub pixel into a main pixel zone and a sub pixel zone with the area ratio therebetween being a:b; acquiring actual brightness levels of the blue sub pixel for each grey level at a normal view angle and an oblique view angle; setting a combination of grey levels to be fed to the main and sub pixel zones of one pixel unit so as to have the sum of differences between the actual and theoretical brightness levels at the normal and oblique view angles minimized so as to obtain the grey levels to be fed to the main and sub pixel zones for all the grey levels of the pixel unit.
US09786207B2
Embodiments relate to a foldable display apparatus including a hinge providing supporting for a bending area of a flexible display panel. The flexible display panel includes a first flat display area and a second flat display area at both sides of a bending display area. A first rear cover provides support for the first flat display area and has a first edge. A second rear cover provides support for the second flat display area and has having a second edge facing the first edge and parallel to the first edge. The hinge includes rear hinge covers longitudinally extending parallel to the first edge and the second edge, and elastic axis members coupling the plurality of rear hinge covers in an interlocking and rotatable manner. The elastic axis members are deformed as the rear hinge covers make a relative movement by bending of the hinge.
US09786201B2
Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other sound that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other auditory input to the system. For example, a “sound vest” or one or more straps comprising a set of motors transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory cues in the user's everyday environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.
US09786193B2
A system and method for training a student employ a simulation station that displays output to the student and receives input. The computer system has a rules engine operating on it and computer accessible data storage storing (i) learning object data including learning objects configured to provide interaction with the student at the simulation system and (ii) rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine. The rules data includes, for each rule, respective (a) if-portion data defining a condition of data and (b) then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the simulation station. The rules engine causes the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. For at least some of the rules, the action comprises output of one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student. The system may be networked with middleware and adapters that map data received over the network to rules engine memory.
US09786186B2
A method and system are described for enhancing ground situational awareness to an aircrew via an alphanumeric display of an air traffic control ground clearance, including displaying a symbol for each stage of the clearance. A crewmember may accept or change each stage via a graphical user interface within the alphanumeric display.
US09786180B2
A navigation device serving as a position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center includes a terminal ECU that is authorized to log in to the position information service center via networks. The terminal ECU is configured to, in a logged-in state to the position information service center, transmit the position information about the vehicle to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed.
US09786177B2
Systems and techniques for pedestrian path predictions are disclosed herein. For example, an environment, features of the environment, and pedestrians within the environment may be identified. Models for the pedestrians may be generated based on features of the environment. A model may be indicative of goals of a corresponding pedestrian and predicted paths for the corresponding pedestrian. Pedestrian path predictions for the pedestrians may be determined based on corresponding predicted paths. A pedestrian path prediction may be indicative of a probability that the corresponding pedestrian will travel a corresponding predicted path. Pedestrian path predictions may be rendered for the predicted paths, such as using different colors or different display aspects, thereby enabling a driver of a vehicle to be presented with information indicative of where a pedestrian is likely to travel.
US09786168B2
A system includes a display layer disposed beneath one or more layers of a road that is configured to output light to illuminate an upper surface of the road. One or more vertical cylindrical voids extend from the display layer to the upper surface of the road providing a path for the light from the display layer to reach the upper surface of the road. Circuitry is configured to determine a traffic scheme for the road based on traffic data received from one or more sources. Control signals are issued to the display layer to control illumination of the upper surface of the road in accordance with the traffic scheme. Traffic scheme-specific values are output to a smart vehicle corresponding to one or more smart vehicle algorithms.
US09786165B2
Embodiments are provided for providing location positioning service for locating a transportation apparatus through a UAV network. A location center may be employed to receive a location service request for locating a specific transportation apparatus. After receiving such a request, the location center may inquire a location database for last known location of the requested transportation apparatus. Based on the last known location of the requested transportation apparatus, the location center may predict one or more areas in which the requested transportation apparatus may be currently in. Based on the prediction, the location center may be configured to generate one or more control instructions to one or more UAVs in the UAV network to locate the requested transportation apparatus in those areas.
US09786162B2
A computerized method for adjusting control parameters of a traffic management system in a presence of one or more incidents on a network, said method includes representing, using a tree format, a prioritization across network junctions, as executed by a processor on a computer. Associating weights with each junction as a function of its height in the tree; and solving a real-time optimization of control parameters for the network, using the weights on the junctions, and upon an occurrence of an incident in the network and depending upon a severity level of the incident, an incident-affected junction is selectively elevated higher in the tree, and the reallocated junction weights resulting from the incident are used for solving the optimization of network control parameters.
US09786158B2
A device and method for analyzing an event at a premises is provided. In one embodiment the device includes a processor and a memory configured to store executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive first event data related to the event at the premises, receive verification data related to the event at the premises, analyze the first event data in conjunction with the verification data, generate, based on the analysis, an indication of a probability that the event is an alarm event, and initiate at least one action based on the indication.
US09786153B2
Tagged receivers, tracking locator alert systems, and methods of transmitting an alert are disclosed. A tagged receiver receives a command over the network interface hardware, executes the received command, send data indicative of the status of an asset to which the tagged receiver is attached over the network interface hardware, determines an alert event has occurred, and activates an alert in response to determining that the alert event has occurred. The command includes arming the tagged receiver, disarming the tagged receiver, emitting an alert from the tagged receiver, sending data indicative of location, or a combination thereof. The alert event includes the motion sensors sensing a movement of the asset, receiving a command to emit an alert over the network interface hardware, the asset leaving a predetermined geo-fenced area, or a combination thereof.
US09786151B2
Pressure measuring device, comprising a connector extending along a longitudinal direction around a central longitudinal axis, the connector comprising a first longitudinal end intended to be fixed to an element containing pressurized gas, and a second longitudinal end provided with a diaphragm intended to be subjected to the pressure, the diaphragm comprising a pressure sensor of the piezoelectric type generating an electrical signal representative of the pressure measured, the pressure sensor being connected to an electronics board comprising electronic logic for processing the electrical signal of the sensor, the device furthermore comprising a transmission/reception antenna of the radiofrequency type fitted on the electronics board in order to receive and transmit data from and to the electronic logic, the electronics board being housed in a protective casing fixed to the connector, wherein the antenna is located on or adjacent to an axis passing through the central longitudinal axis of the connector.
US09786148B2
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring health parameters of an individual, including circumferential changes to a portion of the individual's body, are provided herein. A monitoring device includes: a stretchable component configured to fit securely around a body portion, and a sensor module coupled thereto. The sensor module is configured to obtain and transmit a circumference measurement of the body portion. The sensor module may be further configured to obtain and transmit measurements of one or more additional parameters. A related monitoring system includes the described monitoring device and a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device is configured, at least in part, to: process the circumference measurements to identify and analyze any change in circumference of the body portion, and generate a relevant alert output. Methods performed by the various devices and systems are also provided.
US09786143B1
An apparatus for security control of a facility is provided, including devices, a network operations center (NOC), and control nodes. The devices are within the facility, each consuming a portion of a resource, and each performing a corresponding function when actuated. The NOC is external to the facility, and generates run time schedules, where the run time schedules coordinate actuation times for the each of the devices to maintain security for local security environments, and adjusts the run time schedules based upon occupancy levels generated by the NOC, where the occupancy levels are exclusively generated based on consumption of the resource and outside temperature. The control nodes are within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of the devices, where the control nodes are coupled together via a building security network that is operatively coupled to the NOC, control nodes execute selected run time schedules to actuate the devices.
US09786131B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods for increasing potential payout opportunities using multiple card indicia representing multiple cards. One embodiment involves determining whether any one or more of a plurality of cards of a poker game having multiple poker hands are to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia representing multiple cards, presenting the plurality of cards of the poker hands, including the one or more of the plurality of cards determined to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia, and identifying a plurality of resulting hands for each of the multiple poker hands that include a multiple card indicia, where each of the plurality of resulting hands includes a different subset of a total of the indicia of the other cards in the respective poker hand and any cards provided with multiple card indicia.
US09786127B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of gaming, including online gambling. The system may enable betting to be performed by a user with respect to one or more events (e.g., the betting results are revealed to the user (optionally in a time delayed manner) based at least in part on the user's game play with respect to an interactive game (e.g., an online interactive electronic game)). By way of example and not limitation, the event may be a sporting event, a lottery, stock market activity, a political race, or other form of risk resolution that provides a return against an amount wagered. The interactive game may involve physical coordination, problem solving and/or other activity unrelated to the underlying event being wagered on. Further, the actual selection of events (e.g., races and competitors, stocks, etc.) to bet on may be automatically selected, without requiring the user to perform manual selections.
US09786125B2
An online system provides objects for presentation to a user via a virtual world, each object having an organic appearance for display. The online system receives sponsorship requests for sponsoring appearances of one or more objects in the virtual world. A sponsorship request includes information describing a sponsored appearance of an object and a bid amount identifying compensation to the online system for using the sponsored appearance. When presenting an object to a user via the virtual world, the online system selects an appearance for the object from the object's organic appearance and one or more sponsored appearances based on characteristics of the user and bid amounts in the sponsorship requests including the sponsored appearances. The online system then presents the object to a user via the virtual world using the selected appearance.
US09786118B2
A gaming system comprises a control unit quipped with a controller. The control starts the reception of bets from a plurality of stations, displays, on a dealer display, termination order images from the plurality of the stations in accordance with a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the bet reception, and advances the game on the condition that a bet termination order signal is received from an operation input button.
US09786115B2
There is provided a gaming machine capable of providing an effect for symbol display during a stop and/or rotation of a reel, by use of a totally non-conventional effect element, which is an angle of a line of sight to an outer circumferential surface of the reel. Reel strips M32 each having symbols 501 are respectively disposed on outer circumferential surfaces of cylindrical reels M31 each configured to be rotated with its cylinder central axis being held at a predetermined position. Each reel strip M32 includes a color shifting layer M321 configured to selectively reflect and transmit predetermined wavelengths of visible light depending on the incident angle.
US09786105B2
A data gathering system associated with a machine operating at a worksite is provided. The data gathering system includes a base station located at the worksite and an unmanned aerial device (UAD) in communication with the base station and the machine. The UAD includes an image capturing unit for capturing images of an area around the machine and a controller in communication with the image capturing unit. The controller receives a first input from the machine indicative of one or more machine parameters, and receives a second input from the image capturing unit indicative of the images of the area around the machine. The controller further determines multiple operational parameters associated with an operation of the machine based on the first input and the second input, and transmits the determined multiple operational parameters to at least one of the machine and the base station.
US09786100B2
Embodiments of the invention integrate a contactless media reader with sensors to detect that an object is within the contactless media reader operating field and optionally detect the position, orientation and speed of the object as it approaches the contactless media reader. The object can be, for example, a contactless fare media such as a contactless smartcard, a personal processing device such as a smart phone, personal computer, tablet computer or the like, or the user's hand, one or more fingers, or both. Embodiments may use one or more distance/position sensors to determine the position of the contactless fare media relative to the contactless media reader. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention enhance contactless media reader performance by adding user interaction capabilities and providing feedback to the contactless fare media user.
US09786099B2
Provided is a coinage identification device (6), comprising: a coinage sorting device (6A), which is configured to further comprise a first coinage guidance unit (9), and a second coinage guidance unit (10) which moves between a narrowing location which is close to the first coinage guidance unit (9) and a widening location which is separated from the first coinage guidance unit (9), and to cause a plurality of coins to fall in batches of a defined number from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10); and a coinage intake (28a) which is disposed below the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10), and which accepts the coins which fall from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10). When a coin is jammed between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10), the coinage sorting device (6A) moves the second coinage guidance unit (10) from the narrowing location to the widening location, thereby widening the space between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10) and causing the jammed coin to fall. The coinage identification device further comprises a shutter unit (31) which covers the coinage intake (28a) when the second coinage guidance unit (10) is positioned in the widening location.
US09786097B2
The present disclosure concerns a methodology that allows a user to “orbit” around a model on a specific axis of rotation and view an orthographic floor plan of the model. A user may view and “walk through” the model while staying at a specific height above the ground with smooth transitions between orbiting, floor plan, and walking modes.
US09786095B2
A shadow rendering method is provided. The shadow rendering method includes emitting radial light to an object so that a shadow area for the object generated by a three-dimensional modeling is projected; determining a portion of the shadow area as a penumbra area for the object; and rendering a penumbra for the object to the penumbra area.
US09786094B2
Limitations of conventional dimensional printing techniques are addressed to provide features and flexibility not presently available, including extracting images selectively from a Postscript® or PDF file and thus enable texturing of individual images within a page; constructing the texture automatically directly from the image using image processing techniques; visualizing the texture to be applied to an image via construction of a bump map or normal map in openGL and DirectX®; adjusting texturing parameters via visual feedback in openGL and DirectX®; and inserting a clear texture back into a PDF file for printing automatically.
US09786081B1
A transition may be made between first, second, and third visual representations. A first visual representation may be displayed, with a plurality of visual elements arranged in a first arrangement. A processor may generate a first animation in which the visual elements move from the first arrangement toward an intermediate arrangement, and then to a second arrangement corresponding to a second visual representation. The first animation and the second visual representation may be displayed. The processor may generate a second animation in which the visual elements move from the second arrangement toward the intermediate arrangement, and then to a third arrangement corresponding to a third visual representation. The second animation and the third visual representation may be displayed. Thus, smooth transitions may be provided between multiple visual representations via animation toward a common intermediate arrangement.
US09786080B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for processing images. A structure provides a light sources configured to illuminate a target area. Illumination is controlled in a sequence over a first time period. At a given point in time, light sources are powered to enable illumination of the target area. An image of a target object is captured from a single reference location. The captured image is evaluated including processing the evaluated images on a pixel by pixel basis to produce a single composite image having respective pixel values derived from the evaluated captured images. The target object is 3D scanned to determine height information for a surface of a target on the target area. The height information is used to flatten respective pixels of the composite image. The composite image is provided after the flattening of the respective pixels.
US09786077B2
A unified image processing algorithm results in better post-processing quality for combined images that are made up of multiple single-capture images. To ensure that each single-capture image is processed in the context of the entire combined image, the combined image is analyzed to determine portions of the image (referred to as “zones”) that should be processed with the same parameters for various image processing algorithms. These zones may be determined based on the content of the combined image. Alternatively, these zones may be determined based on the position of each single-capture image with respect to the entire combined image or the other single-capture images. Once zones and their corresponding image processing parameters are determined for the combined image, they are translated to corresponding zones each of the single-capture images. Finally, the image processing algorithms are applied to each of the single-capture images using the zone-specified parameters.
US09786069B2
Systems and methods are provided for refined data reconstruction. In accordance with one aspect, the framework performs a first four-dimensional reconstruction of time-varying data to generate a four-dimensional Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) dataset of an object of interest. The framework extracts a volume of interest from the four-dimensional DSA dataset to generate a volume array. The volume of interest may be refined based on the volume array to generate a refined dataset. A second four-dimensional reconstruction may then be performed based on the refined dataset to generate a zoomed-in four-dimensional representation of the volume of interest.
US09786068B2
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a storage memory, processing circuitry, and a display. The storage memory stores data of a plurality of FFR distribution maps constituting a time series regarding a coronary artery, and data of a plurality of morphological images corresponding to the time series. The processing circuitry converts the plurality of FFR distribution maps into a plurality of corresponding color maps, respectively. The display displays a plurality of superposed images obtained by superposing the plurality of color maps and the plurality of morphological images respectively corresponding in phase to the plurality of color maps. The display restricts display targets for the plurality of color maps based on the plurality of FFR distribution maps or the plurality of morphological images.
US09786067B2
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to presenting, and configuring, digital objects on a display device for application with a visual music presentation. An interactive screen can be presented on a touchscreen of a display device, wherein a visual musician can interact with one or more components and/or features comprising the screen to control presentation of the digital objects. A portion of the screen can be configured to initially present a continuous hue spectrum, which can subsequently be replaced with a discrete hue spectrum. Further, a spectrum comprising naturally visible hues can be modified such that a plurality of hues in the spectrum are positioned equally across the spectrum, and further, brightness of respective hues can be modified to enable presentment of a visually appealing visual music presentation.
US09786064B2
A multi-camera control apparatus and method to maintain a location and a size of an object in a continuous viewpoint switching service are provided. The multi-camera control method of controlling a main camera configured to capture a moving object of interest and controlling at least one sub-camera configured to capture the object of interest at a different viewpoint from that of the main camera, may include extracting the object of interest from a first image generated by the main camera, controlling a capturing scheme of the main camera based on a change in a location and a size of the extracted object of interest, projecting the object of interest onto a second image generated by the sub-camera, and controlling a capturing scheme of the sub-camera based on a change in a location and a size of the projected object of interest.
US09786062B2
The disclosure provides an approach for estimating depth in a scene. According to one aspect, regions where the depth estimation is expected to perform well may first be identified in full-resolution epipolar-plane images (EPIs) generated from a plurality of images of the scene. Depth estimates for EPI-pixels with high edge confidence are determined by testing a number of discrete depth hypotheses and picking depths that lead to highest color density of sampled EPI-pixels. The depth estimate may also be propagated throughout the EPIs. This process of depth estimation and propagation may be iterated until all EPI-pixels with high edge confidence have been processed, and all EPIs may also be processed in this manner. The EPIs are then iteratively downsampled to coarser resolutions, at which edge confidence for EPI-pixels not yet processed are determined, depth estimates of EPI-pixels with high edge confidence made, and depth estimates propagated throughout the EPIs.
US09786061B2
A specimen analysis system includes at least one processor to receive a set of image information that represents an image of at least a specimen validity portion of the specimen test article which includes at least one optical specimen validity marker, the color of which indicates the validity of the specimen; determine a set of color component values for one or more of a plurality of pixels of the image that are representative of the specimen validity portion of the specimen test article, the set of color component values including at least three color component values; and assess at least one specimen validity characteristic of the specimen based at least in part on each color component value of the determined set of color component values for the one or more of the plurality of pixels of the image.
US09786060B2
A device for controlling the anesthetization of an animal to be slaughtered. The device includes a stimulation unit via which a stimulation stimulus is given to the animal. The device includes an image capturing unit that has an image capturing range. The image capturing unit is constructed as a 3D-camera. One part of a surface of the animal is optically detected in the image capturing range and range pixels are collected in the area of the surface. The range pixels are provided and transmitted as pixel data. An evaluation unit is connected to the image capturing unit and collects the pixel data provided by the image capturing unit. The evaluation unit determines an active movement of the animal from the detected pixel data and provides and transmits the control result in the event of a determined movement of the animal.
US09786054B2
According to an embodiment, a medical image processing device includes a processor, and a memory. The memory that stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute acquiring a first perspective image of a subject viewed in a first direction; setting a first region and a second region on the first perspective image, the first region including a first group of pixels around a target pixel, the second region including a second group of pixels, the second group including a pixel not included in the first group; calculating a likelihood of the target pixel, wherein the likelihood increases as a difference between pixel values included in the first group decreases and a difference between pixel values of the first group and the second group increases; and detecting a position of an object in the subject based on the likelihood.
US09786052B2
Apparatus and methods for image processing capable of generating evaluation index data for performing accurate and detailed evaluation of cultured cardiomyocytes are described. A motion detecting unit divides frame image data obtained by photographing the cultured cardiomyocytes for a predetermined time into blocks and obtains motion detection data in units of blocks per each frame period. A feature amount calculating unit calculates a feature amount for each block at the same position in a frame image using the motion detection data. A classification processing unit classifies each of the blocks into any one of a plurality of classification categories using the calculated feature amount. On the basis of the classification result, evaluation index data made of individual classification result data that represent correspondences between the blocks and the classification categories is generated.
US09786051B2
A system that helps facilitate the creation of more comprehensive official radiological reports by remotely accessing a patient's prior outside imaging studies along with official radiological reports through a cloud server for comparison to current studies performed at a medical institute. The system includes universal interface software that will allow for previous patient studies to be automatically pulled for direct comparison by using advanced automatic tagging techniques. Additionally the universal interface software allows for more efficient accession number assignment when official second opinions are requested, and a means for interfacility peer review.
US09786046B2
A method for determining a lateral offset of a pattern on a substrate relative to a desired position with the steps: a) providing a plurality of measurement and simulation images of the pattern with equidistant defocus positions, b) forming a plurality of first and second pairs, which each has a measurement image and a simulation image, wherein each first pair has the same first focal distance and each second pair has the same second focal distance, being different from the first focal distance, of the defocus positions thereof, and determining a first and second lateral distance of the patterns for each first and second pair, respectively, c) determining a first and a second linear fit line based on the determined first and second lateral distances, respectively, and d) determining the lateral offset of the pattern on the substrate relative to the desired position using the linear fit lines of step c).
US09786022B2
A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
US09786015B1
A computer-implemented method of detecting suspected financial fraudulent activity includes a computing device receiving financial data from a plurality of different financial service providers associated with a user. The computing device aggregates the received financial data for the user and analyzes the aggregated financial data for suspicious financial activity. The computing device alerts a user and at least one of the plurality of different service providers when suspicious financial activity is detected.
